Our field work, carried out with our research partners, has led to publications in scientific journals, including Nature, PNAS and PLoS. Here is the list, from the most recent to the oldest.
2026
Senff, P., Andriantsoa, N., Sack, A., Fusco, D., Selland, E. K., Jouanard, N., Mbaye, N., Mortillaro, J.-M. & Rohr, J. (2026). Schistosomiasis in rice fields and implications for biocontrol: case studies from Senegal and Madagascar show sharp contrasts in detection of intermediate snail hosts. Parasitology. DOI: 10.1017/S0031182026102777. License: CC BY 4.0.
Selland, E., Jouanard, N., Guisse, A., … Rohr, J.R. (2026). Rice–fish co-culturing reduces schistosomiasis risk and increases yields and incomes. Nature Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-026-01833-8
2025
Rohr, J.R., Sack, A., Bakhoum, S., … Wolfe, C. (2025). How Removing Overgrown Water Plants Can Help Kids Stay Healthy and Improve The Planet. Frontiers for Young Minds. https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2025.1560703
Sack, A., Selland, E., Bakhoum, S., Seck, M., Jouanard, N., Dossou Magblenou, L., & Rohr, J.R. (2025). Human Schistosoma exposure risk in rice fields and an exploration of fish species for snail and schistosomiasis biocontrol. PLOS Global Public Health, 5(6), e0004726. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0004726
Ocloo, X.S., Mbaye, M., Sy Dit Tidiane, M., Counta, M., Vazquez-Prokopec, G.M., Jouanard, N., Seck, M., Sow, S.L.T., & Civitello, D.J. (2025). Urea-ka: replacing inorganic nitrogen fertilizer with Azolla pinnata maintains rice yields with reduced input costs in the Senegal River Valley. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2025.2469325
2023
Rohr, J.R., Sack, A., Bakhoum, S., Barrett, C.B., … Wolfe, C. (2023). A planetary health innovation for disease, food and water challenges in Africa. Nature, 619(7971), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06313-z
2022
Bakhoum, S., Bâ, C.T., Haggerty, C.J.E., Jouanard, N., & Rohr, J.R. (2022). Risk of Human Exposure to the Intestinal Schistosome, Schistosoma mansoni, across Seasons along the Senegal River. Global Health Research, 2566(100038). https://doi.org/10.24966/GHR-2566/100038
Haggerty, C.J.E., Delius, B.K., Jouanard, N., … Rohr, J.R. (2022). Pyrethroid insecticides pose greater risk than organophosphate insecticides to biocontrol agents for human schistosomiasis. Environmental Pollution, 319(2), 120952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120952
Liu, Z.Y-C., Chamberlin, A., Tallam, K., Jones, I.J., … De Leo, G.A. (2022). Deep Learning Segmentation of Satellite Imagery Identifies Aquatic Vegetation Associated with Snail Intermediate Hosts of Schistosomiasis in Senegal, Africa. Remote Sensing, 14(6), 1345. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14061345
2021
Lund, A.J., Sokolow, S.H., Jones, I.J., Wood, C.L., … Lopez-Carr, D. (2021). Exposure, hazard, and vulnerability all contribute to Schistosoma haematobium re-infection in northern Senegal. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15(10), e0009806. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009806
Jones, I.J., Sokolow, S.H., Chamberlin, A.J., Lund, A.J., Jouanard, N., … De Leo, G. (2021). Schistosome infection in Senegal is associated with different spatial extents of risk and ecological drivers for Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15(9), e0009712. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009712
Lund, A.J., Rehkopf, D.H., Sokolow, S.H., Sam, M.M., Jouanard, N., … Lopez-Carr, D. (2021). Land use impacts on parasitic infection: a cross-sectional epidemiological study on the role of irrigated agriculture in schistosome infection in a damaged landscape. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-021-00816-5
Tallam, K., Liu, Z.Y-C., Chamberlin, A.J., Jones, I.J., … De Leo, G.A. (2021). Identification of Snails and Schistosoma of Medical Importance via Convolutional Neural Networks: A Proof-of-Concept Application for Human Schistosomiasis. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 642895. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.642895
Bakhoum, S., Haggerty, C.J.E., Ba, C.T., Jouanard, N., Riveau, G., & Rohr, J.R. (2021). Seasonal Variations of Densities of Biomphalaria pfeifferi, the Intermediate Host of Schistosoma mansoni Parasite at the North of Senegal. IntechOpen. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.99217
2020
Haggerty, C.J.E., Bakhoum, S., Civitello, D.J., De Leo, G.A., Jouanard, N., … Rohr, J.R. (2020). Aquatic macrophytes and macroinvertebrate predators affect densities of snail hosts and local production of schistosome cercariae that cause human schistosomiasis. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14(7), e0008417. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008417
2019
Wood, C.L., Sokolow, S.H., Jones, I.J., Chamberlin, A.J., … De Leo, G.A. (2019). Precision mapping of snail habitat provides a powerful indicator of human schistosomiasis transmission. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(46), 23182-23191. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1903698116
Lund, A.J., Sam, M.M., Sy, A.B., Sow, O.W., Ali, S., Sokolow, S.H., … De Leo, G.A. (2019). Unavoidable Risks: Local Perspectives on Water Contact Behavior and Implications for Schistosomiasis Control in an Agricultural Region of Northern Senegal. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 101(4), 837–847. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.19-0099
Ndione, R.A., Bakhoum, S., Haggerty, C.J., Jouanard, N., Senghor, S., Ndao, P.D., Riveau, G., & Ba, C.T. (2019). Intermediate Host Snails of Human Schistosomes in the Senegal River Delta: Spatial Distribution According to Physicochemical Parameters. IntechOpen. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.85842