Publications

Buonfrate D, Hunt V.L, Odermatt P, Streit A. Strongyloides: omics to worm-free populations. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2024;379(1894):20220448. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0448

Homsana A, Southisavath P, Kling K, Hattendorf J, Vorasane S, Paris D.H, Probst-Hensch N, Sayasone S, Odermatt P. Burden and risk factors of suspected cholangiocarcinoma in high Opisthorchis viverrini endemic rural communities in southern Lao PDR. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2024;18(11):e0012617. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012617

Homsana A, Southisavath P, Kling K, Hattendorf J, Vorasane S, Paris D.H, Sayasone S, Odermatt P, Probst-Hensch N. Steatotic liver disease among lean and non-lean individuals in Southern Lao PDR: a cross-sectional study of risk factors. Ann Med. 2024;56(1):2329133. DOI: 10.1080/07853890.2024.2329133

Kamber L, Bürli C, Harbrecht H, Odermatt P, Sayasone S, Chitnis N. Modeling the persistence of Opisthorchis viverrini worm burden after mass-drug administration and education campaigns with systematic adherence. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2024;18(2):e0011362. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011362

O'Connor S.Y, Mationg M.L, Kelly M.J, Williams G.M, Clements A.C, Sripa B, Sayasone S, Khieu V, Wangdi K, Stewart D.E, Tangkawattana S, Suwannatrai A.T, Savathdy V, Khieu V, Odermatt P, Gordon C.A, Wannachart S, McManus D.P, Gray D.J. Examining the acceptability of helminth education packages "Magic Glasses Lower Mekong" and "Magic Glasses Opisthorchiasis" and their impact on knowledge, attitudes, and practices among schoolchildren in the Lower Mekong Basin: protocol for a cluster rand. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024;13:e55290. DOI: 10.2196/55290

Sayasone S, Vonghachack Y, Xia S, Lv S, Zhou X.N, Odermatt P. Integrated Eco-Health approach significantly reduces helminth infections in endemic Khong islands with emphasis on Schistosoma mekongi. Infect Dis Poverty. 2024;13(1):57. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-024-01226-z

Sonephet S, Kounnavong S, Zinsstag L, Vonaesch P, Sayasone S, Siengsounthone L, Odermatt P, Fink G, Wallenborn J.T. Social Transfers for Exclusive Breastfeeding (STEB) Intervention in Lao People's Democratic Republic: protocol for a randomized controlled trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024;13:e54768. DOI: 10.2196/54768

Southisavath P, Kling K, Homsana A, Probst-Hensch N, Paris D.H, Sayasone S, Odermatt P. Elimination of schistosomiasis mekongi in reach for Lao PDR: The last patient with severe disease?. Parasitol Int. 2024(in press). DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2024.102976

Wallenborn J.T, Sinantha-Hu M, Ouipoulikoune V, Kounnavong S, Siengsounthone L, Probst-Hensch N, Odermatt P, Sayasone S, Fink G. Vientiane multigenerational birth cohort project in Lao People's Democratic Republic: protocol for establishing a longitudinal multigenerational birth cohort to promote population health. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024;13:e59545. DOI: 10.2196/59545

Crellen T, Haswell M, Sithithaworn P, Sayasone S, Odermatt P, Lamberton P.H.L, Spencer S.E.F, Hollingsworth T.D. Diagnosis of helminths depends on worm fecundity and the distribution of parasites within hosts. Proc Biol Sci. 2023;290(1991):20222204. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.2204

Fedorova O.S, Kovshirina A.E, Kovshirina Y.V, Hattendorf J, Onishchenko S.V, Katanakhova L.L, Taslicki S.S, Chizhikov A.V, Tataurov I.A.C, Vtorushin S.V, Sripa B, Ogorodova L.M, Odermatt P. Opisthorchis felineus infection is a risk factor for cholangiocarcinoma in Western Siberia: a hospital-based case-control study. Clin Infect Dis. 2023;76(3):e1392-e1398. DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac497

Palmeirim M.S, Erismann S, Leuenberger A, Berger-González M, Mtenga S, Sayasone S, Odermatt P, Prytherch H, Somerville C. Gender in public health research: reflections on design and process across four research projects in low-and middle-income countries. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023;3(4):e0000808. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000808

Phonekeo S, Kounnavong S, Vonglokham M, Siengsounthone L, Homsana A, Gummin S, Vounatsou P, Nittiyanant P, Worawichawong S, Aekplakorn W, Odermatt P, Sayasone S. Intestinal helminth infections and associated risk factors among adults in the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Infect Dis Poverty. 2023;12:61. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-023-01112-0

Phoosangwalthong P, Kamyingkird K, Kengradomkij C, Chimnoi W, Odermatt P, Inpankaew T. Molecular detection and genetic characterization of zoonotic hookworm in semi-domesticated cats residing in monasteries in Bangkok, Thailand. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2023;8(2):122. DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed8020122

Stürmann Anna, Endriss Yvette, Nickel Beatrice, Odermatt Peter, Pelikan Joachim. Introduction to diagnostic medical parasitology. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2023. This learning software allows beginners to gain experience in diagnosing the most important helminth and protozoan infections of humans. For this purpose, one can gain basic knowledge through short overviews of parasites, diseases, diagnostic methods and strategies. Even more important, one can train diagnostic capabilities using a virtual microscope. The course leads the student from basic training to more complicated diagnostic exercises. Our purpose is to facilitate a first approach to Diagnostic Medical Parasitology. This programme cannot replace working with a real microscope or consulting diagnostic textbooks and atlases.

Tamarelle J, Creze M.M, Savathdy V, Phonekeo S, Wallenborn J, Siengsounthone L, Fink G, Odermatt P, Kounnavong S, Sayasone S, Vonäsch P. Dynamics and consequences of nutrition-related microbial dysbiosis in early life: study protocol of the VITERBI GUT project. Front Nutr. 2023;10:1111478. DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1111478

Vonghachack Y, Odermatt P, Utzinger J, Sayasone S. Improved latrines minimally impact Schistosoma mekongi transmission in Mekong islands. Sci One Health. 2023;2:100038. DOI: 10.1016/j.soh.2023.100038

Hörmann J, Kuenzli E, Schaefer C, Paris D.H, Bühler S, Odermatt P, Sayasone S, Neumayr A, Nickel B. Performance of a rapid immuno-chromatographic test (Schistosoma ICT IgG-IgM) for detecting Schistosoma-specific antibodies in sera of endemic and non-endemic populations. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022;16(5):e0010463. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010463

Voupawoe G, Anthony W, Hattendorf J, Odermatt P, Zinsstag J, Mauti S. Preparing Liberia for rabies control: human-dog relationship and practices, and vaccination scenarios. Acta Trop. 2022;229:106331. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106331

Colella V, Khieu V, Worsley A, Senevirathna D, Muth S, Huy R, Odermatt P, Traub R.J. Risk profiling and efficacy of albendazole against the hookworms Necator americanus and Ancylostoma ceylanicum in Cambodia to support control programs in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2021;16:100258. DOI: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100258

Frickmann H, Loderstädt U, Nickel B, Poppert S, Odermatt P, Sayasone S, Van Esbroeck M, Micalessi I, Cnops L, Adisakwattana P, Leboulle G, Landt O, Thye T, Tannich E. Low sensitivity of real time PCRs targeting retrotransposon sequences for the detection of Schistosoma japonicum complex DNA in human serum. Pathogens. 2021;10(8):1067. DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10081067

Nguyen-Viet H, Cissé G, Pham-Duc P, Nguyen-Viet H, Tanner M, Odermatt P, Vu-Van T, Van Minh H, Zurbrügg C, Schelling E, Zinsstag J. A One Health perspective for integrated human and animal sanitation, nutrient recycling and climate change. In: Zinsstag J,Schelling E,Waltner-Toews D,Whittaker M,Tanner M, eds. One Health: the theory and practice of integrated health approaches, 157-169. Wallingford: CABI, 2021

Nigo M.M, Odermatt P, Nigo D.W, Salieb-Beugelaar G.B, Battegay M, Hunziker P.R. Patients with severe schistosomiasis mansoni in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Infect Dis Poverty. 2021;10:39. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-021-00815-6

Nigo M.M, Odermatt P, Nigo D.W, Salieb-Beugelaar G.B, Battegay M, Hunziker P.R. Morbidity associated with Schistosoma mansoni infection in north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021;15(12):e0009375. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009375

Nigo M.M, Odermatt P, Salieb-Beugelaar G.B, Morozov O, Battegay M, Hunziker P.R. Epidemiology of Schistosoma mansoni infection in Ituri Province, north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021;15(12):e0009486. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009486

Wallenborn J.T, Valera C.B, Kounnavong S, Sayasone S, Odermatt P, Fink G. Urban-rural gaps in breastfeeding practices: evidence from Lao People's Democratic Republic. Int J Public Health. 2021;66:1604062. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2021.1604062

Ayé P, Phongluxa K, Vonghachack Y, Sayasone S, Oroth R, Odermatt P. Patients with severe schistosomiasis mekongi morbidity in southern Lao People's Democratic Republic demonstrating ongoing transmission. Acta Trop. 2020;204:105323. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.105323

Boumediene F, Chhour C, Chivorakoun P, Souvong V, Odermatt P, Hun C, Thebaut C, Bounlu M, Chum N, Vorachit S, Ros S, Chan S, Preux P.M. Community-based management of epilepsy in Southeast Asia: two intervention strategies in Lao PDR and Cambodia. Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2020;4:100042. DOI: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2020.100042

Buonfrate D, Bisanzio D, Giorli G, Odermatt P, Fürst T, Greenaway C, French M, Reithinger R, Gobbi F, Montresor A, Bisoffi Z. The global prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis infection. Pathogens. 2020;9(6):E468. DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9060468

Chankongsin S, Wampfler R, Ruf M.T, Odermatt P, Marti H, Nickel B, Keoluangkhot V, Neumayr A. Strongyloides stercoralis prevalence and diagnostics in Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic. Infect Dis Poverty. 2020;9:133. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-020-00750-y

Fedorova O.S, Fedotova M.M, Zvonareva O.I, Mazeina S.V, Kovshirina Y.V, Sokolova T.S, Golovach E.A, Kovshirina A.E, Konovalova U.V, Kolomeets I.L, Gutor S.S, Petrov V.A, Hattendorf J, Ogorodova L.M, Odermatt P. Opisthorchis felineus infection, risks, and morbidity in rural Western Siberia, Russian Federation. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020;14(6):e0008421. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008421

Homsana A, Odermatt P, Southisavath P, Yajima A, Sayasone S. Cross-reaction of POC-CCA urine test for detection of Schistosoma mekongi in Lao PDR: a cross-sectional study. Infect Dis Poverty. 2020;9:114. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-020-00733-z

Nguyen-Viet H, Pham-Duc P, Nguyen V, Tanner M, Odermatt P, Vu-Van T, Van Minh H, Zurbrügg C, Schelling E, Zinsstag J. Une perspective One Health pour l’assainissement humain et animal intégré et le recyclage des nutriments. In: Zinsstag J,Schelling E,Waltner-Toews D,Whittaker M,Tanner M, eds. One Health, une seule santé: théorie et pratique des approches intégrées de la santé, 143-155. Versailles: Éditions Quae, 2020. DOI: 10.35690/978-2-7592-3097-6

Nigo MM, Salieb-Beugelaar G-B, Battegay M, Odermatt P, Hunziker P. Schistosomiasis: from established diagnostic assays to emerging micro/nanotechnology-based rapid field testing for clinical management and epidemiology. Prec Nanomed. 2020;3(1):439-458. DOI: 10.33218/prnano3(1).191205.1

Sayasone S, Kling K, Southisavath P, Utzinger J, Oroth R, Odermatt P. Morbidity associated with Schistosoma mekongi and concurrent helminth infection in Lao People's Democratic Republic. Acta Trop. 2020;204:105324. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.105324

Shrestha A, Schindler C, Odermatt P, Gerold J, Erismann S, Sharma S, Koju R, Utzinger J, Cissé G. Nutritional and health status of children 15 months after integrated school garden, nutrition, and water, sanitation and hygiene interventions: a cluster-randomised controlled trial in Nepal. BMC Public Health. 2020;20:158. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-8027-z

Forrer A, Khieu V, Vounatsou P, Sithithaworn P, Ruantip S, Huy R, Muth S, Odermatt P. Strongyloides stercoralis: spatial distribution of a highly prevalent and ubiquitous soil-transmitted helminth in Cambodia. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019;13(6):e0006943. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006943

Fürst T, Yongvanit P, Khuntikeo N, Lun Z.R, Haagsma J.A, Torgerson P.R, Odermatt P, Bürli C, Chitnis N, Sithithaworn P. Food-borne trematodiases in East Asia: epidemiology and burden. In: Utzinger J,Yap P,Bratschi M,Steinmann P, eds. Neglected tropical diseases - East Asia, 13-38. Cham: Springer, 2019. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-12008-5_2

Khieu V, Fürst T, Miyamoto Y, Yong T-S, Chai J-Y, Huy R, Muth S, Odermatt P. Is Opisthorchis viverrini emerging in Cambodia?. Adv Parasitol. 2019;103:31-73. DOI: 10.1016/bs.apar.2019.02.002

Khieu V, Sayasone S, Muth S, Kirinoki M, Laymanivong S, Ohmae H, Huy R, Chanthapaseuth T, Yajima A, Phetsouvanh R, Bergquist R, Odermatt P. Elimination of schistosomiasis mekongi from endemic areas in Cambodia and the Lao People's Democratic Republic: current status and plans. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2019;4(1):30. DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed4010030