Projects
Sulfones, Sickness and Segregation? The Landscapes of Leprosy Care in Congo (1930- 1970) KU Leuven
This proposed research aims to investigate the evolution of the treatment, experience and sociocultural significance of leprosy in Congo between 1930 and 1970. After being known for centuries as an incurable disease, the sulfone therapy succeeded in effectively curing leprosy around 1950. In the preceding period, missionaries and colonial authorities established leprosaria in their African colonies. In doing so, they followed the ...
Sulfones and the landscapes of leprosy care in the Belgian Congo from the 1930s to 1960 KU Leuven
Post exposure prophylaxis for leprosy in the Comoros and Madagascar Institute of Tropical Medicine
Effectiveness of innovative interventions on curbing transmission of leprosy Institute of Tropical Medicine
Improving leprosy prevention strategies by integrating social network analysis with spatial and molecular epidemiology data of Mycobacterium leprae in the Comoros Institute of Tropical Medicine
Besiect ende infected-The pathogenic synthesis of a leprosy against other medieval cemeteries in Flanders KU Leuven
Since the start of the corona crisis in 2020, pathogens, infections, and quarantine measures have been part of our daily lives. We have since realised all the more that scientific research on the emergence, spread and disease patterns of pathogens or germs plays an essential societal role. This also applies to the study of infection diseases and epidemics in the past, within which archaeology plays an indispensable role. The study of ...