2025

Wasson PS., Kavanagh Williamson M., Hallas-Potts A., et al. ‘Female Genital Schistosomiasis: Translational Challenges and Opportunities’ – outputs and actions from a consultative, collaborative and translational workshop. Parasitology. 2025;1–11. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182025100346   

Ruperez M., Busang J., Mureithi L, et al. (2025) Clinical outcomes of participants of a TB prevalence survey with an abnormal chest X-ray but no evidence of TB disease after a median follow-up of 9 months in Zambia and South Africa. PLOS Glob Public Health 5(6): e0003787. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0003787  

Mwenge L., Quaife M., Sigande, L. et al. Co-designing Healthcare Interventions with Users: A Discrete Choice Experiment to Understand Young People’s Preferences for Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Lusaka, Zambia. Patient 18, 391–402 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40271-025-00737-7  

Hall, M., Probert, W., Abeler-Dörner, L., et al. The age and sex dynamics of heterosexual HIV transmission in Zambia: an HPTN 071 (PopART) phylogenetic and modelling study. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.02.25326873  

Ndubani R., Lamberti O., Kildemoes A., et al. The first BILGENSA Research Network workshop in Zambia: identifying research priorities, challenges and needs in genital bilharzia in Southern Africa [version 2; peer review: 3 approved, 1 approved with reservations]. Wellcome Open Res 2025, 9:360 https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.22429.2  

Gondwe, M., Simuyaba, M., Phiri, M., et al. Acceptability of and experiences with menstrual hygiene cups among adolescent girls and young women aged 15–24 in two communities in Lusaka, Zambia: an exploratory study nested in the Yathu Yathu trial. Reprod Health 22, 20 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-024-01901-2  

Golubchik, T., Abeler-Dörner, L., Hall, M., et al. HIV-phyloTSI: subtype-independent estimation of time since HIV-1 infection for cross-sectional measures of population incidence using deep sequence data. BMC Bioinformatics 26, 212 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-025-06189-y  

Mwenge, L., Quaife, M., Sigande, L. et al. Co-designing Healthcare Interventions with Users: A Discrete Choice Experiment to Understand Young People’s Preferences for Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Lusaka, Zambia. Patient 18, 391–402 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40271-025-00737-7 

Phiri, M.M., Sigande, L.M., Mwansa, C., et al. Knowledge of HIV status among men aged 20–35 years in Lusaka, Zambia: Findings from a pilot time location sampling survey in the “Yaba Guy Che” (for the guys) study published: 24 May 2025 https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.14128 

Di Lauro, F., Probert, W.J.M., et al. Large connected components in sexual networks and their role in HIV transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa: A model-based analysis of HPTN 071(PopART) data, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Volume 613,2025,112218, ISSN 0022-5193, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2025.112218.  

Burger, R., Bell-Mandla, N., Harper, A., et al. Does enhanced HIV prevention, diagnosis, and linkage to care reduce hospitalisation in high HIV-burden communities in Zambia and South Africa? findings from the HPTN 071 (PopART) randomised trial Published: May 8, 2025 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0004373  

Skalland, T.M., de Dieu Tapsoba, J., Zangeneh, S.Z. et al. A survey weighted analysis of HPTN 071 (PopART) primary outcome of HIV incidence. AIDS Res Ther 22, 30 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12981-025-00720-0  

Bradley, J., Floyd, S., Piwowar-Manning, E., et al. Strong Association Between HIV Incidence and Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 in Zambia and South Africa: Prospective Data From the HPTN 071 (PopART) Trial, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 12, Issue 1, January 2025, ofae721, https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae721