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

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Bright Mainga
Affiliation:
Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital campus, 1 Chipatala Avenue, Private Bag 360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi Laboratory Department, Mangochi District Hospital, P.O. Box 52, Mangochi, Malawi
Sekeleghe A. Kayuni*
Affiliation:
Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital campus, 1 Chipatala Avenue, Private Bag 360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, CTID Building, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 5QA, United Kingdom Pathology Department, School of Medicine and Oral Health, Mahatma Gandhi campus, Private Bag 360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi
Fatima Ahmed
Affiliation:
Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, CTID Building, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 5QA, United Kingdom
Guilleary Deles
Affiliation:
Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, CTID Building, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 5QA, United Kingdom
Lucas J. Cunningham
Affiliation:
Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, CTID Building, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 5QA, United Kingdom
Dingase Kumwenda
Affiliation:
Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital campus, 1 Chipatala Avenue, Private Bag 360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, 1 Chipatala Avenue, P.O. Box 95, Blantyre, Malawi
David Lally
Affiliation:
Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital campus, 1 Chipatala Avenue, Private Bag 360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi
Priscilla Chammudzi
Affiliation:
Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital campus, 1 Chipatala Avenue, Private Bag 360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi
Donales Kapira
Affiliation:
Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital campus, 1 Chipatala Avenue, Private Bag 360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi
Gladys Namacha
Affiliation:
Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital campus, 1 Chipatala Avenue, Private Bag 360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi
Alice Chisale
Affiliation:
Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital campus, 1 Chipatala Avenue, Private Bag 360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi
Tereza Nchembe
Affiliation:
Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital campus, 1 Chipatala Avenue, Private Bag 360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi
Louis Kinley
Affiliation:
Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital campus, 1 Chipatala Avenue, Private Bag 360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi Radiology Department, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, 1 Chipatala Avenue, P.O. Box 95, Blantyre, Malawi
Ephraim Chibwana
Affiliation:
Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital campus, 1 Chipatala Avenue, Private Bag 360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi Radiology Department, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, 1 Chipatala Avenue, P.O. Box 95, Blantyre, Malawi
Bazwell Nkhalema
Affiliation:
Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital campus, 1 Chipatala Avenue, Private Bag 360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi Radiology Department, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, 1 Chipatala Avenue, P.O. Box 95, Blantyre, Malawi
Gilbert Chapweteka
Affiliation:
Nsanje District Hospital, Ministry of Health, Nsanje, Malawi
Henry Chibowa
Affiliation:
Mangochi District Hospital, Ministry of Health, Mangochi, Malawi
Victor Kumfunda
Affiliation:
Mangochi District Hospital, Ministry of Health, Mangochi, Malawi
Alexandra Juhasz
Affiliation:
Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, CTID Building, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 5QA, United Kingdom Institute of Medical Microbiology, Semmelweis University, H-1089 Budapest, Hungary
Sam Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, CTID Building, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 5QA, United Kingdom
John Archer
Affiliation:
Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, CTID Building, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 5QA, United Kingdom
Angus M. O’Ferrall
Affiliation:
Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, CTID Building, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 5QA, United Kingdom
Sarah Rollason
Affiliation:
School of Biosciences, The Sir Martin Evans Building, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, United Kingdom
Abbigail Cawley
Affiliation:
Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, CTID Building, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 5QA, United Kingdom
Ruth Cowlishaw
Affiliation:
Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, CTID Building, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 5QA, United Kingdom
Andrew Nguluwe
Affiliation:
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
John Chiphwanya
Affiliation:
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
Michael Luhanga
Affiliation:
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
Holystone Kafaninkhale
Affiliation:
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
Peter Makaula
Affiliation:
Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital campus, 1 Chipatala Avenue, Private Bag 360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi
E. James LaCourse
Affiliation:
Laboratory Department, Mangochi District Hospital, P.O. Box 52, Mangochi, Malawi
Janelisa Musaya
Affiliation:
Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital campus, 1 Chipatala Avenue, Private Bag 360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi Pathology Department, School of Medicine and Oral Health, Mahatma Gandhi campus, Private Bag 360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi
J. Russell Stothard
Affiliation:
Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, CTID Building, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 5QA, United Kingdom
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Corresponding author: Sekeleghe A. Kayuni, Email: sekekayuni@live.com
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