The Centre for Schistosomiasis and Parasitology (CSP) is a leading research institution dedicated to the control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases in Cameroon. Through innovative research, community engagement, and international collaboration, we are working towards a future free from schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis
We are committed to advancing the control and elimination of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Cameroon through cutting-edge research, evidence-based interventions, and collaborative partnerships.
Our multidisciplinary approach combines parasitological research, field surveys, community engagement, and policy advocacy to create sustainable solutions for disease prevention and control.
Monitoring disease patterns and transmission dynamics
Informing national and international health strategies
Mass drug administration in endemic communities
Partnerships with global health institutions
Implementing targeted interventions to reduce transmission and prevalence
Building awareness and fostering local participation in control programs
Developing new diagnostic tools and treatment strategies
Training healthcare workers and researchers for sustainable impact
The Centre for Schistosomiasis and Parasitology (CSP) which was established in 1999, is the principal reference laboratory for parasitology research in Cameroon and plays a leading role in research and implementation of control strategies for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis.
CSP provides a scientific and educational environment of the utmost standard and conducts innovative research aimed at improving the health of people in endemic areas of the country. By furthering understanding of the epidemiology and transmission of these diseases, and exploring the efficacies of different treatments, the Centre aims to radically improve the current situation in Africa.
Although the parasites responsible for these diseases have been studied extensively, the epidemiology of infections and many aspects of their biology remain poorly understood. The CSP aims to address these knowledge gaps and establish a dynamic framework for high-level research in these areas. The CSP plays a seminal role in research for schistosomiasis and STH in Cameroon, translating its unique expertise into action to improve the health of those who need it most.
A robust knowledge of the distribution of parasites is essential to successfully confronting them. Work carried out at the CSP has enabled data on schistosomiasis and STH to be updated which in turn, enables efficient planning, coordination and evaluation of control activities in Cameroon.
By placing these diseases under the microscope, CSP has gained a wide range of scientific expertise and strengthens the research capacity of research teams both at national and international levels.
This has resulted in a strong multidisciplinary partnership in the international parasitology community. The centre is linked to the University of Yaounde I, Cameroon and it assists the Ministry of health in the implementation of control activities and operational research.
The centre employs a multidisciplinary team of over 10 people, with in-depth knowledge in epidemiology, parasitology, disease control and surveillance. The team which has a vast experience in applied field research and the development of control programmes is comprised of researchers, lecturers, medical doctors, lab technicians, PhD and Master students.
Professor Louis-Albert TCHUEM TCHUENTÉ
Founder & Director
Called into question the concept of "faithfulness among schistosomes" by proving the process of change of sexual partner and the existence of a competition for mating in these parasites
Contributed to the discovery of a new species of human schistosome called Schistosoma guineensis
Demonstrated the "exclusive competition among schistosomes
The Centre for Schistosomiasis & Parasitology is headed by Professor Louis-Albert TCHUEM TCHUENTÉ, who set up the centre in 1999 with a view to putting in place an adequate framework and a dynamic team for high-level research
Keen defender of capacity building in research and investment in science and technology in developing countries, Prof TCHUEM TCHUENTÉ, through his scientific discoveries, has contributed to a better knowledge of the reproductive biology of schistosomes and implications of the latter on the epidemiology of schistosomiasis.
Professor TCHUEM TCHUENTÉ, who is an international expert, member of several learned societies and winner of several international scientific awards, is an author of more than hundred publications in leading international scientific journals. Lecturer in Parasitology at the Yaoundé University I, Professor TCHUEM TCHUENTÉ is the national coordinator of the National Programme for the Control of Schistosomiasis and Intestinal Helminthiasis in Cameroon, one of the priority programmes of the Ministry of Public Health.
Sharing our research findings with the global scientific community through peer-reviewed publications
Selected CSP Staff Publications relating to Schistosomiasis and Geohelminthiasis research are listed below, with their respective abstract
TCHUEM TCHUENTE L.A., Zoure H.G.M., Wanji S., Yameogo L., Traore S., Ndongo Asumu P., Sima A., Amazigo U. Mapping of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Equatorial Guinea: Recommendations for Integrated Control.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis (in Press).
Jatsa HB, Feussom NG, Femoe UM, Kenfack MC, Nkondo ET, Kadji Fassi JB, Simo ND, Moaboulou C, Dongmo CN, Tsague CD, Dongo E, Kamtchouing P, Tchuem Tchuente LA. (2019). Evaluation of the schistosomicidal, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of the ethyl acetate fraction from Ozoroa pulcherrima Schweinf. Roots on Schistosoma mansoni-induced liver pathology in. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 238 (111883), p. View Abstract
Cumberlidge, N., Rollinson, D., Vercruysse, J., Tchuem Tchuenté, L., Webster, B., & Clark, P. (2018). Paragonimus and paragonimiasis in West and Central Africa: Unresolved questions. Parasitology, 145(13), 1748-1757.
Tchuem Tchuenté, L., Ombede, D., Noumedem, C., Chuinteu, G., Nono, B., Lemegne, A., . . . Stothard, J. (2018). Prospects for the elimination of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis: Exploring disease trends through time at the Barombi crater lakes, South-West Cameroon. Parasitology, 145(13), 1700-1714.
Jatsa H.B, Femoe U.M, Njiaza J, Tombe Tombe D.S, Mbolang L.N, Nkondo E.T, Tchuem Tchuente L.A, Dimo T, Kamtchouing P. (2018). Efficacy of Sida pilosa Retz aqueous extract against Schistosoma mansoni – induced granulomatous inflammation in the liver and the intestine of mice: histomorphometry and gastrointestinal motility eva. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 18 (1).
Jatsa HB, Cannet C, Femoe UM, Feussom NG, Dzeufiet PDD, Kamtchouing P And Tchuem Tchente LA. (2018). Histological Analysis of liver of Schistosoma mansoni infected mice treated with ethyl acetate fraction from Ozoroapulcherrimamethanolic extract. Revue Françaised’histopathologie. 30(1):31-49.
Le Clec’h W, Chevalier F.D, McDew-White M, Allan F, Webster B.L, Gouvras A.N, Kinunghi S, Tchuem Tchuenté L.A, Garba A, Mohammed K.A, Ame S.M, Webster J.P, Rollinson D, Emery A.M, Anderson T.J.C.. (2018). Whole genome amplification and exome sequencing of archived schistosome miracidia. Parasitology. 145 (13), p1739-1747.
Tchuem Tchuenté L-A, Stothard JR, Rollinson D, Reinhard-Rupp J (2018). Precision mapping: An innovative tool and way forward to shrink the map, better target interventions, and accelerate toward the elimination of schistosomiasis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 12(8): e0006563.
Grace Macklin, G., Stanton, M.C., Tchuem-Tchuenté, L.A. and Stothard, J. R. (2018). A pilot study using wearable global positioning system data loggers to compare water contact levels: Schistosoma haematobium infection in pre-school-age children (PSAC) and their mothers at Barombi Kotto, Cameroon. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 00:1–5.
Jatsa H.B, Kadji Fassi J.B, Kenfack M.C, Feussom N.G, Kameni M.P, Simo N.D, Nkondo E.T, Dongmo A.B, Tchuem Tchuente L.A. (2018). Acute and sub-chronic oral toxicity studies of the leaves aqueous extract of Clerodendrum umbellatum Poir. on mice. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHARMACOLOGY. 7 (2), p75-85.
French M.D, Evans D, Fleming F.M, Secor W.E, Biritwum N.K, Brooker S.J, Bustinduy A, Gouvras A, Kabatereine N, King C.H, Rebollo Polo M, Reinhard-Rupp J, Rollinson D, Tchuem Tchuenté L.A. (2018). Schistosomiasis in Africa: Improving strategies for long-term and sustainable morbidity control. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 12 (6).
Ngoay-Kossy J.C., Zébazé Togouet S.H., Bolevane Ouantinam S.F., Makatia Wango S.P., TCHUEM TCHUENTÉ L.A.. (2018). Influence Steeping of the Cassava Tubers on the Physico-Chemical Quality of Water and the Population of the Benthic Macroinvertebrates of River Pala in Central African Republic (CAR). International Journal of Science and Research. 7 (1), p2077-2088.
Eno A.A., Makemgue L.S., Tonye III D.S., Boye C.S.B., Seck A., Bercion R., Vauloup Fellous C., TCHUEM TCHUENTE L.A.. (2018). Seroprevalence of rubella-specific IgM and IgG antibodies among pregnant women in a Catholic Hospital in Yaoundé, Cameroon. International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences. 12 (3), p1123-1130.
Woode M. E., Khan J.A.M., Thomson R., Niessen L.W., COUNTDOWN Consortium (2018). Equity and efficiency in the scaled-up implementation of integrated neglected tropical disease control: the health economics protocol of the COUNTDOWN multicountry observational study in Ghana, Cameroon and Liberia. British Medical Journal Open 8 (6).
TCHUEM TCHUENTE L.A. (2012). Control of Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Prospects. In Current Topics in Tropical Medicine, pp 359-376.
TCHUEM TCHUENTE L.A. (2012). Control of Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Prospects. In Current Topics in Tropical Medicine, pp 359-376.
Savioli L, Albonico M, Daumerie D, Lo NC, Stothard JR, Asaolu S, et al. (2018). Review of the 2017 WHO Guideline: Preventive chemotherapy to control soil-transmitted helminth infections in at-risk population groups. An opportunity lost in translation. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 12(4): e0006296.
Stothard, J., Campbell, S., Osei-Atweneboana, M., Durant, T., Stanton, M., Biritwum, N., Rollinson, D., Ombede, D. and Tchuem-Tchuenté, L. (2017). Towards interruption of schistosomiasis transmission in sub-Saharan Africa: developing an appropriate environmental surveillance framework to guide and to support ‘end game’ interventions. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 6(1).
Tchuem Tchuenté, L., Rollinson, D., Stothard, J. and Molyneux, D. (2017). Moving from control to elimination of schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa: time to change and adapt strategies. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 6(1).
Jing Xu, Qing Yu, Louis-Albert TCHUEM TCHUENTÉ, Robert Bergquist, Moussa Sacko, Jürg Utzinger, et al. (2016). Enhancing collaboration between China and African countries for schistosomiasis control. Lancet Infect Dis, Published online February 3, 2016.
Jatsa H.B., Russo R.C., Pereira C.A.J., Aguilar E.C., Garcia C.C., et al. (2016). Improvement of the liver pathology by the aqueous extract and the n-butanol fraction of Sida pilosa Retz in Schistosoma mansoni-infected mice. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 180, 114-123.
Lai Y.S., Biedermann P., Ekpo U.F., Garba A., Mathieu E., Midzi N., Mwinzi P., N’Goran E.K., et al. (2015). Spatial distribution of schistosomiasis and treatment needs in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and geostatistical analysis.
Lancet Infect Dis. Vol. 15 (8), 927–940.
Karagiannis-Voules D.A., Biedermann P. Ekpo U.F., Garba A., Langer E., Mathieu E., Midzi N., et al. (2015). Spatial and temporal distribution of soil-transmitted helminth infection in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and geostatistical meta-analysis. Lancet Infect Dis. 15(1):74-84.
Jatsa H.B., Kenfack C.M., Simo D.N., Feussom N.G., Tienga Nkondo E., TCHUEM TCHUENTE L.A., et al. (2015). Schistosomicidal, hepatoprotective and antioxidant activities of the methanolic fraction from Clerodendrum umbellatum Poir leaves aqueous extract. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 15:248.
Luogbou Nzu D.O., Netongo Masumbe P., Bayemi Pougue H., Mbacham F.W., TCHUEM TCHUENTE L.A. (2015). Detection of hybrid Schistosoma haematobium group species in Cameroon by PCR-RFLP of the second internal transcribed spacer (ITS-2). World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, Vol. 4 (6), 1961-1980.
Nana Dankoni E., TCHUEM TCHUENTE L.A. (2014). Epidemiology of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in the sub-division of Kékem (West-Cameroon). International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, Vol. 8 (4), 1782-1790.
Kamwa Ngassam R.I., Kouninki H., Monglo B., Djekine E., Liang S., TCHUEM TCHUENTE L.A. (2014). Identification and mapping of some potential transmission foci of schistosomasis in Maroua, Far North Region, Cameroon. International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 65–77.
Levecke B., Montresor A., Albonico M., Ame S.M., Behnke J.M., Bethony J.M., et al. (2014). Assessment of Anthelmintic Efficacy of Mebendazole in School Children in Six Countries Where Soil-Transmitted Helminths Are Endemic. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 8(10): e3204.
TCHUEM TCHUENTE L.A., Momo S.C., Stothard J.R., Rollinson D. (2013). Efficacy of praziquantel and reinfection patterns in single and mixed infection foci for intestinal and urogenital schistosomiasis in Cameroon. Acta Tropica, 128, 275-283.
Rollinson D., Knopp S., Levitz S., Stothard J.R., TCHUEM TCHUENTE L.A., et al. (2013). Time to set the agenda for schistosomiasis elimination. Acta Tropica, 128, 423-440.
Stensgaard A.S., Utzinger J., Vounatsou P., Hurlimann E., Schur N., et al. (2013). Large-scale determinants of intestinal schistosomiasis and intermediate host snail distribution across Africa: does climate matter? Acta Tropica, 128, 378-390.
Gower C.M., Gouvras A.N., Lamberton P.H.L., Deol A., Shrivastava J., et al. (2013). Population genetic structure of Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium from across six sub-Saharan African countries. Acta Tropica, 128, 261-274.
Webster B.L., Webster J.P., Gouvras A.N., Garba A., Lamine M.S., et al. (2013). DNA ‘barcoding’ of Schistosoma mansoni across sub-Saharan Africa. Acta Tropica, 128, 250-260.
Colley D.G., Binder S., Campbell C., King C.H., TCHUEM TCHUENTE L.A., et al. (2013). A Five-Country Evaluation of a Point-of-Care Circulating Cathodic Antigen Urine Assay for the Prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 88(3), pp. 426–432.
TCHUEM TCHUENTE L.A., Dongmo Noumedem C., Ngassam P., Kenfanck C.M., et al. (2013). Mapping of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in the regions of Littoral, North-West, South and South-West Cameroon. BMC Infectious Diseases, 13:602.
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TCHUEM TCHUENTE L.A., Dongmo Noumedem C., Ngassam P., Kenfanck C.M., et al. (2013). Mapping of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in the regions of Littoral, North-West, South and South-West Cameroon. BMC Infectious Diseases, 13:602.
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TCHUEM TCHUENTE L.A., Dongmo Noumedem C., Ngassam P., Kenfanck C.M., et al. (2013). Mapping of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in the regions of Littoral, North-West, South and South-West Cameroon. BMC Infectious Diseases, 13:602.
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TCHUEM TCHUENTE L.A., Kuete Fouodo C.J., Kamwa Ngassam R.I., Sumo L., et al. (2012). Evaluation of Circulating Cathodic Antigen (CCA) Urine-Tests for Diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni Infection in Cameroon. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 6(7): e1758.
TCHUEM TCHUENTE L.A., Kamwa Ngassam R.I., Sumo L., Ngassam P., et al. (2012). Mapping of Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis in the Regions of Centre, East and West Cameroon. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 6(3): e1553
TCHUEM TCHUENTE L.A. (2012). Control of Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Prospects. In Current Topics in Tropical Medicine, pp 359-376.
Schur N., Hurlimann E., Garba A., Traore M.S., Ndir O., Ratard R.C., et al. (2011). Geostatistical Model-Based Estimates of Schistosomiasis Prevalence among Individuals Aged ≤20 Years in West Africa.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 5(6): e1194.
TCHUEM TCHUENTE L.A. (2011). Control of soil-transmitted helminths in sub-Saharan Africa: Diagnosis, drug efficacy concerns and challenges. Acta Tropica, 120S, S4-S11.
Vercruysse J., Behnke J.M., Albonico M., Makame Ame S., et al. (2011). Assessment of the Anthelmintic Efficacy of Albendazole in School Children in Seven Countries. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 5(3): e948
Levecke B., Behnke J.M., Ajjampur S.S.R., Albonico M., Ame S.M., et al. (2011). A Comparison of the Sensitivity and Fecal Egg Counts of the McMaster Egg Counting and Kato-Katz Thick Smear Methods. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 5(6): e1201.
Massenet D., Kamwa Ngassam R.I., Djao R., Portal J.L., TCHUEM TCHUENTE L.A. (2011). Changes in the distribution of human schistosomiasis in Far North province, Cameroon, since 1986. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 105 (4), 325-328.
Doenhoff M.J., Hagan P., Cioli D., Southgate V.R., et al. (2009). Praziquantel: its use in control of schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa and current research needs. Parasitology, 136, 1825–1835.
Massenet D., Inrombe J., Dawaye O., Abdoulaye Y., et al. (2009). Schistosomiasis in the North region of Cameroon: unexplained decrease in prevalence among schoolchildren between 1986 and 2008-2009. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 103 (8), 745-750.
Jatsa H.B., Ngo Sock E.T., TCHUEM TCHUENTE L.A., Kamtchouing P. (2009). Evaluation of the in vivo activity of different concentrations of Clerodendrum umbellatum Poir against Schistosoma mansoni infection in mice. J. Tradit. Complement Altern. Med. 6, no 3, 216-221.
Jatsa H.B., Endougou A.M.E., Kemeta D.R.A., Kenfack C.M., et al. (2009). In vivo antischistosomal and toxicological evaluation of Sida pilosa Retz on mice balb/c. Pharmacologyonline, 3, 531-538.
TCHUEM TCHUENTE L.A., N’goran E.K. (2009). Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis control in Cameroon and Côte d’Ivoire. Parasitology, 136, 1739–1745.
Webster B.L., Tchuem Tchuenté L.A. & Southgate V.R. (2007). A single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) approach for investigating genetic interactions of Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma guineensis in Loum, Cameroon. Parasitology Research, 100, 739-745.
Gow J., Noble L.R., Rollinson D., Tchuem Tchuenté L.A. & Jones C.S. (2007). Contrasting temporal dynamics and spatial patterns of population genetic structure… Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 90, 747-760.
Tchuem Tchuenté L.A. (2006). Lutte contre la schistosomose: défi et perspectives pour le XXIe siècle. Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique, 99, 372-376.
Tchuem Tchuenté L.A. (2006). Mating behaviour in schistosomes. 11th International Congress of Parasitology, ICOPA XI, 627-630.
Pointier J.P., et al. (2005). A neotropical snail host of Schistosoma mansoni introduced into Africa… Biomphalaria tenagophila in Kinshasa. Acta Tropica, 93, 191-199.
Gow J., et al. (2005). High levels of selfing are revealed by a parent-offspring analysis of the medically important freshwater snail, Bulinus forskalii. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 71, 175-180.
Morgan J.A.T., et al. (2005). Origin and diversification of the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni. Molecular Ecology, 14, 3889-3902.
Southgate V.R., et al. (2005). Towards control of schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Helminthology, 79, 181-185.
Webster B.L., et al. (2005). The interaction of Schistosoma haematobium and S. guineensis in Cameroon. Journal of Helminthology, 79, 193-197.
Hagan P., et al. (2004). Schistosomiasis control: keep taking the tablets. Trends in Parasitology, 20, 92-97.
Cioli D., et al. (2004). Determination of ED50 values for praziquantel in praziquantel-resistant and –susceptible Schistosoma mansoni isolates. International Journal for Parasitology, 34, 979-987.
Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., et al. (2004). Efficacy of praziquantel against Schistosoma haematobium infection in children. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 71, 778-782.
Njiokou F., et al. (2004). Schistosomose urbaine au Cameroun… foyer de schistosomose intestinale de Mélen, Yaoundé. Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique, 97 (1), 34-40.
Webster B.L., et al. (2003). Isoenzyme analysis of Schistosoma haematobium, S. intercalatum and their hybrids… in Cameroon..
Journal of Helminthology, 77, 269-274.
Pages J.R., et al. (2003). Description de Schistosoma guineensis n. sp. In: Taxonomy, ecology and evolution of metazoan parasites. Tome II, 139-146.
Webster B.L., et al. (2003). On Schistosoma haematobium, S. intercalatum and occurrences of their natural hybridisation in South West Cameroon. In: Taxonomy, ecology and evolution of metazoan parasites. Tome II, 319-337.
Kane R.A., et al. (2003). A phylogeny based on three mitochondrial genes supports the division of Schistosoma intercalatum into two separate species. Parasitology, 127, 131-137.
Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., et al. (2003). Schistosoma intercalatum: an endangered species in Cameroon? Trends in Parasitology, 19, 389-393.
Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., et al. (2003). Polyparasitism with Schistosoma haematobium and soil-transmitted helminth infections among school children in Loum, Cameroon. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 8, 975-986.
Cunin P., et al. (2003). Interactions between Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma mansoni in humans in north Cameroon. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 8, 1110-1117.
Brooker S., et al. (2002). Using NOAA-AVHRR data to model human helminth distributions in planning disease control in Cameroon. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 68 (2): 175-179.
Pagés J.R., et al. (2002). Experimental evidence of hybrid breakdown between the two geographical strains of Schistosoma intercalatum. Parasitology 124: 169-175.
Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., et al. (2001). The efficacy of praziquantel against Schistosoma mansoni in Ndombo, Northern Senegal. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 95: 65-66.
Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., et al. (2001). Impact of installation of a water pump on schistosomiasis transmission in a focus in Cameroon. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 95: 255-256.
Tchuem Tchuenté L.A. (2001). La bilharziose et les géohelminthiases dans l’arrondissement de Makénéné, province du Centre, Cameroun. Bulletin de Liaison et de Documentation de l’OCEAC 34: 19-22.
Jourdane J., et al. (2001). Recent studies on Schistosoma intercalatum: taxonomic status, puzzling distribution and transmission foci revisited. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 96, Suppl.: 45-48.
Southgate V.R., et al. (2001). Studies on the biology of schistosomiasis with emphasis on the Senegal River Basin. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 96, Suppl.: 75-78.
Pagés J.R., et al. (2001). Lack of prezygotic isolation by assortative mating between the two cryptic species of the polytypic Schistosoma intercalatum taxon. Parasitology Research 87: 888-890.
Pagés J.R., et al. (2001). Molecular arguments for splitting Schistosoma intercalatum into two distinct species.
Parasitology Research 87: 57-62.
Tchuem Tchuenté L.A. (2001). New challenges in tropical medicine and parasitology. Bulletin of Tropical Medicine and International Health 9 (1): 3.
Gryseels B., et al. (2001). Are poor responses to praziquantel for the treatment of Schistosoma mansoni infections in Senegal due to resistance? Tropical Medicine and International Health 6 (11): 864-873.
Pica-Mattoccia L., et al. (2000). Change of mate occur in Schistosoma mansoni. Parasitology 120: 495-500.
Southgate V.R., et al. (2000). Compatibility of Schistosoma mansoni Cameroon and Biomphalaria pfeifferi Senegal. Parasitology 121: 501-505.
Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., et al. (1999). Compatibility of Schistosoma mansoni and Biomphalaria pfeifferi in Northern Senegal. Parasitology 118: 595-603.
Webster B.L., et al. (1999). Mating interactions between Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma mansoni. Journal of Helminthology 73: 351-356.
Tchuem Tchuenté L.A. (1999). Sexualité chez les schistosomes: compétition et infidélité. Bioscience Proceedings 6: 366-369.
Southgate V.R., et al. (1998). Recent studies on reproductive biology of the schistosomes and their relevance to speciation in the Digenea. International Journal for Parasitology 28: 1159-1172.
Engels D., et al. (1998). Praziquantel field data from Senegal. In: Infectious Diseases and Public Health, p. 347-358.
Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., et al. (1997). Hybridisation between the digeneans Schistosoma haematobium and S. mattheei. Systematic Parasitology 36: 123-131.
Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., et al. (1997). Epidemiological and genetic observations on human schistosomiasis in Kinshasa, Zaire. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 91: 263-269.
Imbert-Establet D., et al. (1997). Permissiveness of two African wild rodents, Mastomys huberti and Arvicanthis niloticus, to Schistosoma intercalatum. Parasitology Research 83: 569-573.
Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., et al. (1997). The evolution of schistosomiasis at Loum, Cameroon: replacement of Schistosoma intercalatum by S. haematobium. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 91: 664-665.
Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., et al. (1996). Mating behaviour in schistosomes : are paired worms always faithful ? Parasitology today 12: 231-236.
Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., et al. (1996). Competitive exclusion in human schistosomes : the restricted distribution of Schistosoma intercalatum. Parasitology 113: 129-136.
Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., et al. (1995). Change of mate and mating competition between males of Schistosoma intercalatum and S. mansoni. Parasitology 110: 45-52.
Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., et al. (1995). Schistosoma mansoni : lack of prezygotic reproductive isolation between african and south american strains. Experimental parasitology 80: 323-327.
Jourdane J., et al. (1995). Parthenogenesis in schistosomatidae. Parasitology today 11: 427-430.
Southgate V.R., et al. (1995). Mating behaviour in mixed infections of Schistosoma haematobium and S. mattheei. Parasitology research 81: 651-656.
Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., et al. (1994). Interspecific stimulation of parthenogenesis in Schistosoma intercalatum and S. mansoni. Journal of Helminthology 68: 167-173.
Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., et al. (1993). Choice of mate, a reproductive isolating mechanism between Schistosoma intercalatum and S. mansoni in mixed infections. International Journal for Parasitology 23: 179-185.
Tchuem Tchuenté L.A. & Jourdane J. (1993). Further data on the compatibility between Schistosoma intercalatum (Lower Guinea strain) and Bulinus forskalii. Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 44: 221-222.
Key milestones in our mission to eliminate neglected tropical diseases
Working towards WHO targets for schistosomiasis elimination in Cameroon
Strengthened partnership with Chinese CDC for knowledge exchange
Joined international consortium for schistosomiasis elimination
Launch of nationwide mass drug administration program reaching millions
Designated as WHO Collaborating Center for Schistosomiasis and STH
Centre for Schistosomiasis and Parasitology founded as a dedicated research institution