Jürg Utzinger

portrait Prof. Jürg Utzinger
director

Swiss TPH
Socinstr. 57
CH-4002 Basel
Switzerland


Mailing Address:

Swiss TPH
Postfach
-4002 Basel


Phone: +41 (0) 61 284 81 29
Phone2: +41 (0) 61 284 81 11
Fax: +41 (0) 61 284 81 05
E-mail: juerg.utzinger(at)unibas.ch
URL Institution: www.swisstph.ch/
Phone: +41 (0) 61 284 81 29
Phone2: +41 (0) 61 284 81 11
Fax: +41 (0) 61 284 81 05
E-mail: juerg.utzinger(at)unibas.ch
URL Institution: www.swisstph.ch/


Programs in which Jürg Utzinger holds an official function:
KFPEmember2015 -



Additional functions:
Arbeitsgruppe Klima und Gesundheit


Key Publications of Jürg Utzinger (up to ten) :
Lv S, Zhang Y, Steinmann P, Yang GJ, Yang K, Zhou XN & Utzinger J (2011). The emergence of angiostrongyliasis in the People’s Republic of China: the interplay between invasive snails, climate change and transmission dynamics. Freshwater Biology 56: 717-734.

Yang GJ, Utzinger J, Lv S, Qian YJ, Li SZ, Qiang W, Bergquist R, Vounatsou P, Li W, Yang K & Zhou XN (2010). Regional network for Asian schistosomiasis and other helminth zoonoses (RNAS+): target diseases in face of climate change. Advances in Parasitology 73: 101-135.

Utzinger J, Raso G, Brooker S, de Savigny S, Tanner M, Ørnbjerg N, Singer BH & N’Goran EK (2009). Schistosomiasis and neglected tropical diseases: towards integrated and sustainable control and a word of caution. Parasitology 136: 1859-1874.

Zhou XN, Yang GJ, Yang K, Wang XH, Hong QB, Sun LP, Malone JB, Kristensen TK, Bergquist NR & Utzinger J (2008). Potential impact of climate change on schistosomiasis transmission in China. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 78: 188-194.

Steinmann P, Keiser J, Bos R, Tanner M & Utzinger J (2006). Schistosomiasis and water resources development: systematic review, meta-analysis, and estimates of people at risk. Lancet Infectious Diseases 6: 411-425.


Expertise of Jürg Utzinger:
Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
Expert TypeScientific / Fundamental Research
Topic HydrosphereFresh Water Systems / Rivers / Lakes
Topic SocietyPopulation Dynamics / Migration / Urbanisation
Topic HealthInfectious / Vector Borne Disease
Topic SustainabilityEcological Sustainability
Topic Risk & Disaster ManagementPrevention of Risks and Natural Hazards
MethodsData Collection - Measurement
Literature Study
Integrated Assessment

Specialties of Jürg Utzinger:
  • Epidemiology and control of schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminthiasis and malaria
  • 1H NMR-based metabonomics with an emphasis on infection biology
  • Health impact assessment of large infrastructure development projects (e.g. dam construction)


    Last update: 1/27/16
    Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)

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