Zürcher, Kathrin

Banholzer, Nicolas; Bittel, Pascal; Jent, Philipp; Furrer, Lavinia; Zürcher, Kathrin; Egger, Matthias; Hascher, Tina; Fenner, Lukas (2024). Molecular detection of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses in saliva and classroom air: a two winters tale. Clinical microbiology and infection, 30(6), 829.e1-829.e4. Elsevier 10.1016/j.cmi.2024.03.002

Banholzer, Nicolas; Jent, Philipp; Bittel, Pascal; Zürcher, Kathrin; Furrer, Lavinia; Bertschinger, Simon; Weingartner, Ernest; Ramette, Alban; Egger, Matthias; Hascher, Tina; Fenner, Lukas (2024). Air Cleaners and Respiratory Infections in Schools: A Modeling Study Based on Epidemiologic, Environmental, and Molecular Data. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 11(4), ofae169. Oxford University Press 10.1093/ofid/ofae169

Banholzer, Nicolas; Jent, Philipp; Bittel, Pascal; Zürcher, Kathrin; Furrer, Lavinia; Bertschinger, Simon; Weingartner, Ernest; Ramette, Alban; Egger, Matthias; Hascher, Tina; Fenner, Lukas (30 December 2023). Air cleaners and respiratory infections in schools: A modeling study using epidemiological, environmental, and molecular data. medRxiv 10.1101/2023.12.29.23300635

Perrig, Lisa; Abela, Irene A; Banholzer, Nicolas; Audigé, Annette; Epp, Selina; Mugglin, Catrina; Zürcher, Kathrin; Egger, Matthias; Trkola, Alexandra; Fenner, Lukas (2023). Long-term course of neutralising antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in vaccinated and unvaccinated staff and residents in a Swiss nursing home: a cohort study 2021-2022. Swiss medical weekly, 153(12), p. 3502. EMH Schweizerischer Ärzteverlag 10.57187/s.3502

Heron, Leonie; Mugglin, Catrina; Zürcher, Kathrin; Brumann, Erich; Keune-Dübi, Bettina; Low, Nicola; Fenner, Lukas (2023). Contact tracing for COVID-19 in a Swiss canton: analysis of key performance indicators. Swiss medical weekly, 153, p. 40112. EMH Schweizerischer Ärzteverlag 10.57187/smw.2023.40112

Zürcher, Kathrin; Abela, Irene A; Stange, Madlen; Dupont, Carole; Mugglin, Catrina; Egli, Adrian; Trkola, Alexandra; Egger, Matthias; Fenner, Lukas (2023). Alpha variant coronavirus outbreak in a nursing home despite high vaccination coverage: molecular, epidemiological and immunological studies. Clinical infectious diseases, 77(4), pp. 537-546. Oxford 10.1093/cid/ciab1005

Banholzer, Nicolas; Zürcher, Kathrin; Jent, Philipp; Bittel, Pascal; Furrer, Lavinia; Egger, Matthias; Hascher, Tina; Fenner, Lukas (2023). SARS-CoV-2 transmission with and without mask wearing or air cleaners in schools in Switzerland: A modeling study of epidemiological, environmental, and molecular data. PLoS medicine, 20(5), e1004226. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004226

Marti, Mariana; Zürcher, Kathrin; Enane, Leslie A; Diero, Lameck; Marcy, Olivier; Tiendrebeogo, Thierry; Yotebieng, Marcel; Twizere, Christelle; Khusuwan, Suwimon; Yunihastuti, Evy; Reubenson, Gary; Shah, N Sarita; Egger, Matthias; Ballif, Marie; Fenner, Lukas (2022). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on TB services at ART programmes in low- and middle-income countries: a multi-cohort survey. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 25(10), e26018. BioMed Central 10.1002/jia2.26018

Zürcher, Kathrin; Riou, Julien; Morrow, Carl; Ballif, Marie; Koch, Anastasia; Bertschinger, Simon; Warner, Digby F; Middelkoop, Keren; Wood, Robin; Egger, Matthias; Fenner, Lukas (2022). Estimating Tuberculosis Transmission Risks in a Primary Care Clinic in South Africa: Modeling of Environmental and Clinical Data. Journal of infectious diseases, 225(9), pp. 1642-1652. Oxford University Press 10.1093/infdis/jiab534

Zürcher, Kathrin; Cox, Samyra R; Ballif, Marie; Enane, Leslie A; Marcy, Olivier; Yotebieng, Marcel; Reubenson, Gary; Imsanguan, Worarat; Otero, Larissa; Suryavanshi, Nishi; Duda, Stephany N; Egger, Matthias; Tornheim, Jeffrey A; Fenner, Lukas (2022). Integrating services for HIV and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: A global cross-sectional survey among ART clinics in low- and middle-income countries. PLoS Global Public Health, 2(3), e0000180. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000180

Zürcher, Kathrin; Dupont, Carole; Weber, Peter; Grunt, Sebastian; Wilhelm, Ilca; Eigenmann, Daniela E; Reichmuth, Martina L.; Fankhauser, Manfred; Egger, Matthias; Fenner, Lukas (2022). Use and caregiver-reported efficacy of medical cannabis in children and adolescents in Switzerland. European journal of pediatrics, 181(1), pp. 335-347. Springer-Verlag 10.1007/s00431-021-04202-z

Zürcher, Kathrin (2021). Tuberculosis among people living with and without HIV in lower-income countries: Transmission, Resistance, Mortality. (Unpublished). (Dissertation, University of Bern, Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Science and the Vetsuisse Faculty)

Zürcher, Kathrin; Mugglin, Catrina; Egger, Matthias; Müller, Sandro; Fluri, Michael; Bolick, Laurence; Piso, Rein Jan; Hoffmann, Matthias; Fenner, Lukas (2021). Vaccination willingness for COVID-19 among healthcare workers: a cross-sectional survey in a Swiss canton. Swiss medical weekly, 151, w30061. EMH Schweizerischer Ärzteverlag 10.4414/smw.2021.w30061

Zürcher, Kathrin; Mugglin, Catrina; Suter-Riniker, Franziska; Keller, Peter M.; Egger, Matthias; Müller, Sandro; Fluri, Michael; Hoffmann, Matthias; Fenner, Lukas (2021). Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in healthcare workers from outpatient facilities and retirement or nursing homes in a Swiss canton. Swiss medical weekly, 151(33-34), w30021. EMH Schweizerischer Ärzteverlag 10.4414/SMW.2021.w30021

Zürcher, Kathrin; Reichmuth, Martina L.; Ballif, Marie; Loiseau, Chloé; Borrell, Sonia; Reinhard, Miriam; Skrivankova, Veronika; Hömke, Rico; Sander, Peter; Avihingsanon, Anchalee; Abimiku, Alash'le G; Marcy, Olivier; Collantes, Jimena; Carter, E Jane; Wilkinson, Robert J; Cox, Helen; Yotebieng, Marcel; Huebner, Robin; Fenner, Lukas; Böttger, Erik C; ... (2021). Mortality from drug-resistant tuberculosis in high-burden countries comparing routine drug susceptibility testing with whole-genome sequencing: a multicentre cohort study. The Lancet Microbe, 2(7), e320-e330. Elsevier 10.1016/S2666-5247(21)00044-6

Zürcher, Kathrin; Zwahlen, Marcel; Berlin, Claudia; Egger, Matthias; Fenner, Lukas (2021). Losing ground at the wrong time: trends in self-reported influenza vaccination uptake in Switzerland, Swiss Health Survey 2007-2017. BMJ open, 11(2), e041354. BMJ Publishing Group 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041354

Egger, Mathias; Low, Nicola; Zürcher, Kathrin; Razum, Oliver (2021). 10. Globale Gesundheit. In: Egger, Matthias; Razum, Oliver; Rieder, Anita (eds.) Public Health Kompakt. De Gruyter Studium (pp. 507-530). Berlin: de Gruyter 10.1515/9783110673708-010

Reichmuth, Martina L.; Hömke, Rico; Zürcher, Kathrin; Sander, Peter; Avihingsanon, Anchalee; Collantes, Jimena; Loiseau, Chloé; Borrell, Sonia; Reinhard, Miriam; Wilkinson, Robert J; Yotebieng, Marcel; Fenner, Lukas; Böttger, Erik C; Gagneux, Sebastien; Egger, Matthias; Keller, Peter Michael (2020). Natural Polymorphisms in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Conferring Resistance to Delamanid in Drug-naïve Patients. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 64(11), e00513-20. American Society for Microbiology 10.1128/AAC.00513-20

Loiseau, Chloé; Brites, Daniela; Reinhard, Miriam; Zürcher, Kathrin; Borrell, Sonia; Ballif, Marie; Fenner, Lukas; Cox, Helen; Rutaihwa, Liliana K; Wilkinson, Robert J; Yotebieng, Marcel; Carter, E Jane; Abimiku, Alash'le; Marcy, Olivier; Gotuzzo, Eduardo; Avihingsanon, Anchalee; Zetola, Nicola; Doulla, Basra; Böttger, Erik C; Egger, Matthias; ... (2020). HIV coinfection is associated with low fitness rpoB variants in rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 64(10), e00782-20. American Society for Microbiology 10.1128/AAC.00782-20

Zürcher, Kathrin; Morrow, Carl; Riou, Julien; Ballif, Marie; Koch, Anastasia Sideris; Bertschinger, Simon; Liu, Xin; Sharma, Manuja; Middelkoop, Keren; Warner, Digby; Wood, Robin; Egger, Matthias; Fenner, Lukas (2020). Novel approach to estimate tuberculosis transmission in primary care clinics in sub-Saharan Africa: protocol of a prospective study. BMJ open, 10(8), e036214. BMJ Publishing Group 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036214

Zürcher, Kathrin; Ballif, Marie; Kiertiburanakul, Sasisopin; Chenal, Henri; Yotebieng, Marcel; Grinsztejn, Beatriz; Michael, Denna; Sterling, Timothy R; Ngonyani, Kapella M; Mandalakas, Anna M; Egger, Matthias; Pettit, April C; Fenner, Lukas (2019). Diagnosis and clinical outcomes of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in antiretroviral therapy programmes in low- and middle-income countries: a multicohort study. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 22(9), e25392. BioMed Central 10.1002/jia2.25392

Zürcher, Kathrin; Ballif, Marie; Fenner, Lukas; Borrell, Sonia; Keller, Peter M; Gnokoro, Joachim; Marcy, Olivier; Yotebieng, Marcel; Diero, Lameck; Carter, E Jane; Rockwood, Neesha; Wilkinson, Robert J; Cox, Helen; Ezati, Nicholas; Abimiku, Alash'le G; Collantes, Jimena; Avihingsanon, Anchalee; Kawkitinarong, Kamon; Reinhard, Miriam; Hömke, Rico; ... (2019). Drug susceptibility testing and mortality in patients treated for tuberculosis in high-burden countries: a multicentre cohort study. Lancet infectious diseases, 19(3), pp. 298-307. Elsevier 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30673-X

Zürcher, Kathrin; Zwahlen, Marcel; Berlin, Claudia; Egger, Matthias; Fenner, Lukas (2019). Trends in influenza vaccination uptake in Switzerland: Swiss Health Survey 2007 and 2012. Swiss medical weekly, 149, w14705. EMH Schweizerischer Ärzteverlag 10.4414/smw.2019.14705

Chammartin, Frédérique; Zürcher, Kathrin; Keiser, Olivia; Weigel, Ralf; Chu, Kathryn; Kiragga, Agnes N; Ardura-Garcia, Cristina; Anderegg, Nanina; Laurent, Christian; Cornell, Morna; Tweya, Hannock; Haas, Andreas D; Rice, Brian D; Geng, Elvin H; Fox, Matthew P; Hargreaves, James R; Egger, Matthias (2018). Outcomes of Patients Lost to Follow-up in African Antiretroviral Therapy Programs: Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis. Clinical infectious diseases, 67(11), pp. 1643-1652. The University of Chicago Press 10.1093/cid/ciy347

Fenner, Lukas; Zürcher, Kathrin; Egger, Matthias (2018). Contagion and Public Health in Switzerland: Wilhelm Ost, MD (1853-1922), Polizeiarzt. American Journal of Public Health, 108(5), pp. 629-630. American Public Health Association 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304344

Ost, W (2018). On the Prophylaxis of Infectious Childhood Diseases: excerpted from: W. Ost, “Zur Prophylaxe der ansteckenden Kinderkrankheiten”. American Journal of Public Health, 108(5), pp. 627-628. American Public Health Association 10.2105/AJPH.2018.1085627

Ballif, Marie; Zürcher, Kathrin; Reid, Stewart E; Boulle, Andrew; Fox, Matthew P; Prozesky, Hans W; Chimbetete, Cleophas; Zwahlen, Marcel; Egger, Matthias; Fenner, Lukas; IeDEA-SA, Int DB to Evaluate AIDS in Southern Africa (2018). Seasonal variations in tuberculosis diagnosis among HIV-positive individuals in Southern Africa: analysis of cohort studies at antiretroviral treatment programmes. BMJ open, 8(1), e017405. BMJ Publishing Group 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017405

Egger, Mathias; Low, Nicola; Zürcher, Kathrin; Razum, Oliver (2018). 10. Globale Gesundheit. In: Egger, Matthias; Razum, Oliver; Rieder, Anita (eds.) Public Health Kompakt. De Gruyter Studium (pp. 483-506). Berlin: de Gruyter 10.1515/9783110466867-014

Ballif, Marie; Zürcher, Kathrin; Reid, Stewart E; Boulle, Andrew; Fox, Matthew P; Prozesky, Hans W; Chimbetete, Cleophas; Zwahlen, Marcel; Egger, Matthias; Fenner, Lukas (2018). Seasonal variations in tuberculosis diagnosis among HIV-positive individuals in Southern Africa: Analysis of cohort studies at antiretroviral treatment programmes [Dataset]. In: Seasonal variations in tuberculosis diagnosis among HIV-positive individuals in Southern Africa.

Fenner, Lukas; Atkinson, Andrew; Boulle, Andrew; Fox, Matthew P; Prozesky, Hans; Zürcher, Kathrin; Ballif, Marie; Furrer, Hansjakob; Zwahlen, Marcel; Davies, Mary-Ann; Egger, Matthias; eDEA-SA, Int. Epidemiology Database to Evaluate AIDS in Southern Africa (2017). HIV viral load as an independent risk factor for tuberculosis in South Africa: collaborative analysis of cohort studies. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 20(1), p. 21327. BioMed Central 10.7448/IAS.20.1.21327

Zürcher, Kathrin; Mooser, Anne; Anderegg, Nanina; Tymejczyk, Olga; Couvillon, Margaret J; Nash, Denis; Egger, Matthias; IeDEA and MESH, Consortia (2017). Outcomes of HIV-positive patients lost to follow-up in African treatment programmes. Tropical medicine and international health TM&IH, 22(4), pp. 375-387. Blackwell Science 10.1111/tmi.12843

Stucki, David; Ballif, Marie; Egger, Matthias; Furrer, Hansjakob; Altpeter, Ekkehardt; Battegay, Manuel; Droz, Sara Christine; Bruderer, Thomas; Coscolla, Mireia; Borrell, Sonia; Zürcher, Kathrin; Janssens, Jean-Paul; Calmy, Alexandra; Mazza Stalder, Jesica; Jaton, Katia; Rieder, Hans L; Pfyffer, Gaby E; Siegrist, Hans H; Hoffmann, Matthias; Fehr, Jan; ... (2016). Standard genotyping overestimates transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among immigrants in a low incidence country. Journal of clinical microbiology, 54(7), pp. 1862-1870. American Society for Microbiology 10.1128/JCM.00126-16

Zürcher, Kathrin; Ballif, Marie; Zwahlen, Marcel; Rieder, Hans L; Egger, Matthias; Fenner, Lukas (2016). Tuberculosis Mortality and Living Conditions in Bern, Switzerland, 1856-1950. PLoS ONE, 11(2), e0149195. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pone.0149195

Zürcher, Kathrin; Zwahlen, Marcel; Ballif, Marie; Rieder, Hans L; Egger, Matthias; Fenner, Lukas (2016). Influenza Pandemics and Tuberculosis Mortality in 1889 and 1918: Analysis of Historical Data from Switzerland. PLoS ONE, 11(10), e0162575. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pone.0162575