Publications by year

• 2025

  • The biology and toxinology of blunt-nosed vipers

    • Avella I, Damm M, Di Nicola MR, Dresler J, İğci N, Kariş M, Kazemi SM, Kreuels B, Paolino G, Sarigiannis Y, Vilcinskas A, Wüster W, Lüddecke T
    • npj biodivers 4, 21 (2025)
    • 2025-06-03

  • Concepts for point-of-care ultrasound training in low resource settings: a scoping review

    • Eppel F, Hunstig F, Bélard S, Kreuels B
    • Ultrasound J 17, 24 (2025)
    • 2025-05-15

  • The impact of mass screening and treatment interventions on malaria incidence and prevalence: a retrospective analysis of a malaria elimination programme in eastern Myanmar, and systematic review and meta-analysis

    • Rae JD, Devine A, Patekkham C, Thu AM, Delmas G, Parker DM, Maude RJ, Wiladphaingern J, Kajeechiwa L, Thwin MM, Tun SW, Simpson JA, Nosten FH
    • Malar J 24, 148
    • 2025-05-08

  • The epidemiology of snakebites, treatment-seeking behaviour, and snakebite management in the department of Ogooué et des Lacs, Gabon, Central Africa: a cross-sectional community and health facility-based survey

    • Artus R, Rae J, Hunstig F, Mombo-Ngoma G, Houmenou Zinsou A, Okwu DG, Ndzebe Ndoumba W, Zoleko Manego R, Ramharter M, Lell B, Kremsner PG, Aron MB, Blessmann J, Kreuels B
    • J Glob Health. 2025;15:04062
    • 2025-04-25

  • Bloodstream infections at a tertiary hospital in the Gambia - a one-year retrospective study

    • Rahden P, Barrow E, Bah H, Bittaye SO, Nygren D, Badjan A
    • BMC Infect Dis 25, 170
    • 2025-02-05

  • Randomised feasibility study of an intestinal adsorbent in acute diarrhoea in The Gambia

    • Rahden P, Fatty A, Jobarteh ML, Sallah A, Jaiteh E, Allen A, Umoh D, Bass F, Dodd M, Howell C, Markaryan E, Hnatič R, Allen S
    • BMJ Paediatrics Open 2025;9:e003133
    • 2025-01-23

  • Vernachlässigte Tropenkrankheiten

    • Walther A, Kotsias-Konopelska S, Gunasekara L, Rahden P, Kobbe R
    • Monatsschr Kinderheilkd (2025)
    • 2025-01-16

  • Severe local and systemic haematotoxic envenoming caused by a Malayan pit viper (Calloselasma rhodostoma) in a pregnant woman in Lao People's Democratic Republic

    • Blessmann J, Santisouk B, Rahden P, Kreuels B, Hanlodsomphou S
    • Toxicon. 2025 Jan 254:108227
    • 2025-01-07

• 2024

  • Knowledge of local snakes, first-aid and prevention of snakebites among community health workers and community members in rural Malawi: A cross-sectional study.

    • Aron MB, Munyaneza F, Rosenthal A, Dullie L, Krumkamp R, Ndarama E, Mailosi B, May J, Nhlema B, Sambani C, Hosemann D, Rae J, Rahden P, Blessmann J, Kreuels B
    • Trop Med Int Health. 2024.
    • 2024-12-17

  • Influenza in travelers from Germany returning from abroad: a retrospective case-control study

    • Brehm TT, Shijaku F, Krumkamp R, Jochum J, Hoffmann A, Ramharter M, Kreuels B
    • BMC Infect Dis 24, no. 1
    • 2024-10-05

  • Handheld point-of-care devices for snakebite coagulopathy: a scoping review

    • Abouyannis M, Marriott AE, Stars E, Kitchen DP, Kitchen S, Woods TAL, Kreuels B, Amuasi JH, Monteiro WM, Stienstra Y, Senthilkumaran S, Isbister GK, Lalloo DG, Ainsworth S, Casewell NR
    • Thromb Haemost 2024
    • 2024-08-30

  • Urgent administration of antivenom following proven krait bites in Southeast Asia irrespective of neurotoxic symptoms

    • Blessmann J, Kreuels B
    • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 18(4): e0012079
    • 2024-04-11

  • Fever in focus: Symptoms, diagnoses and treatment of febrile children in Ghana-A longitudinal hospital study

    • Rautman LH, Maiga-Ascofare O, Eibach D, Hogan B, Dekker D, Jaeger A, Akenten CW, Owusu-Dabo E, Boateng FO, Hanson H, Boahen KG, Sarpong N, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Kreuels B, May J, Krumkamp R
    • Trop Med Int Health. 29(3):206-13.
    • 2024-03-29

  • The diagnostic performance of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra on Pericardial, Pleural and Ascitic cohort study fluids for diagnosis of extra-pulmonary Tuberculosis at a referral hospital in Malawi

    • Kamponda M, Bickton F, Mategula D, Nliwasa M, Kreuels B, Kumwenda J
    • Malawi Medical Journal. 35(4)
    • 2024-01-17

• 2023

  • Experiences and practices of traditional healers on snakebite treatment and prevention in rural Malawi

    • Aron MB, Mulwafu M, Mailosi B, Kreuels B, Dullie L, Kachimanga C, Blessmann J, Ndarama E, Sambani C, Munyaneza F, Rosenthal A
    • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2023 Oct 4;17(10):e0011653. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011653
    • 2023-10-04

  • Community members and healthcare workers’ priorities for the control and prevention of snakebite envenoming in Ghana

    • Aglanu LM, Amuasi JH, Prokesh E, Beyuo A, Dari CD, Ravensbergen SJ, Agbogbatey MK, Adobasom-Anane AG, Abass KM, Lalloo DG, Blessmann J, Kreuels B, Stienstra Y
    • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2023 Jul 21;17(7):e0011504. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011504
    • 2023-07-21

  • Focussed Assessment with Sonography in acute Lassa Fever (FASLa): Development of a point-of-care protocol and description of common ultrasound findings

    • Erameh CO, Koch T, Edeawe OI, Oestereich L, Omansen T, Jochum J, Adomeh DI, Ikponwonsa O, Aire C, Pahlmann M, Asogun DA, Ogbaini-Emovon E, Okogbenin SA, Gunther S, Ramharter M, Akideno PE, Kreuels B
    • J Infect. 2023 Jul;87(1):27-33. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2023.04.008
    • 2023-04-17

  • Ultrasound appearance of the kidney among radiology department attendees of a tertiary centre in Malawi

    • Carey L, Tsidya B, Nkhalema B, Kaimba S, Chetcuti K, Joekes E, Kreuels B, Henrion M, Rylance J
    • Wellcome Open Res. 2023 Feb 2:7:280. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18455.2
    • 2023-02-02

• 2022

  • Experience of using expired lyophilized snake antivenom during a medical emergency situation in Lao People's Democratic Republic - a possible untapped resource to tackle antivenom shortage in Southeast Asia

    • Blessmann J, Hanlodsomphou S, Santisouk B, Krumkamp R, Kreuels B, Ismail AK, Yong MY, Tan KY, Tan CH
    • Trop Med Int Health. 2023 Jan;28(1):64-70. doi: 10.1111/tmi.13833
    • 2022-11-23

  • Health care workers’ knowledge on identification, management and treatment of snakebite cases in rural Malawi: A descriptive study

    • Aron MB, Kachimanga C, Kreuels B, Mailosi B, Sambani C, Matanje BL, Blessmann J, Chunga M, Momba G, Ndarama E, Kambalame DM, Connolly E, Rosenthal A, Munyaneza F
    • PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 Nov 21;16(11):e0010841. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010841
    • 2022-11-21

  • Estimating economic and disease burden of snakebite in ASEAN countries using a decision analytic model

    • Patikorn C, Blessmann J, Nwe MT, Tiglao PJG, Vasaruchapong T, Maharani T, Doan UV, Zainal Abidin SA, Ismail AK, Othman I, Taychakhoonavudh S, Chaiyakunapruk N
    • PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 Sep 28;16(9):e0010775. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010775
    • 2022-09-28

  • What the snake leaves in its wake: Functional limitations and disabilities among snakebite victims in Ghanaian communities

    • Aglanu LM, Amuasi JH, Schut BA, Steinhorst J, Beyuo A, Dari CD, Agbogbatey MK, Blankson ES, Punguyire D, Lalloo DG, Blessmann J, Abass KM, Harrison RA, Stienstra Y
    • PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 May 23;16(5):e0010322. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010322
    • 2022-05-23

  • Situation of snakebite, antivenom market and access to antivenoms in ASEAN countries

    • Patikorn C, Ismail AK, Abidin SAZ, Blanco FB, Blessmann J, Choumlivong K, Comandante JD, Doan UV, Mohamed Ismail Z, Khine YY, Maharani T, Nwe MT, Qamruddin RM, Safferi RS, Santamaria E, Tiglao PJG, Trakulsrichai S, Vasaruchapong T, Chaiyakunapruk N, Taychakhoonavudh S, Othman I
    • BMJ Glob Health. 2022 Mar;7(3):e007639. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-007639
    • 2022-03-16

• 2021

  • 'The medicine is not for sale': Practices of traditional healers in snakebite envenoming in Ghana

    • Steinhorst J, Aglanu LM, Ravensbergen SJ, Dari CD, Abass KM, Mireku SO, Adu Poku JK, Enuameh YAK, Blessmann J, Harrison RA, Amuasi JH, Stienstra Y
    • PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 Apr 16;15(4):e0009298. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009298
    • 2021-04-16

• 2020

  • Serum IgE against galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose is common in Laotian patients with snakebite envenoming but not the major trigger for early anaphylactic reactions to antivenom

    • Blessmann J, Hanlodsomphou S, Santisouk B, Choumlivong K, Soukhaphouvong S, Chanthilat P, Brockow K, Biedermann T
    • Toxicon. 2020 Jul 28:7:100054. doi: 10.1016/j.toxcx.2020.100054
    • 2020-07-28

  • Incidence of snakebites in Can Tho Municipality, Mekong Delta, South Vietnam-Evaluation of the responsible snake species and treatment of snakebite envenoming

    • Thang VV, Bao TQQ, Tuyen HD, Krumkamp R, Hai LH, Dang NH, Chu CM, Blessmann J
    • PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 Jun 17;14(6):e0008430. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008430
    • 2020-06-17

• 2018

  • Incidence of snakebites in 3 different geographic regions in Thua Thien Hue province, central Vietnam: Green pit vipers and cobras cause the majority of bites

    • Blessmann J, Nguyen TPN, Bui TPA, Krumkamp R, Vo VT, Nguyen HL
    • Toxicon. 2018 Dec 15:156:61-65. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2018.11.009
    • 2018-11-15

• 2016

  • Prospective, consecutive case series of 158 snakebite patients treated at Savannakhet provincial hospital, Lao People’s Democratic Republic with high incidence of anaphylactic shock to horse-derived F(ab)2 antivenom

    • Vongphoumy I, Chantilat P, Vilayvong P, Blessmann J
    • Toxicon. 2016 Jul:117:13-21. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2016.03.011
    • 2016-03-16

• 2015

  • Snakebites in Two Rural Districts in Lao PDR: Community-Based Surveys Disclose High Incidence of an Invisible Public Health Problem

    • Vongphoumy I, Phongmany P, Sydala S, Prasith N, Reintjes R, Blessmann J
    • PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Jun 26;9(6):e0003887. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003887
    • 2015-06-26