Projects per year
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Research expertise
MD, medical microbiologist, lab director
Research expertise
intestinal parasitology, arboviruses, malaria, schistosoma, laboratory medicine, diagnostics, tropical medicine
Research expertise
Marjan Van Esbroeck is a clinical pathologist, approved medical microbiologist and the director of the clinical laboratory focussing on travel and import medicine, responsible for the National Reference Center (NRC) for arboviruses, Rickettsia and Coxiella, and for the national reference laboratory for Entamoeba histolytica, Cryptosporidium, Leishmania, Leptospira and Plasmodium.
Education/Academic qualification
Master of Medicine
Advanced master of Laboratory Medicine
Keywords
- B726-clinical-biology
- B725-diagnostics
- B780-tropical-medicine
- B500-serology
- B510-infections
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 4 Finished
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ZAB-AA: Beleidsadvies omtrent ‘preventieve maatregelen om verspreiding vanuit een geïmporteerd of autochtoon arbovirose geval te voorkomen’
Vanlerberghe, V. (PI), Kreppel, K. (Promotor), Okeson, P. (Researcher), Van Bortel, W. (Researcher), Deblauwe, I. (Researcher) & Van Esbroeck, M. (Researcher)
Flemish Government - Agency for Care & Health
11/04/24 → 30/09/24
Project: Research Project
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Metatropics: Clinical research platform for untargeted RNA virus detection in tropical fever patient populations: construction and application
Selhorst, P. (Copromotor), Van Esbroeck, M. (Copromotor), Vercauteren, K. (PI) & Vercauteren, K. (Promotor)
Flemish Government - Department of Work, Economy, Science, Innovation
1/01/21 → 31/12/25
Project: Research Project
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ARTHROPOD: Development of specific and highly sensitive mulit-pathogen laboratory tests for the simultaneous and differential detection of arthropod-borne viruses
Ariën, K. (Promotor), Kerkhof, K. (Researcher), Van Esbroeck, M. (Copromotor) & Janssens, N. (Administrator)
Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship
1/08/17 → 31/03/21
Project: Research Project
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New tools for diagnosis and management of febrile illness in travelers to the tropics: a cohort study
Huits, R. (PhD Student), Bottieau, E. (Promotor), Jacobs, J. (Promotor), Van Esbroeck, M. (Copromotor) & Cnops, L. (Copromotor)
15/01/16 → 1/02/19
Project: PhD-project
Research output
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A Household Cluster of Tick-Borne Encephalitis in Belgium in 2025: Is the Epidemiology Evolving?
Boogaerts, H., Tollenaere, J., Bekelaar, K., Oris, E., Resseler, S., Declerck, B., den Bossche, D. V., Esbroeck, M. V. & Steensels, D., 23-Apr-2026, In: Viruses. 18, 5, 7 p., 491.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Peer-reviewed journal articles › peer-review
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Cutaneous candidal infection caused by Yarrowia lipolytica in an immunocompetent patient.
Küçük, K., Cano, C. O., Giannopoulou, N., Mathison, B. & Van Esbroeck, M., Jun-2026, In: JAAD case reports. 72, p. 13-15 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Peer-reviewed journal articles › peer-review
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Development and validation of a sample-to-result real time multiplex RT-PCR test for human African trypanosomiasis and arboviral febrile illnesses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Hauner, A., Lusala, S. M., Rogé, S., Van Reet, N., Cnops, L., Da Luz, R. I., Van Esbroeck, M., Kapandji, M., Kuamfumu, M. M., Kiabanzawoko, O., Phanzu, D. M., Verlé, P., Ahuka-Mundeke, S. & Ariën, K. K., 5-Feb-2026, In: BMC Infectious Diseases. 26, 1, 513.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Peer-reviewed journal articles › peer-review
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High-throughput multiplex immunoassay for the detection of mpox and MVA-BN vaccination up to 2 years after exposure in Belgium: a retrospective diagnostic accuracy study
Mariën, J., Van Dijck, C., Berens-Riha, N., Willems, E., Zaeck, L. M., Jones, S., Hicks, B., Otter, A., Yates, J. L., Hunt, D. T., Lee, W. T., Bracke, S., Verschueren, J., Vanroye, F., Bosman, E., De Cock, N., Smekens, B., Vandenhove, L., Goovaerts, O. & van Hul, A. & 8 others, , May-2026, In: Lancet Microbe. 7, 5, p. 101316 11 p., 101316.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Peer-reviewed journal articles › peer-review
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Human Q fever outbreak investigation and management in six European countries: a One Health compendium of practices and recommendations
Hurtado, A., Rousset, E., Couesnon, A., de Haan, T., Dijkstra, F., Fischer, S. F., Fournier, P.-E., García-Pérez, A. L., Jado, I., Jourdain, E., Mertens-Scholz, K., McNeilly, T. N., Neale, S., Osborne, J. C., Van Esbroeck, M., Mori, M. & van den Brom, R., Jul-2026, In: CMI communications. 3, 2, p. NoneResearch output: Contribution to journal › Review › peer-review
Open Access
Press/Media
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Malaria en dengue zijn meest voorkomende tropische infecties bij terugkerende reizigers
12/09/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media