Author count: 21
Becker Y., Eichner C., Paquette M., Bock C., Girard-Buttoz C., Jäger C., Gräßle T., Deschner T., EBC Consortium, ..., Leendertz F.H., ..., Pleh K., ..., Steiner J., ..., Gunz P., Wittig R.M., Crockford C., ... , Friederici A.D., Anwander A.
                         (2025)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        Long arcuate fascicle in wild and captive chimpanzees as a potential structural precursor of the language network
                    
                
                
                    
                        Nature Communications,
                        16
                        (1)
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 32
Peters A., Knauthe N., Hamann S., Leendertz F.H., Lange B., Guzman C.A., Grün B., Jewell S., Breteler M.M.B., Aziz N.A., Schiattarella G.G., Lee Y.A., Landthaler M., Gorski S.A., Steindorf K., Hoffmeister M., Braun A., Ziegler A.G., Mutius E., Krüger J., Mons U., Zeggini E., Helmholtz Health Prevention Task Force, German National Cohort (NAKO), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), ... , Helmholtz Center Munich (Helmholtz Munich), Helmholtz Health Prevention Task Force Chairs
                         (2025)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        Helmholtz Health task force to strengthen prevention research and its translation globally
                    
                
                
                    
                        Nature medicine,
                        31
                        (5)
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 8
Tanga C.T.F., Makouloutou-Nzassi P., Mbehang Nguema P.P., Düx A., Lendzele Sevidzem S., Mavoungou J.F., ... , Leendertz F.H., Mintsa-Nguema R.
                         (2024)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        Antimicrobial Resistance in African Great Apes
                    
                
                
                    
                        Antibiotics,
                        13
                        (12)
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 7
Jaffe J.E., Mätz-Rensing K., Ulrich M., Gräßle T., Behringer V., ... , Wittig R.M., Leendertz F.H.
                         (2024)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        Chronic Kidney Disease and Kidney Stone in a Wild Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) in Cote d'Ivoire
                    
                
                
                    
                        J.Med.Primatol.,
                        53
                        (5)
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 14
Badjo A.O.R., Kabore N.F., Zongo A., Gnada K., Ouattara A., Muhigwa M., Ouangraoua S., Poda A., Some S.A., Schubert G., Eckmanns T., Leendertz F.H., ... , Belarbi E., Ouedraogo A.S.
                         (2024)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        Burden and epidemiology of Campylobacter species in acute enteritis cases in Burkina Faso
                    
                
                
                    
                        BMC Infectious Diseases,
                        24
                        (1)
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 20
Düx A., Lwitiho S.E., Ayouba A., Röthemeier C., Merkel K., Weiss S., Thaurignac G., Lander A., Kouadio L., Nowak K., Corman V., Drosten C., Couacy-Hymann E., Krüger D.H., Kurth A., Calvignac-Spencer S., Peeters M., Ntinginya N.E., ... , Leendertz F.H., Mangu C.
                         (2024)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        Detection of Bombali Virus in a Mops condylurus Bat in Kyela, Tanzania
                    
                
                
                    
                        Viruses,
                        16
                        (8)
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 16
Badjo A.O.R., Niendorf S., Jacobsen S., Zongo A., Mas Marques A., Vietor A.C., Kabore N.F., Poda A., Some S.A., Ouattara A., Ouangraoua S., Schubert G., Eckmanns T., Leendertz F.H., ... , Belarbi E., Ouedraogo A.S.
                         (2024)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        Genetic diversity of enteric viruses responsible of gastroenteritis in urban and rural Burkina Faso
                    
                
                
                    
                        PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases,
                        18
                        (7)
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 16
Gogarten J.F., Düx A., Gräßle T., Lumbu C.P., Markert S., Patrono L.V., Pleh K.A., Singa F.N., Tanga C.T.F., Tombolomako T.B., Couacy-Hymann E., Kouadio L., Ahuka-Mundeke S., Makouloutou-Nzassi P., ... , Calvignac-Spencer S., Leendertz F.H.
                         (2024)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        An ounce of prevention is better: Monitoring wildlife health as a tool for pandemic prevention
                    
                
                
                    
                        EMBO Rep.
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 6
Jaffe J.E., Metzger S., Mätz-Rensing K., Ribas A., Wittig R.M., Leendertz F.H.
                         (2024)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        Oesophagostomum stephanostomum causing parasitic granulomas in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) of Tai National Park, Cote d'Ivoire
                    
                
                
                    
                        Am.J.Primatol.
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 19
Chasinga T.B., Cikwanine J.P.B., Kribi S., Yoyu J.T., Hofmann N., Grossegesse M., Nitsche A., Tomczyk S., Vietor A.C., Leendertz F.H., Eckmanns T., Kusinza A.B., Munguakonkwa E., Kalk A., Raha M., Kambale N.S., Ayagirwe R.B., ... , Schubert G., Mukwege D.
                         (2024)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and risk of viral exposure among healthcare workers in the South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: A cross-sectional study
                    
                
                
                    
                        BMJ Open,
                        14
                        (1)
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 23
Friederici A.D., Wittig R.M., Anwander A., Eichner C., Gräßle T., Jäger C., Kirilina E., Lipp I., Düx A., Edwards L.J., Girard-Buttoz C., Jauch A., Kopp K.S., Paquette M., Pine K.J., Unwin S., Haun D.B.M., Leendertz F.H., McElreath R., Morawski M., Gunz P., ... , Weiskopf N., Crockford C.
                         (2023)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        Brain structure and function: a multidisciplinary pipeline to study hominoid brain evolution
                    
                
                
                    
                        Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience,
                        17
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 18
Rühlemann M.C., Bang C., Gogarten J.F., Hermes B.M., Groussin M., Waschina S., Poyet M., Ulrich M., Akoua-Koffi C., Deschner T., Muyembe-Tamfum J.J., Robbins M.M., Surbeck M., Wittig R.M., Zuberbühler K., Baines J.F., ... , Leendertz F.H., Franke A.
                         (2024)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        Functional host-specific adaptation of the intestinal microbiome in hominids
                    
                
                
                    
                        Nature Communications,
                        15
                        (1)
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 21
Wieters I., Johnstone S., Makiala-Mandanda S., Poda A., Akoua-Koffi C., Abu Sin M., Eckmanns T., Galeone V., Kabore F.N., Kahwata F., Leendertz F.H., Mputu B., Ouedraogo A.S., Page N., Schink S.B., Toure F.S., Traore A., Venter M., Vietor A.C., ... , Schubert G., Tomczyk S.
                         (2024)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        Reported antibiotic use among patients in the multicenter ANDEMIA infectious diseases surveillance study in sub-saharan Africa
                    
                
                
                    
                        Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control,
                        13
                        (1)
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 18
Wood R., Tembele W., Hema A., Some A., Kinganda-Lusamaki E., Basilubo C., Lumembe R., Alama N., Mbunsu G., Zongo A., Ahuka S., Muyembe J.J., Leendertz F., Eckmanns T., Schubert G., Kagone T., ... , Makiala S., Tomczyk S.
                         (2024)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        Implementation of the WHO core components of an infection prevention and control programme in two sub-saharan African acute health-care facilities: a mixed methods study
                    
                
                
                    
                        Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control,
                        13
                        (1)
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 9
Aghebatrafat A.A., Lauber C., Merkel K., Fruth B., Langergraber K., Robbins M.M., Wittig R.M., ... , Leendertz F.H., Calvignac-Spencer S.
                         (2023)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        Evolutionary Insight into the Association between New Jersey Polyomavirus and Humans
                    
                
                
                    
                        Viruses,
                        15
                        (11)
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 8
MacIntyre C., Lourens C., Mendes A., de Villiers M., Avenant T., Plessis N.M.D., ... , Leendertz F.H., Venter M.
                         (2023)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        West Nile Virus, an Underdiagnosed Cause of Acute Fever of Unknown Origin and Neurological Disease among Hospitalized Patients in South Africa
                    
                
                
                    
                        Viruses,
                        15
                        (11)
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 20
Danabalan R., Merkel K., Baerholm Schnell I., Arandjelovic M., Boesch C., Brazzola G., Dieguez P., Dupain J., Kambale-Vyalengerera M., Kühl H.S., Hoffmann C., Lapuente J., Ngoc Thinh V., Zimmermann F., Leendertz F.H., Gilbert M.T.P., Roos C., Mazzoni C., ... , Gogarten J.F., Calvignac-Spencer S.
                         (2023)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        Mammal mitogenomics from invertebrate-derived DNA
                    
                
                
                    
                        Environ.DNA.
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 10
Lynggaard C., Calvignac-Spencer S., Chapman C.A., Kalbitzer U., Leendertz F.H., Omeja P.A., Opito E.A., Sarkar D., ... , Bohmann K., Gogarten J.F.
                         (2023)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        Vertebrate environmental DNA from leaf swabs
                    
                
                
                    
                        Curr.Biol.,
                        33
                        (16)
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 15
Jahan M., Lagostina L., Gräßle T., Couacy-Hymann E., Kouadio L., Kouakou V.K., Krou H.A., Mossoun A.M., Patrono L.V., Pleh K., Steiner J.A., Yves N., Leendertz F.H., ... , Calvignac-Spencer S., Gogarten J.F.
                         (2023)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        Fly iDNA suggests strict reliance of the causative agent of sylvatic anthrax on rainforest ecosystems
                    
                
                
                    
                        Environmental DNA
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 12
Anoh E.A., Wayoro O., Monemo P., Belarbi E., Sachse A., Wilkinson E., San J.E., Leendertz F.H., Diané B., Calvignac-Spencer S., ... , Akoua-Koffi C., Schubert G.
                         (2023)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        Subregional origins of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants during the second pandemic wave in Côte d'Ivoire
                    
                
                
                    
                        Virus Genes
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 124
Gräßle T., Crockford C., Eichner C., Girard-Buttoz C., Jäger C., Kirilina E., Lipp I., Düx A., Edwards L., Jauch A., Kopp K.S., Paquette M., Pine K., Haun D.B.M., McElreath R., Anwander A., Gunz P., Morawski M., Friederici A.D., Weiskopf N., Leendertz F.H., Wittig R.M., Albig K., Amarasekaran B., Angedakin S., Anwander A., Aschoff D., Asiimwe C., Bailanda L., Beehner J.C., Belais R., Bergman T.J., Blazey B., Bernhard A., Bock C., Carlier P., Chantrey J., Crockford C., Deschner T., Düx A., Edwards L., Eichner C., Escoubas G., Ettaj M., Fedurek P., Flores K., Francke R., Friederici A.D., Girard-Buttoz C., Fortun J.G., GoneBi Z.B., Gräßle T., Gruber-Dujardin E., Gunz P., Hartel J., Haun D.B.M., Henshall M., Hobaiter C., Hofman N., Jaffe J.E., Jäger C., Jauch A., Kahemere S., Kirilina E., Klopfleisch R., Knauf-Witzens T., Kopp K.S., Kouima G.L.M., Lange B., Langergraber K., Lawrenz A., Leendertz F.H., Lipp I., Liptovszky M., Theron T.L., Lumbu C.P., Nzassi P.M., Mätz-Rensing K., McElreath R., McLennan M., Mezö Z., Moittie S., Moler T., Morawski M., Morgan D., Mugabe T., Muller M., Müller M., Njumboket I., Olofsson-Sannö K., Ondzie A., Otali E., Paquette M., Pika S., Pine K., Pizarro A., Pléh K., Rendel J., Reichler-Danielowski S., Robbins M.M., Forero A.R., Ruske K., Samuni L., Sanz C., Schüle A., Schwabe I., Schwalm K., Speede S., Southern L., Steiner J., Stidworthy M., Surbeck M., Szentiks C., Tanga T., Ulrich R., Unwin S., van de Waal E., Walker S., Weiskopf N., Wibbelt G., Wittig R.M., Wood K., ... , Zuberbühler K., EBC Consortium
                         (2023)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        Sourcing high tissue quality brains from deceased wild primates with known socio-ecology
                    
                
                
                    
                        Methods Ecol.Evol.
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 9
Jahan M., Calvignac-Spencer S., Chapman C.A., Kalbitzer U., Leendertz F.H., Omeja P.A., Sarkar D., ... , Ulrich M., Gogarten J.F.
                         (2023)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        The Movement of Pathogen Carrying Flies at the Human-Wildlife Interface
                    
                
                
                    
                        EcoHealth
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 14
Sawadogo Y., Galal L., Belarbi E., Zongo A., Schubert G., Leendertz F., Kanteh A., Sesay A.K., Erhart A., Banuls A.L., Tarnagda Z., Godreuil S., ... , Tinto H., Ouedraogo A.S.
                         (2022)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        Genomic Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Western Burkina Faso, West Africa
                    
                
                
                    
                        Viruses,
                        14
                        (12)
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 13
Minhos T., Borges F., Parreira B., Oliveira R., eixo-Pais I., Leendertz F.H., Wittig R., Fernandes C.R., Marques Silva G.H.L., Duarte M., Bruford M.W., ... , Ferreira da Silva M.J., Chikhi L.
                         (2023)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        The importance of well protected forests for the conservation genetics of West African colobine monkeys
                    
                
                
                    
                        Am.J.Primatol.,
                        85
                        (1)
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 14
Weiss S., Sudi L.E., Düx A., Mangu C.D., Ntinginya N.E., Shirima G.M., Köndgen S., Schubert G., Witkowski P.T., Muyembe J.J., Ahuka S., Klempa B., ... , Leendertz F.H., Krüger D.H.
                         (2022)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        Kiwira Virus, a Newfound Hantavirus Discovered in Free-tailed Bats (Molossidae) in East and Central Africa
                    
                
                
                    
                        Viruses,
                        14
                        (11)
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 16
De Oliveira-Filho E.F., Carneiro I.O., Fischer C., Kuhne A., Postigo-Hidalgo I., Ribas J.R.L., Schumann P., Nowak K., Gogarten J.F., de Lamballerie X., Dantas-Torres F., Netto E.M., Franke C.R., Couacy-Hymann E., ... , Leendertz F.H., Drexler J.F.
                         (2022)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        Evidence against Zika virus infection of pets and peri-domestic animals in Latin America and Africa
                    
                
                
                    
                        J.Gen.Virol.,
                        103
                        (1)
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 8
Nuno A., Chesney C., Wellbelove M., Bersacola E., Kalema-Zikusoka G., Leendertz F., ... , Webber A.D., Hockings K.J.
                         (2022)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        Protecting great apes from disease: Compliance with measures to reduce anthroponotic disease transmission
                    
                
                
                    
                        People.Nat.
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 7
Gogarten J.F., Jahan M., Calvignac-Spencer S., Chapman C.A., Goldberg T.L., ... , Leendertz F.H., Rothman J.M.
                         (2022)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        The cost of living in larger primate groups includes higher fly densities
                    
                
                
                    
                        EcoHealth,
                        19
                        (2)
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 7
Patrono L.V., Röthemeier C., Kouadio L., Couacy-Hymann E., Wittig R.M., ... , Calvignac-Spencer S., Leendertz F.H.
                         (2022)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        Non-invasive genomics of respiratory pathogens infecting wild great apes using hybridisation capture
                    
                
                
                    
                        Influ.Other Respir.Viruses,
                        16
                        (5)
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 19
Plenderleith L.J., Liu W., Li Y., Loy D.E., Mollison E., Connell J., Ayouba A., Esteban A., Peeters M., Sanz C.M., Morgan D.B., Wolfe N.D., Ulrich M., Sachse A., Calvignac-Spencer S., Leendertz F.H., Shaw G.M., ... , Hahn B.H., Sharp P.M.
                         (2022)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        Zoonotic origin of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium malariae from African apes
                    
                
                
                    
                        Nat.Commun.,
                        13
                        (1)
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 33
Hockings K.J., Mubemba B., Avanzi C., Pleh K., Düx A., Bersacola E., Bessa J., Ramon M., Metzger S., Patrono L.V., Jaffe J.E., Benjak A., Bonneaud C., Busso P., Couacy-Hymann E., Gado M., Gagneux S., Johnson R.C., Kodio M., Lynton-Jenkins J., Morozova I., Mätz-Rensing K., Regalla A., Said A.R., Schuenemann V.J., Sow S.O., Spencer J.S., Ulrich M., Zoubi H., Cole S.T., Wittig R.M., ... , Calvignac-Spencer S., Leendertz F.H.
                         (2021)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        Leprosy in wild chimpanzees
                    
                
                
                    
                        Nature,
                        598
                        (7882)
                    
                
                
                    
                
             
            
        
            
                
                    
                        
Author count: 10
Murthy Sripriya, Couacy-Hymann E., Metzger S., Nowak K., Nys H.D., Boesch C., Wittig R., Jarvis M.A., ... , Leendertz F.H., Ehlers B.
                         (2013)
                    
 
                
                
                    
                        Absence of frequent herpesvirus transmission in a nonhuman primate predator-prey system in the wild
                    
                
                
                    
                        Journal of Virology,
                        87
                        (19)