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Nos recherches couvrent les résultats thérapeutiques et la réinfection, les connaissances et l’engagement communautaires, la morbidité, la santé des femmes, l’épidémiologie moléculaire et l’écologie des mollusques hôtes intermédiaires.

10 publications

2026 Community engagement

Assessment of community knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to schistosomiasis in a hyper-endemic region of the Democratic Republic of Congo: mixed methods

Linsuke S, Mpanya A, Mitashi P, Baloji S, Van Geertruyden JP, Lutumba P.

BMC Public Health. 2026;26(1):1778. Published April 21, 2026. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-026-27504-z.

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2026 Treatment & reinfection

Impact of praziquantel treatment and early reinfection patterns in a mixed Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium infection focus in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Madinga JN, Roucher C, Linsuke S, Baloji S, Hermy M, Lutumba P, Polman K.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2026;20(10):e0014764. Published October 9, 2026. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0014764.

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2026 Women’s health

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of healthcare professionals on female genital schistosomiasis in the Mabalako health zone, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Katembo JLM, Kebela JK, Senge M, et al.

BMC Women's Health. 2026. DOI: 10.1186/s12905-026-04770-y.

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2026 Disease morbidity

Liver and bladder morbidity in a Schistosoma mansoni and haematobium co-endemic area in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Linsuke S, Madinga J, Roucher C, Miantezila MI, Baloji S, Disonama M, Van Geertruyden JP, Polman K, Lutumba P.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2026;20(2):e0013999. Published February 17, 2026. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0013999.

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2025 Molecular epidemiology

Novel sequences of schistosomes and their snail intermediate host species in the Democratic Republic of Congo: first phylogenetic analyses

Kapour G, André B, Misinga M, Emboni T, Madinga J, Muhindo H, Mitashi P, Huyse T.

Journal of Helminthology. 2025;99:e93. Published August 7, 2025. DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X25100606.

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2024 Eco-epidemiology

Mapping of intermediate host snails for schistosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a systematic review

Kapour Kieng Katsang G, Wambui CW, Madinga J, Huyse T, Mitashi P.

Folia Parasitologica. 2024;71:2024.010. Published May 6, 2024. DOI: 10.14411/fp.2024.010.

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2023 Epidemiology & risk factors

Schistosoma Infection Burden and Risk Factors among School-Aged Children in a Rural Area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Linsuke S, Ilombe G, Disonama M, Nzita JD, Mbala P, Lutumba P, Van Geertruyden JP.

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2023;8(9):455. Published September 21, 2023. DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed8090455.

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2022 Diagnostic methods

Diagnosis of Schistosomiasis without a Microscope: Evaluating Circulating Antigen (CCA, CAA) and DNA Detection Methods on Banked Samples of a Community-Based Survey from DR Congo

Hoekstra PT, Madinga J, Lutumba P, van Grootveld R, Brienen EAT, Corstjens PLAM, van Dam GJ, Polman K, van Lieshout L.

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2022;7(10):315. Published October 19, 2022. DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed7100315.

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2021 Epidemiology

Epidemiology of Schistosoma mansoni infection in Ituri Province, north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Nigo MM, Odermatt P, Salieb-Beugelaar GB, Morozov O, Battegay M, Hunziker PR.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2021;15(12):e0009486. Published December 2, 2021. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009486.

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2021 Disease morbidity

Morbidity associated with Schistosoma mansoni infection in north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Nigo MM, Odermatt P, Nigo DW, Salieb-Beugelaar GB, Battegay M, Hunziker PR.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2021;15(12):e0009375. Published December 2, 2021. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009375.

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