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
- An economic evaluation of strategies for sleeping sickness eliminationFrom3 Jul 2019 → Today
- Community Participation in Neglected Tropical Diseases Elimination: A case study of Human African Trypanosomiasis elimination in Democratic Republic of CongoFrom3 Jul 2019 → Today
Publications
1 - 10 of 98
- Use of the Lung Flute ECO assists in sputum collection for tuberculosis testing: A randomized crossover trial(2024)
Authors: Cyrille Mbuli, Comfort Vuchas, E. M. H. Mitchell, Epco Hasker, Rian Snijders, Melissa S. Sander, Satoshi Mitarai
- 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 - Field-friendly anti-PGL-I serosurvey in children to monitor Mycobacterium leprae transmission in Bihar, India(2023)
Authors: L Pierneef, Paritosh Malaviya, Anouk van Hooij, S Sundar, A.K. Singh, Rajiv Kumar, D de Jong, M Meuldijk, A Kumar, ZJ Zhou, et al.
- The ongoing risk of Leishmania donovani transmission in eastern Nepal: an entomological investigation during the elimination era(2023)
Authors: Lalita Roy, Kristien Cloots, Surendra Uranw, Keshav Rai, Narayan R Bhattarai, Tom Smekens, Rik Hendrickx, G Caljon, Epco Hasker, Murari L Das, et al.
- Hi-plex deep amplicon sequencing for identification, high-resolution genotyping and multidrug resistance prediction of Mycobacterium leprae directly from patient biopsies by using Deeplex Myc-Lep(2023)
Authors: Agathe Jouet, Sofie Braet, Cyril Gaudin, G Bisch, Sidra Ezidio Gonçalves Vasconcellos, REEND do Livramento, YYP Palacios, Amanda B. Fontes, N. Lucena-Silva, Patricia S. Rosa, et al.
- Leishmania Donovani and Wuchereria Bancrofti co-infection in an asymptomatic population of visceral Leishmaniasis(2023)
Authors: A.K. Singh, Epco Hasker, O.P. Singh, S Sundar
Pages: S23-S23 - Monitoring of Leishmania transmission in the peri-elimination phase: the potential of serological surveys(2023)
Authors: O.P. Singh, Kristien Cloots, Tulika Kumari Rai, VD Tiwari, A.K. Singh, Epco Hasker, S Sundar
Pages: S22-S22 - 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
- 'Where are the dead flies!': perceptions of local communities towards the deployment of Tiny Targets to control tsetse in the Democratic Republic of the Congo(2022)
Authors: Catiane Vander Kelen, A Mpanya, Epco Hasker, Erick Mwamba Miaka, R Nzuzi, Steve Torr, Dennis Perez, Justin Pulford
- Gambiense human African trypanosomiasis: the bumpy road to elimination(2022)
Authors: Epco Hasker, Andrew Hope, Emmanuel Bottieau
Pages: 384-389