HC Maltezou, M Borg, E Botelho-Nevers, AB Brantsæter, S Caplinskas, L Chernyshova, O Cirstea, R Civljak, K Dokova, O Falup-Pecurariu, I Filippova, F Froes, M Grgič Vitek, U Heininger, JM Hübschen, KS Josefsdottir, G Kassianos, M Koliou, J Kyncl, F Lapiiv, P Ljungmanw, S Medi, Z Molnar, A Nitsch-Osuch, H Nohynek, R Ortiz de Lejarazuac, B Rath, S Tafuri, L Townsend, R Ulbrichtov, P Van Damme, GA van Essen, ML von Linstow, U Wiedermann, D Zavadska, GA Poland Vaccination policies for healthcare personnel in Europe, 2026

Vaccine2026, (88) 128839. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2026.128839. PMID: 42392011

PE Obermeier, M Alchikh, X Ma, J Reiche, B Schweiger, B Rath*

Digital severity scoring and viral metagenomics: A feasibility study on integrated diagnosis of pediatric influenza-like illness 

Infectious Diseases Now 2026; 56(1):105223. doi: 10.1016/j.idnow.2025.105223. PMID: 41360290

Obermeier PE*, Puzich U, Brinkmann A, Schrick L, Mühlendyck A

Dupilumab for the treatment of eczema molluscatum: A pediatric case report and systematic literature review.

J Dtsch Dermatol Ges.2026. doi: 10.1111/ddg.70176. PMID: 42101337

S Karakonstantis, T Lytras, S Keske, S Tsiodras, L Papst, P Ioannou, P Velikov, L Persson Berg, G De Angelis, V Prendki, C Adlhoch, P Penttinen, J Rello, G Gavazzi, S Malhotra-Kumar, C Skevaki, M Slafkosky, B Rath*- on behalf of the ESGREV and ESGIE Working Groups of ESCMID

The Care Continuum of Patients with Influenza in the Post-COVID-19 Era: A Position Paper

Journal of Infectious Diseases2025; 232, S333–S346, 15 October 2025. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaf333. PMID: 41102611

L Guo, S Kenmoe, F Miyake, A Chung, H Zhang, T Bandeira, MT Caballero, J-S Casalegno, R Fasce, G Chakhunashvili, T Heikkinen, QS Huang, E Nyadzua Katama, J Keck, L Enmei, J Markic, HC Moore, J Moyes, B Rath,C Romero, Q Wang, M Werner, C Fu Yung, and H Nair, Y Li* & PROMISE investigators

Respiratory syncytial virus hospitalisation by chronological month of age and by birth month in infants 

Nature Communications2025, 16 (1), 6109; doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-61400-1; PMID: 40610449

A Abbara, M González-Sanz, A AlKharrat, M Khalife, Y Elferruh, N Almhawish, S Abbara, S Marroush, C Shortall, SH Ahmed, A Alhazmi, MJ Alvarez-Martinez, M Asaduzzaman, A Al Balushi, AP Barboza, H Brekke, P Di Carlo, A Cascio, P Chiodini, A Colpani, M Díaz-Menéndez, N Elkheir, FB Farkas, P, Garg, B Grüner, AR Guimarães, V Holmberg, P Ioannou, P Jordão x, JA Kim, B Lakatos, H Leblebicioglu, J Llenas-García, I Losada-Galván, GE Martinez, EJM Monk, E Nedu, JO Nwofe, R O'Regan, R Paggi, JH Pinho, E Pontali, M Priyadarshi, B Rath, B Rathish, LF Rezzonico, N Rizk, C Ronnberg, M Morante-Ruiz, A Salvati, S Scarso, MA Sempere-Alcocer, C Sepulcri, DI Costescu Strachinaru, F Tamarozzi, R Tavares, T Ursini, JJ Verweij, C Morberg Wejse, AJ Rodriguez-Morales*

Leishmaniasis in Syria – A call for action of the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Study Groups for Infections in Travellers and Migrants (ESGITM) and for Clinical Parasitology (ESGCP) 

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease2025; 66:102849.: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2025.102849; PMID: 40185351

M Alchikh, TOF Conrad, PE Obermeier, X Ma, B Schweiger, O Opota, BA Rath* 

Disease Burden and Inpatient Management of Children with Acute Respiratory Viral Infections during the Pre-COVID Era in Germany: A Cost-of-Illness Study

Viruses2024; 16(4):507. doi: 10.3390/v16040507.  PMID: 38675850

PE Obermeier, X Ma, A Heim, BA Rath* 

Closing the diagnostic gap in encephalitis and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis through digital case classification and viral metagenomics

Microbiology Research2024; 15, 900–913. doi: 10.3390/microbiolres15020059

PE Obermeier, CF Plinke, A Brinkmann, R Lachmann, J Melchert, VM Corman, A Nitsche, U Marcus, AJ Schmidt, K Jansen, SC Buder. 

Reemergence of Clade IIb-Associated Mpox, Germany, July-December 2023. 

Emerg Infect Dis. 2024; 30(7):1416-1419. doi: 10.3201/eid3007.240092. PMID: 38916584

M Nigro, C Valenzuela, F Arancibia, M Cohen, DCL Lam, RC Maves, B Rath,SQ Simpson, Y Song, S Tsiodras, JD Chalmers, S Aliberti*

A worldwide look into long COVID-19 management: an END-COVID survey

ERJ Open Research2024; 10(6): 00096-2024. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00096-2024. PMID: 39534773

Accompanying editorial:

Choi H.

A worldwide perspective of long COVID management: how can we ENDCOVID?

ERJ Open Res 2024; 10: 00500-2024. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00500-2024. PMID: 39534771

PE Obermeier, SC Buder, U Hillen. 

Poxvirus infections in dermatology - the neglected, the notable, and the notorious. 

J Dtsch Dermatol Ges. 2024 Jan;22(1):56-93. doi: 10.1111/ddg.15257. PMID: 38085140.

M Vajdy*, BA Rath, KS Talaat

Immunological aspects of vaccine safety, with special focus on vaccines against COVID-19

Frontiers in Immunology2023 14:1212148. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1212148. PMID: 37662921

S Uttekar, N MacDonald, WA Orenstein, M Danchin, V Blaser, A Thomson, L Menning, L Shimp, B Rath, R Limaye, D Esangbedo, S Abeyesekera, S Malue Nielsen, S Mackay, T Purnat, K Duraisamy, V Karthickeyan, A Siddique, N Thacker* 

Empowering Health Workers to Build Public Trust in Vaccination: Experience from the International Pediatric Association's Online Vaccine Trust Course, 2020–2021 

Vaccine2023 41 (2): 435-443. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.11.061. PMID 36470688

M Alchikh, PE Obermeier, B Schweiger, BA Rath*

Successful Treatment of Complicated Influenza A(H3N2) Virus Infection and Rhabdomyolysis with Compassionate Use of IV Zanamivir.

Pharmaceuticals2023 Jan 7;16(1):85. doi: 10.3390/ph16010085. PMID: 36678583

DI Bernstein, A Mejias, B Rath, CW Woods, JP Deeter.

Summarizing Study Characteristics and Diagnostic Performance of Commercially Available Tests for Respiratory Syncytial Virus: A Scoping Literature Review in the COVID-19 Era. 

J Appl Lab Med 2023 8(2):353-371. doi: 10.1093/jalm/jfac058. PMID: 35854475

PE Obermeier, A Heim, B Biere, E Hage, M Alchikh, T Conrad, B Schweiger, BA Rath*

Linking digital surveillance and in-depth virology to study clinical patterns of viral respiratory infections in vulnerable patient populations 

iScience 2022 Apr 21;25(5):104276. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104276. PMID: 35573195

W Ekezie, S Awwad, A Krauchenberg, N Karara, L Dembiński, Z Grossman, S Del Torso, HJ Dornbusch, A Neves, S Copley, A Mazur, A Hadjipanayis, Y Grechukha, H Nohynek, K Damnjanović, M Lazić, V Papaevangelou, F Lapii, C Stein-Zamir, B Rath* (For the ImmuHubs Consortium) 

Access to Vaccination among Disadvantaged, Isolated and Difficult-to-Reach Communities in the WHO European Region: A Systematic Review. 

Vaccines2022 Jun 28;10(7):1038. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10071038. PMID:35891201

PE Obermeier, LD Seeber, M Alchikh, B Schweiger, BA Rath*

Incidence, Disease Severity, and Follow-Up of Influenza A/A, A/B, and B/B Virus Dual Infections in Children: A Hospital-Based Digital Surveillance Program

Viruses 2022 Mar 14;14(3):603. doi: 10.3390/v14030603. PMID: 35337010

X Wang; Y Li; M Deloria-Knoll; SA Madhi; C Cohen; VL Arguelles; S Basnet; Q Bassat; WA Brooks; M Echavarria; RA Fasce; A Gentile; D Goswami; N Homaira; SRC Howie; KL Kotloff; N Khuri-Bulos; A Krishnan; MG Lucero; S Lupisan; M Mathisen; KA McLean; A Mira-Iglesias; C Moraleda; Michiko Okamoto; H Oshitani; KL O'Brien; BE Owor; ZA Rasmussen; BA Rath; V Salimi; P Sawatwong; JAG Scott; EAF Simões; V Sotomayor; DM Thea; FK Treurnicht; LM Yoshida; HJ Zar; H Campbell; H Nair

Global burden of acute lower respiratory infection associated with human parainfluenza virus in children under five years for 2018: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Lancet Glob Health2021 Aug; 9(8):e1077-e1087. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00218-7. PMID: 34166626



G Ladbury, M Hamilton, C Harvey, H Mutch, J McMahon, D Mokogwu, F Sadiq, J Young, LWallace, J Murray, J Lopez-Bernal, N Andrews, J Castilla, I Casado, A Larrauri, C Mazagatos, X Duval, S Bino, T Demuyser, A Machado, A Mickiene, M Lazar, C Stavaru, B Rath, M Harrabi, C Rekacewicz, P Kapisyszi, L Seyler, V Gómez, L Jancoriene, A Rose*

Establishing a novel European hospital surveillance platform in response to a newly emerging infection lessons from the I-MOVE-COVID-19 hospital network European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology

ESCAIDE2021. i-Move COVID

D Mokogwu, M Hamilton, C Harvey, S Elgohari, C Burgui, C Mazagatos, F Galtier, L Seyler, A Machado, I Jonikaite, M Lazar, B Rath, H Mutch, J McMahon, G Ladbury, A Akinnawo, I Martínez-Baz, A Larrauri, F Laine, A Fico, T Demuyser, I Kislaya, G Gefenaite, C Cherciu, M Harrabi, A MC Rose (for the I-MOVE Study Group) 

Enhanced surveillance of COVID-19 in secondary care in Europe: a tale of two waves European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology.

ESCAIDE2021. i-Move COVID

X Wang, Y Li, M Deloria-Knoll, S A Madhi, C Cohen, A Ali, S Basnet, QBassat, WA Brooks, M Chittaganpitch, M Echavarria, R A Fasce, D Goswami, S Hirve, N Homaira, SRC Howie, KL Kotloff, N Khuri-Bulos, A Krishnan, M G Lucero, S Lupisan, A Mira-Iglesias, DP Moore, C Moraleda, M Nunes, H Oshitani, BE Owor, FP Polack, KL O’Brien, ZA Rasmussen, BA Rath, V Salimi, JAG Scott, EAF Simões, TA Strand, DM Thea, FK Treurnicht, LC Vaccari, L-M Yoshida, HJ Zar, H Campbell, H Nair* (for the Respiratory Virus Global Epidemiology Network)

Global burden of acute lower respiratory infection associated with human metapneumovirus in children under five years for 2018: a systematic review and modelling study

Lancet Glob Health2020, 9 (1), e33-e43doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30393-4; PMID: 34166626

I N Mammas, S B Drysdale, B Rath, M Theodoridou, G Papaioannou, A Papatheodoropoulou, E Koutsounaki, C Koutsaftiki, E Kozanidou, V Achtsidis, P Korovessi, G P Chrousos, D A Spandidos

Update on current views and advances on RSV infection.

International Journal of Molecular Medicine2020; 46 (2), 509-520; doi: 10.3892/ijmm.2020.4641. PMID: 32626981

B Rath

Using human-centered design to improve the quality of vaccine communication.

European Journal of Public Health2020; 30 (Supplement_5), ckaa165. 616; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.616

BA Rath, S Seng

Partnering for Enhanced Digital Surveillance of Influenza-like Disease and the Effect of Antivirals and Vaccines (PEDSIDEA)-First Results in the United States

Pediatrics2020; 146 (1_MeetingAbstract), 29-29. doi: 10.1542/peds.146.1MA1.29R

Kutalek, K Paul, B Rath

Impfskepsis, Impfpolitik und Öffentlichkeit: Sozialwissenschaftliche Perspektiven

Das Gesundheitswesen2020; 82 (05). doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1709062

PP Nelson, BA Rath, PC Fragkou, E Antalis, S Tsiodras, and C Skevaki on behalf of the ESCMID Study Group for Respiratory Viruses (ESGREV)

Current and Future Point-of-Care Tests for Emerging and New Respiratory Viruses and Future Perspectives Front Cell Infect

Microbiol2020. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.00181; PMID: 32411619X

X Wang, Y Li, K L O’Brien, SA Madhi, MA Widdowson, P Byass, SB Omer, Q Abbas, As Ali, A Amu, E Azziz-Baumgartner, Q Bassat, WA Brooks, SS Chaves, A Chung, C Cohen, M Echavarria, RA Fasce, A Gentile, A Gordon, M Groome, T Heikkinen, S Hirve, JH Jara, MA Katz, N Khuri-Bulos, A Krishnan, O de Leon, MG Lucero, JP McCracken, A Mira-Iglesias, JC Moïsi, PK Munywoki, M Ourohiré, FP Polack, M Rahi, ZA Rasmussen, BA Rath, SK Saha, EAF Simões, V Sotomayor, S Thamthitiwat, FK Treurnicht, M Wamukoya, LM Yoshida, HJ Zar, H Campbell, H Nair, for the Respiratory Virus Global Epidemiology Network 
Global burden of respiratory infections associated with seasonal influenza in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling study
Lancet Glob Health2020; 8: e497–510; doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30545-5; PMID: 32087815

S Venkatesan, PR Myles, KJ Bolton, SG Muthuri, TSA Al Khuwaitir, AP Anovadiya, E Azziz-Baumgartner, T Bajjou, M Bassetti, B Beovic, B Bertisch, I Bonmarin, R Booy, VH. Borja-Aburto, H Burgmann, B Cao, J Carratala, T Chinbayar, C Cilloniz, JT Denholm, SR Dominguez, PAD Duarte, G Dubnov-Raz, ST Fanella, Z Gao, P Gérardin, M Giannella, S Gubbels, J Herberg, A L Higuera Iglesias, PH Hoeger, X Yun Hu, QT Islam, MF Jiménez, G Keijzers, H Khalili, G Kusznierz, I Kuzman, E Langenegger, KB Lankarani, YS Leo, RP Libster, R Linko, F Madanat, E Maltezos, A Mamun, T Manabe, G Metan, A Mickiene, D Mikić, KGI Mohn, ME Oliva, M Ozkan, D Parekh, M Paul, BA Rath, S Reffaey, AH Rodriguez, B Sertogullarindan, J Skręt-Magierło, A Somer, E Talarek, JW Tang, KKW To, D Tran, TM Uyeki, W Vaudry, T Vidmar, P Zarogoulidis, PRIDE Consortium Investigators, Jonathan S. Nguyen-Van-Tam*
Neuraminidase inhibitors and hospital length of stay: an individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis of treatment effectiveness in patients hospitalised with non-fatal A(H1N1)pdm09 virus infection
J Infect Dis2020 Jan 14, 221(3):356-366. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiz152. PMID: 31314899

S Zhang, LZ Akmar, F Bailey, BA Rath, M Alchikh, B Schweiger, MG Lucero, LT. Nillos, MH Kyaw, A Kieffer, S Tong, H Campbell, P Beutels, H Nair*, for the RESCEU Investigators
Cost of RSV-associated ALRI management in young children at the regional and global level - A systematic review and meta-analysis
J Infect Dis2020 Mar 30. [ Online ahead of print] pii: jiz683. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiz683. PMID: 32227101

B Rath, HC Maltezou, V Papaevangelou, MA Papagrigoriou-Theodoridou, M Alchikh,
P Myles, B Schweiger for the PEDSIDEA Network
Partnering for Enhanced Digital Surveillance of Influenza-like Disease and the Effect of Antivirals and Vaccines (PEDSIDEA)
Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses2019 Jun 6. [Epub ahead of print] doi: 10.1111/irv.12645; PMID:31169347

M Alchikh, T Conrad, C Hoppe, X Ma, E Broberg, P Penttinen, J Reiche, B Biere, B Schweiger, B Rath
Are we missing respiratory viral infections in infants and children? Comparison of a hospital-based quality management system with standard of care
Clinical Microbiology and Infection,2019 March;25(3):380.e9-380.e16; doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2018.05.023; PMID:29906596

B Rath, P Pentinnen
Incidence, Severity and Impact of Influenza: a joint meeting organised by the ISIRV Epidemiology Group and ECDC, Stockholm, 2019
Eurosurveillance2019 Jun 6; doi:https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.23.1900348. PMID:31186076

Y Li, RM Reeves, X Wang, Q Bassat, WA Brooks, C Cohen, DP Moore, M Nunes, B Rath, H Campbell, H Nair; RSV Global Epidemiology Network
Global patterns in monthly activity of influenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza virus, and metapneumovirus: a systematic analysis
The Lancet Global Health2019, 7(8) e1031-e1045. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30264-5. PMID:31303294

A Dhingra, E Hage, T Ganzenmueller, S Boettcher, J Hofmann, K Hamprecht, P Obermeier, B Rath, F Hausmann, T Dobner, A Heim
Molecular Evolution of Human Adenovirus (HAdV) Species C
Scientific Reports2019 Jan 31;9(1):1039. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-37249-4. PMID:30705303

B Rath
Vienna Vaccine Safety Initiative
Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics2018; 14(5): 1038–1041. doi:10.1080/21645515.2017.1412666. PMID:29206079

P Myles, S Swenshon, K Haase, T Szeles, C Jung, F Jacobi, B Rath
A comparative analysis of psychological trauma experienced by children and young adults in two scenarios: evacua-tion following a natural disaster versus forced migration to escape armed conflict
Public Health2018 May;158:163-175. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2018.03.012. Epub 2018 Apr 5. PMID:29628203

X Ma, T Conrad, M Alchikh, J Reiche, B Schweiger, B Rath
Can we distinguish respiratory viral infections based on clinical features? A prospective pediatric cohort compared to systematic literature review
Reviews in Medical Virology2018 Sep; 28(5):e1997. doi: 10.1002/rmv.1997. Epub 2018 Jul 24 PMID:30043515

B Rath, S Swenshon, K Haase, T Szeles, C Jung, F Jacobi, P Myles
Using a mobile application to detect health needs among children and adolescents who are newly arrived migrants in Europe
Journal of Public Health (Oxf.)2018 Nov 13. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdy191. PMID:30423143

B Rath, T Conrad, P Myles, M Alchikh, X Ma, C Hoppe, F Tief, X Chen, P Obermeier, B Kisler, B Schweiger
Influenza and other respiratory viruses: standardizing disease severity for surveillance and clinical trials
Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy2017, 15(6):545-568 [Epub Feb 13].
doi: 10.1080/14787210.2017.1295847. PMID:28277820

K Karsch and X Chen, O Miera, B Peters, P Obermeier, RC Francis, V Amann, S Duwe, P Fraaij, A Heider, M de Zwart, F Berger, A Osterhaus, B Schweiger, B Rath
Pharmacokinetics of PO and IV oseltamivir treatment of severe influenza B infection requiring organ replacement therapy
European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics2017 Feb;42(1):155-164 [Epub Mar 19]; doi: 10.1007/s13318-016-0330-9. PMID:26994602

L Seeber, T Conrad, C Hoppe, P Obermeier, X Chen, K Karsch, S Mühlhans, F Tief, S Diedrich, B Schweiger, B Rath
Educating Parents about the Vaccination Status of their Children: a User-centered Mobile Application
Preventive Medicine Reports2017, 5(3):241–250; Epub Jan 14. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2017.01.002. PMID:28127527

B Rath, X Chen, V Spies, S Muehlhans, P Obermeier, F Tief, L Seeber, K Karsch, J Milde, H Skopnik, B Schweiger, S Duwe
Prospective surveillance of antiviral resistance in hospitalized infants less than 12 months of age with A(H3N2) influ-enza infection and treated with oseltamivir
Antiviral Therapy2017, 22(6):515-522 [Epub Feb 16]. doi: 10.3851/IMP3141. PMID:28205506

N Scheltema, A Gentile, M Florencia Lucion, J Nokes, S Madhi, K Thorburn, S Thamthitiwat, H Oshitani, A Gordon, K O'Brien, on behalf ofthe PERCH Study Group, B Gessner, A Mejias, N Kuhri-Bulos, N Halasa, F de Paris, M Spaeder, B Paes, E Simoes, T Fan Leung, MT da Costa Oliveira, Q Bassat, W Butt, H Chi, U Aamir, A Ali, M Lucero, R Fasce, B Rath, F Polack, J Papenburg, S Roglic, H Ito, E Goka, R Grobbee, H Nair, L Bont.
Global respiratory syncytial virus-associated mortality in young children (RSV GOLD): a retrospective case series
Lancet Global Health2017, 5(10):e984-e991. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30344-3. PMID:28911764

T Shi, DA McAllister, KL O'Brien, EAF Simoes, SA Madhi, BD Gessner, FP Polack, E Balsells, SAcacio, C Aguayo, I Alassani, A Ali, M Antonio, S Awasthi, JO Awori, E Azziz-Baumgartner, HC Baggett, VL Baillie, A Balmaseda, A Barahona, S Basnet, Q Bassat, W Basualdo, G Bigogo, L Bont, WA Brooks, S Broor, N Bruce, D Bruden, P Buchy, S Campbell, P Carosone-Link, M Chadha, J Chipeta, M Chou, W Clara, C Cohen, E deCuellar, DA Dang, B Dash-Yandag, M Deloria-Knoll, T Eap, BE Ebruke, M Echavarria, C de Freitas Lázaro Emediato, RA Fasce, DR Feikin, L Feng, A Gentile, A Gordon, D Goswami, S Goyet, M Groome, N Halasa, S Hirve, N Homaira, S Howie, J Jara, I Jroundi, CB Kartasasmita, N Khuri, KL Kotloff, A Krishnan, R Libster, O Lopez, MG Lucero, F Lucion, SP Lupisan, DN Marcone, JP McCracken, M Mejia, JC Moisi, JM Montgomery, DP Moore, C Moraleda, J Moyes, P Munywoki, K Mutyara, MP Nicol, J Nokes, P Nymadawa, MT Oliveira, H Oshitani MD, N Pandey, G Paranhos-Baccalà, LN Phillips, V Sanchez Picot, M Rahman, M Rakoto-Andrianarivelo, ZA Rasmussen, BA Rath, A Robinson, G Russomando, V Salimi, P Sawatwong, N Scheltema, B Schweiger, JAG Scott, P Seidenberg, K Shen, R Singleton, V Sotomayor, T Strand, A Sutanto, M Sylla, MD Tapia, S Thamtithiwat, ED Thomas, R Tokarz, C Turner, M Venter, S Waicharoen, J Wang, W Watthanaworawit, LM Yoshida, H Yu, HJ Zar, H Campbell*, H Nair* for the RSV Global Epidemiology Network
Global, regional and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015: a systematic review and modelling study
The Lancet2017, 390(10098):946-958 [Epub July 6, 2017]. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30938-8. PMID:28689664

P Obermeier, S Mühlhans, C Hoppe, K Karsch, F Tief, L Seeber, X Chen, T Conrad, B Rath
Enabling precision medicine with digital case classification at the point-of-care
EBioMedicine2016, Jan 12;4:191-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.01.008. eCollection 2016; PMID:26981582;

Editorial:
M Twilt, Precision Medicine: The new era in medicine
EBioMedicine 2016, Feb 8;4:24-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.02.009. eCollection 2016 Feb.

F Tief, C Hoppe, L Seeber, P Obermeier, X Chen, K Karsch, S Mühlhans, E Adamou,
T Conrad, B Schweiger, T Adam, B Rath
An inception cohort study assessing the role of pneumococcal and other bacterial pathogens in children with influenza and ILI and a clinical decision model for stringent antibiotic use
Antiviral Therapy2016, 21(5):413-24. doi: 10.3851/IMP3034. Epub 2016 Feb 11. PMID:26867096

C Hoppe and P Obermeier, S Muehlhans, M Alchikh, L Seeber, F Tief, K Karsch, X Chen, S Boettcher, S Diedrich, T Conrad, B Kisler, B Rath
Developing Innovative Digital Tools and Surveillance Systems for the Timely Detection of Adverse Events at the Point-of-Care – A Proof of Concept Study
Drug Safety2016, Epub June 27; doi: 10.1007/s40264-016-0437-6. PMID:27350063

Editorial: P McWillimans, S McMillan
Mobile tools to detect AEs successfully used in Germany
Reactions Weekly, 2016, Volume 1609, Number 1, Page 9. doi: 10.1007/s40278-016-19305-5

D Holt, F Bouder, C Elemuwa, G Gaedicke, A Khamesipour, B Kisler, S Kochhar, R Kutalek, W Maurer, P Obermeier, L Seeber, B Trusko, B Rath
The Importance of the Patient Voice in Vaccination and Vaccine Safety– Are we Listening?
Clinical Microbiology and Infection2016, 22 Suppl 5:S146-S153. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2016.09.027. PMID:27939015

RC Tuttle, A Weick, WS Schwarz, X Chen, P Obermeier, L Seeber, F Tief, S Muehlhans, K Karsch, C Peiser, S Duwe, B Schweiger, B Rath
Evaluation of a Novel Second-Generation Rapid RSV Test at the Point-of-Care
Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease2015, 81(3):171-76; doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.11.013, Epub 2014 Dec 3. PMID:25583129

B Rath
Editorial: Communicating Vaccine Safety - Vienna Vaccine Safety Initiative
Current Drug Safety2015, 10(1):3-4; doi: 10.2174/157488631001150407103445. PMID:25859667

SM Helfert
Historical Aspects of Immunization and Vaccine Safety Communication
Current Drug Safety2015;10(1):5-8. doi: 10.2174/157488631001150407103723, PMID:25859668

F Bouder
Risk Communication of Vaccines: Challenges in the Post-Trust Environment
Current Drug Safety2015;10(1):9-15. doi: 10.2174/157488631001150407103916; PMID:25859669

M Kundi, P Obermeier, S Helfert, H Oubari, S Fitzinger, JA Yun, M Brix, B Rath
The Impact of the Parent-Physician Relationship on Parental Vaccine Safety Perceptions
Current Drug Safety2015, 10(1):16-22; doi: 10.2174/157488631001150407104320. PMID:25859670

B Rath, S Mühlhans, G Gaedicke
Teaching Vaccine Safety Communication to Medical Students and Health Professionals
Current Drug Safety2015, 10(1):23-26; doi: 10.2174/157488631001150407104537. PMID:25859671

W Maurer
The Importance of Precise Documentation of Vaccination by Physicians and Vaccine Providers
Current Drug Safety2015;10(1):27-30. doi: 10.2174/157488631001150407104805; PMID:25859672

LD Seeber, B Michl, G Rundblad, 6, B Trusko, M Schnjakin, C Meinel, U Weinberg, G Gaedicke, B Rath
A Design Thinking Approach to Effective Vaccine Safety Communication
Current Drug Safety 2015, 10(1):31-40; doi: 10.2174/157488631001150407105400. PMID:25859673

J Renahy, DA Vuitton, B Rath, I Thomas, V de Grivel, SI Cardey
Controlled language and information on vaccines: application to package inserts
Current Drug Safety2015, 10(1):41-48; doi: 10.2174/157488631001150407110052. PMID:25859674

TA Grechukha, MG Galitskaya, LS Namazova-Baranova
Importance of Vaccine Safety in Children with Chronic Conditions – Experience at the Scientific Centre for Children's Health in Moscow, Russia
Current Drug Safety2015; 10(1):49-54. doi: 10.2174/157488631001150407110306; PMID:25859675

S Kochhar
Communicating Vaccine Safety During the Development and Introduction of Vaccines
Current Drug Safety2015;10(1):55-9. doi: 10.2174/157488631001150407110435; PMID:25859676

M Ali, B Rath, VD Thiem
Vaccine safety monitoring systems in developing countries: an example of the Vietnam model
Current Drug Safety2015, 10(1):60-67; doi: 10.2174/157488631001150407110644. PMID:25859677

EA Mworozi, W Mbabazi, P Mugyenyi
Communicating Vaccine Safety in the Context of Immunization Programs in Low Resource Settings
Current Drug Safety,2015;10(1):68-75.doi: 10.2174/157488631001150407110907; PMID:25859678

A Khamesipour
The Need to Teach Vaccine Safety to Basic Scientists and Public Health Officials
Current Drug Safety2015;10(1):76-9. doi: 10.2174/157488631001150407111101; PMID:25859679

H Oubari, R Tuttle, B Rath, L Bravo
Communicating Vaccine Safety to the Media and General Public
Current Drug Safety2015, 10(1):80-86; doi: 10.2174/157488631001150407111312. PMID:25859680

G Rundblad
Why Some Messages Speak Better: Child Immunization in the News and on the Internet
Current Drug Safety2015;10(1):87-93. doi: 10.2174/157488631001150407111448; PMID:25859681

B Rath, J Brzostek, S Guillén, V Niranjan, C Chappey, C Rayner, B Clinch
Safety, Virology and Pharmacokinetics of Oseltamivir in Infants with Laboratory-confirmed Influenza Infection:
A Phase I/II, Prospective, Open-label, Multi-center Clinical Trial
Antiviral Therapy2015, Epub 2015 27 May; doi: 10.3851/IMP2967. PMID:26015411

K. Karsch, P Obermeier, L Seeber, X Chen, F Tief, S Mühlhans, C Hoppe, T Conrad, S Boettcher, S Diedrich, B Rath
Human Parechovirus Infections Associated with Seizures and Rash: A Syndromic Surveillance Study in Children.
Pediatr Infect Dis J2015, Oct; 34(10):1049-55. Epub 2015 15 July; doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000802; PMID:26181895

C Elemuwa, R Kutalek, M Ali, E Mworozi, B Rath; The Vienna Vaccine Safety Initiative
Global Lessons from Nigeria’s Ebolavirus Control Strategy
Expert Review of Vaccines2015, 14(11):1397-400; Epub 2015 18 July; doi: 10.1586/14760584.2015.1064313; PMID:26190046

P Obermeier, K Karsch, C Hoppe, L Seeber, J Schneider, S Mühlhans, X Chen, F Tief, A M Kaindl, B Weschke, S Böt-tcher, S Diedrich, B Rath*
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after parechovirus infection
Pediatr Infect Dis J2016, Jan;35(1):35-8; Epub 18 Sep 2015; doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000928; PMID:26741581

W Maurer, L Seeber, G Rundblad, S Kochhar, B Trusko, B Kisler, R Kush, B Rath; The Vienna Vaccine Safety Initiative
Standardization and Simplification of Vaccination Records
Expert Review of Vaccines2014, Apr;13(4):545-59. doi: 10.1586/14760584.2014.892833. PMID:24597495

X Chen, K Pouran-Yousef, S Duwe, K Karsch, S Grover, S Wählisch, P Obermeier, F Tief, S Mühlhanns, L Seeber, M von Kleist, B Schweiger, B Rath
Quantitative influenza diagnostic testing (QIDT) - a novel biomarker for the monitoring of disease activity at the point-of-care
PLoS One2014, Mar 21;9(3):e92500. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092500. eCollection 2014. PMID:24658130

S Muehlhans, M von Kleist, T Gretchukha, M Terhardt, U Fegeler, W Maurer, L Namazova-Baranova, G Gaedicke, A Baranov, B Rath
Awareness and Utilization of Reporting Pathways for Adverse Events Following Immunization: Online-Survey among Pediatricians in Russia and Germany
Paediatr Drugs2014, 16(4):321-30. doi: 10.1007/s40272-014-0075-3. Epub 2014 May 22. PMID:24849291

B Rath, F Tief, K Karsch, S Muehlhans, P Obermeier, E Adamou, X Chen, L Seeber, C Peiser, C Hoppe, M von Kleist, T Conrad, B Schweiger
Towards a personalized approach to managing of influenza infections in infants and children – food for thought and a note on oseltamivir
Infect Disord Drug Targets2013, 13(1):25-33. doi: 10.2174/18715265112129990005; PMID:23675924

S Kochhar, B Rath, L Seeber, G Rundblad, A Khamesipour, M Ali; The Vienna Vaccine Safety Initiative
Introducing New Vaccines in Developing Countries
Expert Review of Vaccines2013, Dec;12(12):1465-78. doi: 10.1586/14760584.2013.855612. PMID:24195483

S Muehlhans, G Richard, M Ali, G Codarini, C Elemuwa, A Khamesipour, W Maurer, E Mworozi, S Kochhar, G Rundblad, D Vuitton, B Rath
Safety reporting in developing country vaccine clinical trials-a systematic review
Vaccine2012, 30(22):3255-65. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.02.059. PMID:22406279

B Rath
Promoting Evidence-based Vaccine Safety Research and Communication--The Vienna Vaccine Safety Initiative
J Trop Pediatr2012, Jun;58(3):167-9. doi: 10.1093/tropej/fms022. PMID:22659838

B Rath, F Tief, P Obermeier, E Tuerk, K Karsch, S Muehlhans, E Adamou, S Duwe, B Schweiger
Early Detection of Influenza A & B Infection in Infants and Children using Conventional and Fluorescence-based Rapid Testing
J Clin Virol2012, 55(4):329-33. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2012.08.002. PMID:22921515

B Rath, M Ali, C Elemuwa, W Maurer, F Bouder, E Mworozi, S Diedrich, A Khamesipour, I Chitwood, S Kochhar
Prioritizing Polio
Expert Review of Vaccines2012, 11(12):1389-92. doi: 10.1586/erv.12.128. PMID:23252381