Area of research
Infectious Diseases · Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Research interest
Research interests include Viral Infections and Vectors, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Vector-borne infectious diseases, and Virology and Viral Diseases.
Lethal Borna disease virus 1 infections of humans and animals – in-depth molecular epidemiology and phylogeography
One Health in action: Investigation of the first detected local cluster of fatal borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1) encephalitis, Germany 2022
Detection of virus-specific T cells via ELISpot corroborates early diagnosis in human Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1) encephalitis
Long-term Elevation of Complement Factors in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients With Borna Disease Virus 1 Encephalitis
A cluster of Mayaro virus infections in a film team returning from Suriname, February 2024.
Ex vivo infection model for Francisella using human lung tissue
IFN-γ-Based ELISpot as a New Tool to Detect Human Infections with Borna Disease Virus 1 (BoDV-1): A Pilot Study
Lethal Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1) infections of humans and animals – in-depth molecular epidemiology and phylogeography
A checklist of the tick of vultures, with the first record of the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus linnaei (Acari: Ixodidae) from the Indian vulture, Gyps indicus (Falconiformes: Accipitridae)
An annotated checklist of the chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera, Amblycera, Rhynchophthirina) from domestic and wild mammals in Malaysia
One Health in Action: Investigation of the First Detected Local Cluster of Fatal Borna Disease Virus 1 (BoDV-1) Encephalitis, Germany 2022
An annotated checklist of sucking lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura) from domestic and wild mammals in Malaysia, with lists of hosts and pathogens
Human Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1) encephalitis cases in the north and east of Germany
Zoonotic spillover infections with Borna disease virus 1 leading to fatal human encephalitis, 1999–2019: an epidemiological investigation
Fatal Encephalitic Borna Disease Virus 1 in Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients
Neurotropic virus infections as the cause of immediate and delayed neuropathology
Acute Muscular Sarcocystosis: An International Investigation Among Ill Travelers Returning From Tioman Island, Malaysia, 2011-2012
Two laboratory-confirmed cases of Japanese encephalitis imported to Germany by travelers returning from Southeast Asia