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Philippe Büscher was born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1956. He graduated as a biologist at the Free University of Brussels where he also obtained his PhD in 1986. His career at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp started in the same year under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Nestor Van Meirvenne. Since then, P. Büscher has been involved in human and animal African trypanosomiasis, mainly focusing on improved diagnosis. In 1998, he became head of the Unit of Parasite Diagnostics.
With his team, including Congolese and Ethiopian PhD students, he develops new formats for parasitological, serological and molecular diagnostics for African trypanosomiasis, visceral leishmaniasis and Chagas disease. Particular attention is paid to the applicability of these tests in settings with poor infrastructure resources. He participated in the development of the first generation of rapid serodiagnostic tests for sleeping sickness, now produced by Coris BioConcept and by Standard Diagnostics. With Coris BioConcept, he also developed the first rapid serodiagnostic test for surra (Trypanosoma evansi). P. Büscher co-authored more than 170 articles in peer reviewed journals and more than 10 book chapters. He participated in six European projects.
Services expertise
The Unit of Parasite Diagnostics technically and scientifically supports research institutes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Ethiopia. For example, on demand of the Belgian Cooperation, the Unit of Parasite Diagnostics established a production unit at the Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale in Kinshasa that now produces the most performant diagnostic tests for microscopic detection of sleeping sickness parasites in blood and in cerebrospinal fluid.
The Unit is a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research and Training on Human African Trypanosomiasis and is a World Animal Health Organization Reference Center for Surra (T. evansi). P. Büscher is member of the World Health Organization Network for Human African Trypanosomiasis Elimination and is steering committee member of the project on African trypananosomiasis of GALVmed. He advises the Scientific Committee of the Belgian Federal Agency for Food Safety on the diagnosis of dourine (T. equiperdum).
Philippe Büscher is Associate Editor of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Education/Academic qualification
Botany, Doctor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Doctor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Botany, Licenciate, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Licenciate, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
External positions
Assistent, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
1-Apr-1985 → 30-Sep-1985Assistent, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
1-Apr-1985 → 30-Sep-1985Doctorate student, Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
1-Oct-1979 → 31-Jul-1984Doctorate student, Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
1-Oct-1979 → 31-Jul-1984Fingerprint
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CHARHAT-DRC: Cryptic human and animal reservoirs compromise the sustainedelimination of gambiense-human African trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Büscher, P., Van Reet, N., Boelaert, M., Inocêncio da Luz, R., Miaka, E. M., Phanzu, D. M., Mumba-Ngoyi, D., Mposhi, M. & Stas, M.
Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation
1/12/18 → 30/11/23
Project: Research Project
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Antigen discovery for the diagnosis of invasive salmonellosis: A targeted proteomics approach
Saleh, S., Büscher, P. & Gevaert, K.
22/01/15 → …
Project: PhD-project
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SeTPAT: Development of an antigen test for the diagnosis of syphilis
Kenyon, C., OSBAK, K., Van Ostade, X., Van Raemdonck, G., Crucitti, T., Büscher, P., Ratsarahery, L. & Dhaenens, M.
1/01/18 → 30/11/20
Project: Research Project
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iELISA HAT: Development of a high-throughput inhibition ELISA to replace immune trypanolysis for post-elimination monitoring of gambiense-HAT
Büscher, P., Geerts, M., Van Reet, N. & De Smet, S.
25/07/17 → 31/12/18
Project: Research Project
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Diagnostic performance of three rK39 rapid diagnostic tests and two direct agglutination tests for the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in Southern Iran
Rezaei, Z., Pourabbas, B., Kühne, V., Pourabbas, P. & Büscher, P., 2022, In : Journal of Tropical Medicine. 2022, p. 3569704Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article
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Monitoring the elimination of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis in the historical focus of Batié, South-West Burkina Faso
Compaoré, C. F. A., Kaboré, J., Ilboudo, H., Thomas, L. F., Falzon, L. C., Bamba, M., Sakande, H., Koné, M., Kaba, D., Bougouma, C., Adama, I., Amathe, O., Belem, A. M. G., Fèvre, E. M., Büscher, P., Lejon, V. & Jamonneau, V., 2022, In : Parasite. 29, 8 p., 25.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article
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Specificity of SARS-CoV-2 antibody detection assays against S and N proteins among pre-COVID-19 sera from patients with protozoan and helminth parasitic infections
Yansouni, C. P., Papenburg, J., Cheng, M. P., Corsini, R., Caya, C., Vasquez Camargo, F., Harrison, L. B., Zaharatos, G., Büscher, P., Faye, B., Ndiaye, M., Matlashewski, G. & Ndao, M., 2022, In : Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 60, 1, 12 p., e0171721.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article
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Two-year follow-up of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense serology after successful treatment of human African trypanosomiasis: results of four different sero-diagnostic tests
Inocencio da Luz, R., Tablado Alonso, S., Büscher, P., Verlé, P., De Weggheleire, A., Mumba Ngoyi, D., Pyana, P. P. & Hasker, E., 2022, In : Diagnostics (Basel). 12, 2, 13 p., 246.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article
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Feasibility of a dried blood spot strategy for serological screening and surveillance to monitor elimination of Human African Trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Inocencio da Luz, R., Phanzu, D. M., Kiabanzawoko, O. N., Miaka, E., Verlé, P., De Weggheleire, A., Büscher, P., Hasker, E. & Boelaert, M., 2021, In : PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 15, 6, 16 p., e0009407.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article
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