Researcher
Kara OSBAK
- Keywords:B510-infections, B630-venereology, B725-diagnostics
- Disciplines:Infectious diseases
Affiliations
- Sexually Transmitted Infections (Research unit)
Member
From21 Jan 2014 → 31 Dec 2017 - Sexually Transmitted Infections (Research unit)
Member
From15 Jan 2014 → 16 Apr 2015
Projects
1 - 2 of 2
- Development of an antigen test for the diagnosis of syphilisFrom1 Jan 2018 → 30 Nov 2020
- Search for a Treponema pallidum Antigen Test (SeTPAT) project Treponema pallidum-specific proteomic changes in patients with incident syphilis infection: an observation study in BelgiumFrom21 Jan 2014 → 8 Dec 2017
Publications
1 - 10 of 29
- Role of IgM testing in the diagnosis and post-treatment follow-up of syphilis: a prospective cohort study(2020)
Authors: Kara OSBAK, Achilleas Tsoumanis, Irith De Baetselier, Marjan Van Esbroeck, Hilde Smet, Christopher Kenyon, Tania Crucitti
- Take three, test one: a cross-sectional study to evaluate the molecular detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in pooled pharyngeal, anorectal and urine samples versus single-site testing among men who have sex with men in Belgium(2020)
Authors: Irith De Baetselier, Kara OSBAK, Hilde Smet, Christopher Kenyon, Tania Crucitti
Pages: 91-95 - Detection of glycosylated Treponema pallidum proteins: relevance for diagnostic assays and importance for infection(2019)
Authors: Alloysius Gomez, Richard Yip, Morteza Razavi, Kara OSBAK, Simon Houston, Christopher Kenyon, N. Leigh Anderson, Terry Pearson, Caroline E Cameron
Pages: A42-A42 - Superimposing incident sexually transmitted infections on HIV phylogram to investigate possible misclassification of men who have sex with men as heterosexuals in a cohort in Antwerp, Belgium(2019)
Authors: Kara OSBAK, Conor Meehan, S García Ribas, L Heyndrickx, Kevin Ariën, Achilleas Tsoumanis, Eric Florence, Marjan Van Esbroeck, Katrien Fransen, Christopher Kenyon
Pages: 486-495 - Repeat syphilis has a different immune response compared with initial syphilis(2018)
Authors: Christopher Kenyon, Achilleas Tsoumanis, Kara OSBAK, Marjan Van Esbroeck, Eric Florence, Tania Crucitti, L Kestens
Pages: 180 - Implicit attitudes to sexual partner concurrency vary by sexual orientation but not by gender; a cross sectional study of Belgian students(2018)
Authors: Christopher Kenyon, Kenny Wolfs, Kara OSBAK, Jacques van Lankveld, Guido van Hal
- Candidate Treponema pallidum biomarkers uncovered in urine from individuals with syphilis using mass spectrometry(2018)
Authors: Kara OSBAK, Geert Van Raemdonck, Martin Dom, Caroline E Cameron, Conor Meehan, Dieter Deforce, Xaveer Van Ostade, Christopher Kenyon, Maarten Dhaenens
Pages: 1497-1510 - What is the role of paired rapid plasma reagin testing (simultaneous testing of acute and convalescent samples) in the diagnosis of repeat syphilis and the follow-up of syphilis?(2018)
Authors: Christopher Kenyon, Kara OSBAK, Lut Lynen, Marjan Van Esbroeck, Tania Crucitti
Pages: 35-38 - Syphilis reinfection is associated with an attenuated immune profile in the same individual: a prospective observational cohort study(2018)
Authors: C Kenyon, Kara OSBAK, Tania Crucitti, L Kestens
- Repeat syphilis is more likely to be asymptomatic in HIV-infected individuals; a retrospective cohort analysis with important implications for screening(2018)
Authors: Christopher Kenyon, Kara OSBAK, Ludwig Apers