Biography

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)

  1. Chidzwondo, F., & Mutapi, F. (2024). Challenge of diagnosing acute infections in poor resource settings in Africa. AAS Open Research, 4, 28.
  2. Mutapi, F., Garba, A., Woolhouse, M., & Kazyoba, P. (2024). Paediatric schistosomiasis: last mile preparations for deploying paediatric praziquantel. Trends in Parasitology.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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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