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
21 - 30 of 116
- Reconstituting the genus Mycobacterium(2021)
Authors: Conor J. Meehan, Roman A. Barco, Yong-Hwee E. Loh, Sari Cogneau, Leen Rigouts
- Genetic diversity of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains from newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients in Northwest Ethiopia reveals a predominance of East-African-Indian and Euro-American lineages(2021)
Authors: Mebrat Ejo, Gabriela Torrea, Cecile Uwizeye, Meseret Kassa, Yilak Girma, Tiruzer Bekele, Yilkal Ademe, Ermias Diro, Florian Gehre, Leen Rigouts, et al.
Pages: 72 - 80 - Effectiveness of GenoType MTBDRsl in excluding TB drug resistance in a clinical trial(2021)
Authors: M. Ejo, A. Van Deun, A. Nunn, S. Meredith, S. Ahmed, D. Dalai, O. Tumenbayar, B. Tsogt, P.T. Dat, D.T.M. Ha, et al.
Pages: 839 - 845 - Minimally invasive sampling to identify leprosy patients with a high bacterial burden in the Union of the Comoros(2021)
Authors: Sofie Marijke Braet, Anouk Van Hooij, Epco Hasker, Erik Fransen, Abdou Wirdane, Abdallah Baco, Saverio Grillone, Nimer Ortuno-Gutierrez, Younoussa Assoumani, Aboubacar Mzembaba, et al.
- Case report(2020)
Authors: Jean Claude Semuto Ngabonziza, Armand van Deun, Patrick Migambi, Esdras Belamo Niyigena, Theogene Dusabe, Yves Mucyo Habimana, Bertin Ushizimpumu, Wim Mulders, Tom Decroo, Dissou Affolabi, et al.
Pages: 1443 - 1446 - Initial resistance to companion drugs should not be considered an exclusion criterion for the shorter multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment regimen(2020)
Authors: Pauline Lempens, Tom Decroo, Kya J.M. Aung, Mohammad A. Hossain, Leen Rigouts, Conor J. Meehan, Armand Van Deun, Bouke C. de Jong
Pages: 357 - 365 - Reduction of diagnostic and treatment delays reduces rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis mortality in Rwanda(2020)
Authors: J-C S. Ngabonziza, Y. M. Habimana, T. Decroo, P. Migambi, A. Dushime, J. B. Mazarati, Leen Rigouts, D. Affolabi, E. Ivan, C. J. Meehan, et al.
Pages: 329 - + - Prevalence and drivers of false-positive rifampicin-resistant Xpert MTB/RIF results(2020)
Authors: Semuto Ngabonziza, Tom Decroo, Patrick Migambi, Yves Mucyo Habimana, Armand Van Deun, Conor J. Meehan, Gabriela Torrea, Faridath Massou, Willem Bram de Rijk, Bertin Ushizimpumu, et al.
Pages: E74 - E83 - Multidrug-resistant patients receiving treatment in Niger who are infected with M. tuberculosis Cameroon family convert faster in smear and culture than those with M. tuberculosis Ghana family(2020)
Authors: Mebrat Ejo, Souleymane Hassane-Harouna, Mahamadou Bassirou Souleymane, Pauline Lempens, Jeroen Dockx, Cecile Uwizeye, Pim De Rijk, Tom Decroo, Ermias Diro, Gabriela Torrea, et al.
Pages: 1 - 9 - An African origin for Mycobacterium bovis(2020)
Authors: Chloe Loiseau, Fabrizio Menardo, Abraham Aseffa, Elena Hailu, Balako Gumi, Gobena Ameni, Stefan Berg, Leen Rigouts, Suelee Robbe-Austerman, Jakob Zinsstag, et al.
Pages: 49 - 59