Researcher
Jan Jacobs
- Disciplines (KU Leuven):Biochemistry and metabolism, Microbiology, Systems biology, Laboratory medicine, Medical biochemistry and metabolism
- See also: Jan Jacobs (KU Leuven)
Affiliations
- Tropical Bacteriology (Research unit)
Member
From1 Jan 2006 → Today - Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology (Division)
Member
From1 Oct 2014 → Today - Tropical Bacteriology (Research unit)
Member
From31 Dec 2005 → 16 Apr 2015
Projects
1 - 10 of 42
- Improve research capacity in infectious disease to inform policy & control strategiesFrom1 Jan 2022 → Today
- Clinical diagnostic trial in Western Africa of a simplified blood culture system to improve healthcare in low-resource settingsFrom1 Jul 2021 → Today
- Selected topics in hospital infection prevention and control in sub-Saharan AfricaFrom1 Jan 2021 → Today
- Predicting and treating non-typhoidal Salmonella bloodstream infections in children in sub-Saharan AfricaFrom17 Apr 2020 → Today
- Understanding antimicrobials use: An ethnographic study of rural communities in Burkina FasoFrom1 Jan 2020 → Today
- Old school bacteriology revisited: need for in-depth knowledge on bacterial growth to tune diagnosis of bloodstream infections for use in low resource settingsFrom1 Jan 2020 → 31 Dec 2022
- Advancing a GMMA-based vaccine against invasive non-typhoidal salmonellosis through Phase I trial in Europe and sub-Saharan AfricaFrom1 Oct 2019 → 31 Oct 2023
- Pilot clinical bacteriology in the EVD care response to detect intercurring bloodstream infections and inform about appropriate antibiotic treatmentFrom1 Aug 2019 → 30 Jun 2020
- Effect of a novel typhoid conjugate vaccine in Africa: a multicenter study in Ghana and the DRCFrom1 Jan 2019 → 31 Dec 2023
- To strengthen the research capacity in the resource limited setting of Burkina Faso.From1 Jan 2019 → 31 Dec 2019
Publications
211 - 220 of 240
- Validation of a four-primer real-time PCR as a diagnostic tool for single and mixed Plasmodium infections(2011)
Authors: Lieselotte Cnops, Jan Jacobs, Marjan Van Esbroeck
Pages: 1101-1107 - A simple and fast method to exclude high Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia in travellers with imported malaria(2011)
Authors: T van Gool, ME van Wolfswinkel, R Koelewijn, PPAM van Thiel, Jan Jacobs, JJ van Hellemond, PJJ Van Genderen
Pages: 300 - Rapid diagnostic tests as a source of DNA for Plasmodium species-specific real-time PCR(2011)
Authors: Lieselotte Cnops, M Boderie, P Gillet, Marjan Van Esbroeck, Jan Jacobs
Pages: 67 - Knowledge, attitudes and practice survey about antimicrobial resistance and prescribing among physicians in a hospital setting in Lima, Peru(2011)
Authors: C. García, LP Llamocca, K Garía, A Jiménez, F. Samalvides, E. Gotuzzo, Jan Jacobs
Pages: 18 - Evaluation of the rapid diagnostic test SDFK40 (Pf-pLDH/pan-pLDH) for the diagnosis of malaria in a non-endemic setting(2011)
Authors: Jessica Maltha, P Gillet, Lieselotte Cnops, Emmanuel Bottieau, Marjan Van Esbroeck, C Bruggeman, Jan Jacobs
Pages: 7 - Epidemiology and outcome of Shigella, Salmonella and Campylobacter infections in travellers returning from the tropics with fever and diarrhoea(2011)
Authors: Emmanuel Bottieau, J Clerinx, Erika Vlieghe, M. Van Esbroeck, Jan Jacobs, F Van Gompel, Jozef Van den Ende
Pages: 191-195 - Melioidosis, Phnom Penh, Cambodia(2011)
Authors: Erika Vlieghe, L. Kruy, Birgit De Smet, C. Kham, CH Veng, T Phe, O. Koole, S. Thai, Lut Lynen, Jan Jacobs
Pages: 1289-1292 - Clara cell protein in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid: a predictor of ventilator-associated pneumonia?(2011)
Authors: MJ Vanspauwen, CFM Linssen, CA Bruggeman, Jan Jacobs, M Drent, DCJJ Bergmans, WNKA van Mook
Pages: R14 - Malaria rapid diagnostic kits: quality of packaging, design and labelling of boxes and components and readability and accuracy of information inserts(2011)
Authors: P Gillet, J Maltha, Veerle Hermans, Raffaella Ravinetto, C Bruggeman, Jan Jacobs
Pages: 39 - Quality of medical devices and in vitro diagnostics in resource-limited settings(2011)
Authors: Marcella Mori, Raffaella Ravinetto, Jan Jacobs
Pages: 1439-1449