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  • 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

  • The efficacy of the benzimidazoles oxfendazole and flubendazole against is dependent on the adaptive and innate immune system.

    Frontiers in microbiology

    Authors: Frederic Risch, Johanna F Scheunemann, Julia J Reichwald, Benjamin Lenz, Alexandra Ehrens, Joséphine Gal, Frédéric Fercoq, Marianne Koschel, Martina Fendler, Achim Hoerauf, Coralie Martin, Marc P Hübner

  • Stage-Dependent Increase of Systemic Immune Activation and CCR5CD4 T Cells in Filarial Driven Lymphedema in Ghana and Tanzania.

    Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)

    Authors: Abu Abudu Rahamani, Sacha Horn, Manuel Ritter, Anja Feichtner, Jubin Osei-Mensah, Vera Serwaa Opoku, Linda Batsa Debrah, Thomas F Marandu, Antelmo Haule, Jacklina Mhidze, Abdallah Ngenya, Max Demetrius, Ute Klarmann-Schulz, Michael Hoelscher, Christof Geldmacher, Achim Hoerauf, Akili Kalinga, Alexander Y Debrah, Inge Kroidl

  • The design and development of a study protocol to investigate Onchocerca volvulus, Loa loa and Mansonella perstans-mediated modulation of the metabolic and immunological profile in lean and obese individuals in Cameroon.

    PloS one

    Authors: Benjamin Lenz, Beng Amuam Andrew, Manuel Ritter, Indulekha Karunakaran, Narcisse Victor Tchamatchoua Gandjui, Lucy Cho Nchang, Jayagopi Surendar, Anita Obi Bate Ebob, Alexandra Ehrens, Ute Klarmann-Schulz, Arcangelo Ricchiuto, Janina M Kuehlwein, Fanny Fri Fombad, Ambe Marius Ngwa, Tatiana Djikeussi Katcho, Achim Hoerauf, Samuel Wanji, Marc P Hübner