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Overview

Gerd Pluschke is affiliated with the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on various aspects of medicine, with significant contributions to epidemiology, small animal studies, infectious diseases, organic chemistry, and microbiology.

The scientist's work covers a range of key topics, including:

  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Infectious diseases and mycology
  • Tuberculosis research and epidemiology
  • Bacterial infections and vaccines
  • Pneumonia and respiratory infections
  • Complement system in diseases
  • Fungal infections and studies

Gerd Pluschke has published extensively in several journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Methods in Molecular Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Pluschke are:

  • The immunology of other mycobacteria: M. ulcerans, M. leprae (2020, Seminars in Immunopathology)
  • Inhibition of the SEC61 translocon by mycolactone induces a protective autophagic response controlled by EIF2S1-dependent translation that does not require ULK1 activity (2021, Autophagy)
  • Toward a Single-Dose Cure for Buruli Ulcer (2020, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy)
  • Vaccination with virosomally formulated recombinant CyRPA elicits protective antibodies against Plasmodium falciparum parasites in preclinical in vitro and in vivo models (2020, npj Vaccines)
  • Bacterial genome-wide association study of hyper-virulent pneumococcal serotype 1 identifies genetic variation associated with neurotropism (2020, Communications Biology)

Gerd Pluschke has worked with a number of frequent co-authors including:

  • Marie-Thérèse Ruf
  • Katharina Röltgen
  • Louisa Warryn
  • Anja Schäfer
  • Scott J Dos Santos

In addition to journal articles, the scientist has contributed to book publications. Notably, they authored a work titled Mycobacterium ulcerans published by Springer Science+Business Media in 2021.

Best Publications

  • A role for apical membrane antigen 1 during invasion of hepatocytes by Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites.

    Olivier Silvie;Jean-François Franetich;Stéphanie Charrin;Markus S. Mueller

  • Buruli Ulcer (M. ulcerans Infection): New Insights, New Hope for Disease Control

    Paul D R Johnson;Timothy P Stinear;Pamela L C Small;Gerd Pluschke

  • An Outbreak of Serotype 1 Streptococcus pneumoniae Meningitis in Northern Ghana with Features That Are Characteristic of Neisseria meningitidis Meningitis Epidemics

    Julia Leimkugel;Abudulai Adams Forgor;Sébastien Gagneux;Valentin Pflüger

  • Role of the capsule and the O antigen in resistance of O18:K1 Escherichia coli to complement-mediated killing.

    G Pluschke;J Mayden;M Achtman;R P Levine

  • Clonal analysis of descent and virulence among selected Escherichia coli

    M Achtman;G Pluschke

  • On the origin of mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of buruli ulcer

    Kenneth D Doig;Kathryn E Holt;Janet A M Fyfe;Caroline J Lavender

  • Identification and Quantification of a New Family of Peptide Endocannabinoids (Pepcans) Showing Negative Allosteric Modulation at CB1 Receptors

    Mark Bauer;Mark Bauer;Andrea Chicca;Marco Tamborrini;David Eisen

  • Prospective Study of a Serogroup X Neisseria meningitidis Outbreak in Northern Ghana

    Sébastien P. Gagneux;Abraham Hodgson;Tom A. Smith;Thierry Wirth

  • Anti-carbohydrate antibodies for the detection of anthrax spores.

    Marco Tamborrini;Daniel B. Werz;Joachim Frey;Gerd Pluschke

  • Synthetic GPI array to study antitoxic malaria response

    Faustin Kamena;Marco Tamborrini;Xinyu Liu;Yong Uk Kwon

  • Clonal waves of Neisseria colonisation and disease in the African meningitis belt : eight- year longitudinal study in northern Ghana

    Julia Leimkugel;Abraham Hodgson;Abudulai Adams Forgor;Valentin Pflüger

  • Induction of parasite growth-inhibitory antibodies by a virosomal formulation of a peptidomimetic of loop I from domain III of Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen 1.

    Markus S. Mueller;Annabelle Renard;Francesca Boato;Denise Vogel

  • Evidence of blood stage efficacy with a virosomal malaria vaccine in a phase IIa clinical trial.

    Fiona M. Thompson;David W. Porter;Shinji L. Okitsu;Nicole Westerfeld

  • Evolution of two distinct phylogenetic lineages of the emerging human pathogen Mycobacterium ulcerans.

    Michael Kaser;Simona Rondini;Martin Naegeli;Timothy Paul Stinear

  • Lipopolysaccharide, capsule, and fimbriae as virulence factors among O1, O7, O16, O18, or O75 and K1, K5, or K100 Escherichia coli.

    B Kusecek;H Wloch;A Mercer;V Vaisänen

  • Safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of new formulations of the Plasmodium falciparum malaria peptide vaccine SPf66 combined with the immunological adjuvant QS-21.

    Oscar Kashala;Roberto Amador;Maria V. Valero;Alberto Moreno

  • Geographic Distribution, Age Pattern and Sites of Lesions in a Cohort of Buruli Ulcer Patients from the Mapé Basin of Cameroon

    Martin W. Bratschi;Martin W. Bratschi;Miriam Bolz;Miriam Bolz;Jacques C. Minyem;Leticia Grize;Leticia Grize

  • Buruli ulcer disease in Cameroon rediscovered

    Jürgen Noeske;Christopher Kuaban;Simona Rondini;Philippe Sorlin

  • Presence of Nonhemolytic Pneumolysin in Serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae Associated with Disease Outbreaks

    Johanna M C Jefferies;Calum H G Johnston;Lea-Ann S Kirkham;Graeme J M Cowan

  • Optimized method for preparation of DNA from pathogenic and environmental mycobacteria.

    Michael Käser;Marie-Thérèse Ruf;Julia Hauser;Laurent Marsollier

  • Oral treatment for Mycobacterium ulcerans infection: results from a pilot study in Benin.

    Annick Chauty;Marie-Françoise Ardant;Laurent Marsollier;Gerd Pluschke;Gerd Pluschke

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy P. Stinear
Timothy P. Stinear University of Melbourne
John A. Robinson
John A. Robinson University of Zurich
Sebastien Gagneux
Sebastien Gagneux University of Basel
Hugues Matile
Hugues Matile Roche (Switzerland)
Marcel Tanner
Marcel Tanner Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Peter H. Seeberger
Peter H. Seeberger Max Planck Society
Blaise Genton
Blaise Genton University of Lausanne
Manuel E. Patarroyo
Manuel E. Patarroyo National University of Colombia
Martin Antonio
Martin Antonio London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Stephen D. Bentley
Stephen D. Bentley Wellcome Sanger Institute

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