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Helmut Kloos is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco, in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a significant contribution of 34 publications. Within this broad field, Kloos has engaged extensively in subfields such as Nutrition and Dietetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Infectious Diseases, Plant Science, and Safety Research.

Their work covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Parasites and Host Interactions

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Helmut Kloos include Metadel Adane, Addisu Assefa, Ayechew Ademas, Tadesse Sisay, and Mistir Lingerew. The partnership with these researchers has resulted in multiple publications, reflecting ongoing research efforts in related areas.

Kloos has published regularly in several venues, with a notable concentration in:

  • PLoS ONE
  • BMJ Global Health
  • Tropical Medicine and Health
  • Environmental Health Insights
  • Alexandria Journal of Medicine

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Kloos are:

  • "The COVID-19 pandemic: diverse contexts; different epidemics-how and why?" (2020), BMJ Global Health
  • "Knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of COVID-19 vaccine and refusal to receive COVID-19 vaccine among healthcare workers in northeastern Ethiopia" (2022), BMC Public Health
  • "Menstrual hygiene practices among high school girls in urban areas in Northeastern Ethiopia: A neglected issue in water, sanitation, and hygiene research" (2021), PLoS ONE
  • "Chromium removal from tannery wastewater through activated carbon produced from Parthenium hysterophorus weed" (2020), Energy Ecology and Environment
  • "Does menstrual hygiene management and water, sanitation, and hygiene predict reproductive tract infections among reproductive women in urban areas in Ethiopia?" (2020), PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • The geographic distribution of fluoride in surface and groundwater in Ethiopia with an emphasis on the Rift Valley.

    Redda Tekle-Haimanot;Zenebe Melaku;Helmut Kloos;Clemens Reimann

  • Comparative study of diatoms and macroinvertebrates as indicators of severe water pollution: Case study of the Kebena and Akaki rivers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Abebe Beyene;Abebe Beyene;Taffere Addis;Taffere Addis;Demeke Kifle;Worku Legesse

  • The COVID-19 pandemic: diverse contexts; different epidemics-how and why?

    Wim Van Damme;Ritwik Dahake;Alexandre Delamou;Brecht Ingelbeen

  • Malaria and water resource development: the case of Gilgel-Gibe hydroelectric dam in Ethiopia

    Delenasaw Yewhalaw;Worku Legesse;Wim Van Bortel;Solomon Gebre-Selassie

  • Distribution of fluoride and fluorosis in Ethiopia and prospects for control.

    Helmut Kloos;Redda Tekle Haimanot

  • A research agenda for helminth diseases of humans: social ecology, environmental determinants, and health systems.

    Andrea Gazzinelli;Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira;Guo-Jing Yang;Boakye A. Boatin

  • Sanitation facilities, hygienic conditions, and prevalence of acute diarrhea among under-five children in slums of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Baseline survey of a longitudinal study

    Metadel Adane;Bezatu Mengistie;Helmut Kloos;Girmay Medhin

  • Human behavior, health education and schistosomiasis control: a review.

    Helmut Kloos

  • Socioeconomic determinants of schistosomiasis in a poor rural area in Brazil

    Andrea Gazzinelli;Gustavo Velasquez-Melendez;Sara B. Crawford;Philip T. LoVerde

  • Exposure to Schistosoma mansoni infection in a rural area in Brazil. II: household risk factors.

    Jeffrey Bethony;Jeff T. Williams;Helmut Kloos;John Blangero

  • Eleutherinone, a novel fungitoxic naphthoquinone from Eleutherine bulbosa (Iridaceae).

    Tânia Maria Almeida Alves;Helmut Kloos;Carlos Leomar Zani

  • Urban impact on ecological integrity of nearby rivers in developing countries: the Borkena River in highland Ethiopia

    Abebe Beyene;Abebe Beyene;Worku Legesse;Ludwig Triest;Helmut Kloos

  • Toward universal access to HIV counseling and testing and antiretroviral treatment in Ethiopia: looking beyond HIV testing and ART initiation.

    Yibeltal Assefa;Wim Van Damme;Damen Haile Mariam;Helmut Kloos

  • Spatial patterns of human water contact and Schistosoma mansoni transmission and infection in four rural areas in Machakos district Kenya.

    H. Kloos;A.J.C. Fulford;A.E. Butterworth;R.F. Sturrock

  • Piped water supply interruptions and acute diarrhea among under-five children in Addis Ababa slums, Ethiopia: A matched case-control study.

    Metadel Adane;Bezatu Mengistie;Girmay Medhin;Helmut Kloos

  • Primary health care in Ethiopia under three political systems: Community participation in a war-torn society

    Helmut Kloos

  • Knowledge and perceptions about the health impact of climate change among health sciences students in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.

    Andualem S. Nigatu;Andualem S. Nigatu;Benedict Oppong Asamoah;Helmut Kloos

  • Microgeographical patterns of schistosomiasis and water contact behavior; examples from Africa and Brazil

    Helmut Kloos;Andréa Gazzinelli;Paul Van Zuyle

  • Polygodial, the fungitoxic component from the Brazilian medicinal plant Polygonum punctatum

    de Almeida Alves Tm;Ribeiro Fl;Kloos H;Zani Cl

  • The impact of traditional coffee processing on river water quality in Ethiopia and the urgency of adopting sound environmental practices

    Abebe Beyene;Abebe Beyene;Yared Kassahun;Taffere Addis;Fassil Assefa

  • Water contact behavior and schistosomiasis in an upper Egyptian village.

    Kloos H;Higashi Gi;Cattani Ja;Schlinski Vd

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip T. LoVerde
Philip T. LoVerde The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira
Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Jeffrey M. Bethony
Jeffrey M. Bethony George Washington University
Wim Van Damme
Wim Van Damme Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
Ludwig Triest
Ludwig Triest Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Erik Meers
Erik Meers Ghent University
Anthony E. Butterworth
Anthony E. Butterworth University of Cambridge
Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara
Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Gerald Bloom
Gerald Bloom Institute of Development Studies
John Blangero
John Blangero The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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