Achim Hoerauf

Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Bonn

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JoVE Journal Publications

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Effects of 6-week azithromycin treatment on the Wolbachia endobacteria of Onchocerca volvulus. Parasitology research\| PubMed ID: 18421478	2008
Efficacy of 2- and 4-week rifampicin treatment on the Wolbachia of Onchocerca volvulus. Parasitology research\| PubMed ID: 18679718	2008
Filarial infection induces protection against P. berghei liver stages in mice. Microbes and infection\| PubMed ID: 19049828	2009
Filarial parasites in the postgenomic era. Expert review of anti-infective therapy\| PubMed ID: 19254167	2009
Reduction in levels of plasma vascular endothelial growth factor-A and improvement in hydrocele patients by targeting endosymbiotic Wolbachia sp. in Wuchereria bancrofti with doxycycline. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene\| PubMed ID: 19478258	2009
Functional conservation of the lipid II biosynthesis pathway in the cell wall-less bacteria Chlamydia and Wolbachia: why is lipid II needed? Molecular microbiology\| PubMed ID: 19656295	2009
Community-directed delivery of doxycycline for the treatment of onchocerciasis in areas of co-endemicity with loiasis in Cameroon. Parasites & vectors\| PubMed ID: 19712455	2009
Newly acquired Onchocerca volvulus filariae after doxycycline treatment. Parasitology research\| PubMed ID: 19756742	2009
Macrofilaricidal activity and amelioration of lymphatic pathology in bancroftian filariasis after 3 weeks of doxycycline followed by single-dose diethylcarbamazine. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene\| PubMed ID: 19815891	2009
Macrofilaricidal activity after doxycycline only treatment of Onchocerca volvulus in an area of Loa loa co-endemicity: a randomized controlled trial. PLoS neglected tropical diseases\| PubMed ID: 20405054	2010
Filaria-induced IL-10 suppresses murine cerebral malaria. Microbes and infection\| PubMed ID: 20420933	2010
The role of ultrasonography in the differentiation of the various types of filaricele due to bancroftian filariasis. Acta tropica\| PubMed ID: 20673752	2011
CCL17 controls mast cells for the defense against filarial larval entry. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)\| PubMed ID: 21398605	2011
Induction of pro-inflammatory mediators in Plasmodium berghei infected BALB/c mice breaks blood-brain-barrier and leads to cerebral malaria in an IL-12 dependent manner. Microbes and infection\| PubMed ID: 21609776	2011
Filariasis in Africa--treatment challenges and prospects. Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases\| PubMed ID: 21722251	2011
Over expression of IL-10 by macrophages overcomes resistance to murine filariasis. Experimental parasitology\| PubMed ID: 21959021	2011
Helminth protection against autoimmune diabetes in nonobese diabetic mice is independent of a type 2 immune shift and requires TGF-β. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)\| PubMed ID: 22174447	2012
Retarded Onchocerca volvulus L1 to L3 larval development in the Simulium damnosum vector after anti-wolbachial treatment of the human host. Parasites & vectors\| PubMed ID: 22236497	2012
The human parasite Loa loa in cytokine and cytokine receptor gene knock out BALB/c mice: survival, development and localization. Parasites & vectors\| PubMed ID: 22348321	2012
Immunization with L. sigmodontis microfilariae reduces peripheral microfilaraemia after challenge infection by inhibition of filarial embryogenesis. PLoS neglected tropical diseases\| PubMed ID: 22413031	2012
Elevated adaptive immune responses are associated with latent infections of Wuchereria bancrofti. PLoS neglected tropical diseases\| PubMed ID: 22509424	2012
Corallopyronin A specifically targets and depletes essential obligate Wolbachia endobacteria from filarial nematodes in vivo. The Journal of infectious diseases\| PubMed ID: 22586066	2012
Doxycycline improves filarial lymphedema independent of active filarial infection: a randomized controlled trial. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America\| PubMed ID: 22610930	2012
A selective inhibitor of heme biosynthesis in endosymbiotic bacteria elicits antifilarial activity in vitro. Chemistry & biology\| PubMed ID: 23438747	2013
Onchocerca volvulus-neurotransmitter tyramine is a biomarker for river blindness. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\| PubMed ID: 23440222	2013
Requirement of lipid II biosynthesis for cell division in cell wall-less Wolbachia, endobacteria of arthropods and filarial nematodes. International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM\| PubMed ID: 23517690	2013
Anti-Wolbachia drug discovery and development: safe macrofilaricides for onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis. Parasitology\| PubMed ID: 23866958	2014
Helminths and their implication in sepsis - a new branch of their immunomodulatory behaviour? Pathogens and disease\| PubMed ID: 23929557	2013
Immunoepidemiological profiling of onchocerciasis patients reveals associations with microfilaria loads and ivermectin intake on both individual and community levels. PLoS neglected tropical diseases\| PubMed ID: 24587458	2014
ST2 deficiency does not impair type 2 immune responses during chronic filarial infection but leads to an increased microfilaremia due to an impaired splenic microfilarial clearance. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 24663956	2014
Therapeutic efficacy and macrofilaricidal activity of doxycycline for the treatment of river blindness. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America\| PubMed ID: 25537873	2015
Elimination of African onchocerciasis: modeling the impact of increasing the frequency of ivermectin mass treatment. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 25545677	2014
Hyperreactive onchocerciasis is characterized by a combination of Th17-Th2 immune responses and reduced regulatory T cells. PLoS neglected tropical diseases\| PubMed ID: 25569210	2015
Extracellular Onchocerca-derived small RNAs in host nodules and blood. Parasites & vectors\| PubMed ID: 25623184	2015
Reductions in microfilaridermia by repeated ivermectin treatment are associated with lower Plasmodium-specific Th17 immune responses in Onchocerca volvulus-infected individuals. Parasites & vectors\| PubMed ID: 25889652	2015
Neutrophil extracellular trap formation in supragingival biofilms. International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM\| PubMed ID: 25959370	2015
Developing a community-led SMS reporting tool for the rapid assessment of lymphatic filariasis morbidity burden: case studies from Malawi and Ghana. BMC infectious diseases\| PubMed ID: 25981497	2015
Development of patent Litomosoides sigmodontis infections in semi-susceptible C57BL/6 mice in the absence of adaptive immune responses. Parasites & vectors\| PubMed ID: 26209319	2015
Eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and of Enterobacteriaceae expressing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases on a model pig farm. Applied and environmental microbiology\| PubMed ID: 26341200	2015
Analysis of Transmission of MRSA and ESBL-E among Pigs and Farm Personnel. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 26422606	2015
Insights into Structure-Activity Relationships of Bacterial RNA Polymerase Inhibiting Corallopyronin Derivatives. Journal of natural products\| PubMed ID: 26431157	2015
Litomosoides sigmodontis: a jird urine metabolome study. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters\| PubMed ID: 26573416	2015
Comparison of bacterial growth in sonication fluid cultures with periprosthetic membranes and with cultures of biopsies for diagnosing periprosthetic joint infection. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease\| PubMed ID: 26584961	2016
Unyvero i60 implant and tissue infection (ITI) multiplex PCR system in diagnosing periprosthetic joint infection. Journal of microbiological methods\| PubMed ID: 26689142	2016
Porphyromonas gingivalis Outer Membrane Vesicles Induce Selective Tumor Necrosis Factor Tolerance in a Toll-Like Receptor 4- and mTOR-Dependent Manner. Infection and immunity\| PubMed ID: 26857578	2016
Cannabinoid Receptor 2 Modulates Susceptibility to Experimental Cerebral Malaria through a CCL17-dependent Mechanism. The Journal of biological chemistry\| PubMed ID: 27474745	2016
ESBL Detection: Comparison of a Commercially Available Chromogenic Test for Third Generation Cephalosporine Resistance and Automated Susceptibility Testing in Enterobactericeae. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 27494134	2016
Comparison of Doxycycline, Minocycline, Doxycycline plus Albendazole and Albendazole Alone in Their Efficacy against Onchocerciasis in a Randomized, Open-Label, Pilot Trial. PLoS neglected tropical diseases\| PubMed ID: 28056021	2017
Long-term release of antibiotics by carbon nanotube-coated titanium alloy surfaces diminish biofilm formation by Staphylococcus epidermidis. Nanomedicine : nanotechnology, biology, and medicine\| PubMed ID: 28115247	2017
Validation of onchocerciasis biomarker N-acetyltyramine-O-glucuronide (NATOG). Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters\| PubMed ID: 28600214	2017
Pathological manifestations in lymphatic filariasis correlate with lack of inhibitory properties of IgG4 antibodies on IgE-activated granulocytes. PLoS neglected tropical diseases\| PubMed ID: 28742098	2017
Lipid profiling of the filarial nematodes Onchocerca volvulus, Onchocerca ochengi and Litomosoides sigmodontis reveals the accumulation of nematode-specific ether phospholipids in the host. International journal for parasitology\| PubMed ID: 28743489	2017
RIG-I Activation Protects and Rescues from Lethal Influenza Virus Infection and Bacterial Superinfection. Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy\| PubMed ID: 28760668	2017
AmiD Is a Novel Peptidoglycan Amidase in Wolbachia Endosymbionts of Drosophila melanogaster. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology\| PubMed ID: 28824885	2017
Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the angiogenic and lymphangiogenic pathways are associated with lymphedema caused by Wuchereria bancrofti. Human genomics\| PubMed ID: 29122006	2017
Successful long-term maintenance of Mansonella perstans in an in vitro culture system. Parasites & vectors\| PubMed ID: 29126431	2017