Publications

Cloutier Charette W, Rabodoarivelo M.S, Point F, Knoblauch A.M, Andrianomanana F.R, Hall M.B, Iqbal Z, Supply P, Martin A, Rakotosamimanana N, Grandjean Lapierre S. Concordance of targeted and whole genome sequencing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypic drug susceptibility testing. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2024;109(2):116249. DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2024.116249

Zimmer A.J, Tsang L.Y, Jolicoeur G, Tannir B, Batisse E, Pando C, Sadananda G, McKinney J, Ambinintsoa I.V, Rabetombosoa R.M, Knoblauch A.M, Rakotosamimanana N, Chartier R, Diachenko A, Small P, Grandjean Lapierre S. Incidence of cough from acute exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in Madagascar: a pilot study. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024;4(7):e0003530. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003530

Himmelsbach G.S, Zabré H.R, Leuenberger A, Knoblauch A.M, Brugger F, Winkler M.S. Exploring the impact of mining on community health and health service delivery: perceptions of key informants involved in gold mining communities in Burkina Faso. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023;20(24):7167. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20247167

Pando C, Hazel A, Tsang L.Y, Razafindrina K, Andriamiadanarivo A, Rabetombosoa R.M, Ambinintsoa I, Sadananda G, Small P.M, Knoblauch A.M, Rakotosamimanana N, Grandjean Lapierre S. A social network analysis model approach to understand tuberculosis transmission in remote rural Madagascar. BMC Public Health. 2023;23:1511. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-16425-w

Simon A.J, Pradyumna A, Knoblauch A.M, Winkler M.S. Walking the talk: a mixed-methods study investigating current opportunities for promoting health impact assessment practice. Impact Assess Proj Apprais. 2023;41(6):489-505. DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2023.2261750

Farnham A, Winkler M.S, Zabré H.R, Divall M.J, Fink G, Knoblauch A.M. Spatial mobility and large-scale resource extraction: an analysis of community well-being and health in a copper mining area of Zambia. Extr Ind Soc. 2022;9:101016. DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2021.101016

Nouvet E, Lapierre S.G, Knoblauch A, Baril L, Andriamiadanarivo A, Raberahona M, Mattern C, Donelle L, Andriantsoa J.R. Consent to research in Madagascar: challenges, strategies, and priorities for future research. Can J Bioeth. 2022;5(1):33-44. DOI: 10.7202/1087201ar

Winkler M.S, Pradyumna A, Viliani F, Knoblauch A.M. Impact assessment in the post-COVID-19 world: the growing role of health impact assessment. In: Fonseca A, ed. Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment, 47-65. Cheltenham: Elgar, 2022

Ranaivomanana P, Knoblauch A.M, Razafimahatratra M.C, Raherinandrasana A.H, Grandjean Lapierre S, Herindrainy P, Ratovoson R, Rakotonirina J, Rakotosamimanana N. Pulmonary and pleural TB prevalence in pregnant women. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2021;25(8):668-670. DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.20.0923

Winkler M.S, Viliani F, Knoblauch A.M, Cave B, Divall M, Ramesh G, Harris-Roxas B, Furu P. Health impact assessment international best practice principles. 4. Fargo, USA: International Association for Impact Assessment, 2021

Zabré H.R, Farnham A, Diagbouga S.P, Fink G, Divall M.J, Winkler M.S, Knoblauch A.M. Changes in household wealth in communities living in proximity to a large-scale copper mine in Zambia. Resour Policy. 2021;74:102395. DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2021.102395

Zabré H.R, Knoblauch A.M, Diagbouga S.P, Fink G, Owuor M, Nduna K, Chisanga M, Musunka G, Divall M.J, Winkler M.S, Farnham A. Changes in socioeconomic determinants of health in a copper mine development area, northwestern Zambia. Extr Ind Soc. 2021;8(4):100985. DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2021.100985

Bahrainwala L, Knoblauch A.M, Andriamiadanarivo A, Diab M.M, McKinney J, Small P.M, Kahn J.G, Fair E, Rakotosamimanana N, Grandjean Lapierre S. Drones and digital adherence monitoring for community-based tuberculosis control in remote Madagascar: a cost-effectiveness analysis. PLoS One. 2020;15(7):e0235572. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235572

Knoblauch A, Farnham A, Zabré H.R, Owuor M, Archer C, Nduna K, Chisanga M, Zulu L, Musunka G, Utzinger J, Divall M.J, Fink G, Winkler M.S. Community health impacts of the trident copper mine project in Northwestern Zambia: results from repeated cross-sectional surveys. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020;17(10):3633. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17103633

Knoblauch A, Nwankwo U, Edeh E.I, Winkler M. Nigeria: piloting a new WHO framework to support the development of public health strategies on artisanal and small-scale gold mining in the context of the Minamata Convention on Mercury. Geneve: World Health Organization, 2020

Knoblauch A.M, Farnham A, Ouoba J, Zanetti J, Müller S, Jean-Richard V, Utzinger J, Wehrli B, Brugger F, Diagbouga S, Winkler M.S. Potential health effects of cyanide use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Burkina Faso. J Clean Prod. 2020;252:119689. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.119689

Knoblauch A.M, Grandjean Lapierre S, Randriamanana D, Raherison M.S, Rakotoson A, Raholijaona B.S, Ravaoarimanga M, Ravololonandriana P.E, Rabodoarivelo M.S, Ratsirahonana O, Rakotomanana F, Razafindranaivo T, Rasolofo V, Rakotosamimanana N. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis surveillance and cascade of care in Madagascar: a five-year (2012-2017) retrospective study. BMC Med. 2020;18:173. DOI: 10.1186/s12916-020-01626-6

Reeves H, Grandjean Lapierre S, Razafindrina K, Andriamiadanarivo A, Rakotosamimanana N, Razafindranaivo T, Seimon T, Blalock B, Bello-Bravo J, Pittendrigh B, McKinney J, Small P.M, Knoblauch A.M, Fair E. Evaluating the use of educational videos to support the tuberculosis care cascade in remote Madagascar. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2020;24(1):28-35. DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.19.0161

Sadananda G, Knoblauch A.M, Andriamiadanarivo A, Razafindrina K, Ambinintsoa I, Rabetombosoa R.M, Pando C.E, Tsang L.Y, Small P.M, Rakotosamimanana N, Grandjean Lapierre S. Latent tuberculosis infection prevalence in rural Madagascar. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2020;114(11):883-885. DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/traa054

Winkler M.S, Furu P, Viliani F, Cave B, Divall M, Ramesh G, Harris-Roxas B, Knoblauch A.M. Current global health impact assessment practice. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020;17(9):2988. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17092988

Knoblauch A.M, De la Rosa S, Sherman J, Blauvelt C, Matemba C, Maxim L, Defawe O.D, Gueye A, Robertson J, McKinney J, Brew J, Paz E, Small P.M, Tanner M, Rakotosamimanana N, Lapierre S.G. Bi-directional drones to strengthen healthcare provision: experiences and lessons from Madagascar, Malawi and Senegal. BMJ Glob Health. 2019;4(4):e001541. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001541

Nouvet E, Knoblauch A.M, Passe I, Andriamiadanarivo A, Ravelona M, Ainanomena Ramtariharisoa F, Razafimdriana K, Wright P.C, McKinney J, Small P.M, Rakotosamimanana N, Grandjean Lapierre S. Perceptions of drones, digital adherence monitoring technologies and educational videos for tuberculosis control in remote Madagascar: a mixed-method study protocol. BMJ Open. 2019;9(5):e028073. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028073

Rakotosamimanana N, Lapierre S.G, Raharimanga V, Raherison M.S, Knoblauch A.M, Raherinandrasana A.H, Rakotoson A, Rakotonirina J, Rasolofo V. Performance and impact of GeneXpert MTB/RIF® and Loopamp MTBC Detection Kit® assays on tuberculosis case detection in Madagascar. BMC Infect Dis. 2019;19:542. DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-4198-6

Yang A, Bakhtari N, Langdon-Embry L, Redwood E, Grandjean-Lapierre S, Rakotomanga P, Rafalimanantsoa A, De Dios Santos J, Vigan-Womas I, Knoblauch A.M, Marcos L.A. Kankanet: an artificial neural network-based object detection smartphone application and mobile microscope as a point-of-care diagnostic aid for soil-transmitted helminthiases. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019;13(8):e0007577. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007577

Knoblauch A.M, Divall M.J, Owuor M, Musunka G, Pascall A, Nduna K, Ng'uni H, Utzinger J, Winkler M.S. Selected indicators and determinants of women’s health in the vicinity of a copper mine development in northwestern Zambia. BMC Women's Health. 2018;18:62. DOI: 10.1186/s12905-018-0547-7

Walker T.M, Merker M, Knoblauch A.M, Helbling P, Schoch O.D, Van der Werf M.S, Kranzer K, Fiebig L, Kröger S, Haas W, Hoffmann H, Indra A, Egli A, Cirillo D.M, Robert J, Rogers T.R, Groenheit R, Mengshoel A.T, Mathys V, Haanperä M, Van Soolingen D, Niemann S, Böttger E.C, Keller P.M. A cluster of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis among patients arriving in Europe from the Horn of Africa: a molecular epidemiological study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2018;18(4):431-440. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30004-5

Erismann S, Diagbouga S, Schindler C, Odermatt P, Knoblauch A.M, Gerold J, Leuenberger A, Shrestha A, Tarnagda G, Utzinger J, Cissé G. School children's intestinal parasite and nutritional status 1 year after complementary school garden, nutrition, water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions in Burkina Faso. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017;97(3):904-913. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0964

Erismann S, Knoblauch A.M, Diagbouga S, Odermatt P, Gerold J, Shrestha A, Tarnagda G, Savadogo B, Schindler C, Utzinger J, Cissé G. Prevalence and risk factors of undernutrition among schoolchildren in the Plateau Central and Centre-Ouest regions of Burkina Faso. Infect Dis Poverty. 2017;6:17. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-016-0230-x

Kiefer S, Knoblauch A.M, Steinmann P, Barth-Jaeggi T, Vahedi M, Maher D, Utzinger J, Wyss K. Operational and implementation research within Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria grants: a situation analysis in six countries. Global Health. 2017;13(1):22. DOI: 10.1186/s12992-017-0245-5

Knoblauch A. Assessing and monitoring health impacts of infrastructure development projects in sub-Saharan Africa. Basel: Univ. Basel, 2017. Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science DOI: 10.5451/unibas-006734990

Knoblauch A.M, Divall M.J, Owuor M, Archer C, Nduna K, Ng'uni H, Musunka G, Pascall A, Utzinger J, Winkler M.S. Monitoring of selected health indicators in children living in a copper mine development area in northwestern Zambia. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017;14(3):315. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14030315

Knoblauch A.M, Divall M.J, Owuor M, Nduna K, Ng'uni H, Musunka G, Pascall A, Utzinger J, Winkler M.S. Experience and lessons from health impact assessment guiding prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in a copper mine project, northwestern Zambia. Infect Dis Poverty. 2017;6:114. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-017-0320-4

Pereira C.A.R, Périssé A.R.S, Knoblauch A.M, Utzinger J, de Souza Hacon S, Winkler M.S. Health impact assessment in Latin American countries: current practice and prospects. Environ Impact Assess Rev. 2017;65:175-185. DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2016.09.005

Erismann S, Diagbouga S, Odermatt P, Knoblauch A.M, Gerold J, Shrestha A, Grissoum T, Kaboré A, Schindler C, Utzinger J, Cissé G. Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections and associated risk factors among schoolchildren in the Plateau Central and Centre-Ouest regions of Burkina Faso. Parasit Vectors. 2016;18(9):554. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-016-1835-4

Erismann S, Shrestha A, Diagbouga S, Knoblauch A, Gerold J, Herz R, Sharma S, Schindler C, Odermatt P, Drescher A, Yang R.Y, Utzinger J, Cissé G. Complementary school garden, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene interventions to improve children's nutrition and health status in Burkina Faso and Nepal: a study protocol. BMC Public Health. 2016;16:244. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-2910-7

Knoblauch A.M, Archer C, Owuor M, Schmidlin S, Divall M.J, Utzinger J, Winkler M.S. Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth infections in schoolchildren in north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2016;110(7):424-426. DOI: 10.1093./trstmh/trw040

Bifuko O, Blake C, Elouard Y, Gerold J, Martin Hilber A, Knoblauch A, Merten S, Ndabihore N, Schwarz J, Weiss C, Nangunia M. Adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health survey : survey report 2014 South Kivu province, DRC. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2015

Bifuko O, Blake C, Elouard Y, Gerold J, Martin Hilber A, Knoblauch A, Merten S, Ndabihore N, Weiss C, Nangunia M. Enquête sur la santé sexuelle et reproductive des adolescent(e)s et des jeunes adultes : rapport d'enquête 2014 Province du Sud Kivu, RDC. Bâle: Institut Tropical et de Santé Publique, 2015

Erismann S, Knoblauch A, Diagbouga S, Gerold J, Savadogo B, Grissoum T, Yang R.Y, Utzinger J, Cissé G. Inadequate dietary and hygiene practices and knowledge of school-aged children in Burkina Faso. Ann Nutr Metab, 2015;67:210-211

Erismann S, Knoblauch A.M, Diagbouga S, Grissoum T, Sawadogo B, Herz R, Yang R.Y, Utzinger J, Cissé G. High intestinal parasitic infections and malnutrition in school-aged children in Burkina Faso. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):80. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Knoblauch A.M, Bratschi M.W, Zuske M.K, Althaus D, Stephan R, Hächler H, Baumgartner A, Prager R, Rabsch W, Altpeter E, Jost M, Mäusezahl M, Hatz C, Kiefer S. Cross-border outbreak of Salmonella enterica ssp. enterica serovar Bovismorbificans: multiple approaches to outbreak investigation in Germany and Switzerland. Swiss Med Wkly. 2015;145:w14182. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2020.14182

Knoblauch A.M, Hodges M.H, Divall M.J, Zhang Y, Utzinger J, Winkler M.S. Health monitoring in a changing social-ecological context of a biofuel project in Sierra Leone. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):138. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Roll Back Malaria Partnership. Action and investment to defeat malaria 2016-2030: for a malaria-free world. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2015

Knoblauch A.M, Hodges M.H, Bah M.S, Kamara H.I, Kargbo A, Paye J, Turay H, Nyorkor E.D, Divall M.J, Zhang Y, Utzinger J, Winkler M.S. Changing patterns of health in communities impacted by a bioenergy project in northern Sierra Leone. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2014;11(12):12997-13016. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph111212997

Knoblauch A.M, Winkler M.S, Archer C, Divall M.J, Owuor M, Yapo R.M, Yao P.A, Utzinger J. The epidemiology of malaria and anaemia in the Bonikro mining area, central Côte d'Ivoire. Malar J. 2014;13:194. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-194

Winkler M.S, Knoblauch A.M, Righetti A.A, Divall M.J, Koroma M.M, Fofanah I, Turay H, Hodges M.H, Utzinger J. Baseline health conditions in selected communities of northern Sierra Leone as revealed by the health impact assessment of a biofuel project. Int Health. 2014;6(3):232-241. DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihu031

Sy I, Utzinger J, Knoblauch A, Odermatt P, Mäusezahl D, Koottatep T, Zurbrügg C, Bradley D, Cissé G. Wastewater and health in urban-rural interfaces: case studies in West Africa and Southeast Asia. Bern: NCCR North-South, 2012:20. International conference on research for development (ICRD 2012): research for global transformation: pre-conference proceedings University of Bern, Switzerland, 20-22 August 2012

Winkler M.S, Divall M.J, Krieger G.R, Schmidlin S, Magassouba M.L, Knoblauch A.M, Singer B.H, Utzinger J. Assessing health impacts in complex eco-epidemiological settings in the humid tropics: modular baseline health surveys. Environ Impact Assess Rev. 2012;33(1):15-22. DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2011.10.003