Publications

Fairbanks E.L, Saeung M, Pongsiri A, Vajda E, Wang Y, McIver D.J, Richardson J.H, Tatarsky A, Lobo N.F, Moore S.J, Ponlawat A, Chareonviriyaphap T, Ross A, Chitnis N. Inference for entomological semi-field experiments: fitting a mathematical model assessing personal and community protection of vector-control interventions. Comput Biol Med. 2024;168:107716. DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.107716

Hiza H, Zwyer M, Hella J, Arbués A, Sasamalo M, Borrell S, Xu Z.M, Ross A, Brites D, Fellay J, Reither K, Gagneux S, Portevin D. Bacterial diversity dominates variable macrophage responses of tuberculosis patients in Tanzania. Sci Rep. 2024;14(1):9287. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-60001-0

Hofer L.M, Kweyamba P.A, Sayi R.M, Chabo M.S, Mwanga R, Maitra S.L, Somboka M.M, Schnoz A, Golumbeanu M, Schneeberger P.H.H, Ross A, Habtewold T, Nsanzabana C, Moore S.J, Tambwe M.M. Additional blood meals increase sporozoite infection in Anopheles mosquitoes but not Plasmodium falciparum genetic diversity. Sci Rep. 2024;14:17467. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-67990-y

Mañas Chavernas N, Mbuba E, Ruzige P, Ross A, Moore S.J, Pontiggia G, Cattin P.C, Wolleb J. Automated bed net monitoring for malaria control [Poster]. Research Day of the Department of Bio-Engineering of University of Basel. Basel, 21nd August 2024, 2024

Vajda É A, Ross A, Doum D, Fairbanks E.L, Chitnis N, Hii J, Moore S.J, Richardson J.H, Macdonald M, Sovannaroth S, Kimheng P, McIver D.J, Tatarsky A, Lobo N.F. Field evaluation of a volatile pyrethroid spatial repellent and etofenprox treated clothing for outdoor protection against forest malaria vectors in Cambodia. Sci Rep. 2024;14:17348. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-67470-3

Fakih B.S, Holzschuh A, Ross A, Stuck L, Abdul R, Al-mafazy A.H, Irema I, Mbena A, Thawer S.G, Shija S.J, Aliy S.M, Ali A, Fink G, Yukich J, Hetzel M.W. Risk of imported malaria infections in Zanzibar: a cross-sectional study. Infect Dis Poverty. 2023;12:80. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-023-01129-5

Loiseau C, Windels E.M, Gygli S.M, Jugheli L, Maghradze N, Brites D, Ross A, Goig G, Reinhard M, Borrell S, Trauner A, Dötsch A, Aspindzelashvili R, Denes R, Reither K, Beisel C, Tukvadze N, Avaliani Z, Stadler T, Gagneux S. The relative transmission fitness of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a drug resistance hotspot. Nat Commun. 2023;14:1988. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37719-y

Mbuba E, Odufuwa O.G, Moore J, Mmbaga S, Tchicaya E, Edi C, Chalageri V, Uragayala S, Sharma A, Rahi M, Raghavendra K, Eapen A, Koenker H, Ross A, Moore S.J. Multi-country evaluation of the durability of pyrethroid plus piperonyl-butoxide insecticide-treated nets: study protocol. Malar J. 2023;22:30. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-023-04465-x

Vajda E.A, Saeung M, Ross A, McIver D.J, Tatarsky A, Moore S.J, Lobo N.F, Chareonviriyaphap T. A semi-field evaluation in Thailand of the use of human landing catches (HLC) versus human-baited double net trap (HDN) for assessing the impact of a volatile pyrethroid spatial repellent and pyrethroid-treated clothing on Anopheles minimus landi. Malar J. 2023;22:202. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-023-04619-x

Brunner N.C, Omoluabi E, Awor P, Okitawutshu J, Tshefu Kitoto A, Signorell A, Akano B, Ayodeji K, Okon C, Yusuf O, Athieno P, Kimera J, Tumukunde G, Angiro I, Kalenga J.C, Delvento G, Lee T.T, Lambiris M.J, Ross A, Cereghetti N, Visser T, Napier H.G, Buj V, Burri C, Lengeler C, Hetzel M.W. Prereferral rectal artesunate and referral completion among children with suspected severe malaria in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and Uganda. BMJ Glob Health. 2022;7(5):e008346. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-008346

Löffel M, Ross A. The relative impact of interventions on sympatric Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a systematic review. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022;16(6):e0010541. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010541

Namango I.H, Marshall C, Saddler A, Ross A, Kaftan D, Tenywa F, Makungwa N, Odufuwa O.G, Ligema G, Ngonyani H, Matanila I, Bharmal J, Moore J, Moore S.J, Hetzel M.W. The Centres for Disease Control light trap (CDC-LT) and the human decoy trap (HDT) compared to the human landing catch (HLC) for measuring Anopheles biting in rural Tanzania. Malar J. 2022;21:181. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-022-04192-9

Thawer S.G, Golumbeanu M, Munisi K, Aaron S, Chacky F, Lazaro S, Mohamed A, Kisoka N, Lengeler C, Molteni F, Ross A, Snow R.W, Pothin E. The use of routine health facility data for micro-stratification of malaria risk in mainland Tanzania. Malar J. 2022;21:345. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-022-04364-7

Agorinya I.A, Dalaba M, Mensah N.K, Chatio S.T, Le L.M, Bacha Y.D, Sumboh J, Flores G, Edejer T.T, Ross A, Tediosi F, Akazili J. Challenges and experiences in linking community level reported out-of-pocket health expenditures to health provider recorded health expenditures: experience from the iHOPE project in Northern Ghana. PLoS One. 2021;16(9):e0256910. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256910

Agorinya I.A, Ross A, Flores G, Edejer T.T, Dalaba M.A, Mensah N.K, Le M.L, Dessie Y, Sumboh J, Oduro A.R, Tediosi F. Effect of specificity of health expenditure questions in the measurement of out-of-pocket health expenditure: evidence from field experimental study in Ghana. BMJ Open. 2021;11:e042562. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042562

Bosch-Capblanch X, O'Donnell D, Krause L.K, Auer C, Oyo-Ita A, Samba M, Matsinhe G, Garba A.B, Rodríguez D, Zuske M, Njepuome A.N, Lee S.M.M, Ross A, Gajewski S, Muloliwa A.M, Yapi R.B, Brown D.W. Researching, co-creating and testing innovations in paper-based health information systems (PHISICC) to support health workers’ decision-making: protocol of a multi-country, transdisciplinary, mixed-methods research programme in three sub-Saharan countrie. Health Res Policy Syst. 2021;19:112. DOI: 10.1186/s12961‑021‑00768‑0

Bosch-Capblanch X, Oyo-Ita A, Muloliwa A.M, Yapi R.B, Auer C, Samba M, Gajewski S, Ross A, Krause L.K, Ekpenyong N, Nwankwo O, Njepuome A.N, Lee S.M, Sacarlal J, Madede T, Berté S, Matsinhe G, Garba A.B, Brown D.W. Does an innovative paper-based health information system (PHISICC) improve data quality and use in primary healthcare? Protocol of a multicountry, cluster randomised controlled trial in sub-Saharan African rural settings. BMJ Open. 2021;11(7):e051823. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051823

Gygli S.M, Loiseau C, Jugheli L, Adamia N, Trauner A, Reinhard M, Ross A, Borrell S, Aspindzelashvili R, Maghradze N, Reither K, Beisel C, Tukvadze N, Avaliani Z, Gagneux S. Prisons as ecological drivers of fitness-compensated multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Nat Med. 2021;27:1171–1177. DOI: 10.1038/s41591-021-01358-x

Gygli S.M, Loiseau C, Jugheli L, Adamia N, Trauner A, Reinhard M, Ross A, Borrell S, Aspindzelashvili R, Maghradze N, Reither K, Beisel C, Tukvadze N, Avaliani Z, Gagneux S. Publisher Correction: Prisons as ecological drivers of fitness-compensated multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Nat Med. 2021;27(7):1308. DOI: 10.1038/s41591-021-01417-3

Haraka F, Kakolwa M, Schumacher S.G, Nathavitharana R.R, Denkinger C.M, Gagneux S, Reither K, Ross A. Impact of the diagnostic test Xpert MTB/RIF on patient outcomes for tuberculosis (Review). Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021;2021(4):CD012972. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012972.pub2

Msellemu D, Ross A, Temu L, Moshi I, Hofer L, Mwanziva C, Kohi Y.M, Moore S.J. Effect of interventions to reduce malaria incidence among military personnel on active duty: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of the impact of etofenprox-treated uniforms, permethrin-treated uniforms and DEET insect repellent. Trials. 2021;22:825. DOI: 10.1186/s13063-021-05801-9

Oyo-Ita A, Bosch-Capblanch X, Ross A, Oku A, Esu E, Ameh S, Oduwole O, Arikpo D, Meremikwu M. Effects of engaging communities in decision-making and action through traditional and religious leaders on vaccination coverage in Cross River State, Nigeria: a cluster-randomised control trial. PLoS One. 2021;16(4):e0248236. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248236

Palmeirim M.S, Mohammed U.A, Ross A, Ame S.M, Ali S.M, Keiser J. Evaluation of two communication tools, slideshow and theater, to improve participants' understanding of a clinical trial in the informed consent procedure on Pemba Island, Tanzania. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021;15(5):e0009409. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009409

Castro R.A.D, Ross A, Kamwela L, Reinhard M, Loiseau C, Feldmann J, Borrell S, Trauner A, Gagneux S. The genetic background modulates the evolution of fluoroquinolone-resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Mol Biol Evol. 2020;37(1):195-207. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msz214

Eldh M, Hammar U, Arnot D, Beck H.P, Garcia A, Liljander A, Mercereau-Puijalon O, Migot-Nabias F, Mueller I, Ntoumi F, Ross A, Smith T, Sonden K, Homann M.V, Yman V, Felger I, Farnert A. Multiplicity of asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections and risk of clinical malaria: a systematic review and pooled analysis of individual participant data. J Infect Dis. 2020;221(5):775-785. DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiz510

Haraka F, Schumacher S.G, Ross A, Mantsoki A, Gagneux S, Reither K, Denkinger C.M. Effect of history of tuberculosis on specificity of Xpert MTB/RIF. Eur Respir J. 2020;56(3):2000343. DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00343-2020

Le L.M, Flores G, Edejer T.T, Tran T.K, Nguyen C.T.K, Tran D.T, Ho P.D, Agorinya I.A, Tediosi F, Ross A. Investigating the effect of recall period on estimates of inpatient out-of-pocket expenditure from household surveys in Vietnam. PLoS One. 2020;15(11):e0242734. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242734

Malinga J, Mogeni P, Omedo I, Rockett K, Hubbart C, Jeffreys A, Williams T.N, Kwiatkowski D, Bejon P, Ross A. Author correction: investigating the drivers of the spatio-temporal patterns of genetic differences between Plasmodium falciparum malaria infections in Kilifi County, Kenya. Sci Rep. 2020;10:22416. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-78848-4

Odufuwa O.G, Ross A, Mlacha Y.P, Juma O, Mmbaga S, Msellemu D, Moore S. Household factors associated with access to insecticide-treated nets and house modification in Bagamoyo and Ulanga districts, Tanzania. Malar J. 2020;19:220. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-020-03303-8

Palmeirim M.S, Ross A, Obrist B, Mohammed U.A, Ame S.M, Ali S.M, Keiser J. Informed consent procedure in a double blind randomized anthelminthic trial on Pemba Island, Tanzania: do pamphlet and information session increase caregivers knowledge?. BMC Med Ethics. 2020;21:1. DOI: 10.1186/s12910-019-0441-3

Brunner N.C, Chacky F, Mandike R, Mohamed A, Runge M, Thawer S.G, Ross A, Vounatsou P, Lengeler C, Molteni F, Hetzel M.W. The potential of pregnant women as a sentinel population for malaria surveillance. Malar J. 2019;18:370. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-019-2999-0

Makins A, Ehmer J, Piprek A, Mbofana F, Ross A, Hobbins M.A. Demand-side financing in the form of baby packages in Northern Mozambique: results from an observational study. PLoS One. 2019;14(5):e0215282. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215282

Malinga J, Maia M, Moore S, Ross A. Can trials of spatial repellents be used to estimate mosquito movement?. Parasit Vectors. 2019;12:421. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-019-3662-x

Malinga J, Mogeni P, Omedo I, Rockett K, Hubbart C, Jeffreys A, Williams T, Kwiatkowski D, Bejon P, Ross A. Investigating the drivers of the spatio-temporal patterns of genetic differences between Plasmodium falciparum malaria infections in Kilifi County, Kenya. Sci Rep. 2019;9:19018. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-54348-y

Rodriguez-Rodriguez D, Maraga S, Lorry L, Robinson L.J, Siba P.M, Mueller I, Pulford J, Ross A, Hetzel M.W. Repeated mosquito net distributions, improved treatment, and trends in malaria cases in sentinel health facilities in Papua New Guinea. Malar J. 2019;18:364. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-019-2993-6

Slater H.C, Ross A, Felger I, Hofmann N.E, Robinson L, Cook J, Goncalves B.P, Bjorkman A, Ouedraogo A.L, Morris U, Msellem M, Koepfli C, Mueller I, Tadesse F, Gadisa E, Das S, Domingo G, Kapulu M, Midega J, Owusu-Agyei S, Nabet C, Piarroux R, Doumbo O, Doumbo S.N, Koram K, Lucchi N, Udhayakumar V, Mosha J, Tiono A, Chandramohan D, Gosling R, Mwingira F, Sauerwein R, Paul R, Riley E.M, White N.J, Nosten F, Imwong M, Bousema T, Drakeley C, Okell L.C. Author correction: The temporal dynamics and infectiousness of subpatent Plasmodium falciparum infections in relation to parasite density. Nat Commun. 2019;10(1):2644. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10790-0

Slater H.C, Ross A, Felger I, Hofmann N.E, Robinson L, Cook J, Goncalves B.P, Björkman A, Ouedraogo A.L, Morris U, Msellem M, Koepfli C, Mueller I, Tadesse F, Gadisa E, Das S, Domingo G, Kapulu M, Midega J, Owusu-Agyei S, Nabet C, Piarroux R, Doumbo O, Doumbo S.N, Koram K, Lucchi N, Udhayakumar V, Mosha J, Tiono A, Chandramohan D, Gosling R, Mwingira F, Sauerwein R, Riley E.M, White N.J, Nosten F, Imwong M, Bousema T, Drakeley C, Okell L.C. The temporal dynamics and infectiousness of subpatent Plasmodium falciparum infections in relation to parasite density. Nat Commun. 2019;10:1433. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09441-1

Haraka F, Nathavitharana R.R, Schumacher S.G, Kakolwa M, Denkinger C.M, Gagneux S, Reither K, Ross A. Impact of diagnostic test Xpert MTB/RIF® on health outcomes for tuberculosis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018(2):CD012972. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012972

Ross A, Brancucci N.M. On a mission to block transmission. eLife. 2018;7:e35246. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.35246

Aboagye S.Y, Ampah K.A, Ross A, Asare P, Otchere I.D, Fyfe J, Yeboah-Manu D. Seasonal pattern of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer, in the environment in Ghana. Microb Ecol. 2017;74(2):350-361. DOI: 10.1007/s00248-017-0946-6