Wim Adriaensen

Research output

Research output per year 2017 2018 2020 2024 2024

• 26 A1: Web of Science-article
• 3 Conference abstract in journal
• 1 Comment/debate

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

  A preliminary indication that HLA-A*03:01 may be associated with visceral leishmaniasis development in people living with HIV in Ethiopia

  de Vrij, N., Vandoren, R., Ramadan, K., Van Hul, A., Ceulemans, A., Kassa, M., Melkamu, R., Yeshanew, A., Bogale, T., Beyene, H., Sisay, K., Kibret, A., Mersha, D., Cuypers, WL., Vogt, F., van Henten, S., Ritmeijer, K., Pham, TT., Meysman, P., Laukens, K., & 5 othersCuypers, B., Diro, E., Mohammed, R., van Griensven, J. & Adriaensen, W., 2024, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 18, 9, 17 p., e0012000.

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

  Open Access

• Chronic high-level parasitemia in human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals with or without visceral Leishmaniasis in an endemic area in Northwest Ethiopia: potential superspreaders?

  van Griensven, J., van Henten, S., Kibret, A., Kassa, M., Beyene, H., Abdellati, S., de Hondt, A., Adriaensen, W., Vogt, F., Pareyn, M., Ritmeijer, K. & Diro, E., 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 7 p., ciae002.

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

  Open Access

  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 100%
  • Ethiopia 95%
  • Asymptomatic Infections 19%
  • Xenodiagnosis 13%
  • Eastern Africa 10%

• Diagnosing viral infections through T-cell receptor sequencing of activated CD8⁺ T cells

  Vujkovic, A., Ha, M., de Block, T., van Petersen, L., Brosius, I., Theunissen, C., van Ierssel, SH., Bartholomeus, E., Adriaensen, W., Vanham, G., Elias, G., Van Damme, P., Van Tendeloo, V., Beutels, P., van Frankenhuijsen, M., Vlieghe, E., Ogunjimi, B., Laukens, K., Meysman, P. & Vercauteren, K., 2024, In: Journal of Infectious Diseases. 229, 2, p. 507-516 10 p.

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

  Open Access

  • SARS Virus 100%
  • Virus Diseases 99%
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 87%
  • RNA Sequence Analysis 38%
  • Acute Disease 36%

• Lack of functional TCR-epitope interaction is associated with herpes zoster through reduced downstream T cell activation

  Boeren, M., de Vrij, N., Ha, MK., Valkiers, S., Souquette, A., Gielis, S., Kuznetsova, M., Schippers, J., Bartholomeus, E., van den Bergh, J., Michels, N., Aerts, O., Leysen, J., Bervoets, A., Lambert, J., Leuridan, E., Wens, J., Peeters, K., Emonds, MP., Elias, G., & 16 othersVandamme, N., Jansens, H., Adriaensen, W., Suls, A., Vanhee, S., Hens, N., Smits, E., Van Damme, P., Thomas, PG., Beutels, P., Ponsaerts, P., Van Tendeloo, V., Delputte, P., Laukens, K., Meysman, P. & Ogunjimi, B., 2024, In: Cell Reports. 43, 4, p. 1-19 19 p.

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

  Open Access

  • T-Lymphocyte Epitopes 100%
  • Human Herpesvirus 3 72%
  • RNA Sequencing 68%
  • Glycoprotein 38%
  • Peptide 23%

• Malaria and other infections induce polyreactive antibodies that impact SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity estimations in endemic settings

  Aguilar, R., Jiménez, A., Santano, R., Vidal, M., Maiga-Ascofare, O., Strauss, R., Bonney, J., Agbogbatey, M., Goovaerts, O., Boham, EEA., Adu, EA., Cuamba, I., Ramírez-Morros, A., Dutta, S., Angov, E., Zhan, B., Izquierdo, L., Santamaria, P., Mayor, A., Gascón, J., & 7 othersRuiz-Comellas, A., Molinos-Albert, LM., Amuasi, JH., Awuah, AAA., Adriaensen, W., Dobaño, C. & Moncunill, G., 2024, In: Journal of Medical Virology. 96, 6, 15 p., e29713.

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

  Open Access

  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 100%
  • Infections 37%
  • Plasmodium falciparum 18%
  • Immunoassay 8%
  • Urea 8%

• Persistent T cell unresponsiveness associated with chronic visceral leishmaniasis in HIV-coinfected patients

  de Vrij, N., Pollmann, J., Rezende, AM., Ibarra-Meneses, AV., Pham, TT., Hailemichael, W., Kassa, M., Bogale, T., Melkamu, R., Yeshanew, A., Mohammed, R., Diro, E., Maes, I., Domagalska, MA., Landuyt, H., Vogt, F., van Henten, S., Laukens, K., Cuypers, B., Meysman, P., & 7 othersBeyene, H., Sisay, K., Kibret, A., Mersha, D., Ritmeijer, K., van Griensven, J. & Adriaensen, W., 2024, In: Communications biology. 7, 1, 13 p.

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

  Open Access

  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 100%
  • Transcriptome 12%

• Urgent considerations for booster vaccination strategies against Ebola virus disease

  Adriaensen, W., Oostvogels, S., Levy, Y., Leigh, B., Kavunga-Membo, H. & Watson-Jones, D., 2024, In: Lancet Infectious Diseases. 24, 10, p. e647-e653 7 p.

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

• 2023

  Leveraging T-cell receptor - epitope recognition models to disentangle unique and cross-reactive T-cell response to SARS-CoV-2 during COVID-19 progression/resolution

  Postovskaya, A., Vujkovic, A., de Block, T., van Petersen, L., van Frankenhuijsen, M., Brosius, I., Bottieau, E., Van Dijck, C., Theunissen, C., van Ierssel, S. H., Vlieghe, E., Bartholomeus, E., Mullan, K., Adriaensen, W., Vanham, G., Ogunjimi, B., Laukens, K., Vercauteren, K. & Meysman, P., 2023, In: Frontiers in Immunology. 14, 14 p., 1130876.

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

  Open Access

  File

  • SARS Virus 100%
  • T-Lymphocyte Epitopes 81%
  • Infections 8%
  • Viruses 5%
  35 Downloads (Pure)
• 2022

  Aetiologies of acute undifferentiated febrile illness at the emergency ward of the University of Gondar Hospital, Ethiopia

  Akelew, Y., Pareyn, M., Lemma, M., Negash, M., Bewket, G., Derbew, A., Belay, G., Pollmann, J., Adriaensen, W., Peeters, M., Ombelet, S., Adane, A., Mohammed, R., van Griensven, J. & Cnops, L., 2022, In: Tropical Medicine and International Health. 27, 3, p. 271-279 9 p.

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

  Open Access

  File

  • Dengue Virus 100%
  • Ethiopia 98%
  • etiology 87%
  • diagnostic test 71%
  • illness 67%
  89 Downloads (Pure)

• Comparison of serum cytokine levels in symptomatic and asymptomatic HIV-Leishmania coinfected individuals from a Brazilian visceral leishmaniasis endemic area

  Guedes, D. L., Silva, E. D. D., Castro, M. C. A. B., Júnior, W. L. B., Ibarra-Meneses, A. V., Tsoumanis, A., Adriaensen, W., van Griensven, J., Pereira, V. R. A. & Medeiros, Z. M. D., 2022, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 16, 6, 12 p., e0010542.

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

  Open Access

  File

  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 100%
  • Serum 37%
  • relapse 21%
  • asymptomatic patients 18%
  • Interleukin-10 9%
  79 Downloads (Pure)

• Surgical output within the Fast Track Initiative against trachoma in Amhara region, Ethiopia

  Hailemariam, B., Sata, E., Halefom, M., Deathe, A. R., Zerihun, M., Jensen, K. A., Callahan, E. K., Beyene, M., Adriaensen, W., Owiti, P., Senkoro, M., Zolfo, M. & Nash, S. D., 2022, In: Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 16, 8.1, p. 8S-14S 7 p.

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

  Open Access

  File

  • Ethiopia 100%
  • Cross-Sectional Studies 9%
  40 Downloads (Pure)
• 2021

  Cellular immune phenotypes and worsening scores of frailty-associated parameters over an 18-month period in the very old

  Goldeck, D., Adriaensen, W., Oettinger, L., Vaes, B., van Pottelbergh, G., Degryse, J-M., Hamprecht, K., Matheï, C. & Pawelec, G., 2021, In: The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 76, 8, p. 1356-1361 6 p.

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

  Open Access

  File

  • Geriatrics 100%
  • Depression 68%
  • CD4-CD8 Ratio 65%
  • Cytomegalovirus 52%
  • Flow Cytometry 40%
  21 Downloads (Pure)

• HLA-DRB1 alleles associated with lower leishmaniasis susceptibility share common amino acid polymorphisms and epitope binding repertoires

  de Vrij, N., Meysman, P., Gielis, S., Adriaensen, W., Laukens, K. & Cuypers, B., 2021, In: Vaccines. 9, 3, 17 p., 270.

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

  Open Access

  File

  • Epitope 100%
  • Alleles 71%
  • Amino Acids 68%
  • Antigen 58%
  • Acid 33%
  53 Downloads (Pure)
• 2020

  Diagnostic accuracy of direct agglutination test, rK39 ELISA and six rapid diagnostic tests among visceral leishmaniasis patients with and without HIV coinfection in Ethiopia

  Kassa, M., Abdellati, S., Cnops, L., Bremer Hinckel, B. C., Yeshanew, A., Hailemichael, W., Vogt, F., Adriaensen, W., Mertens, P., Diro, E., van Griensven, J. & Van den Bossche, D., 2020, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 14, 12, 13 p., e0008963.

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

  Open Access

  File

  • diagnostic test 100%
  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 97%
  • Ethiopia 92%
  • Routine Diagnostic Tests 74%
  • diagnostic 67%
  68 Downloads (Pure)

• Evaluation of C-reactive protein and myxovirus resistance protein A to guide the rational use of antibiotics among acute febrile adult patients in Northwest Ethiopia

  Akelew, Y., Derbew, A., Lemma, M., Negash, M., Bewket, G., Belay, G., Pollmann, J., Adriaensen, W., Adane, A., Mohammed, R., van Griensven, J. & Cnops, L., 2020, In: International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 101, p. 276-282 7 p.

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

  Open Access

  File

  • Myxovirus Resistance Proteins 100%
  • Ethiopia 70%
  • Infections 5%
  96 Downloads (Pure)

• Host transcriptomic signature as alternative test-of-cure in visceral leishmaniasis patients co-infected with HIV

  Adriaensen, W., Cuypers, B., Cordero, C. F., Mengasha, B., Blesson, S., Cnops, L., Kaye, P. M., Alves, F., Diro, E. & van Griensven, J., 2020, In: EBioMedicine. 55, 12 p., 102748.

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

  Open Access

  File

  • Miltefosine 100%
  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 73%
  • Polypeptide Antibiotic Agent 65%
  • liposomal amphotericin B 20%
  • miltefosine 11%
  32 Downloads (Pure)

• Minimally invasive microbiopsies as an improved sampling method for the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis

  Churiso, G., van Henten, S., Cnops, L., Pollmann, J., Melkamu, R., Lemma, M., Kiflie, A., Fikre, H., van Griensven, J. & Adriaensen, W., 2020, In: Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 7, 9, 3 p., ofaa364.

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

  Open Access

  File

  • Ethiopia 100%
  • Equipment and Supplies 51%
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction 50%
  30 Downloads (Pure)

• Sexual transmission of visceral leishmaniasis: a neglected story

  Guedes, D. L., van Henten, S., Cnops, L., Adriaensen, W. & van Griensven, J., 2020, In: Trends In Parasitology. 36, 12, p. 950-952 3 p.

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

  Open Access

  File

  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 100%
  • Vector Borne Diseases 57%
  • Parasitic Diseases 44%
  • Dogs 29%
  15 Downloads (Pure)

• Towards the trachoma elimination target in the southern region of Ethiopia: how well is the SAFE strategy being implemented?

  Asfaw, M., Zolfo, M., Negussu, N., Tadesse, F., Tadele, T., Sisay, A., Seyum, D., Gezmu, T., Senkoro, M., Owiti, P. & Adriaensen, W., 2020, In: Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 14, 6.1, p. 3S-9S 9 p.

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

  Open Access

  File

  • Ethiopia 100%
  • Neglected Diseases 18%
  • Azithromycin 17%
  15 Downloads (Pure)

• Whole blood stimulation assay as a treatment outcome monitoring tool for VL patients in Ethiopia: a pilot evaluation

  Aleka, Y., Ibarra-Meneses, A. V., Workineh, M., Tajebe, F., Kiflie, A., Tessema, M. K., Melkamu, R., Tadesse, A., Moreno, J., van Griensven, J., Carrillo, E. & Adriaensen, W., 2020, In: Frontiers in Immunology. 2020, 12 p., 8385672.

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

  Open Access

  File

  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 100%
  • Ethiopia 95%
  • Treatment Failure 31%
  • Interleukin-10 14%
  • Interleukin-2 14%
  27 Downloads (Pure)
• 2019

  Longitudinal evaluation of asymptomatic Leishmania infection in HIV-infected individuals in North-West Ethiopia: a pilot study

  van Griensven, J., van Henten, S., Mengesha, B., Kassa, M., Adem, E., Endris Seid, M., Abdellati, S., Asefa, W., Simegn, T., Debasu, D., Bogale, T., Gedamu, Y., Van den Bossche, D., Adriaensen, W., Van der Auwera, G., Cnops, L., Vogt, F. & Diro, E., 2019, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 13, 10, 17 p., 0007765.

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

  Open Access

  File

  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 100%
  • Asymptomatic Infections 98%
  • Ethiopia 95%
  • evaluation 37%
  • incidence 34%
  19 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  Antigen detection in urine for noninvasive diagnosis and treatment monitoring of visceral leishmaniasis in human immunodeficiency virus coinfected patients: an exploratory analysis from Ethiopia

  Vogt, F., Mengesha, B., Asmamaw, H., Mekonnen, T., Fikre, H., Takele, Y., Adem, E., Mohammed, R., Ritmeijer, K., Adriaensen, W., Melsew, Y., van Griensven, J. & Diro, E., 2018, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 99, 4, p. 957-966 10 p.

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

  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 100%
  • Ethiopia 95%
  • Urine 57%
  • Latex Fixation Tests 19%
  • Leishmania donovani 18%

• Immunomodulatory therapy of visceral leishmaniasis in human immunodeficiency virus-coinfected patients

  Adriaensen, W., Dorlo, T. P. C., Vanham, G., Kestens, L., Kaye, P. M. & van Griensven, J., 2018, In: Frontiers in Immunology. 8, 1943.

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

  Open Access

  File

  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 100%
  • Coinfection 31%
  • Treatment Failure 7%
  • Parasites 6%
  • Immune System 6%
  17 Downloads (Pure)

• Leishmania antigenuria to predict initial treatment failure and relapse in visceral leishmaniasis/HIV coinfected patients: an exploratory study nested within a clinical trial in Ethiopia

  van Griensven, J., Mengesha, B., Mekonnen, T., Fikre, H., Takele, Y., Adem, E., Mohammed, R., Ritmeijer, K., Vogt, F., Adriaensen, W. & Diro, E., 2018, In: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 8, 7 p., 94.

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

  Open Access

  File

  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 100%
  • Ethiopia 95%
  • Treatment Failure 79%
  • Urine 12%
  • Logistic Models 5%
  12 Downloads (Pure)

• Long-term clinical outcomes in visceral leishmaniasis/human immunodeficiency virus-co-infected patients during and after pentamidine secondary prophylaxis in Ethiopia: a single-arm clinical trial

  Diro, E., Ritmeijer, K., Boelaert, M., Alves, F., Mohammed, R., Abongomera, C., Ravinetto, R., De Crop, M., Fikre, H., Adera, C., van Loen, H., Tsoumanis, A., Adriaensen, W., Hailu, A. & van Griensven, J., 2018, In: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 66, 3, p. 444-451 8 p.

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

  • Pentamidine 100%
  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 85%
  • Ethiopia 81%

• Serum levels of soluble CD40 ligand and neopterin in HIV coinfected asymptomatic and symptomatic visceral leishmaniasis patients

  Adriaensen, W., Abdellati, S., van Henten, S., Gedamu, Y., Diro, E., Vogt, F., Mengesha, B., Adem, E., Kestens, L. & van Griensven, J., 2018, In: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 8, 9 p., 428.

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

  Open Access

  File

  • Neopterin 100%
  • Visceral Leishmaniasis 89%
  • Asymptomatic Infections 37%
  • Serum 33%
  • Parasites 10%
  34 Downloads (Pure)