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• 2021

  Use of iris scanning for biometric recognition of healthy adults participating in an Ebola vaccine trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: mixed methods study

  Matuvanga, T. Z., Johnson, G., Lariviere, Y., Longomo, E. E., Matangila, J., Maketa, V., Lapika, B., Mitashi, P., Mc Kenna, P., De Bie, J., Van Geertruyden, J-P., Van Damme, P. & Mavoko, H. M., 2021, In : Journal of Medical Internet Research. 23, 8, 9 p., 28573.

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

• Using a human-centred design approach to develop a comprehensive newborn monitoring chart for inpatient care in Kenya

  Muinga, N., Paton, C., Gicheha, E., Omoke, S., Abejirinde, I-O. O., Benova, L., English, M. & Zweekhorst, M., 2021, In : BMC Health Services Research. 21, 1, p. 1010 14 p., 1010.

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

• Vaccinating children in high-endemic rabies regions: what are we waiting for?

  Soentjens, P., Berens-Riha, N., Van Herrewege, Y., Van Damme, P., Bottieau, E. & Ravinetto, R., 2021, In : BMJ Global Health . 6, 2, 3 p., e004074.

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

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• Variant analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomes from Belgian military personnel engaged in overseas missions and operations

  Pirnay, J-P., Selhorst, P., Hong, S. L., Cochez, C., Potter, B., Maes, P., Petrillo, M., Dudas, G., Claes, V., Van der Beken, Y., Verbeken, G., Degueldre, J., Dellicour, S., Cuypers, L., T'Sas, F., Van den Eede, G., Verhasselt, B., Weuts, W., Smets, C., Mertens, J. & 6 others, Geeraerts, P., Ariën, K. K., Andre, E., Neirinckx, P., Soentjens, P. & Baele, G., 2021, In : Viruses-Basel. 13, 7, 19 p., 1359.

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

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• Venous thromboembolism in patients discharged after COVID-19 hospitalization

  Engelen, M. M., Vandenbriele, C., Balthazar, T., Claeys, E., Gunst, J., Guler, I., Jacquemin, M., Janssens, S., Lorent, N., Liesenborghs, L., Peerlinck, K., Pieters, G., Rex, S., Sinonquel, P., Van der Linden, L., Van Laer, C., Vos, R., Wauters, J., Wilmer, A., Verhamme, P. & 1 others, Vanassche, T., 2021, In : Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis. 10 p.

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

• Veterinary healthcare provision and quality of reported data on antimicrobial use in the treatment of livestock in Sierra Leone, 2016-2019

  Leno, A., Kizito, W., Jalloh, A. T., Bah, M. A., Kamara, S. M., Zolfo, M., Sheriff, A. A., Hann, K., Thekkur, P. & Kumar, A. M. V., 2021, In : Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 6, 2, 9 p., 73.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A2: International peer reviewed article (not A1-type)

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• 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

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• WGS of commensal Neisseria reveals acquisition of a new ribosomal protection protein (MsrD) as a possible explanation for high level azithromycin resistance in Belgium

  de Block, T., Laumen, J. G. E., Van Dijck, C., Abdellati, S., De Baetselier, I., Manoharan-Basil, S. S., Van den Bossche, D. & Kenyon, C., 2021, In : Pathogens. 10, 3, 14 p., 384.

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

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• What could explain the lower COVID-19 burden in Africa despite considerable circulation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus?

  Wamai, R. G., Hirsch, J. L., Van Damme, W., Alnwick, D., Bailey, R. C., Hodgins, S., Alam, U. & Anyona, M., 2021, In : International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18, 16, 18 p., 8638.

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

• "When my information changes, I alter my conclusions." What can we learn from the failures to adaptively respond to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and the under preparedness of health systems to manage COVID-19?

  Paul, E., Brown, G. W., Kalk, A., Van Damme, W., Ridde, V. & Sturmberg, J., 2021, In : International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 5 p.

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

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• Who falls between the cracks? Identifying eligible PrEP users among people with Sub-Saharan African migration background living in Antwerp, Belgium

  Buffel, V., Masquillier, C., Reyniers, T., Van Landeghem, E., Wouters, E., Vuylsteke, B. & Nöstlinger, C., 2021, In : PLoS ONE. 16, 8, 14 p., e0256269.

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

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• Women's progression through the maternal continuum of care in Guinea: evidence from the 2018 Guinean Demographic and Health Survey

  Camara, B. S., Benova, L., Delvaux, T., Sidibe, S., El Ayadi, A. M., Grietens, K. P. & Delamou, A., 2021, In : Tropical Medicine and International Health. 16 p.

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

• Work shift, lifestyle factors, and subclinical atherosclerosis in Spanish male workers: a mediation analysis

  Peñalvo, J. L., Mertens, E., Muñoz-Cabrejas, A., León-Latre, M., Jarauta, E., Laclaustra, M., Ordovás, J. M., Casasnovas, J. A., Uzhova, I. & Moreno-Franco, B., 2021, In : Nutrients. 13, 4, 13 p., 1077.

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

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• Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

  NCD Risk Factor Collaboration, 2021, In : Lancet. 398, 10304, p. 957-980 24 p.

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

• "… I would have left that man long time ago but, …" exploring circumstances of and motivators for repeat adolescent birth in Eastern Uganda

  Amongin, D., Kaharuza, F., Hanson, C., Nakimuli, A., Mutesi, S., Benova, L. & Atuyambe, L., 2021, In : Archives of Public Health. 79, 1, 14 p., 142.

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

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• 2020

  A call to action: documenting and sharing solutions and adaptations in sexual, reproductive, maternal and newborn health care provision during the COVID-19 pandemic

  Benova, L., Sarkar, N. D., Fasehun, L-K. O., Semaan, A. & Affun-Adegbulu, C., 2020, In : Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters. 28, 1, 5 p., 1838054.

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

• A case-control study on the association between intestinal helminth infections and treatment failure in patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis

  Martínez, D. Y., Llanos-Cuentas, A., Dujardin, J-C., Polman, K., Adaui, V., Boelaert, M. & Verdonck, K., 2020, In : Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 7, 5, 9 p., ofaa155.

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

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• A case of steroid-responsive, COVID-19 immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome following the use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor

  Mertens, J., Laghrib, Y. & Kenyon, C., 2020, In : Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 7, 8, 3 p., ofaa326.

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• Acceptability and feasibility of a new approach to control cystic echinococcosis in Morocco: vaccination of sheep and anthelmintic treatment of dogs

  Saadi, A., Amarir, F. E., Filali, H., Thys, S., Rhalem, A., Kirschvink, N., Raes, M., Marcotty, T., Oukessou, M., Sahibi, H. & Antoine-Moussiaux, N., 2020, In : International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 101, p. 217-217 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference abstract in journal

• Acceptance and willingness to pay for a hypothetical vaccine against monkeypox viral infection among frontline physicians: a cross-sectional study in Indonesia

  Harapan, H., Wagner, A. L., Yufika, A., Setiawan, A. M., Anwar, S., Wahyuni, S., Asrizal, F. W., Sufri, M. R., Putra, R. P., Wijayanti, N. P., Salwiyadi, S., Maulana, R., Khusna, A., Nusrina, I., Shidiq, M., Fitriani, D., Muharrir, M., Husna, C. A., Yusri, F., Maulana, R. & 4 others, Rajamoorthy, Y., Groneberg, D. A., Mueller, R. & Mudatsir, M., 2020, In : Vaccine. 38, 43, p. 6800-6806 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article
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• Accountability for SRHR in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

  Schaaf, M., Boydell, V., Van Belle, S., Brinkerhoff, D. W. & George, A., 2020, In : Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters. 28, 1, 5 p., 1779634.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

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• A clinician's perspective on yellow fever vaccine-associated neurotropic disease

  Lecomte, E., Laureys, G., Verbeke, F., Carrasco, C. D., Van Esbroeck, M. & Huits, R., 2020, In : Journal of Travel Medicine. 27, 7, 8 p., 172.

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

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• A combination approach of behavioural and biomedical interventions for prevention of sexually transmitted infections

  Toskin, I., Bakunina, N., Gerbase, A. C., Blondeel, K., Stephenson, R., Baggaley, R., Mirandola, M., Aral, S. O., Laga, M., Holmes, K. K., Winkelmann, C. & Kiarie, J. N., 2020, In : Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 98, 6, p. 431-434 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

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• A cosmopolitan outlook on health workforce development

  van de Pas, R., 2020, Global Academic Press.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

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• Action research and health system strengthening: the case of the health sector support programme in Mauritania, West Africa

  Accoe, K., Marchal, B., Gnokane, Y., Abdellahi, D., Bossyns, P. & Criel, B., 2020, In : Health Research Policy and Systems. 18, 1, 13 p., 25.

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

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• Actions targeting the double burden of malnutrition: a scoping review

  Menon, S. & Peñalvo, J. L., 2020, In : Nutrients. 12, 1, 14 p., 81.

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• Activity limitation and social participation restriction among leprosy patients in Boru Meda Hospital, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

  Abdela, S. G., van Henten, S., Abegaz, S. H., Bayuh, F. B., Zewdu, F. T., Berhe, F. T. & van Griensven, J., 2020, In : PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 14, 9, 12 p., e0008702.

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• 'Alternative abridged preventive regimens against rabies for children in high endemic countries'

  Soentjens, P., Van Damme, P. & Bottieau, E., 2020, In : Vaccine. 38, 35, p. 5578-5579 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter

• Alternative antigens for a point of care test for serodiagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in East Africa

  Kühne, V., 2020, Antwerp: University of Antwerp, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical, and Veterinary Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences. 199 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation

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• A multicountry European study on Succeed: a general quality improvement tool in HIV prevention

  Urwitz, V., Vuylsteke, B., Apers, H., Hales, D., Wentzlaff-Eggebert, M. & Nostlinger, C., 2020, In : Health Promotion International. 35, 5, p. 935-946 12 p.

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

• A multimethod, multicountry evaluation of breakpoints for bedaquiline resistance determination

  Ismail, N. A., Aono, A., Borroni, E., Cirillo, D. M., Desmaretz, C., Hasan, R., Mitarai, S., Shakoor, S., Torrea, G., Kaniga, K. & Omar, S., 2020, In : Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 64, 9, 9 p., e00479-20.

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• An African origin for Mycobacterium bovis

  Loiseau, C., Menardo, F., Aseffa, A., Hailu, E., Gumi, B., Ameni, G., Berg, S., Rigouts, L., Robbe-Austerman, S., Zinsstag, J., Gagneux, S. & Brites, D., 2020, In : Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health. 2020, 1, p. 49-59 11 p.

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

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• Analytical performance of the RIDASCREEN® Hantavirus Puumala IgG/IgM ELISA assay

  Depypere, M., Lagrou, K., Van Esbroeck, M., Houben, E. & Van Ranst, M., 2020, In : Viruses. 12, 2, 5 p., 226.

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• Analytical sensitivity of loopamp and quantitative real-time PCR on dried blood spots and their potential role in monitoring human African trypanosomiasis elimination

  Alfred Compaoré, C. F., Ilboudo, H., Kaboré, J., Kaboré, J. W., Camara, O., Bamba, M., Sakande, H., Koné, M., Camara, M., Kaba, D., Gaston Belem, A. M., Deborggraeve, S., Büscher, P., Bucheton, B., Lejon, V. & Jamonneau, V., 2020, In : Experimental Parasitology. 219, 6 p., 108014.

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

• A narrative review of gaps in the provision of integrated care for noncommunicable diseases in India

  Pati, M. K., Swaroop, N., Kar, A., Aggarwal, P., Jayanna, K. & Van Damme, W., 2020, In : Public Health Reviews. 41, 16 p., 8.

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

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• A new genetic variant of dengue serotype 2 virus circulating in the Peruvian Amazon

  Falconi-Agapito, F., Selhorst, P., Merino, X., Torres, F., Michiels, J., Fernandez, C., Talledo, M. & Ariën, K. K., 2020, In : International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 96, p. 136-138 3 p.

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

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• Antenatal care providers' attitudes and beliefs towards maternal vaccination in Kenya

  Chander, S., Gonzalez-Casanova, I., Chaves, S. S., Otieno, N. A., Widdowson, M-A., Verani, J., Frew, P., Wilson, A., Omer, S. B. & Malik, F., 2020, In : Gates Open Research. 4, 19.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A2: International peer reviewed article (not A1-type)

• A plea to merge clinical and public health practices: reasons and consequences

  Unger, J-P., Morales, I., De Paepe, P. & Roland, M., 2020, In : BMC Health Services Research. 20, 11 p., 1068.

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• APOL1 C-terminal variants may trigger kidney disease through interference with APOL3 control of actomyosin

  Uzureau, S., Lecordier, L., Uzureau, P., Hennig, D., Graversen, J. H., Homble, F., Mfutu, P. E., Arcolino, F. O., Ramos, A. R., La Rovere, R. M., Luyten, T., Vermeersch, M., Tebabi, P., Dieu, M., Cuypers, B., Deborggraeve, S., Rabant, M., Legendre, C., Moestrup, S. K., Levtchenko, E. & 4 others, Bultynck, G., Erneux, C., Perez-Morga, D. & Pays, E., 2020, In : Cell Reports. 30, 11, p. 3821-3836/ e1–e13 29 p.

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

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• A policy analysis of the chronic care policies in Belgium

  Danhieux, K., Martens, M., Colman, E., Remmen, R., Van Olmen, J. & Anthierens, S., 2020, In : European Journal of Public Health. 30, Suppl.5, p. V201-V201 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference abstract in journal

• Application of CRISPR/Cas9-based reverse genetics in Leishmania braziliensis: conserved roles for HSP100 and HSP23

  Adaui, V., Kröber-Boncardo, C., Brinker, C., Zirpel, H., Sellau, J., Arévalo, J., Dujardin, J-C. & Clos, J., 2020, In : Genes and Immunity. 11, 10, 24 p., 1159.

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

• Applying the Robson classification to routine facility data to understand the Caesarean section practice in conflict settings of South Kivu, eastern DR Congo

  Mulinganya, G., Bwenge Malembaka, E., Lukula Akonkwa, M., Mpunga Mukendi, D., Kajibwami Birindwa, E., Maheshe Balemba, G., Temmerman, M., Tambwe, A. M., Criel, B. & Bisimwa Balaluka, G., 2020, In : PLoS ONE. 15, 9, 12 p., e0237450.

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• A praziquantel treatment study of immune and transcriptome profiles in Schistosoma haematobium-infected Gabonese schoolchildren

  Labuda, L. A., Adegnika, A. A., Rosa, B. A., Martin, J., Ateba-Ngoa, U., Amoah, A. S., Lima, H. M., Meurs, L., Mbow, M., Manurung, M. D., Zinsou, J. F., Smits, H. H., Kremsner, P. G., Mitreva, M. & Yazdanbakhsh, M., 2020, In : Journal of Infectious Diseases. 222, 12, p. 2103-2113 11 p.

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• A randomized, multicentre, open-label phase II proof-of-concept trial investigating the clinical efficacy and safety of the addition of convalescent plasma to the standard of care in patients hospitalized with COVID-19: the Donated Antibodies Working against nCoV (DAWn-Plasma) trial

  Devos, T., Geukens, T., Schauvlieghe, A., Ariën, K. K., Barbezange, C., Cleeren, M., Compernolle, V., Dauby, N., Desmecht, D., Grimaldi, D., Lambrecht, B. N., Luyten, A., Maes, P., Moutschen, M., Romano, M., Seyler, L., Nevessignsky, M. T., Vandenberghe, K., van Griensven, J., Verbeke, G. & 5 others, Vlieghe, E., Yombi, J. C., Liesenborghs, L., Verhamme, P. & Meyfroidt, G., 2020, In : Trials. 21, 1, 15 p., 981.

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• A rare case of imported Strongyloides fuelleborni infection in a Belgian student

  Potters, I., Micalessi, I., Van Esbroeck, M., Gils, S. & Theunissen, C., 2020, In : Clinical Infection in Practice. 7-8

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A2: International peer reviewed article (not A1-type)

• Are differences in the oral microbiome due to ancestry or socioeconomics?

  Kenyon, C., 2020, In : mSystems. 5, 2, 1 p., e00836-19.

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

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• A risk scoring system to identify travellers who qualify for pre-exposure rabies vaccination

  Croughs, M. & Soentjens, P., 2020, In : Journal of Travel Medicine. 27, 7, 3 p., 168.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

• Artemisinin exposure at the ring or trophozoite stage impacts Plasmodium falciparum sexual conversion differently

  Portugaliza, H. P., Miyazaki, S., Geurten, F. J., Pell, C., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Janse, C. J. & Cortés, A., 2020, In : eLIFE. 9, 22 p., e60058.

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• Ascariasis, amebiasis and giardiasis in Mexican children: distribution and geographical, environmental and socioeconomic risk factors

  Zavala, G. A., van Dulm, E., Doak, C. M., García, O. P., Polman, K. & Campos-Ponce, M., 2020, In : Journal of Parasitic Diseases. 44, 4, p. 829-836 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A2: International peer reviewed article (not A1-type)

• A semi-automated method for unbiased alveolar morphometry: validation in a bronchopulmonary dysplasia model

  Salaets, T., Tack, B., Gie, A., Pavie, B., Sindhwani, N., Jimenez, J., Regin, Y., Allegaert, K., Deprest, J. & Toelen, J., 2020, In : PLoS ONE. 15, 9, 13 p., e0239562.

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