Member of the RTG 2046 Steering Group

Research interest:

• Epidemiology
• Diagnosis of Parasitic Nematodes

Yilmaz, E, Wongkamchai, S, Ramünke, S, Koutsovoulos, Blaxter, M, Popper, S, Schaper, R, von Samson-Himmelstjerna G, Krücken,J. (2018):
High genetic diversity in the Dirofilaria repens species complex revealed by complete and partial mitochondrial genomes of canine and feline microfilaria samples from Thailand.
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
doi: 10.1111/tbed.13033

Bredtmann C, Krücken J, Murugaiyan J, Kuzmina T, von Samson-Himmelstjerna G (2017)
Nematode Species Identification—Current Status, Challenges and Future Perspectives for Cyathostomins, Front Cell Infect Microbiol.; 7: 283.
doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00283, PMCID: PMC5487379

Yilmaz E, Fritzenwanker M, Pantchev N, Lendner M, Wongkamchai S, Otranto D, Kroidl I, Dennebaum M, Thanh H, Tran A, Ramünke S, Schaper R, von Samson-Himmelstjerna G, Krücken, J (2016):
The mitochondrial genomes of the zoonotic canine filarial parasites Dirofilaria (Nochtiella) repens and Candidatus Dirofilaria (Nochtiella) hongkongensis provide evidence for presence of cryptic species. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 10:e0005028.
doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005028. (GRK not acknowledged).

Maaz, D.; Rausch, S; Richter, D; Krücken, J; Kühl, AA; Demeler, J; Blümke, J; Matuschka, F.-R.; Samson-Himmelstjerna, G. v.; Hartmann, S (2016):
Susceptibility to ticks and Lyme disease spirochetes is not affected in mice co-infected with nematodes.; Infection and immunity; 84(5), S. 1274–1286
doi: 10.1128/IAI.01309-15, Pubmed: 26883594