Projects
Mast cell activation tests (MAT): from an innovative diagnostic to the expansion of a service facility. University of Antwerp
Faster to the fungus: rapid diagnostic and prognostic tests for invasive fungal diseases KU Leuven
Swift and correct treatment of opportunistic respiratory infections is crucial to improve the prognosis and chance of survival. However, due to the nature of these infections and the immunocompromised patients, this is currently still a difficult clinical diagnosis. Over the last years, several biomarkers and diagnostic tools have been developed to aid in the diagnosis. For example, the use of galactomannan for detection of invasive ...
Recent data predict an increased risk for virus transmission upon Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) introduction in pigs: Study of JEV induced immune responses and evaluation of diagnostic tests Ghent University
The one year JEV-PIG project that was granted during the RF call of 2017 allowed our consortium to perform an in vivo infection study with Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in pigs to compare JEV pathogenesis and humoral immune responses after infection via 3 inoculation (oronasal inoculation to mimic the vector-free transmission and intradermal inoculation of virus alone or of virus combined with mosquito saliva to mimic vector-mediated ...
Sputum smear negative TB: validity of complementary laboratory tests and effectiveness of alternative diagnostic strategies. Institute of Tropical Medicine
Development of innovative diagnostic tests for sleeping sickness or human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) based on synthetic peptides University of Antwerp
Polyclonal B-cell activation in human African tryponosomiasis (HAT): impact on acquired immunity and on rapid diagnostic tests. Institute of Tropical Medicine
Mouse-models help to understand host-pathogen
immune interactions and serve as model for vaccine development in human African
trypanosomiasis (HAT) but their validity for what happens in man remains
largely unknown. A better understanding of the immune deregulation observed in
HAT, especially related to the B-cell compartment, is therefore needed and may
have implications on clinical management and control ...
Implementation and evaluation of new tools for Ebola Virus Disease response during eastern Democratic Republic of Congo outbreaks: from rapid diagnostic tests to genomic sequencing Institute of Tropical Medicine
PEDetect: Validation of diagnostic tests for the detection and monitoring of porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus in Belgium Ghent University
Are the available diagnostic tests accurate enough to monitor and detect the current PEDV infections in Belgium?
How do infections with recent Belgian PEDV strains manifests, and are there differences in virulence/pathogenesis betwee, historic and recent PEDV strains?