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Former Department of Microbiology Institute of Tropical Medicine
ITM DRC Unit Institute of Tropical Medicine
On 20 October 2021, Congolese Deputy Prime Minister Christophe Lutundula and (former) ITM Board Chair and Antwerp Governor Cathy Berx signed the agreement to open a local representation of ITM in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the presence of Belgian Minister for Development Cooperation Meryame Kitir. ITM-DRC chose the capital Kinshasa as its base of operations. The presence in DRC was strengthened because of the large volume of ...
Bart K Jacobs Institute of Tropical Medicine Ghent University
Anne Van der Meer Institute of Tropical Medicine
Johan Grooten Ghent University
Alonso Ricardo SOTO TARAZONA Institute of Tropical Medicine
Department of Clinical Sciences Institute of Tropical Medicine
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Patients are the focal point of the research of our department. Our research fields include the diagnostics, prevention and treatment of the individual patient, with emphasis on tropical and infectious diseases including zoonoses, hiv/aids and tuberculosis.
Our expertise lies in descriptive and analytical pathology, laboratory medicine, pharmacology, medical decision sciences and clinical epidemiology. We also carry out clinical ...
Sara Van Poecke Ghent University
Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) University of Antwerp
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The Laboratory of Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) is an interdepartmental research group in the faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences at the University of Antwerp. The research activities of LMPH primarily focus on the following areas: - Integrated antimicrobial screening of chemical and natural products. For many infectious diseases, therapeutic use of medicines remains the sole treatment option. In view of ...