Publications

Alcalá C.S, Armendáriz-Arnez C, Mora A.M, Rodriguez-Zamora M.G, Bradman A, Fuhrimann S, Lindh C, Rosa M.J. Association of pesticide exposure with respiratory health outcomes and rhinitis in avocado farmworkers from Michoacán, Mexico. Sci Total Environ. 2024;945:173855. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173855

Davies E, Stamm C, Fuhrimann S, Chow R. Mixed pesticide sources identified by using wastewater tracers in rivers of South African agricultural catchments. Sci Total Environ. 2024(in press). DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177206

Fuhrimann S, Mueller W, Atuhaire A, Mubeezi R, Ohlander J, Povey A, Basinas I, van Tongeren M, Jones K, Galea K.S, Kromhout H. Occupational exposure to pesticides and neurobehavioral outcomes. Impact of different original and recalled exposure measures on the associations. Ann Work Expo Health. 2024;68(6):657-664. DOI: 10.1093/annweh/wxae025

Galea K.S, Mueller W, Fuhrimann S, Jones K, Ohlander J, Basinas I, Povey A, van Tongeren M, Kromhout H. How can exposure assessment for pesticides in epidemiological studies be improved? Insights from the IMPRESS project. Environ Int. 2024;192:109013. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.109013

Rodríguez-Zamora M.G, Fuhrimann S, Winkler M.S, Rosa M.J, Reich B, Lindh C, Mora A.M. Respiratory and allergic outcomes among farmworkers exposed to pesticides in Costa Rica. Sci Total Environ. 2024;954(in press). DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176776

Rosa M.J, Armendáriz-Arnez C, Gudayol-Ferré E, Prehn M, Fuhrimann S, Eskenazi B, Lindh C.H, Mora A.M. Association of pesticide exposure with neurobehavioral outcomes among avocado farmworkers in Mexico. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2024;256:114322. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2024.114322

Ssekkadde P, Tomberge V.M.J, Brugger C, Atuhaire A, Dalvie M.A, Rother H.-A, Röösli M, Inauen J, Fuhrimann S. Evaluating and enhancing an educational intervention to reduce smallholder farmers' exposure to pesticides in Uganda through a digital, systematic approach to behavior change: protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024;13:e55238. DOI: 10.2196/55238

Veludo A.F, Röösli M, Dalvie M.A, Stuchlík Fišerová P, Prokeš R, Přibylová P, Šenk P, Kohoutek J, Mugari M, Klánová J, Huss A, Figueiredo D.M, Mol H, Dias J, Degrendele C, Fuhrimann S. Child exposure to organophosphate and pyrethroid insecticides measured in urine, wristbands, and household dust and its implications for child health in South Africa: a panel study. Environ Epidemiol. 2024;8(1):e282. DOI: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000282

Chow R, Curchod L, Davies E, Veludo A.F, Oltramare C, Dalvie M.A, Stamm C, Röösli M, Fuhrimann S. Seasonal drivers and risks of aquatic pesticide pollution in drought and post-drought conditions in three Mediterranean watersheds. Sci Total Environ. 2023;858(Part 2):159784. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159784

Fuhrimann S, Mueller W, Atuhaire A, Ohlander J, Mubeezi R, Povey A, Basinas I, van Tongeren M, Jones K, Sams C, Galea K.S, Kromhout H. Self-reported and urinary biomarker-based measures of exposure to glyphosate and mancozeb and sleep problems among smallholder farmers in Uganda. Environ Int. 2023;182:108277. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.108277

Hofmann B, Ingold K, Stamm C, Ammann P, Eggen R.I.L, Finger R, Fuhrimann S, Lienert J, Mark J, McCallum C, Probst-Hensch N, Reber U, Tamm L, Wiget M, Winkler M.S, Zachmann L, Hoffmann S. Barriers to evidence use for sustainability: insights from pesticide policy and practice. Ambio. 2023;52(2):425-439. DOI: 10.1007/s13280-022-01790-4

Marcu D, Keyser S, Petrik L, Fuhrimann S, Maree L. Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) and male reproductive health: challenging the future with a double-edged sword. Toxics. 2023;11(4):330. DOI: 10.3390/toxics11040330

Ottenbros I.B, Ammann P, Imboden M, Fuhrimann S, Zock J.P, Lebret E, Vermeulen R.C.H, Nijssen R, Lommen A, Mol H, Vlaanderen J.J, Probst-Hensch N. Urinary pesticide mixture patterns and exposure determinants in the adult population from the Netherlands and Switzerland: application of a suspect screening approach. Environ Res. 2023;239(Pt 1):117216. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117216

Degrendele C, Klánová J, Prokes R, Příbylová P, Šenk P, Šudoma M, Röösli M, Dalvie M.A, Fuhrimann S. Current use pesticides in soil and air from two agricultural sites in South Africa: implications for environmental fate and human exposure. Sci Total Environ. 2022;807(Pt 1):150455. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150455

Degrendele C, Prokeš R, Šenk P, Jílková S.R, Kohoutek J, Melymuk L, Přibylová P, Dalvie M.A, Röösli M, Klánová J, Fuhrimann S. Human exposure to pesticides in dust from two agricultural sites in South Africa. Toxics. 2022;10(10):629. DOI: 10.3390/toxics10100629

Fuhrimann S, Mol H.G.J, Dias J, Dalvie M.A, Röösli M, Degrendele C, Figueiredo D.M, Huss A, Portengen L, Vermeulen R. Quantitative assessment of multiple pesticides in silicone wristbands of children/guardian pairs living in agricultural areas in South Africa. Sci Total Environ. 2022;812:152330. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152330

Fuhrimann S, Wan C, Blouzard E, Veludo A, Holtman Z, Chetty-Mhlanga S, Dalvie M.A, Atuhaire A, Kromhout H, Röösli M, Rother H.A. Pesticide research on environmental and human exposure and risks in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic literature review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19(1):259. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19010259

Galli A, Winkler M.S, Doanthu T, Fuhrimann S, Huynh T, Rahn E, Stamm C, Staudacher P, Huynh T.V, Loss G. Assessment of pesticide safety knowledge and practices in Vietnam: a cross-sectional study of smallholder farmers in the Mekong delta. J Occup Environ Hyg. 2022;19(9):509-523. DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2022.2100403

Mora A.M, Baker J.M, Hyland C, Rodriguez-Zamora M.G, Rojas-Valverde D, Winkler M.S, Staudacher P, Palzes V.A, Gutierrez-Vargas R, Lindh C, Reiss A.L, Eskenazi B, Fuhrimann S, Sagiv S.K. Pesticide exposure and cortical brain activation among farmworkers in Costa Rica. Neurotoxicology. 2022;93:200-210. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2022.10.004

Mueller W, Atuhaire A, Mubeezi R, van den Brenk I, Kromhout H, Basinas I, Jones K, Povey A, van Tongeren M, Harding A.H, Galea K.S, Fuhrimann S. Evaluation of two-year recall of self-reported pesticide exposure among Ugandan smallholder farmers. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2022;240:113911. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113911

Röösli M, Fuhrimann S, Atuhaire A, Rother H.A, Dabrowski J, Eskenazi B, Jørs E, Jepson P.C, London L, Naidoo S, Rohlman D.S, Saunyama I, van Wendel de Joode B, Adeleye A.O, Alagbo O.O, Aliaj D, Azanaw J, Beerappa R, Brugger C, Chaiklieng S, Chetty-Mhlanga S, Chitra G.A, Dhananjayan V, Ejomah A, Enyoh C.E, Galani Y.J.H, Hogarh J.N, Ihedioha J.N, Ingabire J.P, Isgren E, Loko Y.L.E, Maree L, Metou'ou Ernest N, Moda H.M, Mubiru E, Mwema M.F, Ndagire I, Olutona G.O, Otieno P, Paguirigan J.M, Quansah R, Ssemugabo C, Solomon S, Sosan M.B, Sulaiman M.B, Teklu B.M, Tongo I, Uyi O, Cueva-Vasquez H, Veludo A, Viglietti P, Dalvie M.A. Interventions to reduce pesticide exposure from the agricultural sector in Africa: a workshop report. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19(15):8973. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19158973

Tarazona J.V, Cattaneo I, Niemann L, Pedraza-Diaz S, González-Caballero M.C, de Alba-Gonzalez M, Cañas A, Dominguez-Morueco N, Esteban-López M, Castaño A, Borges T, Katsonouri A, Makris K.C, Ottenbros I, Mol H, De Decker A, Morrens B, Berman T, Barnett-Itzhaki Z, Probst-Hensch N, Fuhrimann S, Tratnik J.S, Horvat M, Rambaud L, Riou M, Schoeters G, Govarts E, Kolossa-Gehring M, Weber T, Apel P, Namorado S, Santonen T. A tiered approach for assessing individual and combined risk of pyrethroids using human biomonitoring data. Toxics. 2022;10(8):451. DOI: 10.3390/toxics10080451

Veludo A.F, Figueiredo D, Degrendele C, Masinyana L, Curchod L, Kohoutek J, Kukučka P, Martiník J, Přibylová P, Klánová J, Dalvie M.A, Röösli M, Fuhrimann S. Seasonal variations in air concentrations of 27 organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and 25 current-use pesticides (CUPs) across three agricultural areas of South Africa. Chemosphere. 2022;289:133162. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.133162

Chitnis N, Zinsstag J, Fuhrimann S, Hattendorf J. Animal-human transmission models. In: Zinsstag J,Schelling E,Waltner-Toews D,Whittaker M,Tanner M, eds. One Health: the theory and practice of integrated health approaches, 145-156. Wallingford: CABI, 2021

Farnham A, Fuhrimann S, Staudacher P, Quiros-Lepiz M, Hyland C, Winkler M.S, Mora A.M. Long-term neurological and psychological distress symptoms among smallholder farmers in Costa Rica with a history of acute pesticide poisoning. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(17):9021. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18179021

Molomo R.N, Basera W, Chetty-Mhlanga S, Fuhrimann S, Mugari M, Wiesner L, Röösli M, Dalvie M.A. Relation between organophosphate pesticide metabolite concentrations with pesticide exposures, socio-economic factors and lifestyles: a cross-sectional study among school boys in the rural Western Cape, South Africa. Environ Pollut. 2021;275:116660. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116660

Nguyen T.Y.C, Fagbayigbo B.O, Cissé G, Redi N, Fuhrimann S, Okedi J, Schindler C, Röösli M, Armitage N.P, Carden K, Dalvie M.A. Diarrhoea among children aged under five years and risk factors in informal settlements: a cross-sectional study in Cape Town, South Africa. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(11):6043. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18116043

Zinsstag J, Fuhrimann S, Hattendorf J, Chitnis N. Modèles de transmission animaux-humains. 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, 177-190. Versailles: Éditions Quae, 2020. DOI: 10.35690/978-2-7592-3097-6

Fuhrimann S, Nauta M, Winkler M. Disease burden due to gastroenteritis infections among people living along wastewater reuse system in Hanoi, Vietnam. In: Rose J.B,Jiménez-Cisneros B, eds. Global Water Pathogen Project. Part 5 Case Studies, 1-10. Michigan: Michigan State University, 2019. DOI: 10.14321/waterpathogens.68

Schneeberger P.H.H, Fuhrimann S, Becker S.L, Pothier J.F, Duffy B, Beuret C, Frey J.E, Utzinger J. Qualitative microbiome profiling along a wastewater system in Kampala, Uganda. Sci Rep. 2019;9:17334. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-53569-5

Chetty-Mhlanga S, Basera W, Fuhrimann S, Probst-Hensch N, Delport S, Mugari M, Van Wyk J, Röösli M, Dalvie M.A. A prospective cohort study of school-going children investigating reproductive and neurobehavioral health effects due to environmental pesticide exposure in the Western Cape, South Africa: study protocol. BMC Public Health. 2018;18:857. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-5783-0

Baker J.M, Rojas-Valverde D, Gutierrez R, Winkler M, Fuhrimann S, Eskenazi B, Reiss A.L, Mora A.M. Portable functional neuroimaging as an environmental epidemiology tool: a how-to guide for the use of fNIRS in field studies. Environ Health Perspect. 2017;125(9):094502. DOI: 10.1289/EHP2049

Fuhrimann S, Nauta M, Pham-Duc P, Tram N.T, Nguyen-Viet H, Utzinger J, Cissé G, Winkler M.S. Disease burden due to gastrointestinal infections among people living along the major wastewater system in Hanoi, Vietnam. Adv Water Resour. 2017;108:439-449. DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.12.010

Fuhrimann S. Health risk assessment along wastewater recovery and reuse systems in Kampala, Uganda and Hanoi, Vietnam. Basel: Univ. Basel, 2017. Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science DOI: 10.5451/unibas-006722840

Thiam S, Diene A.N, Fuhrimann S, Winkler M.S, Sy I, Ndione J.A, Schindler C, Vounatsou P, Utzinger J, Faye O, Cissé G. Prevalence of diarrhoea and risk factors among children under five years old in Mbour, Senegal: a cross-sectional study. Infect Dis Poverty. 2017;6:109. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-017-0323-1

Thiam S, Fuhrimann S, Niang-Diene A, Sy I, Faye O, Utzinger J, Cissé G. Urbanisation and its effect on risk factors associated with childhood diarrhoea in Mbour, Senegal: a visualisation. Geospat Health. 2017;12(2):632. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2017.632

Winkler M.S, Fuhrimann S, Pham-Duc P, Cissé G, Utzinger J, Nguyen-Viet H. Assessing potential health impacts of waste recovery and reuse business models in Hanoi, Vietnam. Int J Public Health. 2017;62(Suppl 1):S7-S16. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-016-0877-x

Winkler M.S, Jackson D, Sutherland D, Payden, Lim J.M.U, Srikantaiah V, Fuhrimann S, Medlicott K. Sanitation safety planning as a tool for achieving safely managed sanitation systems and safe use of wastewater. WHO South East Asia J Public Health. 2017;6(2):34-40

Fuhrimann S, Pham-Duc P, Cissé G, Tram N.T, Thu Ha H, Dung D.T, Ngoc P, Nguyen-Viet H, Vuong T.A, Utzinger J, Schindler C, Winkler M.S. Microbial contamination along the main open wastewater and storm water channel of Hanoi, Vietnam, and potential health risks for urban farmers. Sci Total Environ. 2016;566-567:1014-1022. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.080

Fuhrimann S, Winkler M.S, Kabatereine N.B, Tukahebwa E.M, Halage A.A, Rutebemberwa E, Medlicott K, Schindler C, Utzinger J, Cissé G. Risk of intestinal parasitic infections in people with different exposures to wastewater and fecal sludge in Kampala, Uganda: a cross-rectional study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016;10(3):e0004469. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004469

Fuhrimann S, Winkler M.S, Pham-Duc P, Do-Trung D, Schindler C, Utzinger J, Cissé G. Intestinal parasite infections and associated risk factors in communities exposed to wastewater in urban and peri-urban transition zones in Hanoi, Vietnam. Parasit Vectors. 2016;9:537. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-016-1809-6

Fuhrimann S, Winkler M.S, Stalder M, Niwagaba C.B, Babu M, Kabatereine N.B, Halage A.A, Utzinger J, Cissé G, Nauta M. Disease burden due to gastrointestinal pathogens in a wastewater system in Kampala, Uganda. Microbial Risk Analysis. 2016;4:16-28. DOI: 10.1016/j.mran.2016.11.003

Kimani T, Schelling E, Bett B, Ngigi M, Randolph T, Fuhrimann S. Public health benefits from livestock Rift Valley fever control: a simulation of two epidemics in Kenya. Ecohealth. 2016;13(4):729-742. DOI: 10.1007/s10393-016-1192-y

Fuhrimann S, Stalder M, Winkler M.S, Niwagaba C.B, Babu M, Masaba G, Kabatereine N.B, Halage A.A, Schneeberger P.H.H, Utzinger J, Cissé G. Microbial and chemical contamination of water, sediment and soil in the Nakivubo wetland area in Kampala, Uganda. Environ Monit Assess. 2015;187(7):475. DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4689-x

Fuhrimann S, Winkler M.S, Halage A.A, Kabatereine N.B, Pham-Duc P, Trung Dung D, Utzinger J, Cissé G. Risks of helminth transmission from urban wastewater reuse systems in Kampala, Uganda and Hanoi, Vietnam. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):311. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Winkler M.S, Fuhrimann S, Duc P.P, Cissé G. Health risk and impact assessments of waste reuse business models in Hanoi, Vietnam. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2015

Winkler M.S, Fuhrimann S, Goud B.R, Kumar S, Joseph B, Cissé G. Health risk and impact assessments of waste reuse business models in Bangalore, India. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2015

Winkler M.S, Fuhrimann S, Halage A, Cissé G. Health risk and impact assessments of waste reuse business models in Kampala, Uganda. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2015

Winkler M.S, Fuhrimann S, Hartinger S.M, Cissé G. Health risk and impact assessments of waste reuse business models in Lima, Peru. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2015

Zinsstag J, Fuhrimann S, Hattendorf J, Chitnis N. Animal-human transmission models. In: Zinsstag J,Schelling E,Waltner-Toews D,Whittaker M,Tanner M, eds. One Health: the theory and practice of integrated health approaches, 122-133. Wallingford: CABI, 2015

Fuhrimann S, Winkler M.S, Schneeberger P.H.H, Niwagaba C.B, Buwule J, Babu M, Medlicott K, Utzinger J, Cissé G. Health risk assessment along the wastewater and faecal sludge management and reuse chain in Kampala, Uganda: a visualization. Geospat Health. 2014;9:241-245. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2014.21