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Publications by Elisabeth Kleppa

22 publications found

Original articles

Nemungadi TG, Kleppa E, Galappaththi-Arachchige HN, Pillay P, Gundersen SG, Vennervald BJ, Ndhlovu PD, Taylor M, Naidoo S, Kjetland EF (2024)
Predictors for participation in mass-treatment and female genital schistosomiasis re-investigation, and the effect of praziquantel treatment in South African adolescents
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 18 (3), e0011798
DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011798, PubMed 38536861

Shukla JD, Kleppa E, Holmen S, Ndhlovu PD, Mtshali A, Sebitloane M, Vennervald BJ, Gundersen SG, Taylor M, Kjetland EF (2023)
The Association Between Female Genital Schistosomiasis and Other Infections of the Lower Genital Tract in Adolescent Girls and Young Women: A Cross-Sectional Study in South Africa
J Low Genit Tract Dis, 27 (3), 291-296
DOI 10.1097/LGT.0000000000000756, PubMed 37379442

Livingston M, Pillay P, Zulu SG, Sandvik L, Kvalsvig JD, Gagai S, Galappaththi-Arachchige HN, Kleppa E, Ndhlovu P, Vennervald B, Gundersen SG, Taylor M, Kjetland EF (2021)
Mapping Schistosoma haematobium for Novel Interventions against Female Genital Schistosomiasis and Associated HIV Risk in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 104 (6), 2055-2064
DOI 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0679, PubMed 33939629

Todnem Sakkestad S, Steinsland H, Skrede S, Kleppa E, Lillebø K, Sævik M, Søyland H, Rykkje Heien A, Gjerde Tellevik M, Barry EM, Sommerfelt H, Hanevik K (2019)
Experimental Infection of Human Volunteers with the Heat-Stable Enterotoxin-Producing Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Strain TW11681
Pathogens, 8 (2)
DOI 10.3390/pathogens8020084, PubMed 31234485

Galappaththi-Arachchige HN, Zulu SG, Kleppa E, Lillebo K, Qvigstad E, Ndhlovu P, Vennervald BJ, Gundersen SG, Kjetland EF, Taylor M (2018)
Reproductive health problems in rural South African young women: risk behaviour and risk factors
Reprod Health, 15 (1), 138
DOI 10.1186/s12978-018-0581-9, PubMed 30111335

Christensen EE, Taylor M, Zulu SG, Lillebo K, Gundersen SG, Holmen S, Kleppa E, Vennervald BJ, Ndhlovu PD, Kjetland EF (2018)
Seasonal variations in Schistosoma haematobium egg excretion in school-age girls in rural KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa
S Afr Med J, 108 (4), 352-355
DOI 10.7196/SAMJ.2017.v108i4.12775, PubMed 29629689

Galappaththi-Arachchige HN, Holmen S, Koukounari A, Kleppa E, Pillay P, Sebitloane M, Ndhlovu P, van Lieshout L, Vennervald BJ, Gundersen SG, Taylor M, Kjetland EF (2018)
Evaluating diagnostic indicators of urogenital Schistosoma haematobium infection in young women: A cross sectional study in rural South Africa
PLoS One, 13 (2), e0191459
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0191459, PubMed 29451887

Mbatha JN, Taylor M, Kleppa E, Lillebo K, Galappaththi-Arachchige HN, Singh D, Kjetland EF, Baay MFD, Mkhize-Kwitshana ZL (2017)
High-risk human papillomavirus types in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected young women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: implications for vaccination
Infect Dis (Lond), 49 (8), 601-608
DOI 10.1080/23744235.2017.1312513, PubMed 28403727

Molvik M, Helland E, Zulu SG, Kleppa E, Lillebo K, Gundersen SG, Kvalsvig JD, Taylor M, Kjetland EF, Vennervald BJ (2017)
Co-infection with Schistosoma haematobium and soil-transmitted helminths in rural South Africa
S. Afr. J. Sci., 113 (3-4), 2016-0251
DOI 10.17159/sajs.2017/20160251

Galappaththi-Arachchige HN, Amlie Hegertun IE, Holmen S, Qvigstad E, Kleppa E, Sebitloane M, Ndhlovu PD, Vennervald BJ, Gundersen SG, Taylor M, Kjetland EF (2016)
Association of Urogenital Symptoms with History of Water Contact in Young Women in Areas Endemic for S. haematobium. A Cross-Sectional Study in Rural South Africa
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 13 (11)
DOI 10.3390/ijerph13111135, PubMed 27854250

Pillay P, van Lieshout L, Taylor M, Sebitloane M, Zulu SG, Kleppa E, Roald B, Kjetland EF (2016)
Cervical cytology as a diagnostic tool for female genital schistosomiasis: Correlation to cervical atypia and Schistosoma polymerase chain reaction
Cytojournal, 13, 10
DOI 10.4103/1742-6413.180784, PubMed 27168759

Holmen S, Galappaththi-Arachchige HN, Kleppa E, Pillay P, Naicker T, Taylor M, Onsrud M, Kjetland EF, Albregtsen F (2016)
Characteristics of Blood Vessels in Female Genital Schistosomiasis: Paving the Way for Objective Diagnostics at the Point of Care
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 10 (4), e0004628
DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004628, PubMed 27073857

Holmen SD, Kleppa E, Lillebø K, Pillay P, van Lieshout L, Taylor M, Albregtsen F, Vennervald BJ, Onsrud M, Kjetland EF (2015)
The first step toward diagnosing female genital schistosomiasis by computer image analysis
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 93 (1), 80-86
DOI 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0071, PubMed 25918212

Kleppa E, Klinge KF, Galaphaththi-Arachchige HN, Holmen SD, Lillebø K, Onsrud M, Gundersen SG, Taylor M, Ndhlovu P, Kjetland EF (2015)
Schistosoma haematobium infection and CD4+ T-cell levels: a cross-sectional study of young South African women
PLoS One, 10 (3), e0119326
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0119326, PubMed 25768005

Holmen SD, Kjetland EF, Taylor M, Kleppa E, Lillebø K, Gundersen SG, Onsrud M, Albregtsen F (2015)
Colourimetric image analysis as a diagnostic tool in female genital schistosomiasis
Med Eng Phys, 37 (3), 309-14
DOI 10.1016/j.medengphy.2014.12.007, PubMed 25630808

Norseth HM, Ndhlovu PD, Kleppa E, Randrianasolo BS, Jourdan PM, Roald B, Holmen SD, Gundersen SG, Bagratee J, Onsrud M, Kjetland EF (2014)
The colposcopic atlas of schistosomiasis in the lower female genital tract based on studies in Malawi, Zimbabwe, Madagascar and South Africa
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 8 (11), e3229
DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003229, PubMed 25412334

Kleppa E, Holmen SD, Lillebø K, Kjetland EF, Gundersen SG, Taylor M, Moodley P, Onsrud M (2014)
Cervical ectopy: associations with sexually transmitted infections and HIV. A cross-sectional study of high school students in rural South Africa
Sex Transm Infect, 91 (2), 124-9
DOI 10.1136/sextrans-2014-051674, PubMed 25281761

Kleppa E, Ramsuran V, Zulu S, Karlsen GH, Bere A, Passmore JA, Ndhlovu P, Lillebø K, Holmen SD, Onsrud M, Gundersen SG, Taylor M, Kjetland EF, Ndung'u T (2014)
Effect of female genital schistosomiasis and anti-schistosomal treatment on monocytes, CD4+ T-cells and CCR5 expression in the female genital tract
PLoS One, 9 (6), e98593
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0098593, PubMed 24896815

Pillay P, Taylor M, Zulu SG, Gundersen SG, Verweij JJ, Hoekstra P, Brienen EA, Kleppa E, Kjetland EF, van Lieshout L (2014)
Real-time polymerase chain reaction for detection of Schistosoma DNA in small-volume urine samples reflects focal distribution of urogenital Schistosomiasis in primary school girls in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 90 (3), 546-52
DOI 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0406, PubMed 24470560

Hegertun IE, Sulheim Gundersen KM, Kleppa E, Zulu SG, Gundersen SG, Taylor M, Kvalsvig JD, Kjetland EF (2013)
S. haematobium as a common cause of genital morbidity in girls: a cross-sectional study of children in South Africa
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 7 (3), e2104
DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002104, PubMed 23556009