Travel Medicine and Travel-associated Diseases

The German population is one of the most travelling populations. COVID-19 is the best example for the impact of travelers to carry infectious diseases worldwide. The Outpatient clinic for Travel Medicine and Tropical Medicine has a trans-regional focus on travel- and tropical-associated diseases and conducts health services research in this area. In addition, a second focus of the outpatient clinic is to evaluate and implement aspects of sustainability.

Interested students and researcher in this topic are welcomed to collaborate with us. If you are interested, please feel free to contact us.

Protrait shot of Dr. Sophie Schneitler — © Sophie Schneitler© IMMH

Dr. med. Sophie Schneitler

Tel.: +49 (0) 6841 16-23900
Fax: +49 (0) 6841 16-23985
E-Mail: mikrobiologie.lehre(at)uks.eu

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Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Dr. phil. Sören Becker

Tel.: +49 (0) 6841 16-23900
Fax: +49 (0) 6841 16-23985
E-Mail: mikrobiologie@uks.eu

Current projects:

Multicenter study: Gastrointestinal colonization with multi-resistant bacteria and C. difficile in people returning from the greater Saar-Lor-Lux region.
Analysis of vaccination behavior with regard to national regulations according to STIKO and in connection with travel behavior
Side-effect analysis of COVID-19 vaccination in health facilities compared to a standardized control
gesund weltwärts - multicenter study to investigate the impact of structured pre- and baseline screening for young adults in the weltwärts program
Analysis of gender balance and migration background in national vaccination recommendations
Anonymous data collection on vaccination reactions in the national dengue vaccination network

Selected publications by members of the research group covering this topic:

Vaccine certificates for international travelers in future pandemics

Rafael Dal-Ré, Sören L. Becker, Odile Launay, Androula Pavli (2023)

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 42(2):227-228

DOI: 10.1007/s10096-022-04544-y

Availability of oral antivirals against SARS-CoV-2 infection and the requirement for an ethical prescribing approach

Rafael Dal-Ré, Sören L Becker, Emmanuel Bottieau, Søren Holm (2022)

Lancet Infect Dis. 22(8):e231-e238

DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00119-0

Experiences with pre-travel diagnostic PCR testing for SARS-CoV-2: Challenges and opportunities

Sophie Schneitler, Jana Gülker, Farah Alhussein, Florian Bub, Alexander Halfmann, Lisa Klein, Sophie Roth, Philipp Jung, Sören L. Becker (2021)

J Travel Med. 28(7):taab116

DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taab116

Diagnostic Specificity of Two Dengue Virus IgG ELISAs after Yellow Fever and Japanese Encephalitis Virus Vaccination

Isabelle Schnabel, Sophie Schneitler, Tom Schüttoff, Henning Trawinski, Christoph Lübbert, Christian Jassoy (2022)

Trop Med Infect Dis. 8(1):7

DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed8010007

Application of a POC-CCA rapid diagnostic test and serology for detection of schistosomiasis in HIV-positive individuals in urban Malawi

Sören L. Becker, Stefan F. Weber, Andrew de Forest, Sam Phiri, Petra Förster, Angellina Nhlema, Claudia M. Denkinger, Anna Nimmesgern, Florian Neuhann (2021)

Acta Tropica 224:106142

DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.106142

Funding sources:

Federal state of Saarland, state research funding