Prof. Dr. med. Philipp Zanger
Professor (apl.)
Philipp Zanger is a MD with specialist training in infectious diseases and tropical medicine. He serves as a infectious diseases epidemiologist to the Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate and conducts research at HIGH. He is particularly interested in studying the impact of travel and migration on the spread of pathogens and infectious diseases. This work includes outbreak investigations, population based studies on host factors as determinants for colonization and infection as well as the coordination of StaphTrav - the multicenter network on imported S. aureus. The Field Epidemiology Research in German Public Health (FEGPH) group of Philipp Zanger conducts research on population health, mostly within the framework of the German Public Health sector and at its intersections with hygiene, infection prevention, and migration medicine.
Education
- 1992-1999 - Medical Degree, University of Tuebingen
- 1996-1997 - Master of Public Health, Epidemiology, School of Public Health, UNC, Chapel Hill
- 2007 - Board Certification, Internal Medicine, Ärztekammer Reutlingen
- 2008 - Board Certification, Tropical Medicine, Ärztekammer Reutlingen
- 2011 - MSc in Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- 2013 - Habilitation Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tuebingen
- 2014 - Habilitation Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Heidelberg
- 2015-heute Leitung, Institut für Hygiene und Infektionsschutz, Landau
Contributions
PROJECTS
Prevalence of Enteropthogens in Asylumseekers
Impact of duplicate notifications on statutory surveillance of Hepatitis B in Germany
Intergrated molecular surveillance for the prevention of nosocomial transmission of MRSA
GRANTS
Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate (intramural)
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Philipp-Zanger
Publications
Schoeps A, Walter J, Vogt M, Bent S, Zanger P; Palatina Public Health Study Group (2023)
Direct and indirect vaccination effects on SARS-CoV-2 infection in day-care centres: Evaluating the policy for early vaccination of day-care staff in Germany, 2021.
Epidemiology and Infection 151:e80. doi: 10.1017/S0950268823000638.
Schepers M, Zanger P, Jahn K, König J, Strauch K, Gianicolo E (2022)
Multi-household social gatherings contribute to the second SARS-CoV-2 wave in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, August to November 2020.
Journal of Infection 84:551-557. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.01.028.
Schoeps A, Hoffmann D, Tamm C, Vollmer B, Haag S, Kaffenberger T, Ferguson-Beiser K, Kohlhase-Griebel B, Basenach S, Missal A, Höfling K, Michels H, Schall A, Kappes H, Vogt M, Jahn K, Bärnighausen T, Zanger P (2021)
Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in educational institutions, August to December 2020, Germany.
Epidemiology and Infection 22:e213. doi: 10.1017/S0950268821002077.
Nurjadi D, Fleck R, Lindner A, Schäfer J, Gertler M, Mueller A, Lagler H, Van Genderen PJJ, Caumes E, Boutin S, Kuenzli E, Gascon J, Kantele A, Grobusch MP, Heeg K, Zanger P; StaphTrav Network (2019)
Import of community-associated, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to Europe through skin and soft-tissue infection in intercontinental travellers, 2011-2016.
Clinical Microbiology and Infection 25:739-746. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.09.023.
Burckhardt F, Hoffmann D, Jahn K, Heuner K, Jacob D, Vogt M, Bent S, Grunow R, Zanger P (2018)
Oropharyngeal Tularemia from Freshly Pressed Grape Must.
N Engl J Med. 379:197-199. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1800353.
Ehlkes L, George M, Samosny G, Burckhardt F, Vogt M, Bent S, Jahn K, Zanger P (2017) Management of a Lassa fever outbreak, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, 2016.
Eurosurveillance 22:16-00728. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.39.16-00728.
Kurth F, Develoux M, Mechain M, Malvy D, Clerinx J, Antinori S, Gjørup IE, Gascon J, Mørch K, Nicastri E, Ramharter M, Bartoloni A, Visser L, Rolling T, Zanger P, Calleri G, Salas-Coronas J, Nielsen H, Just-Nübling G, Neumayr A, Hachfeld A, Schmid ML, Antonini P, Lingscheid T, Kern P, Kapaun A, da Cunha JS, Pongratz P, Soriano-Arandes A, Schunk M, Suttorp N, Hatz C, Zoller T (2017)
Severe malaria in Europe: an 8-year multi-centre observational study.
Malaria Journal 31:57. doi: 10.1186/s12936-016-1673-z.
Nurjadi D, Kain M, Marcinek P, Gaile M, Heeg K, Zanger P (2016)
Ratio of T-Helper Type 1 (Th1) to Th17 Cytokines in Whole Blood Is Associated With Human β-Defensin 3 Expression in Skin and Persistent Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage
Journal of Infectious Diseases 214:1744-1751. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiw440.
For a list of all publications, follow this link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/philipp.zanger.2/bibliography/public/