Tropical Laboratory Medicine Research Group

Projects

Projects per year 2009 2017 2018 2020 2024

• 16 Active
• 29 Finished

Projects per year

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• 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

• 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

• Antimicrobial resistance of bacterial pathogens in Peru

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

  1/01/09 → 29/01/16

  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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Minilab MSF-F Autoclave1

  Jacobs, J. & Baert, E.

  MSF France

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 Antwerp, Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/09/18 → 31/08/19

  Project: Research 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

• 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 Antwerp

  1/10/18 → 31/12/19

  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

• Effect of lactoferrin on pediatric infections

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

  12/01/17 → 15/05/20

  Project: PhD-project

• Bact-EVD: Pilot clinical bacteriology in the EVD care response to detect intercurring bloodstream infections and inform about appropriate antibiotic treatment

  Jacobs, J. & Janssens, S.

  Various

  1/08/19 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research Project

• MINIlab project MSF-F

  Jacobs, J. & Baert, E.

  MSF France

  1/03/18 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research Project

• IMSEQ: COVID19 Immune Repertoire Sequencing

  Vercauteren, K. & Ratsarahery, L.

  DIVERSE KLANTEN

  27/04/20 → 26/01/21

  Project: Research 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 → 4/02/22

  Project: PhD-project

• Carbapenem resistance in Enterobacteriaceae: profiling the small RNA landscapes

  Gonzalez Andrade, P. D., Jacobs, J., Jacobs, J. & Grijalva, M.

  1/04/14 → 19/04/22

  Project: PhD-project

• Bacterial bloodstream infections in Rwanda: a molecular surveillance study

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

  1/04/16 → 19/04/22

  Project: PhD-project