Department of Biomedical Sciences

Research output

Research output per year 1959 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2024

• 3156 A1: Web of Science-article
• 405 A2: International peer reviewed article (not A1-type)
• 339 Chapter
• 142 Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation
• 366 More
  • 110 Letter
  • 63 Book
  • 59 Conference abstract in journal
  • 47 A4: Article in journal not included in A1, A2 or A3
  • 29 Editorial
  • 21 Comment/debate
  • 13 Review
  • 4 Report
  • 4 C3: Conference - meeting abstract
  • 4 Poster
  • 4 Article
  • 3 P1: Proceedings in ISI
  • 2 Contribution to book/anthology
  • 2 Paper
  • 1 Other contribution

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2018

  Zika virus IgG in infants with microcephaly, Guinea-Bissau, 2016

  Rosenstierne, M. W., Schaltz-Buchholzer, F., Bruzadelli, F., Có, A., Cardoso, P., Jørgensen, C. S., Michiels, J., Heyndrickx, L., Ariën, K. K., Fischer, T. K. & Fomsgaard, A., 2018, In: Emerging Infectious Diseases. 24, 5, p. 948-950 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Guinea-Bissau 100%
  • Zika Virus 82%
  • Mothers 19%
  28 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  Accuracy of a rapid test for the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis in patients with suggestive skin lesions in Morocco

  Bennis, I., Verdonck, K., Riyad, M., El Khalfaoui, N., Fellah, H., Sahibi, H., Van der Auwera, G., Dujardin, J-C. & Boelaert, M., 2017, p. 173-173. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › C3: Conference - meeting abstract › peer-review

• A longitudinal analysis of the vaginal microbiota and vaginal immune mediators in women from sub-Saharan Africa

  Jespers, V., Kyongo, J., Joseph, S., Hardy, L., Cools, P., Crucitti, T., Mwaura, M., Ndayisaba, G., Delany-Moretlwe, S., Buyze, J., Vanham, G. & van de Wijgert, J. H. H. M., 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7, 13 p., 11974.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Africa South of the Sahara 100%
  • Elafin 50%
  • Gardnerella vaginalis 45%
  • Bacterial Vaginosis 39%
  • Vagina 33%
  76 Downloads (Pure)

• A qualitative study of the acceptability of weekly iron supplementation prior to the first pregnancy in Burkina Faso

  Compaore, A., Gies, S., Brabin, B. J., Tinto, H. & Brabin, L., 2017, In: Tropical Medicine and International Health. 22, p. 98-98 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference abstract in journal

• Assessment of factors influencing the within-batch seroprevalence of human enteropathogenic Yersinia spp. of pigs at slaughter age and the analogy with microbiology

  Vanantwerpen, G., Berkvens, D., De Zutter, L. & Houf, K., 2017, In: Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 137, p. 93-96 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Farms 100%
  • Microbiology 92%
  • Abattoirs 29%
  • Logistic Models 14%
  • Infections 10%

• A standardised method for interpreting the association between mutations and phenotypic drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  Miotto, P., Tessema, B., Tagliani, E., Chindelevitch, L., Starks, A. M., Emerson, C., Hanna, D., Kim, P. S., Liwski, R., Zignol, M., Gilpin, C., Niemann, S., Denkinger, C. M., Fleming, J., Warren, R. M., Crook, D., Posey, J., Gagneux, S., Hoffner, S., Rodrigues, C., & 15 othersComas, I., Engelthaler, D. M., Murray, M., Alland, D., Rigouts, L., Lange, C., Dheda, K., Hasan, R., Ranganathan, U. D. K., McNerney, R., Ezewudo, M., Cirillo, D. M., Schito, M., Koser, C. U. & Rodwell, T. C., 2017, In: European Respiratory Journal. 50, 6, 13 p., 1701354.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Moxifloxacin 100%
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis 99%
  • Drug Resistance 93%
  • Amikacin 59%
  • Isoniazid 57%

• Bacterial diversity in Buruli ulcer skin lesions: challenges in the clinical microbiome analysis of a skin disease

  Van Leuvenhaege, C., Vandelannoote, K., Affolabi, D., Portaels, F., Sopoh, G., de Jong, B. C., Eddyani, M. & Meehan, C. J., 2017, In: PLoS ONE. 12, 7, 16 p., e0181994.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Ulcer 100%
  • Mycobacterium ulcerans 59%
  • Neglected Diseases 49%
  • Wounds and Injuries 35%
  • Coinfection 35%
  111 Downloads (Pure)

• Bovine and caprine brucellosis in Bangladesh: Bayesian evaluation of four serological tests, true prevalence, and associated risk factors in household animals

  Ahasan, M. S., Rahman, M. S., Rahman, A. K. M. A. & Berkvens, D., 2017, In: Tropical Animal Health and Production. 49, 1, p. 1-11 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • cyclopropapyrroloindole 100%
  • Cattle 51%
  • Retained Placenta 50%
  • Logistic Models 21%
  • Cross-Sectional Studies 21%

• Brucella abortus is prevalent in both humans and animals in Bangladesh

  Rahman, A. K. M. A., Saegerman, C., Berkvens, D., Melzer, F., Neubauer, H., Fretin, D., Abatih, E., Dhand, N. & Ward, M. P., 2017, In: Zoonoses and Public Health. 64, 5, p. 394-399 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Bangladesh 100%
  • animal 81%
  • DNA 33%
  • Brucella melitensis 29%
  • Placenta 18%

• Building training and research capacities in Ebola affected countries: the case of the Belgian Cooperation in Guinea

  Delamou, A., Delvaux, T., Beavogui, A. H., Sow, A., Van Bastelaere, S., Criel, B. & Van Damme, W., 2017, In: Tropical Medicine and International Health. 22, p. 301-301 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference abstract in journal

• Can a ZIKA IGM and IGG immunoblot replace the virus neutralisation test to confirm screening test results?

  Van den Bossche, D., Foque, N., Michiels, J., Ariën, K. K. & Van Esbroeck, M., 2017, In: Tropical Medicine and International Health. 22, p. 122-122 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference abstract in journal

• Cattle breeding, trypanosomosis prevalence and drug resistance in Northern Togo

  Tchamdja, E., Kulo, A. E., Vitouley, H. S., Batawui, K., Bankolé, A. A., Adomefa, K., Cecchi, G., Hoppenheit, A., Clausen, P. H., De Deken, R., Van Den Abbeele, J., Marcotty, T. & Delespaux, V., 2017, In: Veterinary Parasitology. 236, p. 86-92 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Trypanocidal Agents 100%
  • Drug Resistance 92%
  • Cattle 81%
  • Trypanosoma congolense 67%
  • isometamidium chloride 38%

• Characterization of Mycobacterium chelonae-like strains by comparative genomics

  Nogueira, C. L., de Almeida, L. G. P., Menendez, M. C., Garcia, M. J., Digiampietri, L. A., Chimara, E., Cnockaert, M., Palomino, J. C., Portaels, F., Martin, A., Vandamme, P. & Leao, S. C., 2017, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 8, 10 p., 789.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Mycobacterium chelonae 100%
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations 5%
  • DNA 3%
  24 Downloads (Pure)

• Community participation as part of formative research to design innovative malaria elimination strategies in The Gambia

  Masunaga, Y., Jaiteh, F., D'Alessandro, U., Okebe, J., Ribera, J. M. & Grietens, K. P., 2017, In: Tropical Medicine and International Health. 22, p. 226-226 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference abstract in journal

• Concurrent Plasmodium infection, anemia and their correlates among newly diagnosed people living with HIV/AIDS in Northern Ethiopia

  Beyene, H. B., Tadesse, M., Disassa, H. & Beyene, M. B., 2017, In: Acta Tropica. 169, p. 8-13 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Ethiopia 100%
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome 71%
  • Infections 11%
  • Insecticides 9%
  • Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination Trimethoprim 8%

• Cost-effectiveness of screening for active cases of tuberculosis in Flanders, Belgium

  Smit, G. S. A., Apers, L., Arrazola de Onate, W., Beutels, P., Dorny, P., Forier, A-M., Janssens, K., Macq, J., Mak, R., Schol, S., Wildemeersch, D., Speybroeck, N. & Devleesschauwer, B., 2017, In: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 95, 1, p. 27-35 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Belgium 100%
  • contagious disease 99%
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis 87%
  • costs 57%
  • asylum seeker 48%
  22 Downloads (Pure)

• Designing microbicides against HIV: innovative rings for young women urgently needed

  Jespers, V., Nöstlinger, C. & Ariën, K., 2017, In: Future Virology. 12, 2, p. 45-48 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

• Desirable cytolytic immune effector cell recruitment by interleukin-15 dendritic cells

  Van Acker, H. H., Beretta, O., Anguille, S., De Caluwe, L., Papagna, A., Van den Bergh, J. M., Willemen, Y., Goossens, H., Berneman, Z. N., Van Tendeloo, V. F., Smits, E. L., Foti, M. & Lion, E., 2017, In: Oncotarget. 8, 8, p. 13652-13665 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Interleukin-15 100%
  • Somatostatin-Secreting Cells 38%
  • Interleukin-4 36%
  • Granzymes 12%
  • Th2 Cells 11%

• Detection and identification of Leishmania spp.: application of two hsp70-based PCR-RFLP protocols to clinical samples from the New World

  Montalvo, A. M., Fraga, J., Tirado, D., Blandon, G., Alba, A., Van der Auwera, G., Dario Velez, I. & Muskus, C., 2017, In: Parasitology Research. 116, 7, p. 1843-1848 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Colombia 100%
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction 99%
  • Honduras 87%
  • Guatemala 80%
  • Leishmania infantum 76%

• Detection of Rifampicine resistance mutations in the 81 bp RRDR of rpoBGene in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using Xpert MTB/RIF in Kinshasa, DRC: a retrospective study

  Musala, S., Bele, A., Okenge, L., Kasereka, J. C., Aloni, M., Van Deun, A. & Kaswa, M., 2017, In: Tropical Medicine and International Health. 22, p. 212-212 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference abstract in journal

• Development of amplicon deep sequencing markers and data analysis pipeline for genotyping multi-clonal malaria infections

  Lerch, A., Koepfli, C., Hofmann, N. E., Messerli, C., Wilcox, S., Kattenberg, J. H., Betuela, I., O'Connor, L., Mueller, I. & Felger, I., 2017, In: BMC Genomics. 18, p. 864 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Clone Cells 100%
  • Plasmodium falciparum 66%
  • Infections 60%
  • Haplotypes 59%
  • Parasites 26%
  35 Downloads (Pure)

• Diagnosing congenital malaria in a high-transmission setting: clinical relevance and usefulness of P. falciparum HRP2-based testing

  Natama, H. M., Ouedraogo, D. F., Sorgho, H., Rovira-Vallbona, E., Serra-Casas, E., Somé, M. A., Coulibaly-Traoré, M., Mens, P. F., Kestens, L., Tinto, H. & Rosanas-Urgell, A., 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7, 10 p., 2080.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Plasmodium falciparum 100%
  • Histidine 78%
  • Microscopy 39%
  • Infections 34%
  • Infant Health 28%
  71 Downloads (Pure)

• Direct sequencing of Leishmania genome in clinical samples

  Domagalska, M. A., Imamura, H., Sanders, M., Rijal, S., Berriman, M., Cotton, J. & Dujardin, J. -C., 2017, In: Tropical Medicine and International Health. 22, p. 9-9 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference abstract in journal

• Don't overlook the snail: the role of the intermediate snail host in the dynamic epidemiology of schistosomiasis in Northern Senegal

  Huyse, T., Boon, N., Smitz, N., De Sciscio, A., Kanage, B., Polman, K., Volckaert, F. & Van den Broeck, F., 2017, p. 166-166. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › C3: Conference - meeting abstract

• Drug resistance and treatment failure in leishmaniasis: a 21st century challenge

  Ponte-Sucre, A., Gamarro, F., Dujardin, J-C., Barrett, M. P., López-Vélez, R., García-Hernández, R., Pountain, A. W., Mwenechanya, R. & Papadopoulou, B., 2017, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 11, 12, 24 p., e0006052.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Treatment Failure 100%
  • Drug Resistance 94%
  • miltefosine 77%
  • drug 69%
  • Leishmania donovani 69%
  257 Downloads (Pure)

• Dynamics of Plasmodium vivax infections during a 2-year monthly follow up in the Peruvian Amazon

  Delgado-Ratto, C., Soto-Calle, V., Van den Eede, P., Rossanas-Urgell, A., D'Alessandro, U., Llanos-Cuentas, A., Erhart, A., Geertruyden, J. V. & Gamboa, D., 2017, In: Tropical Medicine and International Health. 22, p. 232-232 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference abstract in journal

• Dynamics of S. haematobium and S. mansoni infection and morbidity: an eight-year follow-up study in a rural community in the north of Senegal

  Meurs, L., Mbow, M., Vereecken, K., Van den Broeck, F., Mpabanzi, L., Boon, N., Huyse, T. & Polman, K., 2017, p. 18-19. 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › C3: Conference - meeting abstract

• Early immunological responses upon tsetse fly-mediated trypanosome inoculation

  Caljon, G., Stijlemans, B., De Trez, C. & Van Den Abbeele, J., 2017, Arthropod vector: controller of disease transmission, volume 2: vector saliva-host-pathogen interactions. Wikel, S. K., Aksoy, S. & Dimopoulos, G. (eds.). Elsevier, Vol. 2. p. 115-132 17 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Effects of long-term weekly iron and folic acid supplementation on lower genital tract infection - a double blind, randomised controlled trial in Burkina Faso

  Brabin, L., Roberts, S. A., Gies, S., Nelson, A., Diallo, S., Stewart, C. J., Kazienga, A., Birtles, J., Ouedraogo, S., Claeys, Y., Tinto, H., d'Alessandro, U., Faragher, E. B. & Brabin, B., 2017, In: BMC Medicine. 15, 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Iron 100%
  • Bacterial Vaginosis 34%
  • Infections 20%
  • Intention 7%
  • Genitalia 7%
  19 Downloads (Pure)

• Efficacy and safety of re-treatment with the same artemisinin-based combination treatment (ACT) compared with an alternative ACT and quinine plus clindamycin after failure of first-line recommended ACT (QUINACT): a bicentre, open-label, phase 3, randomised controlled trial

  Mavoko, H. M., Nabasumba, C., da Luz, R. I., Tinto, H., D'Alessandro, U., Kambugu, A., Baraka, V., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Lutumba, P. & Van Geertruyden, J-P., 2017, In: The Lancet Global health. 5, 1, p. E60-E68 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Clindamycin 100%
  • CI 951 6%
  • Child 5%
  • Congo 4%
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo 4%
  17 Downloads (Pure)

• Emergence and clonal transmission of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis among patients in Chad

  Diallo, A. B., Ossoga, G. W., Daneau, G., Lo, S., Ngandolo, R., Djaibe, C. D., Djouater, B., Mboup, S., de Jong, B. C., Diallo, A. G. & Gehre, F., 2017, In: BMC Infectious Diseases. 17, 7 p., 579.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Chad 100%
  • Drug Resistance 22%
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations 20%
  • Central African Republic 19%
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis 11%
  28 Downloads (Pure)

• Epidemiology of polyparasitism with Taenia solium, schistosomes and soil-transmitted helminths in the co-endemic village of Malanga, Democratic Republic of Congo

  Madinga, J., Polman, K., Kanobana, K., van Lieshout, L., Brienen, E., Praet, N., Kabwe, C., Gabriël, S., Dorny, P., Lutumba, P. & Speybroeck, N., 2017, In: Acta Tropica. 171, p. 186-193 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo 100%
  • Coinfection 59%
  • Necator americanus 10%
  • Cysticercus 9%
  • Strongyloides stercoralis 8%

• Evaluation of post-mortem detection techniques for bovine cysticercosis in Belgium

  Jansen, F., Dorny, P., Makay, C., van den Broeck, N., Berkvens, D. & Gabriel, S., 2017, In: Tropical Medicine and International Health. 22, p. 150-151 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference abstract in journal

• Evidence for viable and stable triploid Trypanosoma congolense parasites

  Tihon, E., Imamura, H., Dujardin, J-C. & Van Den Abbeele, J., 2017, In: Parasites and Vectors. 10, 8 p., 468.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Trypanosoma congolense 100%
  • Triploidy 86%
  • Parasites 50%
  • Tsetse Flies 28%
  • Clone Cells 9%
  60 Downloads (Pure)

• Evidence of extensive renewed Schmallenberg virus circulation in Belgium during summer of 2016-increase in arthrogryposis-hydranencephaly cases expected

  Sohier, C., Deblauwe, I., Van Loo, T., Hanon, J. -B., Cay, A. B. & De Regge, N., 2017, In: Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 64, 4, p. 1015-1019 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Viruses 39%
  • Ceratopogonidae 25%
  • Infections 7%

• Exploiting knowledge on Leishmania drug resistance to support the quest for new drugs

  Hefnawy, A., Berg, M., Dujardin, J-C. & De Muylder, G., 2017, In: Trends In Parasitology. 33, 3, p. 162-174 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Drug Resistance 100%
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations 45%
  • miltefosine 41%

• Exploratory results of intensification of the use of the GeneXpert (R) MTB/RIF as support in the tracking the TB and TB-RR in Kinshasa

  Bele, A., Musala, S., Okenge, L., Kasereka, J. C., Baleka, J. F., Bakoko, B., Van Deun, A. & Kaswa, M., 2017, In: Tropical Medicine and International Health. 22, p. 212-212 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference abstract in journal

• Expression of the Plasmodium falciparum clonally variant clag3 genes in human infections

  Mira-Martínez, S., van Schuppen, E., Amambua-Ngwa, A., Bottieau, E., Affara, M., Van Esbroeck, M., Vlieghe, E., Guetens, P., Rovira-Graells, N., Gómez-Pérez, G. P., Alonso, P. L., D'Alessandro, U., Rosanas-Urgell, A. & Cortés, A., 2017, In: Journal of Infectious Diseases. 215, 6, p. 938-945 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Plasmodium falciparum 100%
  • Parasites 47%
  • Infections 45%
  • Epigenomics 33%
  • Host-Parasite Interactions 25%

• Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Pará, Brazil, reveals a higher frequency of ancestral strains than previously reported in South America

  Conceicao, E. C., Rastogi, N., Couvin, D., Lopes, M. L., Furlaneto, I. P., Gomes, H. M., Goncalves Vasconcellos, S. E., Suffys, P. N., Cruz Schneider, M. P., de Sousa, M. S., Sola, C., de Paula Souza e Guimaraes, R. J., Duarte, R. S. & Batista Lima, K. V., 2017, In: Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 56, p. 62-72 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • tuberculosis 100%
  • genetic diversity 83%
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis 73%
  • Minisatellite Repeats 48%
  • Mozambique 26%

• Genome-wide SNP analysis reveals distinct origins of Trypanosoma evansi and Trypanosoma equiperdum

  Cuypers, B., Van den Broeck, F., Van Reet, N., Meehan, C. J., Cauchard, J., Wilkes, J. M., Claes, F., Goddeeris, B., Birhanu, H., Dujardin, J-C., Laukens, K., Büscher, P. & Deborggraeve, S., 2017, In: Genome Biology and Evolution. 9, 8, p. 1990-1997 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • African Trypanosomiasis 100%
  • genome 99%
  • Single Nucleotide Polymorphism 88%
  • Africa 78%
  • Dourine 64%
  52 Downloads (Pure)

• Genomic analysis of Isometamidium Chloride resistance in Trypanosoma congolense

  Tihon, E., Imamura, H., Van den Broeck, F., Vermeiren, L., Dujardin, J-C. & Van Den Abbeele, J., 2017, In: International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance. 7, 3, p. 350-361 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • isometamidium chloride 100%
  • Trypanosoma congolense 87%
  • Parasites 10%
  • African Trypanosomiasis 5%
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations 3%
  138 Downloads (Pure)

• Genomic characterization of nontuberculous mycobacteria

  Fedrizzi, T., Meehan, C. J., Grottola, A., Giacobazzi, E., Fregni Serpini, G., Tagliazucchi, S., Fabio, A., Bettua, C., Bertorelli, R., De Sanctis, V., Rumpianesi, F., Pecorari, M., Jousson, O., Tortoli, E. & Segata, N., 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7, 14 p., 45258.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Mycobacterium leprae 100%
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis 72%
  94 Downloads (Pure)

• Genotypic characterization directly applied to sputum improves the detection of Mycobacterium africanum West African 1, under-represented in positive cultures

  Sanoussi, C. ND., Affolabi, D., Rigouts, L., Anagonou, S. & de Jong, B., 2017, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 11, 9, 13 p., 0005900.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • contagious disease 100%
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis 84%
  • Benin 33%
  • Coinfection 27%
  • DNA 16%
  54 Downloads (Pure)

• Geospatial and age-related patterns of Taenia solium taeniasis in the rural health zone of Kimpese, Democratic Republic of Congo

  Madinga, J., Kanobana, K., Lukanu, P., Abatih, E., Baloji, S., Linsuke, S., Praet, N., Kapinga, S., Polman, K., Lutumba, P., Speybroeck, N., Dorny, P., Harrison, W. & Gabriel, S., 2017, In: Acta Tropica. 165, p. 100-109 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo 100%
  • Infections 14%
  • Congo 11%
  • Developing Countries 6%
  • Age Groups 5%

• Half of rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolated from tuberculosis patients in Sub-Saharan Africa have concomitant resistance to pyrazinamide

  Union Short MDR-TB Regimen Study Group, 2017, In: PLoS ONE. 12, 10, 15 p., 0187211.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Africa South of the Sahara 100%
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis 88%
  • Central Africa 25%
  • Niger 13%
  • Mali 12%
  35 Downloads (Pure)

• Haplotype selection as an adaptive mechanism in the protozoan pathogen Leishmania donovani

  Prieto Barja, P., Pescher, P., Bussotti, G., Dumetz, F., Imamura, H., Kedra, D., Domagalska, M., Chaumeau, V., Himmelbauer, H., Pages, M., Sterkers, Y., Dujardin, J-C., Notredame, C. & Späth, G. F., 2017, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1, p. 1961-1969 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • pathogen 100%
  • parasite 65%
  • leishmaniasis 31%
  • karyotype 30%
  • infectivity 29%

• High mortality in non-Ebola virus disease cases: need to provide timely and effective care [letter]

  Colebunders, R., Jacob, S. T., Ariën, K. K., Weggheleire, A. D. & Decroo, T., 2017, In: Lancet Infectious Diseases. 17, 10, p. 1021-1022 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

• High prevalence of bovine cysticercosis found during evaluation of different post-mortem detection techniques in Belgian slaughterhouses

  Jansen, F., Dorny, P., Berkvens, D., Van Hul, A., Van den Broeck, N., Makay, C., Praet, N., Eichenberger, R. M., Deplazes, P. & Gabriël, S., 2017, In: Veterinary Parasitology. 244, p. 1-6 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Abattoirs 100%
  • Cysticercus 59%
  • Cattle 59%
  • Infections 9%

• How should discordance between molecular and growth-based assays for rifampicin resistance be investigated?

  Hofmann-Thiel, S., Hoffmann, H., Hillemann, D., Rigouts, L., Van Deun, A. & Kranzer, K., 2017, In: International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 21, 7, p. 721-726 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Silent Mutation 100%
  • Base Pairing 74%
  • Growth 73%
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis 70%
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations 59%

• Human African trypanosomiasis control: achievements and challenges

  Aksoy, S., Buscher, P., Lehane, M., Solano, P. & Van Den Abbeele, J., 2017, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 11, 4, 6 p., e0005454.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • African Trypanosomiasis 100%
  • Africa South of the Sahara 38%
  • illness 28%
  • Neglected Diseases 23%
  • time 12%
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