A quality improvement approach in co-developing a primary healthcare package for raising awareness and managing female genital schistosomiasis in Nigeria and Liberia
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DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihac056
Abstract: Abstract Background Girls and women living in endemic areas for urogenital schistosomiasis may have lifelong vulnerability to female genital schistosomiasis (FGS). For >2 decades, the importance of FGS has been increasing in sub-Saharan Africa, but… read more here.
Keywords: health; fgs; female genital; schistosomiasis ... See more keywords
The Presence of Hemoglobin in Cervicovaginal Lavage Is Not Associated With Genital Schistosomiasis in Zambian Women From the BILHIV Study
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DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac586
Abstract: Abstract Background Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) occurs when Schistosoma haematobium eggs are deposited in reproductive tissue. Female genital schistosomiasis in the cervical mucosa is associated with increased vascularity. If FGS is associated with the presence… read more here.
Keywords: fgs; presence; cvl; pcr ... See more keywords
Visual diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis in Zambian women from hand-held colposcopy: agreement of expert image review and association with clinical symptoms.
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DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18737.2
Abstract: Background: Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) can occur in S. haematobium infection and is caused by egg deposition in the genital tract. Confirming a diagnosis of FGS is challenging due to the lack of a diagnostic reference standard.… read more here.
Keywords: agreement; hand held; fgs; diagnosis ... See more keywords
Genital self-sampling compared with cervicovaginal lavage for the diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis in Zambian women: The BILHIV study
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008337
Abstract: Background Given the potentially causal association of female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) with HIV-1 infection, improved diagnostics are urgently needed to scale-up FGS surveillance. The BILHIV (bilharzia and HIV) study assessed the performance of home-based self-collection… read more here.
Keywords: genital schistosomiasis; cvl; pcr; self ... See more keywords
Cervical lesion proportion measure using a digital gridded imaging technique to assess cervical pathology in women with genital schistosomiasis
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009995
Abstract: Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) is characterized by a pattern of lesions which manifest at the cervix and the vagina, such as homogeneous and grainy sandy patches, rubbery papules in addition to neovascularization. A tool for… read more here.
Keywords: genital schistosomiasis; pathology; cervical pathology; cervical lesion ... See more keywords
Human rights as a framework for eliminating female genital schistosomiasis
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010165
Abstract: Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) affects tens of millions of women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa, yet this inequitable threat is often overlooked by advocates in both the neglected tropical disease (NTD) and sexual and reproductive… read more here.
Keywords: health; female genital; human rights; women girls ... See more keywords
Pathological Abnormalities Observed on Ultrasonography among Fishermen Associated with Male Genital Schistosomiasis (MGS) along the South Lake Malawi Shoreline in Mangochi District, Malawi
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DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed7080169
Abstract: Schistosome eggs cause granulomata and pathological abnormalities, detectable with non-invasive radiological techniques such as ultrasonography which could be useful in male genital schistosomiasis (MGS). As part of our novel MGS study among fishermen along Lake… read more here.
Keywords: ultrasonography; male genital; mgs; pathological abnormalities ... See more keywords