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Switzerland
2023

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Medicine

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129
Citations
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2578
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  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Jürg Utzinger is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland and conducts research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work focuses extensively on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, supported by significant contributions in Parasitology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Ecology.

The primary topics addressed in their research include:

  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Physical Activity and Health

Utzinger has published frequently in a range of scientific journals. Notable publication venues include:

  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Infectious Diseases of Poverty
  • Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Selected recent papers authored by Utzinger and their colleagues provide insight into ongoing research directions:

  • "The global progress of soil-transmitted helminthiases control in 2020 and World Health Organization targets for 2030" (2020) published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • "Review of 2022 WHO guidelines on the control and elimination of schistosomiasis" (2022) published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "Towards a global One Health index: a potential assessment tool for One Health performance" (2022) published in Infectious Diseases of Poverty
  • "Towards integrated surveillance-response systems for the prevention of future pandemics" (2020) published in Infectious Diseases of Poverty
  • "One Health and planetary health research: leveraging differences to grow together" (2023) published in The Lancet Planetary Health

Key frequent co-authors in their research network include:

  • Markus Gerber
  • Uwe Pühse
  • Peter Steinmann
  • Cheryl Walter
  • Rosa du Randt

The body of work by Utzinger encompasses over 200 publications, predominantly focusing on infectious disease dynamics, host-parasite interactions, and the intersection of environmental factors with public health. Their multidisciplinary approach integrates aspects of child health, nutrition, and the control of parasitic infections relevant to global health concerns.

Best Publications

  • Schistosomiasis and water resources development: systematic review, meta-analysis, and estimates of people at risk

    Peter Steinmann;Jennifer Keiser;Robert Bos;Marcel Tanner

  • The global burden of disease study 2010: interpretation and implications for the neglected tropical diseases.

    Peter J. Hotez;Miriam Alvarado;María-Gloria Basáñez;Ian Bolliger

  • Efficacy of Current Drugs Against Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Jennifer Keiser;Jürg Utzinger

  • Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Eric C. Strunz;David G. Addiss;Meredith E. Stocks;Stephanie Ogden

  • Praziquantel: mechanisms of action, resistance and new derivatives for schistosomiasis.

    Michael J Doenhoff;Donato Cioli;Jürg Utzinger

  • Emerging foodborne trematodiasis.

    Jennifer Keiser;Jürg Utzinger

  • Food-Borne Trematodiases

    Jennifer Keiser;Jürg Utzinger

  • Past, Present, and Future of Japanese Encephalitis

    Tobias E. Erlanger;Svenja Weiss;Jennifer Keiser;Jürg Utzinger

  • Time to set the agenda for schistosomiasis elimination.

    David Rollinson;Stefanie Knopp;Stefanie Knopp;Sarah Levitz;J. Russell Stothard

  • Effect of Sanitation on Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infection: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Kathrin Ziegelbauer;Benjamin Speich;Benjamin Speich;Daniel Mäusezahl;Daniel Mäusezahl;Robert Bos

  • FLOTAC: new multivalent techniques for qualitative and quantitative copromicroscopic diagnosis of parasites in animals and humans.

    Giuseppe Cringoli;Laura Rinaldi;Maria Paola Maurelli;Jürg Utzinger

  • Global burden of human food-borne trematodiasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Thomas Fürst;Jennifer Keiser;Jennifer Keiser;Jürg Utzinger;Jürg Utzinger

  • The effects of iron fortification on the gut microbiota in African children: a randomized controlled trial in Côte d'Ivoire

    Michael B Zimmermann;Christophe Chassard;Fabian Rohner;Eliézer K N'Goran

  • Soil-transmitted helminth reinfection after drug treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Tie-Wu Jia;Sara E Melville;Jürg Utzinger;Jürg Utzinger;Charles H. King

  • Schistosomiasis and neglected tropical diseases: towards integrated and sustainable control and a word of caution

    J. Utzinger;G. Raso;S. Brooker;D. De Savigny

  • The public health significance and control of schistosomiasis in China—then and now

    Xiao-Nong Zhou;Li-Ying Wang;Ming-Gang Chen;Xiao-Hua Wu

  • Diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminths in the era of preventive chemotherapy: effect of multiple stool sampling and use of different diagnostic techniques.

    Stefanie Knopp;Ali F. Mgeni;I. Simba Khamis;Peter Steinmann;Peter Steinmann

  • URBANIZATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AND IMPLICATION FOR MALARIA CONTROL

    Jennifer Keiser;Jürg Utzinger;Marcia Caldas De Castro;Thomas A. Smith

  • Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis: common drugs for treatment and control

    Jürg Utzinger;Jennifer Keiser

  • Diagnostic dilemmas in helminthology: what tools to use and when?

    Robert Bergquist;Maria Vang Johansen;Jürg Utzinger

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcel Tanner
Marcel Tanner Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Eliézer K. N’Goran
Eliézer K. N’Goran Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Jennifer Keiser
Jennifer Keiser Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Penelope Vounatsou
Penelope Vounatsou University of Basel
Xiao-Nong Zhou
Xiao-Nong Zhou Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention
Burton H. Singer
Burton H. Singer University of Florida
Christian Schindler
Christian Schindler Columbia University
Jan Hattendorf
Jan Hattendorf University of Basel
David Rollinson
David Rollinson Natural History Museum
Nicole Probst-Hensch
Nicole Probst-Hensch Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute

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