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Fred Zepp is affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany and has an extensive academic presence in the field of medicine, with a focus on various subfields including general health professions, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, infectious diseases, and overall health studies.

Their research contributions span diverse topics such as child and adolescent health, retinopathy of prematurity studies, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, immunodeficiency and autoimmune disorders, health and medical studies, corneal surgery and disorders, and neonatal respiratory health research.

Fred Zepp has published numerous papers across several respected venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde
  • Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz
  • American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
  • Acta Ophthalmologica

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Zepp include:

  • "Internal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and biological markers in 101 healthy 1-year-old children: associations between levels of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and vaccine response", 2020, Archives of Toxicology
  • "mRNA-Based Vaccines", 2021, Vaccines
  • "Impfen bei Immundefizienz", 2020, Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz
  • "RETINAL THICKNESS AND FOVEAL HYPOPLASIA IN ADULTS BORN PRETERM WITH AND WITHOUT RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY", 2022, Retina
  • "Ocular geometry in adults born extremely, very and moderately preterm with and without retinopathy of prematurity: results from the Gutenberg Prematurity Eye Study", 2022, British Journal of Ophthalmology

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Michael S. Urschitz
  • Eva Mildenberger
  • Alexander K. Schuster
  • Reinhard Berner
  • Achim Fieß

Best Publications

  • Comparison of the immunogenicity and safety of Cervarix™ and Gardasil® human papillomavirus (HPV) cervical cancer vaccines in healthy women aged 18–45 years

    Mark H. Einstein;Mira Baron;Myron J. Levin;Archana Chatterjee

  • Rationale for pertussis booster vaccination throughout life in Europe

    Fred Zepp;Ulrich Heininger;Jussi Mertsola;Ewa Bernatowska

  • Molecular spreading and predictive value of preclinical IgE response to Phleum pratense in children with hay fever

    Laura Hatzler;Valentina Panetta;Susanne Lau;Petra Wagner

  • Combined vaccination of Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate and diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis containing acellular pertussis

    Juhani Eskola;Joel Ward;Ron Dagan;David Goldblatt

  • Evolution and predictive value of IgE responses toward a comprehensive panel of house dust mite allergens during the first 2 decades of life.

    Daniela Posa;Serena Perna;Yvonne Resch;Christian Lupinek

  • Predictability of early atopy by cord blood-IgE and parental history

    R L Bergmann;G Edenharter;K E Bergmann;I Guggenmoos-Holzmann

  • Principles of vaccine design-Lessons from nature.

    Fred Zepp

  • Recommendations are needed for adolescent and adult pertussis immunisation: rationale and strategies for consideration.

    M. Campins-Martí;H. K. Cheng;K. Forsyth;N. Guiso

  • Neonatal vaccination with an acellular pertussis vaccine accelerates the acquisition of pertussis antibodies in infants.

    Markus Knuf;Heinz-Joesf Schmitt;Joanne Wolter;Lode Schuerman

  • Safety and immunogenicity of RIX4414 live attenuated human rotavirus vaccine in adults, toddlers and previously uninfected infants.

    T Vesikari;A Karvonen;T Korhonen;M Espo

  • Allergic multimorbidity of asthma, rhinitis and eczema over 20 years in the German birth cohort MAS.

    Hannah Gough;Linus Grabenhenrich;Andreas Reich;Nora Eckers

  • Effect of cordycepin on interleukin-10 production of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells.

    Xiaoxia Zhou;Claudius U Meyer;Peter Schmidtke;Fred Zepp

  • Evidence for linkage of chromosome 12q15-q24.1 markers to high total serum IgE concentrations in children of the German Multicenter Allergy Study

    Renate Nickel;Renate Nickel;Ulrich Wahn;Nobuyuki Hizawa;Nancy Maestri

  • Diversity, functionality, and stability of the T cell repertoire derived in vivo from a single human T cell precursor.

    Philippe Bousso;Volker Wahn;Iyadh Douagi;Gerd Horneff

  • Immunogenicity and safety of two doses of tetravalent measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine in healthy children.

    Markus Knuf;Pirmin Habermehl;Fred Zepp;Wilma Mannhardt

  • Early-life Determinants of Asthma From Birth to Age 20 Years: A German Birth Cohort Study

    Linus B. Grabenhenrich;Hannah Gough;Andreas Reich;Nora Eckers

  • Schimke immuno-osseous dysplasia: a newly recognized multisystem disease.

    J. Spranger;G.K. Hinkel;H. Stöss;W. Thoenes

  • Cordycepin is an immunoregulatory active ingredient of Cordyceps sinensis.

    Xiaoxia Zhou;Liping Luo;Waike Dressel;Gulibahaer Shadier

  • Pertussis-specific cell-mediated immunity in infants after vaccination with a tricomponent acellular pertussis vaccine.

    F Zepp;M Knuf;P Habermehl;J H Schmitt

  • Ten years' experience with year-round active surveillance of up to 19 respiratory pathogens in children.

    Josef A. I. Weigl;Wolfram Puppe;Claudius U. Meyer;Reinhard Berner

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Keil
Thomas Keil University of Würzburg
Ulrich Wahn
Ulrich Wahn Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Susanne Lau
Susanne Lau Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Georg F. Hoffmann
Georg F. Hoffmann University Hospital Heidelberg
Ole Wichmann
Ole Wichmann Robert Koch Institute
Lode Schuerman
Lode Schuerman GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)
Thomas Mertens
Thomas Mertens University of Ulm
Ralf Clemens
Ralf Clemens Mahidol University
Susanna Esposito
Susanna Esposito University of Parma
Katharina Landfester
Katharina Landfester Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research

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