Projects
Molecular and Epidemiological characterization of the African swine fever virus in Cameroon KU Leuven
THE STATE OF THE ART Cameroon being a lower income country with a population of 23.4million inhabitants in 2016 of which 43.5% live below the national poverty line (income less than 3.1 US dollars/day/capita). An estimated 24% of its population lives below the international poverty line (income of 1.9 dollars/day/capita). The agricultural sector contributes 20% of the Gross domestic product (GDP) of Cameroon with the livestock sector ...
Molecular epidemiological approach to understand the emergence and spread of drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in Peru Institute of Tropical Medicine
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. Ghent University
Nasopharyngeal swabs are recommended for the molecular diagnosis of COVID-19 but offer disadvantages such as dire shortage. Therefore, we aim to validate saliva as an alternative specimen. We further plan to design a saliva pooling strategy as a part of a diagnostic tool for largescale
real-time epidemiological testing. Such strategy will be of value in the management of current pandemic.