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Prof. Dr. med., PhD Nicole Ritz

Department of Clinical Research
Profiles & Affiliations

Area of Research

·      Cytokines, antibodies and novel biomarkers for the diagnosis and prognosis of infections

·      Novel and child-friendly diagnostics for childhood tuberculosis

·      Systematic use of paediatric routine data and real-world data

·      Health care delivered to migrant and asylumseeking children




Selected Publications

Neudecker, Daniela, Fritisch, Nora, Sutter, Thomas, Lu, Lenette, Lu, Pei, Tebruegge, Marc, Santiago-Garcia, Begoña, & Ritz, Nicole. (2024). Evaluation of serological assays for the diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis disease: a study protocol. BMC Infectious Diseases, 24(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09359-0

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Fritschi, N., Vaezipour, N., Buettcher, M., Portevin, D., Naranbhai, V., & Ritz, N. (2023). Ratios from full blood count as markers for TB diagnosis, treatment, prognosis: a systematic review. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 27(11), 822–832. https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.22.0598

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Zhu, Yanshan, Almeida, Flávia Jacqueline, Baillie, J. Kenneth, Bowen, Asha C., Britton, Philip N., Brizuela, Martin Eduardo, Buonsenso, Danilo, Burgner, David, Chew, Keng Yih, Chokephaibulkit, Kulkanya, Cohen, Cheryl, Cormier, Stephania A., Crawford, Nigel, Curtis, Nigel, Farias, Camila G. A., Gilks, Charles F., Von Gottberg, Anne, Hamer, Diana, Jarovsky, Daniel, et al. (2023). International Pediatric COVID-19 Severity over the Course of the Pandemic. JAMA Pediatrics, 177(10), 1073–1084. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.3117

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Kissling, Mirjam, Fritschi, Nora, Baumann, Philipp, Buettcher, Michael, Bonhoeffer, Jan, Naranbhai, Vivek, Ritz, Nicole, & ProPAED and CITRUS study team. (2023). Monocyte, Lymphocyte and Neutrophil Ratios - Easy-to-Use Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Pediatric Tuberculosis. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 42, 520–527. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000003901

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Hauser M, Kabuya JB, Mantus M, Kamavu LK, Sichivula JL, Matende WM, Fritschi N, Shields T, Curriero F, Kvit A, Chongwe G, Moss WJ, Ritz N, & Ippolito MM. (2023). Malaria in Refugee Children Resettled to a Holoendemic Area of Sub-Saharan Africa. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 76(3), E1104–E1113. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac417

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