Dual screening by Spectral Artificial Visual Examination (SAVE) for Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) and cervical cancer. Digital, new, low-cost, and simple screening and training.

Project Information

DUALSAVE-FGS

Grant agreement ID: 101057853

DOI

10.3030/101057853

EC signature date 15 July 2022

Start date 1 August 2022

End date 31 July 2026

Funded under

• Health

Total cost

€ 7 984 443,75

EU contribution

€ 7 984 441,00

Coordinated by

OSLO UNIVERSITETSSYKEHUS HF
Norway

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (3)

Data management plan
FGS Training clinical content
Agreement of terms for classification of FGS

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (21)

Global diversity of soil-transmitted helminths reveals population-biased genetic variation that impacts diagnostic targets

Author(s): Marina Papaiakovou, Andrea Waeschenbach, Olumide Ajibola, Sitara SR Ajjampur, Roy M. Anderson, Robin Bailey, Jade Benjamin-Chung, Maria Cambra-Pellejà, Nicolas R. Caro, David Chaima, Rubén O. Cimino, Piet Cools, Anélsio Cossa, Julia Dunn, Sean Galagan, Javier Gandasegui, Berta Grau-Pujol, Emma L. Houlder, Moudachirou Ibikounlé, Timothy P. Jenkins, Khumbo Kalua, Eyrun F. Kjetland, Alejandro J. Krolewiecki, Bruno Levecke, Adrian JF Luty, Andrew S. MacDonald, Inácio Mandomando, Malathi Manuel, Maria Martínez-Valladares, Rojelio Mejia, Zeleke Mekonnen, Augusto Messa, Harriet Mpairwe, Osvaldo Muchisse, Jose Muñoz, Pauline Mwinzi, Valdemiro Novela, Maurice R. Odiere, Charfudin Sacoor, Judd L. Walson, Steven A. Williams, Stefan Witek-McManus, D. Timothy J. Littlewood, Cinzia Cantacessi, Stephen R. Doyle
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 16, 2025, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41467-025-61687-0

Visual diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis in Zambian women from hand-held colposcopy: agreement of expert image review and association with clinical symptoms

Author(s): Amy Sturt, Henrietta Bristowe, Emily Webb, Isaiah Hansingo, Comfort Phir, Maina Mudenda, Joyce Map, Tobias Mweene, Bruno Levecke, Piet Cools, Govert van Dam, Paul Corstjens, Helen Ayles, Richard Hayes
Published in: Wellcome Open Research, Issue 8, 2023, ISSN 2398-502X
Publisher: F1000 Research Limited
DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18737.2.

‘Female Genital Schistosomiasis: Translational Challenges and Opportunities’ – outputs and actions from a consultative, collaborative and translational workshop

Author(s): Peter S. Wasson, Maia Kavanagh Williamson, Amelia Hallas-Potts, Benjamin Lopez-Jimena, Magdalena Koscielniak, Steven Tait, Margaret Gyapong, Olimpia Lamberti, Rhoda Ndubani, Ashley Preston, Janelisa Musaya, Sekeleghe A Kayuni, Dingase Kumwenda, Lisette van Lieshout, Bonnie L. Webster, Jennifer A. Downs, Amy Sturt, Sabine Specht, Morgan E. Lemin, Elizabeth F. Long, Eyrun F. Kjetland, Bodo S. Randrianasolo, J. Russell Stothard, Anouk Gouvras, David Rollinson, W. Evan Secor, Kwame Shanaube, Amaya L. Bustinduy
Published in: Parasitology, 2025, ISSN 0031-1820
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182025100346

Urinary human papillomavirus DNA as an indicator of gynaecological infection in young women in Schistosoma and HIV endemic South Africa

Author(s): P. Pillay, H. N. Galappaththi-Arachchige, M. Taylor, B. Roald, E. F. Kjetland
Published in: Frontiers in Global Women's Health, Issue 5, 2025, ISSN 2673-5059
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/FGWH.2024.1436064

Absence of lower genital tract lesions among women of reproductive age infected with Schistosoma mansoni: A cross-sectional study using a colposcope in Western Kenya

Author(s): Huldah C. Sang,Pauline N. M. Mwinzi,Maurice R. Odiere,Isaac Onkanga,Fredrick Rawago,Pavitra Pillay,Eyrun Floerecke Kjetland
Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Disease Journal, Issue 2, 2022, ISSN 1935-2735
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010473

The first BILGENSA Research Network workshop in Zambia: identifying research priorities, challenges and needs in genital bilharzia in Southern Africa

Author(s): Rhoda Ndubani, Olimpia Lamberti, Anna Kildemoes, Pytsje Hoekstra, Jennifer Fitzpatrick, Helen Kelly, Bellington Vwalika, Bodo Randrianasolo, Amy Sturt, Seke Kayuni, Augustine Choko, Nkatya Kasese, Eyrun Kjetland, Takalani Nemungadi, Sibone Mocumbi, Anna Samson, Elizabeth Ntapara, Anifrid Thomson, Elizabeth Danstan, Chido Dziya Chikwari, Kevin Martin, Ibrahim Rabiu, Gifty Terkie, David Chaima, Manuel Kasoka, Karoline Joeker, Louise Thomsen Schmidt Arenholt, Peter Leutscher, Russel Stothard, Oliva Rabozakandria, Anouk Gouvras, Tendai Munthali, Grace Hameja, Paul Kanfwa, Halwindi Hikabasa, Helen Ayles, Kwame Shanaube, Amaya L. Bustinduy
Published in: Wellcome Open Research, Issue 9, 2025, ISSN 2398-502X
Publisher: F1000 Research Ltd
DOI: 10.12688/WELLCOMEOPENRES.22429.2

Design of the HPV-automated visual evaluation (PAVE) study: Validating a novel cervical screening strategy

Author(s): Silvia de Sanjosé, Rebecca B Perkins, Nicole Campos, Federica Inturrisi, Didem Egemen, Brian Befano, Ana Cecilia Rodriguez, Jose Jerónimo, Li C Cheung, Kanan Desai, Paul Han, Akiva P Novetsky, Abigail Ukwuani, Jenna Marcus, Syed Rakin Ahmed, Nicolas Wentzensen, Jayashree Kalpathy-Cramer, Mark Schiffman, null null
Published in: eLife, Issue 12, 2024, ISSN 2050-084X
Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
DOI: 10.7554/ELIFE.91469

Diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis and other genital infections in young South African women: challenges in the syndromic approach

Author(s): Solrun Søfteland, Motshedisi Sebitloane, Hashini Nilushika Galappaththi-Arachchige, Elisabeth Kleppa, Sigve Holmen, Pavitra Pillay, Patrica Doris Ndhlovu, Myra Taylor, Birgitte Jyding Vennervald, Saloshni Naidoo, Anne Cathrine Staff, Manala Makua, Svein Gunnar Gundersen, Eyrun Floerecke Kjetland
Published in: Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, Issue 5, 2024, ISSN 2673-7515
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/FITD.2024.1379526

The Association Between Female Genital Schistosomiasis and Other Infections of the Lower Genital Tract in Adolescent Girls and Young Women: A Cross-Sectional Study in South Africa

Author(s): Shukla, Jilna Dilip; Kleppa, Elisabeth; Holmen, Sigve; Ndhlovu, Patricia D; Mtshali, Andile; Sebitloane, Motshedisi; Vennervald, Birgitte Jyding; Gundersen, Svein Gunnar; Taylor, Myra; Kjetland, Eyrun Floerecke
Published in: Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, Issue 27(3), 2023, ISSN 1526-0976
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
DOI: 10.1097/LGT.0000000000000756

Establishing and Integrating a Female Genital Schistosomiasis Control Programme into the Existing Health Care System

Author(s): Takalani Girly Nemungadi, Tsakani Ernica Furumele, Mary Kay Gugerty ,Amadou Garba Djirmay ,Saloshni Naidoo and Eyrun Flörecke Kjetland
Published in: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Issue 7(11), 2022, ISSN 2414-6366
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed7110382

Presence of tissue schistosomiasis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a retrospective histopathologic review

Author(s): Mwazha, Absalom; Nhlonzi, Gamalenkosi Bonginkosi; Kjetland, Eyrun Floerecke
Published in: Frontiers in tropical diseases, Issue 4:1301485, 2023, ISSN 2673-7515
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/fitd.2023.1301485

Institutionalising urogenital schistosomiasis surveillance: Best practices to improve female genital and urinary schistosomiasis control in South Africa

Author(s): Takalani Girly Nemungadi, Tsakani Furumele, Absalom Mwazha, Myra Taylor, Saloshni Naidoo, Eyrun F. Kjetland
Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Issue 19, 2025, ISSN 1935-2735
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PNTD.0012640

Predictors for participation in mass-treatment and female genital schistosomiasis re-investigation, and the effect of praziquantel treatment in South African adolescents

Author(s): Takalani Girly Nemungadi, Elisabeth Kleppa, Hashini Nilushika Galappaththi-Arachchige, Pavitra Pillay, Svein Gunnar Gundersen, Birgitte Jyding Vennervald, Patricia Doris Ndhlovu, Myra Taylor, Saloshni Naidoo, Eyrun Floerecke Kjetland
Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Issue 18, 2024, ISSN 1935-2735
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PNTD.0011798

Health professionals' knowledge about female genital schistosomiasis. A qualitative investigation in a schistosomiasis endemic area in South Africa

Author(s): Sommerfelt Ingvild; Ndhlovu Patricia; Taylor Myra; Naidoo Saloshni; Pillay Pavitra; Haaland Hanne; Gundersen Gunnar Svein; Furumele Tsakani; Kjetland Floerecke Eyrun
Published in: SSM-Qualitative Research in Health, Issue 3, 2023, ISSN 2667-3215
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100292

Predictors for participation in mass-treatment and female genital schistosomiasis re-investigation, and the effect of praziquantel treatment in South African adolescents

Author(s): Takalani Girly Nemungadi ,Elisabeth Kleppa,Hashini Nilushika Galappaththi-Arachchige,Pavitra Pillay,Svein Gunnar Gundersen,Birgitte Jyding Vennervald,Patricia Doris Ndhlovu,Myra Taylor,Saloshni Naidoo,Eyrun Floerecke Kjetland
Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Disease, Issue 2, 2024, ISSN 1935-2735
Publisher: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011798.

Female genital schistosomiasis in Ghana: An exploration of knowledge, attitudes, and practice among women of reproductive age

Author(s): Comfort D. Tetteh, Alfred K. Manyeh, Jabulani R. Ncayiyana, Themba G. Ginindza
Published in: Public Health in Practice, Issue 10, 2025, ISSN 2666-5352
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.PUHIP.2025.100632

The Presence of Hemoglobin in Cervicovaginal Lavage Is Not Associated With Genital Schistosomiasis in Zambian Women From the BILHIV Study

Author(s): Amy S Sturt; Emily L Webb; Comfort R Phiri; Joyce Mapani; Maina Mudenda; Lisa Himschoot; Eyrun F Kjetland; Tobias Mweene; Bruno Levecke; Govert J van Dam; Paul L A M Corstjens; Helen Ayles; Richard J Hayes; Suzanna C Francis; Lisette van Lieshout; Piet Cools; Isaiah Hansingo; Amaya L Bustinduy
Published in: Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Issue 9, 2022, ISSN 2328-8957
Publisher: Oxford Academic
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac586

Knowledge and management of female genital schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review protocol

Author(s): Comfort D. Tetteh, Jabulani R. Ncayiyana, Sizwe E. Makhunga, Alfred K. Manyeh, Emmanuel A. Asiamah, Themba G. Ginindza
Published in: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, Issue 39, 2024, ISSN 2313-1810
Publisher: AOSIS
DOI: 10.4102/SAJID.V39I1.553

Next step towards point-of-care molecular diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis (FGS): evaluation of an instrument-free LAMP procedure

Author(s): Kim J. M. van Bergen, Eric A.T. Brienen, Bodo S. Randrianasolo, Charles E. Ramarokoto, Peter Leutscher, Eyrun F. Kjetland, Angela van Diepen, Floris Dekker, Vittorio Saggiomo, Aldrik H. Velders, Lisette van Lieshout
Published in: Frontiers in Parasitology, Issue 3, 2024, ISSN 2813-2424
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/FPARA.2024.1297310

Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) in a Nonendemic Setting: Retrospective Case-Notes Review of <i>Schistosoma haematobium</i>–Positive FGS Cases at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, With a Pragmatic Clinical Pathway for Nonendemic Settings

Author(s): Hannah Rafferty, Clare E Warrell, Spencer Polley, Rashmita Bodhani, Laura E Nabarro, Gauri Godbole, Amaya L Bustinduy, Eyrun F Kjetland, Michael H Hsieh, Peter L Chiodini
Published in: Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Issue 12, 2025, ISSN 2328-8957
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/OFID/OFAF180

The WHO atlas for female-genital schistosomiasis: Co-design of a practicable diagnostic guide, digital support and training

Author(s): Santiago Gil Martinez, Pamela S Mbabazi , Motshedisi H Sebitloane , Bellington Vwalika , Sibone Mocumbi , Hashini N Galaphaththi-Arachchige , Sigve D Holmen , Bodo Randrianasolo, Borghild Roald , Femi Olowookorun, Francis Hyera, Sheila Mab
Published in: PLOS Glob Public Health, Issue 3, 2024, ISSN 2767-3375
Publisher: PLOS Glob Public Health
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002249.eCollection2024.

Other (1)

Kvinnelig genital schistosomiasis – et neglisjert globalt kvinnehelseproblem.

Author(s): Søfteland S, Trope A, Martinez S, Gundersen S, Kjetland EF
Published in: Gynekologen, Issue 22–26, 2024
Publisher: Gynekologen