Researcher
Piet Cools
- Keywords:COVID-19, tropical infections, corona, bacterial vaginosis, vaginal microbiome, sexual transmitted infections, SARS-CoV-2
- Disciplines:Microbiome, Bacteriology, Infectious diseases, Molecular diagnostics, Microbial diagnostics, Clinical microbiology, Parasitology
Affiliations
- Department of Diagnostic Sciences (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 2019 → Today - Department of Translational Physiology, Infectiology and Public Health (Department)
Member
From1 Jun 2016 → 30 Sep 2019 - Department of Clinical chemistry, microbiology and immunology (Department)
Member
From1 Mar 2009 → 31 May 2016
Projects
1 - 10 of 11
- The cystic fibrosis lung in the era of modulator therapy: a longitudinal study of the lung bacterial and fungal microbiome and improving personalized phage therapy to treat multi-drug resistant infectionsFrom1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: Foundations, funds and other with scientific goal
- The role of variations in the maternal microbiome during pregnancy in pregnancy outcomes in Eastern Ethiopia: A longitudinal studyFrom1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Development and clinical validation of a self-/point-of-care test for the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis and vulvovaginal candidiasisFrom1 Nov 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Improving maternal health outcomes in Ethiopia by integrating of point-of-care testing for sexually transmitted infections in antenatal careFrom1 Sep 2022 → TodayFunding: VLIR-UOS South Initiatives
- Monitoring SARS-CoV-2-specific immunity upon COVID-19 vaccination in nursing home residents and staffFrom1 Nov 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Alphonse and Jean Forton Fund: Improving the phage selection protocol for the treatment of the cystic fibrosis patients with multidrug-resistant lung infectionsFrom1 Apr 2021 → 31 Mar 2024Funding: Foundations, funds and other with scientific goal
- Automated system for high-pure extraction of RNA and DNA from samples of limited quantity.From1 Dec 2020 → 30 Nov 2022Funding: BOF - scientific equipment program
- Development of MALDI-TOF MS based discrimination of bacterial strains within species for fast prediction of antibiotic resistance and for efficient prevention of nosocomial transmission.From1 Nov 2020 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- The performance of saliva specimens for the molecular detection of SARS-CoV-2 and a saliva pooling strategy as a diagnostic tool for epidemiological studies in current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.From15 Apr 2020 → 14 Jan 2021Funding: BOF - projects
- The vaginal microbiome in relation to perinatal healthFrom1 Dec 2019 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
Publications
1 - 10 of 84
- Vaccine hesitancy for the COVID-19 vaccine booster dose among nursing home staff fully vaccinated with the primary vaccination course in Belgium(2024)
Authors: Marina Digregorio, Pauline Van Ngoc, Simon Delogne, Eline Meyers, Ellen Deschepper, Nadia Dardenne, Els Duysburgh, Liselore De Rop, Tine De Burghgraeve, Anja Coen, et al.
- Visual diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis in Zambian women from hand-held colposcopy : agreement of expert image review and association with clinical symptoms(2023)
Authors: Amy Sturt, Henrietta Bristowe, Emily Webb, Isaiah Hansingo, Comfort Phiri, Maina Mudenda, Joyce Mapani, Tobias Mweene, Bruno Levecke, Piet Cools, et al.
- Exploratory study of risk factors related to SARS-CoV-2 prevalence in nursing homes in Flanders (Belgium) during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic(2023)
Authors: Heidi Janssens, Stefan Heytens, Eline Meyers, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Piet Cools, Tom Geens, Amitava Mukherjee
- A general framework to support cost-efficient fecal egg count methods and study design choices for large-scale STH deworming programs-monitoring of therapeutic drug efficacy as a case study(2023)
Authors: Luc E Coffeng, Johnny Vlaminck, Piet Cools, Matthew Denwood, Marco Albonico, Shaali M Ame, Mio Ayana, Daniel Dana, Giuseppe Cringoli, Sake J de Vlas, et al.
- No significant association between 25-OH vitamin D status and SARS-VoV-2 antibody response after COVID-19 vaccination in nursing home residents and staff(2023)
Authors: Eline Meyers, Hanne Vercruysse, Steven Callens, Elizaveta Padalko, Stefan Heytens, Linos Vandekerckhove, Piet Cools, Wojciech Witkowski
- Evaluation of genome skimming to detect and characterise human and livestock helminths(2023)
Authors: Marina Papaiakovou, Natalia Fraija-Fernández, Katherine James, Andrew G. Briscoe, Andie Hall, Timothy P. Jenkins, Julia Dunn, Bruno Levecke, Zeleke Mekonnen, Piet Cools, et al.
Pages: 69 - 79 - Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among Belgian nursing home residents and staff during the primary COVID-19 vaccination campaign(2023)
Authors: Eline Meyers, Liselore De Rop, Ellen Deschepper, Els Duysburgh, Tine De Burghgraeve, Pauline Van Ngoc, Marina Digregorio, Simon Delogne, Anja Coen, Nele De Clercq, et al.
- Evaluation of a smartphone‐operated point‐of‐care device using loop‐mediated isothermal amplification technology for rapid and remote detection of SARS‐CoV‐2(2023)
Authors: Eline Meyers, JeongHo Park, Anja Coen, Stefan Heytens, Joowon Rhee, Elizaveta Padalko, Piet Cools
- Comparison between the Roche Cobas 4800 human papillomavirus (HPV), Abbott RealTime high-risk HPV, Seegene Anyplex II HPV28, and novel Seegene Allplex II HPV28 assays for high-risk HPV detection and genotyping in mocked self-samples(2023)
Authors: Margo Bell, Bo Verberckmoes, Janne Devolder, Heleen Vermandere, Olivier Degomme, Yasmin Medeiros Guimarães, Luani Rezende Godoy, Elena Ambrosino, Piet Cools, Elizaveta Padalko, et al.
- Pooling isolates to address the diversity in antimicrobial susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis(2023)
Authors: Sara Van den Bossche, Emmanuel Abatih, Lucia Grassi, Petra Rigole, Jerina Boelens, Bruno Verhasselt, Iris Janssens, Eva Van Braeckel, Nick Versmessen, Piet Cools, et al.