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Research expertise
For my PhD I will be working on the prevalence and prevention of bacterial contamination of blood products for transfusion in sub-Saharan Africa.
Teaching expertise
The AIM course (Antibiotic Stewardship, Infection Prevention & Control, Microbiological Surveillance) targets health care workers coming from low- and middle income countries. I am mainly responsible for some of the microbiological surveillance goup classes and laboratory related sessions.
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Projects
- 2 Active
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THECA: Effect of a novel typhoid conjugate vaccine in Africa: a multicenter study in Ghana and the DRC
Jacobs, J., Hardy, L., Heroes, A. & Baert, E.
1/01/19 → 31/12/23
Project: Research Project
Research output
- 5 A1: Web of Science-article
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Presence of Gram-negative bacteria and Staphylococcus aureus on the skin of blood donors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Heroes, A-S., Okitale, P., Ndalingosu, N., Vandekerckhove, P., Lunguya, O. & Jacobs, J., 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Transfusion.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Bacterial contamination of blood products in Africa
Ahmad, Y., Heroes, A-S., Hume, H. A., Farouk, M., Owusu-Ofori, A., Gehrie, E. A., Goel, R., Ness, P. M., Tobian, A. A. R. & Bloch, E. M., 2021, In: Transfusion. 61, 3, p. 767-780 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Bacterial contamination of blood products for transfusion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: temperature monitoring, qualitative and semi-quantitative culture
Heroes, A-S., Ndalingosu, N., Kalema, J., Luyindula, A., Kashitu, D., Akele, C., Kabinda, J., Lagrou, K., Vandekerckhove, P., Jacobs, J. & Lunguya, O., 2020, In: Blood Transfusion. 18, 5, p. 348-358 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Non-typhoidal Salmonella intestinal carriage in a Schistosoma mansoni endemic community in a rural area of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Mbuyi-Kalonji, L., Barbé, B., Nkoji, G., Madinga, J., Roucher, C., Linsuke, S., Hermy, M., Heroes, A-S., Mattheus, W., Polman, K., Lutumba, P., Phoba, M-F., Lunguya, O. & Jacobs, J., 2020, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 14, 2, 15 p., e0007875.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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16S metagenomics for diagnosis of bloodstream infections: opportunities and pitfalls
Rutanga, J. P., Van Puyvelde, S., Heroes, A-S., Muvunyi, C. M., Jacobs, J. & Deborggraeve, S., 2018, In: Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics. 18, 8, p. 749-759 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review