Department of Clinical Sciences

Research output

Research output per year 1967 1997 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2023

• 1953 A1: Web of Science-article
• 322 A2: International peer reviewed article (not A1-type)
• 206 Chapter
• 201 Letter
• 415 More
  • 112 Book
  • 87 Conference abstract in journal
  • 57 Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation
  • 54 A4: Article in journal not included in A1, A2 or A3
  • 33 Comment/debate
  • 31 Article
  • 30 Editorial
  • 7 Review
  • 1 C3: Conference - meeting abstract
  • 1 Poster
  • 1 Published abstract
  • 1 A3: National journal article with peer review, not included in A1 or A2

Research output per year

Research output per year

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• 2023

  First-line anti-tuberculosis drugs revisited

  Lempens, P., 2023, Antwerp: Universiteit Antwerpen. 115 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

  Open Access

• Genomic adaptation of Salmonella to antimicrobials and the human host

  Cuypers, W., 2023, Antwerpen: Universiteit Antwerpen. 169 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

• Impact of HIV-1 infection on the humoral immune response to yellow fever vaccination: contribution to the development of a yellow fever vaccination schedule for patients living with HIV

  Martin, C., 2023, Brussels: Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Faculté de Médecine. 135 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

  Open Access

• Implementation and evaluation of new tools for Ebola virus disease response during outbreaks in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: from rapid diagnostic tests to genomic sequencing.

  Mukadi, D., 2023, Antwerp: Universiteit Antwerpen. 273 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

  Open Access

• Preventing and controlling outbreaks and AMR: From counting cases to monitoring risks

  Ingelbeen, B., 2023, Utrecht, the Netherlands: Universiteit Utrecht. 134 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

  Open Access

• Preventing and understanding antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

  Laumen, J., 2023, Antwerp: Universiteit Antwerpen. 195 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

• Strongyloides stercoralis in the non-endemic setting and beyond : an epidemiological, clinical, diagnostic and treatment challenge

  Buonfrate, D., 2023, Antwerpen: Universiteit Antwerpen. 181 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

  Open Access
• 2022

  Antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

  Van Dijck, C., 2022, Antwerp: Universiteit Antwerpen. 157 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

  Open Access

• Implementing clinical bacteriology in low-resource settings: a new perspective on old methods

  Ombelet, S., 2022, Leuven: KU Leuven.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

  • bacteriology 100%
  • bottles 61%
  • blood 44%
  • methodology 20%
  • antibiotic resistance 18%

• Improving the diagnostic work-up of neurological disorders in rural Central Africa

  Mukendi Mulumba, D., 2022, Antwerp: Universiteit Antwerpen. 152 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

  Open Access

• Retention and viral suppression among patients on ART before and after the implementation of the HIV “Treat All” guidelines in Zimbabwe

  Makurumidze, R., 2022, Brussels: Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

  Open Access

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• The immunomodulatory role of prednisone in patients with HIV-associated tuberculosis and assessment of its impact on lung function outcome

  Stek, C., 2022, Cape Town, South Africa: University of Cape Town.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

  • Prednisone 100%
  • Tuberculosis 80%
  • HIV 67%
  • Lung 52%
  • Genetic Profile 25%
• 2021

  Improving sexually transmitted infection diagnosis and control among men who have sex with men in Belgium

  De Baetselier, I., 2021, Antwerp: Universiteit Antwerpen. 311 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

  Open Access

  • Belgium 100%
  • Sexual and Gender Minorities 89%
  • Infection Control 87%
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases 84%
  • Mycoplasma genitalium 25%

• Improving the diagnosis of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis: programmatic aspects, diagnostic challenges, and molecular epidemiology

  Ngabonziza, S. J-C., 2021, Antwerp, Belgium: Universiteit Antwerpen. 303 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

  Open Access

  File

  • Molecular Epidemiology 100%
  • Rifampin 90%
  • Tuberculosis 70%
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis 37%
  • Rwanda 30%
  3 Downloads (Pure)
• 2020

  Alternative antigens for a point of care test for serodiagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in East Africa

  Kühne, V., 2020, Antwerp: Universiteit Antwerpen. 199 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

  Open Access

  • Eastern Africa 100%
  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 91%
  • Point-of-Care Systems 85%
  • Serologic Tests 81%
  • Agglutination Tests 57%

• Effect of lactoferrin on pediatric infections

  Ochoa, T. J., 2020, Leuven: KU Leuven.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

  Open Access

  • Lactoferrin 100%
  • Pediatrics 51%
  • Infection 38%
  • Human Milk 35%
  • Sepsis 19%

• Lifestyles in persons with HIV in low income countries

  Huis in 't Veld, D., 2020, Antwerp: Universiteit Antwerpen. 181 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

  Open Access

  • Income 100%
  • Life Style 98%
  • HIV 82%
  • Alcohols 44%
  • Stavudine 24%

• Simplifying rabies vaccination schedules

  Soentjens, P., 2020, Antwerp: Universiteit Antwerpen. 178 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

  Open Access

  • Post-Exposure Prophylaxis 100%
  • Rabies 86%
  • Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis 75%
  • Appointments and Schedules 55%
  • Vaccination 55%
• 2019

  Challenges in diagnosis and management of chikungunya and Zika virus infections

  Huits, R., 2019, Leuven: KU Leuven. 240 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

  • Chikungunya Fever 100%
  • Zika Virus Infection 95%
  • Zika Virus 90%
  • Chikungunya virus 60%
  • Semen 30%
• 2018

  Challenges in clinical management of visceral leishmaniasis patients in East Africa

  Abongomera, A. C., 2018, Antwerp: Universiteit Antwerpen. 211 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

  • Eastern Africa 100%
  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 91%
  • Antimony Sodium Gluconate 63%
  • Paromomycin 31%
  • liposomal amphotericin B 28%

• Emergomyces africanus : a new cause of opportunistic infections in immunocompromised hosts

  Schwartz, I., 2018, Antwerp: Universiteit Antwerpen. 188 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

  • Opportunistic Infections 100%
  • Immunocompromised Host 97%
  • Mycoses 51%
  • South Africa 43%
  • Ecosystem 22%

• How to improve HIV prevention? Development, implementation and evaluation of combination prevention interventions among key populations.

  Platteau, T., 2018, Heerlen: Open Universiteit Heerlen. 146 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

  Open Access

  File

  • Viruses 100%
  • Population 59%
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases 18%
  • Safe Sex 12%
  • Sexual Health 11%
  266 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  Contemporary syphilis epidemics : efforts to improve syphilis diagnostics

  Osbak, K., 2017, Antwerp: Universiteit Antwerpen. 231 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

  Open Access

  File

  • Treponema pallidum 100%
  • Syphilis 90%
  • Epidemics 69%
  • HIV 27%
  • Belgium 23%
  105 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  Antimicrobial resistance in Peruvian hospital settings

  Garcia, C., 2016, Bruxelles: Université Libre de Bruxelles. Faculté de Médecine.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

  • Methicillin Resistance 100%
  • Health Personnel 72%
  • Peru 70%
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae 58%
  • Bacteremia 56%

• Methodological and ethical challenges in non-commercial north-south collaborative clinical trials

  Ravinetto, R., 2016, Leuven: Leuven University Press. 169 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

  • Clinical Trials 100%
  • Income 88%
  • Ethical Review 17%
  • Research Personnel 16%
  • Qualitative Research 13%

• Where altitude and sex meet: sexual risk behaviour and altitude illness in travel clinic visitors

  Croughs, M., 2016, Antwerpen: Universiteit Antwerpen. 153 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

  • Malaria 100%
  • Brochures 94%
  • Tanzania 88%
  • Leiden 87%
  • Cohort 81%
• 2015

  Challenges for optimal care for people living with HIV in countries with limited resources : findings from observational studies from different settings : proefschrift = Optimale zorgverstrekking voor mensen besmet met HIV in lage-inkomenslanden : een uitdaging : proefschrift

  Koole, O., 2015, Antwerpen: Universiteit Antwerpen. 176 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

• Early diagnosis and care of tuberculosis through community-based active case-finding in urban slums of Phnom Penh, Cambodia

  Lorent, N., 2015, Universiteit Antwerpen. 148 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

  • Cambodia 100%
  • Poverty Areas 98%
  • Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis 72%
  • Tuberculosis 58%
  • Early Diagnosis 57%

• Field implementation and evaluation of novel isothermal, nucleic acid–based diagnostic tools for malaria elimination in sub Saharan Africa

  Oriero, C. E., 2015, Antwerp: Universiteit Antwerpen. 194 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

  • Africa South of the Sahara 100%
  • Routine Diagnostic Tests 84%
  • Malaria 81%
  • Microscopy 55%
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction 33%

• Latent variable models in diagnostic medicine

  Menten, J., 2015, Leuven: KU Leuven. 165 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

  • Latent Variable Models 100%
  • Medicine 83%
  • Diagnostics 76%
  • Diagnostic Tests 53%
  • Imperfect 31%

• Overcoming the challenges to the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission and the provision of related HIV care in the Democratic Republic of Congo

  Ditekemena Dinanga, J., 2015, Antwerp: Universiteit Antwerpen. 178 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo 100%
  • quality good 16%
  • pregnant women 15%
  • communication skills 13%
  • health promotion 12%
• 2013

  Challenges in implementing tuberculosis infection control in health facilities in Uganda

  Buregyeya, E., 2013, Antwerp: University of Antwerp, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine; Antwerp, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences; [s.l.], Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, School of Public Health. 148 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation › peer-review

• Paediatric HIV-infection: strategies to improve treatment outcomes in resource limited settings

  Musiime, V., 2013, Antwerpen: Universiteit Antwerpen. 218 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation › peer-review

• Tuberculosis diagnostic challenges: health care seeking behavior, diagnostic algorithms and drug resistance in Ethiopia

  Abebe, G., 2013, Antwerp: University of Antwerp, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine; Antwerp, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences; [s.l.], Jimma University. 144 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation › peer-review
• 2012

  Outbreak control and treatment strategies for filovirus haemorrhagic fever

  Roddy, P., 2012, Antwerp,: Universiteit Antwerpen & Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde. 162 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation › peer-review

• Pathogenesis of the tuberculosis associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: role of mycobacterial load and vitamin D status?

  Conesa Botella, A., 2012, Antwerpen: Universiteit Antwerpen & Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde. 192 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation › peer-review

• The underlying determinants of South Africa's generalized HIV epidemic

  Kenyon, C., 2012, Antwerpen: Universiteit Antwerpen, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine; Antwerpen: Institute of Tropical Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences; Cape Town: University of Cape Town, Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation › peer-review

• Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS: burden, community perception and its effect on mental health and quality of life in Ethiopia

  Deribew, A., 2012, Antwerpen: Universiteit Antwerpen. 149 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation › peer-review
• 2011

  Challenges in rolling out HIV care and antiretroviral treatment in resource limited settings

  Castelnuovo, B., 2011, Antwerp,: Universiteit Antwerpen & Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde. 171 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation › peer-review

• Malaria rapid diagnostic tests: laboratory aspects in the diagnostic setting

  Gillet, P., 2011, Maastricht: Maastricht University. 180 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation › peer-review

• The challenges of management of TB/HIV co-infection in resource limited countries

  Worodria, W. O., 2011, Antwerpen: Universiteit Antwerpen & Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde. 277 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation › peer-review

• Understanding viral hepatitis B, C and HIV in Uganda: the epidemiology and consequences of infections

  Ocama, P., 2011, Antwerp: Universiteit Antwerpen & Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde. 160 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation › peer-review

• 2010

  Provider initiated HIV testing and counceling in Uganda: assessment of feasibility, approaches and outcomes of implementation

  Wanyenze, R., 2010, Antwerp: Universiteit Antwerpen & Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde. 119 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation › peer-review

• Strategies to improve HIV care and treatment outcomes in resource-limited settings

  Nakanjako, D., 2010, Antwerpen: Universiteit Antwerpen & Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde. 165 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation › peer-review
• 2009

  Challenges of HIV care in low-income countries; experience from a pilot project in Cambodia 2003-2007

  Lynen, L., 2009, Antwerpen: Universiteit Antwerpen & Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde. 168 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation › peer-review

• Clinical spectrum and treatment of HIV-related opportunistic infections in Taiwan

  Hung, C-C., 2009, Antwerp: Universiteit Antwerpen. 8 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation › peer-review

• Delivering HIV prevention, care and treatment program in resource limited settings: lessons from Ghana and Zambia

  Torpey, K., 2009, Antwerpen: Universiteit Antwerpen & Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde. 169 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation › peer-review

• Pediatric antiretroviral treatment in resource-limited settings

  Callens, S., 2009, Antwerp: Universiteit Antwerpen. 185 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation › peer-review

• Threshold thinking in medicine: time for a paradigm change

  Moreira, J., 2009, Antwerpen: Universiteit Antwerpen & Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde. 118 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation › peer-review

• 2007

  Aspects of TB control in low income countries with high HIV prevalence

  Apers, L., 2007, Antwerpen: Universiteit Antwerpen. 188 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation › peer-review