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Professor Bouke de Jong leads the Mycobacteriology Unit at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp. A clinical infectious disease specialist, she has worked extensively on tuberculosis in high burden settings, with a focus on molecular epidemiology, diagnostics, and drug resistance. Her work on leprosy centers on molecular epidemiology and post-exposure prophylaxis. Her Unit serves as a WHO Supranational TB Reference Lab and houses the world’s largest M. tuberculosis strain collection. She also co-leads ITM’s Master’s in Tropical Medicine and a global course on drug-resistant TB.
Research lines
- Improved (resistance) diagnostics for leprosy, Buruli ulcer, and tuberculosis
- Phylogeography, phylodynamics, and molecular epidemiology of M. ulcerans, M. tuberculosis, and M. leprae in the context of intervention studies
- Optimized treatment for M. tuberculosis
Education/Academic qualification
Medicine, PhD
Medicine, MD
Epidemiology, MSc
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Innovations in drug susceptibility testing for tuberculosis: toward decentralized, accessible diagnostics
Dewaele, K. (PhD Student), de Jong, B. (Promotor), Rigouts, L. (Promotor) & Rigouts, L. (Promotor)
26/05/26 → …
Project: PhD-project
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MECSEG: Molecular Epidemiology and Cross-Border Transmission of Leprosy in the SeneGambia
Jobarteh, T. (PhD Student), de Jong, B. (Promotor), Braet, S. (Promotor), Secka, O. (Promotor) & Walker, S. (Promotor)
26/05/26 → …
Project: PhD-project
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TEBULA: Telacebec to Control Buruli Ulcer and Leprosy in Africa
de Jong, B. (Promotor) & Braet, S. (CoPI)
The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership
1/06/25 → 31/05/29
Project: Research Project
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THREE-G: The causes and consequences of historical contingencies in the evolution of extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Gagneux, S. (Copromotor), Ardizzoni, E. (Researcher), Rigouts, L. (Researcher) & de Jong, B. (Promotor)
1/01/25 → 31/12/28
Project: Research Project
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Rifampicin-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment: Improve Safety while Safeguarding Success in Niger
Maman Lawan Sahirou, I. (PhD Student), de Jong, B. (Promotor), Decroo, T. (Promotor), Lorent, N. (Promotor) & Ag Doutchi, M. (Promotor)
1/01/25 → …
Project: PhD-project
Research output
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Assessing improved surveillance of leprosy drug resistance in Madagascar: A pilot study in the Miandrivazo district
Maharavo, L., Ramboarina, S., Braet, S., Corstjens, P., de Jong, D., Randrianantoandro, A., Andrianiriana, L., Rakoto‐Andrianarivelo, M., Berland, J., Cambau, E., Supply, P., Jouet, A., Hasker, E., de Jong, B., Cauchoix, B., Rasamoelina, T., Samison, L. & Geluk, A., 6-Apr-2026, Research Square, 16 p. (Research Square).Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Assessing the impact of Enhanced-Case-Finding on tuberculosis case notifications and transmission in The Gambia using epidemiological and phylodynamic approaches
Gehre, F., Oko, F., Ofori-Anyinam, B., Meehan, C. J., Windels, E. M., Joof, K., Faal, T., Mendy, F., Jobarteh, T., Gitteh, E., Riley, A. J., Sarr-Kuyateh, B., Okoi, C., Demba, E., Dei-Alorse, W., Mlaga, K., Sambou, B., Kanuteh, F., Lette, K. & Muhammad, A. K. & 9 others, , 2026, In: Open Research Europe. 6, 96, p. 96Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Peer-reviewed journal articles › peer-review
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Evaluation of microscopically quantitative loads of bacilli as early predictors of TB treatment outcome
Vellere, I., Jacobs, B. K., Maug, A. K. J., Hossain, M. A., De Jong, B. C., Lynen, L., Lorent, N. & Decroo, T., 31-Jul-2026, In: International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 30, 8, p. 365-370 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Peer-reviewed journal articles › peer-review
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Fifteen years of rifampicin-resistant TB control in Niger: high countrywide treatment uptake and success
Maman Lawan, I., Decroo, T., Souleymane, M. B., Soumana, A., Aboubacar, C. L., Gagara, A., Hamissou Moussa, R., Kabirou Amoussa, A. A., Hamidou, I., Hamidou Moussa, S., Adamou, M., Adehossi, E., Mamadou, S., Catherine de Jong, B., Rigouts, L., Lorent, N., Doutchi, M. & Piubello, A., Jan-2026, In: IJTLD open. 3, 1, p. 4-10 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Peer-reviewed journal articles › peer-review
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Genome-wide analyses of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates reveal insights into circulating lineages and drug resistance mutations in The Gambia
Faal, F., Top, N., Jobe, O., Colley, S. M., Ayorinde, A., Mendy, A., Sarr-Kuyateh, B., Donkor, S., Antonio, M., de Jong, B. C., Rachow, A., Kampmann, B., Sutherland, J. S., Li, H., Blundell, T. L., Campino, S., Kohl, T., Dreyer, V., Neimann, S. & Pandurangan, A. P. & 3 others, , 4-Mar-2026, In: Scientific Reports. 16, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Peer-reviewed journal articles › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
- 1 Lecture and oral contribution
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Qualitative exploration of potential links between spatially dispersed but phylogenetically connected leprosy patients: an interdisciplinary study in the Comoros
Ronse, M. (Speaker), Braet, S. (Speaker), Ali, I. S. (Speaker), Ny Aina Anny, W. M. (Speaker), Maoulida, H. A. (Speaker), Snijders, R. (Speaker), Dens, S. (Speaker), Hasker, E. (Speaker), Assoumani, Y. (Speaker), Nieto Sanchez, C. (Speaker), de Jong, B. (Speaker) & Peeters, K. (Speaker)
2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution