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G. V. van Dam

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h-index: 46
Works: 248
Citations: 6,914

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A controlled human Schistosoma mansoni infection model to advance novel drugs, vaccines and diagnostics
M. Langenberg, M. Hoogerwerf, J. Koopman, J. Janse +22 more
2020Nature Medicine121 citations Open access
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Circulating Anodic Antigen (CAA): A Highly Sensitive Diagnostic Biomarker to Detect Active Schistosoma Infections—Improvement and Use during SCORE
P. Corstjens, C. de Dood, S. Knopp, M. Clements +13 more
2020American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene98 citations Open access
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Genital self-sampling compared with cervicovaginal lavage for the diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis in Zambian women: The BILHIV study
A. Sturt, E. Webb, Comfort R. Phiri, Tobias Mweene +10 more
2020PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases57 citations Open access
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Association between cervical dysplasia and female genital schistosomiasis diagnosed by genital PCR in Zambian women
H. Rafferty, A. Sturt, Comfort R. Phiri, E. Webb +10 more
2021BMC Infectious Diseases42 citations Open access
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Context-Specific Procedures for the Diagnosis of Human Schistosomiasis – A Mini Review
P. Hoekstra, G. V. van Dam, L. van Lieshout
2021Frontiers in Tropical Diseases38 citations Open access
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Sensitive diagnostic tools and targeted drug administration strategies are needed to eliminate schistosomiasis.
A. Amoah, Pytsje T. Hoekstra, M. Casacuberta-Partal, L. Coffeng +12 more
2020Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)37 citations Open access
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Visual diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis in Zambian women from hand-held colposcopy: agreement of expert image review and association with clinical symptoms
A. Sturt, H. Bristowe, E. Webb, I. Hansingo +15 more
2023Wellcome Open Research32 citations Open access
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Evaluation of microscopy, serology, circulating anodic antigen (CAA), and eosinophil counts for the follow-up of migrants with chronic schistosomiasis: a prospective cohort study
F. Tamarozzi, T. Ursini, Pytsje T. Hoekstra, Ronaldo Silva +8 more
2021Parasites & Vectors31 citations Open access
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Immunomics-guided discovery of serum and urine antibodies for diagnosing urogenital schistosomiasis: a biomarker identification study
M. Pearson, B. Tedla, G. G. Mekonnen, C. Proietti +26 more
2021The Lancet Microbe30 citations Open access
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Schistosoma haematobium infection is associated with lower serum cholesterol levels and improved lipid profile in overweight/obese individuals
J. Zinsou, J. Janse, Yabo Y. Honpkehedji, J. Dejon-Agobé +10 more
2020PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases26 citations Open access
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Specificity of the Point-of-Care Urine Strip Test for Schistosoma Circulating Cathodic Antigen (POC-CCA) Tested in Non-Endemic Pregnant Women and Young Children.
M. Casacuberta-Partal, M. Beenakker, C. de Dood, Pytsje T. Hoekstra +7 more
2021American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene25 citations Open access
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Nationwide Remapping of Schistosoma mansoni Infection in Rwanda Using Circulating Cathodic Antigen Rapid Test: Taking Steps toward Elimination
E. Ruberanziza, U. Wittmann, A. Mbituyumuremyi, Alphonse Mutabazi +14 more
2020American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene25 citations Open access
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Sensitive Diagnosis and Post-Treatment Follow-Up of Schistosoma mansoni Infections in Asymptomatic Eritrean Refugees by Circulating Anodic Antigen Detection and Polymerase Chain Reaction
P. Hoekstra, A. Chernet, C. de Dood, E. Brienen +7 more
2022American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene24 citations Open access
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Prevalence and risk distribution of schistosomiasis among adults in Madagascar: a cross-sectional study
S. Gruninger, T. Rasamoelina, R. Rakotoarivelo, A. R. Razafindrakoto +17 more
2023Infectious Diseases of Poverty22 citations Open access
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Association of Female Genital Schistosomiasis With the Cervicovaginal Microbiota and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Zambian Women
A. Sturt, E. Webb, Lisa Himschoot, Comfort R. Phiri +14 more
2021Open Forum Infectious Diseases22 citations Open access
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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
P. Hoekstra, J. Madinga, P. Lutumba, Rebecca van Grootveld +5 more
2022Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease21 citations Open access
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Cervicovaginal Immune Activation in Zambian Women With Female Genital Schistosomiasis
A. Sturt, E. Webb, Catriona Patterson, Comfort R. Phiri +17 more
2021Frontiers in Immunology20 citations Open access
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Safety and infectivity of female cercariae in Schistosoma-naïve, healthy participants: a controlled human Schistosoma mansoni infection study
J. P. Koopman, E. Houlder, J. Janse, M. Casacuberta-Partal +21 more
2023EBioMedicine19 citations Open access
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Limited efficacy of repeated praziquantel treatment in Schistosoma mansoni infections as revealed by highly accurate diagnostics, PCR and UCP-LF CAA (RePST trial)
P. Hoekstra, M. Casacuberta-Partal, L. van Lieshout, P. Corstjens +11 more
2022PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases19 citations Open access
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Early diagnosis and follow-up of acute schistosomiasis in a cluster of infected Belgian travellers by detection of antibodies and Circulating Anodic Antigen (CAA): a diagnostic evaluation study.
Pytsje T. Hoekstra, M. van Esbroeck, C. de Dood, P. Corstjens +6 more
2021Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease19 citations Open access
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Accuracy of Two Circulating Antigen Tests for the Diagnosis and Surveillance of Schistosoma mansoni Infection in Low-Endemicity Settings of Côte d’Ivoire
Rufin K. Assaré, Mathieu I Tra-Bi, J. Coulibaly, P. Corstjens +5 more
2021American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene19 citations Open access
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Schistosoma mansoni infection alters the host pre-vaccination environment resulting in blunted Hepatitis B vaccination immune responses
Roshell Muir, Talibah U. Metcalf, S. Fourati, Y. Bartsch +31 more
2023PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases18 citations Open access
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High prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni infection and stunting among school age children in communities along the Albert-Nile, Northern Uganda: A cross sectional study
J. Mulindwa, J. Namulondo, A. Kitibwa, J. Nassuuna +17 more
2022PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases18 citations Open access
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Antigen-based diagnosis of Schistosoma infection in travellers: a prospective study
M. Casacuberta-Partal, J. Janse, R. van Schuijlenburg, J. J. D. de Vries +11 more
2020Journal of Travel Medicine18 citations Open access
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Survey of Schistosomiasis in Saint Lucia: Evidence for Interruption of Transmission
J. Gaspard, Madelaine M. Usey, Merlene Fredericks-James, M. J. Sánchez-Martín +6 more
2020American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene16 citations Open access
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Repeated versus single praziquantel dosing regimen in treatment of female genital schistosomiasis: a phase 2 randomised controlled trial showing no difference in efficacy
L. Arenholt, B. Randrianasolo, T. Rabozakandraina, C. Ramarokoto +15 more
2024Frontiers in Tropical Diseases15 citations Open access
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Rhesus macaques self-curing from a schistosome infection can display complete immunity to challenge
M. S. Amaral, D. W. Santos, A. S. Pereira, A. Tahira +15 more
2021Nature Communications14 citations Open access
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The effect of intensive praziquantel administration on vaccine-specific responses among schoolchildren in Ugandan schistosomiasis-endemic islands (POPVAC A): an open-label, randomised controlled trial
G. Nkurunungi, J. Nassuuna, Agnes Natukunda, Ludoviko Zirimenya +45 more
2024Lancet Global Health13 citations Open access
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Cervicovaginal bacterial communities in reproductive-aged Tanzanian women with Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma haematobium, or without schistosome infection
Brooke W. Bullington, M. Lee, Jane Mlingi, Ndalloh Paul +13 more
2021The ISME Journal13 citations Open access
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Schistosome and malaria exposure and urban–rural differences in vaccine responses in Uganda: a causal mediation analysis using data from three linked randomised controlled trials
Agnes Natukunda, G. Nkurunungi, Ludoviko Zirimenya, J. Nassuuna +45 more
2024Lancet Global Health12 citations Open access
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Characterisation of tetraspanins from Schistosoma haematobium and evaluation of their potential as novel diagnostic markers
G. G. Mekonnen, B. Tedla, M. Pearson, Luke Becker +8 more
2022PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases12 citations Open access
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Pre-vaccination Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm infections are associated with altered vaccine immune responses: a longitudinal analysis among adolescents living in helminth-endemic islands of Lake Victoria, Uganda
Agnes Natukunda, Ludoviko Zirimenya, G. Nkurunungi, J. Nassuuna +6 more
2024Frontiers in Immunology11 citations Open access
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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
Daniela Fusco, R. Rakotozandrindrainy, R. Rakotoarivelo, M. R. Andrianarivelo +47 more
2021Trials11 citations Open access
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Female Genital Schistosomiasis and HIV-1 Incidence in Zambian Women: A Retrospective Cohort Study
A. Sturt, E. Webb, Comfort R. Phiri, Maina Mudenda +14 more
2021Open Forum Infectious Diseases11 citations Open access
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Fast and reliable easy-to-use-diagnostics for eliminating bilharzia in young children and mothers: An introduction to the freeBILy project.
Pytsje T. Hoekstra, N. Schwarz, A. Adegnika, M. R. Andrianarivelo +6 more
2020Acta Tropica11 citations Open access
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Zipime-Weka-Schista study protocol: a longitudinal cohort study and economic evaluation of an integrated home-based approach for genital multipathogen screening in women, including female genital schistosomiasis, human papillomavirus, Trichomonas and HIV in Zambia
K. Shanaube, Rhoda Ndubani, H. Kelly, E. Webb +17 more
2024BMJ Open10 citations Open access
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Excretion patterns of Schistosoma mansoni antigens CCA and CAA by adult male and female worms, using a mouse model and ex vivo parasite cultures
M. Casacuberta-Partal, L. van Lieshout, A. van Diepen, J. Sijtsma +7 more
2021Parasitology10 citations Open access
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Prospective, observational study to assess the performance of CAA measurement as a diagnostic tool for the detection of Schistosoma haematobium infections in pregnant women and their child in Lambaréné, Gabon: study protocol of the freeBILy clinical trial in Gabon
Y. J. Honkpéhédji, A. Adegnika, J. Dejon-Agobé, J. Zinsou +11 more
2020BMC Infectious Diseases10 citations Open access
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Safety and efficacy of praziquantel 40 mg/kg versus 80 mg/kg in preschool-aged children with intestinal schistosomiasis in Uganda: a 2 × 2 factorial, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 randomised trial.
A. Bustinduy, Andrew Edielu, G. K. Ayebazibwe, Racheal Nakyesige +15 more
2025Lancet Global Health9 citations Open access
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Sensitivity and specificity of human point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen (POC-CCA) test in African livestock for rapid diagnosis of schistosomiasis: A Bayesian latent class analysis
Beatriz Calvo-Urbano, E. Léger, Isobel L. Gabain, C. de Dood +8 more
2022bioRxiv9 citations Open access
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Associations between schistosomiasis and HIV‐1 acquisition risk in four prospective cohorts: a nested case‐control analysis
Aaron F. Bochner, J. Baeten, W. Secor, G. V. van Dam +9 more
2020Journal of the International AIDS Society9 citations Open access
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T cell responses in repeated controlled human schistosome infection compared to natural exposure
Emmanuella Driciru, J. P. Koopman, Sanne A. M. Steenbergen, Friederike Sonnet +20 more
2025Nature Communications8 citations Open access
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Safety and Efficacy of Praziquantel in Pregnant Women Infected with Schistosoma haematobium in Lambaréné, Gabon - Clinical Results from the Randomized, Single-Blinded, Controlled freeBILy-Gabon Trial.
Jacob Gerstenberg, Y. J. Honkpéhédji, J. Dejon-Agobé, S. Mahmoudou +18 more
2024International Journal of Infectious Diseases8 citations Open access
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Reproducibility matters: intra- and inter-sample variation of the point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen test in two Schistosoma mansoni endemic areas in Uganda
E. Kabbas-Piñango, M. Arinaitwe, G. V. van Dam, Adriko Moses +6 more
2023Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences8 citations Open access
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The effect of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria with dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine on vaccine-specific responses among schoolchildren in rural Uganda (POPVAC B): a double-blind, randomised controlled trial
Ludoviko Zirimenya, Agnes Natukunda, J. Nassuuna, G. Nkurunungi +19 more
2024Lancet Global Health7 citations Open access
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Female Genital Schistosomiasis Lesions Explored Using Circulating Anodic Antigen as an Indicator for Live Schistosoma Worms
T. Nemungadi, E. Kleppa, G. V. van Dam, P. Corstjens +8 more
2022Frontiers in Tropical Diseases7 citations Open access
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Plasma Endotoxin Levels Are Not Increased in Schistosoma mansoni-Infected Women without Signs or Symptoms of Hepatosplenic Disease.
Katherine Klemperer, M. Reust, M. Lee, P. Corstjens +4 more
2020American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene7 citations Open access
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Effects of Schistosoma mansoni and Praziquantel Treatment on the Lower Gastrointestinal Mucosa: A Cohort Study in Tanzania
Khanh Pham, Gideon S. Mtalitinya, Christine Aristide, Efeose Airewele +11 more
2022Acta Tropica6 citations Open access
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Detecting Schistosoma infections in endemic countries: a diagnostic accuracy study in rural Madagascar
E. Lorenz, R. Razafindrakoto, P. Rausche, Zaraniaina Tahiry Rasolojaona +21 more
2025Infectious Diseases of Poverty5 citations Open access
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Schistosome infection among pregnant women in the rural highlands of Madagascar: A cross-sectional study calling for public health interventions in vulnerable populations
R. Rakotozandrindrainy, R. Rakotoarivelo, I. Kislaya, Valentina Marchese +17 more
2024PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases5 citations Open access
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