Effect of female genital schistosomiasis and anti-schistosomal treatment on monocytes, CD4+ T-cells and CCR5 expression in the female genital tract

Jun 4, 2014

Kleppa E, Ramsuran V, Zulu S, Karlsen GH, Bere A, Passmore JA, Ndhlovu P, Lillebø K, Holmen SD, Onsrud M, Gundersen SG, Taylor M, Kjetland EF, Ndung’u T Journal title: PloS one PLoS ONE 2014;9(6):e98593 PMID: 24896815 Article on PubMed:...

Genital schistosomiasis and its unacknowledged role on HIV transmission in the STD intervention studies

Mar 12, 2014

Kjetland EF, Hegertun IE, Baay MF, Onsrud M, Ndhlovu PD, Taylor M Journal title: International journal of STD & AIDS Int J STD AIDS 2014 Sep;25(10):705-15 PMID: 24621458 Article on PubMed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24621458 Abstract Treatment of sexually...

Real-time polymerase chain reaction for detection of Schistosoma DNA in small-volume urine samples reflects focal distribution of urogenital Schistosomiasis in primary school girls in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Jan 27, 2014

Pillay P, Taylor M, Zulu SG, Gundersen SG, Verweij JJ, Hoekstra P, Brienen EA, Kleppa E, Kjetland EF, van Lieshout L Journal title: The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 2014 Mar;90(3):546-52 PMID: 24470560 Article on PubMed:...

Cost-effectiveness of a community-based intervention for reducing the transmission of Schistosoma haematobium and HIV in Africa

Apr 15, 2013

Ndeffo Mbah ML, Kjetland EF, Atkins KE, Poolman EM, Orenstein EW, Meyers LA, Townsend JP, Galvani AP Journal title: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2013 May;110(19):7952-7 PMID: 23589884...

S. haematobium as a common cause of genital morbidity in girls: a cross-sectional study of children in South Africa

Mar 21, 2013

Hegertun IE, Sulheim Gundersen KM, Kleppa E, Zulu SG, Gundersen SG, Taylor M, Kvalsvig JD, Kjetland EF Journal title: PLoS neglected tropical diseases PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2013;7(3):e2104 PMID: 23556009 Article on PubMed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23556009...

Pathologic mucosal blood vessels in active female genital schistosomiasis: new aspects of a neglected tropical disease

Dec 12, 2012

Jourdan PM, Randrianasolo BS, Feldmeier H, Chitsulo L, Ravoniarimbinina P, Roald B, Kjetland EF Journal title: International journal of gynecological pathology : official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Pathologists Int. J. Gynecol. Pathol. 2013...