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5. Prevalence of and risk factors for microscopic and submicroscopic malaria infections in pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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van Eijk, Anna Maria, Stepniewska, Kasia, Hill, Jenny, Taylor, Steve M., Rogerson, Stephen J., Cottrell, Gilles, Chico, R. Matthew, Gutman, Julie R., Tinto, Hallidou, Unger, Holger W., Yanow, Stephanie K., Accrombessi, Manfred, Adegnika, Ayola A., Ahmed, Rukhsana, Arango-Flórez, Eliana María, Arevalo-Herrera, Myriam, Arinaitwe, Emmanual, Arnaldo, Paulo, Ashorn, Per, Ashorn, Ulla, Bardaji, Azucena, Betuela, Inoni, Bharti, Praveen K., Bohissou, Francis, Bôtto-Menezes, Camila, Braun, Vera, Briand, Valerie, Briggs, Jessica, Castellanos, María Eugenia, Chandramohan, Daniel, Chaponda, Enesia Banda, Chitnis, Chetan, Cohee, Lauren M., Cot, Michel, d'Alessandro, Umberto, Denoeud-Ndam, Lise, Desai, Meghna, Dicko, Alassane, Ding, Xavier, Dorsey, Grant, Duffy, Patrick E., Elbadry, Maha A., Enosse, Sonia M., Fan, Yue, Fievet, Nadine, Fried, Michal, Genton, Blaise, Gonzalez, Raquel, Greenwood, Brian, Kalilani, Linda, Kattenberg, Johanna H., Kayentao, Kassoum, Khairallah, Carole, King, Christopher L., Kochar, Dhanpat Kumar, Kochar, Swati, Koukouikila-Koussounda, Felix, Landis, Sarah H., Laufer, Miriam K., Leke, Rose F., Macete, Eusebio, Maculuve, Sonia, Madanitsa, Mwayiwawo, Mahamar, Almahamoudou, Maleta, Ken, Malhotra, Indu, Zoleko Manego, Rella, Martinez-Espinosa, Flor Ernestina, Massougbodji, Achille, Mathanga, Don, Menegon, Michela, Menendez, Clara, Mens, Petra, Meremikwu, Martin, Mockenhaupt, Frank P., Mombo-Ngoma, Ghyslain, Mosha, Dominic, Mueller, Ivo, Nahum, Alain, Natureeba, Paul, Ndam, Nicaise, Ntoumi, Francine, Oduwole, Olabisi A., Okech, Bernard A., Ome-Kaius, Maria, Otieno, Kephas, Padilla, Norma, Ramharter, Michal, Rochford, Rosemary, Rosanas-Urgell, Anna, Ruperez, Maria, Sabourin, Katherine R., Sanz, Sergi, Schallig, Henk D., Scott, Susana, Sevene, Esperanca, Severini, Carlo, Tagbor, Harry, Taylor, Diane Wallace, Traore Coulibaly, Maminata, Vasquez, Ana, Walker-Abbey, Annie, Wylie, Blair J., Zannou, Djimon M., Meshnick, Stephen R., ter Kuile, Feiko O., Mayor, Alfredo, Taylor, Steve M, Rogerson, Stephen J, Chico, R Matthew, Gutman, Julie R, Tinto, Halidou, Unger, Holger W, Yanow, Stephanie K, Meshnick, Steven R, and ter Kuile, Feiko O

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2023
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6. In Vitro Confirmation of Artemisinin Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum from Patient Isolates, Southern Rwanda, 2019

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van Loon, Welmoed, Oliveira, Rafael, Bergmann, Clara, Habarugira, Felix, Ndoli, Jules, Sendegeya, Augustin, Bayingana, Claude, and Mockenhaupt, Frank P.

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Gene mutations -- Research, Drug resistance in microorganisms -- Genetic aspects -- Physiological aspects -- Research, Malaria -- Drug therapy, Parasitological research, Plasmodium falciparum -- Genetic aspects -- Physiological aspects, Health
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Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) have contributed greatly to the global decline of illness and death from malaria (1). However, the novel emergence of artemisinin resistance in eastern Africa has threatened [...]

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2022
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7. Evaluation of accuracy, exclusivity, limit-of-detection and ease-of-use of LumiraDx™: An antigen-detecting point-of-care device for SARS-CoV-2

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Krüger, Lisa J., Klein, Julian A. F., Tobian, Frank, Gaeddert, Mary, Lainati, Federica, Klemm, Sarah, Schnitzler, Paul, Bartenschlager, Ralf, Cerikan, Berati, Neufeldt, Christopher J., Nikolai, Olga, Lindner, Andreas K., Mockenhaupt, Frank P., Seybold, Joachim, Jones, Terry C., Corman, Victor M., Pollock, Nira R., Knorr, Britta, Welker, Andreas, de Vos, Margaretha, Sacks, Jilian A., and Denkinger, Claudia M.

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2022
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8. Accuracy and ease-of-use of seven point-of-care SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detecting tests: A multi-centre clinical evaluation

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Krüger, Lisa J., Tanuri, Amilcar, Lindner, Andreas K., Gaeddert, Mary, Köppel, Lisa, Tobian, Frank, Brümmer, Lukas E., Klein, Julian A.F., Lainati, Federica, Schnitzler, Paul, Nikolai, Olga, Mockenhaupt, Frank P., Seybold, Joachim, Corman, Victor M., Jones, Terence C., Drosten, Christian, Gottschalk, Claudius, Weber, Stefan F., Weber, Stephan, Ferreira, Orlando C., Mariani, Diana, dos Santos Nascimento, Erika Ramos, Pereira Pinto Castineiras, Terezinha M., Galliez, Rafael Mello, Faffe, Debora Souza, Leitão, Isabela de Carvalho, dos Santos Rodrigues, Claudia, Frauches, Thiago Silva, Nocchi, Keity J. Chagas Vilela, Feitosa, Natalia Martins, Ribeiro, Sabrina Santana, Pollock, Nira R., Knorr, Britta, Welker, Andreas, de Vos, Margaretha, Sacks, JilianA., Ongarello, Stefano, and Denkinger, Claudia M.

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2022
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10. Self-collected oral, nasal and saliva samples yield sensitivity comparable to professionally collected oro-nasopharyngeal swabs in SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis among symptomatic outpatients

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Gertler, Maximilian, Krause, Eva, van Loon, Welmoed, Krug, Niklas, Kausch, Franka, Rohardt, Chiara, Rössig, Heike, Michel, Janine, Nitsche, Andreas, Mall, Marcus A., Nikolai, Olga, Hommes, Franziska, Burock, Susen, Lindner, Andreas K., Mockenhaupt, Frank P., Pison, Ulrich, and Seybold, Joachim

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2021
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12. Anthropometric indices and their cut-off points in relation to type 2 diabetes among Ghanaian migrants and non-migrants: The RODAM study

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Darko, Samuel N., Meeks, Karlijn A.C., Owiredu, William K.B.A., Laing, Edwin F., Boateng, Daniel, Beune, Erik, Addo, Juliet, de-Graft Aikins, Ama, Bahendeka, Silver, Mockenhaupt, Frank, Spranger, Joachim, Agyei-Baffour, Peter, Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin, Smeeth, Liam, Agyemang, Charles, and Owusu-Dabo, Ellis

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2021
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13. Travel-related infections presenting in Europe: A 20-year analysis of EuroTravNet surveillance data

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Grobusch, Martin P., Weld, Leisa, Goorhuis, Abraham, Hamer, Davidson H., Schunk, Mirjam, Jordan, Sabine, Mockenhaupt, Frank P., Chappuis, François, Asgeirsson, Hilmir, Caumes, Eric, Jensenius, Mogens, van Genderen, Perry J.J., Castelli, Francesco, López-Velez, Rogelio, Field, Vanessa, Bottieau, Emmanuel, Molina, Israel, Rapp, Christophe, Ménendez, Marta Díaz, Gkrania-Klotsas, Effrossyni, Larsen, Carsten S., Malvy, Denis, Lalloo, David, Gobbi, Federico, Florescu, Simin A., Gautret, Philippe, and Schlagenhauf, Patricia

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2021
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14. Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 Lineage at Outpatient Testing Site, Berlin, Germany, January-March 2021

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van Loon, Welmoed, Rossig, Heike, Burock, Susen, Hofmann, Jorg, Bernhard, Julian, Linzbach, Elisabeth, Pettenkofer, Domenika, Schonfeld, Christian, Gertler, Maximilian, Seybold, Joachim, Kurth, Tobias, and Mockenhaupt, Frank P.

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Berlin, Germany -- Health aspects, Outpatients -- Statistics, Health
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) B.1.1.7 lineage (variant of concern [VOC] 202012/01 or 20I/501Y.V1) likely emerged during autumn 2020 in the United Kingdom and quickly became dominant there [...]

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2021
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16. Studying the pathophysiology of coronavirus disease 2019: a protocol for the Berlin prospective COVID-19 patient cohort (Pa-COVID-19)

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Kurth, Florian, Roennefarth, Maria, Thibeault, Charlotte, Corman, Victor M., Müller-Redetzky, Holger, Mittermaier, Mirja, Ruwwe-Glösenkamp, Christoph, Heim, Katrin M., Krannich, Alexander, Zvorc, Saskia, Schmidt, Sein, Kretzler, Lucie, Dang-Heine, Chantip, Rose, Matthias, Hummel, Michael, Hocke, Andreas, Hübner, Ralf H., Opitz, Bastian, Mall, Marcus A., Röhmel, Jobst, Landmesser, Ulf, Pieske, Burkert, Knauss, Samuel, Endres, Matthias, Spranger, Joachim, Mockenhaupt, Frank P., Tacke, Frank, Treskatsch, Sascha, Angermair, Stefan, Siegmund, Britta, Spies, Claudia, Weber-Carstens, Steffen, Eckardt, Kai-Uwe, Schürmann, Dirk, Uhrig, Alexander, Stegemann, Miriam S., Zoller, Thomas, Drosten, Christian, Suttorp, Norbert, Witzenrath, Martin, Hippenstiel, Stefan, von Kalle, Christof, and Sander, Leif Erik

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2020
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20. Dietary Patterns Are Associated with Predicted 10-Year Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Among Ghanaian Populations: the Research on Obesity and Diabetes in African Migrants (RODAM) Study

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Boateng, Daniel, Galbete, Cecilia, Nicolaou, Mary, Meeks, Karlijn, Beune, Erik, Smeeth, Liam, Osei-Kwasi, Hibbah Araba, Bahendeka, Silver, Agyei-Baffour, Peter, Mockenhaupt, Frank P, Spranger, Joachim, Grobbee, Diederick E, Schulze, Matthias B, Stronks, Karien, Agyemang, Charles, Danquah, Ina, and Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin

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2019
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22. American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Imported cases in Berlin 2000–2023.

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Lindner, Andreas K., Moreno-del Castillo, Maria Cristina, Wintel, Mia, Equihua Martinez, Gabriela, Richter, Joachim, Kurth, Florian, Pfäfflin, Frieder, Zoller, Thomas, Gertler, Maximilian, Georgi, Susanne, Nürnberg, Michael, Hülso, Claudia, Bernhard, Julian, Kotsias, Sarah Konopelska, Seigerschmidt, Antonio, van Loon, Welmoed, Mockenhaupt, Frank, Kampmann, Beate, and Harms, Gundel

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CUTANEOUS leishmaniasis, NEGLECTED diseases, TREATMENT effectiveness, AMPHOTERICIN B, BURULI ulcer, SKIN diseases
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Background: American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ACL) shows variable response to therapy, but data on species-specific treatment efficacy is scarce. We describe the clinical characteristics and outcome of patients with ACL imported to a tertiary centre in Germany and determine whether species-specific therapy according to the 2014 "LeishMan" group recommendations is associated with cure. Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted at the Charité Institute of International Health in Berlin. We analysed data on PCR-confirmed ACL cases collected between 2000 and 2023. Systemic therapy included liposomal amphotericin B, miltefosine, pentavalent antimony, ketoconazole or itraconazole. Localized therapy included perilesional pentavalent antimony or paromomycin ointment. Cure was defined as re-epithelialization of ulcers or disappearance of papular-nodular lesions after 3 months of treatment. Logistic regression models were used to quantify the effect of species-specific systemic therapy on the outcome. Results: 75 cases were analysed. Most patients were male (62%), median age was 35 years, no patient had a history of immunosuppression. The most common reason for travel was tourism (60%), the most common destination was Costa Rica (28%), the median duration of illness was 8 weeks, and most patients presented with ulcers (87%). Lesions were complex in 43%. The most common Leishmania (L.) species was L. braziliensis (28%), followed by L. panamensis (21%). 51/73 (70%) patients were cured after initial therapy and 17/21 (81%) after secondary therapy. Cure after systemic therapy was more frequent when species-specific treatment recommendations were followed (33/45; 73%), compared to when not followed, (6/17; 35%, P = 0.008). This association was independent of age, sex, previous therapy, complex lesions, and Leishmania species (adjusted OR, 5.06; 95% CI, 1.22–24.16). Conclusions: ACL is a rare, imported disease in Germany. Complex lesions were common, challenging successful therapy. This study highlights the importance of identifying the parasite species and suggests that a species-specific approach to treatment leads to better outcomes. Author summary: American cutaneous leishmaniasis is a skin disease caused by parasites that are transmitted through the bite of sandflies. It is considered as a neglected tropical disease. In non-endemic countries like Germany, this disease is rarely seen and is imported by migrants or travellers who have been infected in tropical or subtropical areas of the Americas. Experts suggest that the treatment should be given depending on the specific parasite species found in the affected skin, but there is still a scarcity of information on the optimal management strategy. We analysed 75 American cutaneous leishmaniasis cases seen between 2000 and 2023 at our German medical centre. Most patients were men, around 35 years of age, who most commonly travelled to the Americas for tourism. We found that when using systemic medications (i.e., given by mouth, injection or drip into a vein), that were recommended for the specific parasite type, patients were more likely to be cured, with a 73% success rate, compared to a mere 35% success rate when those recommendations were not followed. This highlights the importance of identifying the species that is causing the disease, and suggests that tailoring treatment to the specific parasite species increases the chances of cure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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23. Serological diagnosis of strongyloidiasis: An evaluation of three commercial assays.

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Weitzel, Thomas, Dittrich, Sabine, Mockenhaupt, Frank P., and Lindner, Andreas K.

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STRONGYLOIDIASIS, TAPEWORM infections, HELMINTHIASIS, PARASITIC diseases, DIAGNOSIS, NEMATODE infections
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Background: Strongyloidiasis is caused by a neglected nematode, manifesting as chronic intestinal infection with potentially severe manifestations. The disease is an emerging problem in non-endemic countries affecting travelers and migrants. Diagnosis of strongyloidiasis is hampered by the lack of standardization and absence of a gold standard. Since adequate direct methods to detect the motile larvae in stool samples are not widely available, other techniques such as serology have been developed. Methods: We evaluated three commercial ELISA kits (DRG Instruments, IVD Research, and Bordier Affinity Products) to detect IgG antibodies against Strongyloides stercoralis assays utilizing serum samples from travelers with microscopically confirmed strongyloidiasis (n = 50) and other imported helminthic infections (n = 159) as well as healthy controls (n = 50). Results: The DRG, IVD, and Bordier assays showed sensitivities of 58.0%, 64.0%, and 56.0%, respectively. Specificity values were 96.0%, 96.0%, and 92.0% in healthy controls, and 67.3%, 62.9%, and 76.7% in cases with other helminth infections, respectively. Cross-reactions were mostly observed in cases with other nematodes (37.5%, 42.5%, and 20.0%, respectively), but also in trematode (33.3%, 38.1%, and 19.0%, respectively) and in cestode infections (25.0%, 30.0%, and 32.5%, respectively). Conclusion: The study demonstrates the diagnostic limitations of serological assays to detect or exclude cases of strongyloidiasis in returning travelers, who frequently present with recent or acute infections. Author summary: Strongyloidiasis is a neglected nematode infection, which causes significant morbidity and mortality due its chronic course and potential of severe manifestations. The disease mostly threatens inhabitants of tropical and subtropical regions. Moreover, it has been recognized as an emerging problem in industrialized countries affecting migrants and returning travelers. The diagnosis of the intestinal helminth is challenging, since its reliable detection in stool samples requires specific methods, which are mostly not performed. Antibody detection by serological tests is a practical and commercially available diagnostic alternative, but the capabilities of such tests in non-endemic regions are not sufficiently studied. The presented study evaluated the performance of three commercial Strongyloides ELISA kits using serum samples from travelers with proven strongyloidiasis or various other parasitic infections. The study revealed that the sensitivity of Strongyloides serology in patients from non-endemic countries, who often present with early infections, might be limited and that tests frequently cross-react with other helminth infections. Serological results should therefore be interpreted cautiously and used together with parasitological methods to reduce the risk of missing this potentially severe infection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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24. Health-related quality of life and impact of socioeconomic status among primary and secondary school students after the third COVID-19 wave in Berlin, Germany.

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Kern, Mascha, Glatz, Toivo, Mall, Marcus A., Seybold, Joachim, Kurth, Tobias, Mockenhaupt, Frank P., and Theuring, Stefanie

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SCHOOL children, COVID-19 pandemic, QUALITY of life, SECONDARY school students, TEENAGE girls, DIRECTED acyclic graphs
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In the earlier phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, studies in Germany and elsewhere found an overall reduction in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among students. However, there is little evidence on later pandemic stages as well as socioeconomic influencing factors. We aimed to (1) describe HRQoL in a Berlin student cohort at two time points in mid-2021, and to (2) analyze the effects of household income and education. We assessed HRQoL of students from 24 randomly selected primary and secondary schools in Berlin, Germany, with the KIDSCREEN-10 index in June and September 2021. To adjust for non-response bias, inverse probability weighting was applied. The potential effects of both household income and education (lower vs. higher) were estimated in generalized linear mixed models, based on prior assumptions presented in directed acyclic graphs. Our cohort comprised 660 students aged 7–19 years. In June 2021, 11.3% [95% CI = 9.0% - 14.0%] reported low HRQoL, whereas in September 2021, this increased to 13.7% [95% CI = 11.1% - 16.5%], with adolescent girls more frequently reporting low HRQoL at both time points (20% [95% CI = 17.1% - 23.3%] and 29% [95% CI = 25.5% - 32.5%]) compared to boys and younger children. While there was no statistically significant total effect of lower household income on HRQoL, a negative effect of lower household education was statistically significant (β = -2.15, SE 0.95, 95% CI = -4.01 to -0.29, p = 0.024). In summary, students' HRQoL in mid-2021 was better than that documented in other studies conducted at pandemic onset using KIDSCREEN-10. Female adolescents reported low HRQoL more often, and lower household education significantly reduced children's HRQoL. Support strategies for psychosocial wellbeing should consider socioeconomically disadvantaged children as important target groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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26. Cardiovascular disease risk prediction in sub-Saharan African populations — Comparative analysis of risk algorithms in the RODAM study

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Boateng, Daniel, Agyemang, Charles, Beune, Erik, Meeks, Karlijn, Smeeth, Liam, Schulze, Matthias B., Addo, Juliet, de-Graft Aikins, Ama, Galbete, Cecilia, Bahendeka, Silver, Danquah, Ina, Agyei-Baffour, Peter, Owusu-Dabo, Ellis, Mockenhaupt, Frank P., Spranger, Joachim, Kengne, Andre P., Grobbee, Diederick E., and Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin

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2018
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27. Type 2 diabetes mellitus management among Ghanaian migrants resident in three European countries and their compatriots in rural and urban Ghana – The RODAM study

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Bijlholt, Margriet, Meeks, Karlijn A.C., Beune, Erik, Addo, Juliet, Smeeth, Liam, Schulze, Matthias B., Danquah, Ina, Galbete, Cecilia, de-Graft Aikins, Ama, Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin, Owusu-Dabo, Ellis, Spranger, Joachim, Mockenhaupt, Frank P., Amoah, Stephen K., Bahendeka, Silver, Stronks, Karien, and Agyemang, Charles

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2018
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28. Differential associations between psychosocial stress and obesity among Ghanaians in Europe and in Ghana: findings from the RODAM study

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Baratin, Clarissa, Beune, Erik, van Schalkwijk, Daan, Meeks, Karlijn, Smeeth, Liam, Addo, Juliet, de-Graft Aikins, Ama, Owusu-Dabo, Ellis, Bahendeka, Silver, Mockenhaupt, Frank P., Danquah, Ina, Schulze, Matthias B., Spranger, Joachim, Boateng, Daniel, Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin, Stronks, Karien, and Agyemang, Charles

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2020
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31. Increase in Kelch 13 Polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum, Southern Rwanda

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Bergmann, Clara, van Loon, Welmoed, Habarugira, Felix, Tacoli, Costanza, Jager, Julia C., Savelsberg, Darius, Nshimiyimana, Fabian, Rwamugema, Elias, Mbarushimana, Djibril, Ndoli, Jules, Sendegeya, Augustin, Bayingana, Claude, and Mockenhaupt, Frank P.

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Drug resistance in microorganisms -- Genetic aspects, Genetic polymorphisms -- Health aspects, Plasmodium falciparum -- Genetic aspects -- Health aspects, Health
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Emerging artemisinin resistance to Plasmodium falciparum endangers malaria control worldwide. Currently, the resistance epicenter is the greater Mekong subregion in Southeast Asia (1). In sub-Saharan Africa, where illnesses and deaths [...]

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2021
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36. SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence in a Berlin Kindergarten Environment: A Cross-Sectional Study, September 2021.

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Bernhard, Julian, Theuring, Stefanie, van Loon, Welmoed, Mall, Marcus A., Seybold, Joachim, Kurth, Tobias, Rubio-Acero, Raquel, Wieser, Andreas, and Mockenhaupt, Frank P.

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SCHOOL environment, CROSS-sectional method, IMMUNIZATION, RESEARCH funding, STATISTICAL sampling, INTERVIEWING, BLOOD collection, IMMUNOGLOBULINS, QUESTIONNAIRES, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, COLLEGE teachers, FAMILIES, ODDS ratio, RESEARCH, MEDICAL masks, SEROPREVALENCE, DATA analysis software, CONFIDENCE intervals, COVID-19, CHILDREN
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SARS-CoV-2 serology may be helpful to retrospectively understand infection dynamics in specific settings including kindergartens. We assessed SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in individuals connected to kindergartens in Berlin, Germany in September 2021. Children, staff, and household members from 12 randomly selected kindergartens were interviewed on COVID-19 history and sociodemographic parameters. Blood samples were collected on filter paper. SARS-CoV-2 anti-S and anti-N antibodies were assessed using Roche Elecsys. We assessed seroprevalence and the proportion of so far unrecognized SARS-CoV-2 infections. We included 277 participants, comprising 48 (17.3%) kindergarten children, 37 (13.4%) staff, and 192 (69.3%) household members. SARS-CoV-2 antibodies were present in 65.0%, and 52.7% of all participants were vaccinated. Evidence of previous infection was observed in 16.7% of kindergarten children, 16.2% of staff, and 10.4% of household members. Undiagnosed infections were observed in 12.5%, 5.4%, and 3.6%, respectively. Preceding infections were associated with facemask neglect. In conclusion, two-thirds of our cohort were SARS-CoV-2 seroreactive in September 2021, largely as a result of vaccination in adults. Kindergarten children showed the highest proportion of non-vaccine-induced seropositivity and an increased proportion of previously unrecognized SARS-CoV-2 infection. Silent infections in pre-school children need to be considered when interpreting SARS-CoV-2 infections in the kindergarten context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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37. Food variety, dietary diversity, and type 2 diabetes in a multi-center cross-sectional study among Ghanaian migrants in Europe and their compatriots in Ghana: the RODAM study

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Danquah, Ina, Galbete, Cecilia, Meeks, Karlijn, Nicolaou, Mary, Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin, Addo, Juliet, Aikins, Ama de-Graft, Amoah, Stephen K., Agyei-Baffour, Peter, Boateng, Daniel, Bedu-Addo, George, Spranger, Joachim, Smeeth, Liam, Owusu-Dabo, Ellis, Agyemang, Charles, Mockenhaupt, Frank P., Beune, Erik, and Schulze, Matthias B.

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2018
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38. Ideal cardiovascular health among Ghanaian populations in three European countries and rural and urban Ghana: the RODAM study

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van Nieuwenhuizen, Benjamin, Zafarmand, Mohammad Hadi, Beune, Erik, Meeks, Karlijn, Aikins, Ama de-Graft, Addo, Juliet, Owusu-Dabo, Ellis, Mockenhaupt, Frank P., Bahendeka, Silver, Schulze, Matthias B., Danquah, Ina, Spranger, Joachim, Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin, Appiah, Lambert Tetteh, Smeeth, Liam, Stronks, Karien, and Agyemang, Charles

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2018
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39. A COVID-19 isolation facility for people experiencing homelessness in Berlin, Germany: a retrospective patient record study

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Hörig, Merle, Klaes, Sarah M., Krasovski-Nikiforovs, Svetlana, van Loon, Welmoed, Murajda, Lukas, Rodriguez, Rosa C. O., Schade, Christine, Specht, Anabell, Equihua Martinez, Gabriela, Zimmermann, Ruth, Mockenhaupt, Frank P., Seybold, Joachim, Lindner, Andreas K., and Sarma, Navina

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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2023
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40. Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 infections at a testing site in Berlin, Germany, March and April 2020—a cross-sectional study

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Maechler, Friederike, Gertler, Maximilian, Hermes, Julia, van Loon, Welmoed, Schwab, Frank, Piening, Brar, Rojansky, Shay, Hommes, Franziska, Kausch, Franka, Lindner, Andreas K., Burock, Susen, Rössig, Heike, Hartmann, Claudia, Kirchberger, Valerie, Thieme, Alexander, Behnke, Michael, Gastmeier, Petra, Mockenhaupt, Frank P., and Seybold, Joachim

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2020
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44. ESBL‐producing Enterobacteriaceae in a rural Rwandan community: Carriage among community members, livestock, farm products and environment.

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Geuther, Nadja, Mbarushimana, Djibril, Habarugira, Felix, Buregeya, Jean Damascene, Kollatzsch, Mandy, Pfüller, Roland, Mugabowindekwe, Maurice, Ndoli, Jules, and Mockenhaupt, Frank P.

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AGRICULTURE, ENTEROBACTERIACEAE, ANIMAL products, LIVESTOCK, KLEBSIELLA pneumoniae, URINARY tract infections
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Objectives: Extended‐spectrum beta‐lactamase‐producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL‐PE) are spreading globally. However, respective data from African communities including livestock and environmental specimens are rare. In a rural community of southern Rwanda, we assessed intestinal carriage of ESBL‐PE among residents and livestock as well as presence in household specimens and examined associated factors. Methods: Samples of humans and livestock (both rectal swabs), soil, water, vegetables and animal products were collected within 312 community households in Sovu, Southern Rwanda. Specimens were screened for ESBL‐PE on chromogenic agar, and susceptibility to common antibiotics was determined by disc diffusion assays. Socio‐demographic information was collected with questionnaires focusing on the socio‐economic background, alimentation, living conditions, hygiene measures and medical history of the participants. Results: Data and specimens from 312 randomly selected households including 617 human beings, 620 livestock and of approximately each 300 kitchen vegetables, animal products, soil and drinking water were analysed. Overall, 14.8% of 2508 collected samples were positive for ESBL‐PE; figures were highest for humans (37.9%) and livestock (15.6%), lower for vegetables (3.8%) and animal products (3.3%), and lowest for soil (1.6%) and water (0.6%). Most detected ESBL‐PE were Escherichia coli (93.5%) in addition to Klebsiella pneumoniae (6.5%). Cross‐resistance to ampicillin‐sulbactam, ciprofloxacin and co‐trimoxazole was common. Logistic regression identified increasing age, another ESBL‐PE positive household member, prolonged time for fetching water, current diarrhoea and the ability to pay school fees as independent predictors of intestinal ESBL‐PE carriage among community members. Conclusions: ESBL‐PE carriage is common in a rural Rwandan farming community. Carriage in livestock is not associated with human carriage. Associated factors suggest few addressable risk factors. The data indicate that in southern Rwanda, ESBL‐PE are no longer primarily hospital‐based but circulate in the community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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49. Peripheral insulin resistance rather than beta cell dysfunction accounts for geographical differences in impaired fasting blood glucose among sub-Saharan African individuals: findings from the RODAM study

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Meeks, Karlijn A. C., Stronks, Karien, Adeyemo, Adebowale, Addo, Juliet, Bahendeka, Silver, Beune, Erik, Owusu-Dabo, Ellis, Danquah, Ina, Galbete, Cecilia, Henneman, Peter, Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin, Mockenhaupt, Frank P., Osei, Kwame, Schulze, Matthias B., Spranger, Joachim, Smeeth, Liam, and Agyemang, Charles

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2017
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50. Efficacy and Safety of Triple Combination Therapy With Artesunate-Amodiaquine-Methylene Blue for Falciparum Malaria in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Burkina Faso

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Coulibaly, Boubacar, Pritsch, Michael, Bountogo, Mamadou, Meissner, Peter E., Nebié, Eric, Klose, Christina, Kieser, Meinhard, Berens-Riha, Nicole, Wieser, Andreas, Sirima, Sodiomon B., Breitkreutz, Jörg, Schirmer, R. Heiner, Sié, Ali, Mockenhaupt, Frank P., Drakeley, Chris, Bousema, Teun, and Müller, Olaf

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2015

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