Eco-epidemiology Research Group

Projects

Projects per year 2006 2010 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2020 2021 2024

• 14 Active
• 33 Finished

Projects per year

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• Transfection of Theileria parva and the role of genes encoding QP-rich proteins in host-parasite interactions

  Dorny, P., Geysen, D. & DOBBELAERE, D.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/09/08 → 31/12/11

  Project: Research Project

• Toxocara diagnosis and epidemiology

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

  15/01/16 → 5/07/19

  Project: PhD-project

• The role of TH17 and regulatory T-cells in the development of schistosoma pathology in Senegal

  Mbow, M., Polman, K., Kestens, L., Mboup, S. & Yazdanbakhsh, M.

  1/01/12 → 11/04/19

  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

• 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

• 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

• The diversity of mosquito interactions under climate change conditions

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

  30/06/21 → …

  Project: PhD-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

• 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

• 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

• NIDIAG : Syndromic approach to neglected infectious diseases (NID) at primary health care level : an international collaboration on integrated diagnosis-treatment platforms

  Boelaert, M., Büscher, P., Jacobs, J., Ravinetto, R., Polman, K., Bottieau, E., Verdonck, K., Barbé, B., van Griensven, J., Hendrickx, D., van Loen, H., Buyze, J., Meheus, F., Paessens, E. & Everaert, R.

  European Commission

  1/11/10 → 30/04/16

  Project: Research Project

• SOUTHAFRICA -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

• CYSTISTOP: Sofi Taenia solium elimination

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

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/09/14 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research Project

• Schistosomiasis: the role of parasite genetics in human infection and disease

  Boon, N., Polman, K. & Volckaert, F.

  1/10/12 → 5/07/17

  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

• Ontwikkeling van een detectietest ter confirmatie van de visuele postmortem diagnose van rundercysticercose

  Dorny, P. & Debois, D.

  Agency for Innovation by Science & Technology

  1/10/09 → 30/09/11

  Project: Research Project

• SCHISTOINIR: Novel mechanism in the control of infection and disease

  Polman, K. & Desager, S.

  European Commission

  1/11/06 → 31/10/10

  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

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

  Müller, R. & Borremans, G.

  European Commission

  1/01/20 → 31/12/23

  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

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

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

  3/11/20 → …

  Project: PhD-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, Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  15/10/17 → 14/01/19

  Project: Research Project

• ICONZ: Integrated control of neglected zoonoses: improving human health and animal production through scientific innovation and public engagement

  Dorny, P., Gabriël, S. & Debois, D.

  European Commission

  1/04/09 → 31/01/15

  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

• CYSTICERCOSE: High-throughput-analyse van Taenia-excretie/secretieproducten voor een verbeterd inzicht in gastheer-parasietinteracties en optimalisatie van immunodiagnostische testen in taenia solium-cysticercose

  Dorny, P., Gabriël, S., Goddeeris, B. & Debois, D.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/10 → 31/12/15

  Project: Research Project

• Helminths, nutrition and allergy : untangling the triangle. Epidemiological studies in Cuban children

  VAN DER WERFF, S., Polman, K., Twisk, J. W. R., Campos-Ponce, M. & Bonet Gorbea, M.

  1/09/07 → 12/05/16

  Project: PhD-project

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

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

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/11/20 → 31/10/23

  Project: Research Project

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

  Polman, K., Dermauw, V., Debois, D. & Dorny, P.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/21 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research 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 → 30/04/22

  Project: Research 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

• 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

• Environmental changes in Africa and tsetse habitat fragmentation: epidemiological consequences and perspectives for control

  Mweempwa, C., Dorny, P., De Deken, R. & Penzhorn, B.

  1/01/06 → 22/04/15

  Project: PhD-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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• SCHISTO: De invloed van genetische diversiteit in Schistosoma-parasieten op infectie- en ziektepatronen in de mens.

  Polman, K. & Desager, S.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/10 → 31/12/15

  Project: Research Project

• Cost-effectiveness analysis of Taenia solium control programmes in Ecuador

  Coral Almeida, M. R., Dorny, P., Dorny, P., Benitez , W. & Gabriël, S.

  1/12/11 → 11/02/16

  Project: PhD-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

• 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

• 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

• 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., Boelaert, M., Bennis, I., Sunyoto, T., Cloots, K., Van Bortel, W., Poche, R. M., Poche, D. M. & Paessens, E.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/11/18 → 31/10/22

  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

• 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

• 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.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/10/18 → 30/09/22

  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

• ADVANZ: Advocacy for the fight against neglected zoonotic

  Saarnak, C., Dorny, P., Hendrickx, G., Mukaratirwa, S., Welburn, S., Schelling, E., Dorny, P. & Debois, D.

  European Commission

  1/10/12 → 31/03/15

  Project: Research Project