Marie Rosenthal, MS
Schistosoma haematobium infection can trigger cancer-related gene activity that may increase a person’s risk for cervical cancer. The changes become even more pronounced after treatment, according to a presentation at ESCMID Global 2025, in Vienna.
“Overall, women with parasitology clearance after treatment had an increase of or an upregulation of oncogenic pathways, genes and inflammatory genes,” said Anna Maria Mertelsmann, MD, a researcher at