Tropical Infectious Diseases Research Group

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• 28 Active
• 60 Finished

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• Latent Variable Models in Diagnostic Medicine with Applications to Visceral Leishmaniasis Research

  Menten, J., Boelaert, M., Lesaffre, E. & Verbeke, G.

  1/05/08 → 24/03/15

  Project: PhD-project

• P. Vivax morbidity after radical cure treatment in the Peruvian Amazon region

  Soto Calle, V. E., D'Alessandro, U., Erhart, A., Speybroeck, N. & Llanos-Cuentas, A.

  1/09/08 → 12/01/17

  Project: PhD-project

• KALADRUG-R: New tools for monitoring drug resistance and treatment response in visceral leishmaniasis in the Indian subcontinent

  Dujardin, J., Boelaert, M., Ostyn, B. & Desager, S.

  European Commission

  1/11/08 → 30/04/13

  Project: Research Project

• Validity and feasability of use of a rapid and innovative test for detection of Multi Drug Resistant (MDR) TB cases in Kinshasa, DRC

  Kaswa-Kayomo, M., Boelaert, M., Van Deun, A. & Muyembe, J.

  1/03/09 → 6/07/18

  Project: PhD-project

• HAT-PolyB VL: Polyclonal B-cell activation in human African tryponosomiasis (HAT): impact on acquired immunity and on rapid diagnostic tests.

  Büscher, P., van Griensven, J., Boelaert, M., Lejon, V., Jacobs, J., Kestens, L., Fransen, C., Bottieau, E., OKENGE, A., Atua, B., MUMBA, D., Muyembe, J., MABIALA, M., Lutumba, P. & Kande, V.

  1/09/09 → 31/12/12

  Project: Research Project

• Controle de l'Ulcère de Buruli dans le territoire de Songololo en République Démocratique du congo: Impact de la décentralisation et de l'intégration des activités de lutte dans les services de santé de base.

  Phanzu, M. D., Boelaert, M., Ieven, M., Lutumba, P. & Portaels, F.

  1/12/09 → 16/04/15

  Project: PhD-project

• Promoting HTLV-1 blood transfusion safety in an endemic country. Towards expanded, evidence-based HTLV-1 control strategies of Peruvian Blood Banks

  Gonzalez Lagos, E. V., Boelaert, M., Vanham, G. & Gotuzzo, E.

  1/03/10 → 31/12/20

  Project: PhD-project

• Plasmodium vivax genotyping and modelling: a new tool for malaria control in Central Vietnam

  Pham, V. T., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Erhart, A., Speybroeck, N. & Hung, L. X.

  1/09/10 → 6/09/18

  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

• Assessment of Co-Infections as Determinants of Treatment Failure in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

  Martinez Medina, D., Boelaert, M., Dujardin, J. & Llanos-Cuentas, A.

  1/11/10 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Modelling transmission dynamics for malaria control and elimination in Peru

  Rosas Aguirre, A. M., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Erhart, A., Speybroeck, N. & Llanos-Cuentas, A.

  1/01/11 → 16/11/15

  Project: PhD-project

• FEM Health: Assessing the impact of fee exemption on maternal health in West Africa and Morocco: new tools, new knowledge

  Meessen, B., Marchal, B., Richard, F., Korachais, C., Van der Veken, K., Lucet, C., De Brouwere, V. & Everaert, R.

  European Commission

  1/01/11 → 31/03/14

  Project: Research Project

• Impact of the clinical trials on the health behaviours of the communities and the quality of the health services in West and East Africa

  D'Alessandro, U., Peeters, K., Ravinetto, R. & Desager, S.

  European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership

  6/06/11 → 6/06/13

  Project: Research Project

• ESAHIVCOINFRES: European and South African HIV co-infection research consortium

  Kenyon, C., Meehan, C. & Sy, H.

  European Commission

  1/11/11 → 31/10/15

  Project: Research Project

• Mesure et modelisation de la mortalité due au paludisme dans la zone de superveiillance démographique de Nanoro, Burkina Faso

  Derra, K., D'Alessandro, U., Erhart, A., Bocquier, P. & Haliodu, T.

  1/01/12 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Methodological and ethical challenges in sponsorship of non-commercial North-South collaborative research

  Ravinetto, R., Boelaert, M., Casteels, M. & De Nys, K.

  14/01/12 → 27/01/16

  Project: PhD-project

• Management of Visceral Leishmanisis in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India

  Malaviya, P., Boelaert, M., Van Geertruyden, J. & Sundar, S.

  14/06/12 → 30/04/15

  Project: PhD-project

• COSMIC: Community-based scheduled screening and treatment of malariain pregnancy for improved maternal and infant health : a cluster-randomized trial

  Peeters, K. & Everaert, R.

  European Commission

  1/09/12 → 31/05/17

  Project: Research Project

• RHASA: Preparing for clinical trials of interventions to improve the reproductive health of adolescent girls in sub Saharan Africa

  Buvé, A., O'Neill, S., Crucitti, T. & Everaert, R.

  European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership

  1/12/12 → 30/11/14

  Project: Research Project

• Facteurs socioculturels et contrôle de la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine (THA)

  Mpanya, K. A., Boelaert, M., Dujardin, B. & Lutumba, P.

  17/04/13 → 10/07/15

  Project: PhD-project

• Residual malaria transmission and additional control measures to long-lasting insecticidal nets in Cambodia: an anthropological study

  Gryseels, C., Peeters, K., Hardon, A. & Gerrets, R.

  10/07/13 → 9/05/17

  Project: PhD-project

• Towards the control of scabies and associated skin infections in Western Australia's remote Aboriginal communities: A Community-based approach

  Hendrickx, D., Boelaert, M., Walker, R. & Carapetis, J.

  10/07/13 → 30/04/18

  Project: PhD-project

• Screening HAT: Alternative screening and case finding methodology for HAT and introduction support for new diagnostic tools

  Boelaert, M., Hasker, E. & Everaert, R.

  BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUDATION

  20/09/13 → 31/12/15

  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

• Understanding social vulnerability for malaria control and elimination

  Dierickx, S., Peeters, K., Hardon, A. & Nguyen, V. K.

  22/01/14 → 4/10/18

  Project: PhD-project

• Le contrôle de la leishmaniose cutanée au Maroc

  Bennis, I., Boelaert, M., De Brouwere, V., Dujardin, J. & Sahibi, H.

  15/02/14 → 3/05/18

  Project: PhD-project

• Improving clinical care of Febrile Illnesses in Nepal

  Koirala, K. D., Boelaert, M., Chappuis, F. & Rijal, S.

  1/06/14 → 5/02/21

  Project: PhD-project

• Connected Care: Reconfiguration of care for the elderly in Indian transnational families

  Ahlin, T., Peeters, K. & Pols, J.

  14/07/14 → 14/02/20

  Project: PhD-project

• Nodding: An Interdisciplinary Study Contributing to the Identification of the Cause of Nodding Syndrome In Four Countries

  O'Neill, S., Peeters, K., Verdonck, K., Madder, M., Boelaert, M. & Everaert, R.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/08/14 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• MalaSpot: Eco epidemiology of asymptomatic malaria hotspots, a prerequisite for malaria elimination?

  Van Bortel, W., Coosemans, M., Peeters, K. & Debois, D.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/11/14 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• EUROLEISHNET: Control of leishmaniasis, from bench to bedside and community

  Boelaert, M., Büscher, P., Dujardin, J., Sunyoto, T., Kühne, V. & Everaert, R.

  European Commission

  1/01/15 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• MEN SPEAK OUT: Engaging Men in female genital mutilation prevention in Europe

  O'Neill, S. & Peeters, K.

  European Commission

  1/01/15 → 31/12/16

  Project: Research Project

• Antigen discovery for the diagnosis of invasive salmonellosis: A targeted proteomics approach

  Saleh, S., Büscher, P. & Gevaert, K.

  22/01/15 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• The clinical management of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in India

  Burza, S., Boelaert, M. & Van Geertruyden, J.

  22/01/15 → 11/06/19

  Project: PhD-project

• PROPEL: Effect of maternal Pneumococcal vaccination on early life

  Clarke, E., Peeters, K., Kampmann, B., Antonio, M., Jeffries, D. & Everaert, R.

  Medical Research Council, United Kingdom

  1/04/15 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• The challenge of equitable perinatal mental health coverage through local health systems in rural Uganda

  Sarkar, N., Criel, B., Bunders - Aelen, J. G. F., Peeters, K. & Bardaji, A.

  30/04/15 → 22/10/20

  Project: PhD-project

• Designing an innovative malaria elimination strategy based on reactive case and community participation: a mixed-­‐methods study

  Jaiteh, F., Peeters, K., Masunaga, Y., Gerrets, R. & Achan, J.

  1/10/15 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• RHOST: Reactive Household-based Self-administered Treatment against residual malaria transmission in a cluster-randomised trial

  D'Alessandro, U., Peeters, K., Okebe, J., Yeung, S., Nwakanma, D., Di Tanna, G. L., Bradley, J., Balen, J. & Everaert, R.

  Medical Research Council, United Kingdom

  1/10/15 → 31/07/19

  Project: Research 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

• TRYP-ELIM: A demonstration project combining innovative case detection, tsetse control and IT to eliminate sleeping sickness at district level in the Democratic Republic of Congo

  Boelaert, M., Hasker, E., Claeys, Y., Snijders, R. & Croon, A.

  BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUDATION

  21/10/15 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research Project

• KalaCORE: Supporting the national Vector Control strategy in Nepal through capacity development

  Boelaert, M., Cloots, K., Ostyn, B. & Paessens, E.

  Mott MacDonald Limited

  1/01/16 → 28/02/19

  Project: Development project

• Access to Care to Leishmaniasis Treatment in Africa

  Sunyoto, T., Boelaert, M., Picado De Puig, A. & Potet, J.

  15/01/16 → 25/06/19

  Project: PhD-project

• TRYP-ELIM-BDD: Eliminating Human African Trypanosomiasis in the three (formerly) Bandundu provinces, the Democratic Republic of Congo.

  Boelaert, M. & Croon, A.

  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

  1/11/16 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research 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

• R2STOP Leprosy: Improved understanding of ongoing transmission of leprosy in the Comoros, a region hyperendemic for the disease

  de Jong, B., Hasker, E., Assoumani, Y., Suffys, P. & Janssens, N.

  Research to STOP neglected tropical disease transmission

  1/01/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research Project

• Prevalence, Risk Drivers and Locally Feasible Solutions for Brucellosis Control in Peri-Urban Small Holding Dairy Farms: A One Health Study

  Chauhan, A. S., Boelaert, M. & Antoine - Moussiaux, N.

  12/01/17 → 20/05/20

  Project: PhD-project

• Elimination de la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine en République Démocratique du Congo : étude du processus d’intégration des activités de lutte dans les services de santé de base

  Mulenga Cilundika, P., Boelaert, M., Coppieters, Y., Chenge, M. F. & Lutumba, P.

  1/03/17 → 12/02/20

  Project: PhD-project

• BOFFA GUINEA: Effectiveness of tiny target technology in controlling tsetse vectors for HAT - Boffa study in Guinea

  Lehane, M., Boelaert, M., Thys, S. & Paessens, E.

  Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

  1/05/17 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• Targeting residual malaria transmission among the Ra‐glai ethnic minority in Vietnam using a transdisciplinary approach

  Nguyen, T. T., Peeters, K., Gryseels, C., Gerrets, R. & Nguyen, X. X.

  1/08/17 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 as a promoter of tuberculosis in a country with low HIV prevalence

  Mejia Cordero, F. A., Boelaert, M., Battaglioli, T. C. E., Van der Stuyft, P., Seas, C. & Otero, L.

  1/08/17 → 31/07/19

  Project: PhD-project