Eco-epidemiology Research Group

Projects

Projects per year 2006 2017 2022 2026

• 24 Active
• 41 Finished

Projects per year

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• Active

  CLIMB: The impact of rapid CLIMate change on the Biodiversity-health interface

  Müller, R., Brustolin, M., Ariën, K., Kramer, I., Dhimal, M., Gautam, I., Kadel, I. & Borremans, G.

  DIVERSE KLANTEN

  1/01/23 → 31/12/26

  Project: Research Project

• How do malaria mosquitos swarm and mate? The functional biology of mating swarms

  Castillo Vielma, S., Müller, R. & Muijres, F.

  15/11/22 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Fascioliasis transmission, and it’s burden in Northern Vietnam

  Hoang, Q. V., Polman, K., Callens, S., Dermauw, V. & Trung Dung, D.

  6/07/22 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• VectorNext: European Network for Medical and Veterinary Entomology

  Van Bortel, W., Müller, R. & Borremans, G.

  ECDC

  22/06/22 → 21/06/23

  Project: Service

• JPPP research project: A pilot project to prepare for the Urban health systems, shocks and resilience: what can we learn from COVID-19? project

  Marchal, B., Polman, K., Van Belle, S., Verdonck, T., Michielsen, J., Nieto Sanchez, C. & Everaert, R.

  DIVERSE KLANTEN

  1/04/22 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research Project

• A quantitative and qualitative risk assessment of pig-related parasitic zoonoses in Burundi

  Minani, S., Heylen, D., Trevisan, C., Gasogo, A., Gabriël, S. & Ntirandekura, J. B.

  1/01/22 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• FA5 RDC_OC1: Strengthen research and education capacities in the partner institutes (INRB, CRSK, ESP) in DRC (Outcome 1) - Support to interruption of transmission of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) by 2030 (Outcome 2)

  Vanlerberghe, V., Verlé, P., Nicco, E., Van Cauwenberg, I., Everaert, R., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Mutsaers, M., de Jong, B., Van Den Abbeele, J., Dermauw, V., Ariën, K., Hauner, A., Monsieurs, P. & Van Bortel, W.

  DGD

  1/01/22 → 31/12/26

  Project: Development project

• FA5 VIETNAM: Capacity building & policy support in parasitological disease

  Kattenberg, J. H., Peeters, K., Dermauw, V. & Stas, M.

  DGD

  1/01/22 → 31/12/26

  Project: Development project

• Stopping the burden of disease caused by onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy

  Polman, K. & Borremans, G.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/22 → 31/12/25

  Project: Research Project

• FA5 NEPAL: Evidence-based vector-borne disease management and elimination of visceral leishmaniasis in Nepal

  Hasker, E., Cloots, K., Müller, R., Van der Auwera, G., de Gooyer, T. & Everaert, R.

  DGD

  1/01/22 → 31/12/26

  Project: Development project

• FA5 PERU: Better policies and less infectious diseases in Peru and Latin America

  Van der Auwera, G., Verdonck, T., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Mutsaers, M., Nieto Sanchez, C., Müller, R., Bartholomeeusen, K., Eddyani, M., Hyland, P. & Stas, M.

  DGD

  1/01/22 → 31/12/26

  Project: Development project

• FA5 RWANDA: Make Rwandan institutes leaders in infectious disease prevention, diagnosis and control

  Rigouts, L., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Kattenberg, J. H., de Jong, B., Cuella Martin, I., Mitchell, E., Theunissen, C., Polman, K., Trevisan, C., Ravinetto, R., Roosen, T. & Janssens, N.

  DGD

  1/01/22 → 31/12/26

  Project: Development project

• MEMO+: Monitoring of exotic mosquitoes in Belgium

  Müller, R., Van Bortel, W., Deblauwe, I. & Borremans, G.

  Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium

  14/09/21 → 13/09/24

  Project: Research Project

• How do malaria mosquitoes swarm and mate? The functional biology of mating swarms

  Müller, R. & Borremans, G.

  International Human Frontier Science Program

  1/07/21 → 30/06/24

  Project: Research Project

• The diversity of mosquito interactions under climate change conditions

  Vanslembrouck, A., Müller, R. & Leirs, H.

  30/06/21 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• FasciCoM: Emergence of fascioliasis in a global setting: development and validation of a transmission model to identify cost-effective control strategies

  Polman, K., Dorny, P., Dermauw, V., Debois, D. & Van Peer, N.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/21 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research Project

• Gaming for health - A mixed methods approach using the pork tapeworm as a model

  Trevisan, C., Debois, D. & Polman, K.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/11/20 → 31/10/23

  Project: Research Project

• Entomological evidence to support Visceral Leishmaniasis elimination in Nepal

  Roy, L., Hasker, E., Van Bortel, W., Van Bortel, W. & Caljon, G.

  1/07/20 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• DiMoC: Diversity Components in Mosquito-Borne Diseases in Face of Climate Change

  Müller, R. & Borremans, G.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/03/20 → 3/09/23

  Project: Research Project

• MOOD: MOnitoring Outbreak events for Disease surveillance in a data science context

  Müller, R., Van Bortel, W. & Borremans, G.

  European Commission

  1/01/20 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research Project

• The role of innovative tools for sand fly control in the visceral leishmaniasis (VL) elimination initiative in the South-East-Asian region

  Chowdhury, R., Hasker, E., Van Bortel, W. & Caljon, G.

  11/04/19 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• ZCL Morocco: A systemic insecticide to control zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Errachidia province - Southeastern Morocco: an intervention trial for an innovative vector control tool

  Hasker, E., Bennis, I., Sunyoto, T., Cloots, K., Van Bortel, W., Poche, R. M., Poche, D. M., Janssens, A. & Hasker, E.

  Vlaamse Overheid

  1/11/18 → 31/07/23

  Project: Research Project

• SchistoSAM: A proof-of-concept trial to evaluate artesunate-mefloquine as a novel alternative treatment for schistosomiasis in African children

  Bottieau, E., Polman, K., Van Herrewege, Y., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Mbow, M., Cisse, B. & Baert, E.

  Vlaamse Overheid

  1/10/18 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research Project

• Diagnostic and epidemiological aspects of human toxocariasis in Cuba

  Sariego Ramos, I., Polman, K., Van der Stuyft, P. & Rojas Rivero, L.

  1/07/11 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Finished

  VectorNext: European Network for Medical and Veterinary Entomology

  Müller, R., Van Bortel, W. & Borremans, G.

  The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

  20/04/21 → 31/12/22

  Project: Service

• L’épidémiologie et la lutte contre la schistosomiase au Burundi dans un contexte d’élimination

  Bizimana, P., Polman, K., Van Geertruyden, J. & Ortu, G.

  3/11/20 → 21/12/21

  Project: PhD-project

• GCAM EntoCap: Enhancing entomological capacity for combating vector born diseases in Nepal

  Müller, R., Subedi, R. K. & Borremans, G.

  26/03/19 → 1/03/21

  Project: Research Project

• Taenia spp. cysticercosis in pigs in Northern Vietnam

  Nguyen, T. T. M., Dorny, P., Dermauw, V., Dorny, P. & Nguyen , T. G. T.

  1/03/18 → 2/06/22

  Project: PhD-project

• SOUTH AFRICA -2018 - FA4: Strengthening the capacity for research, teaching, policy advice, advocacy and networking of the partners in the field of human and animal health (South-Africa).

  Dorny, P., Damme, W. V., Marchal, B., Dermauw, V., Rigouts, L., Heyndrickx, L., Van Belle, S. & Debois, D.

  DGD

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Development project

• VIETNAM -2018 - FA4: Capacity strengthening and enhanced tools for evidence-based health research and control/ elimination strategies of parasitic diseases in Vietnam.

  Rosanas-Urgell, A., Kattenberg, J. H., Dorny, P., Dermauw, V. & De Smet, S.

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Development project

• PERU - FA4: To strengthen the R&D capacities of the Institute of Tropical Medicine Alexander von Humboldt (Peru) to deliver strategies and/or tools for diagnosis, surveillance and control of infectious diseases.

  Dujardin, J., Van der Auwera, G., Rosanas-Urgell, A., de Jong, B., Ariën, K., Rigouts, L., Heyndrickx, L., Kattenberg, J. H., Battaglioli, T. C. E., Jacobs, J., Monsieurs, P., Guetens, P. & Müller, R.

  DGD

  1/11/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Development project

• EPI-PIG: Investigation of the pathological mechanisms of seizures in T. solium neurocysticercosis

  Trevisan, C., Dorny, P., Gabriël, S., Mwape, K. E. & Debois, D.

  Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Vlaamse Overheid

  15/10/17 → 14/01/19

  Project: Research Project

• MEMO: Monitoring of exotic mosquitoes in Belgium

  Van Bortel, W., Deblauwe, I., Coosemans, M. & Müller, R.

  1/07/17 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research Project

• Association between intestinal parasites and inflammation and nutritional status in Mexican children

  Zavala Gómez, G. A., Polman, K., Seidell, J. & Garcia, O. P.

  12/01/17 → 5/04/18

  Project: PhD-project

• DRC - FA4: Building capacity for health research in three DRC partner institutions Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (IRNB), Ecole de Santé Publique de l’Université de Lubumbashi (ESP) en Centre de Recherche Sanitaire de Kimpese (CRS), and rationalize the fight against Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) while strengthening local health systems with the support of all partners.

  Boelaert, M., Jacobs, J., Büscher, P., Polman, K., Rigouts, L., Dorny, P., Hardy, L., Corsmit, E., Roucher, C., Eddyani, M., Dermauw, V., Bebronne, N., Snijders, R., Inocêncio da Luz, R., Van Cauwenberg, I. & Everaert, R.

  DGD

  1/01/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Development project

• VIETNAM - FA4: Capacity strengthening and enhanced tools for evidence-based health research and control/ elimination strategies of parasitic diseases in Vietnam.

  Rosanas-Urgell, A., Kattenberg, J. H., Dorny, P., Monsieurs, P. & Dermauw, V.

  DGD

  1/01/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Development project

• SOLID: Evaluation of an antibody detecting point-of-care test for the detection of Taenia Solium Taeniasis and (neuro) cysticercosis in communities and primary care settings of highly endemic, resource-poor areas in Tanzania and Zambia, including training of- and technology transfer to the regional Reference Laboratory and health centres

  Dorny, P., Trevisan, C., Debois, D. & Dorny, P.

  EDCTP2

  1/09/16 → 28/02/23

  Project: Research Project

• Modelling Taenia saginata epidemiology and control in Belgium

  Jansen, F., Berkvens, D., Gabriël, S. & Dorny, P.

  19/04/16 → 5/11/18

  Project: PhD-project

• Taenia solium elimination versus control: what is the best method in a highly endemic area?

  Bulaya, C., Dorny, P., Gabriël, S. & Piri, I. K.

  19/04/16 → 7/10/16

  Project: PhD-project

• Toxocara diagnosis and epidemiology

  Morales Yanez, F. J., Polman, K. & Muyldermans, S.

  15/01/16 → 5/07/19

  Project: PhD-project

• Epidemiology and control of polyparasitism with schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminths and Taenia solium infections in rural and co-endemic areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo

  Madinga Ntwan, J., Polman, K., Speybroeck, N. & Lutumba, P.

  15/01/16 → 19/01/18

  Project: PhD-project

• Perception of neglected zoonotic diseases among livestock owners in Africa: the One Health approach

  Thys, S., Boelaert, M., Dorny, P., Dorny, P. & Gabriël, S.

  14/10/15 → 11/09/19

  Project: PhD-project

• The role of intestinal parasite infections in child undernutrition and (change in) body fat in Mozambique

  Cossa Moiane, I., Polman, K. & de Deus, N.

  1/09/15 → 31/08/19

  Project: PhD-project

• Taenia solium Elimination versus control: what is the best way forward for Sub-Saharan Africa?

  Hobbs, E. C., Dorny, P., Gabriël, S., Dorny, P., Willingham, A. L. & Ketzis, J.

  2/07/15 → 26/11/18

  Project: PhD-project

• The public health impact of congenital toxoplasmosis and cytomegalovirus infection in Belgium

  Smit, S., Dorny, P. & Dorny, P.

  1/01/15 → 21/03/19

  Project: PhD-project

• CYSTISTOP: Sofi Taenia solium elimination

  Gabriël, S., Trevisan, C., Berkvens, D., Debois, D. & Dorny, P.

  Vlaamse Overheid

  1/09/14 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research Project

• A new Opisthorchis species (Opisthorchildae) in Central Vietnam

  Dao, T. H. T., Dorny, P., Dorny, P., Nguyen , T. G. T. & Gabriël, S.

  1/12/13 → 23/11/17

  Project: PhD-project

• CYSTINET: European network on Taeniosis/Cysticercosis

  Dorny, P., Gabriël, S., Jansen, F., Thys, S., Dermauw, V., Smit, S. & De Smet, S.

  26/11/13 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• FAVV Vector: Exotic vector and pathogen surveillance programme in Belgium

  Madder, M., Deblauwe, I., Demeulemeester, J., Van Loo, T. & Debois, D.

  Federal Public Service - Health, Food Chain Safety & Environment

  16/03/13 → 15/03/17

  Project: Research Project

• Nanobody: Nanobody-based proximity ligation assay for human toxocariasis.

  Polman, K., Kanobana, K., Muyldermans, S. & Debois, D.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/13 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project