OUR PUBLICATIONS

Here you can find a list of our publications on the LöwenKIDS Study that have been released thus far. These publications have appeared in journals as well as been presented at conferences.

PUBLICATIONS IN JOURNALS

Moureau, A., Mikolajczyk, R., Gottschick, C., Klee, B., van Binnendijk, R., Schepp, R., Thwaites, R.S., Zhang, D., Jia, Y., Vernhes, C. (2025). Serum immunoglobulin A (IgA) as a biomarker for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in children aged below 2 years. ERJ Open Research, 01288-2024. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.01288-2024

Klee, B., Diexer, S., Langer, S., Gottschick, C., Hartmann, C., Glaser, N., Horn, J., Dorendorf, E., Raupach-Rosin, H., Hassan, L., Rübsamen, N., Meyer-Schlinkmann, K.M., Guzman, C.A., Heselich, V., Battin, E., Pietschmann, T., Pieper, D.H., Pletz, M., Riese, P., Trittel, S., Thies, S., von Kaisenberg, C., Dressler, F., Guthmann, F., Oberhoff, C., Schild, R.L., Karch, A., Mikolajczyk, R. (2025). Acute respiratory tract infections during the first 6 years of life – results from the German birth cohort study LoewenKIDSInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases, 153, 107802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2025.107802

Langer, S., Klee, B., Gottschick, C., Mikolajczyk, R., Strowig, T., Bielecka, A., Ortiz, D., Wende, M., Horn, J. (2024). The impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on community non-SARS-CoV-2 respiratory infections in preschool children. BMC Pediatrics, 24(1), 231. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-024-04686-2

Langer, S., Klee, B., Gottschick, C., Mikolajczyk, R. (2022). Birth cohort studies using symptom diaries for assessing respiratory diseases – a scoping review. PLoS One, 17(2), e0263559. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263559

Langer, S., Horn, J., Gottschick, C., Klee, B., Purschke, O., Caputo, M., Dorendorf, E., Meyer-Schlinkmann, K.M., Raupach-Rosin, H., Karch, A., Rübsamen, N., Aydogdu, M., Buhles, M., Dressler, F., Eberl, W., Edler von Koch, F., Frambach, T., Franz, H., Guthmann, F., Guzman, C.A., Haase, R., Hansen, G., Heselich, V., Hübner, J., Koch, H.G., Oberhoff, C., Riese, P., Schild, R., Seeger, S., Tchirikov, M., Trittel, S., von Kaisenberg, C., Mikolajczyk, R. (2022). Symptom Burden and Factors Associated with Acute Respiratory Infections in the First Two Years of Life-Results from the LoewenKIDS Cohort. Microorganisms, 10(1), 111. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10010111

Gottschick, C., Raupach-Rosin, H., Langer, S., Hassan, L., Horn, J., Dorendorf, E., Caputo, M., Bittner, M., Beier, L., Rübsamen, N., Schlinkmann, K., Zoch, B., Guzman, C.A., Hansen, G., Heselich, V., Holzapfel, E., Hübner, J., Pietschmann, T., Pieper, D.H., Pletz, M., Riese, P., Schmidt-Pokrzywniak, A., Hartwig, S., von Kaisenberg, C., Aydogdu, M., Buhles, M., Dressler, F., Eberl, W., Haase, R., von Koch, F.E., Feidicker, S., Frambach, T., Franz, H.G.B., Guthmann, F., Koch, H.G., Seeger, S., Oberhoff, C., Pauker, W., Petry, K.U., Schild, R.L., Tchirikov, M., Röhrig, E., Karch, A., Mikolajczyk, R. (2019). Cohort profile: The LoewenKIDS Study – life-course perspective on infections, the microbiome and the development of the immune system in early childhood. International Journal of Epidemiology, 48(4), 1382-1383. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyz069

Schlinkmann, K.M., Batuli, A., Karch, A., Meyer, F., Dreesman, J., Monazahian, M., Mikolajczyk, R. (2018). Transmission of respiratory and gastrointestinal infections in German households with children attending child care. Epidemiology & Infection, 146(5), 627-632. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268818000316

Zoch, B., Günther, A., Karch, A., Mikolajczyk, R. (2017). Effect of Disease Definition on Perceived Burden of Acute Respiratory Infections in Children. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 36(10), 956-961. https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0000000000001604

Schlinkmann, K.M., Batuli, A., Mikolajczyk, R. (2017). Incidence and comparison of retrospective and prospective data on respiratory and gastrointestinal infections in German households. BMC Infectious Diseases, 17(1), 336. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2434-5  

Zoch, B., Karch, A., Dreesman, J., Monazahian, M., Baillot, A., Mikolajczyk, R.T. (2015). Feasibility of a birth cohort study dedicated to assessing acute infections using symptom diaries and parental collection of biomaterials. BMC Infectious Diseases, 15, 436. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1189-0