Prof. Dr. med. Ulrich Heininger

Laura Heeb, Nora Fritschi, Andrea Marten, Tatjana Welzel, Nicole Ritz, & Ulrich Heininger. (2025). Borrelia burgdorferi infections in children and adolescents in Switzerland – a seroprevalence study 2023/2024 (BOBUINCA). Infection, 53(3), 893–903. https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-024-02387-7

Stalder, N., Heininger, U., & Buettcher, M. (2025). Surveillance of varicella-associated paediatric hospitalisations and complications in Switzerland from 2021 to 2023 [Journal-article]. Swiss Medical Weekly, 155(5), 3872. https://doi.org/10.57187/s.3872

Schwidetzky, J., Heininger, U., Salzmann, M., Neuhaus, T. J., & Buettcher, M. (2025). Clinical outcomes and severe complications of hospitalised children and adolescents with varicella in central Switzerland: a retrospective observational study [Journal-article]. Swiss Medical Weekly, 155(2), 3962. https://doi.org/10.57187/s.3962

Heininger, U. (2025). Erkrankungen der Bewegungsorgane. In Duale Reihe Pädiatrie (6 ed.). Georg Thieme Verlag KG. https://doi.org/10.1055/f-0002-0022-b000000645

Jenni, O., Holtz, S., Hoffmann, G. F., & Heininger, U. (2025). Allgemeine und spezielle Prävention. In Duale Reihe Pädiatrie (6 ed.). Georg Thieme Verlag KG. https://doi.org/10.1055/f-0002-0003-b000000645

Purcell, R., Heininger, U., & Buttery, J. (2025). Fifteen-minute consultation: A guide to pertussis [Journal-article]. Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition, edpract–edp2024. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2024-327134

Benvenga, Vanni, Cuénod, Aline, Purushothaman, Srinithi, Dasen, Gottfried, Weisser, Maja, Bassetti, Stefano, Roloff, Tim, Siegemund, Martin, Heininger, Ulrich, Bielicki, Julia, Wehrli, Marianne, Friderich, Paul, Frei, Reno, Widmer, Andreas, Herzog, Kathrin, Fankhauser, Hans, Nolte, Oliver, Bodmer, Thomas, Risch, Martin, et al. (2024). Historic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: expanding current knowledge using molecular epidemiological characterization of a Swiss legacy collection. Genome Medicine, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-024-01292-w

Muigg, Veronika, Seth-Smith, Helena M.B., Adam, Kai-Manuel, Weisser, Maja, Hinić, Vladimira, Blaich, Annette, Roloff, Tim, Heininger, Ulrich, Schmid, Hanna, Kohler, Maurus, Graf, Lukas, Winterflood, Dylan M., Schlaepfer, Pascal, & Goldenberger, Daniel. (2024). Novel Organism Verification and Analysis (NOVA) study: identification of 35 clinical isolates representing potentially novel bacterial taxa using a pipeline based on whole genome sequencing. BMC Microbiology, 24(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-023-03163-7

Erlacher, R., Toepfner, N., Dressen, S., Berner, R., Bösch, A., Tenenbaum, T., & Heininger, U. (2024). Are Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections Preventable by Antibiotic Therapy?: A Collaborative Retrospective Study [Journal-article]. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 43(10), 931–935. https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0000000000004403

Blanchard-Rohner, Geraldine, Sanchez, Carlos, Andre, Maya C., Bressieux-Degueldre, Sabrina, Grazioli, Serge, Perez, Marie-Helene, Wütz, Daniela, Schöbi, Nina, Welzel, Tatjana, Atkinson, Andrew, Schlapbach, Luregn J., Bielicki, Julia A., Trück, Johannes, Koehler, Henrik, Gysi, Spyridoula, Janz, Indra, Bieri, Andreas, Donner, Birgit, Hammer, Jürg, et al. (2024). COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance Among Parents of Children With Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 43(4), 361–364. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000004206

Endrich, O., Triep, K., Schlapbach, L. J., Posfay-Barbe, K. M., Heininger, U., Giannoni, E., Stocker, M., Niederer-Loher, A., Kahlert, C. R., Natalucci, G., Relly, C., Riedel, T., Aebi, C., Berger, C., Agyeman, P. K. A., Bär, W., Bernhard-Stirnemann, S., Hasters, P., Konetzny, G., & Leone, A. (2023). Sensitivity of ICD coding for sepsis in children—a population-based study [Journal-article]. Intensive Care Medicine – Paediatric and Neonatal, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44253-023-00006-1

Büttcher, M., Kahlert, C. R., & Heininger, U. (2023). Management der Borreliose in der Pädiatrie [Journal-article]. Paediatrica, 34(1). https://doi.org/10.35190/paediatrica.d.2023.1.6

Büttcher, M., Kahlert, C. R., & Heininger, U. (2023). Prise en charge de la borréliose en pédiatrie [Journal-article]. Paediatrica, 34(1). https://doi.org/10.35190/paediatrica.f.2023.1.6

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

Buhl D., Staudacher O., Santibanez S., Rossi R., Girschick H., Stephan V., Schmidt B., Hundsdoerfer P., von Moers A., Lange M., Barker M., Mall M.A., Heininger U., Matysiak-Klose D., Mankertz A., & von Bernuth H. (2022). Corrigendum: Specifically increased rate of infections in children post measles in a high resource setting(Front. Pediatr., (2022), 10, (896086), 10.3389/fped.2022.896086). Frontiers in Pediatrics, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.1005990

Buhl D., Staudacher O., Santibanez S., Rossi R., Girschick H., Stephan V., Schmidt B., Hundsdoerfer P., von Moers A., Lange M., Barker M., Mall M.A., Heininger U., Matysiak-Klose D., Mankertz A., & von Bernuth H. (2022). Specifically Increased Rate of Infections in Children Post Measles in a High Resource Setting. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.896086

Heininger U. (2022). Referring to: Wilkinson K, Righolt CH, Elliott LJ, Fanella S, Mahmud SM. Pertussis vaccine effectiveness and duration of protection – a systematic review and meta-analysis. Vaccine. 2021 May 27;39(23):3120–3130 (Patent No. 26). Vaccine, 40(26), Article 26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.04.075

Heininger U, & Plotkin S. (2022). Titerphilia - The Irresistible Urge to Measure Postimmunization Antibody Values. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 41(6), 490–491. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000003519

Yap N, Buttery J, Crawford NW, Omer S, Heininger U, & AEFI CAN Group. (2022). The impact of Australian childhood vaccination mandates on immunization specialists and their interactions with families. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 41(5), E188–E193. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000003490

Baumann, Philipp, Fuchs, Aline, Gotta, Verena, Ritz, Nicole, Baer, Gurli, Bonhoeffer, Jessica M., Buettcher, Michael, Heininger, Ulrich, Szinnai, Gabor, & Bonhoeffer, Jan. (2022). The kinetic profiles of copeptin and mid regional proadrenomedullin (MR-proADM) in pediatric lower respiratory tract infections. PLoS ONE, 17(3 March). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264305

Jog P, Memon IA, Thisyakorn U, Hozbor D, Heininger U, von König CHW, Tan T, & participants of the 2019 GPI Thailand Meeting. (2022). Pertussis in Asia: Recent country-specific data and recommendations (Patent No. 8). Vaccine, 40(8), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.12.004

Heininger U. (2022). Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis: Unequal Vaccine Siblings with Distinct Characteristics. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 74(3), 562–563. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa643

Bruningk, Sarah C., Klatt, Juliane, Stange, Madlen, Mari, Alfredo, Brunner, Myrta, Roloff, Tim-Christoph, Seth-Smith, Helena M. B., Schweitzer, Michael, Leuzinger, Karoline, Sogaard, Kirstine K., Torres, Diana Albertos, Gensch, Alexander, Schlotterbeck, Ann-Kathrin, Nickel, Christian H., Ritz, Nicole, Heininger, Ulrich, Bielicki, Julia, Rentsch, Katharina, Fuchs, Simon, et al. (2022). Determinants of SARS-CoV-2 transmission to guide vaccination strategy in an urban area. Virus Evolution, 8(1), veac002. https://doi.org/10.1093/ve/veac002

Jaeger, F. N., Berger, C., Buettcher, M., Depallens, S., Heininger, U., Heller, Y., Kohns Vasconcelos, M., Leforestier, B., Pellaud, N., Relly, C., Truck, J., von Overbeck Ottino, S., Wagner, N., Ritz, N., Migrant Health Reference Group of Paediatrics Switzerland, & Paediatric Infectious Disease Group in Switzerland. (2022). Paediatric refugees from Ukraine: guidance for health care providers. Swiss Med Wkly, 152(21-22), w30200. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2022.w30200

Jaboyedoff M, Rakic M, Bachmann S, Berger C, Diezi M, Fuchs O, Frey U, Gervaix A, Glücksberg AS, Grotzer M, Heininger U, Kahlert CR, Kaiser D, Kopp MV, Lauener R, Neuhaus TJ, Paioni P, Posfay-Barbe K, Ramelli GP, et al. (2021). SwissPedData: Standardising hospital records for the benefit of paediatric research. Swiss Medical Weekly, 151(51-52), w30069. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2021.w30069

Zumstein J, Heininger U, & Swiss Paediatric Surveillance Unit (SPSU). (2021). Decline of pertussis in hospitalised children following the introduction of immunisation in pregnancy – results from a nationwide, prospective surveillance study, 2013–2020. Swiss Medical Weekly, 151(49-50), w30064. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2021.w30064

Lienert F., Weiss O., Schmitt K., Heininger U., & Guggisberg P. (2021). Acceptance of universal varicella vaccination among Swiss pediatricians and general practitioners who treat pediatric patients. BMC Infectious Diseases, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05586-3

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

Heininger U. (2021). Pertussis-like illness is not the same as pertussis. Jornal de Pediatria, 97(5), 471–472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jped.2021.02.001

Rakic M, Jaboyedoff M, Bachmann S, Berger C, Diezi M, do Canto P, Forrest CB, Frey U, Fuchs O, Gervaix A, Gluecksberg AS, Grotzer M, Heininger U, Kahlert CR, Kaiser D, Kopp MV, Lauener R, Neuhaus TJ, Paioni P, et al. (2021). Clinical data for paediatric research: the Swiss approach: Proceedings of the National Symposium in Bern, Switzerland, Dec 5-6, 2019. BMC Proceedings, 15(Suppl 13), 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12919-021-00226-3

Heininger U. (2021). Efficacy of single-dose Ad26.CoV2.s vaccine against covid-19. New England Journal of Medicine, 385(3), 288. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmc2107809

Heininger U., Pillsbury M., Samant S., Lienert F., Guggisberg P., Gani R., O’Brien E., & Pawaskar M. (2021). Health Impact and Cost-effectiveness Assessment for the Introduction of Universal Varicella Vaccination in Switzerland. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 40(6), E217–E221. https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0000000000003136

Schmid Hanna, Heininger Ulrich, Vuichard-Gysin Danielle, Widmer Andreas, & Bielicki Julia. (2021). Preventive measures for accompanying caregivers of children in paediatric health care during the COVID-19 pandemic—walking an ethical tightrope. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 27(5), 668–670. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2021.01.023

Schmid H., & Heininger U. (2021). Posttreatment Lyme Disease Syndrome-What It Might Be and What It Is Not. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 40(5), S31–S34. https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0000000000002772

Buettcher M, Trueck J, Niederer-Loher A, Heininger U, Agyeman P, Asner S, Berger C, Bielicki J, Kahlert C, Kottanattu L, Meyer Sauteur PM, Paioni P, Posfay-Barbe K, Relly C, Ritz N, Zimmermann P, Zucol F, Gobet R, Shavit S, et al. (2021). Swiss consensus recommendations on urinary tract infections in children. European Journal of Pediatrics, 180(3), 663–674. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-020-03714-4

Buettcher M, Trueck J, Niederer-Loher A, Heininger U, Agyeman P, Asner S, Berger C, Bielicki J, Kahlert C, Kottanattu L, Meyer Sauteur PM, Paioni P, Posfay-Barbe K, Relly C, Ritz N, Zimmermann P, Zucol F, Gobet R, Shavit S, et al. (2021). Correction to: Swiss consensus recommendations on urinary tract infections in children. (Patent No. 3). 180(3), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-020-03820-3

Feng Y., Chiu C.-H., Heininger U., Hozbor D.F., Tan T.Q., & von Konig C.-H.W. (2021). Emerging macrolide resistance in Bordetella pertussis in mainland China: Findings and warning from the global pertussis initiative. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100098

Thiabaud A, Iten A, Balmelli C, Senn L, Troillet N, Widmer A, Flury D, Schreiber PW, Vázquez M, Damonti L, Buettcher M, Vuichard-Gysin D, Kuhm C, Cusini A, Riedel T, Nussbaumer-Ochsner Y, Gaudenz R, Heininger U, Berger C, et al. (2021). Cohort profile: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 hospitalised patients in Switzerland. Swiss Medical Weekly, 151(7-8), w20475. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2021.20475

Heininger U. (2021). Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis: Unequal Vaccine Siblings with Distinct Characteristics. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 72(3), 534. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa642

Kohns Vasconcelos, M., Meyer Sauteur, P. M., Keitel, K., Santoro, R., Heininger, U., van den Anker, J., & Bielicki, J. A. (2021). Strikingly decreased community-acquired pneumonia admissions in children despite open schools and day-care facilities in Switzerland. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 40(4), e171–e172. https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0000000000003026

Roelens, M., Martin, A., Friker, B., Sousa, F. M., Thiabaud, A., Vidondo, B., Buchter, V., Gardiol, C., Vonlanthen, J., Balmelli, C., Battegay, M., Berger, C., Buettcher, M., Cusini, A., Flury, D., Heininger, U., Niederer-Loher, A., Riedel, T., Schreiber, P. W., et al. (2021). Evolution of COVID-19 mortality over time: results from the Swiss hospital surveillance system (CH-SUR). Swiss Med Wkly, 151, w30105. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2021.w30105

Zumstein J, Heininger U, & for the Swiss Paediatric Surveillance Unit. (2021). Clinical and Epidemiologic Characteristics of Pertussis in Hospitalized Children: A Prospective and Standardized Long-term Surveillance Study. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 40(1), 22–25. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000002904

Tin Tin Htar M, de Ridder M, Braeye T, Correa A, McGee C, de Lusignan S, Duarte-Salles T, Huerta-Alvarez C, Martín-Merino E, Tramontan L, Danieli G, Picelli G, van der Maas N, Berencsi K, Arnheim-Dahlström L, Heininger U, Emborg HD, Weibel D, Bollaerts K, & Sturkenboom M. (2020). Advance system testing: Vaccine benefit studies using multi-country electronic health data – The example of pertussis vaccination. Vaccine, 38, B31–B37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.08.078

Borghesi A, Trück J, Asgari S, Sancho-Shimizu V, Agyeman PKA, Bellos E, Giannoni E, Stocker M, Posfay-Barbe KM, Heininger U, Bernhard-Stirnemann S, Niederer-Loher A, Kahlert CR, Natalucci G, Relly C, Riedel T, Kuehni CE, Thorball CW, Chaturvedi N, et al. (2020). Whole-exome sequencing for the identification of rare variants in primary immunodeficiency genes in children with sepsis: A prospective, population-based cohort study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 71(10), E614–E623. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa290

Welzel T, Wörner A, & Heininger U. (2020). [Travel vaccinations in rheumatic diseases : Specific considerations in children and adults]. Zeitschrift Fur Rheumatologie, 79(9), 865–872. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00393-020-00852-w

Laws HJ, Baumann U, Bogdan C, Burchard G, Christopeit M, Hecht J, Heininger U, Hilgendorf I, Kern W, Kling K, Kobbe G, Külper W, Lehrnbecher T, Meisel R, Simon A, Ullmann A, de Wit M, & Zepp F. (2020). Erratum zu: Impfen bei Immundefizienz: Anwendungshinweise zu den von der Ständigen Impfkommission empfohlenen Impfungen. (III) Impfen bei hämatologischen und onkologischen Erkrankungen (antineoplastische Therapie, Stammzelltransplantation), Organtransplantation und Asplenie (Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz, (2020), 63, 5, (588-644), 10.1007/s00103-020-03123-w) (Patent No. 10). Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz, 63(10), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-020-03179-8

Gotzinger F., Santiago-Garcia B., Noguera-Julian A., Lanaspa M, Lancella L., Calo Carducci F.I., Gabrovska N., Velizarova S, Prunk P., Osterman V., Krivec U., Lo Vecchio A, Shingadia D., Soriano-Arandes A., Melendo S., Lanari M., Pierantoni L., Wagner N., L’Huillier AG, et al. (2020). COVID-19 in children and adolescents in Europe: a multinational, multicentre cohort study. The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 4(9), 653–661. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2352-4642(20)30177-2

Erb ML, Erlanger TE, & Heininger U. (2020). Do fathers care about their own immunisation status? The Child-Parent-Immunisation Survey and a review of the literature. Swiss Medical Weekly, 150(32), w20289. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2020.20289

Chitkara AJ, Pujadas Ferrer M, Forsyth K, Guiso N, Heininger U, Hozbor DF, Muloiwa R, Tan TQ, Thisyakorn U, & Wirsing von König CH. (2020). Pertussis vaccination in mixed markets: Recommendations from the Global Pertussis Initiative. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 96, 482–488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.081

Heininger U. (2020). Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Vaccines: Setting Expectations Appropriately. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 39(7), E123–E124. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000002741

Abu-Raya B, Maertens K, Edwards KM, Omer SB, Englund JA, Flanagan KL, Snape MD, Amirthalingam G, Leuridan E, Damme PV, Papaevangelou V, Launay O, Dagan R, Campins M, Cavaliere AF, Frusca T, Guidi S, O’Ryan M, Heininger U, et al. (2020). Global Perspectives on Immunization During Pregnancy and Priorities for Future Research and Development: An International Consensus Statement. Frontiers in Immunology, 11, 1282. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.01282

Behrens L, Cherry JD, Heininger U, & Swiss Measles Immune Amnesia Study Group. (2020). The Susceptibility to Other Infectious Diseases Following Measles During a Three Year Observation Period in Switzerland. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 39(6), 478–482. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000002599

Laws HJ, Baumann U, Bogdan C, Burchard G, Christopeit M, Hecht J, Heininger U, Hilgendorf I, Kern W, Kling K, Kobbe G, Külper W, Lehrnbecher T, Meisel R, Simon A, Ullmann A, de Wit M, & Zepp F. (2020). Impfen bei Immundefizienz : Anwendungshinweise zu den von der Ständigen Impfkommission empfohlenen Impfungen. (III) Impfen bei hämatologischen und onkologischen Erkrankungen (antineoplastische Therapie, Stammzelltransplantation), Organtransplantation und Asplenie (Patent No. 5). Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz, 63(5), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-020-03123-w

Gold MS, MacDonald NE, McMurtry CM, Balakrishnan MR, Heininger U, Menning L, Benes O, Pless R, & Zuber PLF. (2020). Immunization stress-related response – Redefining immunization anxiety-related reaction as an adverse event following immunization. Vaccine, 38(14), 3015–3020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.02.046

Vygen-Bonnet S, Hellenbrand W, Garbe E, von Kries R, Bogdan C, Heininger U, Röbl-Mathieu M, & Harder T. (2020). Safety and effectiveness of acellular pertussis vaccination during pregnancy: A systematic review. BMC Infectious Diseases, 20(1), 136. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-4824-3

Dierig A., Hirsch H.H., Decker M.-L., Bielicki J.A., Heininger U., & Ritz N. (2020). Mycoplasma pneumoniae detection in children with respiratory tract infections and influence on management – a retrospective cohort study in Switzerland. Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics, 109(2), 375–380. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.14891

Imahorn N, & Heininger U. (2020). What Matters to Parents Regarding Immunization of Their Children: Systematic Analysis of Expert Advice to Parents in an Internet Forum. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 39(2), 157–163. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000002509

Mack, Ines, Erlanger, Tobias, Lang, Phung, Sinniger, Philipp, Perisa, Damir, & Heininger, Ulrich. (2020). Dose-dependent effectiveness of acellular pertussis vaccine in infants: A population-based case-control study. Vaccine, 38(6), 1444–1449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.11.069

Heininger U. (2020). [Pertussis (whooping cough)]. Der Pneumologe, 17(6), 465–476. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10405-020-00345-2

Heininger U. (2020). [Pertussis (whooping cough)]. Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde : Organ Der Deutschen Gesellschaft Fur Kinderheilkunde, 168(8), 747–759. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00112-020-00941-9

Kohns Vasconcelos, M., Meyer Sauteur, P. M., Santoro, R., Coslovsky, M., Lura, M., Keitel, K., Wachinger, T., Beglinger, S., Heininger, U., van den Anker, J., & Bielicki, J. A. (2020). Randomised placebo-controlled multicentre effectiveness trial of adjunct betamethasone therapy in hospitalised children with community-acquired pneumonia: a trial protocol for the KIDS-STEP trial. BMJ Open, 10(12), e041937. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041937

Manz, Nora, Krieg, Andreas H., Buettcher, Michael, Ritz, Nicole, & Heininger, Ulrich. (2020). Long-Term Outcomes of Acute Osteoarticular Infections in Children. Frontiers in pediatrics, 8, 587740. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2020.587740

Schneider, Rahel, Reinau, Daphne, Schur, Nadine, Blozik, Eva, Früh, Mathias, Signorell, Andri, Heininger, Ulrich, Schwenkglenks, Matthias, & Meier, Christoph R. (2020). Coverage rates and timeliness of nationally recommended vaccinations in Swiss preschool children: A descriptive analysis using claims data. Vaccine, 38(6), 1551–1558. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.11.057

Maltezou HC, Botelho-Nevers E, Brantsæter AB, Carlsson RM, Heininger U, Hübschen JM, Josefsdottir KS, Kassianos G, Kyncl J, Ledda C, Medić S, Nitsch-Osuch A, de Lejarazu RO, Theodoridou M, Van Damme P, van Essen GA, Wicker S, Wiedermann U, Poland GA, & Vaccination Policies for HCP in Europe Study Group. (2019). Vaccination of healthcare personnel in Europe: Update to current policies. Vaccine, 37(52), 7576–7584. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.09.061

Savoia P, Heininger U, & Buettcher M. (2019). Streptococcus pyogenes Endocarditis Associated With Varicella—Case Report and Review of the Literature [Frontiers Media S.A.]. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 7, 500. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2019.00500

Borghini, Lisa, Png, Eileen, Binder, Alexander, Wright, Victoria J., Pinnock, Ellie, de Groot, Ronald, Hazelzet, Jan, Emonts, Marieke, van der Flier, M., Schlapbach, Luregn J., Anderson, Suzanne, Secka, Fatou, Salas, Antonio, Fink, Colin, Carrol, Enitan D., Pollard, Andrew J., Coin, Lachlan J., Kuijpers, Taco W., Martinon-Torres, Federico, et al. (2019). Identification of regulatory variants associated with genetic susceptibility to meningococcal disease. Scientific Reports, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43292-6

Wang X., Nijman R., Camuzeaux S., Sands C., Jackson H., Kaforou M., Emonts M., Herberg J.A., Maconochie I., Carrol E.D., Paulus S.C., Zenz W., Van der Flier M., de Groot R., Martinon-Torres F., Schlapbach L.J., Pollard A.J., Fink C., Kuijpers T.T., et al. (2019). Plasma lipid profiles discriminate bacterial from viral infection in febrile children. Scientific Reports, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53721-1

Asner SA, Agyeman PKA, Gradoux E, Posfay-Barbe KM, Heininger U, Giannoni E, Crisinel PA, Stocker M, Bernhard-Stirnemann S, Niederer-Loher A, Kahlert CR, Hasters P, Relly C, Baer W, Aebi C, Schlapbach LJ, & Berger C. (2019). Burden of Streptococcus pneumoniae Sepsis in Children after Introduction of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines: A Prospective Population-based Cohort Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69(9), 1574–1580. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciy1139

Heininger U. (2019). Early prevention of pertussis is key (Patent No. 7). The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 19(7), Article 7. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(19)30268-3

Ristic M., Stojanovic V.D., Petrovic V., & Heininger U. (2019). Evaluation of the diagnostic utility of the new clinical case definition of Pertussis - Experience from sentinel and hospital-based pertussis surveillance. Srpski Arhiv Za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 147(7-8), 443–449. https://doi.org/10.2298/SARH180413022R

Meier NR, Volken T, Geiger M, Heininger U, Tebruegge M, & Ritz N. (2019). Risk factors for indeterminate interferon-gamma release assay for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in children - A systematic review and meta-analysis [Frontiers Media S.A.info@frontiersin.org]. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 7, 208. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2019.00208

Erb ML, Erlanger TE, & Heininger U. (2019). Child-parent immunization survey: How well are national immunization recommendations accepted by the target groups? Vaccine: X, 1, 100013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvacx.2019.100013

Heininger U. (2019). Vaccination in pregnancy for early infection protection of newborns Impfen in der Schwangerschaft zum frühen Infektionsschutz für Neugeborene. Monatsschrift Fur Kinderheilkunde, 167(3), 213–219. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00112-018-0629-5

Son S, Thamlikitkul V, Chokephaibulkit K, Perera J, Jayatilleke K, Hsueh PR, Lu CY, Balaji V, Moriuchi H, Nakashima Y, Lu M, Yang Y, Yao K, Kim SH, Song JH, Kim S, Kim MJ, Heininger U, Chiu CH, & Kim YJ. (2019). Prospective multinational serosurveillance study of Bordetella pertussis infection among 10- to 18-year-old Asian children and adolescents. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 25(2), 250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2018.04.013

Heininger U. (2019). 32 - Pertussis and Other Bordetella Infections of the Respiratory Tract. In Kendig’s Disorders of the Respiratory Tract in Children (pp. 528–534). Elsevier Inc. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-323-44887-1.00032-8

Honkila, Minna, Kallinen, Venla, Renko, Marjo, Kauppila, Jaana, Pokka, Tytti, Uhari, Matti, & Tapiainen, Terhi. (2019). Chlamydia trachomatis, Bordetella pertussis and other respiratory bacteria in the aetiology of lower respiratory tract infections in young infants (Patent No. 1). Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics, 108(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.14560

Berner, Reinhard, Bialek, Ralf, Forster, Johannes, Härtel, Christoph, Heininger, Ulrich, Huppertz, Hans-Iko, Liese, Johannes G., Nadal, David, & Simon, Arne. (2018). DGPI Handbuch: Infektionen bei Kindern und Jugendlichen (; DGPI - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pädiatrische Infektiologie e.V., Trans.; 7. vollständig überarbeitete Auflage). Georg Thieme Verlag KG.

Heininger U, Huppertz HI, Iseke A, Korenke GCH, Müller A, & Peter S. (2018). Folgen perioperativer Antibiotikaprophylaxe bei Kaiserschnittentbindung für das Kind. Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde, 166(4), 333–338. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00112-017-0345-6

Heininger, Ulrich. (2018). Nackensteifigkeit – Meningismus. In Dietrich Michalk, Eckhard Schönau (Ed.), Differentialdiagnose Pädiatrie (4. Auflage, pp. 120–123). Urban & Fischer in Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-3-437-22532-1.00016-1

Hellenbrand, W, Wicker, S, & Heininger, Ulrich. (2018). Pertussis in Deutschland – Welche Rolle spielt die Arbeitsmedizin für die Prävention? Umwelt – Hygiene – Arbeitsmed, 23(5), 291–300.

Huppertz, Hans-Iko, Kommission für Infektionskrankheiten und Impffragen der DAKJ, & Kommission für Globale Kindergesundheit der DAKJ. (2018). Medizinische Maßnahmen bei immigrierenden Kindern und Jugendlichen – Aktualisierung vom 28.02.2018. Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde, 166(10), 894–904. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00112-018-0497-z

Matysiak-Klose D, Santibanez S, Schwerdtfeger C, Koch J, von Bernuth H, Hengel H, Littmann M, Terhardt M, Wicker S, Mankertz A, & Heininger U. (2018). Post-exposure prophylaxis for measles with immunoglobulins revised recommendations of the standing committee on vaccination in Germany. Vaccine, 36(52), 7916–7922. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.10.070

Fuchs A., Gotta V, Decker ML, Szinnai G, Baumann P, Bonhoeffer J., Ritz N, Ritz N, Baer G., Berthet G., Bonhoeffer J.M., Buettcher M., Gambon M., Heininger U., Mueller B., Schaad U.B., Schuetz P., & Trachsel D. (2018). Cytokine kinetic profiles in children with acute lower respiratory tract infection: a post hoc descriptive analysis from a randomized control trial. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 24(12), 1341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2018.03.016

Forsyth KD, Tan T, von König CW, Heininger U, Chitkara AJ, & Plotkin S. (2018). Recommendations to control pertussis prioritized relative to economies: A Global Pertussis Initiative update. Vaccine, 36(48), 7270–7275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.10.028

Storr C, Sanftenberg L, Schelling J, Heininger U, & Schneider A. (2018). Measles Status-Barriers to Vaccination and Strategies for Overcoming Them. Deutsches Arzteblatt international, 115(43), 723–730. https://doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2018.0723

Giannoni E, Agyeman PKA, Stocker M, Posfay-Barbe KM, Heininger U, Spycher BD, Bernhard-Stirnemann S, Niederer-Loher A, Kahlert CR, Donas A, Leone A, Hasters P, Relly C, Riedel T, Kuehni C, Aebi C, Berger C, Schlapbach LJ, & Swiss Pediatric Sepsis Study. (2018). Neonatal Sepsis of Early Onset, and Hospital-Acquired and Community-Acquired Late Onset: A Prospective Population-Based Cohort Study. Journal of Pediatrics, 201, 106–114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.05.048

Dierig A, Berger C, Agyeman PKA, Bernhard-Stirnemann S, Giannoni E, Stocker M, Posfay-Barbe KM, Niederer-Loher A, Kahlert CR, Donas A, Hasters P, Relly C, Riedel T, Aebi C, Schlapbach LJ, Heininger U, & Swiss Pediatric Sepsis Study. (2018). Time-to-positivity of blood cultures in children with sepsis. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 6, 222. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2018.00222

Manz N, Krieg AH, Heininger U, & Ritz N. (2018). Evaluation of the current use of imaging modalities and pathogen detection in children with acute osteomyelitis and septic arthritis. European Journal of Pediatrics, 177(7), 1071–1080. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-018-3157-3

Martinón-Torres F, Heininger U, Thomson A, & Wirsing von König CH. (2018). Controlling pertussis: how can we do it? A focus on immunization. Expert Review of Vaccines, 17(4), 289–297. https://doi.org/10.1080/14760584.2018.1445530

Gosert R, Heininger U, & Hirsch HH. (2018). Enterovirus detection in patients with acute gastroenteritis in Switzerland. Journal of Medical Virology, 90(4), 685–691. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.25005

Heininger U. (2018). Is There a Need for a Stand-alone Acellular Pertussis Vaccine? Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 37(4), 359–360. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000001767

Alikova, Z R, Anaeva, L A, Fidarova, K K, & Kozyreva, F U. (2018). The Priority Directions of Children Health Support in Conditions of the Region During the Great Patriotic War. Problemy sotsial’noi gigieny, zdravookhraneniia i istorii meditsiny, 26(2), 124–128. https://doi.org/10.1016/0869-866X-2018-26-2-124-128

Damonti, Lauro, Erard, Véronique, Garbino J., Schrenzel, Jacques, Zimmerli, Stefan, Mühlethaler, Konrad, Imhof A., Zbinden, Reinhard, Fehr, Jan, Boggian, Katia, Bruderer T., Flückiger, Ursula, Frei, Reno, Orasch, Christina, Conen, Anna, Khanna, Nina, Bregenzer, Thomas, Bille, Jacques, Lamoth F., et al. (2018). Correction to: Catheter retention as a consequence rather than a cause of unfavorable outcome in candidemia (Intensive Care Medicine, (2017), 43, 6, (935-939), 10.1007/s00134-017-4737-9). Intensive Care Medicine, 44(3), 405–407. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-018-5081-4

Agyeman P, Barazzone C, Hammer J, Heininger U, Nadal D, Pfammatter JP, Posfay-Barbe K, & Pfister RE. (2017). Prävention von RSV-Infektionen mit dem humanisierten monoklonalen Antikörper Palivizumab. Swiss Medical Forum, 17(28-29), 611–614.

CIOMS Working Group on Vaccine Safety. (2017). CIOMS Guide to Active Vaccine Safety Surveillance. (; CIOMS Working Group on Vaccine Safety, Trans.). WHO Press.

Heininger U. (2017). Impfratgeber. Impfempfehlungen für Kinder, Jugendliche und Erwachsene (; Heininger U, Trans.; 9. Auflage). UNI-MED Verlag.

Heininger U, Huppertz HI, Iseke A, Korenke GCH, Müller A, & Peter S. (2017). zur Anwendung des 9-valenten Impfstoffs gegen HPV bei bereits vollständig immunisierten Kindern und Jugendlichen. Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde, 165, 707–710. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00112-017-0247-7

Heininger U, Huppertz HI, Iseke A, Korenke GCH, Müller A, & Peter S. (2017). Impfstoffknappheit. Aktualisierte Stellungnahme der Kommission für Infektionskrankheiten und Impffragen der Deutschen Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin. Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde, 165, 810–816.

Heininger U, & Ries M. (2017). Ergänzungen zur Therapie der Lyme-Borreliose. Pädiatrische Praxis, 87, 549–550.

Hellenbrand, W, Wichmann, O, Liese, J, Heininger, U, Wirsing v König, Ch, Riffelmann, M, Terhardt, M, Fink, E, Kümmel, C, Schöneberger, K, & Schroeder, S. (2017). Workshop Bericht: Drei Jahre bundesweite Keuchhusten-Meldepflicht - Erfahrungsaustausch zwischen ÖGD, Ärzteschaft und beteiligten Laboren zur Identifizierung von Maßnahmen zur Verbesserung der Surveillance [Konferenzbericht]. Epidemiologisches Bulletin, 21, 187–197. https://doi.org/10.17886/epibull-2017-029