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AG Feldmeier - Epidemiologie und Kontrolle vernachlässigter Tropenkrankheiten

Prof. Dr. Hermann Feldmeier

Gruppenleiter "Epidemiologie und Kontrolle vernachlässigter Tropenkrankheiten"Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Postadresse:Hindenburgdamm 3012203 Berlin

Sie befinden sich hier:

Doktorandinnen und Doktoranden

  • Madeleine Neveux
  • Niklas Weber

Promotionsthemen/-angebote

Projekte

  • Eliminierung der Tungiasis (Sandflohkrankheit) im Napak Distrikt, Uganda über einen OneHealth Ansatz
  • Tungiasis in Ostafrika: ein interdisziplinärer Ansatz zum Verständnis von Wirt-Parasit-Interaktionen. Zusammen mit PD Dr. Jürgen Krücken, FU Berlin
  • Diagnose der weiblichen Genitalbilharziose mittels künstlicher Intelligenz und Mobiltelefon. Zusammen mit Dr. Angela Schuster, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Projekte in Planung

  • Morbidität und Kontrolle der Tungiasis in indigenen Völkern im Amazonastiefland
  • Entwicklung von klinischer Pathologie bei Vorschulkindern und deren Bedeutung für die Transmission von S. haematobium im ländlichen Madagaskar

Ausgewählte Publikationen

Tungiasis

Abrha S, Christenson JK, McEwen J, Tesfaye W, Vaz Nery S, et al. (2021) Treatment of tungiasis using a tea tree oil-based gel formulation: protocol for a randomised controlled proof-of-principle trial. BMJ Open.11:e047380.

Miller H, Ocampo J, Ayala A, Trujillo J, Feldmeier H (2019) Very severe tungiasis in Amerindians in the Amazon lowland of Colombia: A case series. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.13:e0007068.

Mutebi F, Krucken J, Feldmeier H, Waiswa C, Mencke N, et al. (2017) High intensity of Tunga penetrans infection causing severe disease among pigs in Busoga, South Eastern Uganda. BMC Veterinary Research.13:206.

Elson L, Wiese S, Feldmeier H, Fillinger U (2019) Prevalence, intensity and risk factors of tungiasis in Kilifi County, Kenya II: Results from a school-based observational study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis.13:e0007326.

Wiese S, Elson L, Feldmeier H (2018) Tungiasis-related life quality impairment in children living in rural Kenya. PLoS Negl Trop Dis.12:e0005939.

Wiese S, Elson L, Reichert F, Mambo B, Feldmeier H (2017) Prevalence, intensity and risk factors of tungiasis in Kilifi County, Kenya: I. Results from a community-based study. PloS Neglected Tropical Diseases.11:e0005925.

Nordin P, Thielecke M, Ngomi N, Mudanga GM, Krantz I, et al. (2017) Treatment of tungiasis with a two-component dimeticone: a comparison between moistening the whole foot and directly targeting the embedded sand fleas. Tropical Medicine and Health.45:e6.

Thielecke M, Nordin P, Ngomi N, Feldmeier H. Treatment of tungiasis with dimeticone: A proof-of-principle study in rural Kenya. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014;8(7):e3058.

Thielecke M, Raharimanga V, Rogier C, Stauss-Grabo M, Richard V, Feldmeier H. Prevention of tungiasis and tungiasis-associated morbidity: A randomized, controlled field study in rural Madagascar. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013;7(9):e2426.

Kutane larva migrans

Reichert F, Pilger D, Schuster A, Lesshafft H, Guedes de Oliveira S, et al. (2018) Epidemiology and morbidity of hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans (HrCLM): Results of a cohort study over a period of six months in a resource-poor community in Manaus, Brazil. PLoS Negl Trop Dis.12:e0006662.

Reichert F, Pilger D, Schuster A, Lesshafft H, Guedes de Oliveira S, Ignatius R, et al. Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hookworm-Related Cutaneous Larva Migrans (HrCLM) in a Resource-Poor Community in Manaus, Brazil. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016;10(3).

Shimogawara-Furushima R, Hata N, Schuster A, Lesshafft H, Guedes de Oliveira S, Akao N, et al. Hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans in patients living in an endemic community in North Brazil: immunological patterns before and after ivermectin treatment. Eur J Microbiol Immunol. 2013;3(4):258-66.

Schuster A, Lesshaft H, Reichert F, Talhari S, Guedes de Oliveira S, Ignatius R, et al. Hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans in North Brazil: Resolution of clinical pathology after a single dose of ivermectin. Clin Infect Dis. 2013;57(8):1155-7.

Schuster A, Lesshaft H, Reichert F, Ignatius H, Feldmeier H (2011) Life quality impairment caused by hookwork- related cutaneous larva migrans (HrCLM) in  resource-poor communities in Manaus, Brazil. PloS Neglected Tropical Diseases.5:e1355.

Skabies

Miller H, Trujillo-Trujillo J, Feldmeier H (2018) In Situ Diagnosis of Scabies Using a Handheld Digital Microscope in Resource-Poor Settings—A Proof-of-Principle Study in the Amazon Lowland of Colombia. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease.3:116.

Walter B, Heukelbach J, Fengler G, Worth C, Hengge U, Feldmeier H. Comparison of dermoscopy, skin scraping, and the adhesive tape test for the diagnosis of scabies in a resource-poor setting. Arch Dermatol. 2011;147(4):468-73.

Arlian LG, Feldmeier H, Morgan MS (2015) The Potential for a Blood Test for Scabies. PLoS Negl Trop Dis.9:e0004188.

Worth C, Heukelbach J, Fengler G, Walter B, Liesenfeld O, et al. (2010) Impaired life quality in adults and children with scabies from an impoverished community in Brazil. International Journal of Dermatology.51:275-82.

Feldmeier H, Jackson A, Ariza L, Calheiros CM, Soares Vde L, et al. (2009) The epidemiology of scabies in an impoverished community in rural Brazil: presence and severity of disease are associated with poor living conditions and illiteracy. J Am Acad Dermatol.60:436-43.

Weibliche Genitalbilharziose

Schuster A, Randrianasolo B, Rabozakandraina O, Ramarokoto CE, Brønnum D, et al. (2022 in press) Knowledge, experiences, and practices of women affected by female genital schistosomiasis in rural Madagascar Part I - Disease perception, health impairment and social impact. PloS Neglected Tropical Diseases; in press.

Randrianasolo BS, Jourdan PM, Ravoniarimbinina P, Ramarokoto CE, Rakotomanana F, Ravaoalimalala VE, et al. Gynecological manifestations, histopathological findings, and schistosoma-specific polymerase chain reaction results among women with Schistosoma haematobium infection: a cross-sectional study in Madagascar. J Infect Dis. 2015:jiv035.