Africa Initiative of the DFG
Partners and Projects
This document lists the scientists involved in the first two rounds of DFG’s Africa Initiative supporting German-African projects in infectiology.
Molecular epidemiology network for promotion and support of delivery of live vaccines against Theileria parva and Theileria annulata infection in Eastern and Northern Africa
Professor Dr. Jabbar S. Ahmed Prof Mohamed Aziz Darghouth
Forschungszentrum Borstel Laboratory of Parasitology, Ecole Nationale [email protected] de Médecine Vétérinaire, Sidi Thabet, Tunisia
Professor Dr. Ulrike Seitzer [email protected]
Forschungszentrum Borstel [email protected] Professor Paul Gwakisa
Genome Science Centre, Dept. Microbiology and Parasitology, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania [email protected]
Immunoprophylaxis and molecular epidemiology of anthrax and the fate of Bacillus anthracis in living vectors and the environment of Namibia, South Africa, Kenya, and Uganda
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Privatdozent Dr. Wolfgang Beyer Lorrain Arntzen
Universität Hohenheim National Health Laboratory Service, National
Institut für Umwelt- und Tierhygiene sowie Institute for Communicable Diseases,
Tiermedizin mit Tierklinik Johannisburg, South Africa [email protected] [email protected]
Dr. Jenny Rossouw
National Health Laboratory Service, Zambia [email protected]
Dr. Henriette van Heerden University of Pretoria, South Africa [email protected]
Jan Werner Kilian
Etosha Ecological Institute, Okaukuejo, Namibia [email protected]
Dr. Gisela Eberle
Central Veterinary Laboratory, Windhoek, Namibia [email protected]
Analysis of Host-Parasite Cross-Talk based on the Bovine Model for Human
Onchocerciasis, Onchocerca ochengi
Professor Dr. Christian Betzel Professor Dan Achukwi,
Universität Hamburg Institute for Agricultural Research for [email protected] Development (IRAD) Wakwa Regional Centre, Veterinary Research Laboratory,
Dr. Markus Perbandt Cameroon Universität Hamburg [email protected] [email protected]
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Privatdozent Dr. Norbert W. Brattig Dr. Dieudonne Ndjonka,
Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin University of Ngaoundere, Faculty of [email protected] Science, Biological Science, Cameroon [email protected]
Professor Dr. Eva Liebau Universität Münster [email protected]
Professor Dr. Kai Lüersen Universität Münster [email protected]
Privatdozent Dr. Alfons Renz Universität Tübingen [email protected]
Neurocysticercosis in sub-Saharan Africa – A neglected infectious disease and an emerging public health problem
Privatdozent Dr. Gisela Bretzel Dr. Chummy Sikalizyo Sikasunge
Klinikum der Universität München Department of para-clinical studies, School [email protected] of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
Dr. Andrea Sylvia Winkler [email protected]
Klinikum der Universität München [email protected] Prof. Emilio Ovuga
Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty of Gulu University, North Uganda [email protected]
Dr. Helena Ngowi
Department of Veterinary Medicine, Sokoine University, Morogoro, Tanzania [email protected]
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Prof. William Matuja
Department of Neurology, Muhimbili Medical Centre, University of Dar es Salaam; Tanzania [email protected]
Infection Biology and Epidemiology of Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Diseases in
South and Central Africa
Privatdozent Dr. Hagen von Briesen Prof. Martin Grobusch
Fraunhofer-Institut für Biomedizinische formerly University of the Witwatersrand, Technik South Africa; now: University of Amsterdam; [email protected] Netherlands [email protected]
Privatdozent Dr. Alexander W. Friedrich
Universitätsklinikum Münster Dr. Saadou Issifou [email protected] Albert-Schweitzer-Hospital, Libreville, Gabun [email protected]
Professor Dr. Georg Peters
Universitätsklinikum Münster Dr. Inacio Mandomando [email protected] Manhiça Health Research Centre, Mozambique
Professor Dr. Mathias Herrmann [email protected] Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes [email protected] Dr. Salim Abdulla
Ifakara Health Research & Development
Professor Dr. Winfried V. Kern Centre, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Universitätsklinikum Freiburg [email protected] [email protected]
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The transcriptome of human sleeping sickness
Professor Christine Elizabeth Clayton Professor Dr. John Charles Kiboko Enyaru Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie Heidelberg Makerere University, Uganda [email protected] [email protected]
Dr. Enock Matovu Makerere University, Uganda [email protected]
Virus biology, host ecology, and human behaviour as determinants for coronaviral zoonoses
Professor Dr. Christian Drosten Professor Dr. Yaw Adu-Sarkodie
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and
Bonn Technology, Ghana [email protected] [email protected]
Professor Dr. Elisabeth Kalko Dr. Olivia Agbenyega
Universität Ulm Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and [email protected] Technology, Ghana [email protected]
Dr. Stefan Klose
Universität Ulm Professor Dr. Samuel Kinsley Oppong [email protected] Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana [email protected]
Dr. Ellis Owusu-Dabo
Deputy Director Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR), Ghana [email protected]
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Late stage African Sleeping Sickness: Elucidation of Brain Infection by African
Trypanosomes
Professor Dr. Michael Duszenko Prof. Dr. Bruno K. Kubata
Universität Tübingen NEPAD OST/African Research for Health [email protected] Initiative, Nairobi, Kenya [email protected]
Prof. Hippolyte Situakibanza Nani-Tuma Dept. of Internal Medicine & Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Kongo [email protected]
Impact of infectious diseases on physical and mental development in African children
Dr. Stephan Ehrhardt Dr. Harry Tagbor
Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Hamburg Technology, Ghana [email protected] [email protected]
Dr. Stefanie Schoppen Professor Eliezer N'Goran
Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin, Université de Cocody, Cote d’Ivoire Hamburg [email protected] [email protected]
Dr. Mathurin Koffi
Université de Cocody, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire [email protected]
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Antibody clearance as virulance factor in African sleeping sickness
Professor Dr. Markus Engstler Dr. Francis A. McOdimba
Universität Würzburg Department of Pathology, Aga [email protected] Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya wuerzburg.de [email protected]
Dr. Daniel Masiga
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya [email protected]
Occult hepatitis B virus infection and reactivation in Africans in the context of the human immunodeficiency virus pandemic
Privatdozent Dr. Dieter Glebe Prof. Dr. Anna Kramvis,
Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg Hepatitis Virus Diversity Research [email protected] Programme, Department of Internal Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand,
Prof. Dr. Gerlich South Africa
Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg [email protected] [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Hatim M.Y. Mudawi
Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan [email protected]
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Development of recombinant ELISA for diagnosis of Lassa fever in Africa and structural and biochemical characterisation of the replication complex of Lassa virus
Professor Dr. Stephan Günther Prof. Dr. Sunday Aremu Omilabu Head, Universität Hamburg Virology Research Unit Department of [email protected] Medical Microbiology and Parasitology College of Medicine, University
Meike Haß of Lagos Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria
Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin, [email protected] Hamburg [email protected] Prof. George Akpede
Chief Medical Director, Irrua Specialist
Professor Dr. Rolf Hilgenfeld Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, Nigeria Universität Lübeck [email protected] [email protected]
Dr. Akhere Danny Asogun
Director, Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital Irrua, Edo State, Nigeria [email protected]
Correlation of Helicobacter pylori infection with gastroduodenal diseases in Nigeria – improvement of diagnosis and treatment
Professor Dr. Rainer Haas Dr. Stella Smith
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Nigerian Institute for Medical Research, [email protected] Lagos, Nigeria [email protected]
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Immune polarization in childhood tuberculosis: the role of helminthic co-infection
Dr. Marc Jacobsen Prof. Anneke Hesseling
Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin Stellenbosch University, South Africa [email protected] [email protected]
Dr. Klaus Magdorf Charité Dr. Anne K. Detjen Berlin Stellenbosch University, South Africa [email protected] [email protected]
The role of African trypanosomal trans-sialidases in the transmission of Trypanosoma congolense between the fly vector and life stock host suffering Nagana disease
Professor Dr. Sørge Kelm Prof. Jonathan Nok
Universität Bremen Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria [email protected] [email protected]
Dr Appolos Ponchang Wuyep
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria [email protected]
Prof. Mohammed Mamman, Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis and Onchocerciasis Research, Nigeria [email protected]
Host and parasite factors influencing the pharmacokinetics of artesunate
Dr. Reinhold Kerb Saadou Issifou
Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH Albert-Schweitzer-Hospital, Lambarene, [email protected] Gabun [email protected]
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Dr. Matthias Schwab
Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH [email protected]
Professor Dr. Jürgen Kun
Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen [email protected]
Epidemiology and clinical implications of the genetic diversity of Echinococcus spp in Sudan, Kenya, Uganda and South Africa
Professor Dr. Peter Kern Professor Dr. Japheth K. Magambo
Universitätsklinikum Ulm Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and [email protected] Technology (Institute of Tropical Medicine), Nairobi, Kenya
Dr. Thomas Romig [email protected]
Universität Hohenheim [email protected] Prof. Michael Ocaido
Makerere University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kampala, Uganda [email protected]
Prof. Mohamed E. Ahmed
Elshaab Medical Teaching Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan [email protected]
Dr. Ibtisam Ahmed Ali
Ifakara Health Research & Development Centre, Tanzania [email protected]
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Prof. Martin Grobusch
formerly University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; now: University of Amsterdam; Netherlands [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Kerstin Klippstein-Grobusch, Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Regulatory T cell responses in areas where Plasmodium falciparum and Schistosoma haematobium infections coexist: disentangling co-infection
Professor Dr. Peter Gottfried Kremsner Dr. Dr. Ayola Akim Adegnika
Universität Tübingen Albert-Schweitzer-Hospital, Lambarene, [email protected] Gabun [email protected]
Dr. Bertrand Lell Universität Tübingen bertrand.lell@uni- tuebingen.de
Dr. Benjamin G. Mordmüller Universität Tübingen [email protected]
Emerging viruses in West and South Africa: Molecular identification and characterization of rodent- and shrew-borne hantaviruses and assessment of their public health potential
Professor Dr. Detlev H. Krüger Dr. Sonja Matthee
Charité Berlin Stellenbosch University, South Africa [email protected] [email protected]
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Dr. John Mfune,
University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia [email protected]
Prof. Wolfgang Preiser Stellenbosch University, South Africa [email protected]
Innate immunity in leishmaniasis
Professor Dr. Tamás Laskay Abraham Aseffa, MD/PhD
Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), [email protected] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [email protected]
Privatdozent Dr Uwe Ritter
Universität Regensburg Dr. Markos Abebe [email protected] Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Dr. Ger van Zandbergen [email protected] Universität Ulm [email protected] Dr. Endalamaw Gadisa
Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [email protected]
Capacity building for the Detection and Prevention of Neglected Zoonotic Diseases in
Tropical Africa
Dr. Fabian Leendertz Prof. Chantal Akoua-Koffi
Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin Institute Pasteur; Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire [email protected] [email protected]
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Dr. Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann
Institute de Pathologie Animale, Bingerville, Côte d'Ivoire [email protected]
Prof. Jean Jaques Muyembe Tamfum, MD PhD Director of Institut National de Recherché Biomédicale (INRB), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Kongo [email protected]
Characterization of the protein interactors of Plasmodium falciparum Hsp70 (PfHsp70-1): towards the development of small-molecule inhibitors of PfHsp70-1 chaperone function
Professor Dr. Klaus Lingelbach Addmore Shonhai PhD
Universität Marburg Departement of Biochemistry & Microbiology [email protected] Zululand University, KwaDlangezwa, South Africa [email protected]
Professor Gregory L. Blatch Director: Biomedical Biotechnology Research Unit Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology & Biotechnology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa [email protected]
Genetics of Lymphedema and Hydrocele in Filariasis
Dr. Kenneth Pfarr Universität Prof. Dr. Ohene Adjei
Bonn [email protected] Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in bonn.de Tropical Medicine, Ghana [email protected] DFG Seite 14 von 15
Professor Dr. Achim Hörauf Dr. Alex Debrah
Universität Bonn Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in [email protected] Tropical Medicine, Ghana [email protected]
Intestinal helminth infections and schistosomiasis and their relation to HIV-1 incidence, disease progression and immunology in Mbeya Region, Tanzania
Dr. Elmar Saathoff Dr. Leonard L. Maboko, MD, MSc
Klinikum der Universität München Managing Director [email protected] Mbeya Medical Research Programme, Tanzania [email protected]
Dr Anthony Nsojo
Mbeya Medical Research Programme, Tanzania [email protected]
Mr Dickens Omondi Kowuor
Mbeya Medical Research Programme, Tanzania [email protected]
Professor Dr. Zulfiqarali Gulamhussien
Premji
MD, PhD, MSc, Department of Parasitology/ Medical Entomology, School of Public Health and Social Sciences, Muhimbili University of Health Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania [email protected]
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Mycobacterium bovis in the Wildlife-Livestock-Human Interface of East and Southern
Africa
Dr. Manfred Tanner Prof. Rudovick Kazwala
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut Greifswald Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, [email protected] Tanzania [email protected]
Privatdozent Dr. Irmgard Moser
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut Jena Dr. Adelina da Conceicao Machado [email protected] Universidad Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique [email protected]
Dr. Francis Gakuya
Kenya Wildlife Service, Nairobi, Kenya [email protected]
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