Publications
Co-infection and ICU-acquired infection in COIVD-19 ICU patients : a secondary analysis of the UNITE-COVID data set Ghent University
Linking behavior, co-infection patterns, and viral infection Risk with the whole gastrointestinal helminth community structure in Mastomys natalensis University of Antwerp
Coinfection with Trypanosoma brucei confers protection against cutaneous leishmaniasis Ghent University Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In Vitro and In Vivo coinfection and superinfection dynamics of Mayaro and Zika viruses in mosquito and vertebrate backgrounds Institute of Tropical Medicine
Visceral leishmaniasis-HIV coinfection as a predictor of increased Leishmania transmission at the village level in Bihar, India Institute of Tropical Medicine
Background
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is on the verge of being eliminated as a public health problem in the Indian subcontinent. Although Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is recognized as an important reservoir of transmission, we hypothesized that VL patients co-infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) may also be important reservoirs of sustained leishmania transmission. We therefore investigated to what extent ...
Visceral leishmaniasis and HIV coinfection in East Africa Institute of Tropical Medicine
Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is an important protozoan opportunistic disease in HIV patients in endemic areas. East Africa is second to the Indian subcontinent in the global VL caseload and first in VL-HIV coinfection rate. Because of the alteration in the disease course, the diagnostic challenges, and the poor treatment responses, VL with HIV coinfection has become a very serious challenge in East Africa today. Field experience with the use ...
Clinical spectrum, risk factors and outcomes of paradoxical tuberculosis immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome among patients with tuberculosis-HIV coinfection commencing antiretroviral therapy Institute of Tropical Medicine
Sensitivity and specificity of rapid diagnostic tests for hepatitis C virus with or without HIV coinfection: a multicentre laboratory evaluation study Institute of Tropical Medicine
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening is critical to HCV elimination efforts. Simplified diagnostics are required for low-resource settings and difficult-to-reach populations. This retrospective study assessed performance of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for detection of HCV antibodies.
METHODS: Two lots of 13 RDTs were evaluated at three laboratories using archived plasma samples from four countries (Nigeria, Georgia, ...