Publications Epidemiology

Past Five Years


  • Adegnika AA, Kremsner PG. Epidemiology of malaria and helminth interaction: a review from 2001 to 2011. Curr Opin HIV AIDS. 2012 May;7(3):221-4. [Abstract]

  • Adegnika AA, Luty AJ, Grobusch MP, Ramharter M, Yazdanbakhsh M, Kremsner PG, Schwarz NG. ABO blood group and the risk of placental malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. Malar J. 2011 Apr 22;10:101. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]

  • Adegnika AA, Ramharter M, Agnandji ST, Ateba Ngoa U, Issifou S, Yazdanbahksh M, Kremsner PG. Epidemiology of parasitic co-infections during pregnancy in Lambaréné, Gabon. Trop Med Int Health. 2010 Oct;15(10):1204-9. [Abstract]

  • Agnandji ST, Kurth F, Fernandes JF, Soulanoudjingar SS, Abossolo BP, Mombo-Ngoma G, Basra A, González R, Kizito G, Mayengue PI, Auer-Hackenberg L, Issifou S, Lell B, Adegnika AA, Ramharter M. The use of paediatric artemisinin combinations in sub-Saharan Africa: a snapshot questionnaire survey of health care personnel. Malar J. 2011 Dec 14;10:365. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]

  • Alabi AS, Frielinghaus L, Kaba H, Kösters K, Huson MA, Kahl BC, Peters G, Grobusch MP, Issifou S, Kremsner PG, Schaumburg F. Retrospective analysis of antimicrobial resistance and bacterial spectrum of infection in Gabon, Central Africa. BMC Infect Dis. 2013 Oct 2;13:455. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]

  • Ateba Ngoa U, Schaumburg F, Adegnika AA, Kösters K, Möller T, Fernandes JF, Alabi A, Issifou S, Becker K, Grobusch MP, Kremsner PG, Lell B. Epidemiology and population structure of Staphylococcus aureus in various population groups from a rural and semi urban area in Gabon, Central Africa. Acta Trop. 2012 Oct;124(1):42-7. [Abstract]

  • Flamen A, Bélard S, Kokou C, Janssen S, Grobusch MP. Childhood tuberculosis in Lambaréné, Gabon: tuberculosis control in its infancy? Infection. 2014 Feb;42(1):161-4. [Abstract]

  • Herrmann M, Abdullah S, Alabi A, Alonso P, Friedrich AW, Fuhr G, Germann A, Kern WV, Kremsner PG, Mandomando I, Mellmann AC, Pluschke G, Rieg S, Ruffing U, Schaumburg F, Tanner M, Peters G, von Briesen H, von Eiff C, von Müller L, Grobusch MP. Staphylococcal disease in Africa: another neglected 'tropical' disease. Future Microbiol. 2013 Jan;8(1):17-26. [Abstract]

  • Hogewoning AA, Adegnika AA, Bouwes Bavinck JN, Yazdanbakhsh M, Kremsner PG, van der Raaij-Helmer EM, Staats CC, Willemze R, Lavrijsen AP. Prevalence and causative fungal species of tinea capitis among schoolchildren in Gabon. Mycoses. 2011 Sep;54(5):e354-9. [Abstract]

  • Hogewoning A, Amoah A, Bavinck JN, Boakye D, Yazdanbakhsh M, Adegnika A, De Smedt S, Fonteyne Y, Willemze R, Lavrijsen A. Skin diseases among schoolchildren in Ghana, Gabon, and Rwanda. Int J Dermatol. 2013 May;52(5):589-600. [Abstract]

  • Huson MA, Kalkman R, Remppis J, Beyeme JO, Kraef C, Schaumburg F, Alabi AS, Grobusch MP. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of invasive infections in Central Africa: a case report and review of the literature. Infection. 2014 Jan 25. [Epub ahead of print] [Abstract]

  • Jäckle MJ, Blumentrath CG, Zoleko RM, Akerey-Diop D, Mackanga JR, Adegnika AA, Lell B, Matsiegui PB, Kremsner PG, Mombo-Ngoma G, Ramharter M. Malaria in pregnancy in rural Gabon: a cross-sectional survey on the impact of seasonality in high-risk groups. Malar J. 2013 Nov 13;12:412. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]

  • Kendjo E, Agbenyega T, Bojang K, Newton CR, Bouyou-Akotet M, Pedross F, Kombila M, Helbok R, Kremsner PG. Mortality patterns and site heterogeneity of severe malaria in African children. PLoS One. 2013;8(3):e58686. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]

  • Kombila DU, Moussavou-Kombila JB, Grobusch MP, Lell B. Clinical and laboratory features of tuberculosis within a hospital population in Libreville, Gabon. Infection. 2013 Jun;41(3):737-9. [Abstract]

  • Kremsner PG, Valim C, Missinou MA, Olola C, Krishna S, Issifou S, Kombila M, Bwanaisa L, Mithwani S, Newton CR, Agbenyega T, Pinder M, Bojang K, Wypij D, Taylor T. Prognostic value of circulating pigmented cells in African children with malaria. J Infect Dis. 2009 Jan 1;199(1):142-50. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]

  • Kurth F, Bélard S, Mombo-Ngoma G, Schuster K, Adegnika AA, Bouyou-Akotet MK, Kremsner PG, Ramharter M. Adolescence as risk factor for adverse pregnancy outcome in Central Africa--a cross-sectional study. PLoS One. 2010 Dec 20;5(12):e14367. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]

  • Mombo-Ngoma G, Oyakhirome S, Ord R, Gabor JJ, Greutélaers KC, Profanter K, Greutélaers B, Kurth F, Lell B, Kun JF, Issifou S, Roper C, Kremsner PG, Grobusch MP. High prevalence of dhfr triple mutant and correlation with high rates of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine treatment failures in vivo in Gabonese children. Malar J. 2011 May 14;10:123. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]

  • Ngoa UA, Adzoda GK, Louis BM, Adegnika AA, Lell B. Buruli ulcer in Gabon, 2001-2010. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Jul;18(7):1206-7. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]

  • Schaumburg F, Alabi AS, Mombo-Ngoma G, Kaba H, Zoleko RM, Diop DA, Mackanga JR, Basra A, Gonzalez R, Menendez C, Grobusch MP, Kremsner PG, Köck R, Peters G, Ramharter M, Becker K. Transmission of Staphylococcus aureus between mothers and infants in an African setting. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2013 Oct 3.[Epub ahead of print] [Abstract]

  • Schaumburg F, Alabi A, Kokou C, Grobusch MP, Köck R, Kaba H, Becker K, Adegnika AA, Kremsner PG, Peters G, Mellmann A. High burden of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Gabon. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2013 Sep;68(9):2140-3. Epub 2013 May 3. [Abstract]

  • Schaumburg F, Alabi A, von Eiff C, Flamen A, Traore H, Grobusch MP, Peters G, Kremsner PG, van der Linden M. Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization in remote African Pygmies. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Feb;107(2):105-9. Epub 2012 Nov 14. [Abstract]

  • Schaumburg F, Biallas B, Alabi AS, Grobusch MP, Feugap EN, Lell B, Mellmann A, Peters G, Kremsner PG, Becker K, Adegnika AA. Clonal structure of Staphylococcus aureus colonizing children with sickle cell anaemia and healthy controls. Epidemiol Infect. 2013 Aug;141(8):1717-20. Epub 2012 Oct 10. [Abstract]

  • Schaumburg F, Biallas B, Ngoune Feugap E, Alabi AS, Mordmüller B, Kremsner PG, Grobusch MP, Lell B, van der Linden M, Peters G, Adegnika AA. Carriage of encapsulated bacteria in Gabonese children with sickle cell anaemia. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2013 Mar;19(3):235-41. Epub 2012 Feb 13. [Abstract]

  • Schaumburg F, Alabi AS, Köck R, Mellmann A, Kremsner PG, Boesch C, Becker K, Leendertz FH, Peters G. Highly divergent Staphylococcus aureus isolates from African non-human primates. Environ Microbiol Rep. 2012 Feb;4(1):141-6. Epub 2011 Dec 12. [Abstract]

  • Schaumburg F, Ngoa UA, Kösters K, Köck R, Adegnika AA, Kremsner PG, Lell B, Peters G, Mellmann A, Becker K. Virulence factors and genotypes of Staphylococcus aureus from infection and carriage in Gabon. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2011 Oct;17(10):1507-13. Epub 2011 May 20. [Abstract]

  • Schaumburg F, Köck R, Friedrich AW, Soulanoudjingar S, Ngoa UA, von Eiff C, Issifou S, Kremsner PG, Herrmann M, Peters G, Becker K. Population structure of Staphylococcus aureus from remote African Babongo Pygmies. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011 May 10;5(5):e1150. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]

  • Scherbaum M, Kösters K, Mürbeth RE, Ngoa UA, Kremsner PG, Lell B, Alabi A. Incidence, pathogens and resistance patterns of nosocomial infections at a rural hospital in Gabon. BMC Infect Dis. 2014 Mar 4;14:124. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]

  • Stolp SM, Huson MA, Janssen S, Beyeme JO, Grobusch MP. Tuberculosis patients hospitalized in the Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon-a retrospective observational study. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2013 Nov;19(11):E499-501. [Abstract]