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Hans-Peter Fuehrer is affiliated with the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna in Austria. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Immunology and Microbiology, with a focus on Infectious Diseases, Parasitology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The research topics covered by Hans-Peter Fuehrer include:

  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment
  • Insect and Pesticide Research

Selected recent publications by Hans-Peter Fuehrer are:

  • "Dirofilaria spp. and Angiostrongylus vasorum: Current Risk of Spreading in Central and Northern Europe" (2021), published in Pathogens
  • "The primate malaria parasites Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium brasilianum and Plasmodium ovale spp.: genomic insights into distribution, dispersal and host transitions" (2022), published in Malaria Journal
  • "Monitoring of alien mosquitoes in Western Austria (Tyrol, Austria, 2018)" (2020), published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Other recent papers relevant to the research area, co-authored or related, include:

  • "Babesiosis in Southeastern, Central and Northeastern Europe: An Emerging and Re-Emerging Tick-Borne Disease of Humans and Animals" (2022), published in Microorganisms
  • "Molecular pathogen screening of louse flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) from domestic and wild ruminants in Austria" (2023), published in Parasites & Vectors

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Maria Sophia Unterköfler
  • Josef Harl
  • Karin Lebl
  • Mike Heddergott
  • Michael Leschnik

Hans-Peter Fuehrer's work is often published in venues such as:

  • Pathogens
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Parasitology Research
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Their research contributions cover a broad spectrum of investigation into vector-borne diseases and parasitology, with specific attention to disease risk monitoring, pathogen distribution and host interactions in both domestic and wild animal populations. This includes surveillance of vectors like mosquitoes and louse flies and molecular-level analyses to understand pathogen spread and evolution.

Best Publications

  • A Worldwide Map of Plasmodium Falciparum K13-Propeller Polymorphisms

    Didier Ménard;Nimol Khim;Johann Beghain;Ayola A. Adegnika;Ayola A. Adegnika

  • Recent advances on Dirofilaria repens in dogs and humans in Europe

    Gioia Capelli;Claudio Genchi;Gad Baneth;Patrick Bourdeau

  • Capillaria hepatica in man—an overview of hepatic capillariosis and spurious infections

    Hans-Peter Fuehrer;Petra Igel;Herbert Auer

  • A molecular survey of vector-borne pathogens in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Adnan Hodžić;Amer Alić;Hans-Peter Fuehrer;Josef Harl

  • Wildlife reservoirs for vector-borne canine, feline and zoonotic infections in Austria

    Georg G. Duscher;Michael Leschnik;Hans Peter Fuehrer;Anja Joachim

  • Dirofilaria in Humans, Dogs, and Vectors in Austria (1978-2014)-From Imported Pathogens to the Endemicity of Dirofilaria repens.

    Hans-Peter Fuehrer;Herbert Auer;Michael Leschnik;Katja Silbermayr

  • Antiplasmodial activity of flavonol quercetin and its analogues in Plasmodium falciparum: evidence from clinical isolates in Bangladesh and standardized parasite clones

    Deepa Ganesh;Hans-Peter Fuehrer;Peter Starzengrüber;Paul Swoboda

  • High prevalence of asymptomatic malaria in south-eastern Bangladesh

    Peter Starzengruber;Hans Peter Fuehrer;Hans Peter Fuehrer;Benedikt Ley;Kamala Thriemer

  • Fifth European Dirofilaria and Angiostrongylus Days (FiEDAD) 2016

    F. Simón;V. Kartashev;J. González-Miguel;A. Rivera

  • Dirofilaria spp. and Angiostrongylus vasorum: Current Risk of Spreading in Central and Northern Europe.

    Hans-Peter Fuehrer;Simone Morelli;Maria Sophia Unterköfler;Anna Bajer

  • Novel Nested Direct PCR Technique for Malaria Diagnosis Using Filter Paper Samples

    Hans-Peter Fuehrer;Markus A. Fally;Verena E. Habler;Peter Starzengruber

  • Plasmodium ovale in Bangladesh: genetic diversity and the first known evidence of the sympatric distribution of Plasmodium ovale curtisi and Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in southern Asia.

    Hans-Peter Fuehrer;Verena Elisabeth Habler;Markus Andreas Fally;Josef Harl

  • Recent Advances in Detection of Plasmodium ovale: Implications of Separation into the Two Species Plasmodium ovale wallikeri and Plasmodium ovale curtisi

    Hans-Peter Fuehrer;Harald Noedl

  • Fox on the run--molecular surveillance of fox blood and tissue for the occurrence of tick-borne pathogens in Austria.

    Georg Gerhard Duscher;Hans-Peter Fuehrer;Anna Kübber-Heiss

  • Indigenous Plasmodium ovale Malaria in Bangladesh

    Hans-Peter Fuehrer;Peter Starzengruber;Paul Swoboda;Wasif Ali Khan

  • Comparison of Giemsa microscopy with nested PCR for the diagnosis of malaria in North Gondar, north-west Ethiopia

    Abebe Alemu;Hans-Peter Fuehrer;Gebeyaw Getnet;Afework Kassu

  • Occurrence and diversity of arthropod-transmitted pathogens in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in western Austria, and possible vertical (transplacental) transmission of Hepatozoon canis.

    Adnan Hodžić;Naike Mrowietz;Rita Cézanne;Pia Bruckschwaiger

  • An overview of the host spectrum and distribution of Calodium hepaticum (syn. Capillaria hepatica): part 2—Mammalia (excluding Muroidea)

    Hans-Peter Fuehrer

  • An overview of the host spectrum and distribution of Calodium hepaticum (syn. Capillaria hepatica): part 1—Muroidea

    Hans-Peter Fuehrer

  • Screening blood-fed mosquitoes for the diagnosis of filarioid helminths and avian malaria.

    Carina Zittra;Zsanett Kocziha;Szilárd Pinnyei;Josef Harl

  • Two Techniques for Simultaneous Identification of Plasmodium ovale curtisi and Plasmodium ovale wallikeri by Use of the Small-Subunit rRNA Gene

    Hans-Peter Fuehrer;Marie-Therese Stadler;Katharina Buczolich;Ingrid Bloeschl

  • Plasmodium ovale curtisi and Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in North-West Ethiopia.

    Abebe Alemu;Hans-Peter Fuehrer;Gebeyaw Getnet;Belay Tessema

Frequent Co-Authors

Georg Gerhard Duscher
Georg Gerhard Duscher Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety
Anja Joachim
Anja Joachim University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
David Modrý
David Modrý University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Rashidul Haque
Rashidul Haque International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
Jan Votýpka
Jan Votýpka Charles University
Andrei Daniel Mihalca
Andrei Daniel Mihalca University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca
Domenico Otranto
Domenico Otranto University of Bari Aldo Moro
Cornelia Silaghi
Cornelia Silaghi Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Julia Walochnik
Julia Walochnik Medical University of Vienna
Pascal Ringwald
Pascal Ringwald World Health Organization

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