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3105
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106

Overview

Andreas Ruppel was affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany and contributed to the field of medicine with a focus on several interconnected subfields. Their research spanned health, modeling and simulation, economics and econometrics, rheumatology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their published work included studies addressing both infectious diseases and inflammatory conditions. Two key papers authored by Ruppel reflected these topical interests. The first, published in 2021 in Global Health Action, was titled "Could COVID-19 be contained in poor populations by herd immunity rather than by strategies designed for affluent societies or potential vaccine(s)?". The second paper, featured in Cureus in 2023, was "Spinal Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis in Antineutrophilic Cytoplasmic Antibody-Negative Vasculitis: A Case Report".

Ruppel collaborated with coauthors from diverse backgrounds. Frequent collaborators included Mohammad Ibrahim Halim, Rhondemo Kikon, Nouh Saad Mohamed, Mohammad Reza Saebipour, and Ghassan Al-Qaysi. These associations suggest interdisciplinary teamwork especially related to both epidemiological and clinical aspects of medicine.

Their work addressed several main topics documented across their publications:

  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • IgG4-Related and Inflammatory Diseases
  • Vasculitis and Related Conditions
  • Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes

Ruppel's research appeared primarily in two publication venues:

  • Global Health Action
  • Cureus

Throughout their career, Ruppel contributed to the advancement of knowledge concerning infectious diseases in vulnerable populations as well as rare autoimmune and inflammatory disorders. The multidisciplinary nature of their studies connected public health, clinical medicine, and biomedical modeling.

Best Publications

  • Toxic activities of the plant Jatropha curcas against intermediate snail hosts and larvae of schistosomes.

    Melanie Rug;Andreas Ruppel

  • Primary structures of Sm31/32 diagnostic proteins of Schistosoma mansoni and their identification as proteases

    Mo-Quen Klinkert;Richard Felleisen;Gisela Link;Andreas Ruppel

  • Trypanosoma brucei: killing of bloodstream forms in vitro and in vivo by the cysteine proteinase inhibitor Z-phe-ala-CHN2.

    Stefan Scory;Conor R. Caffrey;York-Dieter Stierhof;Andreas Ruppel

  • SmCB2, a novel tegumental cathepsin B from adult Schistosoma mansoni.

    Conor R. Caffrey;Jason P. Salter;Kimberley D. Lucas;Dustin Khiem

  • Schistosoma mansoni and S. japonicum: comparison of levels of ultraviolet irradiation for vaccination of mice with cercariae.

    A. Ruppel;Y. E. Shi;N. A. Moloney

  • Schistosoma japonicum: An ultraviolet-attenuated cercarial vaccine applicable in the field for water buffaloes

    You-en Shi;Chang-Fu Jiang;Jia-Jun Han;Yong-Long Li

  • Preliminary study on sex-related inflammatory reactions in mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni

    J. Boissier;K. Chlichlia;Y. Digon;A. Ruppel

  • Cathepsin B-like activity predominates over cathepsin L-like activity in adult Schistosoma mansoni and S. japonicum.

    Conor R. Caffrey;Andreas Ruppel

  • Immunization of pigs against infection with Schistosoma japonicum using ultraviolet-attenuated cercariae.

    Y.-E. Shi;C.-F. Jiang;J.-J. Han;Y.-L. Li

  • A comparative analysis of various developmental stages of Schistosoma mansoni with respect to their protein composition.

    Andreas Ruppel;Donato Cioli

  • Schistosoma haematobium, S. intercalatum, S. japonicum, S. mansoni, and S. rodhaini in mice: relationship between patterns of lung migration by schistosomula and perfusion recovery of adult worms

    Christian E. Rheinberg;Hélène Moné;Conor R. Caffrey;Danièle Imbert-Establet

  • Serodiagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni infections in an endemic area of Burkina Faso: performance of several immunological tests with different parasite antigens.

    Hermann Sorgho;Mahmoud Bahgat;Jean-Noel Poda;Wenjian Song;Wenjian Song

  • Cloning of diagnostic 31/32 kilodalton antigens of Schistosoma mansoni.

    Mo-Quen Klinkert;Andreas Ruppel;Ewald Beck

  • Schistosoma mansoni: Immunoblot analysis of adult worm proteins

    Andreas Ruppel;Ursula Rother;Heike Vongerichten;Richard Lucius

  • DNA vaccination with asparaginyl endopeptidase (Sm32) from the parasite Schistosoma mansoni: anti-fecundity effect induced in mice

    Katerina Chlichlia;Mahmoud Bahgat;Andreas Ruppel;Volker Schirrmacher

  • cDNA sequences of Schistosoma japonicum coding for two cathepsin B-like proteins and Sj32.

    Merckelbach A;Hasse S;Dell R;Eschlbeck A

  • Expression of diagnostic 3132 kilodalton proteins of Schistosoma mansoni as fusions with bacteriophage MS2 polymerase

    Mo-Quen Klinkert;Andreas Ruppel;Richard Felleisen;Gisela Link

  • Infection induces antibodies against the cercarial secretions, but not against the cercarial elastases of Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma haematobium, Schistosoma japonicum and Trichobilharzia ocellata

    Mahmoud Bahgat;Katherine Francklow;Michael J. Doenhoff;Yong-Long Li

  • The effects of T cell deficiency on the development of worms and granuloma formation in mice infected with Schistosoma japonicum

    Yu-li Cheng;Wen-jian Song;Wen-qi Liu;Jia-hui Lei

  • Invasion by schistosome cercariae: neglected aspects in Schistosoma japonicum.

    Andreas Ruppel;Katerina Chlichlia;Mahmoud Bahgat

  • Diagnostic Mr 31,000 Schistosoma mansoni proteins: requirement of infection, but not immunization, and use of the "miniblot" technique for the production of monoclonal antibodies.

    Andreas Ruppel;Ute Breternitz;Reinhard Burger

  • Diagnostic Mr31/32,000 Schistosoma mansoni proteins (Sm31/32): reaction with sera from Sudanese patients infected with S. mansoni or S. haematobium.

    Mohamed A. Idris;Andreas Ruppel

  • Schistosoma mansoni: escape from complement-mediated parasiticidal mechanisms following percutaneous primary infection.

    Andreas Ruppel;Diane J. McLaren;Hans Jochen Diesfeld;Ursula Rother

  • Schistosoma mansoni: Surface membrane stability in vitro and in vivo

    Andreas Ruppel;Diane J. McLaren

Frequent Co-Authors

Conor R. Caffrey
Conor R. Caffrey University of Montana
Peter H. Krammer
Peter H. Krammer German Cancer Research Center
Michael J. Doenhoff
Michael J. Doenhoff University of Nottingham
Hélène Moné
Hélène Moné University of Perpignan
Werner Falk
Werner Falk University of Regensburg
Volker Schirrmacher
Volker Schirrmacher German Cancer Research Center
Michael Kirschfink
Michael Kirschfink Heidelberg University
Daniela N. Männel
Daniela N. Männel University of Regensburg
Rudolf Geyer
Rudolf Geyer University of Giessen
Diane J. McLaren
Diane J. McLaren Medical Research Council

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