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Case Report: Trypanosoma brucei Gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis as the Cause of Fever in an Inpatient with Multiple Myeloma and HIV-1 Coinfection Institute of Tropical Medicine

Carl Gregory Boodman, Michael Libman, Momar Ndao, Cedric Yansouni

We report the case of a 64-year-old woman found to have urban-acquired Trypanosoma brucei (T.b.) gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) as the cause of sustained fever starting 9 months after returning to Canada from Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the context of concomitant multiple myeloma and HIV-1 coinfection. Approaches for the management of both clinical stages of T.b. gambiense HAT are well defined for endemic settings ...

Time of administration of rabies immunoglobulins and adequacy of antibody response upon post-exposure prophylaxis: a descriptive retrospective study in Belgium Institute of Tropical Medicine University of Antwerp

Patrick Soentjens, Mieke Croughs, Christophe Burm, Steven Declerq, Jan Clerinx, Ula Maniewski-Kelner, Steven Van Den Broucke, Caroline Theunissen, Ralph Huits, Isabel Brosius, et al.

Background: Data on rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) and the use of human rabies immunoglobulins (HRIG) in Belgium are scarce. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the timely administration of HRIG after rabies exposure. The secondary objective was to evaluate the adequate antibody response following PEP. 

Methods: We reviewed all medical records from July 2017 to June 2018 of patients seeking care at, or ...

Autochthonous Plasmodium vivax malaria in Greece, 2011 Institute of Tropical Medicine

K Danis, A Baka, A Lenglet, Wim Van Bortel, I Terzaki, M Tseroni, M Detsis, E Papanikolaou, A Balaska, S Gewehr, et al.

Between May and September 2011, twenty cases of Plasmodium vivax infection were reported in Greek citizens without reported travel history. The vast majority of those cases were confined to a delimited agricultural area of Evrotas, Lakonia. Conditions favouring locally acquired transmission of malaria, including the presence of competent vectors and migrants from endemic countries exist in Greece, underscoring the need for the development of ...

Early waning of maternal measles antibodies in era of measles elimination: longitudinal study Hasselt University University of Antwerp

E. Leuridan, Niel HENS, V. Hutse, M. Leven, Marc AERTS, P. Van Damme
Objective To investigate the duration of the presence of maternal antibodies to measles in infants. Design Prospective study (May 2006 to November 2008). Setting Five hospitals in the Province of Antwerp, Belgium. Participants Of 221 pregnant women recruited, 207 healthy woman-infant pairs were included-divided into a vaccinated group (n=87) and naturally immune group (n=120), according to vaccination documents and history. Main outcome measure ...

nosoi: A stochastic agent-based transmission chain simulation framework in r KU Leuven

Simon Dellicour, Philippe Lemey, Guy Baele
Abstract The transmission process of an infectious agent creates a connected chain of hosts linked by transmission events, known as a transmission chain. Reconstructing transmission chains remains a challenging endeavour, except in rare cases characterized by intense surveillance and epidemiological inquiry. Inference frameworks attempt to estimate or approximate these transmission chains but the accuracy and validity of such methods generally ...

Tick-borne encephalitis virus seropositive dog detected in Belgium: screening of the canine population as sentinels for public health Ghent University

Sophie Roelandt, Paul Heyman, Marina De Filette, Sirkka Vene, Yves Van der Stede, Ann Brigitte Caij, Paul Tavernier, Alexandre Dobly, Hendrik De Bosschere, Philip Vyt, et al.
Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is an important emerging tick-borne viral infection of humans and dogs in Europe. Currently, TBEV surveillance is virtually nonexistent in Belgium, which is considered nonendemic. A commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was adapted for the detection of TBEV-specific IgG-antibodies in canine sera. Serum samples of Belgian dogs were obtained from three diagnostic laboratories from Northern (n = ...

Using ethnographic film in tackling podoconiosis Institute of Tropical Medicine

A. L. Cremers, Benjamin Jelle Visser, J Ahmed, Michele van Vugt

Background: Ethiopia has one of the worst podoconiosis rates in the world, affecting >1.5 million patients. We present our ethnographic film 'Tigist, the story of a girl with podoconiosis' and its potential use in tackling podoconiosis.

Methods: We conducted visual ethnography, consisting of video-recorded participant observations and interviews with seven patients, three healthcare workers and two podoconiosis experts.

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APN-targeted β-glucan microparticles for oral immunisation Ghent University

Kim Baert
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality among both humans and pigs. Human ETEC strains affect mainly children and are also a source of traveler’s diarrhoea in regions where ETEC is endemic. Porcine ETEC cause diarrhoea in neonatal and newly weaned piglets.1-3 Pathogenicity of these bacteria is associated with fimbrial adhesins that mediate their colonisation to the microvilli of the ...

Molecular epidemiology and clinical impact of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii complex in a Belgian burn wound center Institute of Tropical Medicine KU Leuven Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Daniel De Vos, Jean-Paul Pirnay, Florence Bilocq, Serge Jennes, Gilbert Verbeken, Thomas Rose, Elkana Keersebilck, Petra Bosmans, Thierry Pieters, Mony Hing, et al.

Multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and its closely related species A. pittii and A. nosocomialis, all members of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii (Acb) complex, are a major cause of hospital acquired infection. In the burn wound center of the Queen Astrid military hospital in Brussels, 48 patients were colonized or infected with Acb complex over a 52-month period. We report the molecular epidemiology of these organisms, ...