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Franz Josef Conraths

Franz Josef Conraths

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Microbiology

D-Index
74
Citations
15652
World Ranking
1607
National Ranking
116

Overview

Franz Josef Conraths is affiliated with the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Medicine, and Immunology and Microbiology, reflecting a broad engagement with biological and health-related disciplines.

The scientist's work focuses extensively on various subfields including Agronomy and Crop Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology. This multidisciplinary approach informs their main topics of study, which cover Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Vector-Borne Animal Diseases, Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics, Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies, T-cell and Retrovirus Studies, Viral Infections and Vectors, and Viral Infections and Immunology Research.

Several recent papers showcase the scope and emphasis of their research:

  • African Swine Fever in Wild Boar in Europe-A Review, 2021, Viruses
  • Review: Vaccines and Vaccination against Lumpy Skin Disease, 2021, Vaccines
  • Joining the club: First detection of African swine fever in wild boar in Germany, 2020, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Stability of African Swine Fever Virus in Carcasses of Domestic Pigs and Wild Boar Experimentally Infected with the ASFV "Estonia 2014" Isolate, 2020, Viruses
  • A Review of Environmental Risk Factors for African Swine Fever in European Wild Boar, 2021, Animals

This list highlights a significant focus on African swine fever as well as broader studies on vaccines and environmental risk factors affecting animal diseases.

Frequent coauthors working alongside Franz Josef Conraths include:

  • Carola Sauter-Louis
  • Katja Schulz
  • Pavlo Maksimov
  • Gereon Schares
  • Christoph Staubach

These collaborations indicate sustained teamwork with several key researchers over many projects.

Publication venues where Conraths frequently publishes include:

  • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Viruses
  • Animals
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Pathogens

The diversity of these venues underscores involvement in journals spanning general and specialized aspects of veterinary science, virology, parasitology, and related fields.

Best Publications

  • Echinococcosis: an emerging or re-emerging zoonosis?

    J Eckert;F.J Conraths;K Tackmann

  • The efficiency of vertical transmission of Neospora caninum in dairy cattle analysed by serological techniques

    G Schares;M Peters;R Wurm;A Bärwald

  • Toxoplasma gondii infection and toxoplasmosis in farm animals: Risk factors and economic impact.

    S. Stelzer;W. Basso;J. Benavides Silván;L.M. Ortega-Mora

  • ‘Schmallenberg virus’ – a novel orthobunyavirus emerging in Europe

    Martin Beer;Franz Josef Conraths;W.H.M. van der Poel

  • Oocysts of Neospora caninum, Hammondia heydorni, Toxoplasma gondii and Hammondia hammondi in faeces collected from dogs in Germany

    Gereon Schares;N. Pantchev;D. Barutzki;A.O. Heydorn

  • Dogs shed Neospora caninum oocysts after ingestion of naturally infected bovine placenta but not after ingestion of colostrum spiked with Neospora caninum tachyzoites

    T. Dijkstra;M. Eysker;Gereon Schares;Franz Josef Conraths

  • Potential risk factors associated with human alveolar echinococcosis: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Franz J. Conraths;Carolina Probst;Alessia Possenti;Alessia Possenti;Belgees Boufana;Belgees Boufana

  • Laboratory Diagnosis of Echinococcus spp. in Human Patients and Infected Animals.

    M Siles-Lucas;A Casulli;F J Conraths;Norbert Müller

  • Distribution of ticks infesting ruminants and risk factors associated with high tick prevalence in livestock farms in the semi-arid and arid agro-ecological zones of Pakistan

    Abdul Rehman;Abdul Rehman;Abdul Rehman;Ard M. Nijhof;Carola Sauter-Louis;Birgit Schauer

  • Supranational comparison of Neospora caninum seroprevalences in cattle in Germany, The Netherlands, Spain and Sweden.

    C.J.M. Bartels;J.I. Arnaiz-Seco;A. Ruiz-Santa-Quitera;C. Björkman

  • The geographical distribution and prevalence of Echinococcus multilocularis in animals in the European Union and adjacent countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Antti Oksanen;Mar Siles-Lucas;Jacek Karamon;Alessia Possenti

  • Behaviour of free ranging wild boar towards their dead fellows: potential implications for the transmission of African swine fever

    Carolina Probst;Anja Globig;Bent Knoll;Franz J. Conraths

  • African Swine Fever in Wild Boar in Europe-A Review.

    Carola Sauter-Louis;Franz J. Conraths;Carolina Probst;Ulrike Blohm

  • Novel Lyssavirus in Natterer’s Bat, Germany

    Conrad M. Freuling;Martin Beer;Franz J. Conraths;Stefan Finke

  • Occurrence of Toxoplasma gondii and Hammondia hammondi oocysts in the faeces of cats from Germany and other European countries

    G. Schares;M. Globokar Vrhovec;N. Pantchev;D.C. Herrmann

  • Sharing more than friendship--nasal colonization with coagulase-positive staphylococci (CPS) and co-habitation aspects of dogs and their owners.

    Birgit Walther;Julia Hermes;Christiane Cuny;Lothar H. Wieler

  • Phylogenetic analyses of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus isolates from Germany in 2006 and 2007 suggest at least three separate introductions of H5N1 virus

    Elke Starick;Martin Beer;Bernd Hoffmann;Christoph Staubach

  • Review: Vaccines and Vaccination against Lumpy Skin Disease.

    Eeva Tuppurainen;Klaas Dietze;Janika Wolff;Hannes Bergmann

  • Atypical Toxoplasma gondii genotypes identified in oocysts shed by cats in Germany.

    D.C. Herrmann;N. Pantchev;M. Globokar Vrhovec;D. Barutzki

  • Epidemiology of bluetongue virus serotype 8, Germany.

    Franz Josef Conraths;Jörn Gethmann;Christoph Staubach;Thomas C. Mettenleiter

  • Monitoring of putative vectors of bluetongue virus serotype 8, Germany.

    Bernd Hoffmann;Burkhard Bauer;Christian Bauer;Hans Joachim Bätza

  • Epidemiology of tick-borne pathogens in the semi-arid and the arid agro-ecological zones of Punjab province, Pakistan.

    Abdul Rehman;Abdul Rehman;Abdul Rehman;Franz J. Conraths;Carola Sauter‐Louis;Jürgen Krücken

  • Outbreaks among Wild Birds and Domestic Poultry Caused by Reassorted Influenza A(H5N8) Clade 2.3.4.4 Viruses, Germany, 2016.

    Anne Pohlmann;Elke Starick;Timm Harder;Christian Grund

Frequent Co-Authors

Christoph Staubach
Christoph Staubach Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Gereon Schares
Gereon Schares Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Martin Beer
Martin Beer Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Thomas C. Mettenleiter
Thomas C. Mettenleiter Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Timm C. Harder
Timm C. Harder Kiel University
Thomas Müller
Thomas Müller Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Rainer G. Ulrich
Rainer G. Ulrich Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Nikola Pantchev
Nikola Pantchev IDEXX Laboratories (United States)
Bernd Hoffmann
Bernd Hoffmann Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Jitender P. Dubey
Jitender P. Dubey Agricultural Research Service

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