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Teaching expertise
- Infection Control
- Tropical Laboratory Sciences (PBL for Biomedical Scientists)
Research expertise
Jan Jacobs (°1959)
- Medical doctor KU Leuven, (Belgium 1984)
- Clinical Pathologist (Belgium, 1989)
- Clinical Microbiologist (The Netherlands, 1991)
- PhD 'Streptococcus milleri' (Maastricht University 1996)
- Certified in Hospital Infection Prevention & Control (KU Leuven 1991)
From 1990 to 2005, I was appointed at the University of Maastricht (Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences). I was involved in diagnostic microbiology and infection prevention and control (University Hospital Maastricht), teaching (executive and coordinating functions, awards: Best Tutor/Coach (2x), Best Lecturer, Faculty Teaching Award) and research (invasive streptococci and bronchoalveolar lavage microscopy).
Since 2006, I am appointed at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM, Antwerp, Belgium) as Professor in Tropical Laboratory Medicine and since 2014 as a 10% part-time associated professor at the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven, Belgium). At ITM, I am heading the Unit of Tropical Laboratory Medicine at the Department of Clinical Sciences. I am involved in patient care (clinical laboratory of the travel clinic, Belgium reference laboratory for Plasmodium 2006 - 2016), teaching (Infection Control, Clinical Laboratory) and oversea capacity building projects about microbiological surveillance of invasive bacterial diseases (bloodstream infections) at the level of referral hospital. I am (co)-promoter of ITM projects in sub-Saharan Africa, Cambodia and Peru. My research focuses on implementation of clinical bacteriology in tropical low resource settings, addressing field-adapted laboratory techniques, antibiotic resistance and hospital infection prevention and control.
I was technical advisor for the World Health Organization (WHO) Prequalification of Diagnostics Programme (test product review, ISO 13485 manufacturing site inspections, 2012 – 2016), Chair of the Procurement and Supply Working Group Diagnostics of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership (2012-14) and member of the WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on In Vitro Diagnostics (SAGE IVD, 2017) contributing to the WHO Essential Diagnostic List. Since 2016, I am expert for the WHO Expert Review Panel for Diagnostics (ERPD).
I am (co)author of more than 350 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and have over 7500 citations, h-index 48.
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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
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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
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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
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Vacc-iNTS: Advancing a GMMA-based vaccine against invasive non-typhoidal salmonellosis through Phase I trial in Europe and sub-Saharan Africa
1/10/19 → 31/03/21
Project: Research Project
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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. & Baert, E.
1/01/19 → 31/12/23
Project: Research Project
Research output
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A comparative evaluation of mobile medical APPS (MMAS) for reading and interpreting malaria rapid diagnostic tests
Visser, T., Ramachandra, S., Pothin, E., Jacobs, J., Cunningham, J., Menach, A. L., Gatton, M. L., Dos Santos Souza, S., Nelson, S., Rooney, L. & Aidoo, M., 2021, In : Malaria Journal. 20, 1, p. 39Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article
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Antibiotic use prior to seeking medical care in patients with persistent fever: a cross-sectional study in four low- and middle-income countries
Ingelbeen, B., Koirala, K. D., Verdonck, K., Barbé, B., Mukendi, D., Thong, P., El Safi, S., Van Duffel, L., Bottieau, E., van der Sande, M., Boelaert, M., Chappuis, F. & Jacobs, J., 2020, In : Clinical Microbiology and Infection.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article
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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
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Effect of bovine lactoferrin on prevention of late-onset sepsis in infants: a pooled analysis of individual patient data from two randomized controlled trials
Ochoa, T. J., Loli, S., Mendoza, K., Carcamo, C., Bellomo, S., Cam, L., Castañeda, A., Campos, M., Jacobs, J., Cossey, V. & Zegarra, J., 2020, In : Biochemistry and Cell Biology = Biochimie et Biologie Cellulaire.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article
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High genetic similarity between non-typhoidal Salmonella isolated from paired blood and stool samples of children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Phoba, M-F., Barbé, B., Ley, B., Van Puyvelde, S., Post, A., Mattheus, W., Deborggraeve, S., Lunguya, O. & Jacobs, J., 2020, In : PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 14, 7, p. e0008377Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article
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