Hella, Jerry

Banholzer, Nicolas; Schmutz, Remo; Middelkoop, Keren; Hella, Jerry; Egger, Matthias; Wood, Robin; Fenner, Lukas (2024). Airborne transmission risks of tuberculosis and COVID-19 in schools in South Africa, Switzerland, and Tanzania: Modeling of environmental data. PLoS Global Public Health, 4(1), e0002800. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002800

Zwyer, Michaela; Rutaihwa, Liliana K; Windels, Etthel; Hella, Jerry; Menardo, Fabrizio; Sasamalo, Mohamed; Sommer, Gregor; Schmülling, Lena; Borrell, Sonia; Reinhard, Miriam; Dötsch, Anna; Hiza, Hellen; Stritt, Christoph; Sikalengo, George; Fenner, Lukas; De Jong, Bouke C; Kato-Maeda, Midori; Jugheli, Levan; Ernst, Joel D; Niemann, Stefan; ... (2023). Back-to-Africa introductions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as the main cause of tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. PLoS pathogens, 19(4), e1010893. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010893

Cercamondi, Colin Ivano; Stoffel, Nicole; Moretti, Diego; Zoller, Thomas; Swinkels, Dorine W; Zeder, Christophe; Mhimibra, Francis; Hella, Jerry; Fenner, Lukas; Zimmermann, Michael Bruce (2021). Iron homeostasis during anemia of inflammation: a prospective study in patients with tuberculosis. Blood, 138(15), pp. 1293-1303. American Society of Hematology 10.1182/blood.2020010562

Ticlla, Monica R; Hella, Jerry; Hiza, Hellen; Sasamalo, Mohamed; Mhimbira, Francis; Rutaihwa, Liliana K; Droz, Sara; Schaller, Sarah; Reither, Klaus; Hilty, Markus; Comas, Inaki; Beisel, Christian; Schmid, Christoph D; Fenner, Lukas; Gagneux, Sebastien (2021). The Sputum Microbiome in Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Its Association With Disease Manifestations: A Cross-Sectional Study. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, p. 633396. Frontiers 10.3389/fmicb.2021.633396

Menardo, Fabrizio; Rutaihwa, Liliana K; Zwyer, Michaela; Borrell, Sonia; Comas, Iñaki; Conceição, Emilyn Costa; Coscolla, Mireia; Cox, Helen; Joloba, Moses; Dou, Horng-Yunn; Feldmann, Julia; Fenner, Lukas; Fyfe, Janet; Gao, Qian; García de Viedma, Darío; Garcia-Basteiro, Alberto L; Gygli, Sebastian M; Hella, Jerry; Hiza, Hellen; Jugheli, Levan; ... (2021). Local adaptation in populations of Mycobacterium tuberculosis endemic to the Indian Ocean Rim [version 2; peer review: 3 approved]. F1000Research, 10, p. 60. F1000 Research Ltd 10.12688/f1000research.28318.2

Mhalu, Grace; Hella, Jerry; Mhimbira, Francis; Said, Khadija; Mosabi, Thomas; Mlacha, Yeromin P; Schindler, Christian; Gagneux, Sébastien; Reither, Klaus; de Hoogh, Kees; Weiss, Mitchell G; Zemp, Elisabeth; Fenner, Lukas (2019). Pathways and associated costs of care in patients with confirmed and presumptive tuberculosis in Tanzania: A cross-sectional study. BMJ open, 9(4), e025079. BMJ Publishing Group 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025079

Rutaihwa, Liliana K; Sasamalo, Mohamed; Jaleco, Aladino; Hella, Jerry; Kingazi, Ally; Kamwela, Lujeko; Kingalu, Amri; Malewo, Bryceson; Shirima, Raymond; Doetsch, Anna; Feldmann, Julia; Reinhard, Miriam; Borrell, Sonia; Brites, Daniela; Reither, Klaus; Doulla, Basra; Fenner, Lukas; Gagneux, Sebastien (2019). Insights into the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Tanzania. PLoS ONE, 14(4), e0206334. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pone.0206334

Mhalu, Grace; Weiss, Mitchell G; Hella, Jerry; Mhimbira, Francis; Mahongo, Enos; Schindler, Christian; Reither, Klaus; Fenner, Lukas; Zemp, Elisabeth; Merten, Sonja (2019). Explaining patient delay in healthcare seeking and loss to diagnostic follow-up among patients with presumptive tuberculosis in Tanzania: a mixed-methods study. BMC health services research, 19(1), p. 217. BioMed Central 10.1186/s12913-019-4030-4

Said, Khadija; Hella, Jerry; Ruzegea, Mwajabu; Solanki, Rajesh; Chiryamkubi, Magreth; Mhimbira, Francis; Ritz, Nicole; Schindler, Christian; Mandalakas, Anna M; Manji, Karim; Tanner, Marcel; Utzinger, Jürg; Fenner, Lukas (2019). Immunologic-Based Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis among Children Less Than 5 Years of Age Exposed and Unexposed to Tuberculosis in Tanzania: Implications for Tuberculosis Infection Screening. Pediatric infectious disease journal, 38(4), pp. 333-9. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 10.1097/INF.0000000000002131

Hiza, Hellen; Fenner, Lukas; Hella, Jerry; Kuchaka, Davis; Sasamalo, Mohamed; Blauenfeldt, Thomas; Kibiki, Gibson; Kavishe, Reginald A; Mhimbira, Francis; Ruhwald, Morten (2018). Boosting effect of IL-7 in interferon gamma release assays to diagnose Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. PLoS ONE, 13(8), e0202525. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pone.0202525

Hella, Jerry; Cercamondi, Colin I; Mhimbira, Francis; Sasamalo, Mohamed; Stoffel, Nicole; Zwahlen, Marcel; Bodmer, Thomas; Gagneux, Sebastien; Reither, Klaus; Zimmermann, Michael B; Risch, Lorenz; Fenner, Lukas (2018). Anemia in tuberculosis cases and household controls from Tanzania: Contribution of disease, coinfections, and the role of hepcidin. PLoS ONE, 13(4), e0195985. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pone.0195985

Sikalengo, George; Hella, Jerry; Mhimbira, Francis; Rutaihwa, Liliana K; Bani, Farida; Ndege, Robert; Sasamalo, Mohamed; Kamwela, Lujeko; Said, Khadija; Mhalu, Grace; Mlacha, Yeromin; Hatz, Christoph; Knopp, Stefanie; Gagneux, Sébastien; Reither, Klaus; Utzinger, Jürg; Tanner, Marcel; Letang, Emilio; Weisser, Maja and Fenner, Lukas (2018). Distinct clinical characteristics and helminth co-infections in adult tuberculosis patients from urban compared to rural Tanzania. Infectious diseases of poverty, 7(1), p. 24. BioMed Central 10.1186/s40249-018-0404-9

Said, Khadija; Hella, Jerry; Knopp, Stefanie; Nassoro, Tatu; Shija, Neema; Aziz, Fatma; Mhimbira, Francis; Schindler, Christian; Mwingira, Upendo; Mandalakas, Anna M; Manji, Karim; Tanner, Marcel; Utzinger, Jürg; Fenner, Lukas (2017). Schistosoma, other helminth infections, and associated risk factors in preschool-aged children in urban Tanzania. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 11(11), e0006017. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006017

Hella, Jerry; Morrow, Carl; Mhimbira, Francis; Ginsberg, Samuel; Chitnis, Nakul; Gagneux, Sebastien; Mutayoba, Beatrice; Wood, Robin; Fenner, Lukas (2017). Tuberculosis transmission in public locations in Tanzania: A novel approach to studying airborne disease transmission. Journal of infection, 75(3), pp. 191-197. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jinf.2017.06.009

Hiza, Hellen; Doulla, Basra; Sasamalo, Mohamed; Hella, Jerry; Kamwela, Lujeko; Mhimbira, Francis; Reither, Klaus; Gagneux, Sebastien; Jugheli, Levan; Fenner, Lukas (2017). Preservation of sputum samples with cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) for tuberculosis cultures and Xpert MTB/RIF in a low-income country. BMC infectious diseases, 17(1), p. 542. BioMed Central 10.1186/s12879-017-2642-z

Said, Khadija; Hella, Jerry; Mhalu, Grace; Chiryankubi, Mary; Masika, Edward; Maroa, Thomas; Mhimbira, Francis; Kapalata, Neema; Fenner, Lukas (2017). Diagnostic delay and associated factors among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Infectious diseases of poverty, 6(1), p. 64. BioMed Central 10.1186/s40249-017-0276-4

Mhimbira, Francis; Hella, Jerry; Said, Khadija; Kamwela, Lujeko; Sasamalo, Mohamed; Maroa, Thomas; Chiryamkubi, Magreth; Mhalu, Grace; Schindler, Christian; Reither, Klaus; Knopp, Stefanie; Utzinger, Jürg; Gagneux, Sébastien; Fenner, Lukas (2017). Prevalence and clinical relevance of helminth co-infections among tuberculosis patients in urban Tanzania. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 11(2), e0005342. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005342

Steiner, Andreas; Hella, Jerry; Grüninger, Servan; Mhalu, Grace; Mhimbira, Francis; Cercamondi, Colin I; Doulla, Basra; Maire, Nicolas; Fenner, Lukas (2016). Managing research and surveillance projects in real-time with a novel open-source eManagement tool designed for under-resourced countries. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 23(5), pp. 916-923. Oxford University Press 10.1093/jamia/ocv185

Mhimbira, Francis; Hella, Jerry; Maroa, Thomas; Kisandu, Shadrack; Chiryamkubi, Magreth; Said, Khadija; Mhalu, Grace; Mkopi, Abdallah; Mutayoba, Beatrice; Reither, Klaus; Gagneux, Sébastien; Fenner, Lukas (2016). Home-Based and Facility-Based Directly Observed Therapy of Tuberculosis Treatment under Programmatic Conditions in Urban Tanzania. PLoS ONE, 11(8), e0161171. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pone.0161171

Mhalu, Grace; Hella, Jerry; Doulla, Basra; Mhimbira, Francis; Mtutu, Hawa; Hiza, Helen; Sasamalo, Mohamed; Rutaihwa, Liliana; Rieder, Hans L; Seimon, Tamsyn; Mutayoba, Beatrice; Weiss, Mitchell G; Fenner, Lukas (2015). Do Instructional Videos on Sputum Submission Result in Increased Tuberculosis Case Detection? A Randomized Controlled Trial. PLoS ONE, 10(9), e0138413. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pone.0138413