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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
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- 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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- Presence of Gram-negative bacteria and Staphylococcus aureus on the skin of blood donors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo(2023)
Authors: Anne-Sophie Heroes, Philippe Vandekerckhove, Jan Jacobs
Pages: 360 - 372 - Antibiotic use by poultry farmers in Kiambu County, Kenya: exploring practices and drivers of potential overuse(2023)
Authors: Jan Jacobs
- Macro-invertebrate abundance on green roofs versus ground level sites in the city of Antwerp, Belgium(2023)
Authors: Jan Jacobs
Pages: 1 - 14 - 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, Palpouguini Lompo, Stefanie Desmet, Jan Jacobs
Pages: 1615 - 1623 - Escherichia coli from urine samples of pregnant women as an indicator for antimicrobial resistance in the community: a field study from rural Burkina Faso(2022)
Authors: Palpouguini Lompo, Sien Ombelet, Jan Jacobs
- Accuracy of C-reactive Protein and Procalcitonin for Diagnosing Bacterial Infections Among Subjects With Persistent Fever in the Tropics(2022)
Authors: Jan Jacobs
- Urban rats as carriers of invasive Salmonella Typhimurium sequence type 313, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo(2022)
Authors: Chris Van Geet, Jan Jacobs
- Antibiotic use from formal and informal healthcare providers in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a population-based study in two health zones(2022)
Authors: Bieke Tack, Jan Jacobs
Pages: 1272 - 1277 - Genetic and Structural Variation in the O-Antigen of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Isolates Causing Bloodstream Infections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo(2022)
Authors: Jan Jacobs
- Etiological spectrum of persistent fever in the tropics and predictors of ubiquitous infections: a prospective four-country study with pooled analysis(2022)
Authors: Jan Jacobs