Sonja Hartnack

Sonja Hartnack, Prof. Dr. med. vet., dipl. ECVPH

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Dr. Hartnack studied veterinary medicine at the University of Munich and at the University of Liege from 1994-2000. She was awarded her doctorate following studies in animal nutrition from University of Munich in 2002. Between 2002 and 2009 she was employed as a postdoctoral researcher on a number of projects at the Veterinary Faculties of Munich, Leipzig, and the Vetsuisse Faculty in Bern. She joined the Veterinary Epidemiology Group in Zurich in early 2010. Dr. Hartnack holds the Diploma in Veterinary Virology from the Veterinary Chamber of Saxony and the Diploma of the European College of Veterinary Public Health with a speciality in Population Medicine.

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Frehner, J., & Hartnack, S. (2026). Why Are You Keeping a Brachycephalic Dog? Insights from Interviews with Brachycephalic-Dog Owners Animals, 16, 883. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani16060883
Ghimire, R., Odoch, T., Okech, S. G., Ninsiima, R. L., Apio, F., Aggrey, S., Lakor, F. O., Kankya, C., Dürr, S., & Hartnack, S. (2025). Rabies research in Uganda – A scoping review One Health, 21, 101240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2025.101240
Ghimire, R., Okech, S. G., Fahrion, A. S., Odoch, T., Matern, J., Bohnes, T., Vielle, N. J., Muturi, M., Wiethoff, J. P., Nakanjako, M. F., Lohr, F., Ung, P., Tann, C., Alubbe, S. P., Ademun, A. R., Opolot, J., Monje, F., Semanda, J. N., Akankwatsa, D., … Hartnack, S. (2025). Strengthening intersectoral cooperation for control and integrated surveillance of rabies in Uganda: A multistakeholder engagement workshop One Health, 21, 101206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2025.101206
Okech, S. G., Ghimire, R., Odoch, T., Hartnack, S., Agado, D., Akankwatsa, D., Apio, F., Babirye, P., Lunkuse, S. M., Nakanjako, M. F., Opolot, J., Lohr, F., Kiguli, J., Kankya, C., Lechenne, M., & Dürr, S. (2025). Participatory approach in designing a One Health rabies surveillance form for integrated bite case management in Uganda Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, 6, 1662211. https://doi.org/10.3389/fitd.2025.1662211
Akankwatsa, D., Odoch, T., Kahunde, A. M., Hartnack, S., Bagonza, A., Kiguli, J., Okech, S. G., Herrera, A., Kankya, C., Mohammed, L., Agado, D., Léchenne, M., Lohr, F., Kambugu, A., & Dürr, S. (2025). Comparing vaccination coverage and dog population demographics among four pilot dog rabies vaccination strategies in Uganda Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 12, 1656563. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2025.1656563
Akankwatsa, D., Bagonza, A., Kiguli, J., Kambugu, A., Lamorde, M., Okech, S. G., Kankya, C., Agado, D., Apio, F., Odoch, T., Kahunde, A. M., Hartnack, S., Léchenne, M., Lohr, F., Herrera, A., & Dürr, S. (2025). Barriers to rabies control through mass dog vaccination in rural Uganda: Insights from community perspectives and key informant interviews PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 19, e0013578. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013578
Shoman, Y., Hartnack, S., Leclercq, C., Hansez, I., & Guseva Canu, I. (2025). Proof-of-concept of bayesian latent class modelling usefulness for assessing diagnostic tests in absence of diagnostic standards in mental health Scientific Reports, 15, 34398. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-17332-3
Zeeb, M., Kusejko, K., Hartnack, S., Pasin, C., Abela, I. A., Rusert, P., Liechti, T., Kadelka, C., Notter, J., Eichenberger, A., Hoffmann, M., Hirsch, H. H., Calmy, A., Cavassini, M., Labhardt, N. D., Bernasconi, E., Günthard, H. F., Kouyos, R. D., Trkola, A., & Nemeth, J. (2025). Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis alters the antibody response to HIV-1 PLoS Pathogens, 21, e1013350. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1013350
Steblaj, B., Joerger, F. B., Hartnack, S., Briganti, A., & Kutter, A. P. N. (2025). Effects of Endotoxemia and Blood Pressure on Microcirculation and Noradrenaline Needs With or Without Dexmedetomidine in Beagle Dogs—A Blinded Cross-Over Study Animals, 15, 1779. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15121779
Landolt, J. I., O’Neill, D. G., Unterer, S., Hartnack, S., & Kowalska, M. E. (2025). A mapping review of worldwide current and previous cohort research programmes in cats and dogs PLoS ONE, 20, e0321007. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321007
Torgerson, P. R., Hartnack, S., Rasmussen, P., Lewis, F. I., O’Donnell, P., & Langton, T. E. S. (2025). Randomised Badger Culling Trial—no effects of widespread badger culling on tuberculosis in cattle: comment on Mills, Woodroffe and Donnelly (2024a, 2024b) Royal Society Open Science, 12, 241609. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.241609
Zimmermann, A. B. E., Taskoparan, B., Fuchs, D., Pantelyushin, S., Maheswaran, M., Schnyder, M., Hartnack, S., Rohrer Bley, C., & vom Berg, J. (2025). Prior corticosteroid treatment alters cPBMC composition and IFNγ response to immunotherapy in canine cancer Frontiers in Immunology, 16, 1544949. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2025.1544949
Chiti, L. E., Beer, P., Ohlerth, S., Hartnack, S., & Nolff, M. C. (2025). SHINE - Validation of Near Infrared Fluorescence Lymphography Against Lymphoscintigraphy for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Dogs With Mast Cell Tumours Veterinary and Comparative Oncology, 23, 320–329. https://doi.org/10.1111/vco.13058
Gantenbein, F., Hartnack, S., Zeiter, S., Calvet, C., & Seebeck, P. (2025). Rodent surgeries: who is performing them and how? Laboratory Animals, 59(4), 471–485. https://doi.org/10.1177/00236772241297784
Shukla, A. K., Kowalska, M. E., Arteaga, K., Crasta, M., Dixon, C., Famose, F., Hartnack, S., & Pot, S. A. (2025). Evaluation of photoactivated chromophore for keratitis–corneal cross‐linking (PACK‐CXL) in feline infectious keratitis—patient demographics, treatment protocols, risk factors, and treatment outcome: a retrospective study Veterinary Ophthalmology, 28, 330–340. https://doi.org/10.1111/vop.13228
Ghimire, R., Mohanty, P., Hiby, E., Larkins, A., Dürr, S., & Hartnack, S. (2025). Socio-economic assessment of dog population management systems: a scoping review Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 12, 1519913. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2025.1519913
Schmid, C., Steiner, A. R., Spielhofer, L., Galfetti, M., Rentsch, N., Bogdanov, N., Vogel, J., Hofmann-Lehmann, R., Hartnack, S., Astakhov, G., Furrer, R., Bogdanova, A., & Reichler, I. M. (2025). Anatomical, functional, and blood-born predictors of severity of brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome severity in French Bulldogs Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 11, 1486440. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2024.1486440
Aggrey, S., Egeru, A., Kalule, J. B., Lukwa, A. T., Mutai, N., & Hartnack, S. (2025). Household satisfaction with health services and response strategies to malaria in mountain communities of Uganda Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 119, 85–96. https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae084
Hungerbühler, V., Özcelik, R., Abakar, M. F., Zakaria, F. A., Eiden, M., Hartnack, S., Kimala, P., Kittl, S., Michel, J., Suter-Riniker, F., & Dürr, S. (2024). Diagnostic serology test comparison for Q fever and Rift Valley fever in humans and livestock from pastoral communities PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18, e0012300. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012300
Denwood, M., Nielsen, S. S., Olsen, A., Jones, H. E., Coffeng, L. E., Landfried, G., Nielsen, M. K., Levecke, B., Thamsborg, S. M., Eusebi, P., Meletis, E., Kostoulas, P., Hartnack, S., Erkosar, B., & Toft, N. (2024). All that glitters is not gold: An interpretive framework for diagnostic test evaluation using Ascaris lumbricoides as a conceptual example PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18, e0012481. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012481

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