Pediatric infectious diseases and vaccinology

My research is in the field of clinical medicine, focused on vaccine-preventable diseases, vaccines, and vaccine safety. My main interest is Bordetella pertussis infections as well as influenza and varicella.

Selected Publications

Abu-Raya, B., Forsyth, K., Halperin, S. A., Maertens, K., Jones, C. E., Heininger, U., Hozbor, D., Wirsing von König, C. H., Chitkara, A. J., Muloiwa, R., & Tan, T. Q. (2022). Vaccination in Pregnancy against Pertussis: A Consensus Statement on Behalf of the Global Pertussis Initiative. Vaccines, 10(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10121990

URLs

Pawaskar M, Méroc E, Samant S, Flem E, Bencina G, Riera-Montes M, & Heininger U. (2021). Economic burden of varicella in Europe in the absence of universal varicella vaccination. BMC Public Health, 21(1), 2312. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12343-x

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Nieves DJ, & Heininger U. (2016). Bordetella pertussis. Microbiology Spectrum, 4(3), 311–339. https://doi.org/10.1128/microbiolspec.ei10-0008-2015

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Ryser AJ, & Heininger U. (2015). Comparative acceptance of pertussis and influenza immunization among health-care personnel. Vaccine, 33(41), 5350–5356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.08.078

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Prof. Dr. med. Ulrich Heininger

Pediatric infectious diseases and vaccinology

Selected Publications

Pawaskar M, Méroc E, Samant S, Flem E, Bencina G, Riera-Montes M, & Heininger U. (2021). Economic burden of varicella in Europe in the absence of universal varicella vaccination. BMC Public Health, 21(1), 2312. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12343-x

Nieves DJ, & Heininger U. (2016). Bordetella pertussis. Microbiology Spectrum, 4(3), 311–339. https://doi.org/10.1128/microbiolspec.ei10-0008-2015

Ryser AJ, & Heininger U. (2015). Comparative acceptance of pertussis and influenza immunization among health-care personnel. Vaccine, 33(41), 5350–5356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.08.078