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
31 - 40 of 240
- Epidemiological cut-off value and antibiotic susceptibility test methods for azithromycin in a collection of multi-country invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella(2022)
Authors: Bieke Tack, Marie-France Ndedi Phoba, Phe Thong, Palpouguini Lompo, Charlien Hupko, Stefanie Desmet, Delphine Martiny, Wesley Mattheus, Maria Pardos De La Gandara, Lisette Mbuyi-Kalonji, et al.
Pages: 1615-1623 - Culture media for clinical bacteriology in low- and middle-income countries: challenges, best practices for preparation and recommendations for improved access(2021)
Authors: Jeanne Orekan, Barbara Barbé, Sopheap Oeng, Jean-Baptiste Ronat, Joanne Letchford, Jan Jacobs, Dissou Affolabi, Liselotte Hardy
Pages: 1400-1408 - High frequency of Taenia solium antigen positivity in patients admitted for neurological disorders in the rural hospital of Mosango, Democratic Republic of Congo(2021)
Authors: Deby Mukendi, Jean-Roger Lilo Kalo, Pascal Lutumba, Barbara Barbé, Jan Jacobs, Cedric P Yansouni, Sarah Gabriël, Pierre Dorny, François Chappuis, Marleen Boelaert, et al.
Pages: 359 - Evaluation of MicroScan bacterial identification panels for low-resource settings(2021)
Authors: Sien Ombelet, Alessandra Natale, Jean-Baptiste Ronat, Olivier Vandenberg, Liselotte Hardy, Jan Jacobs
- Infection Manager System (IMS) as a new hemocytometry-based bacteremia detection tool: a diagnostic accuracy study in a malaria-endemic area of Burkina Faso(2021)
Authors: Annelies Post, Bérenger Kaboré, Joel Bognini, Salou Diallo, Palpouguini Lompo, Basile Kam, Natacha Herssens, Fred van Opzeeland, Christa E van der Gaast-de Jongh, Jeroen D Langereis, et al.
- Nonautomated blood cultures in a low-resource setting: optimizing the timing of blind subculture(2021)
Authors: Sien Ombelet, Marjan Peeters, Chhundy Phe, Achilleas Tsoumanis, Chun Kham, Syna Teav, Erika Vlieghe, Thong Phe, Jan Jacobs
Pages: 612-621 - Performance of automated point-of-care respiratory rate counting versus manual counting in children under five admitted with severe febrile illness to Kisantu Hospital, DR Congo(2021)
Authors: Bieke Tack, Daniel Vita, Thomas Nsema Mbaki, Octavie Lunguya, Jaan Toelen, Jan Jacobs
- Antibiotic use prior to seeking medical care in patients with persistent fever: a cross-sectional study in four low- and middle-income countries(2021)
Authors: Kanika Deshpande Koirala, K Verdonck, Barbara Barbé, Deby Mukendi, Phe Thong, Sayda El-Safi, Lukas Van Duffel, Emmanuel Bottieau, Marianne van der Sande, Marleen Boelaert, et al.
Pages: 1293-1300 - Onchocerciasis prevalence among persons with epilepsy in an onchocerciasis hypo-endemic area in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a cross-sectional study(2021)
Authors: An Hotterbeekx, K Verdonck, Deby Mukendi, Jean Roger Kalo Lilo, Pascal Lutumba, Marleen Boelaert, Liselotte Hardy, Barbara Barbé, Jan Jacobs, Emmanuel Bottieau, et al.
- A comparative evaluation of mobile medical APPS (MMAS) for reading and interpreting malaria rapid diagnostic tests(2021)
Authors: Theodoor Visser, Sumedh Ramachandra, Emilie Pothin, Jan Jacobs, Jane Cunningham, Arnaud Le Menach, Michelle L Gatton, Samaly Dos Santos Souza, Sydney Nelson, Luke Rooney, et al.