ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2019
Urogenital Schistosomiasis and Sexually Transmitted Coinfections among Pregnant Women in a Schistosome-Endemic Region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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- Schistosomiasis-Microbiota Interactions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of Schistosoma haematobium infection and treatment on the systemic and mucosal immune phenotype, gene expression and microbiome: A systematic review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Pooled it
- Schistosomiasis endemicity and its role in sexually transmitted infections - a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in parasitology · 2024Pooled it
- Prevalence of schistosomiasis and its association with anemia among pregnant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Parasites & vectors · 2021Pooled it
- Schistosomiasis Interventions in Africa: Assessment and Systematic Review.Journal of parasitology research · 2025Review
- Knowledge, attitudes and practices toward female genital schistosomiasis among community women and healthcare professionals in Kimpese region, Democratic Republic of Congo.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Beyond schistosomiasis: unraveling co-infections and altered immunity.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2024Review
- A descriptive qualitative case study of the experiences, perceptions and attitudes of pregnant women on Unguja island, Zanzibar, towards antischistosomal treatment.Acta tropica · 2022Article
- Association of Female Genital Schistosomiasis With the Cervicovaginal Microbiota and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Zambian Women.Open forum infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Schistosomiasis with a Focus on Africa.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2021Review
- Sexually transmitted infections in pregnant women from sub-Saharan Africa.Southern African journal of infectious diseases · 2021Review
- Epidemiology, Outcomes, and Risk Factors for Mortality in Critically Ill Women Admitted to an Obstetric High-Dependency Unit in Sierra Leone.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Article
- Community-based survey on helminth infections in Kwilu province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and implications for local control strategies.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- Schistosomiasis infections in South African pregnant women: A review.Southern African journal of infectious diseases · 2020Article
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Abstract
Schistosomiasis afflicts an estimated 10 million pregnant women in Africa annually. With mounting evidence of adverse impacts to reproductive health resulting from urogenital schistosomiasis, including increased transmission of HIV, further research on prenatal disease epidemiology is warranted, with implications for maternal and fetal health. Between October 2016 and March 2017, we conducted a cross-sectional study examining the prevalence of urogenital schistosomiasis and its association with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) other than HIV among pregnant women visiting antenatal clinics in Kisantu health zone, Democratic Republic of Congo. An extensive sociodemographic and clinical survey was administered to consenting participants, with urine samples and vaginal swabs collected to deduce active schistosomiasis and STIs, respectively. In total, 17.4% of expectant mothers were infected with
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