Visceral Leishmaniasis-HIV Coinfection as a Predictor of Increased Leishmania Transmission at the Village Level in Bihar, India

by Kristien Cloots, Pia Marino, Pia Marino, Sakib Burza, Naresh Gill, Marleen Boelaert, Epco Hasker
Published 2021-03-01

Evaluation of qPCR on blood and skin microbiopsies, peripheral blood buffy coat smear, and urine antigen ELISA for diagnosis and test of cure for visceral leishmaniasis in HIV-coin...

by Pradeep Das, Amit Harshana, Sakib Burza, Raman Mahajan, Sophie I Owen, Shiril Kumar, Neena Verma, Krishna Pandey, Kristien Cloots, Emily Adams
Published 2021-04-01

Post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis and leprosy prevalence and distribution in the Muzaffarpur health and demographic surveillance site.

by Epco Hasker, Paritosh Malaviya, Vivek Kumar Scholar, Pieter de Koning, Om Prakash Singh, Sangeeta Kansal, Kristien Cloots, Marleen Boelaert, Shyam Sundar
Published 2019-10-01

Male predominance in reported Visceral Leishmaniasis cases: Nature or nurture? A comparison of population-based with health facility-reported data.

by Kristien Cloots, Sakib Burza, Paritosh Malaviya, Epco Hasker, Sangeeta Kansal, Guy Mollett, Jaya Chakravarty, Nurpur Roy, Bibek Kumar Lal, Suman Rijal, Shyam Sundar, Marleen Boelaert
Published 2020-01-01

Assessing L. donovani Skin Parasite Load: A Proof of Concept Study of a Microbiopsy Device in an Indian Setting

by Kristien Cloots, Om Prakash Singh, Om Prakash Singh, Abhishek Kumar Singh, Gert Van der Auwera, Prashant Kumar, Mallikarjuna Rao Gedda, Tulika Kumari Rai, Epco Hasker, Shyam Sundar, Marleen Boelaert
Published 2021-03-01

Impact of the visceral leishmaniasis elimination initiative on Leishmania donovani transmission in Nepal: a 10-year repeat survey

by Kristien Cloots, MD, Surendra Uranw, PhD, Bart Ostyn, MD, Narayan Raj Bhattarai, PhD, Epke Le Rutte, PhD, Basudha Khanal, ProfMD, Albert Picado, PhD, François Chappuis, ProfMD, Epco Hasker, PhD, Prahlad Karki, ProfMD, Suman Rijal, ProfPhD, Marleen Boelaert, ProfPhD
Published 2020-02-01