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
11 - 20 of 20
- The role of innovative tools for sand fly control in the visceral leishmaniasis (VL) elimination initiative in the South-East-Asian regionFrom11 Apr 2019 → Today
- Cryptic human and animal reservoirs compromise the sustainedelimination of gambiense-human African trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the CongoFrom1 Dec 2018 → 30 Nov 2023
- A systemic insecticide to control zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Errachidia province - Southeastern Morocco: an intervention trial for an innovative vector control toolFrom1 Nov 2018 → 31 Dec 2023
- Post exposure prophylaxis for leprosy in the Comoros and MadagascarFrom1 Sep 2018 → 28 Feb 2023
- Innovative strategies to ascertain the Elimination of Visceral Leishmaniasis in NepalFrom11 Jul 2018 → Today
- Infectiousness in asymptomatic carriers of L. DonovaniFrom15 Oct 2017 → 14 Jan 2019
- Improved understanding of ongoing transmission of leprosy in the Comoros, a region hyperendemic for the diseaseFrom1 Jan 2017 → 31 Dec 2021
- Eliminating Human African Trypanosomiasis in the three (formerly) Bandundu provinces, the Democratic Republic of Congo.From1 Nov 2016 → 30 Jun 2023
- A demonstration project combining innovative case detection, tsetse control and IT to eliminate sleeping sickness at district level in the Democratic Republic of CongoFrom21 Oct 2015 → 31 Dec 2019
- Alternative screening and case finding methodology for HAT and introduction support for new diagnostic toolsFrom20 Sep 2013 → 31 Dec 2015
Publications
1 - 10 of 97
- 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.
- 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 - 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 - 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, E Bottieau
Pages: 384-389 - '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