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Ingrid Felger is affiliated with the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute in Switzerland, focusing on research in medicine, primarily within public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's work centers on malaria research and control, mosquito-borne diseases and control, as well as vector-borne infectious diseases. Additional research topics include hemoglobinopathies and related disorders, parasites and host interactions, and travel-related health issues. There is also involvement with ICT in developing communities.

Frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

  • Malaria Journal
  • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Recent research papers cover a range of topics in parasitology and malaria epidemiology. Key publications include:

  • Malaria infection prevalence and sensitivity of reactive case detection in Zanzibar, 2020, International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Implications of asymptomatic infection for the natural history of selected parasitic tropical diseases, 2020, Seminars in Immunopathology
  • Monitoring Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax using microsatellite markers indicates limited changes in population structure after substantial transmission decline in Papua New Guinea, 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • Molecular methods for tracking residual Plasmodium falciparum transmission in a close-to-elimination setting in Zanzibar, 2020, Malaria Journal
  • The epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, pre- and post-implementation of national malaria control efforts, 2020, Malaria Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ingrid Felger include:

  • Ivo Müeller
  • Leanne J. Robinson
  • Natalie Hofmann
  • Cristian Koepfli
  • Stephan Karl

The main fields of study for the researcher emphasize medicine, with subfields concentrated in public health, parasitology, genetics, infectious diseases, and immunology.

Best Publications

  • Asymptomatic malaria infections: detectability, transmissibility and public health relevance

    Teun Bousema;Lucy Okell;Ingrid Felger;Chris Drakeley

  • A recombinant blood-stage malaria vaccine reduces Plasmodium falciparum density and exerts selective pressure on parasite populations in a phase 1-2b trial in Papua New Guinea.

    Blaise Genton;Inoni Betuela;Ingrid Felger;Fadwa Al-Yaman

  • Ultra-Sensitive Detection of Plasmodium falciparum by Amplification of Multi-Copy Subtelomeric Targets

    Natalie E. Hofmann;Felista Mwingira;Seif Shekalaghe;Leanne J. Robinson

  • Identification and Differentiation of Leishmania Species in Clinical Samples by PCR Amplification of the Miniexon Sequence and Subsequent Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis

    Jutta Marfurt;Abed Nasereddin;Igor Niederwieser;Charles L. Jaffe

  • Heterochromatin Protein 1 Secures Survival and Transmission of Malaria Parasites

    Nicolas M.B. Brancucci;Nicolas M.B. Brancucci;Nicole L. Bertschi;Nicole L. Bertschi;Lei Zhu;Igor Niederwieser;Igor Niederwieser

  • Strategies for understanding and reducing the Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale hypnozoite reservoir in Papua New Guinean children: a randomised placebo-controlled trial and mathematical model.

    Leanne J. Robinson;Rahel Wampfler;Inoni Betuela;Stephan Karl

  • Strategies for detection of Plasmodium species gametocytes.

    Rahel Wampfler;Felistas Mwingira;Sarah Javati;Sarah Javati;Sarah Javati;Leanne Robinson

  • 11. Premunition in Plasmodium falciparum infection: insights from the epidemiology of multiple infections

    T. Smith;I. Felger;M. Tanner;H.-P. Beck

  • Analysis of Multiple Plasmodium falciparum Infections in Tanzanian Children during the Phase III Trial of the Malaria Vaccine SPf66

    H.-P. Beck;I. Felger;W. Huber;S. Steiger

  • 4. Age dependence of the multiplicity of Plasmodium falciparum infections and of other malariological indices in an area of high endemicity

    T. Smith;H.-P. Beck;A. Kitua;S. Mwankusye

  • The temporal dynamics and infectiousness of subpatent Plasmodium falciparum infections in relation to parasite density

    Hannah C. Slater;Amanda Ross;Amanda Ross;Ingrid Felger;Ingrid Felger;Natalie E. Hofmann;Natalie E. Hofmann

  • Differential Patterns of Infection and Disease with P. falciparum and P. vivax in Young Papua New Guinean Children

    Enmoore Lin;Benson Kiniboro;Laurie Gray;Stuart Dobbie

  • Diagnostic genotyping of Old and New World Leishmania species by PCR-RFLP

    Jutta Marfurt;Igor Niederwieser;Ntoh Divine Makia;Hans-Peter Beck

  • Plasmodium falciparum msp1 , msp2 and glurp allele frequency and diversity in sub-Saharan Africa

    Felista Mwingira;Gamba Nkwengulila;Sonja Schoepflin;Sonja Schoepflin;Deborah Sumari

  • Acquisition of Antibodies against Plasmodium falciparum Merozoites and Malaria Immunity in Young Children and the Influence of Age, Force of Infection, and Magnitude of Response

    Danielle I. Stanisic;Freya J. I. Fowkes;Melanie Koinari;Sarah Javati

  • Comparison of diagnostic methods for the detection and quantification of the four sympatric Plasmodium species in field samples from Papua New Guinea

    Anna Rosanas-Urgell;Dania Mueller;Dania Mueller;Inoni Betuela;Céline Barnadas

  • Safety and immunogenicity of a three-component blood-stage malaria vaccine (MSP1, MSP2, RESA) against Plasmodium falciparum in Papua New Guinean children.

    Blaise Genton;Fadwa Al-Yaman;Inoni Betuela;Robin F Anders;Robin F Anders

  • Plasmodium falciparum: Extensive Polymorphism in Merozoite Surface Antigen 2 Alleles in an Area with Endemic Malaria in Papua New Guinea

    I. Felger;L. Tavul;S. Kabintik;V. Marshall

  • Force of infection is key to understanding the epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Papua New Guinean children

    Ivo Mueller;Sonja Schoepflin;Thomas A. Smith;Kathryn L. Benton

  • The dynamics of natural Plasmodium falciparum infections

    Ingrid Felger;Martin Maire;Martin Maire;Michael T. Bretscher;Michael T. Bretscher;Nicole Falk;Nicole Falk

  • The epidemiology of multiple Plasmodium falciparum infections. 11. Premunition in Plasmodium falciparum infection : Insights from the epidemiology of multiple infections

    T. Smith;I. Felger;M. Tanner;H.-P. Beck

Frequent Co-Authors

Ivo Mueller
Ivo Mueller Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Hans-Peter Beck
Hans-Peter Beck University of Basel
Thomas J. Smith
Thomas J. Smith Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Marcel Tanner
Marcel Tanner Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Peter Siba
Peter Siba Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research
Blaise Genton
Blaise Genton University of Lausanne
Alyssa E. Barry
Alyssa E. Barry Deakin University
Giampietro Corradin
Giampietro Corradin University of Lausanne
Teun Bousema
Teun Bousema Radboud University
Andrey V. Kajava
Andrey V. Kajava University of Montpellier

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