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  • 2010 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Global Health

Overview

Lothar H. Wieler is affiliated with the Hasso Plattner Institute in Germany, contributing significantly to the field of medicine with a particular focus on infectious diseases. Their research encompasses several subfields, including infectious diseases, clinical psychology, epidemiology, molecular biology, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's primary topics of research include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 and mental health, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, COVID-19 clinical research studies, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, as well as salmonella and campylobacter epidemiology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Lothar H. Wieler include:

  • COVID-19: towards controlling of a pandemic, 2020, The Lancet
  • Monitoring behavioural insights related to COVID-19, 2020, The Lancet
  • Quality of life and mental health in children and adolescents during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: results of a two-wave nationwide population-based study, 2021, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of the Three-Wave Longitudinal COPSY Study, 2022, Journal of Adolescent Health
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of the Three-Wave Longitudinal COPSY Study, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent co-authors working alongside Wieler include:

  • Cornelia Betsch
  • Sarah Eitze
  • Michael Bošnjak
  • Philipp Sprengholz
  • Lisa Felgendreff

Major publication venues for Wieler's work consist of:

  • Psychology Archives
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Robert-Koch-Institut (RKI)
  • The Lancet
  • PubMed

Wieler's contributions have been recognized by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften in 2010 for work related to global health.

Best Publications

  • Sex and virulence in Escherichia coli: an evolutionary perspective

    Thierry Wirth;Daniel Falush;Ruiting Lan;Frances M Colles

  • COVID-19: towards controlling of a pandemic.

    Juliet Bedford;Delia Enria;Johan Giesecke;David L Heymann

  • Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing and AmpC-producing Escherichia coli from livestock and companion animals, and their putative impact on public health: a global perspective

    C. Ewers;A. Bethe;T. Semmler;S. Guenther

  • Avian pathogenic, uropathogenic, and newborn meningitis-causing Escherichia coli: How closely related are they?

    Christa Ewers;Ganwu Li;Hendrik Wilking;Sabine Kiessling

  • Characterization of a porcine intestinal epithelial cell line for in vitro studies of microbial pathogenesis in swine

    Peter Schierack;Marcel Nordhoff;Marion Pollmann;Karl Dietrich Weyrauch

  • Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases producing E. coli in wildlife, yet another form of environmental pollution?

    Sebastian Guenther;Christa Ewers;Lothar H. Wieler

  • A New Shiga Toxin 2 Variant (Stx2f) from Escherichia coli Isolated from Pigeons

    Herbert Schmidt;Jürgen Scheef;Stefano Morabito;Alfredo Caprioli

  • Molecular epidemiology of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) isolated from colisepticemia in poultry.

    Christa Ewers;Traute Janssen;Sabine Kiessling;Hans-C Philipp

  • Monitoring behavioural insights related to COVID-19.

    Cornelia Betsch;Lothar H Wieler;Katrine Habersaat

  • Emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in different animal species

    Christiane Cuny;Alexander Friedrich;Svetlana Kozytska;Franziska Layer

  • Emergence of human pandemic O25:H4-ST131 CTX-M-15 extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli among companion animals

    Christa Ewers;Mirjam Grobbel;Ivonne Stamm;Peter A. Kopp

  • A global metagenomic map of urban microbiomes and antimicrobial resistance

    David Danko;Daniela Bezdan;Evan E. Afshin;Sofia Ahsanuddin

  • Intestine and Environment of the Chicken as Reservoirs for Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Strains with Zoonotic Potential

    Christa Ewers;Esther-Maria Antão;Ines Diehl;Hans-C. Philipp

  • Livestock-Associated MRSA: The Impact on Humans

    Christiane Cuny;Lothar H. Wieler;Wolfgang Witte

  • Identification of protective and broadly conserved vaccine antigens from the genome of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli

    Danilo Gomes Moriel;Isabella Bertoldi;Angela Spagnuolo;Sara Marchi

  • Virulence genotype of Pasteurella multocida strains isolated from different hosts with various disease status.

    Christa Ewers;Antina Lübke-Becker;Astrid Bethe;Sabine Kiebling

  • Influence of a probiotic Enterococcus faecium strain on development of the immune system of sows and piglets

    L. Scharek;J. Guth;K. Reiter;K.D. Weyrauch

  • Rapid detection of virulence-associated genes in avian pathogenic Escherichia coli by multiplex polymerase chain reaction.

    Christa Ewers;Traute Janßen;Sabine Kießling;Hans-C. Philipp

  • Virulence-associated genes in avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) isolated from internal organs of poultry having died from colibacillosis.

    Janben T;Schwarz C;Preikschat P;Voss M

  • Identification of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) clades with long-term global distribution

    Astrid von Mentzer;Thomas Richard Connor;Lothar H. Wieler;Torsten Semmler

  • Prevalence and molecular characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among pigs on German farms and import of livestock-related MRSA into hospitals

    Robin Köck;J. Harlizius;N. Bressan;R. Laerberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Christa Ewers
Christa Ewers University of Giessen
Sebastian Guenther
Sebastian Guenther University of Greifswald
Helge Karch
Helge Karch University of Münster
Angelika Fruth
Angelika Fruth Robert Koch Institute
Heinrich Neubauer
Heinrich Neubauer Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Dag Harmsen
Dag Harmsen University of Münster
Rainer G. Ulrich
Rainer G. Ulrich Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Herbert Schmidt
Herbert Schmidt University of Hohenheim
Wolfgang Witte
Wolfgang Witte Robert Koch Institute
Nicholas R. Thomson
Nicholas R. Thomson Wellcome Sanger Institute

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