Prof. Francisca Mutapi
School of Biological Sciences
University of Edinburgh, UK
Email: f.mutapi@ed.ac.uk
Qualifications
1997 Ph.D., University of Oxford, Biological Sciences
1991 B.Sc., University of Zimbabwe, Biological Sciences
Publications (Selected)
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Chidzwondo, F., & Mutapi, F. (2024). Challenge of diagnosing acute infections in poor resource settings in Africa. AAS Open Research, 4, 28.
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Mutapi, F., Garba, A., Woolhouse, M., & Kazyoba, P. (2024). Paediatric schistosomiasis: last mile preparations for deploying paediatric praziquantel. Trends in Parasitology.
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Moeti, M., Makubalo, L., Gueye, A. S., Balde, T., Karamagi, H., Mutapi, F., ... & Woolhouse, M. (2023). Conflicting COVID-19 excess mortality estimates. The Lancet, 401(10375), 431.
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Midzi, H., Vengesai, A., Muleya, V., Kasambala, M., Mduluza-Jokonya, T. L., Mutapi, F., ... & Mduluza, T. (2023). Metabolomics for biomarker discovery in schistosomiasis: A systematic scoping review. Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, 4, 1108317.
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Lo, N. C., Bezerra, F. S. M., Colley, D. G., Fleming, F. M., Homeida, M., Mutapi, F., ... & Garba, A. (2022). Review of 2022 WHO guidelines on the control and elimination of schistosomiasis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 22(11), e327-e335.
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Kasambala, M., Mduluza, T., Vengesai, A., Mduluza-Jokonya, T., Jokonya, L., Mutapi, F., ... & Mukaratirwa, S. (2022). Effect of Schistosoma haematobium infection on the cognitive functions of preschool age children and benefits of treatment from an endemic area in Zimbabwe. BMC infectious diseases, 22(1), 809.
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Mazigo, H. D., Mwingira, U. J., Zinga, M. M., Uisso, C., Kazyoba, P. E., Kinung’hi, S. M., & Mutapi, F. (2022). Urogenital schistosomiasis among pre-school and school aged children in four districts of north western Tanzania after 15 years of mass drug administration: Geographical prevalence, risk factors and performance of haematuria reagent strips. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16(10), e0010834.
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Vengesai, A., Naicker, T., Midzi, H., Kasambala, M., Mduluza-Jokonya, T. L., Mutapi, F., ... & Mduluza, T. (2022). Multiplex peptide microarray profiling of antibody reactivity against neglected tropical diseases derived B-cell epitopes for serodiagnosis in Zimbabwe. PloS one, 17(7), e0271916.
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Lampard-Scotford, A. R., McCauley, A., Kuebel, J. A., Ibbott, R., & Mutapi, F. (2022). Impact of parasitic infection on mental health and illness in humans in Africa: a systematic review. Parasitology, 149(8), 1003-1018.
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Zdesenko, G., Mduluza, T., & Mutapi, F. (2022). Pharmacogenetics of praziquantel metabolism: evaluating the cytochrome P450 genes of Zimbabwean patients during a schistosomiasis treatment. Frontiers in genetics, 13, 914372.
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Mekonnen, G. G., Tedla, B. A., Pearson, M. S., Becker, L., Field, M., Amoah, A. S., ... & Sotillo, J. (2022). Characterisation of tetraspanins from Schistosoma haematobium and evaluation of their potential as novel diagnostic markers. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 16(1), e0010151.
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Pfavayi, L. T., Sibanda, E. N., Baker, S., Woolhouse, M., Mduluza, T., & Mutapi, F. (2021). Fungal allergic sensitisation in young rural Zimbabwean children: gut mycobiome and seroreactivity characteristics. Current Research in Microbial Sciences, 2, 100082.
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Sibanda, E. N., Dube, Y., Chakawa, M., Mduluza, T., & Mutapi, F. (2021). Systemic sclerosis in Zimbabwe: autoantibody biomarkers, clinical, and laboratory correlates. Frontiers in immunology, 12, 679531.
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Pearson, M. S., Tedla, B. A., Mekonnen, G. G., Proietti, C., Becker, L., Mutapi, F., ... & Loukas, A. (2021). Immunomics-guided discovery of serum and urine antibodies for diagnosing urogenital schistosomiasis: a biomarker identification study. The Lancet Microbe, 2(11), e617-e626.
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Zhang, F., Karamagi, H., Nsenga, N., Nanyunja, M., Karinja, M., Mutapi, F., ... & Woolhouse, M. E. (2021). Predictors of COVID-19 epidemics in countries of the World Health Organization African Region. Nature medicine, 27(11), 2041-2047.
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Pfavayi, L. T., Denning, D. W., Baker, S., Sibanda, E. N., & Mutapi, F. (2021). Determining the burden of fungal infections in Zimbabwe. Scientific reports, 11(1), 13240.
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