Kristien Cloots

Research output

Research output per year 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

• 16 A1: Web of Science-article
• 6 Meeting abstract in journal

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2025

  Can cutaneous leishmaniasis provoke a resurgence of kala-azar in the Indian subcontinent?

  Bhattarai, NR., Rai, K., Uranw, S., Khadka, DK., Khanal, B., Dahal, G., Pradhan, S., Dhakal, S., Monsieurs, P., de Gooyer, T., Cloots, K., Hasker, E. & van der Auwera, G., 2025, In: BMC Infectious Diseases. 25, 7 p., 281.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2024

  Monitoring of Leishmania transmission in the postelimination phase: the potential of serological surveys

  Cloots, K., Singh, O. P., Kumar Singh, A., Rai, TK., Tiwari, VD., Neyaz, A., Pandey, S., Scholar, VK., Malaviya, P., Hasker, E. & Sundar, S., 2024, In: International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 147, 7 p., 107153.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Source Tracing of Leishmania donovani in Emerging Foci of Visceral Leishmaniasis,Western Nepal

  Monsieurs, P., Cloots, K., Uranw, S., Banjara, MR., Ghimire, P., Burza, S., Hasker, E., Dujardin, JC. & Domagalska, MA., 2024, In: Emerging Infectious Diseases. 30, 3, p. 611-613 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Leishmania donovani 100%
  • Nepal 91%
  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 90%
  • Parasites 30%

• Visceral leishmaniasis in the hills of western Nepal: A transmission assessment

  Uranw, S., Bhattarai, NR., Cloots, K., Roy, L., Rai, K., Kiran, U., Pyakurel, UR., Lal, BK., Burza, S., Rijal, S., Karki, P., Khanal, B. & Hasker, E., 2024, In: PLoS ONE. 19, 4, 12 p., e0289578.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Nepal 100%
  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 98%
  • Leishmania donovani 81%
  • Phlebotomus 32%
  • Ribosomal DNA 11%
• 2023

  Field-friendly anti-PGL-I serosurvey in children to monitor Mycobacterium leprae transmission in Bihar, India

  Pierneef, L., Malaviya, P., van Hooij, A., Sundar, S., Singh, AK., Kumar, R., de Jong, D., Meuldijk, M., Kumar, A., Zhou, ZJ., Cloots, K., Corstjens, P., Hasker, E. & Geluk, A., 2023, In: Frontiers in Medicine. 10, 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Mycobacterium leprae 100%
  • Mycobacterium leprae phenolic glycolipid I 36%
  • Child 32%
  • Proxy 9%
  • Infections 8%

• Monitoring of Leishmania transmission in the peri-elimination phase: the potential of serological surveys

  Singh, OP., Cloots, K., Rai, TK., Tiwari, VD., Singh, AK., Hasker, E. & Sundar, S., 2023, In: International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 130, S2, p. S22-S22 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract in journal

  Open Access

• The ongoing risk of Leishmania donovani transmission in eastern Nepal: an entomological investigation during the elimination era

  Roy, L., Cloots, K., Uranw, S., Rai, K., Bhattarai, N. R., Smekens, T., Hendrickx, R., Caljon, G., Hasker, E., Das, M. L. & Van Bortel, W., 2023, In: Parasites and Vectors. 16, 11 p., 404.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Leishmania donovani 100%
  • Nepal 91%
  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 90%
  • Phlebotomus 17%
  • Cattle 16%
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• Wuchereria bancrofti infection is associated with progression to clinical visceral leishmaniasis in VL- endemic areas in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India

  Kumar Singh, A., de Gooyer, T., Singh, O. P., Pandey, S., Neyaz, A., Cloots, K., Kansal, S., Malaviya, P., Rai, M., Nylen, S., Chakravarty, J., Hasker, E. & Sundar, S., 2023, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 17, 10, 16 p., e0011729.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Wuchereria bancrofti 100%
  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 81%
  • India 46%
  • Infections 31%
  • surveillance 28%
• 2022

  Diagnosis of visceral Leishmaniasis in an elimination setting: a validation study of the diagnostic algorithm in India

  Cloots, K., Singh, OP., Singh, AK., Kushwaha, AK., Malaviya, P., Kansal, S., Hasker, E. & Sundar, S., 2022, In: Diagnostics (Basel). 12, 3, 9 p., 670.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 100%
  • Validation Studies 90%
  • Routine Diagnostic Tests 77%
  • Molecular Cluster 8%
  • Incidence 6%

• Susceptibility status of the wild-caught Phlebotomus argentipes (Diptera Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), the sand fly vector of visceral leishmaniasis, to different insecticides in Nepal

  Roy, L., Uranw, S., Cloots, K., Smekens, T., Kiran, U., Pyakurel, U. R., Das, M. L., S Yadav, R. & Van Bortel, W., 2022, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 16, 7, p. e0010304

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  • Phlebotomus 100%
  • Nepal 76%
  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 75%
  • Insecticides 72%
  • village 43%
  40 Downloads (Pure)
• 2021

  Assessing L. donovani skin parasite load: a proof of concept study of a microbiopsy device in an Indian setting

  Cloots, K., Singh, O. P., Singh, A. K., Van der Auwera, G., Kumar, P., Gedda, M. R., Rai, T. K., Hasker, E., Sundar, S. & Boelaert, M., 2021, In: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 11, 9 p., 645121.

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  • Proof of Concept Study 100%
  • Equipment and Supplies 47%
  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 22%
  • Xenodiagnosis 10%
  • Ethiopia 7%
  84 Downloads (Pure)

• Evaluation of qPCR on blood and skin microbiopsies, peripheral blood buffy coat smear, and urine antigen ELISA for diagnosis and test of cure for visceral leishmaniasis in HIV-coinfected patients in India: a prospective cohort study

  Owen, S., Burza, S., Kumar, S., Verma, N., Mahajan, R., Harshana, A., Pandey, K., Cloots, K., Adams, E. & Das, P., 2021, In: BMJ Open. 11, 4, 7 p., 042519.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 100%
  • Urine 57%
  • Tropical Medicine 48%
  • Coinfection 15%
  • Treatment Failure 15%
  35 Downloads (Pure)

• Susceptibility status of visceral leishmaniasis vector Phlebotomus argentipes sand flies to insecticides of public health importance in Nepal

  Roy, L., Uranw, S., Cloots, K., Kiran, U., Pyakurel, U. R., Shah, P., Wangchuk, L. & Van Bortel, W., 2021, In: Tropical Medicine and International Health. 26, S1, p. 90-91 2 p., 457.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract in journal

• Visceral leishmaniasis-HIV coinfection as a predictor of increased Leishmania transmission at the village level in Bihar, India

  Cloots, K., Marino, P., Burza, S., Gill, N., Boelaert, M. & Hasker, E., 2021, In: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 11, 7 p., 604117.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 100%
  • Coinfection 79%
  • Management Information Systems 17%
  • Incidence 16%
  • Multivariate Analysis 8%
  53 Downloads (Pure)
• 2020

  Impact of the visceral leishmaniasis elimination initiative on Leishmania donovani transmission in Nepal: a 10-year repeat survey

  Cloots, K., Uranw, S., Ostyn, B., Bhattarai, N. R., Le Rutte, E., Khanal, B., Picado, A., Chappuis, F., Hasker, E., Karki, P., Rijal, S. & Boelaert, M., 2020, In: The Lancet Global health. 8, 2, p. e237-e243 7 p.

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  • Leishmania donovani 100%
  • Nepal 91%
  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 90%
  • Age Groups 26%
  • Child 24%
  38 Downloads (Pure)

• Male predominance in reported Visceral Leishmaniasis cases: nature or nurture? A comparison of population-based with health facility-reported data

  Cloots, K., Burza, S., Malaviya, P., Hasker, E., Kansal, S., Mollett, G., Chakravarty, J., Roy, N., Lal, B. K., Rijal, S., Sundar, S. & Boelaert, M., 2020, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 14, 1, 14 p., e0007995.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 100%
  • Health Facilities 86%
  • Nepal 44%
  • health 37%
  • sex ratio 32%
  26 Downloads (Pure)
• 2019

  Abundance of Phlebotomine sand flies in changing epidemiological settings of visceral leishmaniasis in Nepal

  Roy, L., Uranw, S., Cloots, K., Van Bortel, W., Das, M. L. & Boelaert, M., 2019, In: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 113, S1, p. S124-S124 1 p., P094.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract in journal

• Innovative tools for assessing infectiousness in asymptomatic carriers in L. donovani: a proof of concept sudy of a novel microbiopsy device

  Cloots, K., Singh, O. P., Van der Auwera, G., Hasker, E., Singh, A. K., Gedda, M. R., Rai, T., Malaviya, P., Sundar, S. & Boelaert, M., 2019, In: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 113, S1, p. S59-S60 2 p., 148.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract in journal

• Post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis and leprosy prevalence and distribution in the Muzaffarpur health and demographic surveillance site

  Hasker, E., Malaviya, P., Scholar, V. K., de Koning, P., Singh, O. P., Kansal, S., Cloots, K., Boelaert, M. & Sundar, S., 2019, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 13, 10, 10 p., 0007798.

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  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 100%
  • surveillance 70%
  • village 66%
  • health 37%
  • India 28%
  39 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  Gender bias in visceral leishmaniasis: nature or nurture?

  Cloots, K., Burza, S., Malaviya, P., Hasker, E., Kansal, S., Chakravarty, J., Sundar, S. & Boelaert, M., 2018, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 99, 4, p. 462-463 2 p.

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• Visceral leishmaniasis in the Muzaffapur Demographic Surveillance Site: a spatiotemporal analysis

  Hasker, E., Malaviya, P., Cloots, K., Picado, A., Singh, O. P., Kansal, S., Boelaert, M. & Sundar, S., 2018, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 99, 6, p. 1555-1561 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 100%
  • Incidence 29%
• 2017

  Tracking the progress: visceral leishmaniasis elimination in Nepal

  Cloots, K., Uranw, S., Rijal, S. & Boelaert, M., 2017, In: Tropical Medicine and International Health. 22, p. 239-240 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract in journal