Acceptability and feasibility of genital self-sampling for the diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis: a cross-sectional study in Zambia [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

Autor: Comfort Rutty Phiri, Amy S. Sturt, Emily L. Webb, Namakau Chola, Richard Hayes, Kwame Shanaube, Helen Ayles, Isaiah Hansingo, Amaya L. Bustinduy, BILHIV study team

Publikováno v: Wellcome Open Research, Vol 5 (2020)

Background: Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) is a neglected and disabling gynaecological disorder that is difficult to diagnose and is part of the wider spectrum of urogenital disease caused by the waterborne parasite Schistosoma haematobium. Ove

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The Presence of Hemoglobin in Cervicovaginal Lavage Is Not Associated With Genital Schistosomiasis in Zambian Women From the BILHIV Study

Autor: Amy S Sturt, Emily L Webb, Comfort R Phiri, Joyce Mapani, Maina Mudenda, Lisa Himschoot, Eyrun F Kjetland, Tobias Mweene, Bruno Levecke, Govert J van Dam, Paul L A M Corstjens, Helen Ayles, Richard J Hayes, Suzanna C Francis, Lisette van Lieshout, Piet Cools, Isaiah Hansingo, Amaya L Bustinduy

Publikováno v: OPEN FORUM INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 9(12). OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC

Background Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) occurs when Schistosoma haematobium eggs are deposited in reproductive tissue. Female genital schistosomiasis in the cervical mucosa is associated with increased vascularity. If FGS is associated with t

Externí odkaz: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::51e7bf1fbcbd6d56a9ad92fad41e206c
https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac586

An update on female and male genital schistosomiasis and a call to integrate efforts to escalate diagnosis, treatment and awareness in endemic and non-endemic settings: The time is now

Autor: Amaya L. Bustinduy, Bodo Randriansolo, Amy S. Sturt, Sekeleghe A. Kayuni, Peter D.C. Leutscher, Bonnie L. Webster, Lisette Van Lieshout, J. Russell Stothard, Hermann Feldmeier, Margaret Gyapong

Publikováno v: Advances in Parasitology ISBN: 9780323988711
Bustinduy, A L, Randriansolo, B, Sturt, A S, Kayuni, S A, Leutscher, P D C, Webster, B L, Van Lieshout, L, Stothard, J R, Feldmeier, H & Gyapong, M 2022, An update on female and male genital schistosomiasis and a call to integrate efforts to escalate diagnosis, treatment and awareness in endemic and non-endemic settings : The time is now . in D Rollinson & R Stothard (eds), Advances in Parasitology . vol. 115, Academic Press, Advances in parasitology, pp. 1-44 . https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.apar.2021.12.003

The last decades have brought important insight and updates in the diagnosis, management and immunopathology of female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) and male genital schistosomiasis (MGS). Despite sharing a common parasitic aetiological agent, FGS an

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https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.apar.2021.12.003

Association between cervical dysplasia and female genital schistosomiasis diagnosed by genital PCR in Zambian women

Autor: Maina Mudenda, Richard J. Hayes, Amy S. Sturt, Isaiah Hansingo, L. van Lieshout, Paul L. A. M. Corstjens, Amaya L. Bustinduy, H. Rafferty, G.J. van Dam, A. Schaap, Comfort R Phiri, Joyce Mapani, Emily L. Webb, Helen Ayles

Publikováno v: BMC Infectious Diseases
BMC Infectious Diseases, 21(1). BMC
BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)

Background Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) is a neglected tropical gynaecological disease that affects millions of women in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). FGS is caused by Schistosoma haematobium, a parasitic carcinogen involved in the pathogenesis o

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Genital self-sampling compared with cervicovaginal lavage for the diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis in Zambian women: the BILHIV study

Autor: Amy S Sturt, Emily L Webb, Comfort R Phiri, Tobias Mweene, Namakau Chola, Govert J van Dam, Paul L A M Corstjens, Els Wessels, J Russell Stothard, Richard Hayes, Helen Ayles, Isaiah Hansingo, Lisette van Lieshout, Amaya L Bustinduy

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14(7). PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 14, Iss 7, p e0008337 (2020)

Background Given the potentially causal association of female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) with HIV-1 infection, improved diagnostics are urgently needed to scale-up FGS surveillance. The BILHIV (bilharzia and HIV) study assessed the performance of

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http://hdl.handle.net/1887/3182885