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  Kay Schaefer |
Kay
Schaefer was born in 1960 in Cologne, Germany. He holds an M.D. (University of Berlin), a Ph.D. (University of Amsterdam), an MSc in Clinical Tropical Medicine (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) and a DTM&H (University of London). He is a consultant in tropical medicine and travelers’ health in Cologne, Germany and a guest lecturer at the University of Mbarara, Uganda. He has lived for many years in East Africa, carrying out research on visceral leishmaniasis and malaria. His results have been published in internationally recognized journals (see below). He is a member of the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (ASTM&H), the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM), the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine (ACTM) and the Wilderness Medical Society (WMS). In 1995 he started organizing Tropical Medicine Expeditions for healthcare professionals in East Africa and since then has supervised 29 Clinical Training Courses to Uganda and Kenya. |
Since 2004 he organizes as well Wilderness Expeditions to Lake Turkana, the “cradle of mankind” between southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya. He is fluent in German, English, Italian, French and Kiswahili. In addition he is familiar with the country, people and wildlife of East Africa.
Publications by Kay Schaefer on his expeditions
Schaefer KU, Education of healthcare professionals in Tropical Medicine and Travellers Health in East Africa – a review. British Travel Health Association Journal 2007, Volume 9, 41-43. Check www.btha.org
Schaefer KU, Wilderness Medical Expedition: Lake Turkana. Wilderness Medical Society Journal 2005, Volume 22, Number 2, 4-5, Check www.wms.org
Schaefer KU, Teaching tropical medicine in Kenya and Uganda: Review after seven expeditions. Wilderness and Environmental Medicine 1997, 8, 255-256. Check www.wemjournal.org
Publications by Kay Schaefer on tropical infectious diseases
Schaefer KU, Kurtzhals JAL, Gachihi GS, Muller A, Kager PA. A prospective sero-epidemiological study on viscera leishmaniasis in Baringo District, Rift Valley Province, Kenya. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1995; 89: 471-475.
Schaefer KU, Schoone GJ, Gachihi GS, Muller AS, Kager PA, Meredith SE. Visceral leishmaniasis: use of the polymerase chain reaction in an epidemiological study in Baringo District, Kenya. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1995; 89:492-495.
Schaefer KU, Weinke T, Janitschke K. Comparison of Three DOT-ELISA techniques in diagnosing Schistosoma haematobium infection. East African Medical Journal 1995; 72(12): 809-812.
Schaefer KU, Khan B, Gachihi GS, Kager PA, Muller AS, McNeill KM. Splenomegaly in an area endemic for visceral leishmaniasis and malaria in a rural area of Kenya. Trop Geogr Med 1995; 47: 111-114.
Schaefer KU, Kurtzhals JAL, Kager PA, Gachihi GS, Gramiccia M, Kagai JM, Sherwood JA, Muller AS. Studies on the prevalence of Leishmanin Skin Test positivity in the Baringo District, Rift Valley, Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1994; 50: 78-84.
Schaefer KU, Kurtzhals JAL, Sherwood JA, Githure JI, Kager PA, Muller AS. Epidemiological and clinical manifestations of Visceral and Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Baringo District, Rift Valley, Kenya; a literature review. Trop Geogr Med 1994; 46: 129-134.
Robert LL, Schaefer KU, Johnson RN. Phlebotomine sandflies associated with households of human visceral leishmaniasis cases in Baringo District, Kenya. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 1994; 88(6): 649-657.
Kurtzhals JAL, Hey AS, Jardim A, Kemp M, Schaefer KU, Odera EO, Christensen CBV, Githure JI, Olafson RW, Theander TG, Kharazmi A. Dichotomy of the human T-cell response to GP631 and Th1-like response to Lipophosphoglycan-associated protein in cells from cured visceral leishmaniasis patients. Clin Exp Immunol 1994; 96: 416-421.
Sherwood JA, Gachihi GS, Muigai RK, Skillman DR, Mugo M, Rashid JR, Wasunna KMA, Were JBO, Kasili SK, Mbugua JM, Kirigi G, Schaefer KU, Oster CN, Fleckenstein LL, Berman JD, Brewer TG, Roberts CR, Johnson AJ, Schuster BG. Phase 2 Efficacy Trial of an Oral 8-Aminoquinoline (WR 6026) for Treatment of Visceral Leishmaniasis. Clinical Infectious Diseases 1994; 19: 1034-1039.
Renganathan EA, Schaefer KU, Bickle QD. Use of huma infection and vaccine-protected baboon sera for the characterisation of cloned Schistosoma haematobium antigen genes. Trop Med Parasitol 1993; 44: 187-191.
Meredith SE, Zijlstra EE, Schoone GJ, Kroon CC, Van Eys GJ, Schaefer KU, El-Hassan AM, Lawyer PG. Development and application of the Polymerase Chain Reaction for the detection and identification of Leishmania parasites from clinical material. Archs Inst Pasteur Tunis 1993; 70: 419-431.
Kurtzhals JAL, Hey S, Theander TG, Odera E, Christensen CBV, Githure JI, Koech DK, Schaefer KU, Handman E, Kharazmi A. Cellular and humoral response in a population from the Baringo, Kenya to Leishmania promastigote lipophosphoglycan. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1992; 46: 480-488.
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Publications by Kay Schaefer on his expeditions
Schaefer KU, Education of healthcare professionals in Tropical Medicine and Travellers Health in East Africa – a review. British Travel Health Association Journal 2007, Volume 9, 41-43. Check www.btha.org
Schaefer KU, Wilderness Medical Expedition: Lake Turkana. Wilderness Medical Society Journal 2005, Volume 22, Number 2, 4-5, Check www.wms.org
Schaefer KU, Teaching tropical medicine in Kenya and Uganda: Review after seven expeditions. Wilderness and Environmental Medicine 1997, 8, 255-256. Check www.wemjournal.org
Publications by Kay Schaefer on tropical infectious diseases
Schaefer KU, Kurtzhals JAL, Gachihi GS, Muller A, Kager PA. A prospective sero-epidemiological study on viscera leishmaniasis in Baringo District, Rift Valley Province, Kenya. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1995; 89: 471-475.
Schaefer KU, Schoone GJ, Gachihi GS, Muller AS, Kager PA, Meredith SE. Visceral leishmaniasis: use of the polymerase chain reaction in an epidemiological study in Baringo District, Kenya. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1995; 89:492-495.
Schaefer KU, Weinke T, Janitschke K. Comparison of Three DOT-ELISA techniques in diagnosing Schistosoma haematobium infection. East African Medical Journal 1995; 72(12): 809-812.
Schaefer KU, Khan B, Gachihi GS, Kager PA, Muller AS, McNeill KM. Splenomegaly in an area endemic for visceral leishmaniasis and malaria in a rural area of Kenya. Trop Geogr Med 1995; 47: 111-114.
Schaefer KU, Kurtzhals JAL, Kager PA, Gachihi GS, Gramiccia M, Kagai JM, Sherwood JA, Muller AS. Studies on the prevalence of Leishmanin Skin Test positivity in the Baringo District, Rift Valley, Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1994; 50: 78-84.
Schaefer KU, Kurtzhals JAL, Sherwood JA, Githure JI, Kager PA, Muller AS. Epidemiological and clinical manifestations of Visceral and Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Baringo District, Rift Valley, Kenya; a literature review. Trop Geogr Med 1994; 46: 129-134.
Robert LL, Schaefer KU, Johnson RN. Phlebotomine sandflies associated with households of human visceral leishmaniasis cases in Baringo District, Kenya. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 1994; 88(6): 649-657.
Kurtzhals JAL, Hey AS, Jardim A, Kemp M, Schaefer KU, Odera EO, Christensen CBV, Githure JI, Olafson RW, Theander TG, Kharazmi A. Dichotomy of the human T-cell response to GP631 and Th1-like response to Lipophosphoglycan-associated protein in cells from cured visceral leishmaniasis patients. Clin Exp Immunol 1994; 96: 416-421.
Sherwood JA, Gachihi GS, Muigai RK, Skillman DR, Mugo M, Rashid JR, Wasunna KMA, Were JBO, Kasili SK, Mbugua JM, Kirigi G, Schaefer KU, Oster CN, Fleckenstein LL, Berman JD, Brewer TG, Roberts CR, Johnson AJ, Schuster BG. Phase 2 Efficacy Trial of an Oral 8-Aminoquinoline (WR 6026) for Treatment of Visceral Leishmaniasis. Clinical Infectious Diseases 1994; 19: 1034-1039.
Renganathan EA, Schaefer KU, Bickle QD. Use of huma infection and vaccine-protected baboon sera for the characterisation of cloned Schistosoma haematobium antigen genes. Trop Med Parasitol 1993; 44: 187-191.
Meredith SE, Zijlstra EE, Schoone GJ, Kroon CC, Van Eys GJ, Schaefer KU, El-Hassan AM, Lawyer PG. Development and application of the Polymerase Chain Reaction for the detection and identification of Leishmania parasites from clinical material. Archs Inst Pasteur Tunis 1993; 70: 419-431.
Kurtzhals JAL, Hey S, Theander TG, Odera E, Christensen CBV, Githure JI, Koech DK, Schaefer KU, Handman E, Kharazmi A. Cellular and humoral response in a population from the Baringo, Kenya to Leishmania promastigote lipophosphoglycan. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1992; 46: 480-488.
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