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Researcher
Jan Jacobs
- Disciplines (KU Leuven):Biochemistry and metabolism, Microbiology, Systems biology, Laboratory medicine, Medical biochemistry and metabolism
- See also: Jan Jacobs (Institute of Tropical Medicine)
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 11
- Antimicrobial resistance containment in hospital settings in Francophone West AfricaFrom1 Sep 2023 → TodayFunding: VLIR-UOS International Training Program (ITP)
- Selected topics in hospital infection prevention and control in sub-Saharan AfricaFrom22 Apr 2021 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- HOSPITAL-BASED SURVEILLANCE OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE IN GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA IN PERUFrom29 Oct 2018 → 15 Mar 2024Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Predicting and treating non-typhoidal Salmonella bloodstream infection in children in sub-Saharan AfricaFrom1 Oct 2018 → 31 Jan 2024Funding: FWO fellowships
- Invasive salmonellosis in the Democratic Republic of the CongoFrom15 Mar 2018 → 15 Mar 2022Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Antiseptics, disinfectants and hand hygiene products as reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance in healthcare facilities in sub-Saharan Africa: frequency, bacterial species and risk factorsFrom15 Mar 2018 → 15 Dec 2023Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Effect of lactoferrin on pediatric infectionsFrom13 Nov 2017 → 15 May 2020Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Bacterial contamination of blood products for transfusion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: prevalence, risk analysis, preventionFrom1 Jan 2017 → 19 Dec 2023Funding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Implementing clinical bacteriology in low-resource settings: a new perspective on old methodsFrom1 Aug 2016 → 4 Feb 2022Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Challenges in diagnosis and management of chikungunya and Zika virus infectionsFrom1 Dec 2015 → 1 Feb 2019Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
Publications
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- Intestinal carriage of invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella among household members of children with Salmonella bloodstream infection, Kisangani, DR Congo(2023)
Authors: Jan Jacobs
- The burden of antimicrobial resistance in the Americas in 2019: a cross-country systematic analysis(2023)
Authors: Jan Jacobs
- Growth of Gram-Negative Bacteria in Antiseptics, Disinfectants and Hand Hygiene Products in Two Tertiary Care Hospitals in West Africa-A Cross-Sectional Survey(2023)
Authors: Palpouguini Lompo, Anne-Sophie Heroes, Katrien Lagrou, Jan Jacobs
- A global genomic analysis of Salmonella Concord reveals lineages with high antimicrobial resistance in Ethiopia(2023)
Authors: Bieke Tack, Jan Jacobs
- Characterization of Typhoid Intestinal Perforation in Africa: Results From the Severe Typhoid Fever Surveillance in Africa Program(2023)
Authors: Anne-Sophie Heroes, Jan Jacobs
Pages: S67 - S73 - Salmonella Typhi whole genome sequencing in Rwanda shows a diverse historical population with recent introduction of haplotype H58(2023)
Authors: Jan Jacobs
- Not recommended fixed-dose antibiotic combinations in low- and middle-income countries - the example of Tanzania(2023)
Authors: Jan Jacobs
- Longer epidermal cells underlie a quantitative source of variation in wheat flag leaf size(2023)
Authors: Jan Jacobs
Pages: 1558 - 1573 - Phylogenomic investigation of an outbreak of fluoroquinolone- resistant Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Paratyphi A in Phnom Penh, Cambodia(2023)
Authors: Jan Jacobs
- Health itinerary-related survival of children under-five with severe malaria or bloodstream infection, DR Congo(2023)
Authors: Bieke Tack, Jaan Toelen, Jan Jacobs