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  • Optimized strategy for real-time qPCR detection of Onchocerca volvulus DNA in pooled Simulium sp. blackfly vectors.

    PLoS neglected tropical diseases

    Authors: Mary Doherty, Jessica R Grant, Nils Pilotte, Sasisekhar Bennuru, Kerstin Fischer, Peter U Fischer, Sara Lustigman, Thomas B Nutman, Kenneth Pfarr, Achim Hoerauf, Thomas R Unnasch, Hassan K Hassan, Samuel Wanji, Patrick J Lammie, Eric Ottesen, Charles Mackenzie, Steven A Williams

  • : a scoping review protocol.

    BMJ open

    Authors: Fortress Yayra Aku, John Humphrey Amuasi, Linda Batsa Debrah, Daniel Opoku, Jonathan Mawutor Gmanyami, Achim Hoerauf, Alexander Yaw Debrah, Wilm Quentin

  • The pipeline for drugs for control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases: 2. Oral anti-infective drugs and drug combinations for off-label use.

    Parasites & vectors

    Authors: Kenneth M Pfarr, Anna K Krome, Issraa Al-Obaidi, Hannah Batchelor, Michel Vaillant, Achim Hoerauf, Nicholas O Opoku, Annette C Kuesel

  • Gastrointestinal Pathogens in Multi-Infected Individuals: A Cluster Analysis of Interaction.

    Microorganisms

    Authors: Joy Backhaus, Hagen Frickmann, Ralf Matthias Hagen, Gustavo Concha, Ernst Molitor, Achim Hoerauf, Simone Kann

  • First case of Dirofilaria hongkongensis infection in Germany presenting as a breast tumour.

    Journal of travel medicine

    Authors: Jakob Schroeder, Camilla Rothe, Achim Hoerauf, Inge Kroidl, Kenneth Pfarr, Marc P Hübner

  • Impact of the use of GeneXpert on TB diagnosis and anti-TB treatment outcome at health facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in the post-millennium development years.

    PloS one

    Authors: Desalegn Addise Getahun, Laura E Layland, Achim Hoerauf, Biniam Wondale

  • Tropical leg lymphedema caused by podoconiosis is associated with increased colonisation by anaerobic bacteria.

    Scientific reports

    Authors: Claudio Neidhöfer, Derick Lekealem Nkwetta, Bangsi Rose Fuen, Njodzeka Flora Yenban, Nancielle Mbiatong, Gordon Takop Nchanji, Patricia Korir, Nina Wetzig, Martin Sieber, Ralf Thiele, Marijo Parcina, Ute Klarmann-Schulz, Achim Hoerauf, Samuel Wanji, Manuel Ritter

  • Negative association between ascaris lumbricoides seropositivity and Covid-19 severity: insights from a study in Benin.

    Frontiers in immunology

    Authors: Tomabu Adjobimey, Julia Meyer, Anneka Hennenfent, Anick J Bara, Latifou Lagnika, Bienvenu Kocou, Marius Adjagba, Anatole Laleye, Achim Hoerauf, Marijo Parcina

  • Epilepsy and nodding syndrome in association with an Onchocerca volvulus infection drive distinct immune profile patterns.

    PLoS neglected tropical diseases

    Authors: Kathrin Arndts, Josua Kegele, Alain S Massarani, Manuel Ritter, Thomas Wagner, Kenneth Pfarr, Christine Lämmer, Peter Dörmann, Helga Peisker, Dirk Menche, Mazen Al-Bahra, Clarissa Prazeres da Costa, Erich Schmutzhard, William Matuja, Achim Hoerauf, Laura E Layland-Heni, Andrea S Winkler

  • Phenotypical characterization, and antibiotics susceptibility patterns of skin bacteria found in podoconiosis patients in the North West Region of Cameroon.

    BMC microbiology

    Authors: Derick Lekealem Nkwetta, Bangsi Rose Fuen, Njodzeka Flora Yenban, Nancielle Mbiatong, Gordon Takop Nchanji, John Bonekeh, Bertrand Lontum Ndzeshang, Narcisse Victor Tchamatchoua Gandjui, Fanny Fri Fombad, Ute Klarmann-Schulz, Mathias Eyong Esum, Abdel Jelil Njouendou, Jerome Fru Cho, Achim Hoerauf, Manuel Ritter, Samuel Wanji