Publications

Selected CSP Staff Publications Relating to Schistosomiasis and Geohelminthiasis:

  1. 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.
  2. 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 correlate with differences in demography and habitat between two closely-related African freshwater snails. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 90, 747-760.
  3. 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.
  4. Tchuem Tchuenté L.A. 2006. Mating behaviour in schistosomes. 11th International Congress of Parasitology, ICOPA XI, Medimond International Proceedings, 627-630.
  5. Pointier J.P., Dejong R.J., Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., Kristensen T.K. & Loker E.S. 2005. A neotropical snail host of Schistosoma mansoni introduced into Africa and consequences for the schistosomiasis transmission: Biomphalaria tenagophila in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo). Acta Tropica, 93, 191-199.
  6. Gow J., Noble L.R., Rollinson D., Tchuem Tchuenté L.A. & Jones C.S. 2005. High levels of selfing are revealed by a parent-offspring analysis of the medically important freshwater snail, Bulinus forskalii (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Journal of Molluscan Studies, 71, 175-180.
  7. Jess A.T. Morgan, Randall J. Dejong, Grace O. Adeoye, Ebenezer D.O. Ansa, Constanca S. Barbosa, Philippe Bremond, Italo M. Cesari, Nathalie Charbonnel, Lygia R. Correa, Godefroy Coulibaly, Paulo Sergio D’andrea, Cecilia Pereira De Souza, Michael J. Doenhoff, Sharon File, Mohamed A. Idris, Nino Incani, Philippe Jarne, Diana M.S. Karanja, Francis Kazibwe, John Kpikpi, Nicholas J.S. Lwambo, Amadou Mbaye, Luiz A. Magalhaes, Asanteli Makundi, Helene Mone, Gabriel Mouahid, Gerald M. Muchemi, Ben N. Mungai, Mariama Sene, Vaughan Southgate, Louis Albert Tchuem Tchuenté, Andre Theron, Fouad Yousif, Eliana M. Zanotti-Magalhaes, Gerald M. Mkoji & Eric S. Loker 2005. Origin and diversification of the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni. Molecular Ecology, 14, 3889-3902.
  8. Southgate V.R., Rollinson D., Tchuem Tchuenté L.A. & Hagan P. 2005. Towards control of schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Helminthology, 79, 181-185.
  9. Webster B.L., Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., Jourdane J. & Southgate V.R. 2005. The interaction of Schistosoma haematobium and S. guineensis in Cameroon. Journal of Helminthology, 79, 193-197.
  10. Hagan P., Appleton C.C., Coles G.C., Kusel J.R. & Tchuem Tchuenté L.A. 2004. Schistosomiasis control: keep taking the tablets. Trends in Parasitology, 20, 92-97.
  11. Cioli D., Botros S.S., Wheatcroft-Francklow K., Mbaye A., Southgate V., Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., Pica-Mattoccia L., Troiania A.R., Seif El-Din S.H., Sabra A.N.A., Albin J., Engels D. & Doenhoff M.J. 2004. Determination of ED50 values for praziquantel in praziquantel-resistant and –susceptible Schistosoma mansoni isolates. International Journal for Parasitology, 34, 979-987.
  12. Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., Shaw D.J., Polla L., Cioli D. & Vercruysse J. 2004. Efficacy of praziquantel against Schistosoma haematobium infection in children. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 71, 778-782.
  13. Njiokou F., Onguene Onguene A.R., Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., & Kenmogne A. 2004. Schistosomose urbaine au Cameroun: étude longitudinale de la transmission dans un nouveau site d’extension du foyer de schistosomose intestinale de Mélen, Yaoundé. Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique, 97 (1), 34-40.
  14. Webster B.L., Southgate V.R. & Tchuem Tchuenté L.A. 2003. Isoenzyme analysis of Schistosoma haematobium, S. intercalatum and their hybrids and occurrences of natural hybridization in Cameroon. Journal of Helminthology, 77, 269-274.
  15. Pages J.R., Jourdane J., Southgate V.R. & Tchuem Tchuenté L.A. 2003. Reconnaissance de deux espèces jumelles au sein du taxon Schistosoma intercalatum Fisher, 1934, agent de la schistosomose humaine rectale en Afrique. Description de Schistosoma guineensis n. sp. In: Taxonomy, ecology and evolution of metazoan parasites. Tome II. Combes C. & Jourdane J. (eds). Presses Universitaires de Perpignan, 139-146.
  16. Webster B.L., Southgate V.R. & Tchuem Tchuenté L.A. 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. Combes C. & Jourdane J. (eds). Presses Universitaires de Perpignan, 319-337.
  17. Kane R.A., Southgate V.R., Rollinson D., Littlewood D.T.J., Lockyer A.E., Pages J.R., Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., & Jourdane J. 2003. A phylogeny based on three mitochondrial genes supports the division of Schistosoma intercalatum into two separate species. Parasitology, 127, 131-137.
  18. Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., Southgate V.R., Jourdane J, Webster B.L. & Vercruysse J. 2003. Schistosoma intercalatum: an endangered species in Cameroon? Trends in Parasitology, 19, 389-393.
  19. Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., Behnke J.M., Gilbert F., Southgate V.R. & Vercruysse J. 2003. Polyparasitism with Schistosoma haematobium and soil-transmitted helminth infections among school children in Loum, Cameroon. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 8, 975-986.
  20. Cunin P., Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., Poste B., Djibrilla K. & Martin P.M.V. 2003. Interactions between Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma mansoni in humans in north Cameroon. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 8, 1110-1117.
  21. Brooker S., Hay S.I., Tchuem Tchuenté L.A. & Ratard R. 2002. Using NOAA-AVHRR data to model human helminth distributions in planning disease control in Cameroon, West Africa. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 68 (2): 175-179.
  22. Pagés J.R., Southgate V.R., Tchuem Tchuenté L.A. & Jourdane J. 2002. Experimental evidence of hybrid breakdown between the two geographical strains of Schistosoma intercalatum. Parasitology 124: 169-175.
  23. Pagés J.R., Durand P., Southgate V.R., Tchuem Tchuenté L.A. & Jourdane J. 2001. Molecular arguments for splitting Schistosoma intercalatum into two distinct species. Parasitology Research 87: 57-62.
  24. Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., Southgate V.R., Mbaye A., Engels D. & Gryseels B. 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.
  25. Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., Southgate V.R., Webster B.L. De Bont J. & Vercruysse J. 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.
  26. Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., Southgate V.R. & Vercruysse J. 2001. La bilharziose et les géohelminthiases dans l’arrondissement de Makénéné, province du Centre, Cameroun. Le Bulletin de Liaison et de Documentation de l’OCEAC 34: 19-22.
  27. Jourdane J., Southgate V.R., Pagés J.R., Durand P. & Tchuem Tchuenté L.A. 2001. Recent studies on Schistosoma intercalatum: taxonomic status, puzzling distribution and transmission foci revisited. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 96, Suppl.: 45-48.
  28. Southgate V.R., Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., Sène M., De Clercq D., Théron A., Jourdane J., Webster B.L., Rollinson D., Gryseels B. & Vercruysse J. 2001. Studies on the biology of schistosomiasis with emphasis on the Senegal River Basin. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 96, Suppl.: 75-78.
  29. Pagés J.R., Southgate V.R., Tchuem Tchuenté L.A. & Jourdane J. 2001. Lack of prezygotic isolation by assortative mating between the two cryptic species of the polytypic Schistosoma intercalatum taxon. Parasitology Research 87: 888-890.
  30. Tchuem Tchuenté L.A.. 2001. New challenges in tropical medicine and parasitology. Bulletin of Tropical Medicine and International Health 9 (1): 3.
  31. Gryseels B., Mbaye A., De Vlas S.J., Stelma F.F., Guissé F., Van Lieshout L., Faye D., Diop M., Ly A., Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., Engels D. & Polman K. 2001. Are poor responses to praziquantel for the treatment of Schistosoma mansoni infections in Senegal due to resistance? An overview of the evidence. Tropical Medicine and International Health 6 (11): 864-873.
  32. Pica-Mattoccia L., Moroni R., Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., Southgate V.R. & Cioli D. 2000. Change of mate occur in Schistosoma mansoni. Parasitology 120: 495-500.
  33. Southgate V.R., Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., Théron A., Jourdane J., Ly A., Moncrieff C.B. & Gryseels B. 2000. Compatibility of Schistosoma mansoni Cameroon and Biomphalaria pfeifferi Senegal. Parasitology 121: 501-505.
  34. Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., Southgate V.R., Théron A., Jourdane J., Ly A. & Gryseels B. 1999. Compatibility of Schistosoma mansoni and Biomphalaria pfeifferi in Northern Senegal. Parasitology 118: 595-603.
  35. Webster B.L., Southgate V.R. & Tchuem Tchuenté L.A. 1999. Mating interactions between Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma mansoni. Journal of Helminthology 73: 351-356.
  36. Tchuem Tchuenté L.A. 1999. Sexualité chez les schistosomes: compétition et infidélité. Bioscience Proceedings 6: 366-369.
  37. Southgate V.R., Jourdane J. & Tchuem Tchuenté L.A. 1998. Recent studies on reproductive biology of the schistosomes and their relevance to speciation in the Digenea. International Journal for Parasitology 28: 1159-1172.
  38. Engels D., Stelma F., Guissé F., Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., Polman K., Ly A., Niang M., Talla I. & Gryseels B. 1998. Praziquantel field data from Senegal. In: Infectious Diseases and Public Health. Mario Angelino and Giovanni Rocchi, Editors, Balaban Publishers, Philadelphia, L’Aquila, p. 347-358.
  39. Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., Southgate V.R., Jourdane J., Kaukas A. & Vercruysse J. 1997. Hybridisation between the digeneans Schistosoma haematobium and S. mattheei: viability of hybrids and their development in sheep. Systematic Parasitology 36: 123-131.
  40. Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., Southgate V.R., Vercruysse J., Kaukas A., Kane R., Mulumba M.P., Pagès J.R. & Jourdane J. 1997. Epidemiological and genetic observations on human schistosomiasis in Kinshasa, Zaire. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 91: 263-269.
  41. Imbert-Establet D., Moné H., Tchuem Tchuenté L.A. & Jourdane J. 1997. Permissiveness of two African wild rodents, Mastomys huberti and Arvicanthis niloticus, to Schistosoma intercalatum: epidemiological consequences. Parasitology Research 83: 569-573.
  42. Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., Southgate V.R., Njiokou F., Njiné T., Kouemeni L. & Jourdane J. 1997. The evolution of schistosomiasis at Loum, Cameroon: replacement of Schistosoma intercalatum by S. haematobium through introgressive hybridisation. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 91: 664-665.
  43. Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., Southgate V.R., Combes C. & Jourdane J. 1996. Mating behaviour in schistosomes : are paired worms always faithful ? Parasitology today 12: 231-236.
  44. Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., Morand S., Imbert-Establet D., Delay B. & Jourdane J. 1996. Competitive exclusion in human schistosomes : the restricted distribution of schistosoma intercalatum. Parasitology 113: 129-136.
  45. Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., Southgate V.R., Imbert-Establet D. & Jourdane J. 1995. Change of mate and mating competition between males ofSchistosoma intercalatum and S. mansoni. Parasitology 110: 45-52.
  46. Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., Barral V., Imbert-Establet D., Morand S., Mohome N. & Jourdane J. 1995. Schistosoma mansoni : lack of prezygotic reproductive isolation between african and south american strains. Experimental parasitology 80: 323-327.
  47. Jourdane J., Imbert-Establet D. & Tchuem Tchuenté L.A. 1995. Parthenogenesis in schistosomatidae. Parasitology today 11: 427-430.
  48. Southgate V.R., Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., Vercruysse J. & Jourdane J. 1995. Mating behaviour in mixed infections of schistosoma haematobium and s. Mattheei. Parasitology research 81: 651-656.
  49. Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., Imbert-Establet D., Southgate V.R. & Jourdane J. 1994. Interspecific stimulation of parthenogenesis in Schistosoma intercalatum and S. mansoni. Journal of Helminthology 68: 167-173.
  50. Tchuem Tchuenté L.A., Imbert-Establet D., Delay B. & Jourdane J. 1993. Choice of mate, a reproductive isolating mechanism between Schistosoma intercalatum and S. mansoni in mixed infections. International Journal for Parasitology 23: 179-185.
  51. Tchuem Tchuenté L.A. & Jourdane J. 1993. Further data on the compatibility between Schistosoma intercalatum (Lower Guinea strain) and Bulinus forskalii : epidemiological consequences. Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 44: 221-222.

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