A longitudinal study of men with male genital schistosomiasis (MGS) in Southern Malawi associated with human, zoonotic and hybrid schistosomes

Bright Mainga^{1

2}, Sekeleghe A Kayuni^{1

3

4}, Fatima Ahmed³, Guilleary Deles³, Lucas J Cunningham³, Dingase Kumwenda^{1

5}, David Lally¹, Priscilla Chammudzi¹, Donales Kapira¹, Gladys Namacha¹, Alice Chisale¹, Tereza Nchembe¹, Louis Kinley^{1

6}, Ephraim Chibwana^{1

6}, Bazwell Nkhalema^{1

6}, Gilbert Chapweteka⁷, Henry Chibowa⁸, Victor Kumfunda⁸, Alexandra Juhasz^{3

9}, Sam Jones³, John Archer³, Angus M O'Ferrall³, Sarah Rollason¹⁰, Abbigail Cawley³, Ruth Cowlishaw³, Andrew Nguluwe¹¹, John Chiphwanya¹¹, Michael Luhanga¹¹, Holystone Kafaninkhale¹¹, Peter Makaula¹, E James LaCourse², Janelisa Musaya^{1

4}, J Russell Stothard³

Affiliations

¹ Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital campus, 1 Chipatala Avenue, Private Bag 360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi.
² Laboratory Department, Mangochi District Hospital, P.O. Box 52, Mangochi, Malawi.
³ Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, CTID Building, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 5QA, United Kingdom.
⁴ Pathology Department, School of Medicine and Oral Health, Mahatma Gandhi campus, Private Bag 360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi.
⁵ Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, 1 Chipatala Avenue, P.O. Box 95, Blantyre, Malawi.
⁶ Radiology Department, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, 1 Chipatala Avenue, P.O. Box 95, Blantyre, Malawi.
⁷ Nsanje District Hospital, Ministry of Health, Nsanje, Malawi.
⁸ Mangochi District Hospital, Ministry of Health, Mangochi, Malawi.
⁹ Institute of Medical Microbiology, Semmelweis University, H-1089 Budapest, Hungary.
¹⁰ School of Biosciences, The Sir Martin Evans Building, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, United Kingdom.
¹¹ National Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminths Control Programme, Community Health Sciences Unit (CHSU), Ministry of Health, Area 3, Off Mtunthama Drive, Private Bag 65, Lilongwe, Malawi.

Bright Mainga et al. Parasitology. 2025.

. 2025 Oct 7:1-27.

doi: 10.1017/S0031182025100942. Online ahead of print.

¹ Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital campus, 1 Chipatala Avenue, Private Bag 360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi.
² Laboratory Department, Mangochi District Hospital, P.O. Box 52, Mangochi, Malawi.
³ Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, CTID Building, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 5QA, United Kingdom.
⁴ Pathology Department, School of Medicine and Oral Health, Mahatma Gandhi campus, Private Bag 360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi.
⁵ Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, 1 Chipatala Avenue, P.O. Box 95, Blantyre, Malawi.
⁶ Radiology Department, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, 1 Chipatala Avenue, P.O. Box 95, Blantyre, Malawi.
⁷ Nsanje District Hospital, Ministry of Health, Nsanje, Malawi.
⁸ Mangochi District Hospital, Ministry of Health, Mangochi, Malawi.
⁹ Institute of Medical Microbiology, Semmelweis University, H-1089 Budapest, Hungary.
¹⁰ School of Biosciences, The Sir Martin Evans Building, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, United Kingdom.
¹¹ National Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminths Control Programme, Community Health Sciences Unit (CHSU), Ministry of Health, Area 3, Off Mtunthama Drive, Private Bag 65, Lilongwe, Malawi.

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