Staff directory

Ruben Schols

Biology
Invertebrates
  • Mudavanhu, A.,  Schols, R.,  Goossens, E.,  Nhiwatiwa, T.,  Manyangadze, T.,  Brendonck, L. & Huyse, T. 2024. ‘One Health monitoring reveals invasive freshwater snail species, new records, and undescribed parasite diversity in Zimbabwe’. Parasites & Vectors 17: 234. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-024-06307-4.  (PR).
  • Kapour, G.,  Wambui, C.Schols, R.,  Madinga, J.,  Mulopo, P. & Huyse, T. 2024. ‘First record of an alien species of Amerianna Strand, 1928 (Gatropoda: Hygrophila: Planorbidae) in the Kimpese region, Democratic Republic of Congo’. Folia Malacologica. DOI: 10.12657/folmal.032.010.  (PR).
  • Muzarabani, K.,  Carolus, H.,  Schols, R.,  Hammoud, C.,  Barson, M. & Huyse, T. 2024. ‘An update on snail and trematode communities in the Sanyati Basin of Lake Kariba: New snail and trematode species but no human schistosomes’. Parasitology International 99: 102830. Elsevier. ISSN: 1383-5769. DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2023.102830.  I.F. 1.9.
  • Tumusiime, J.,  Kagoro‑rugunda, G.,  Umba Tolo, C.,  Namirembe, D.,  Schols, R.,  Hammoud, C.,  Albrecht, C. & Huyse, T. 2023. ‘An accident waiting to happen? Exposing the potential of urogenital schistosomiasis transmission in the Lake Albert region, Uganda’. Parasites & Vectors 16: 398. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-023-06017-3.  I.F. 3.2.
  • Schols, R.,  Vanoverberghe, I.,  Huyse, T. & Decaestecker, E. 2023. ‘Host-bacteriome transplants of the schistosome snail host Biomphalaria glabrata reflect species-specific associations’. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 99(9). DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiad101. URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiad101  I.F. 4.5.
  • Stock, W.,  Callens, M.,  Houwenhuyse, S.,  Schols, R.,  Goel, N.,  Coone, M.,  Theys, C.,  Delnat, V.,  Boudry, A.,  Eckert, E.,  Laspoumaderes, C.,  Grossart, H.,  De Meester, L.,  Stoks, R.,  Sabbe, K. & Decaestecker, E. 2021. ‘Human impact on symbioses between aquatic organisms and microbes’. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 87: 113-138. ISSN:  0948-3055. DOI: 10.3354/ame01973. URL: https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/ame/v87/p113-138/  I.F. 2.9702.
  • Schols, R.,  Carolus, H.,  Hammoud, C.,  Muzarabani, K.,  Barson, M. & Huyse, T. 2021. ‘Invasive snails, parasite spillback, and potential parasite spillover drive parasitic diseases of Hippopotamus amphibius in artificial lakes of Zimbabwe’. BMC Biology 19:160. ISSN: 1741-7007. DOI: 10.1186/s12915-021-01093-2. URL: https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-021-01093-2#citeas  I.F. 8.182.
  • Schols, R.,  Mudavanhu, A.,  Carolus, H.,  Hammoud, C.,  Muzarabani, K.,  Barson, M. & Huyse, T. 2020. ‘Exposing the Barcoding Void: An Integrative Approach to Study Snail-Borne Parasites in a One Health Context’. Front. Vet. Sci 7:605280, special issue : Trematode Infection in Ruminants. DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2020.605280. URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2020.605280/full  (PR).
  • Carolus, H.,  Muzarabani, K.,  Hammoud, C.,  Schols, R.,  Volckaert, F.,  Barson, M. & Huyse, T. 2019. ‘A cascade of biological invasions and parasite spillback in man-made Lake Kariba’. Science of the Total Environment 659: 1283-1292. ISSN: 0048-9697. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.307. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329868275_A_cascade_of_biological_invasions_and_parasite_spillback_in_man-made_Lake_Kariba  I.F. 7.963.
  • Schols, R.,  Carolus, H.,  Hammoud, C.,  Mulero, S.,  Mudavanhu, A. & Huyse, T. 2019. ‘A rapid diagnostic multiplex PCR approach for xenomonitoring of human and animal schistosomiasis in a 'One Health' context’. TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE 113 : 722-729 . DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trz067.  I.F. 2.3.