The Unit of Parasite Diagnostics studies human and animal African trypanosomiases, visceral leishmaniasis and Chagas’ disease. All these diseases are caused by infections with single-cell (unicellular) Trypanosomatidae parasites.
We focus on parasitological, serological, biochemical and genetic markers for diagnosis-, and determination of the disease stage, including treatment failure and healthy carier status. We are ...
This laboratory studies the regulation of the immune response to Streptococcus pneumoniae, immunodeficiencies (with particular interest on innate immunity), and autoimmunity (with particular interest on serological markers).
Introduction
The Trypanosoma Unit, led by Prof Jan Van Den Abbeele, focuses its activities on African trypanosomes, protozoan parasites that causes devastating diseases in humans (Human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness) and livestock (Animal trypanosomiasis). Activities reach from basic research to translational, field-oriented work. The major aims of our work are to extend our understanding of i) the parasite adaptive ...