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Researcher
Laurens Liesenborghs
- Disciplines (Institute of Tropical Medicine):Infectious diseases, Parasitology, Epidemiology
- Disciplines (KU Leuven):Infectious diseases
Affiliations
- Clinical Emerging Infectious Diseases (Research unit)
Member
From1 Oct 2020 → Today - Virology, Antiviral Drug & Vaccine Research Group (Division)
Member
From1 Jun 2024 → Today - Emerging Infectious Diseases (Research unit)
Member
From1 Oct 2020 → 10 Nov 2022 - Neglected Tropical Diseases (Research unit)
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From1 Oct 2020 → 19 Oct 2022 - Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy (Rega Institute) (Division)
Member
From1 Mar 2020 → 31 Aug 2023 - Centre for Molecular and Vascular Biology (Division)
Member
From1 Oct 2008 → 29 Feb 2020
Projects
1 - 9 of 9
See also Laurens Liesenborghs for projects of Institute of Tropical Medicine.
Here below the projects of KU Leuven.
- Mpox biology, outcomes, transmission, and epidemiology project: HIV immunization and vaccination against Mpox (MBOTE-HIVAX)From17 Jul 2025 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- The Emergence Clade Ib Monkeypox Virus In Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: an In-Depth Assessment of Risk Factors, Modes of Transmission, Clinical Presentation and Outcome.From11 Mar 2025 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Characterization of the immune response induced by the homologous and heterologous booster vaccination schedules against Ebola virus to inform re-vaccination strategiesFrom6 Mar 2025 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Characterization of Mpox Clinical Presentation and Transmission Dynamics of different monkeypox virus clades in Belgium and DR Congo: Implications for Epidemic ControlFrom7 Feb 2025 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Guarding Against the Reintroduction of monkeypox virus: Assessing Vulnerability and Mitigation Strategies in the Belgian MSM PopulationFrom1 Jan 2025 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2010-2024: Multidisciplinary InvestigationsFrom9 Apr 2024 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Towards a thermostable dual yellow fever/Lassa fever virus vaccine and therapeutic strategies against the Lassa and related mammarenaviruses.From1 Nov 2020 → 31 Oct 2022Funding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- Mapping the druggable genome/anti-virome of neglected & emerging RNA viruses using a strategy based on multicolor/multiplex high-content imaging, in vitro evolution and chemogenomicsFrom1 Mar 2020 → 28 Feb 2021Funding: BOF - postdoctoral mandates
- Bacterial pathogens modulate thrombin activity to overcome innate defence mechanisms.From1 Oct 2013 → 22 May 2019Funding: FWO fellowships
Publications
1 - 10 of 86
See also Laurens Liesenborghs for publications of Institute of Tropical Medicine.
Here below the publications of KU Leuven.
- Long-term consequences of monkeypox virus infection or modified vaccinia virus Ankara vaccination in Belgium (MPX-COHORT and POQS-FU-PLUS): a 24-month prospective and retrospective cohort study.(2025)Published in: The Lancet Infectious DiseasesISSN: 1473-3099Pages: S1473-3099
- Long-term antibody responses to the Ebola virus and the vaccine vector after rVSV-ZEBOV vaccination in DRC (vol 62, 127537, 2025)(2025)Published in: VaccineISSN: 0264-410XVolume: 64
- A systematic nomenclature for mpox viruses causing outbreaks with sustained human-to-human transmission(2025)Published in: Nature MedicineISSN: 1078-8956Issue: 9Volume: 31Pages: 2854 - 2858
- Long-term antibody responses to the Ebola virus and the vaccine vector after rVSV-ZEBOV vaccination in DRC(2025)Published in: VaccineISSN: 0264-410XVolume: 62
- Epidemiology and phylogenomic characterisation of two distinct mpox outbreaks in Kinshasa, DR Congo, involving a new subclade Ia lineage: a retrospective, observational study(2025)Published in: LANCETISSN: 0140-6736Issue: 10498Volume: 406Pages: 63 - 75
- Three Cases of Vertical Transmission of Clade Ib Mpox Virus.(2025)Published in: New England Journal of MedicineISSN: 0028-4793Issue: 23Volume: 392Pages: 2385 - 2387
- Clade Ia Monkeypox Virus Linked to Sexual Transmission, Democratic Republic of the Congo, August 2024(2025)Published in: Emerging Infectious DiseasesISSN: 1080-6040Issue: 5Volume: 31Pages: 1033 - 1037
- Recognition of Serious Infections in the Elderly Visiting the Emergency Department: The Development of a Diagnostic Prediction Model (ROSIE).(2025)Published in: Geriatrics (Basel)ISSN: 2308-3417Issue: 3Volume: 10Pages: 60
- Tecovirimat for Clade I MPXV Infection in the Democratic Republic of Congo(2025)Published in: New England Journal of MedicineISSN: 0028-4793Issue: 15Volume: 392
- No Distinct Cytokine, Chemokine, and Growth Factor Blood Profile Associated With Monkeypox Virus Clade IIb Infected Patients(2025)Published in: Journal of Medical VirologyISSN: 0146-6615Issue: 4Volume: 97