Tropical Laboratory Medicine Research Group

Projects

Projects per year 2009 2024

• 21 Finished
• 21 Active

Projects per year

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  SIMBLE: Clinical diagnostic trial in Western Africa of a simplified blood culture system to improve healthcare in low-resource settings

  Jacobs, J., Hardy, L., Barbé, B. & Van Wymeersch, K.

  European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership

  1/07/21 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research Project

• Selected topics in hospital infection prevention and control in sub-Saharan Africa

  Kalema Yanga, J., Jacobs, J., Jacobs, J. & Lunguya, O.

  1/01/21 → 30/06/22

  Project: PhD-project

• METATROPICS: Clinical research platform for untargeted RNA virus detection in tropical fever patient populations: construction and application

  Vercauteren, K., Selhorst, P., Ariën, K., Van Esbroeck, M. & Van Wymeersch, K.

  DIVERSE KLANTEN

  1/01/21 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research Project

• Machine learning framework for T-cell receptor repertoire-based viral diagnostics

  Postovskaya, A., Vercauteren, K., Laukens, K., Meysman, P., Vanham, G. & Vanham, G.

  3/11/20 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• DiagnoSIR: Diagnosis through Sorted Immune Repertoires

  Vercauteren, K., Goovaerts, O., Adriaensen, W. & Ratsarahery, L.

  DIVERSE KLANTEN

  20/10/20 → 20/10/21

  Project: Research Project

• Predicting and treating non-typhoidal Salmonella bloodstream infections in children in sub-Saharan Africa

  Tack, B., Jacobs, J., Jacobs, J., Toelen, J. & Lunguya, O.

  17/04/20 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Understanding antimicrobials use: An ethnographic study of rural communities in Burkina Faso

  Compaore, A., Peeters, K., Jacobs, J., Sariola, S. & Tinto, H.

  1/01/20 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Old school bacteriology revisited: need for in-depth knowledge on bacterial growth to tune diagnosis of bloodstream infections for use in low resource settings

  Jacobs, J. & Ratsarahery, L.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/20 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research Project

• Vacc-iNTS: Advancing a GMMA-based vaccine against invasive non-typhoidal salmonellosis through Phase I trial in Europe and sub-Saharan Africa

  Jacobs, J. & Baert, E.

  European Commission

  1/10/19 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research Project

• THECA: Effect of a novel typhoid conjugate vaccine in Africa: a multicenter study in Ghana and the DRC

  Jacobs, J., Hardy, L. & Baert, E.

  1/01/19 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research Project

• Systems biological analysis of niche adaptation in resistant and virulent Salmonella pathogens

  Cuypers, W., Jacobs, J. & Laukens, K.

  26/04/18 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Characterization of antimicrobial resistance among Gram-­‐negative bacteria in Peru: a comprehensive national surveillance

  Krapp Lopez, F. D. C., Jacobs, J., Jacobs, J. & García, C.

  1/12/17 → …

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

  DGD

  1/11/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Development project

• The Hospital as a reservoir of antibiotic resistance in low resource settings

  Lompo, P., Jacobs, J., Jacobs, J. & Tinto, H.

  1/10/17 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Bacterial contamination of blood products for transfusion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: prevalence, risk analysis, prevention

  Heroes, A., Jacobs, J. & Jacobs, J.

  24/04/17 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Implementing clinical bacteriology in low resource settings: reviving the old, bringing in the new

  OMBELET, S., Jacobs, J., Cox, J. & Jacobs, J.

  12/01/17 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• BURKINA - FA4: To strengthen the research capacity in the resource limited setting of Burkina Faso.

  Jacobs, J., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Hardy, L., Peeters, M., Kattenberg, J. H. & Ratsarahery, L.

  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

• Bacterial bloodstream infections in Rwanda: a molecular surveillance study

  Rutanga, J. P., Jacobs, J., Jacobs, J. & Muvunyi, C.

  1/04/16 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Invasive salmonellosis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

  Mbuyi Kalonji, L., Jacobs, J. & Muyembe, J.

  1/09/15 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• The rural community in sub-Saharan Africa as a reservoir of antibiotic resistance: a case study from Burkina Faso

  Guiraud, I., Jacobs, J., Jacobs, J. & Tinto, H.

  2/07/15 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Finished

  IMSEQ: COVID19 Immune Repertoire Sequencing

  Vercauteren, K. & Ratsarahery, L.

  DIVERSE KLANTEN

  27/04/20 → 26/01/21

  Project: Research Project

• BURKINA - 2019 - FA4: To strengthen the research capacity in the resource limited setting of Burkina Faso.

  Jacobs, J., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Hardy, L., Peeters, M., Kattenberg, J. H. & Ratsarahery, L.

  1/01/19 → 31/12/19

  Project: Development project

• ILIAS: Invasive Lineages of AMR Salmonella, Trojan Horses in Africa

  Van Puyvelde, S., Deborggraeve, S., Jacobs, J., Dougan, G. & Stas, M.

  Institute of Tropical Medicine

  1/10/18 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research Project

• Bac Turb: Development and proof-of-concept validation of a low-cost tropicalized device detecting bacterial growth in equipment-free blood cultures

  Hardy, L., Jacobs, J. & Ratsarahery, L.

  Institute of Tropical Medicine, Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/09/18 → 31/08/19

  Project: Research Project

• MINIlab project MSF-F

  Jacobs, J. & Baert, E.

  MSF France

  1/03/18 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research Project

• CAMBODIA - 2018 - FA4: National Institutes in Cambodia have increased capacity to generate evidence for the management of health problems and for the strengthening of the health system in Cambodia.

  Lynen, L., Jacobs, J., De Baetselier, I., De Weggheleire, A., Smekens, B., Stassijns, J., Damme, W. V., van de Put, W., Delvaux, T. & Ratsarahery, L.

  DGD

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Development project

• ETHIOPIA - 2018 - FA4: To enhance the research capacity and evidence based medical practice in tropical and poverty related diseases in Ethiopia

  van Griensven, J., Jacobs, J., Abdellati, S., Stassijns, J., van Henten, S., Ratsarahery, L., Dujardin, J. & Van der Auwera, G.

  DGD

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Development project

• BENIN - 2018 - FA4: Institutional strengthening of the Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory (LRM, Bénin) for quality services and better quality of health care for Mycobacteria and other clinical bacteria, at National and Regional Level.

  de Jong, B., Jacobs, J., Hardy, L., Stassijns, J., Nduwamahoro, E., Eddyani, M., Gumusboga, M. & Janssens, N.

  DGD

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Development project

• Minilab MSF-F Autoclave1

  Jacobs, J. & Baert, E.

  MSF France

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• SETA: Severe Typhoid in Africa Program (DRC site)

  Marks, F., Jacobs, J. & Ratsarahery, L.

  International Vaccine Institut

  1/04/17 → 30/06/19

  Project: Research Project

• Effect of lactoferrin on pediatric infections

  Ochoa, T. J., Jacobs, J., Jacobs, J. & Cossey, V.

  12/01/17 → 15/05/20

  Project: PhD-project

• Post-market surveillance as a tool for assuring quality of in-vitro diagnostics in low-resource settings

  Sands, A., Jacobs, J., Fransen, C. & Jacobs, J.

  12/01/17 → 30/04/18

  Project: PhD-project

• Salmonella Paratyphi A: The emergence of a neglected pathogen in Asia

  KUIJPERS, L. M. F., Jacobs, J. & Jacobs, J.

  22/01/15 → 11/01/19

  Project: PhD-project

• Carbapenem resistance in Enterobacteriaceae: diagnostic value of the small RNA landscapes

  Deborggraeve, S., Jacobs, J., Grijalva, M. & De Smet, S.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/15 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• External quality assessment of the laboratory diagnosis of tropical infectious diseases

  Mukadi Kaningu, P. P., Jacobs, J., Muyembe, J. & Luamba Lua Nsembo, J.

  1/01/14 → 26/07/17

  Project: PhD-project

• IDIS: Innovative Diagnostics for Invasive Salmonellosis

  Deborggraeve, S., Jacobs, J., Ley, B., Gevaert, K., Leclipteux, T., Decuypere, S., De Smet, S., Stas, M. & Deborggraeve, S.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/09/13 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

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

  Oriero, C. E., D'Alessandro, U., Jacobs, J., Nwakanma, D. & Van Geertruyden, J.

  27/06/12 → 23/10/15

  Project: PhD-project

• Microbiologic aspects of childhood bacterial meningitis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

  Phoba, M. N., Jacobs, J., Van Geet, C. & Muyembe, J.

  1/12/10 → 4/12/19

  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

• 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

• Antimicrobial resistance of bacterial pathogens in Peru

  Garcia, C., Jacobs, J., Bruggeman, C. & Samalvides, F.

  1/01/09 → 29/01/16

  Project: PhD-project