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 …

AL Bustinduy, B Randriansolo, AS Sturt… - Advances in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The last decades have brought important insight and updates in the diagnosis, management
and immunopathology of female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) and male genital …

The road to elimination: current state of schistosomiasis research and progress towards the end game

P Ogongo, RK Nyakundi, GK Chege… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The new WHO Roadmap for Neglected Tropical Diseases targets the global elimination of
schistosomiasis as a public health problem. To date, control strategies have focused on …

Genital inflammation and the risk of HIV acquisition in women

L Masson, JAS Passmore, LJ Liebenberg… - Clinical Infectious …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background. Women in Africa, especially young women, have very high human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) incidence rates that cannot be fully explained by behavioral …

Genital inflammation, immune activation and risk of sexual HIV acquisition

JAS Passmore, HB Jaspan… - Current Opinion in HIV and …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
A genital inflammatory profile contributes to the high risk of HIV acquisition in African
women. STIs and bacterial vaginosis are poorly managed in Africa and other develo** …

[HTML][HTML] Integration of prevention and control measures for female genital schistosomiasis, HIV and cervical cancer

D Engels, PJ Hotez, C Ducker, M Gyapong… - Bulletin of the World …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Female genital schistosomiasis as a result of chronic infection with Schistosoma
haematobium (commonly known as bilharzia) continues to be largely ignored by national …

[HTML][HTML] Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS): from case reports to a call for concerted action against this neglected gynaecological disease

V Christinet, JK Lazdins-Helds, JR Stothard… - International journal for …, 2016 - Elsevier
In recent years, control of neglected tropical diseases has been increasingly gaining
momentum and interventions against schistosomiasis are being progressively scaled-up …

Urogenital schistosomiasis—history, pathogenesis, and bladder cancer

LL Santos, J Santos, MJ Gouveia, C Bernardo… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Schistosomiasis is the most important helminthiasis worldwide in terms of morbidity and
mortality. Most of the infections occurs in Africa, which about two thirds are caused by …

[HTML][HTML] Association of schistosomiasis and HIV infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis

P Patel, CE Rose, EF Kjetland, JA Downs… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) affects up to 56 million women in sub-
Saharan Africa and may increase risk of HIV infection. Methods To assess the association of …

Inflammatory cytokine biomarkers to identify women with asymptomatic sexually transmitted infections and bacterial vaginosis who are at high risk of HIV infection

L Masson, KB Arnold, F Little, K Mlisana… - Sexually transmitted …, 2016 - sti.bmj.com
Background Untreated sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and bacterial vaginosis (BV)
cause genital inflammation and increase the risk of HIV infection. WHO-recommended …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond the barrier: female genital schistosomiasis as a potential risk factor for HIV-1 acquisition

AS Sturt, EL Webb, SC Francis, RJ Hayes… - Acta tropica, 2020 - Elsevier
Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) results from egg-deposition in the female reproductive
tract primarily by the waterborne parasite Schistosoma (S.) haematobium, and less …