Scientific Publications 2014 [View all on PubMed]

1. Adegnika AA, Zinsou JF, Issifou S, Ateba-Ngoa U, Kassa RF, Feugap EN, Honkpehedji YJ, Dejon Agobe JC, Kenguele HM, Massinga-Loembe M, Agnandji ST, Mordmüller B, Ramharter M, Yazdanbakhsh M, Kremsner PG, Lell B. Randomized, controlled, assessor-blind clinical trial to assess the efficacy of single- versus repeated-dose albendazole to treat ascaris lumbricoides, trichuris trichiura, and hookworm infection. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014 May;58(5):2535-40. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]
2. Ateba Ngoa U, Zinsou JF, Kassa RF, Ngoune Feugap E, Honkpehedji YJ, Massinga-Loembe M, Kenguele Moundounga H, Nkoma Mouima AM, Mbenkep LH, Wammes LJ, Mbow M, Kruize Y, Mombo-Ngoma G, Bouyoukou Hounkpatin AL, Dejon Agobe JC, Saadou I, Lell B, Smits H, Kremsner PG, Yazdanbakhsh M, Adegnika AA. Assessment of the effect of Schistosoma haematobium co infection on malaria parasites and immune responses in rural populations in Gabon: study protocol. Springerplus. 2014 Jul 29;3:388. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]
3. Ateba-Ngoa U, Mombo-Ngoma G, Zettlmeissl E, van der Vlugt LE, de Jong S, Matsiegui PB, Ramharter M, Kremsner PG, Yazdanbakhsh M, Adegnika AA. CD4+CD25hiFOXP3+ cells in cord blood of neonates born from filaria infected mother are negatively associated with CD4+Tbet+ and CD4+RORγt+ T cells. PLoS One. 2014 Dec 22;9(12):e114630. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]
4. Auer-Hackenberg L, Thol F, Akerey-Diop D, Zoleko RM, Rodolphe Mackanga J, Adegnika AA, Mombo-Ngoma G, Ramharter M. Short report: premastication in rural Gabon--a cross-sectional survey. J Trop Pediatr. 2014 Apr;60(2):154-6. [Abstract]
5. Bélard S, Janssen S, Osbak KK, Adegnika AA, Ondounda M, Grobusch MP. Limited access to drugs for resistant tuberculosis: a call to action. J Public Health (Oxf). 2014 Dec 19. pii: fdu101. [Abstract]
6. Bélard S, Toepfner N, Arnold B, Alabi AS, Berner R. β-hemolytic streptococcal throat carriage and tonsillopharyngitis: a cross-sectional prevalence study in Gabon, Central Africa. Infection. 2014 Nov 28. [Abstract]
7. 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]
8. Gehringer C, Kreidenweiss A, Flamen A, Antony JS, Grobusch MP, Bélard S. Molecular evidence of Wolbachia endosymbiosis in Mansonella perstans in Gabon, Central Africa. J Infect Dis. 2014 Nov 15;210(10):1633-8. [Abstract]
9. González R, Mombo-Ngoma G, Ouédraogo S, Kakolwa MA, Abdulla S, Accrombessi M, Aponte JJ, Akerey-Diop D, Basra A, Briand V, Capan M, Cot M, Kabanywanyi AM, Kleine C, Kremsner PG, Macete E, Mackanga JR, Massougbodgi A, Mayor A, Nhacolo A, Pahlavan G, Ramharter M, Rupérez M, Sevene E, Vala A, Zoleko-Manego R, Menéndez C. Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with mefloquine in HIV-negative women: a multicentre randomized controlled trial. PLoS Med. 2014 Sep 23;11(9):e1001733. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]
10. Goovaerts O, Jennes W, Massinga-Loembé M, Ceulemans A, Worodria W, Mayanja-Kizza H, Colebunders R, Kestens L; TB-IRIS Study Group. Antigen-specific interferon-gamma responses and innate cytokine balance in TB-IRIS. PLoS One. 2014 Nov 21;9(11):e113101. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]
11. Hänscheid T, Gresnigt T, Löhr S, Flamen A, Zoller T, Melo-Cristino J, Grobusch MP. Methaemoglobin and COHb in patients with malaria. Malar J. 2014 Jul 23;13:285. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]
12. 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 Jun;42(3):451-7. [Abstract]
13. Labuda LA, Ateba-Ngoa U, Feugap EN, Heeringa JJ, van der Vlugt LE, Pires RB, Mewono L, Kremsner PG, van Zelm MC, Adegnika AA, Yazdanbakhsh M, Smits HH. Alterations in peripheral blood B cell subsets and dynamics of B cell responses during human schistosomiasis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013;7(3):e2094. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]
14. Kajungu DK, Erhart A, Talisuna AO, Bassat Q, Karema C, Nabasumba C, Nambozi M, Tinto H, Kremsner P, Meremikwu M, D'Alessandro U, Speybroeck N. Paediatric pharmacovigilance: use of pharmacovigilance data mining algorithms for signal detection in a safety dataset of a paediatric clinical study conducted in seven African countries. PLoS One. 2014 May 1;9(5):e96388. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]
15. Kenguele HM, Adegnika AA, Nkoma AM, Ateba-Ngoa U, Mbong M, Zinsou J, Lell B, Verweij JJ. Impact of short-time urine freezing on the sensitivity of an established Schistosoma real-time PCR assay. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Jun;90(6):1153-5. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]
16. Labuda LA, de Jong SE, Meurs L, Amoah AS, Mbow M, Ateba-Ngoa U, van der Ham AJ, Knulst AC, Yazdanbakhsh M, Adegnika AA. Differences in innate cytokine responses between European and African children. PLoS One. 2014 Apr 17;9(4):e95241. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]
17. Metzger WG, Mordmüller B. Loa loa-does it deserve to be neglected? Lancet Infect Dis. 2014 Apr;14(4):353-7. [Abstract]
18. Nguetse CN, Kremsner PG, Velavan TP. FOXO3A regulatory polymorphism and susceptibility to severe malaria in Gabonese children. Immunogenetics. 2015 Feb;67(2):67-71. [Abstract]
19. Nurjadi D, Olalekan AO, Layer F, Shittu AO, Alabi A, Ghebremedhin B, Schaumburg F, Hofmann-Eifler J, Van Genderen PJ, Caumes E, Fleck R, Mockenhaupt FP, Herrmann M, Kern WV, Abdulla S, Grobusch MP, Kremsner PG, Wolz C, Zanger P. Emergence of trimethoprim resistance gene dfrG in Staphylococcus aureus causing human infection and colonization in sub-Saharan Africa and its import to Europe. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2014 Sep;69(9):2361-8. [Abstract]
20. Ramharter M, Harrison N, Bühler T, Herold B, Lagler H, Lötsch F, Mombo-Ngoma G, Müller C, Adegnika AA, Kremsner PG, Makristathis A. Prevalence and risk factor assessment of Tropheryma whipplei in a rural community in Gabon: a community-based cross-sectional study. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2014 Nov;20(11):1189-94. [Abstract]
21. Rehman K, Lötsch F, Kremsner PG, Ramharter M. Haemolysis associated with the treatment of malaria with artemisinin derivatives: a systematic review of current evidence. Int J Infect Dis. 2014 Dec;29:268-73. [Abstract]
22. Rolling T, Agbenyega T, Issifou S, Adegnika AA, Sylverken J, Spahlinger D, Ansong D, Löhr SJ, Burchard GD, May J, Mordmüller B, Krishna S, Kremsner PG, Cramer JP. Delayed hemolysis after treatment with parenteral artesunate in African children with severe malaria--a double-center prospective study. J Infect Dis. 2014 Jun 15;209(12):1921-8. [Abstract]
23. RTS,S Clinical Trials Partnership. Efficacy and safety of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine during 18 months after vaccination: a phase 3 randomized, controlled trial in children and young infants at 11 African sites. PLoS Med. 2014 Jul 29;11(7):e1001685. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]
24. Sauerzopf U, Honkpehedji YJ, Adgenika AA, Feugap EN, Ngoma GM, Mackanga JR, Lötsch F, Loembe MM, Kremsner PG, Mordmüller B, Ramharter M. In vitro growth of Plasmodium falciparum in neonatal blood. Malar J. 2014 Nov 18;13:436. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]
25. Schaumburg F, Alabi AS, Kaba H, Lell B, Becker K, Grobusch MP, Kremsner PG, Mellmann A. Molecular characterization of Shigella spp. from patients in Gabon 2011-2013. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Nov 20. pii: tru175. [Abstract]
26. Schaumburg F, Alabi AS, Peters G, Becker K. New epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus infection in Africa. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2014 Jul;20(7):589-96. [Abstract]
27. 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. 2014 Jun;20(6):O390-6. [Abstract]
28. Schaumburg F, Alabi AS, Frielinghaus L, Grobusch MP, Köck R, Becker K, Issifou S, Kremsner PG, Peters G, Mellmann A. The risk to import ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae and Staphylococcus aureus through chicken meat trade in Gabon. BMC Microbiol. 2014 Nov 19;14:286. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]
29. Schaumburg F, Pauly M, Anoh E, Mossoun A, Wiersma L, Schubert G, Flammen A, Alabi AS, Muyembe-Tamfum JJ, Grobusch MP, Karhemere S, Akoua-Koffi C, Couacy-Hymann E, Kremsner PG, Mellmann A, Becker K, Leendertz FH, Peters G. Staphylococcus aureus complex from animals and humans in three remote African regions. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2014 Dec 11. pii: S1198-743X(14)00113-X. [Abstract]
30. 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]
31. Taylor SM, Mayor A, Mombo-Ngoma G, Kenguele HM, Ouédraogo S, Ndam NT, Mkali H, Mwangoka G, Valecha N, Singh JP, Clark MA, Verweij JJ, Adegnika AA, Severini C, Menegon M, Macete E, Menendez C, Cisteró P, Njie F, Affara M, Otieno K, Kariuki S, ter Kuile FO, Meshnick SR. A quality control program within a clinical trial Consortium for PCR protocols to detect Plasmodium species. J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Jun;52(6):2144-9. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]
32. van der Vlugt LE, Zinsou JF, Ozir-Fazalalikhan A, Kremsner PG, Yazdanbakhsh M, Adegnika AA, Smits HH. Interleukin 10 (IL-10)-producing CD1dhi regulatory B cells from Schistosoma haematobium-infected individuals induce IL-10-positive T cells and suppress effector T-cell cytokines. J Infect Dis. 2014 Oct 15;210(8):1207-16. [Abstract]
33. White MT, Bejon P, Olotu A, Griffin JT, Bojang K, Lusingu J, Salim N, Abdulla S, Otsyula N, Agnandji ST, Lell B, Asante KP, Owusu-Agyei S, Mahama E, Agbenyega T, Ansong D, Sacarlal J, Aponte JJ, Ghani AC. A combined analysis of immunogenicity, antibody kinetics and vaccine efficacy from phase 2 trials of the RTS,S malaria vaccine. BMC Med. 2014 Jul 10;12:117. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]
34. Zaloumis SG, Tarning J, Krishna S, Price RN, White NJ, Davis TM, McCaw JM, Olliaro P, Maude RJ, Kremsner P, Dondorp A, Gomes M, Barnes K, Simpson JA. Population pharmacokinetics of intravenous artesunate: a pooled analysis of individual data from patients with severe malaria. CPT Pharmacometrics Syst Pharmacol. 2014 Nov 5;3:e145. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]