Althaus, Christian L

Jarvis, Christopher I; Coletti, Pietro; Backer, Jantien A; Munday, James D; Faes, Christel; Beutels, Philippe; Althaus, Christian L; Low, Nicola; Wallinga, Jacco; Hens, Niel; Edmunds, W John (2024). Social contact patterns following the COVID-19 pandemic: a snapshot of post-pandemic behaviour from the CoMix study. Epidemics, 48, p. 100778. Elsevier 10.1016/j.epidem.2024.100778

Reichmuth, Martina L; Heron, Leonie; Beutels, Philippe; Hens, Niel; Low, Nicola; Althaus, Christian L (2024). Social contacts in Switzerland during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from the CoMix study. Epidemics, 47, p. 100771. Elsevier 10.1016/j.epidem.2024.100771

Bouman, Judith A; Hauser, Anthony; Grimm, Simon L; Wohlfender, Martin; Bhatt, Samir; Semenova, Elizaveta; Gelman, Andrew; Althaus, Christian L; Riou, Julien (2024). Bayesian workflow for time-varying transmission in stratified compartmental infectious disease transmission models. PLoS computational biology, 20(4), e1011575. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011575

Reichmuth, Martina L; Heron, Leonie; Riou, Julien; Moser, André; Hauser, Anthony; Low, Nicola; Althaus, Christian L (2023). Socio-demographic characteristics associated with COVID-19 vaccination uptake in Switzerland: longitudinal analysis of the CoMix study. BMC public health, 23(1), p. 1523. BioMed Central 10.1186/s12889-023-16405-0

Reichmuth, Martina L; Hodcroft, Emma B; Althaus, Christian L (2023). Importation of Alpha and Delta variants during the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Switzerland: Phylogenetic analysis and intervention scenarios. PLoS pathogens, 19(8), e1011553. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011553

Riou, Julien; Althaus, Christian L; Allen, Hester; Cole, Michelle J; Grad, Yonatan H; Heijne, Janneke C M; Unemo, Magnus; Low, Nicola (2023). Projecting the development of antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae from antimicrobial surveillance data: a mathematical modelling study. BMC infectious diseases, 23(1), p. 252. BioMed Central 10.1186/s12879-023-08200-4

Emmenegger, Marc; De Cecco, Elena; Lamparter, David; Jacquat, Raphaël P B; Riou, Julien; Menges, Dominik; Ballouz, Tala; Ebner, Daniel; Schneider, Mathias M; Morales, Itzel Condado; Doğançay, Berre; Guo, Jingjing; Wiedmer, Anne; Domange, Julie; Imeri, Marigona; Moos, Rita; Zografou, Chryssa; Batkitar, Leyla; Madrigal, Lidia; Schneider, Dezirae; ... (2023). Continuous population-level monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in a large European metropolitan region. iScience, 26(2), p. 105928. Elsevier 10.1016/j.isci.2023.105928

Riou, Julien; Hauser, Anthony; Fesser, Anna; Althaus, Christian L; Egger, Matthias; Konstantinoudis, Garyfallos (2023). Direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality in Switzerland. Nature communications, 14(1), p. 90. Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/s41467-022-35770-9

Reichmuth, Martina L; Hodcroft, Emma B; Riou, Julien; Neher, Richard A; Hens, Niel; Althaus, Christian L (2022). Impact of cross-border-associated cases on the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Switzerland during summer 2020 and 2021. Epidemics, 41, p. 100654. Elsevier 10.1016/j.epidem.2022.100654

Gressani, Oswaldo; Wallinga, Jacco; Althaus, Christian L; Hens, Niel; Faes, Christel (2022). EpiLPS: A fast and flexible Bayesian tool for estimation of the time-varying reproduction number. PLoS computational biology, 18(10), e1010618. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010618

Estcourt, Claudia S; Stirrup, Oliver; Copas, Andrew; Low, Nicola; Mapp, Fiona; Saunders, John; Mercer, Catherine H; Flowers, Paul; Roberts, Tracy; Howarth, Alison R; Owusu, Melvina Woode; Symonds, Merle; Nandwani, Rak; Ogwulu, Chidubem; Brice, Susannah; Johnson, Anne M; Althaus, Christian L; Williams, Eleanor; Comer-Schwartz, Alex; Tostevin, Anna; ... (2022). Accelerated partner therapy contact tracing for people with chlamydia (LUSTRUM): a crossover cluster-randomised controlled trial. The lancet. Public health, 7(10), e853-e865. Elsevier 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00204-3

Tegally, Houriiyah; Moir, Monika; Everatt, Josie; Giovanetti, Marta; Scheepers, Cathrine; Wilkinson, Eduan; Subramoney, Kathleen; Makatini, Zinhle; Moyo, Sikhulile; Amoako, Daniel G; Baxter, Cheryl; Althaus, Christian L; Anyaneji, Ugochukwu J; Kekana, Dikeledi; Viana, Raquel; Giandhari, Jennifer; Lessells, Richard J; Maponga, Tongai; Maruapula, Dorcas; Choga, Wonderful; ... (2022). Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineages BA.4 and BA.5 in South Africa. Nature medicine, 28(9), pp. 1785-1790. Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/s41591-022-01911-2

Anderegg, Nanina; Althaus, Christian L; Colin, Samuel; Hauser, Anthony; Laube, Anne; Mäusezahl, Mirjam; Wagner, Moritz; Zaffora, Biagio; Riou, Julien (2022). Assessing real-world vaccine effectiveness against severe forms of SARS-CoV-2 infection: an observational study from routine surveillance data in Switzerland. Swiss medical weekly, 152, w30163. EMH Schweizerischer Ärzteverlag 10.4414/smw.2022.w30163

Giovanetti, Marta; Fonseca, Vagner; Wilkinson, Eduan; Tegally, Houriiyah; San, Emmanuel James; Althaus, Christian L; Xavier, Joilson; Nanev Slavov, Svetoslav; Viala, Vincent Louis; Ranieri Jerônimo Lima, Alex; Ribeiro, Gabriela; Souza-Neto, Jayme A; Fukumasu, Heidge; Lehmann Coutinho, Luiz; Venancio da Cunha, Rivaldo; Freitas, Carla; Campelo de A E Melo, Carlos F; Navegantes de Araújo, Wildo; Do Carmo Said, Rodrigo Fabiano; Almiron, Maria; ... (2022). Replacement of the Gamma by the Delta variant in Brazil: Impact of lineage displacement on the ongoing pandemic. Virus evolution, 8(1), veac024. Oxford University Press 10.1093/ve/veac024

Keiser, Olivia; Agoritsas, Thomas; Althaus, Christian L; Azman, Andrew S; de Quervain, Dominique; Flahault, Antoine; Goutaki, Myrofora; Merglen, Arnaud; Eckerle, Isabella (2021). A public health strategy for SARS-CoV-2, grounded in science, should guide Swiss schools through the coming winter [viewpoint]. Swiss medical weekly, 151, w30086. EMH Schweizerischer Ärzteverlag 10.4414/smw.2021.w30086

Riou, Julien; Panczak, Radoslaw; Althaus, Christian L; Junker, Christoph; Perisa, Damir; Schneider, Katrin; Criscuolo, Nicola G; Low, Nicola; Egger, Matthias (2021). Socioeconomic position and the COVID-19 care cascade from testing to mortality in Switzerland: a population-based analysis. The lancet. Public health, 6(9), e683-e691. Elsevier 10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00160-2

Hodcroft, Emma B; Zuber, Moira; Nadeau, Sarah; Vaughan, Timothy G; Crawford, Katharine H D; Althaus, Christian L; Reichmuth, Martina L; Bowen, John E; Walls, Alexandra C; Corti, Davide; Bloom, Jesse D; Veesler, David; Mateo, David; Hernando, Alberto; Comas, Iñaki; Candelas, Fernando González; Stadler, Tanja; Neher, Richard A (2021). Spread of a SARS-CoV-2 variant through Europe in the summer of 2020. Nature, 595(7869), pp. 707-712. Springer Nature 10.1038/s41586-021-03677-y

Salathé, Marcel; Althaus, Christian L; Anderegg, Nanina; Antonioli, Daniele; Ballouz, Tala; Bugnon, Edouard; Čapkun, Srdjan; Jackson, Dennis; Kim, Sang-Il; Larus, Jim; Low, Nicola; Lueks, Wouter; Menges, Dominik; Moullet, Cédric; Payer, Mathias; Riou, Julien; Stadler, Theresa; Troncoso, Carmela; Vayena, Effy and von Wyl, Viktor (2020). Early evidence of effectiveness of digital contact tracing for SARS-CoV-2 in Switzerland. Swiss medical weekly, 150, w20457. EMH Schweizerischer Ärzteverlag 10.4414/smw.2020.20457

Heng, Kevin; Althaus, Christian L (2020). The approximately universal shapes of epidemic curves in the Susceptible-Exposed-Infectious-Recovered (SEIR) model. Scientific Reports, 10(1), p. 19365. Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/s41598-020-76563-8

Smid, Joost H; Althaus, Christian L; Low, Nicola; Unemo, Magnus; Herrmann, Bjőrn (2020). Rise and fall of the new variant of Chlamydia trachomatis in Sweden: mathematical modelling study. Sexually transmitted infections, 96(5), pp. 375-379. BMJ Publishing Group 10.1136/sextrans-2019-054057

Salathé, Marcel; Althaus, Christian L; Neher, Richard; Stringhini, Silvia; Hodcroft, Emma; Fellay, Jacques; Zwahlen, Marcel; Senti, Gabriela; Battegay, Manuel; Wilder-Smith, Annelies; Eckerle, Isabella; Egger, Matthias; Low, Nicola (2020). COVID-19 epidemic in Switzerland: on the importance of testing, contact tracing and isolation. Swiss medical weekly, 150, w20225. EMH Media 10.4414/smw.2020.20225

Riou, Julien; Althaus, Christian L (2020). Pattern of early human-to-human transmission of Wuhan 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), December 2019 to January 2020. Eurosurveillance, 25(4), pii=2000058. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.4.2000058

Gsteiger, Sandro; Low, Nicola; Sonnenberg, Pam; Mercer, Catherine H; Althaus, Christian L (2020). Gini coefficients for measuring the distribution of sexually transmitted infections among individuals with different levels of sexual activity. PeerJ, 8, e8434. PeerJ, Ltd 10.7717/peerj.8434

Counotte, Michel J; Althaus, Christian L; Low, Nicola; Riou, Julien (2019). Impact of age-specific immunity on the timing and burden of the next Zika virus outbreak. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 13(12), e0007978. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007978

Omori, Ryosuke; Chemaitelly, Hiam; Althaus, Christian L; Abu-Raddad, Laith J (2019). Does infection with Chlamydia trachomatis induce long-lasting partial immunity? Insights from mathematical modelling. Sexually transmitted infections, 95(2), pp. 115-121. BMJ Publishing Group 10.1136/sextrans-2018-053543

Porgo, Teegwendé V; Norris, Susan L; Salanti, Georgia; Johnson, Leigh F; Simpson, Julie A; Low, Nicola; Egger, Matthias; Althaus, Christian L (2019). The use of mathematical modelling studies for evidence synthesis and guideline development: a glossary. Research Synthesis Methods, 10(1), pp. 125-133. Wiley 10.1002/jrsm.1333

Smid, Joost H; Garcia, Victor; Low, Nicola; Mercer, Catherine H; Althaus, Christian L (2018). Age difference between heterosexual partners in Britain: Implications for the spread of Chlamydia trachomatis. Epidemics, 24, pp. 60-66. Elsevier 10.1016/j.epidem.2018.03.004

Riesen, Maurane; Konstantinoudis, Garyfallos; Lang, Phung; Low, Nicola; Hatz, Christoph; Maeusezahl, Mirjam; Spaar, Anne; Bühlmann, Marc; Spycher, Ben D; Althaus, Christian L (2018). Exploring variation in human papillomavirus vaccination uptake in Switzerland: a multilevel spatial analysis of a national vaccination coverage survey. BMJ open, 8(5), e021006. BMJ Publishing Group 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021006

Riesen, Maurane; Garcia, Victor; Low, Nicola; Althaus, Christian L (2017). Modeling the consequences of regional heterogeneity in human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination uptake on transmission in Switzerland. Vaccine, 35(52), pp. 7312-7321. Elsevier 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.10.103

Unemo, Magnus; Althaus, Christian L (2017). Fitness cost and benefit of antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Multidisciplinary approaches are needed. PLoS medicine, 14(10), e1002423. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002423

Foerster, Sunniva; Desilvestro, Valentino; Hathaway, Lucy J; Althaus, Christian L; Unemo, Magnus (2017). A new rapid resazurin-based microdilution assay for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 72(7), pp. 1961-1968. Oxford University Press 10.1093/jac/dkx113

Fingerhuth, Stephanie M; Low, Nicola; Bonhoeffer, Sebastian; Althaus, Christian L (2017). P3.212 Antibiotic resistance detection is essential for gonorrhoea point-of-care testing: a mathematical modelling study. Sexually transmitted infections, 39(Suppl 2), A172.1-A172. BMJ Publishing Group 10.1136/sextrans-2017-053264.447

Althaus, Christian L; Low, Nicola (2016). How Relevant Is Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus? PLoS medicine, 13(10), e1002157. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002157

Althaus, Christian L (2016). Modeling the Ebola epidemic : challenges and lessons for the future. In: Evans, Nicholas G.; Smith, Tara C.; Majumder, Maiuma S. (eds.) Ebola's Message. Public Health and Medicine in the Twenty-First Century (pp. 47-60). Cambridge (Mass.): The MIT Press

Krauer, Fabienne; Gsteiger, Sandro; Low, Nicola; Hansen, Christian H; Althaus, Christian L (2016). Heterogeneity in District-Level Transmission of Ebola Virus Disease during the 2013-2015 Epidemic in West Africa. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 10(7), e0004867. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004867

Fingerhuth, Stephanie M; Bonhoeffer, Sebastian; Low, Nicola; Althaus, Christian L (2016). Antibiotic-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae Spread Faster with More Treatment, Not More Sexual Partners. PLoS pathogens, 12(5), e1005611. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005611

Abbate, Jessica L; Murall, Carmen Lia; Richner, Heinz; Althaus, Christian L (2016). Potential Impact of Sexual Transmission on Ebola Virus Epidemiology: Sierra Leone as a Case Study. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 10(5), e0004676. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004676

Foerster, Sunniva; Golparian, Daniel; Jacobsson, Susanne; Hathaway, Lucy J; Low, Nicola; Shafer, William M; Althaus, Christian L; Unemo, Magnus (2015). Genetic Resistance Determinants, In Vitro Time-Kill Curve Analysis and Pharmacodynamic Functions for the Novel Topoisomerase II Inhibitor ETX0914 (AZD0914) in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, p. 1377. Frontiers 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01377

Althaus, Christian L (2015). Rapid drop in the reproduction number during the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. PeerJ, 3, e1418. PeerJ, Ltd 10.7717/peerj.1418

Althaus, Christian L (2015). Of mice, macaques and men: scaling of virus dynamics and immune responses. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, p. 355. Frontiers 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00355

Althaus, Christian L (2014). Estimating the Reproduction Number of Ebola Virus (EBOV) During the 2014 Outbreak in West Africa. PLoS currents, 6(version 1) Public Library of Science 10.1371/currents.outbreaks.91afb5e0f279e7f29e7056095255b288

Althaus, Christian L; Turner, Katherine M E; Schmid, Boris V; Heijne, Janneke C M; Kretzschmar, Mirjam; Low, Nicola (2012). Transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis through sexual partnerships: a comparison between three individual-based models and empirical data. Interface - journal of the Royal Society, 9(66), pp. 136-46. London: The Royal Society 10.1098/rsif.2011.0131

Herzog, Sereina A; Althaus, Christian L; Heijne, Janneke Cm; Oakeshott, Pippa; Kerry, Sally; Hay, Phillip; Low, Nicola (2012). Timing of progression from Chlamydia trachomatis infection to pelvic inflammatory disease: a mathematical modelling study. BMC infectious diseases, 12, p. 187. London: BioMed Central 10.1186/1471-2334-12-187

Herzog, Sereina A; Heijne, Janneke C M; Althaus, Christian L; Low, Nicola (2012). Describing the progression from Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae to pelvic inflammatory disease: systematic review of mathematical modeling studies. Sexually transmitted diseases, 39(8), pp. 628-37. Philadelphia, Pa.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31825159ff

Heijne, Janneke C M; Althaus, Christian L; Herzog, Sereina A; Kretzschmar, Mirjam; Low, Nicola (2011). The role of reinfection and partner notification in the efficacy of Chlamydia screening programs. Journal of infectious diseases, 203(3), pp. 372-377. Cary, N.C.: Oxford University Press 10.1093/infdis/jiq050