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  1. Visual diagnostics for female genital schistosomiasis and the opportunity for improvement using computer vision

    Article • Parasitology, September 2025, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  2. TRPtracker: a community database for monitoring praziquantel sensitivity at TRPMPZQ variants

    Article • August 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  3. Closing the diagnostic gap in male genital schistosomiasis (MGS): current detection tools and novel strategies

    Article • Parasitology, June 2025, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  4. ‘Female Genital Schistosomiasis: Translational Challenges and Opportunities’ – outputs and actions from a consultative, collaborative and translational workshop

    Article • Parasitology, June 2025, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  5. Safety and efficacy of praziquantel 40 mg/kg versus 80 mg/kg in preschool-aged children with intestinal schistosomiasis in Uganda: a 2 × 2 factorial, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 randomised trial

    Article • The Lancet Global Health, June 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy, Paul Corstjens

  6. The first BILGENSA Research Network workshop in Zambia: identifying research priorities, challenges and needs in genital bilharzia in Southern Africa

    Article • Wellcome Open Research, April 2025, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  7. Point-of-care ultrasound reveals extensive pathology in Gabonese preschool-age children with urogenital schistosomiasis

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, April 2025, PLOS

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  8. Protecting global health partnerships in the era of destructive nationalism

    Article • PLOS Global Public Health, April 2025, PLOS

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  9. Towards multilingualism in global health

    Article • Globalization and Health, April 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  10. Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) in a Nonendemic Setting: Retrospective Case-Notes Review of Schistosoma haematobium–Positive FGS Cases at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, With a Pragmatic Clinical Pathway for Nonendemic Settings

    Article • Open Forum Infectious Diseases, March 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  11. Landscape of guidance documents used at TropNet and GeoSentinel centres for the clinical management of schistosomiasis outside endemic areas: A systematic appraisal

    Article • Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, March 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  12. Description of four cases of male genital schistosomiasis (MGS) in children and adolescents, with a scoping review

    Article • Parasitology, February 2025, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  13. Association of female genital schistosomiasis and human papillomavirus and cervical pre-cancer: a systematic review

    Article • BMC Women s Health, January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  14. Urogenital Schistosoma haematobium Cases at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London (1998-2018), and Suggested Pragmatic Follow-up Pathway for Non-endemic Settings

    Article • Open Forum Infectious Diseases, December 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  15. Associations of poor water, sanitation, and hygiene and parasite burden with markers of environmental enteric dysfunction in preschool‐age children infected with Schistosoma mansoni in Uganda

    Article • Tropical Medicine & International Health, December 2024, Wiley

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  16. Combined interventions for the testing and treatment of HIV and schistosomiasis among fishermen in Malawi: a three-arm, cluster-randomised trial

    Article • The Lancet Global Health, October 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy, Nicola Desmond

  17. A health decision analytical model to evaluate the cost‐effectiveness of female genital schistosomiasis screening strategies: The female genital schistosomiasis SCREEN framework

    Article • Tropical Medicine & International Health, August 2024, Wiley

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  18. The first BILGENSA Research Network workshop in Zambia: identifying research priorities, challenges and needs in genital bilharzia in Southern Africa

    Article • Wellcome Open Research, July 2024, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  19. Zipime-Weka-Schista study protocol: a longitudinal cohort study and economic evaluation of an integrated home-based approach for genital multipathogen screening in women, including female genital schistosomiasis, human papillomavirus, Trichomonas and H...

    Article • BMJ Open, June 2024, BMJ

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy, Paul Corstjens

  20. Female genital schistosomiasis burden and risk factors in two endemic areas in Malawi nested in the Morbidity Operational Research for Bilharziasis Implementation Decisions (MORBID) cross-sectional study

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, May 2024, PLOS

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  21. Female genital schistosomiasis is a women’s issue, but men should not be left out: involving men in promoting care for female genital schistosomiasis in mainland Tanzania

    Article • Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, April 2024, Frontiers

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  22. A cross‐sectional pilot household study of Schistosoma mansoni burden and associated morbidities in Lake Albert, Uganda

    Article • Tropical Medicine & International Health, February 2024, Wiley

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  23. Time to bring female genital schistosomiasis out of neglect

    Article • British Medical Bulletin, January 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  24. Female Genital Schistosomiasis Lesion Resolution Post-Treatment with Praziquantel in Zambian Adults

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, January 2024, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  25. Schistosomiasis

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  26. Building Partnerships to Empower Women Through Home Self-Sampling for Sexual and Reproductive Tract Infections

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  27. Baseline Liver Ultrasound Findings in Preschool Children From the Praziquantel in Preschoolers Trial in Lake Albert, Uganda

    Article • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, October 2023, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  28. The Zipime-Weka-Schista study protocol: a longitudinal cohort study and economic evaluation of an integrated home-based approach for genital multi-pathogen screening in women, including female genital schistosomiasis, HPV, Trichomonas and HIV in Zambia

    Article • October 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy, Paul Corstjens

  29. Relationships Between Schistosoma Mansoni Infection Intensity and Nutritional Status and Anemia Among Preschool-aged Children in Uganda

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, August 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  30. An Update on Schistosomiasis

    Article • Clinical Microbiology Newsletter, August 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  31. Visual diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis in Zambian women from hand-held colposcopy: agreement of expert image review and association with clinical symptoms

    Article • Wellcome Open Research, May 2023, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy, Paul Corstjens

  32. Perspective on Schistosomiasis Drug Discovery: Highlights from a Schistosomiasis Drug Discovery Workshop at Wellcome Collection, London, September 2022

    Article • ACS Infectious Diseases, April 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  33. A 14-year follow-up of ultrasound-detected urinary tract pathology associated with urogenital schistosomiasis in women living in the Msambweni region of coastal Kenya

    Article • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, April 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  34. Visual diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis in Zambian women from hand-held colposcopy: agreement of expert image review

    Article • Wellcome Open Research, January 2023, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  35. The Presence of Hemoglobin in Cervicovaginal Lavage Is Not Associated With Genital Schistosomiasis in Zambian Women From the BILHIV Study

    Article • Open Forum Infectious Diseases, December 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy, Paul Corstjens

  36. A review of the genetic determinants of praziquantel resistance in Schistosoma mansoni: Is praziquantel and intestinal schistosomiasis a perfect match?

    Article • Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, August 2022, Frontiers

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  37. Validation of the isothermal Schistosoma haematobium Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RPA) assay, coupled with simplified sample preparation, for diagnosing female genital schistosomiasis using cervicovaginal lavage and vaginal self-swab samples

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, March 2022, PLOS

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  38. Impact of a Novel, Low-Cost and Sustainable Health Education Program on the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Intestinal Schistosomiasis in School Children in a Hard-to-Reach District of Madagascar

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, January 2022, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  39. An update on female and male genital schistosomiasis and a call to integrate efforts to escalate diagnosis, treatment and awareness in endemic and non-endemic settings: The time is now

    Article • January 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  40. The praziquantel in preschoolers (PIP) trial: study protocol for a phase II PK/PD-driven randomised controlled trial of praziquantel in children under 4 years of age

    Article • Trials, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  41. The challenges for women’s health in sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons learned from an integrative multistakeholder workshop in Gabon

    Article • Journal of Global Health, September 2021, Edinburgh University Global Health Society

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  42. Population pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of investigational regimens’ drugs in the TB-PRACTECAL clinical trial (the PRACTECAL-PKPD study): a prospective nested study protocol in a randomised contr...

    Article • BMJ Open, September 2021, BMJ

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  43. Association of Female Genital Schistosomiasis With the Cervicovaginal Microbiota and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Zambian Women

    Article • Open Forum Infectious Diseases, August 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy, Paul Corstjens

  44. Association between cervical dysplasia and female genital schistosomiasis diagnosed by genital PCR in Zambian women

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy, Paul Corstjens

  45. Prevalence of intestinal schistosomiasis in pre-school aged children: a pilot survey in Marolambo District, Madagascar

    Article • Infectious Diseases of Poverty, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  46. Five-Year Follow-Up on the Prevalence and Intensity of Infections of Schistosoma mansoni in a Hard-to-Reach District of Madagascar

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, May 2021, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  47. Cervicovaginal Immune Activation in Zambian Women With Female Genital Schistosomiasis

    Article • Frontiers in Immunology, March 2021, Frontiers

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy, Paul Corstjens

  48. Malaria and helminth co-infections in children living in endemic countries: A systematic review with meta-analysis

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, February 2021, PLOS

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy, Muhammed Afolabi

  49. Promoting gender, equity, human rights and ethnic equality in neglected tropical disease programmes

    Article • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, January 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  50. Meningococcal carriage among Hajj pilgrims, risk factors for carriage and records of vaccination: a study of pilgrims to Mecca.

    Article • Tropical Medicine & International Health, January 2021, Wiley

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy, Prof. Dr. Abdullah M. Asiri

  51. Use of facemasks and other personal preventive measures by Hajj pilgrims and their impact on health problems during the Hajj

    Article • Journal of Travel Medicine, September 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy, Prof. Dr. Abdullah M. Asiri

  52. Acceptability and feasibility of genital self-sampling for the diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis: a cross-sectional study in Zambia

    Article • Wellcome Open Research, September 2020, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  53. Correction: Female genital schistosomiasis and HIV/AIDS: Reversing the neglect of girls and women

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, September 2020, PLOS

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  54. Intestinal Schistosomiasis and Giardiasis Co-Infection in Sub-Saharan Africa: Can a One Health Approach Improve Control of Each Waterborne Parasite Simultaneously?

    Article • Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, August 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  55. Genital self-sampling compared with cervicovaginal lavage for the diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis in Zambian women: The BILHIV study

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, July 2020, PLOS

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy, Paul Corstjens

  56. Intestinal Schistosomiasis and Giardiasis Co-Infection in Sub-Saharan Africa: Can a One Health Approach Improve Control of Each Waterborne Parasite Simultaneously?

    Article • July 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  57. Population Pharmacokinetics of Praziquantel in Pregnant and Lactating Filipino Women Infected with Schistosoma japonicum

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, July 2020, ASM Journals

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  58. Integration of prevention and control measures for female genital schistosomiasis, HIV and cervical cancer

    Article • Bulletin of the World Health Organization, July 2020, WHO Press

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  59. Application of a recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) assay and pilot field testing for Giardia duodenalis at Lake Albert, Uganda

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, June 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  60. Could This Child Have Schistosomiasis?

    Article • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, May 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  61. Beyond the barrier: Female Genital Schistosomiasis as a potential risk factor for HIV-1 acquisition

    Article • Acta Tropica, May 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  62. Acceptability and feasibility of genital self-sampling for the diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis: a cross-sectional study in Zambia

    Article • Wellcome Open Research, April 2020, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  63. A cross-sectional study of periportal fibrosis and Schistosoma mansoni infection among school-aged children in a hard-to-reach area of Madagascar

    Article • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, March 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  64. Schistosomiasis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension: a systematic review

    Article • European Respiratory Review, February 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Christian Gerges, Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  65. Focused Assessment with Sonography for Urinary Schistosomiasis (FASUS)—pilot evaluation of a simple point-of-care ultrasound protocol and short training program for detecting urinary tract morbidity in highly endemic settings

    Article • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, November 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  66. Implementation of a Highly Accurate Rapid Point-of-Care Test for Group a Streptococcus Detection at a Large Pediatric Emergency Department in South London

    Article • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, August 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  67. Schistosoma mansoni Infection as a Predictor of Low Aerobic Capacity in Ugandan Children

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, June 2019, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  68. Female genital schistosomiasis and HIV/AIDS: Reversing the neglect of girls and women

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, April 2019, PLOS

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  69. Schistosomiasis in Africa: Improving strategies for long-term and sustainable morbidity control

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, June 2018, PLOS

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  70. Cognitive deficits and educational loss in children with schistosome infection—A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, January 2018, PLOS

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  71. Praziquantel for the treatment of schistosomiasis during human pregnancy

    Article • Bulletin of the World Health Organization, November 2017, WHO Press

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  72. Paediatric and maternal schistosomiasis: shifting the paradigms

    Article • British Medical Bulletin, August 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  73. High burden of Schistosoma mansoni infection in school-aged children in Marolambo District, Madagascar

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  74. Point-of-care tests for infectious diseases: barriers to implementation across three London teaching hospitals

    Article • Acta Paediatrica, May 2017, Wiley

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  75. One hundred years of neglect in paediatric schistosomiasis

    Article • Parasitology, March 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy, Russell Stothard

  76. A call to strengthen the global strategy against schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis: the time is now

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, February 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy, Prof. Sarman Singh

  77. Expanding Praziquantel (PZQ) Access beyond Mass Drug Administration Programs: Paving a Way Forward for a Pediatric PZQ Formulation for Schistosomiasis

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, September 2016, PLOS

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  78. Predictors of fever-related admissions to a paediatric assessment unit, ward and reattendances in a South London emergency department: the CABIN 2 study

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, August 2016, BMJ

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  79. Population Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Praziquantel in Ugandan Children with Intestinal Schistosomiasis: Higher Dosages Are Required for Maximal Efficacy

    Article • mBio, August 2016, ASM Journals

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy, Paul Corstjens

  80. A centenary of Robert T. Leiper's lasting legacy on schistosomiasis and a COUNTDOWN on control of neglected tropical diseases

    Article • Parasitology, July 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy, Russell Stothard

  81. Point-of-Care Ultrasound Assessment of Tropical Infectious Diseases—A Review of Applications and Perspectives

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, January 2016, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  82. Anemia Among Children Exposed to Polyparasitism in Coastal Kenya

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, November 2015, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  83. Age-Stratified Profiles of Serum IL-6, IL-10, and TNF-α Cytokines Among Kenyan Children with Schistosoma haematobium, Plasmodium falciparum, and Other Chronic Parasitic Co-Infections

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, May 2015, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  84. Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF) in a Ugandan Child with Advanced Hepatosplenic Schistosomiasis: Coincidence or Connection?

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, October 2014, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  85. Diagnostics for schistosomiasis in Africa and Arabia: a review of present options in control and future needs for elimination

    Article • Parasitology, August 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy, Russell Stothard

  86. Cross-sectional Study of the Burden of Vector-Borne and Soil-Transmitted Polyparasitism in Rural Communities of Coast Province, Kenya

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, July 2014, PLOS

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  87. HIV and schistosomiasis co-infection in African children

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, July 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  88. Human schistosomiasis

    Article • The Lancet, June 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  89. Parasitic Helminths

    Article • April 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  90. Development of a Specimen-Sparing Multichannel Bead Assay to Detect Antiparasite IgG4 for the Diagnosis of Schistosoma and Wuchereria Infections on the Coast of Kenya

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, April 2014, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  91. Preventive chemotherapy for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis by cotreatment with praziquantel and albendazole

    Article • Clinical Investigation, February 2014, OMICS Publishing Group

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy, Russell Stothard

  92. Schistosomiasis

    Article • January 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  93. Fecal Occult Blood and Fecal Calprotectin as Point-of-Care Markers of Intestinal Morbidity in Ugandan Children with Schistosoma mansoni Infection

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, November 2013, PLOS

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  94. Schistosomiasis in African infants and preschool children: let them now be treated!

    Article • Trends in Parasitology, April 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  95. Evaluation of the Health-related Quality of Life of Children in Schistosoma haematobium-endemic Communities in Kenya: A Cross-sectional Study

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, March 2013, PLOS

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  96. Impact of Polyparasitic Infections on Anemia and Undernutrition among Kenyan Children Living in a Schistosoma haematobium-Endemic Area

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, March 2013, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  97. Impact of Drought on the Spatial Pattern of Transmission of Schistosoma haematobium in Coastal Kenya

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, December 2011, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  98. Measuring Fitness of Kenyan Children with Polyparasitic Infections Using the 20-Meter Shuttle Run Test as a Morbidity Metric

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, July 2011, PLOS

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  99. Modeling the Effect of Chronic Schistosomiasis on Childhood Development and the Potential for Catch-Up Growth with Different Drug Treatment Strategies Promoted for Control of Endemic Schistosomiasis

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, May 2011, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  100. Flukes (Liver, Lung, and Intestinal)

    Article • January 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy

  101. Schistosomiasis (Schistosoma)

    Article • January 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Amaya L Bustinduy