2021 Publications
Cervicovaginal bacterial communities in reproductive-aged Tanzanian women with Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma haematobium, or without schistosome infection. Bullington BW, Lee M, Mlingi J, Paul N, Aristide C, Fontana E, Littmann E, Mukerebe C, Shigella P, Kashangaki P, Kalluvya SE, de Dood CJ, van Dam G, Corstjens PLAM, Fitzgerald DW, Pamer EG, Downs JA. ISME J 2021;
Adolescent Health Series: HPV infection and vaccination in sub-Saharan Africa: 10 years of research in Tanzanian female adolescents – narrative review. Whitworth H, Changalucha J, Baisley K, Watson-Jones D. Trop Med Int Health. 2021 Nov;26(11):1345-1355. DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13660. Epub 2021 Sep 1. PMID: 34310816.
Policy and stakeholder analysis to inform advocacy on drowning reduction among fishers in southern Lake Victoria, Tanzania:Report. Plummer ML, Mashauri E, Moshi A, Durrance-Bagale A, Ayieko P, Howard N. Project Report. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine,London. https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/4662506 (Submitted)
Hypertension: Do inflammation and immunity hold the key to solving this epidemic? Madhur MS, Elijovich F, Alexander MR, Pitzer A, Ishimwe J, Van Beusecum JP, Patrick DM, Smart CD, Kleyman TR, Kingery J, Peck RN, Laffer CL, Kirabo A. Circ Res. 2021 Apr 2;128(7):908-933. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.121.318052. PMID: 33793336; PMCID: PMC8023750
The burden of HIV, syphilis and schistosome infection and associated factors among adults in the fishing communities in northwestern Tanzania. Kapiga S, Hansen CH, Downs JA, Sichalwe S, Hashim R, Mngara J, van Dam GJ, Corstjens PLAM, Kingery JR, Peck RN, Grosskurth H. Trop Med Int Health. 2021 Feb;26(2):204-213. DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13520. Epub 2020 Dec 2.
Continued HPV vaccination in the face of unexpected challenges: A commentary on the rationale for an extended interval two-dose schedule. Whitworth HS, Schiller J, Markowitz LE, Jit M, Brisson M, Simpson E, Watson-Jones D. Vaccine.2021 Feb 5;39(6):871-875. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.12.031. Epub 2021 Jan 13. PMID: 33451778.