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  CHIMERA: Identification of epitopes in the alphaviral envelope that confer infectivity for human and mosquito cells.

  Bartholomeeusen, K., Ariën, K. & Janssens, N.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/18 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research Project

• Significance of initial isoniazid resistance for outcome of standard TB treatment and its detection by line-probe assays

  de Jong, B., Rigouts, L., Van Deun, A., Meehan, C. & Janssens, N.

  Damien Foundation Belgium

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• 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.

  King Baudouin Foundation

  1/01/18 → 30/11/20

  Project: Research Project

• ETHIOPIA - 2018 - FA4: To enhance the research capacity and evidence based medical practice in tropical and poverty related diseases in Ethiopia

  van Griensven, J., Jacobs, J., Abdellati, S., Stassijns, J., van Henten, S., Ratsarahery, L., Dujardin, J. & Van der Auwera, G.

  DGD

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Development project

• ArboviroseTrans : Role of human movement in relation to popular spots in the spatiotemporal dimension of vectorial arbovirus transmission?

  Vanlerberghe, V., Boelaert, M. & Everaert, R.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/18 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research Project

• CUBA - 2018 - FA4: To strengthen Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kouri (IPK, Cuba) and National Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology (INHEM, Cuba) towards accomplishment of their academic mission through capacity building and scientific co-operation.

  Boelaert, M., Vanlerberghe, V., Battaglioli, T. C. E., De Baetselier, I., de Jong, B., Torrea, G., Ariën, K., Heyndrickx, L. & Everaert, R.

  DGD

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Development project

• PregnAnZI: Pre-delivery administration of azithromycin to prevent neonatal sepsis and death: a phase III double-blind randomized clinical trial

  Peeters, K. & Everaert, R.

  Medical Research Council, United Kingdom

  1/01/18 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research Project

• CohMSM-PrEP: Access to Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for Men Who Have Sex With Men: Acceptability and Feasibility in Community-based Clinics in West Africa

  Laga, M., Vuylsteke, B., Cuylaerts, V., De Baetselier, I., Van Aerde, K. & Everaert, R.

  The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

  1/12/17 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research Project

• TrypCo: The RNA editing space of the neglected genome in the major livestock African trypanosome parasite, Trypanosoma congolense.

  Van den Broeck, F., Van Den Abbeele, J. & De Smet, S.

  Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/11/17 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• PERU - FA4: To strengthen the R&D capacities of the Institute of Tropical Medicine Alexander von Humboldt (Peru) to deliver strategies and/or tools for diagnosis, surveillance and control of infectious diseases.

  Dujardin, J., Rosanas-Urgell, A., de Jong, B., Ariën, K., Van der Auwera, G., Rigouts, L., Heyndrickx, L., Kattenberg, J. H., Battaglioli, T. C. E., Jacobs, J., Monsieurs, P. & Guetens, P.

  DGD

  1/11/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Development project

• The interplay of sense making and decision-making processes on treatment and prevention of Nodding Syndrome by different stakeholders: an ethnographic exploration in Cameroon, Tanzania and Uganda

  Irani, J., Peeters, K., Pool, R. & Gerrets, R.

  19/10/17 → 15/07/21

  Project: PhD-project

• EPI-PIG: Investigation of the pathological mechanisms of seizures in T. solium neurocysticercosis

  Trevisan, C., Dorny, P., Gabriël, S., Mwape, K. E. & Debois, D.

  Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  15/10/17 → 14/01/19

  Project: Research Project

• SKIN-Leish: Infectiousness in asymptomatic carriers of L. Donovani

  Boelaert, M., Cloots, K., Hasker, E., Van der Auwera, G., Karki, P., Sundar, S. & Everaert, R.

  Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  15/10/17 → 14/01/19

  Project: Research Project

• Understanding and preventing the genesis of antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

  Kenyon, C. & Ratsarahery, L.

  Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  15/10/17 → 13/01/19

  Project: Research Project

• Contribution of C-reactive protein and procalcitonin determination to an innovative diagnostics aid tool for neurological and febrile syndromes in low-resource settings

  Bottieau, E. & Ratsarahery, L.

  Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  15/10/17 → 13/01/19

  Project: Research Project

• xMAP platform: Development of a high-throughput Multiple Analyte Profiling technology to study flavivirus and alphavirus sylvatic reservoirs in African wildlife

  Ariën, K. & Janssens, N.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  15/10/17 → 14/01/19

  Project: Research Project

• Persistent T-cell dysfunction in synergistic VL-HIV co-infection

  Adriaensen, W., van Griensven, J., Vermeesch, J. R., Kaye, P. M., Diro, E., Ritmeijer, K. & Ratsarahery, L.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/10/17 → 30/09/20

  Project: Research Project

• TB-EPF: Enhanced Place Finding (EPF) of TB transmission hotspots

  de Jong, B. & Janssens, N.

  European Commission

  1/09/17 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research Project

• Studies on multidrug resistance tuberculosis in Rwanda: Turning off the tap

  Ngabonziza, S. J., de Jong, B., Torrea, G., Rigouts, L., Mazarati, J., Affolabi, D. & Decroo, T.

  1/09/17 → 23/06/21

  Project: PhD-project

• Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 as a promoter of tuberculosis in a country with low HIV prevalence

  Mejia Cordero, F. A., Boelaert, M., Battaglioli, T. C. E., Van der Stuyft, P., Seas, C. & Otero, L.

  1/08/17 → 31/07/19

  Project: PhD-project

• ARTHROPOD: Development of specific and highly sensitive mulit-pathogen laboratory tests for the simultaneous and differential detection of arthropod-borne viruses

  Ariën, K., Kerkhof, K., Van Esbroeck, M. & Janssens, N.

  Agency for Innovation by Science & Technology

  1/08/17 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research Project

• 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

• MEMO: Monitoring van exotische steekmuggen in België

  Van Bortel, W., Coosemans, M. & Deblauwe, I.

  1/07/17 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research Project

• ORT: Outbreak Research Team

  van Griensven, J., Vanlerberghe, V., Van Bortel, W., Vogt, F., Decuypere, S., Verlinden, A. & Janssens, S.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/07/17 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research Project

• BOFFA GUINEA: Effectiveness of tiny target technology in controlling tsetse vectors for HAT - Boffa study in Guinea

  Lehane, M., Boelaert, M., Thys, S. & Paessens, E.

  Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

  1/05/17 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• Evaluation of simplified alternative pre-exposure rabies vaccination schedules

  Soentjens, P., Bottieau, E. & Van Damme, P.

  24/04/17 → 26/06/20

  Project: PhD-project

• SETA: Severe Typhoid in Africa Program (DRC site)

  Marks, F., Jacobs, J. & Ratsarahery, L.

  International Vaccine Institut

  1/04/17 → 30/06/19

  Project: Research Project

• Elimination de la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine en République Démocratique du Congo : étude du processus d’intégration des activités de lutte dans les services de santé de base

  Mulenga Cilundika, P., Boelaert, M., Coppieters, Y., Chenge, M. F. & Lutumba, P.

  1/03/17 → 12/02/20

  Project: PhD-project

• Local models for chronic care and self-management support in Southern Malawi

  Angwenyi, V., Criel, B., Bunders, J. & Aantjes, C.

  12/01/17 → 2/06/20

  Project: PhD-project

• Prevalence, Risk Drivers and Locally Feasible Solutions for Brucellosis Control in Peri-Urban Small Holding Dairy Farms: A One Health Study

  Chauhan, A. S., Boelaert, M. & Antoine - Moussiaux, N.

  12/01/17 → 20/05/20

  Project: PhD-project

• Effect of lactoferrin on pediatric infections

  Ochoa, T. J., Jacobs, J., Jacobs, J. & Cossey, V.

  12/01/17 → 15/05/20

  Project: PhD-project

• Implementing clinical bacteriology in low resource settings: reviving the old, bringing in the new

  Ombelet, S., Jacobs, J., Cox, J. & Jacobs, J.

  12/01/17 → 4/02/22

  Project: PhD-project

• Post-market surveillance as a tool for assuring quality of in-vitro diagnostics in low-resource settings

  Sands, A., Jacobs, J., Fransen, C. & Jacobs, J.

  12/01/17 → 30/04/18

  Project: PhD-project

• Utilization of molecular resistance test results as tools to support public health efforts for improved control of rifampicin resistant tuberculosis

  Ng, K., de Jong, B. & Cobbelens, F. G. J.

  12/01/17 → 2/06/20

  Project: PhD-project

• Association between intestinal parasites and inflammation and nutritional status in Mexican children

  Zavala Gómez, G. A., Polman, K., Seidell, J. & Garcia, O. P.

  12/01/17 → 5/04/18

  Project: PhD-project

• Trends in fluoroquinolone resistance in new TB patients in Bangladesh and the subsequent rate of acquired drug resistance

  de Jong, B. & Janssens, N.

  Damien Foundation Belgium

  1/01/17 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• Trend of fluoroquinolone resistance among the MDR in DF Bangladesh

  Van Deun, A., Rigouts, L., de Jong, B. & Janssens, N.

  Damien Foundation Belgium

  1/01/17 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• R2STOP Leprosy: Improved understanding of ongoing transmission of leprosy in the Comoros, a region hyperendemic for the disease

  de Jong, B., Hasker, E., Assoumani, Y., Suffys, P. & Janssens, N.

  Research to STOP neglected tropical disease transmission

  1/01/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research Project

• EUKARYOTE: Kinetoplast genomics for the fine-scale study of hybrid zones in eukaryote parasites

  Van den Broeck, F., Dujardin, J., Van Den Abbeele, J. & Stas, M.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/17 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research Project

• VIETNAM - FA4: Capacity strengthening and enhanced tools for evidence-based health research and control/ elimination strategies of parasitic diseases in Vietnam.

  Rosanas-Urgell, A., Kattenberg, J. H., Dorny, P., Monsieurs, P. & Dermauw, V.

  DGD

  1/01/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Development project

• BURKINA - FA4: To strengthen the research capacity in the resource limited setting of Burkina Faso.

  Jacobs, J., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Hardy, L., Peeters, M., Kattenberg, J. H. & Ratsarahery, L.

  DGD

  1/01/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Development project

• GUINEE - FA4: Contribute to the capacity building of the Maferinyah Center in the organization of continuing (medical) training and research in Guinea.

  Damme, W. V., van de Put, W., Delvaux, T. & Everaert, R.

  DGD

  1/01/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Development project

• Quantitative PCR based confirmation of Mycobacterium leprae to aid leprosy diagnosis in endemic countries

  de Jong, B. & Janssens, N.

  Damiaanactie vzw

  1/01/17 → 31/12/17

  Project: Research Project

• DRC - FA4: Building capacity for health research in three DRC partner institutions Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (IRNB), Ecole de Santé Publique de l’Université de Lubumbashi (ESP) en Centre de Recherche Sanitaire de Kimpese (CRS), and rationalize the fight against Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) while strengthening local health systems with the support of all partners.

  Boelaert, M., Jacobs, J., Büscher, P., Polman, K., Rigouts, L., Dorny, P., Hardy, L., Corsmit, E., Roucher, C., Eddyani, M., Dermauw, V., Bebronne, N., Snijders, R., Inocêncio da Luz, R., Van Cauwenberg, I. & Everaert, R.

  DGD

  1/01/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Development project

• ZikaPLAN: Zika Preparedness Latin American Network Adressing the urgent research gaps against the Zika virus and other emerging threats in Latin America

  Ariën, K. & Janssens, N.

  European Commission

  1/10/16 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research Project

• Monitoring and Evaluation of a mobile Clinical Decision Making Support System (CDMSS) intervention for frontline providers of maternal and neonatal care in the Eastern region (ER) of Ghana

  Omolade Abejirinde, I. O., De Brouwere, V., van Roosmalen, J., Zweekhorst, M. & Bardaji, A.

  24/06/16 → 11/12/18

  Project: PhD-project

• Interventions towards a functional cure: detailed phenotyping of the HIV-specific polyfunctional CD8+ T cell responses of controllers

  Adams, P. A., Vanham, G. & Seguin-Devaux, C.

  24/06/16 → 12/02/20

  Project: PhD-project

• End TB Clinical Trial - Output 2

  de Jong, B. & Janssens, N.

  MSF France

  1/06/16 → 30/09/21

  Project: Service

• EMAR: Human African Trypanosomiasis: meeting the experts on trypanotolerance and animal reservoir

  Büscher, P. & De Smet, S.

  BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUDATION

  31/05/16 → 30/12/17

  Project: Research Project

• Search for host genetic factors associated with neurological complications (HAM/TSP) in Peruvian HTLV-1 infected individuals

  Talledo Albujar, M. J., Vanham, G., Van Camp, G. & Arevalo, J.

  18/05/16 → 27/09/16

  Project: PhD-project