Researcher
Jan Jacobs
- Disciplines (KU Leuven):Biochemistry and metabolism, Microbiology, Systems biology, Laboratory medicine, Medical biochemistry and metabolism
- See also: Jan Jacobs (KU Leuven)
Affiliations
- Tropical Bacteriology (Research unit)
Member
From1 Jan 2006 → Today - Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology (Division)
Member
From1 Oct 2014 → Today - Tropical Bacteriology (Research unit)
Member
From31 Dec 2005 → 16 Apr 2015
Projects
1 - 10 of 42
- Improve research capacity in infectious disease to inform policy & control strategiesFrom1 Jan 2022 → Today
- Clinical diagnostic trial in Western Africa of a simplified blood culture system to improve healthcare in low-resource settingsFrom1 Jul 2021 → Today
- Selected topics in hospital infection prevention and control in sub-Saharan AfricaFrom1 Jan 2021 → Today
- Predicting and treating non-typhoidal Salmonella bloodstream infections in children in sub-Saharan AfricaFrom17 Apr 2020 → Today
- Understanding antimicrobials use: An ethnographic study of rural communities in Burkina FasoFrom1 Jan 2020 → Today
- Old school bacteriology revisited: need for in-depth knowledge on bacterial growth to tune diagnosis of bloodstream infections for use in low resource settingsFrom1 Jan 2020 → 31 Dec 2022
- Advancing a GMMA-based vaccine against invasive non-typhoidal salmonellosis through Phase I trial in Europe and sub-Saharan AfricaFrom1 Oct 2019 → 31 Oct 2023
- Pilot clinical bacteriology in the EVD care response to detect intercurring bloodstream infections and inform about appropriate antibiotic treatmentFrom1 Aug 2019 → 30 Jun 2020
- To strengthen the research capacity in the resource limited setting of Burkina Faso.From1 Jan 2019 → 31 Dec 2019
- Effect of a novel typhoid conjugate vaccine in Africa: a multicenter study in Ghana and the DRCFrom1 Jan 2019 → Today
Publications
1 - 10 of 238
- Challenges of Antibiotic Formulations and Administration in the Treatment of Bloodstream Infections in Children Under Five Admitted to Kisantu Hospital, Democratic Republic of Congo(2023)
Authors: Bieke Tack, Daniel Vita, Emmanuel Ntangu, Japhet Ngina, Pathy Mukoko, Adèle Lutumba, Dina Vangeluwe, Jaan Toelen, Karel Allegaert, Octavie Lunguya, et al.
- A global genomic analysis of Salmonella Concord reveals lineages with high antimicrobial resistance in Ethiopia(2023)
Authors: Wim Cuypers, Pieter Meysman, François-Xavier Weill, Rene S Hendriksen, Getenet Beyene, John Wain, Satheesh Nair, Marie A Chattaway, Blanca M Perez-Sepulveda, Pieter-Jan Ceyssens, et al.
- Characterization of typhoid intestinal perforation in Africa: results from the severe typhoid fever surveillance in Africa program(2023)
Authors: Megan Birkhold, Shrimati Datta, Gi Deok Pak, Justin Im, Olakayode O Ogundoyin, Dare I Olulana, Taiwo A Lawal, Oludolapo O Afuwape, Aderemi Kehinde, Marie-France Phoba, et al.
Pages: S67-S73 - Salmonella Typhi whole genome sequencing in Rwanda shows a diverse historical population with recent introduction of haplotype H58(2023)
Authors: Jean Pierre Rutanga, Tessa De Block, Wim Cuypers, Josephine Cafmeyer, Marjan Peeters, Esperance Umumararungu, Jean Claude Semuto Ngabonziza, Aniceth Rucogoza, Olivier Vandenberg, Delphine Martiny, et al.
- A genomic appraisal of invasive Salmonella Typhimurium and associated antibiotic resistance in sub-saharan Africa(2023)
Authors: Sandra Van Puyvelde, Tessa De Block, Sushmita Sridhar, Matt Bawn, Robert A Kingsley, Mathew A. Beale, Barbara Barbé, Hyon Jin Jeon, Lisette Mbuyi-Kalonji, Marie-France Phoba, et al.
- Growth of gram-negative bacteria in antiseptics, disinfectants and hand hygiene products in two tertiary care hospitals in West Africa-a cross-sectional survey(2023)
Authors: Palpouguini Lompo, Anne-Sophie Heroes, Esenam Agbobli, Adama Kazienga, Marjan Peeters, Halidou Tinto, Katrien Lagrou, Lassana Sangaré, Dissou Affolabi, Jan Jacobs
- Nasopharyngeal colonisation dynamics of bacterial pathogens in patients with fever in rural Burkina Faso: an observational study(2022)
Authors: Liesbeth Martens, Bérenger Kaboré, Annelies Post, Christa E van der Gaast-de Jongh, Jeroen D Langereis, Halidou Tinto, Jan Jacobs, André J van der Ven, Quirijn de Mast, Marien I de Jonge
Pages: 1-10 - Etiological spectrum of persistent fever in the tropics and predictors of ubiquitous infections: a prospective four-country study with pooled analysis(2022)
Authors: Emmanuel Bottieau, Lukas Van Duffel, Sayda El-Safi, Kanika Deshpande Koirala, Basudha Khanal, Suman Rijal, Narayan Raj Bhattarai, Thong Phe, Kruy Lim, Deby Mukendi, et al.
Pages: 144 - Use of WATCH antibiotics prior to presentation to the hospital in rural Burkina Faso(2022)
Authors: Daniel Valia, Brecht Ingelbeen, Bérenger Kaboré, Ibrahima Karama, Marjan Peeters, Palpouguini Lompo, Erika Vlieghe, Annelies Post, Janneke Cox, Quirijn de Mast, et al.
- Epidemiological cut-off value and antibiotic susceptibility test methods for azithromycin in a collection of multi-country invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella(2022)
Authors: Bieke Tack, Marie-France Phoba, Phe Thong, Palpouguini Lompo, Charlien Hupko, Stefanie Desmet, Delphine Martiny, Wesley Mattheus, Maria Pardos De La Gandara, Lisette Mbuyi-Kalonji, et al.
Pages: 1615-1623