Our Publications
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.
