Our Publications
Evaluating the effects of a multisectoral dialogue-based COVID-19 awareness-raising intervention in a limited-resource setting: A quasi-experimental study in Senegal
- Irina Kislaya, Michelangelo Caserta, Sylvain Landry Birane Faye, Oumar Khassimou Dia, Georgette Helene Coumba Sow, Cheick Oumar Doumbia, Francesca De Vito, Delphine Bousso, Ricardo Strauss, Serigne Abdou Lakhat Ndiaye, Helene Agnes Diene, Edoardo Calizza, Malick Sarr, Jürgen May, Dewi Ismajani Puradiredja, Marco Inglessis, Daniela Fusco
- Vaccine,Volume 56,2025, 127168, ISSN 0264-410X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127168.
Long term bivalent mRNA vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 hospitalisations and deaths in Portugal: a cohort study based on electronic health records
- Machado A, Kislaya I, Soares P, Magalhães S, Nunes B; PT-EHR vaccine group
- BMC Infect Dis. 2025 Apr 23;25(1):590. doi: 10.1186/s12879-025-10866-x. PMID: 40269729; PMCID: PMC12020219
Detecting Schistosoma infections in endemic countries: a diagnostic accuracy study in rural Madagascar
- Lorenz, E., Razafindrakoto, R., Rausche, P. et al.
- Infect Dis Poverty 14, 20 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-025-01292-x
Description of four cases of male genital schistosomiasis (MGS) in children and adolescents, with a scoping review.
- Richter J, Kayuni SA, Stothard JR, Ramarokoto CÉ, Lindner AK, Fusco D, Feldmeier H, Bustinduy AL, Friedman JF.
- Parasitology. 2025 Feb 24:1-29. doi: 10.1017/S0031182025000241. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39991843.
Navigating healthcare pathways: Cascade of prevention and care for chronic viral hepatitis in asylum seekers and refugees. A multicenter analysis in Northern Italy.
- Formenti B, Benoni R, Testa J, Bertoli G, Stroffolini G, Pizzi MG, Menzaghi B, Ronzoni N, Magro P, Hamad IE, Scolari C, Spinetti A, Zaltron S, Castelli F, Marchese V, Matteelli A.
- J Migr Health. 2025 Jan 28;11:100307. doi: 10.1016/j.jmh.2025.100307. PMID: 39990239; PMCID: PMC11847036.
Optimizing vaccine uptake in sub‑Saharan Africa: a collaborative COVID‑19 vaccination campaign in Madagascar using an adaptive approach
- Pavoncello, V., Kislaya, I., Andrianarimanana, D.K. et al
- Implementation Sci 20, 2 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-024-01412-5
Awareness and knowledge regarding female genital schistosomiasis among European healthcare workers: a cross-sectional online survey
- Marchese V, Remkes A, Kislaya I, Rausche P, Brito A, Hey JC, Rasamoelina T, Rakotoarivelo RA, May J, Fusco D.
- Global Health. 2025 Jan 8;21(1):2. doi: 10.1186/s12992-024-01095-z. PMID: 39780197; PMCID: PMC11715917. Format:
2024
Evaluation of waning of IgG antibody responses after rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP and Ad26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN-Filo Ebola virus disease vaccines: a modelling study from the PREVAC randomized trial
- Valayer, S., Alexandre, M., Prague, M., Beavogui, A. H., Doumbia, S. et al
- Emerging Microbes & Infections. https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2024.2432353
Drivers of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among rural populations in Madagascar: a cross-sectional study
- Kislaya I, Andrianarimanana DK, Marchese V, Hosay L, Rivomalala R, Holinirina R, Rasamoelina T, Zafinimampera AOT, Ratefiarisoa S, Totofotsy O, Rakotomalala R, Rausche P, Doumbia CO, Guth A, Pavoncello V, Veilleux S, Randriamanantany ZA, May J, Puradiredja DI, Rakotoarivelo RA, Fusco D
- BMC Public Health. 2024 Oct 17;24(1):2868. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-20414-y. PMID: 39420305; PMCID: PMC11487794. Format:
Variations in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy over time: a serial cross-sectional study in five West African countries
- Federico Di Meglio, Edouard Lhomme, Henri Gautier Ouedraogo, Alpha Mahmoud Barry, Seydou Doumbia, Sylvain Landry Faye, Abdul Karim Mbawah, Tani Sagna, Moctar Tounkara, Ricardo Strauss, Cheick Oumar Doumbia, Souleymane Diouf, Kadari Cissé, Jürgen May, Dewi Ismajani Puradiredja, Daniela Fusco
- BMJ Open 2024;14:e083766. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2023-083766
Detecting two Schistosoma circulating antigens - CCA and CAA - in urine and serum to improve diagnosis of human schistosomiasis
- Hoekstra PT, de Dood CJ, Abdoel T, Hilt S, van Diepen A, Polman K, Kremsner P, van Lieshout L, Kreidenweiss A, Adegnika AA, Fusco D, Rasomoelina T, Rakoto Andrianarivelo M, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Rakotoarivelo RA, Sicuri E, van Dam GJ, Corstjens PLAM.
- Front Parasitol. 2024 Oct 4;3:1460331. doi: 10.3389/fpara.2024.1460331. PMID: 39817163; PMCID: PMC11732024.
Prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis and other helminths in four districts of Madagascar
- Scarso, S., Rakotoarivelo, R.A., Hey, J.C., Fusco, D. et al.
- Trop Med Health 52, 49 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-024-00619-y
Schistosome infection among pregnant women in the rural highlands of Madagascar: A cross-sectional study calling for public health interventions in vulnerable populations
- Rakotozandrindrainy R, Rakotoarivelo RA, Kislaya I, Marchese V, Rasamoelina T, Solonirina J, Ratiaharison EF, Razafindrakoto R, Razafindralava NM, Rakotozandrindrainy N, Radomanana M, Andrianarivelo MR, Klein P, Lorenz E, Jaeger A, Hoekstra PT, Corstjens PLAM, Schwarz NG, van Dam GJ, May J, Fusco D; freeBILy consortium.
- PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2024 Apr 16;18(4):e0011766. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011766. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38626192
2023
Case Report: Three cases of suspected female genital schistosomiasis and precancerous lesions for cervical cancer in a highly endemic country—from clinical management to public health implications
- Marchese V, Rakotomalala Z, Kutz JM, Raefiarisoa S, Rakotomalala R, Rasamoelina T, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Rausche P, Gheit T, Hampl M, May J, Rakotoarivelo RA, Fusco D.
- Front. Trop. Dis, 11 October 2023 Sec. Neglected Tropical Diseases Volume 4 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fitd.2023.1270852.
Schistosomiasis in non-endemic areas: Italian consensus recommendations for screening, diagnosis and management by the Italian Society of Tropical Medicine and Global Health (SIMET), endorsed by the Committee for the Study of Parasitology of the Italian Association of Clinical Microbiologists (CoSP-AMCLI), the Italian Society of Parasitology (SoIPa), the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy (SIGE), the Italian Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (SIGO), the Italian Society of Colposcopy and Cervico-Vaginal Pathology (SICPCV), the Italian Society of General Medicine and Primary Care (SIMG), the Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (SIMIT), the Italian Society of Pediatrics (SIP), the Italian Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (SITIP), the Italian Society of Urology (SIU)
- Comelli A, Genovese C, Gobbi F, Brindicci G, Capone S, Corpolongo A, Crosato V, Mangano VD, Marrone R, Merelli M, Prato M, Santoro CR, Scarso S, Vanino E, Marchese V, Antinori S, Mastroianni C, Raglio A, Bruschi F, Minervini A, Donà D, Garazzino S, Galli L, Lo Vecchio A, Galli A, Dragoni G, Cricelli C, Colacurci N, Ferrazzi E, Pieralli A, Montresor A, Richter J, Calleri G, Bartoloni A, Zammarchi L.
- Infection. 2023 Oct;51(5):1249-1271. doi: 10.1007/s15010-023-02050-7. Epub 2023 Jul 7. PMID: 37420083; PMCID: PMC10545632.
Awareness and knowledge of female genital schistosomiasis in a population with high endemicity: a cross-sectional study in Madagascar
- Rausche P, Rakotoarivelo RA, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Rakotomalala RS, Ratefiarisoa S, Rasamoelina T, Kutz JM, Jaeger A, Hoeppner Y, Lorenz E, May J, Puradiredja DI, Fusco D.
- Front. Microbiol., 09 October 2023 Sec. Infectious Agents and Disease Volume 14 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1278974.
Female genital schistosomiasis, human papilloma virus infection, and cervical cancer in rural Madagascar: a cross sectional study
- Kutz JM, Rausche P, Rasamoelina T, Ratefiarisoa S, Razafindrakoto R, Klein P, Jaeger A, Rakotomalala RS, Rakotomalala Z, Randrianasolo BS, McKay-Chopin S, May J, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Puradiredja DI, Sicuri E, Hampl M, Lorenz E, Gheit T, Rakotoarivelo RA, Fusco D.
- Infect Dis Poverty. 2023 Sep 25;12(1):89. doi: 10.1186/s40249-023-01139-3. PMID: 37749705; PMCID: PMC10518971.
Schistosomiasis elimination in Madagascar: challenges and opportunities for implementing the new WHO guidelines
- Rasoamanamihaja CF, Rakotoarivelo RA, Edosoa G, Rasamoelina T, Montresor A, Marchese V, Fusco D.
- BMJ Global Health. 2023 Aug;8(8):e012598. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012598.
Barriers and facilitators of HPV vaccination in sub-saharan Africa: a systematic review
- Kutz JM, Rausche P, Gheit T, Puradiredja DI, Fusco D.
- BMC Public Health. 2023 May 26;23(1):974. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15842-1.
Perspective on Schistosomiasis Drug Discovery: Highlights from a Schistosomiasis Drug Discovery Workshop at Wellcome Collection, London, September 2022
- Caldwell N, Afshar R, Baragaña B, Bustinduy AL, Caffrey CR, Collins JJ, Fusco D, Garba A, Gardner M, Gomes M, Hoffmann KF, Hsieh M, Lo NC, McNamara CW, Nono JK, Padalino G, Read KD, Roestenberg M, Spangenberg T, Specht S, Gilbert IH.
- ACS Infect Dis. 2023 Apr 21. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.3c00081.
Prevalence and risk distribution of schistosomiasis among adults in Madagascar: a cross-sectional study
- Gruninger SK, Rasamoelina T, Rakotoarivelo RA, Razafindrakoto AR, Rasolojaona ZT, Rakotozafy RM, Soloniaina PR, Rakotozandrindrainy N, Rausche P, Doumbia CO, Jaeger A, Zerbo A, von Thien H, Klein P, van Dam G, Tannich E, Schwarz NG, Lorenz E, May J, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Fusco D.
- Infect Dis Poverty. 2023 Apr 25;12(1):44. doi: 10.1186/s40249-023-01094-z.
Screening for Tuberculosis Infection among Migrants: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in the Italian Context
- Russo G, Marchese V, Formenti B, Cimaglia C, Di Rosario G, Cristini I, Magro P, El-Hamad I, Cirillo DM, Girardi E, Matteelli A.
- Antibiotics (Basel). 2023 Mar 23;12(4):631. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics12040631. PMID: 37106992; PMCID: PMC10135261.
2022
Randomized Trial of Vaccines for Zaire Ebola Virus Disease
- PREVAC Study Team; Kieh M, Richert L, Beavogui AH, Grund B, Leigh B, D'Ortenzio E, Doumbia S, Lhomme E, Sow S, Vatrinet R, Roy C, Kennedy SB, Faye S, Lees S, Millimouno NP, Camara AM, Samai M, Deen GF, Doumbia M, Espérou H, Pierson J, Watson-Jones D, Diallo A, Wentworth D, McLean C, Simon J, Wiedemann A, Dighero-Kemp B, Hensley L, Lane HC, Levy Y, Piot P, Greenwood B, Chêne G, Neaton J, Yazdanpanah Y.
- N Engl J Med. 2022 Dec 29;387(26):2411-2424. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2200072. Epub 2022 Dec 14. PMID: 36516078.
A sex and gender perspective for neglected zoonotic diseases
- Fusco D, Martínez-Pérez GZ, Remkes A, De Pascali AM, Ortalli M, Varani S, Scagliarini A.
- Front Microbiol. 2022 Oct 20;13:1031683. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1031683.
Factors influencing hesitancy towards adult and child COVID- 19 vaccines in rural and urban West Africa: a cross-sectional study
- Faye SLB, Krumkamp R, Doumbia S, Tounkara M, Strauss R, Ouedraogo HG, Sagna T, Barry AM, Mbawah AK, Doumbia CO, Diouf S, Cisse K, Harding M, Donven P, May J, Puradiredja DI, Fusco D; ACHES consortium.
- BMJ Open. 2022;12:e059138. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2021-059138.
Host-Pathogen Interactions: Organotypic Cultures to Unravel the Mysteries of the Primordial Hostility among Organisms
- Marrazzo P, Fischer N, Nastasi C, Cricca M, Fusco D.
- Pathogens. 2022 Mar 16;11(3):362. doi: 10.3390/pathogens11030362.
2021
Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in urban settings in three sub-Saharan African countries (SeroCoV): a study protocol for a household-based cross-sectional prevalence study using two-stage cluster sampling
- Lorenz E, Souares A, Amuasi J, Loag W, Deschermeier C, Fusco D, Benke D, A Rakotoarivelo R, Rasamoelina MT, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Sie A, Afum-Adjei Awuah A, May J, Eibach D, Struck N.
- BMJ Open. 2021 Dec 17;11(12):e056853. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056853.
A cluster randomized controlled trial for assessing POC-CCA test based praziquantel treatment for schistosomiasis control in pregnant women and their young children: study protocol of the freeBILy clinical trial in Madagascar
- Fusco D, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Rakotoarivelo RA, Andrianarivelo MR, Rakotozandrindrainy N, Rasamoelina T, Puradiredja DI, Klein P, Stahlberg K, Dechenaud M, Lorenz E, Jaeger A, Kreidenweiss A, Hoekstra PT, Adegnika AA, Sicuri E, Corstjens PLAM, van Dam GJ, May J, Schwarz NG; freeBILy consortium.
- Trials. 2021 Nov 20;22(1):822. doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05769-6.
Partnership for Research on Ebola VACcination (PREVAC): protocol of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 clinical trial evaluating three vaccine strategies against Ebola in healthy volunteers in four West African countries
- Badio M, Lhomme E, Kieh M, Beavogui AH, Kennedy SB, Doumbia S, Leigh B, Sow SO, Diallo A, Fusco D, Kirchoff M, Termote M, Vatrinet R, Wentworth D, Esperou H, Lane HC, Pierson J, Watson-Jones D, Roy C, D'Ortenzio E, Greenwood B, Chêne G, Richert L, Neaton JD, Yazdanpanah Y; PREVAC study team.
- Trials. 2021 Jan 23;22(1):86. doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05035-9.
