Researcher
Leen Rigouts
- Keywords (Institute of Tropical Medicine):B110-medical-informatics
- Keywords (University of Antwerp):Biomedical sciences (incl. biochemistry)
- Disciplines (University of Antwerp):Diagnostics, Laboratory medicine, Microbiology, Molecular and cell biology, Tropical medicine
- See also: L Rigouts (Institute of Tropical Medicine)
Affiliations
- Mycobacteriology (Research unit)
Member
From1 Jul 1989 → Today - Mycobacteriology (Research unit)
Member
From31 Dec 2009 → 16 Apr 2015 - Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) (Research group)
Member
From1 Oct 2008 → Today
Projects
1 - 4 of 4
- Curbing rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in Rwanda and beyond.From1 Nov 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Using novel molecular approaches to understand the transmission dynamics of Mycobacterium leprae in the Comoros.From1 Oct 2018 → 30 Sep 2020Funding: FWO fellowships
- Identification of novel resistance mechanisms against clofazimine in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.From1 Jul 2013 → 30 Jun 2017Funding: Baekeland
- Research for new mechanisms of resistance in fluorochinolone resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis.From1 Jan 2012 → 31 Dec 2012Funding: BOF - Other initiatives
Publications
11 - 20 of 116
- Molecular epidemiology and population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains in tuberculosis patients(2022)
Authors: Mebrat Kitata, Leen Rigouts, Bouke C. de Jong, Gabriela Torrea, Ermias Diro, Florian Gehre
Number of pages: 223 - Sequencing Mycobacteria and Algorithm-determined Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment (SMARTT)(2022)
Authors: Annelies Van Rie, Elise De Vos, Emilyn Costa, Lennert Verboven, Felex Ndebele, Tim Heupink, Steven Abrams, Noriah Maraba, Heeran Makkan, Trevor Beattie, et al.
Pages: 1 - 15 - Distribution of common and rare genetic markers of second-line-injectable-drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis revealed by a genome-wide association study(2022)
Authors: Derek Conkle-Gutierrez, Calvin Kim, Sarah M. Ramirez-Busby, Samuel J. Modlin, Mikael Mansjo, Jim Werngren, Leen Rigouts, Sven E. Hoffner, Faramarz Valafar
Pages: 1 - 12 - Middlebrook 7h11 reduces invalid results and turnaround time of phenotypic drug-susceptibility testing of M. tuberculosis(2022)
Authors: Praharshinie Rupasinghe, Jens Vereecken, Pieter Graulus, Tom Decroo, Elisa Ardizzoni, Cathy Hewison, Dimitri Donchuk, Helena Huerga, Anita Mesic, Leen Rigouts, et al.
Pages: 407 - 411 - Investigating drug resistance of Mycobacterium leprae in the Comoros(2022)
Authors: Sofie Braet, Agathe Jouet, Alexandra Aubry, Magalie Van Dyck-Lippens, Esteban Lenoir, Younoussa Assoumani, Abdallah Baco, Aboubacar Mzembaba, Emmanuelle Cambau, Sidra Ezidio Goncalves Vasconcellos, et al.
Pages: E693 - E700 - Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis control in Rwanda overcomes a successful clone that causes most disease over a quarter century(2022)
Authors: Jean Claude S. Ngabonziza, Leen Rigouts, Gabriela Torrea, Tom Decroo, Eliane Kamanzi, Pauline Lempens, Aniceth Rucogoza, Yves M. Habimana, Lies Laenen, Belamo E. Niyigena, et al.
Pages: 1 - 8 - Thin-layeraAgar-based direct phenotypic drug susceptibility testing on sputum in Eswatini rapidly detects Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth and rifampicin resistance otherwise missed by WHO-endorsed diagnostic tests(2021)
Authors: E. Ardizzoni, E. Ariza, D. Mulengwa, Q. Mpala, R. de la Tour, G. Maphalala, F. Varaine, B. Kerschberger, P. Graulus, A.L. Page, et al.
- Improving the diagnosis of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis(2021)
Authors: Semuto Ngabonziza, Leen Rigouts, Bouke C. de Jong, Jean Baptiste Mazarati, Gabriela Torrea, Tom Decroo, Dissou Affolabi
Number of pages: 303 - **Mycobacterium tuberculosis** complex lineage 5 exhibits high levels of within-lineage genomic diversity and differing gene content compared to the type strain H37Rv(2021)
Authors: Chakirath Sanoussi, Mireia Coscolla, Boatema Ofori-Anyinam, Isaac Darko Otchere, Martin Antonio, Stefan Niemann, Julian Parkhill, Simon Harris, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Sebastien Gagneux, et al.
- Deep amplicon sequencing for culture-free prediction of susceptibility or resistance to 13 anti-tuberculous drugs(2021)
Authors: Agathe Jouet, Cyril Gaudin, Nelly Badalato, Caroline Allix-Beguec, Stephanie Duthoy, Alice Ferre, Maren Diels, Yannick Laurent, Sandy Contreras, Silke Feuerriegel, et al.