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 …

[HTML][HTML] The parasitology of female genital schistosomiasis

VN Orish, EKS Morhe, W Azanu, RK Alhassan… - Current Research in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) is the gynaecological presentation of Schistosoma
haematobium infection, resulting from egg deposition in the female genital tract. Despite the …

A quality improvement approach in co-developing a primary healthcare package for raising awareness and managing female genital schistosomiasis in Nigeria and …

AS Oluwole, AK Bettee, MM Nganda… - International …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Girls and women living in endemic areas for urogenital schistosomiasis may
have lifelong vulnerability to female genital schistosomiasis (FGS). For> 2 decades, the …

Establishing and integrating a female genital schistosomiasis control programme into the existing health care system

TG Nemungadi, TE Furumele, MK Gugerty… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) is a complication of Schistosoma haematobium
infection, and imposes a health burden whose magnitude is not fully explored. It is estimated …

Incorporating the diagnosis and management of female genital schistosomiasis in primary healthcare in Liberia: a mixed methods pilot study

M Nganda, AK Bettee, K Kollie, GE Nallo… - International …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Liberia's national neglected tropical disease (NTD) master plan 2016–2020
adopted the need for integrated approaches to tackle the threat of specific NTDs including …

Knowledge, experiences, and practices of women affected by female genital schistosomiasis in rural Madagascar: A qualitative study on disease perception, health …

A Schuster, BS Randrianasolo… - PLOS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) is a neglected manifestation of urogenital
schistosomiasis caused by S. haematobium. The disease presents with symptoms such as …

Management of imported complicated urogenital schistosomiasis in Europe: a TropNet retrospective study

G Basile, F Tamarozzi, J Salas-Coronas… - Journal of travel …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by trematodes of the
genus Schistosoma. Schistosoma haematobium causes urogenital schistosomiasis (UGS), a …

Integration of female genital schistosomiasis into HIV/sexual and reproductive health and rights and neglected tropical diseases programmes and services: a scoping …

I Umbelino-Walker, F Wong, M Cassolato… - Sexual and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) affects approximately 56 million women and girls
across sub-Saharan Africa and is associated with up to a threefold increased prevalence of …

Improving the response of health systems to female genital Schistosomiasis in Endemic countries through a gender-sensitive human rights-based framework

C Vlassoff, K Arogundade, K Patel, J Jacobson… - Diseases, 2022 - mdpi.com
The right to health was enshrined in the constitution of the World Health Organization in
1946 and in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, which also guaranteed …

[HTML][HTML] Ovarian schistosomiasis: challenges of a neglected ectopic involvement of blood flukes. Case report and review of literature

E Elias, V Silvestri, V Mushi, M Mandarano - Pathologica, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Discussion Ectopic Schistosome oviposition, seen in the ovary and fallopian tubes as in our
case, can be a potential cause of reproductive organ damage and complications such as …