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
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Selected Publications
Götzinger, F., Caprile, A. A., Noguera-Julian, A., Lo Vecchio, A., Baquero-Artigao, F., Rosal, T. d., Brinkmann, F., Mouchet, F., Velizarova, S., Kötz, K., Ritz, N., Buonsenso, D., Song, R., Roy, R. B., Nieminen, T., Rau, C., Chechenieva, V., Welch, S., Kaiser-Labusch, P., et al. (2025). Clinical presentation, diagnostics, and outcomes of infants with congenital and postnatal tuberculosis: a multicentre cohort study of the Paediatric Tuberculosis Network European Trials Group (ptbnet). 53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2025.101303
Götzinger, F., Caprile, A. A., Noguera-Julian, A., Lo Vecchio, A., Baquero-Artigao, F., Rosal, T. d., Brinkmann, F., Mouchet, F., Velizarova, S., Kötz, K., Ritz, N., Buonsenso, D., Song, R., Roy, R. B., Nieminen, T., Rau, C., Chechenieva, V., Welch, S., Kaiser-Labusch, P., et al. (2025). Clinical presentation, diagnostics, and outcomes of infants with congenital and postnatal tuberculosis: a multicentre cohort study of the Paediatric Tuberculosis Network European Trials Group (ptbnet). 53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2025.101303
Brasier, Noé, Wang, Joseph, Gao, Wei, Sempionatto, Juliane R., Dincer, Can, Ates, H. Ceren, Güder, Firat, Olenik, Selin, Schauwecker, Ivo, Schaffarczyk, Dietmar, Vayena, Effy, , Weisser, Maja, Mtenga, Sally, Ghaffari, Roozbeh, Rogers, John A., & Goldhahn, Jörg. (2024). Applied body-fluid analysis by wearable devices [Journal-article]. Nature, 636(8041), 57–68. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08249-4
Brasier, Noé, Wang, Joseph, Gao, Wei, Sempionatto, Juliane R., Dincer, Can, Ates, H. Ceren, Güder, Firat, Olenik, Selin, Schauwecker, Ivo, Schaffarczyk, Dietmar, Vayena, Effy, , Weisser, Maja, Mtenga, Sally, Ghaffari, Roozbeh, Rogers, John A., & Goldhahn, Jörg. (2024). Applied body-fluid analysis by wearable devices [Journal-article]. Nature, 636(8041), 57–68. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08249-4
Neudecker, Daniela, Fritisch, Nora, Sutter, Thomas, Lu, Lenette, Lu, Pei, Tebruegge, Marc, Santiago-Garcia, Begoña, & . (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
Neudecker, Daniela, Fritisch, Nora, Sutter, Thomas, Lu, Lenette, Lu, Pei, Tebruegge, Marc, Santiago-Garcia, Begoña, & . (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
Fritschi, N., Vaezipour, N., Buettcher, M., Portevin, D., Naranbhai, V., & (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
Fritschi, N., Vaezipour, N., Buettcher, M., Portevin, D., Naranbhai, V., & (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
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
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
Kissling, Mirjam, Fritschi, Nora, Baumann, Philipp, Buettcher, Michael, Bonhoeffer, Jan, Naranbhai, Vivek, , & 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
Kissling, Mirjam, Fritschi, Nora, Baumann, Philipp, Buettcher, Michael, Bonhoeffer, Jan, Naranbhai, Vivek, , & 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
Hauser M, Kabuya JB, Mantus M, Kamavu LK, Sichivula JL, Matende WM, Fritschi N, Shields T, Curriero F, Kvit A, Chongwe G, Moss WJ, , & 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
Hauser M, Kabuya JB, Mantus M, Kamavu LK, Sichivula JL, Matende WM, Fritschi N, Shields T, Curriero F, Kvit A, Chongwe G, Moss WJ, , & 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