Publications

Eperon G, Veit O, Antonini P, Fehr J, Haller S, Hatz C, Landry P, Neumayr A, Niederer-Lohrer A, Schlagenhauf P, De Vallière S, Staehelin C, Swiss Expert Committee on Travel Medicine (ECTM). Vaccination against dengue fever for travellers. Swiss Med Wkly. 2024;154:3858. DOI: 10.57187/s.3858

Farnham A, Veit O, Hatz C, Fehr J, Baroutsou V, Puhan M.A, Bühler S. Travel to malaria-endemic areas: using digital geo-location to assess potential exposure risks and health behaviours. J Travel Med. 2024(in press). DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taae141

McGuinness S.L, Veit O, Angelin M, Antonini P, Boecken G, Boering M, Bühler S, Calleri G, Éperon G, Flaherty G, Gossner C, Askling H.H, Holmberg V, Kuenzli E, Landry P, Lefevre E, Libman M, Longley N, Maniewski-Kelner U, Neumayr A, Rapp C, Ridpath A.D, Rodriguez N, Rosdahl A, Rosenbusch D, Rossanese A, Rothe C, Schlagenhauf P, Soentjens P, Staehelin C, Visser J, Visser L, Wagner A, Walker A, Wiedermann U, Wroczynska A, Hatz C. Streamlining malaria prevention recommendations for travellers: current and future approaches. J Travel Med. 2024(in press). DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taae113

Saxer F, Hatz C, Vach W, PROFI Study Group. Waiting for surgery after hip fracture-Health and/or economic risk?. Int J Health Plann Manage. 2024(in press). DOI: 10.1002/hpm.3851

Veit O, Maniewski U, Rothe C, Eperon G, Boering M, Alcedo S, Boecken G, Ramharter M, Schel N, Soentjens P, Staehelin C, van Vugt M, Weitzel T, Visser L.G, Schlagenhauf P, Hatz C, Neumayr A. Methodology of the joint malaria prevention recommendations of Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. J Travel Med. 2024(in press). DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taae129

Alberer M, Moe C.L, Hatz C, Kling K, Kirby A.E, Lindsay L, Nothdurft H.D, Riera-Montes M, Steffen R, Verstraeten T, Wu H.M, DuPont H.L. Norovirus acute gastroenteritis among US and European travellers to areas of moderate to high risk of travellers' diarrhoea: a prospective cohort study. J Travel Med. 2023;30:1-11. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taad051

Alberer M, Moe C.L, Hatz C, Kling K, Kirby A.E, Lindsay L, Nothdurft H.D, Riera-Montes M, Steffen R, Verstraeten T, Wu H.M, DuPont H.L. Correction to: Norovirus acute gastroenteritis amongst US and European travellers to areas of moderate to high risk of travellers' diarrhoea: a prospective cohort study. J Travel Med. 2023;30(6):taad076. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taad076

Maier J.D, Anagnostopoulos A, Gazzotti A, Bühler S, Baroutsou V, Hatz C, Puhan M.A, Fehr J, Farnham A. The Ready-to-Go questionnaire predicts health outcomes during travel: a smartphone application-based analysis. J Travel Med. 2023;30(8):taad117. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taad117

WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network - White Blood Cell Count in Malaria Study Group. Variability in white blood cell count during uncomplicated malaria and implications for parasite density estimation: a WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network individual patient data meta-analysis. Malar J. 2023;22:174. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-023-04583-6

Farnham A, Baroutsou V, Hatz C, Fehr J, Kuenzli E, Blanke U, Puhan M.A, Bühler S. Travel behaviours and health outcomes during travel: profiling destination-specific risks in a prospective mHealth cohort of Swiss travellers. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2022;47:102294. DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102294

Gazzotti A, de Crom-Beer S, Haller S, Hasler T, Anagnostopoulos A, Hatz C, Fehr J.S. Ready-to-go questionnaire - development and validation of a novel medical pre-travel risk stratification tool. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2022;47:102304. DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102304

Grolimund C.M, Bärenbold O, Hatz C.F, Vennervald B.J, Mayombana C, Mshinda H, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Infection intensity-dependent accuracy of reagent strip for the diagnosis of Schistosoma haematobium and estimation of treatment prevalence thresholds. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022;16(4):e0010332. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010332

Mischlinger J, Jaeger V.K, Ciurea A, Gabay C, Hasler P, Mueller R.B, Siegrist C.A, Villiger P, Walker U.A, Hatz C, Bühler S. Long-term persistence of antibodies after diphtheria/tetanus vaccination in immunosuppressed patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases and healthy controls. Vaccine. 2022;40(33):4897-4904. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.06.013

Weisser M, Rohacek M, Ndege R, Luoga E, Katende A, Mollel G.J, Gingo W, Vanobberghen F, Paris D.H, Hatz C, Battegay M, on behalf of the Kiularco Study Group. The Chronic Diseases Clinic of Ifakara (CDCI): establishing a model clinic for chronic care delivery in rural sub-Saharan Africa. Diseases. 2022;10(4):72. DOI: 10.3390/diseases10040072

WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network - Falciparum Haematology Study Group. Haematological consequences of acute uncomplicated falciparum malaria: a WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network pooled analysis of individual patient data. BMC Med. 2022;20:85. DOI: 10.1186/s12916-022-02265-9

Baerlocher S, Helfenstein S, Mahr A, Crippa S, Garcia Boy R, Kahlert C.R, Yurttas T, Hatz C, Kohler P. Leptospirosis followed by Kawasaki-like disease: case report from an adult Swiss patient and review of the literature. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021;8(4):ofab088. DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab088

Baroutsou V, Hatz C, Blanke U, Haile S.R, Fehr J, Neumayr A, Puhan M.A, Bühler S. TOURIST2 - tracking of urgent risks in Swiss travellers to the 6 main travel destinations - feasibility and ethical considerations of a smartphone application-based study. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2021;39:101912. DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101912

Hodel N.C, Hamad A, Reither K, Kasella I.M, Abdulla S, Schoetzau A, Hatz C.F.R, Mayr M. Comparison of two different semiquantitative urinary dipstick tests with albumin-to-creatinine ratio for screening and classification of albuminuria according to KDIGO. A diagnostic test study. Diagnostics. 2021;11(1):81. DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11010081

Kantele A, Kuenzli E, Dunn S.J, Dance D.A.B, Newton P.N, Davong V, Mero S, Pakkanen S.H, Neumayr A, Hatz C, Snaith A, Kallonen T, Corander J, McNally A. Dynamics of intestinal multidrug-resistant bacteria colonisation contracted by visitors to a high-endemic setting: a prospective, daily, real-time sampling study. Lancet Microbe. 2021;2(4):e151-e158. DOI: 10.1016/S2666-5247(20)30224-X

Moser A.I, Kuenzli E, Budel T, Campos-Madueno E.I, Bernasconi O.J, DeCrom-Beer S, Jakopp B, Mohammed A.H, Hassan N.K, Fehr J, Zinsstag J, Hatz C, Endimiani A. Travellers returning from the island of Zanzibar colonized with MDR Escherichia coli strains: assessing the impact of local people and other sources. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2021;76(2):330-337. DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkaa457

Moser A.I, Kuenzli E, Campos-Madueno E.I, Büdel T, Rattanavong S, Vongsouvath M, Hatz C, Endimiani A. Antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia coli strains and their plasmids in people, poultry, and chicken meat in Laos. Front Microbiol. 2021;12:708182. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.708182

Neumayr A, Schunk M, Theunissen C, Van Esbroeck M, Mechain M, Hatz C, Morch K, Soriano Perez M.J, Sydow V, Sothmann P, Kuenzli E, Rothe C, Bottieau E. Efficacy and tolerability of quinacrine monotherapy and albendazole plus chloroquine combination therapy in nitroimidazole-refractory giardiasis: a TropNet study. Clin Infect Dis. 2021;73(8):1517-1523. DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab513

Vignier N, Bouchaud O, Angheben A, Bottieau E, Calleri G, Salas-Coronas J, Martin C, Ramos J.M, Mechain M, Rapp C, Nothdurft H.D, Velasco M, Bardaji A, Rojo-Marcos G, Visser L.G, Hatz C, Bisoffi Z, Jelinek T, Duparc S, Bourhis Y, Tommasini S, Iannucelli M, Bacchieri A, Mattera G.G, Merlo Pich E, Behrens R.H. Longitudinal study based on a safety registry for malaria patients treated with artenimol-piperaquine in six European countries. Malar J. 2021;20:214. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-021-03750-x

Büdel T, Kuenzli E, Campos-Madueno E.I, Mohammed A.H, Hassan N.K, Zinsstag J, Hatz C, Endimiani A. On the island of Zanzibar people in the community are frequently colonized with the same MDR Enterobacterales found in poultry and retailed chicken meat. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2020;75(9):2432-2441. DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkaa198

Buhler S, Jaeger V.K, Eperon G, Furrer H, Fux C.A, Jansen S, Neumayr A, Rochat L, Schmid S, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Staehelin C, de Visser A.W, Visser L.G, Niedrig M, Hatz C. Safety and immunogenicity of a primary yellow fever vaccination under low-dose methotrexate therapy-a prospective multi-centre pilot study. J Travel Med. 2020;27(6):taaa126. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taaa126

Burkhard J, Ciurea A, Gabay C, Hasler P, Muller R, Niedrig M, Fehr J, Villiger P, Visser L.G, de Visser A.W, Walker U.A, Hatz C, Buhler S. Long-term immunogenicity after yellow fever vaccination in immunosuppressed and healthy individuals. Vaccine. 2020;38(19):3610-3617. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.12.042

Endimiani A, Bernasconi O.J, Büdel T, Campos-Madueno E.I, Kuenzli E, Hatz C, Carattoli A. Whole-genome characterization of a Shewanella algae strain co-harboring bla CTX-M-15 and armA genes on a novel IncC plasmid. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2020;64(5):e00267-20. DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00267-20

Hatz C, Bühler S, Farnham A. The COVID-19 pandemic offers a key moment to reflect on travel medicine practice. J Travel Med. 2020;27(8):taaa149. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taaa149

Hodel N.C, Hamad A, Reither K, Mwangoka G, Kasella I, Praehauser C, Abdulla S, Hatz C.F.R, Mayr M. Assessment of diabetes and prediabetes prevalence and predictors by HbA1c in a population from sub-Saharan Africa with a high proportion of anemia: a prospective cross-sectional study. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2020;8(1):e000939. DOI: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2019-000939

Lingscheid T, Kurth F, Stegemann M.S, Clerinx J, Calleri G, Rothe C, Angheben A, Gobbi F, Bisoffi Z, Hamer D.H, Libman M, Hatz C, Zoller T. Outpatient treatment of imported uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria: results from a survey among TropNet and GeoSentinel experts for tropical medicine. J Travel Med. 2020;27(4):taaa082. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taaa082

Schmid N, Ciurea A, Gabay C, Hasler P, Fehr J, Müller R, Villiger P, Walker U, Hatz C, Bühler S. Travel patterns, risk behaviour and health problems of travellers with rheumatic diseases compared to controls: a multi-centre, observational study. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2020;38:101818. DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101818

Albrecht S, Franzeck F.C, Mapesi H, Hatz C, Kalinjuma A.V, Glass T.R, Mnzava D, Letang E, Paris D.H, Battegay M, Weisser M, KIULARCO Study Group. Age-related comorbidities and mortality in people living with HIV in rural Tanzania: data from a prospective cohort study. AIDS. 2019;33(6):1031-1041. DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002171

Antonini P, Beck B, Chappuis F, Eperon F, Etter H, Fehr J, Furrer H, Genton B, Hatz C, Landry P, Neumayr A, Niederer-Loher A, Paris D, Schlagenhauf P, Staehelin C, Stoeckle M, De Vallière S, Veit O. Reisemedizin: Impfungen und Malariaschutz bei Auslandreisen. Empfehlungen Stand Juni 2019. Bull BAG. 2019;30:14-53

Budel T, Künzli E, Clement M, Bernasconi O.J, Fehr J, Mohammed A.H, Hassan N.K, Zinsstag J, Hatz C, Endimiani A. Polyclonal gut colonization with extended-spectrum cephalosporin- and/or colistin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: a normal status for hotel employees on the island of Zanzibar, Tanzania. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2019;74(10):2880-2890. DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkz296

Bühler S, Jaeger V.K, Adler S, Bannert B, Brümmerhoff C, Ciurea A, Distler O, Franz J, Gabay C, Hagenbuch N, Herzog C, Hasler P, Kling K, Kyburz D, Müller R, Nissen M.J, Siegrist C.A, Villiger P.M, Walker U.A, Hatz C. Safety and immunogenicity of tetanus/diphtheria vaccination in patients with rheumatic diseases - a prospective multi-centre cohort study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2019;58(9):1585-1596. DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez045

Faini D, Kalinjuma A.V, Katende A, Mbwaji G, Mnzava D, Nyuri A, Glass T.R, Furrer H, Hatz C, Boulware D.R, Letang E, Kiularco Study Group. Laboratory-reflex cryptococcal antigen screening is associated with a survival benefit in Tanzania. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019;80(2):205-213. DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001899

Künzli E, Budel T, Bernasconi O.J, Schlagenhauf P, Florek P, Gultekin N, Hatz C, Endimiani A. Intestinal colonization with multidrug-resistant enterobacteriaceae: screening of Swiss military deployed to Kosovo. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2019;19:93-95. DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2019.08.027

Künzli E, Jaeger V.K, DeCrom S, Sydow V, Muigg V, Frei R, Egli A, Fehr J, Hatz C. Impact of alcohol-based hand-gel sanitizer and hand hygiene advice on travellers' diarrhoea and colonization with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae: a randomised, controlled trial. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2019;32:101475. DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2019.101475

McHomvu E, Mbunda G, Simon N, Kitila F, Temba Y, Msumba I, Namamba J, Kilindimo S, Mgubike H, Gingo W, Hatz C, Paris D.H, Weisser M, Rohacek M. Diagnoses made in an emergency department in rural sub-Saharan Africa. Swiss Med Wkly. 2019;149:w20018. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2019.20018

Neumayr A, Staehelin C, Künzli E, Hatz C. Arguments for a two-dose yellow fever vaccination regimen in travellers. J Travel Med. 2019;26(6):taz004. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taz004

Pires J, Kraemer J.G, Künzli E, Kasraian S, Tinguely R, Hatz C, Endimiani A, Hilty M. Gut microbiota dynamics in travelers returning from India colonized with extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: a longitudinal study. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2019;27:72-80. DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2018.10.012

Tozan Y, Headley T.Y, Sewe M.O, Schwartz E, Shemesh T, Cramer J.P, Eberhardt K.A, Ramharter M, Harrison N, Leder K, Angheben A, Hatz C, Neumayr A, Chen L.H, De Pijper C.A, Grobusch M.P, Wilder-Smith A. A prospective study on the impact and out-of-pocket costs of dengue illness in international travelers. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019;100(6):1525-1533. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0780

Behrens R.H, Hatz C, Visser L. Defining malaria risk: it is not only about epidemiology but also about perception and risk threshold of travellers and policy makers. J Travel Med. 2018;25(1):tay043. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/tay043

Bernasconi O.J, Donà V, Pires J, Künzli E, Hatz C, Luzzaro F, Perreten V, Endimiani A. Deciphering the complete deletion of the mgrB locus in an unusual colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae colonizing the gut of a traveler returning from India [Letter]. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2018;51(3):529-531. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2017.09.014

Chernet A, Neumayr A, Hatz C, Kling K, Sydow V, Rentsch K, Utzinger J, Probst-Hensch N, Marti H, Nickel B, Labhardt N.D. Spectrum of infectious diseases among newly arrived Eritrean refugees in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study. Int J Public Health. 2018;63(2):233-239. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-017-1034-x

Farnham A, Röösli M, Blanke U, Stone E, Hatz C, Puhan M.A. Streaming data from a smartphone application: a new approach to mapping health during travel. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2018;21:36-42. DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2017.11.005

Farnham A, Ziegler S, Blanke U, Stone E, Hatz C, Puhan M.A. Does the DOSPERT scale predict risk taking behaviour during travel? A study using smartphones. J Travel Med. 2018;25(1):tay064. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/tay064

Hatz C, Kling K.K, Neumayr A, Chappuis F, Zanoni R, Eperon G, Staehelin C, Fehr J, Etter H, Landry P, Antonini P, Bühler S, Beck B, Veit O, Genton B. Neues Tollwutimpfschema in der Reisemedizin. Swiss Med Forum. 2018;18(32):626-627. DOI: 10.4414/smf.2018.03356

Hodel N.C, Hamad A, Praehauser C, Mwangoka G, Kasella I.M, Reither K, Abdulla S, Hatz C.F.R, Mayr M. The epidemiology of chronic kidney disease and the association with non-communicable and communicable disorders in a population of sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS One. 2018;13(10):e0205326. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205326

Huber F, Ehrensperger B, Hatz C, Chappuis F, Bühler S, Eperon G. Safety of live vaccines on immunosuppressive or immunomodulatory therapy-a retrospective study in three Swiss travel clinics. J Travel Med. 2018;25(1):tax082. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/tax082

Lindsay L, DuPont H.L, Moe C.L, Alberer M, Hatz C, Kirby A.E, Wu H.M, Verstraeten T, Steffen R. Estimating the incidence of norovirus acute gastroenteritis among US and European international travelers to areas of moderate to high risk of traveler's diarrhea: a prospective cohort study protocol. BMC Infect Dis. 2018;18:605. DOI: 10.1186/s12879-018-3461-6

Mapesi H, Kalinjuma A.V, Ngerecha A, Franzeck F, Hatz C, Tanner M, Mayr M, Furrer H, Battegay M, Letang E, Weisser M, Glass T.R, KIULARCO Study Group. Prevalence and evolution of renal impairment in people living with HIV in rural Tanzania. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018;5(4):ofy072. DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofy072

Pires J, Künzli E, Hauser C, Tinguely R, Kasraian S, Atkinson A, Rauch A, Furrer H, Perreten V, Marschall J, Hatz C. Intestinal colonization with extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant enterobacteriaceae in different populations in Switzerland: prevalence, risk factors and molecular features [Letter]. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2018;12:17-19. DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2017.11.007

Raphael D.M, Roos L, Myovela V, McHomvu E, Namamba J, Kilindimo S, Gingo W, Hatz C, Paris D.H, Weisser M, Kobza R, Rohacek M. Heart diseases and echocardiography in rural Tanzania: occurrence, characteristics, and etiologies of underappreciated cardiac pathologies. PLoS One. 2018;13(12):e0208931. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208931

Sikalengo G, Hella J, Mhimbira F, Rutaihwa L.K, Bani F, Ndege R, Sasamalo M, Kamwela L, Said K, Mhalu G, Mlacha Y, Hatz C, Knopp S, Gagneux S, Reither K, Utzinger J, Tanner M, Letang E, Weisser M, Fenner L. Distinct clinical characteristics and helminth co-infections in adult tuberculosis patients from urban compared to rural Tanzania. Infect Dis Poverty. 2018;7:24. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-018-0404-9

Stete K, Glass T.R, van Dam G.J, Ntamatungiro A, Letang E, de Dood C.J, Corstjens Plam, Ndege R, Mapesi H, Kern W.V, Hatz C, Weisser M, Utzinger J, Muller M.C. Effect of schistosomiasis on the outcome of patients infected with HIV-1 starting antiretroviral therapy in rural Tanzania. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018;12(10):e0006844. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006844

Veit O, Domingo C, Niedrig M, Staehelin C, Sonderegger B, Héquet D, Stoeckle M, Calmy A, Schiffer V, Bernasconi E, Flury D, Hatz C, Zwahlen M, Furrer H, Swiss HIV Cohort Study. Long-term immune response to yellow fever vaccination in HIV-infected individuals depends on HIV-RNA suppression status: implications for vaccination schedule. Clin Infect Dis. 2018;66(7):1099-1108. DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix960

Barda B, Coulibaly J.T, Hatz C, Keiser J. Ultrasonographic evaluation of urinary tract morbidity in school-aged and preschool-aged children infected with Schistosoma haematobium and its evolution after praziquantel treatment: a randomized controlled trial. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017;11(2):e0005400. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005400

Bühler S, Lang P, Bally B, Hatz C, Jaeger V.K. Stop measles in Switzerland - the importance of travel medicine. Vaccine. 2017;35(30):3760-3763. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.05.042

Chernet A, Hensch N.P, Kling K, Sydow V, Hatz C, Paris D.H, Rentsch K, Nickel B, Neumayr A, Labhardt N.D. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and intramuscular vitamin D3 supplementation among Eritrean migrants recently arrived in Switzerland. Swiss Med Wkly. 2017;147:w14568. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2017.14568

Chernet A, Kling K, Sydow V, Künzli E, Hatz C, Utzinger J, van Lieshout L, Marti H, Nickel B, Labhardt N.D, Neumayr A. Accuracy of diagnostic tests for Schistosoma mansoni infection in asymptomatic Eritrean refugees: serology and POC-CCA against stool microscopy. Clin Infect Dis. 2017;65(4):568-574. DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix366

Chernet A, Probst-Hensch N, Neumayr A, Kling K, Rentsch K, Hatz C, Labhardt N. Vitamin D levels, HbA1c and lipid profile in newly arrived Eritrean refugees in Switzerland. Eur J Public Health, 2017;26(Suppl. 1):378

Croce E, Hatz C, Jonker E.F, Visser L.G, Jaeger V.K, Bühler S. Safety of live vaccinations on immunosuppressive therapy in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, solid organ transplantation or after bone-marrow transplantation – a systematic review of randomized trials, observational studies and case re. Vaccine. 2017;35(9):1216-1226. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.01.048

Eichenberger A, Buechi A.E, Neumayr A, Hatz C, Rauch A, Huguenot M, Diamantis-Karamitopoulou E, Staehelin C. A severe case of visceral leishmaniasis and liposomal amphotericin B treatment failure in an immunosuppressed patient 15 years after exposure. BMC Infect Dis. 2017;17:81. DOI: 10.1186/s12879-017-2192-4

Farnham A, Furrer R, Blanke U, Stone E, Hatz C, Puhan M.A. The quantified self during travel: mapping health in a prospective cohort of travellers. J Travel Med. 2017;24(5):1-8. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/tax050

Forrer A, Khieu V, Schär F, Hattendorf J, Marti H, Neumayr A, Char M.C, Hatz C, Muth S, Odermatt P. Strongyloides stercoralis is associated with significant morbidity in rural Cambodia, including stunting in children. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017;11(10):e0005685. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005685

Gamell A, Luwanda L.B, Kalinjuma A.V, Samson L, Ntamatungiro A.J, Weisser M, Gingo W, Tanner M, Hatz C, Letang E, Battegay M, Kiularco Study Group. Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV Option B+ cascade in rural Tanzania: the one stop clinic model. PLoS One. 2017;12(7):e0181096. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181096

Gebreselassie H.M, Kraus D, Fux C.A, Haubitz S, Scherrer A, Hatz C, Veit O, Stoeckle M, Fehr J, de Lucia S, Cavassini M, Bernasconi E, Schmid P, Furrer H, Staehelin C, Swiss HIV Cohort Study. Ethnicity predicts viral rebound after travel to the tropics in HIV-infected travelers to the tropics in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study. HIV Med. 2017;18(8):564-572. (SHCS). DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12491

Hatz C. Gute Reisevorbereitung schützt vor Krankheiten - und macht die Reise zum unvergesslichen Erlebnis!. Synapse. 2017(3):3-5

Hatz Christoph. Pestepidemie auf Madagaskar [Radio Broadcast] [Internet]. Zürich: Radio SRF, 2017

Huttner A, Hatz C, van den Dobbelsteen G, Abbanat D, Hornacek A, Frolich R, Dreyer A.M, Martin P, Davies T, Fae K, van den Nieuwenhof I, Thoelen S, de Valliere S, Kuhn A, Bernasconi E, Viereck V, Kavvadias T, Kling K, Ryu G, Hulder T, Groger S, Scheiner D, Alaimo C, Harbarth S, Poolman J, Fonck V.G. Safety, immunogenicity, and preliminary clinical efficacy of a vaccine against extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli in women with a history of recurrent urinary tract infection: a randomised, single-blind, placebo-controlled phase 1b trial. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017;17(5):528-537. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30108-1

Künzli E, Juergensen D, Kling K, Jaeger V.K, DeCrom S, Steffen R, Widmer A.F, Battegay M, Hatz C, Neumayr A. Previous exposure in a high-risk area for travellers' diarrhoea within the past year is associated with a significant protective effect for travellers' diarrhoea: a prospective observational cohort study in travellers to South Asia. J Travel Med. 2017;24(5):1-6. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/tax056

Kurth F, Develoux M, Mechain M, Malvy D, Clerinx J, Antinori S, Gjorup I.E, Gascon J, Morch K, Nicastri E, Ramharter M, Bartoloni A, Visser L, Rolling T, Zanger P, Calleri G, Salas-Coronas J, Nielsen H, Just-Nubling G, Neumayr A, Hachfeld A, Schmid M.L, Antonini P, Lingscheid T, Kern P, Kapaun A, da Cunha J.S, Pongratz P, Soriano-Arandes A, Schunk M, Suttorp N, Hatz C, Zoller T. Severe malaria in Europe: an 8-year multi-centre observational study. Malar J. 2017;16:57. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1673-z

Labhardt N.D, Müller U.F, Ringera I, Ehmer J, Motlatsi M.M, Pfeiffer K, Hobbins M.A, Muhairwe J.A, Muser J, Hatz C. Metabolic syndrome in patients on first-line antiretroviral therapy containing zidovudine or tenofovir in rural Lesotho, Southern Africa. Trop Med Int Health. 2017;22(6):725-733. DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12872

Letang E, Verdastus Kalinjuma A, Glass T.R, Gamell A, Mapesi H, Sikalengo G.R, Luwanda L.B, Mnzava D, Ntamatungiro A.J, Ndaki R, Francis G, Vanobbergen F, Furrer H, Klimkait T, Felger I, Tanner M, Hatz C, Weisser M, Battegay M, KIULARCO Study Group. Cohort profile: the Kilombero and Ulanga Antiretroviral Cohort (KIULARCO): a prospective HIV cohort in rural Tanzania. Swiss Med Wkly. 2017;147:w14485. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2017.14485

Lingscheid T, Kurth F, Clerinx J, Marocco S, Trevino B, Schunk M, Munoz J, Gjorup I.E, Jelinek T, Develoux M, Fry G, Janisch T, Schmid M.L, Bouchaud O, Puente S, Zammarchi L, Morch K, Bjorkman A, Siikamaki H, Neumayr A, Nielsen H, Hellgren U, Paul M, Calleri G, Kosina P, Myrvang B, Ramos J.M, Just-Nubling G, Beltrame A, Saraiva da Cunha J, Kern P, Rochat L, Stich A, Pongratz P, Grobusch M.P, Suttorp N, Witzenrath M, Hatz C, Zoller T, TropNet Schistosomiasis Investigator Group. Schistosomiasis in European travelers and migrants: analysis of 14 years TropNet Surveillance Data. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017;97(2):567-574. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0034

Marti H, Hatz C. Eosinophilie und Parasiten. Ther Umsch. 2017;74(6):297-300. DOI: 10.1024/0040-5930/a000918

Muri L, Gamell A, Ntamatungiro A.J, Glass T.R, Luwanda L.B, Battegay M, Furrer H, Hatz C, Tanner M, Felger I, Klimkait T, Letang E, Kiularco Study Group. Development of HIV drug resistance and therapeutic failure in children and adolescents in rural Tanzania - an emerging public health concern. AIDS. 2017;31(1):61-70. DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001273

Neumayr A, Hatz C. Eastern Africa. In: Pedersen E,Chen L.H,Schlagenhauf P, eds. Infectious diseases: a geographic guide, 104-123. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2017

Neumayr A, Munoz J, Schunk M, Bottieau E, Cramer J, Calleri G, Lopez-Velez R, Angheben A, Zoller T, Visser L, Serre-Delcor N, Genton B, Castelli F, Van Esbroeck M, Matteelli A, Rochat L, Sulleiro E, Kurth F, Gobbi F, Norman F, Torta I, Clerinx J, Poluda D, Martinez M, Calvo-Cano A, Sanchez-Seco M.P, Wilder-Smith A, Hatz C, Franco L, TropNet. Sentinel surveillance of imported dengue via travellers to Europe 2012 to 2014: TropNet data from the DengueTools Research Initiative. Euro Surveill. 2017;22(1):30433. DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.1.30433

Neumayr A, Paris D.H, Genton B, Hatz C. Artemether-lumefantrine treatment failure in nonimmune European travelers with P. falciparum malaria: do we need to reconsider dosing in patients from nonendemic regions?. Clin Infect Dis. 2017;64(10):1466-1467. DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix262

Ntamatungiro A.J, Muri L, Glass T.R, Erb S, Battegay M, Furrer H, Hatz C, Tanner M, Felger I, Klimkait T, Letang E, Kiularco Study Group. Strengthening HIV therapy and care in rural Tanzania affects rates of viral suppression. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2017;72(7):2069-2074. DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkx095

Rodriguez-Arboli E, Mwamelo K, Kalinjuma A.V, Furrer H, Hatz C, Tanner M, Battegay M, Letang E, Kiularco Study Group. Incidence and risk factors for hypertension among HIV patients in rural Tanzania - a prospective cohort study. PLoS One. 2017;12(3):e0172089. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172089

Rohacek M, Hatz C, Weisser M. Projekt Notfallstation im St. Francis Referral Hospital, Ifakara, Tansania. Praxis. 2017;106(12):651-655

Schmutz C, Mäusezahl D, Bless P.J, Hatz C, Schwenkglenks M, Urbinello D. Estimating healthcare costs of acute gastroenteritis and human campylobacteriosis in Switzerland. Epidemiol Infect. 2017;145(4):627-641. DOI: 10.1017/S0950268816001618

Shellvarajah M, Hatz C, Schlagenhauf P. Malaria prevention recommendations for risk groups visiting sub-Saharan Africa: a survey of European expert opinion and international recommendations. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2017;19:49-55. DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2017.09.002

Soukhathammavong P.A, Vonghachack Y, Hatz C, Akkhavong A, Odermatt P. Suspected cases of cholangiocarcinoma seen in reference hospitals in Lao People's Democratic Republic. Parasitol Int. 2017;66(4):510-514. DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2016.11.011

Vanobberghen F, Letang E, Gamell A, Mnzava D.K, Faini D, Luwanda L.B, Mapesi H, Mwamelo K, Sikalengo G, Tanner M, Hatz C, Furrer H, Battegay M, Glass T.R, Kiularco Study Group. A decade of HIV care in rural Tanzania: trends in clinical outcomes and impact of clinic optimisation in an open, prospective cohort. PLoS One. 2017;12(7):e0180983. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180983

Zuckerman J.N, Hatz C, Kantele A. Review of current typhoid fever vaccines, cross-protection against paratyphoid fever, and the European guidelines. Expert Rev Vaccines. 2017;16(10):1029-1043. DOI: 10.1080/14760584.2017.1374861

Bernasconi O.J, Künzli E, Pires J, Tinguely R, Carattoli A, Hatz C, Perreten V, Endimiani A. Travelers can import colistin-resistant enterobacteriaceae including those possessing the plasmid-mediated mcr-1 gene. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2016;60(8):5080-5084. DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00731-16

Farnham A, Blanke U, Stone E, Puhan M.A, Hatz C. Travel medicine and mHealth technology: a study using smartphones to collect health data during travel. J Travel Med. 2016;23(6):taw056. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taw056

Freuler M, De Crom S, Hatz C, Bühler S. Varicella seroprevalence in individuals with a negative or unknown varicella history - results from a large travel clinic in Switzerland between 2008 and 2015. Swiss Med Wkly. 2016;146:w14342. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2016.14342

Gamell A, Glass T.R, Luwanda L.B, Mapesi H, Samson L, Mtoi T, Nyamtema A, Muri L, Ntamatungiro A, Tanner M, Hatz C, Battegay M, Letang E, KIULARCO Study Group. An integrated and comprehensive service delivery model to improve pediatric and maternal HIV care in rural Africa. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016;73(5):e67-e75. DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001178

Gamell A, Muri L, Ntamatungiro A, Nyogea D, Luwanda L.B, Hatz C, Battegay M, Felger I, Tanner M, Klimkait T, Letang E. A case series of acquired drug resistance-associated mutations in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children: an emerging public health concern in rural Africa. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2016;3:ofv199. DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofv199

Grischott F, Puhan M, Hatz C, Schlagenhauf P. Non-vector-borne transmission of Zika virus: a systematic review. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2016;14(4):313-330. DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2016.07.002

Kiefer S, Kling K, Stephan R, Bratschi M.W, Jost M, Bless P, Schmutz C, Mäusezahl D, Wyss K, Mäusezahl-Feuz M, Hatz C. How can patients and their physicians contribute to an outbreak investigation? Experiences from a nationwide listeriosis outbreak in Switzerland. Swiss Med Wkly. 2016;146:w14366. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2016.14366

Manz Viviane, Gubser Alexandra. Ferien-Rückkehrer sind in Sorge wegen Zika [TV Broadcast]. Zürich: SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. Bericht: Viviane Manz, Alexandra Gubser. SRF, Sendung Tagesschau vom 17.08.2016. [Date Accessed: 10.01.2017]

Mapesi H, Ramirez A, Tanner M, Hatz C, Letang E, KIULARCO Study Group. Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome associated with dermatophytoses in two HIV-1 positive patients in rural Tanzania: a case report. BMC Infect Dis. 2016;16:495. DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1824-4

Mayorga O, Bühler S, Jaeger V.K, Bally S, Hatz C, Frosner G, Protzer U, Van Damme P, Egger M, Herzog C. Single-dose hepatitis A immunization: 7.5-year observational pilot study in Nicaraguan children to assess protective effectiveness and humoral immune memory response. J Infect Dis. 2016;214(10):1498-1506. DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiw411

Notter J, Labhardt N, Hatz C, Wallnöfer A, Vollgraff M, Ritze N, Wirza S, Berger C, Battegay M, Neumayr A, Fehr J, Jackson Y.L, Posfay-Barbej K, Durieux S, Lanzl C, Staehelin C, Boillat-Blanco N, Fuchs S, Martin B, Tarr P. Infections chez les réfugiés adultes. Swiss Med Forum. 2016;16(49-50):1067-1074

Notter J, Labhardt N, Hatz C, Wallnöfer A, Vollgraff M, Ritze N, Wirza S, Berger C, Battegay M, Neumayr A, Fehr J, Jackson Y.L, Posfay-Barbej K, Durieux S, Lanzl C, Staehelin C, Boillat-Blanco N, Fuchs S, Martin B, Tarr P. Infektionen bei erwachsenen Flüchtlingen. Swiss Med Forum. 2016;16(49-50):1067-1074

Pires J, Künzli E, Kasraian S, Tinguely R, Furrer H, Hilty M, Hatz C, Endimiani A. Polyclonal intestinal colonization with extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant enterbacteriaceae upon traveling to India. Front Microbiol. 2016;7:1069. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01069

Ramirez-Mena A, Glass T.R, Winter A, Kimera N, Ntamatungiro A, Hatz C, Tanner M, Battegay M, Furrer H, Wandeler G, Letang E. Prevalence and outcomes of hepatitis B coinfection and associated liver disease among antiretroviral therapy-naive individuals in a rural Tanzanian human immunodeficiency virus cohort. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2016;3(3):ofw162. DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofw162

Richter J, Azoulay D, Dong Y, Holtfreter M.C, Akpata R, Calderaro J, El-Scheich T, Breuer M, Neumayr A, Hatz C, Kircheis G, Botelho M.C, Dietrich C.F. Ultrasonography of gallbladder abnormalities due to schistosomiasis. Parasitol Res. 2016;115(8):2917-2924. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-016-5116-0

Richter J, Botelho M.C, Holtfreter M.C, Akpata R, El Scheich T, Neumayr A, Brunetti E, Hatz C, Dong Y, Dietrich C.F. Ultrasound assessment of schistosomiasis. Z Gastroenterol. 2016;54(7):653-660. DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-107359

Schonenberger S, Hatz C, Buhler S. Unpredictable checks of yellow fever vaccination certificates upon arrival in Tanzania. J Travel Med. 2016;23(5):taw035. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taw035

Sikalengo G, Ramirez A, Faini D, Mwamelo K, Battegay M, Jugheli L, Hatz C, Reither K, Letang E. Tuberculous spondylitis diagnosed through Xpert MTB/RIF assay in urine: a case report. BMC Infect Dis. 2016;16:514. DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1844-0

SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen Radio SRF 2 Kultur. FOKUS: Studiogespräch mit Christoph Hatz [TV Broadcast]. Zürich: SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. SRF, Sendung 10 vor 10 vom 1.02.2016

Akpata R, Neumayr A, Holtfreter M.C, Krantz I, Singh D.D, Mota R, Walter S, Hatz C, Richter J. Erratum to: the WHO ultrasonography protocol for assessing morbidity due to Schistosoma haematobium. Acceptance and evolution over 14 years. Systematic review. Parasitol Res. 2015;114(5):2045-2046. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4430-2

Akpata R, Neumayr A, Holtfreter M.C, Krantz I, Singh D.D, Mota R, Walter S, Hatz C, Richter J. The WHO ultrasonography protocol for assessing morbidity due to Schistosoma haematobium: acceptance and evolution over 14 years: systematic review. Parasitol Res. 2015;114(4):1279-1289. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4389-z

Becker S.L, Piraisoody N, Kramme S, Marti H, Silué K.D, Panning M, Nickel B, Kern W.V, Herrmann M, Hatz C.F, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J, von Müller L. Real-time PCR for detection of Strongyloides stercoralis in human stool samples from Côte d'Ivoire: diagnostic accuracy, inter-laboratory comparison and patterns of hookworm co-infection. Acta Trop. 2015;150:210-217. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.07.019

Berthod D, Genton B, Hatz C, Blum J, de Vallière S. Ability of physicians to diagnose influenza and usefulness of a rapid influenza antigen test in febrile returning travelers: a randomized controlled trial. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2015;13(5):394-399. DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2015.08.001

Bühler S, Ciurea A, Eperon G, Furrer H, Gabay C, Hasler P, Müller R, Villinger P, Walker U, Hatz C. Immunogenicity and safety of tetanus/diphtheria booster vaccine and hepatitis A vaccine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis and vasculitis - a cohort study in 6 Swiss rheumatology centres and 4 travel clinics. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):293. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Bühler S, Eperon G, Ribi C, Kyburz D, van Gompel F, Visser L.G, Siegrist C.A, Hatz C. Vaccination recommendations for adult patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases. Swiss Med Wkly. 2015;145:w14159. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2015.14159

El Scheich T, Holtfreter M.C, Ekamp H, Singh D.D, Mota R, Hatz C, Richter J. Erratum to: The WHO ultrasonography protocol for assessing hepatic morbidity due to Schistosoma mansoni: acceptance and evolution over 12 years. Parasitol Res. 2015;114(1):347. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-4209-x

Faini D, Maokola W, Furrer H, Hatz C, Battegay M, Tanner M, Denning D.W, Letang E. Burden of serious fungal infections in Tanzania. Mycoses. 2015;58(Suppl. 5):70-79. DOI: 10.1111/myc.12390

Farnham A, Stone E, Blanke U, Puhan M, Hatz C. An exploratory study using mHealth technology to describe health risks to travelers. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):131. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Franco L, Cnops L, Navascues A, Boillat N, Neumayr A, Norman F, Vanio K, Dudman S, Van Esbroeck M, Molero F, Hernandez L, Potente A, Wilder-Smith A, Hatz C, Sanchez-Seco M.P. Dengue in Africa: sustained and silent circulation of multiple serotypes and genotypes, detected in travelers from 2010 to 2014. Trop Med Int Health. 2015;20(Suppl. 1):107-108. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Franco L, Fernandez M.D, Serre N, Martinez M, Sulleiro E, Neumayr A, Molero F, Schunk M, Guido C, Wilder-Smith A, Hatz C, Sanchez-Seco M.P. Dengue serotypes and genotypes circulating in recent years in the Caribbean and imported to Europe. Trop Med Int Health. 2015;20(Suppl. 1):104-105

Franco L, Pagan I, Serre Del Cor N, Schunk M, Neumayr A, Molero F, Potente A, Hatz C, Wilder-Smith A, Sanchez-Seco M.P, Tenorio A. Molecular epidemiology suggests Venezuela as the origin of the dengue outbreak in Madeira, Portugal in 2012-2013. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015;21(7):713.e5-713.e8. DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.03.016.