Researcher
Epco Hasker
Affiliations
- Mycobacterial Diseases and Neglected Tropical Diseases (Research unit)
Member
From15 Jul 2008 → Today - Neglected Tropical Diseases (Research unit)
Member
From14 Jul 2008 → 2 Jul 2020 - Neglected Tropical Diseases (Research unit)
Member
From14 Jul 2008 → 16 Apr 2015
Projects
1 - 10 of 20
- Stop transmission of gambiense human African trypanosomiasisFrom1 Jul 2023 → Today
- TB/NTM Research ClusterFrom1 Jan 2022 → Today
- Evidence-based vector-borne disease management and elimination of visceral leishmaniasis in NepalFrom1 Jan 2022 → Today
- Viability & Value of the Lung Flute ECO for Sputum Sample Collection and Tuberculosis Testing in Vulnerable GroupsFrom27 Aug 2021 → 30 Sep 2023
- Effectiveness of innovative interventions on curbing transmission of leprosyFrom30 Jun 2021 → 20 Jun 2023
- Improving leprosy prevention strategies by integrating social network analysis with spatial and molecular epidemiology data of Mycobacterium leprae in the ComorosFrom1 Jan 2021 → Today
- Entomological evidence to support Visceral Leishmaniasis elimination in NepalFrom1 Jul 2020 → Today
- Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Center - East and Central AfricaFrom1 Jun 2020 → Today
- Community Participation in Neglected Tropical Diseases Elimination: A case study of Human African Trypanosomiasis elimination in Democratic Republic of CongoFrom3 Jul 2019 → Today
- An economic evaluation of strategies for sleeping sickness eliminationFrom3 Jul 2019 → Today
Publications
1 - 10 of 90
- Protocol, rationale and design of BE-PEOPLE (Bedaquiline enhanced exposure prophylaxis for LEprosy in the Comoros): a cluster randomized trial on effectiveness of rifampicin and bedaquiline as post-exposure prophylaxis of leprosy contacts(2023)
Authors: Assoumani Younoussa, Said Nourdine Samidine, Auke T Bergeman, Alberto Piubello, Nissad Attoumani, Silahi Halifa Grillone, Sofie Braet, Achilleas Tsoumanis, Abdallah Baco, Aboubacar Mzembaba, et al.
Pages: 310 - Less is more: developing an approach for assessing clustering at the lower administrative boundaries that increases the yield of active screening for leprosy in Bihar, India(2022)
Authors: Nimer Ortuno Gutierrez, Pin-Wei Shih, Aashish Wagh, Shivakumar Mugudalabetta, Bijoy Pandey, Bouke de Jong, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Epco Hasker
- Investigating drug resistance of Mycobacterium leprae in the Comoros: an observational deep-sequencing study(2022)
Authors: Sofie Braet, Agathe Jouet, Alexandra Aubry, Magalie Van Dyck-Lippens, Esteban Lenoir, Younoussa Assoumani, Abdallah Baco, Aboubacar Mzembaba, Emmanuelle Cambau, Sidra Ezidio Gonçalves Vasconcellos, et al.
Pages: e693-e700 - Gambiense human African trypanosomiasis: the bumpy road to elimination(2022)
Authors: Epco Hasker, Andrew Hope, Emmanuel Bottieau
Pages: 384-389 - High yield of retrospective active case finding for leprosy in Comoros(2022)
Authors: Nimer Ortuno Gutierrez, Aboubacar Mzembaba, Abdallah Baco, Sofie Braet, Assoumani Younoussa, Zahara Salim, Mohamed Amidy, Saverio Grillone, Aouladi Said, Bouke de Jong, et al.
Pages: e0010158 - Two-year follow-up of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense serology after successful treatment of human African trypanosomiasis: results of four different sero-diagnostic tests(2022)
Authors: Raquel Inocêncio da Luz, Sara Tablado Alonso, P Büscher, Paul Verlé, Anja De Weggheleire, Dieudonné Mumba-Ngoyi, Pati Patient Pyana, Epco Hasker
- Leprosy post-exposure prophylaxis: current experiences and ongoing research(2021)
Authors: J. H. Richardus, W. van Brakel, L. Mieras, Epco Hasker, P Steinmann
Pages: 256-256 - Exploring clustering of leprosy in the Comoros and Madagascar: a geospatial analysis(2021)
Authors: Nimer Ortuno Gutierrez, Aboubacar Mzembaba, Stephanie Ramboarina, Randrianantoandro Andriamira, Abdallah Baco, Sofie Braet, Assoumani Younoussa, Bertrand Cauchoix, Zahara Salim, Mohamed Amidy, et al.
Pages: 96-101 - Minimally invasive sampling to identify leprosy patients with a high bacterial burden in the Union of the Comoros(2021)
Authors: Sofie Braet, Anouk van Hooij, Epco Hasker, Erik Fransen, Abdou Wirdane, Abdallah Baco, Saverio Grillone, Nimer Ortuno Gutierrez, Younoussa Assoumani, Aboubacar Mzembaba, et al.
- Assessing L. donovani skin parasite load: a proof of concept study of a microbiopsy device in an Indian setting(2021)
Authors: Kristien Cloots, Om Prakash Singh, Abhishek Kumar Singh, G Van der Auwera, Prashant Kumar, Mallikarjuna Rao Gedda, Tulika Kumari Rai, Epco Hasker, Shyam Sundar, M Boelaert