Scientific Publications

2022 (1)

• September 1, 2022
  Female Genital Schistosomiasis lesions explored using Circulating Anodic Antigen (CAA) as an indicator for living schistosoma worms

2021 (1)

• May 17, 2021
  Mapping Schistosoma haematobium for Novel Interventions against Female Genital Schistosomiasis and Associated HIV Risk in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

2020 (1)

• March 10, 2020
  Detection of Schistosoma DNA in genital specimens and urine: A comparison between five female African study populations originating from S. haematobium and/or S. mansoni endemic areas.

2019 (1)

• April 4, 2019
  Female genital schistosomiasis and HIV/AIDS: Reversing the neglect of girls and women.

2018 (1)

• August 15, 2018
  Reproductive health problems in rural South African young women: risk behaviour and risk factors.

2017 (1)

• November 15, 2017
  Environment and schistosomiasis

2016 (1)

• November 30, 2016
  Association of Urogenital Symptoms with History of Water Contact in Young Women in Areas Endemic for S. haematobium. A Cross-Sectional Study in Rural South Africa.

2015 (6)

• December 31, 2015
  A review of the control of schistosomiasis in South Africa
• April 27, 2015
  The First Step Toward Diagnosing Female Genital Schistosomiasis by Computer Image Analysis
• March 13, 2015
  Schistosoma haematobium infection and CD4+ T-cell levels: a cross-sectional study of young South African women
• February 28, 2015
  Gynecological Manifestations, Histopathological Findings, and Schistosoma-Specific Polymerase Chain Reaction Results Among Women With Schistosoma haematobium Infection: A Cross-sectional Study in Madagascar
• January 24, 2015
  Colourimetric image analysis as a diagnostic tool in female genital schistosomiasis
• January 24, 2015
  Schistosoma haematobium infection and asymptomatic bacteriuria in young South African females

2014 (8)

• November 20, 2014
  The colposcopic atlas of schistosomiasis in the lower female genital tract based on studies in Malawi,Zimbabwe, Madagascar and South Africa
• October 3, 2014
  Cervical ectopy: associations with sexually transmitted infections and HIV. A cross-sectional study of high school students in rural South Africa
• August 13, 2014
  Classification of the lesions observed in female genital schistosomiasis
• July 17, 2014
  Eosinophil granule proteins ECP and EPX as markers for a potential early-stage inflammatory lesion in female genital schistosomiasis (FGS)
• June 9, 2014
  Re: Al-Baghdadi O, Samarasinghe A, Wissa I. 2014. Cervical schistosomiasis. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 34:206
• June 4, 2014
  Effect of female genital schistosomiasis and anti-schistosomal treatment on monocytes, CD4+ T-cells and CCR5 expression in the female genital tract
• March 12, 2014
  Genital schistosomiasis and its unacknowledged role on HIV transmission in the STD intervention studies
• January 27, 2014
  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

2013 (2)

• April 15, 2013
  Cost-effectiveness of a community-based intervention for reducing the transmission of Schistosoma haematobium and HIV in Africa
• March 21, 2013
  S. haematobium as a common cause of genital morbidity in girls: a cross-sectional study of children in South Africa

2012 (2)

• December 12, 2012
  Pathologic mucosal blood vessels in active female genital schistosomiasis: new aspects of a neglected tropical disease
• January 12, 2012
  A review of female genital schistosomiasis

2011 (2)

• December 6, 2011
  HIV target cells in Schistosoma haematobium-infected female genital mucosa
• June 7, 2011
  Increased vascularity in cervicovaginal mucosa with Schistosoma haematobium infection

2010 (2)

• June 8, 2010
  The effects of genital schistosoma haematobium on human papillomavirus and the development of cervical neoplasia after five years in a Zimbabwean population
• February 10, 2010
  The first community-based report on the effect of genital Schistosoma haematobium infection on female fertility

2009 (3)

• December 9, 2009
  Schistosomiasis PCR in vaginal lavage as an indicator of genital Schistosoma haematobium infection in rural Zimbabwean women
• May 26, 2009
  Africa’s 32 cents solution for HIV/AIDS
• May 12, 2009
  Exploring the feasibility and possible efficacy of mass treatment and education of young females as schistosomiasis influences the HIV epidemic

2008 (3)

• December 5, 2008
  Female genital schistosomiasis–a differential diagnosis to sexually transmitted disease: genital itch and vaginal discharge as indicators of genital Schistosoma haematobium morbidity in a cross-sectional study in endemic rural Zimbabwe
• August 11, 2008
  Indicators of anaemia in under-fives with malaria at a hospital in northern Cameroon
• July 8, 2008
  Prevention of gynecologic contact bleeding and genital sandy patches by childhood anti-schistosomal treatment

2006 (3)

• October 24, 2006
  Prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis and HIV in females living in a rural community of Zimbabwe: does age matter?
• February 10, 2006
  Association between genital schistosomiasis and HIV in rural Zimbabwean women
• January 10, 2006
  Genital schistosomiasis in women: a clinical 12-month in vivo study following treatment with praziquantel

2005 (2)

• March 17, 2005
  Simple clinical manifestations of genital Schistosoma haematobium infection in rural Zimbabwean women
• January 13, 2005
  Herpes simplex virus type 2 prevalence of epidemic proportions in rural Zimbabwean women: association with other sexually transmitted infections

2004 (2)

• June 1, 2004
  Human papillomavirus in a rural community in Zimbabwe: the impact of HIV co-infection on HPV genotype distribution
• March 31, 2004
  Assessment of eosinophil cationic protein as a possible diagnostic marker for female genital schistosomiasis in women living in a Schistosoma haematobium endemic area

1997 (6)

• April 29, 1997
  Reversibility of lower reproductive tract abnormalities in women with Schistosoma haematobium infection after treatment with praziquantel–an interim report
• April 29, 1997
  Urine reagent strips for diagnosis of schistosomiasis haematobium in women of fertile age
• April 29, 1997
  Diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis by indirect disease markers: determination of eosinophil cationic protein, neopterin and IgA in vaginal fluid and swab eluates
• April 29, 1997
  Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS): relationship between gynecological and histopathological findings
• April 29, 1997
  Female genital schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma haematobium. Clinical and parasitological findings in women in rural Malawi
• April 29, 1997
  Schistosomiasis in women: manifestations in the upper reproductive tract

1996 (1)

• February 27, 1996
  Transabdominal ultrasound for the diagnosis of Schistosoma haematobium infection of the upper female genital tract: a preliminary report