N. Speybroeck

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Zeitraum

1999 - 2009

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127

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Malaria and water resource development: the case of Gilgel-Gibe hydroelectric dam in Ethiopia (2009)

Yewhalaw, D., Legesse, W., Van Bortel, W., Gebre-Selassie, S., Kloos, H., Duchateau, L., ...

BACKGROUND: Ethiopia plans to increase its electricity power supply by five-fold over the next five years to fulfill the needs of its people and support the economic growth based on large hydropower...

PCR and direct agglutination as Leishmania infection markers among healthy Nepalese subjects living in areas endemic for kala-azar (2009)

Bhattarai, N. R., Khanal, B., De Doncker, S., Rijal, S., Das, M. L., ...

OBJECTIVE: To compare a PCR assay and direct agglutination test (DAT) for the detection of potential markers of Leishmania infection in 231 healthy subjects living in a kala-azar endemic focus of...

Rapid decrease of malaria morbidity following the introduction of community-based monitoring in a rural area of central Vietnam (2009)

Thang, N. D., Erhart, A., Hung, L. X., Thuan, L. K., Xa, N. X., Thanh, N. G., ...

BACKGROUND: Despite a successful control programme, malaria has not completely disappeared in Vietnam; it remains endemic in remote areas of central Vietnam, where standard control activities seem to...

The disease burden of Taenia solium cysticercosis in Cameroon (2009)

Praet, N., Speybroeck, N., Manzanedo, R., Berkvens, D., Nforninwe, D. N., Zoli, A., ...

Background Taenia solium cysticercosis is an important zoonosis in many developing countries. Human neurocysticercosis is recognised as an important cause of epilepsy in regions where the parasite...

Decomposing malnutrition inequalities between Scheduled Castes and Tribes and the remaining Indian population (2009)

Speybroeck, N.

OBJECTIVE: In India, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (ST/SC) have been excluded from Hindu society for thousands of years. Together, they comprise over 24% of India's population and still...

Malaria in central Vietnam: analysis of risk factors by multivariate analysis and classification tree models (2008)

Thang, N. D., Erhart, A., Speybroeck, N., Hung, L. X., Thuan, L. K., Trung, H. D., ...

BACKGROUND: In Central Vietnam, forest malaria remains difficult to control due to the complex interactions between human, vector and environmental factors. METHODS: Prior to a community-based...

Socioeconomic inequality in malnutrition in developing countries (2008)

Hosseinpoor, A. R., Speybroeck, N., Van Ourti, T., Vega, J.

OBJECTIVE: The objectives of this study were to report on socioeconomic inequality in childhood malnutrition in the developing world, to provide evidence for an association between socioeconomic...

Titrating Theileria parva: single stocks against combination of stocks (2008)

Speybroeck, N., Marcotty, T., Aerts, M., Dolan, T., Williams, B., Lauer, J., ...

Theileria parva is the causative agent of East Coast fever (ECF), an important cattle disease in East and Central Africa. One of the methods for control of ECF is 'infection and treatment', a...

The efficacy of indoor CDC light traps for collecting the sandfly Phlebotomus argentipes, vector of Leishmania donovani (2008)

Dinesh, D. S., Das, P., Picado, A., Davies, C., Speybroeck, N., Boelaert, M., ...

The efficacy of light traps for collecting sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) varies both inter-specifically and intra-specifically (by gender and physiological status) as a result of significant...

Red blood cell volume as a predictor of fatal reactions in cattle infected with Theileria parva Katete (2007)

Fandamu, P., Marcotty, T., Brandt, J. R. A., Duchateau, L., Speybroeck, N., Dolan, T. T., ...

A comparison of mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and packed cell volume (PCV) was made between cattle undergoing lethal and non-lethal reactions following experimental infections with the apicomplexan...

Bayes and diagnostic testing (2007)

Lesaffre, E., Speybroeck, N., Berkvens, D.

Interpretation of the result of a diagnostic test depends not only on the actual test result(s) but also on information external to this result, namely the test's sensitivity and specificity. This...

Determinants of seeking needed outpatient care in Iran: results from a national services utilization survey (2007)

Hosseinpoor, A. R., Naghavi, M., Alavian, S. M., Speybroeck, N., Jamshidi, H., Vega, J.

BACKGROUND: To assess the inequity in seeking needed outpatient services in Iran and to investigate its influential factors. METHOD: The data were taken from a nation-wide Iranian health survey...

Malnutrition and the disproportional burden on the poor: the case of Ghana (2007)

Hosseinpoor, A. R., Jehu-Appiah, C., Vega, J., Speybroeck, N.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is a major public health and development concern in the developing world and in poor communities within these regions. Understanding the nature and determinants of...

Red blood cell volume as a predictor of fatal reactions in cattle infected with Theileria parva Katete (2007)

Fandamu, P., Marcotty, T., Brandt, J.R.A., Duchateau, L., Speybroeck, N., Dolan, T.T., ...

A comparison of mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and packed cell volume (PCV) was made between cattle undergoing lethal and non-lethal reactions following experimental infections with the apicomplexan...

Modeling diapause termination of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus using statistical tools to detect sudden behavioral changes and time dependencies (2006)

Speybroeck, N, LINDSEY, Patrick, Billiouw, M, Madder, M, Berkvens, DL, LINDSEY, James

This paper presents statistical methodology to analyze longitudinal binary responses for which a sudden change in the response occurs in time. Probability plots, transition matrices, and change-point...

Malaria transmission intensity and the rate of spread of chloroquine resistant Plasmodium falciparum: why have theoretical models generated conflicting results? (2006)

Talisuna, A. O., Erhart, A., Samarasinghe, S., Van Overmeir, C., Speybroeck, N., D'Alessandro, U.

The rate at which falciparum resistant malaria spreads in different transmission settings is still a controversial subject. We have assessed the spread of mutant Plasmodium falciparum parasites in...

Estimating disease prevalence in a Bayesian framework using probabilistic constraints (2006)

Berkvens, D., Speybroeck, N., Praet, N., Adel, A., Lesaffre, E.

Studies sometimes estimate the prevalence of a disease from the results of one or more diagnostic tests that are applied to individuals of unknown disease status. This approach invariably means that,...

A comparative longitudinal study of bovine trypanosomiasis in tsetse-free and tsetse-infested zones of the Amhara region, northwest Ethiopia (2006)

Cherenet, T., Sani, R. A., Speybroeck, N., Panandam, J. M., Nadzr, S.

A study was conducted to determine the incidence of trypanosome infections in cattle in tsetse-free and tsetse-infested zones of the Amhara Region of northwest Ethiopia. A total of six sentinel herds...

East Coast fever and multiple El Niño Southern oscillation ranks (2006)

Fandamu, P., Duchateau, L., Speybroeck, N., Mulumba, M., Berkvens, D.

East Coast fever (ECF), a tick-borne disease of cattle, is a major constraint to livestock development in Africa in general and southern Zambia in particular. Understanding the transmission patterns...

Infectivity of Theileria parva sporozoites following cryopreservation in four suspension media and multiple refreezing: evaluation by in vitro titration (2006)

Mbao, V., Berkvens, D., Dolan, T., Speybroeck, N., Brandt, J., Dorny, P., ...

Theileria parva sporozoite stabilates are used for immunizing cattle against East Coast fever and in in vitro sporozoite neutralization assays. In this study, we attempted to identify a cheaper...

Trends in age at detection in cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Belgium: an indicator of the epidemic curve (2006)

Saegerman, C., Speybroeck, N., Vanopdenbosch, E., Wilesmith, J. W., Berkvens, D.

There were 118 cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Belgium before January 1, 2004. Trends in their age at detection were analysed and attempts were made to use this parameter as a...

Risk factors for bovine herpesvirus-1 seropositivity (2005)

Boelaert, Frank, Speybroeck, N., De Kruif, A., ...

This paper reports the investigation of risk factors for bovine herpesvirus-1-seropositivity, based on a cluster-sample survey of the Belgian cattle population. This serosurvey was carried out in...

Risk factors for bovine herpesvirus-1 seropositivity (2005)

Boelaert, Frank, Speybroeck, N., De Kruif, A., ...

This paper reports the investigation of risk factors for bovine herpesvirus-1-seropositivity, based on a cluster-sample survey of the Belgian cattle population. This serosurvey was carried out in...

Risk factors for bovine herpesvirus-1 seropositivity (2005)

Boelaert, F, Speybroeck, N, De Kruif, A, Berkvens, DL, AERTS, Marc, BURZYKOWSKI, Tomasz, ...

This paper reports the investigation of risk factors for bovine herpesvirus-1-seropositivity, based on a cluster-sample survey of the Belgian cattle population. This serosurvey was carried out in...

Risk factors for bovine herpesvirus-1 seropositivity (2005)

Boelaert, Frank, Speybroeck, N., De Kruif, A., AERTS, Marc, BURZYKOWSKI, Tomasz, MOLENBERGHS, Geert, ...

This paper reports the investigation of risk factors for bovine herpesvirus-1-seropositivity, based on a cluster-sample survey of the Belgian cattle population. This serosurvey was carried out in...

Epidemiology of forest malaria in central Vietnam: a large scale cross-sectional survey (2005)

Erhart, A., Ngo Duc Thang, Phan Van Ky, Ta Thi Tinh, Van Overmeir, C., Speybroeck, N., ...

In Vietnam, a large proportion of all malaria cases and deaths occurs in the central mountainous and forested part of the country. Indeed, forest malaria, despite intensive control activities, is...

Evaluation of the indirect fluorescent antibody test as a diagnostic tool for East Coast fever in eastern Zambia (2005)

Billiouw, M., Brandt, J., Vercruysse, J., Speybroeck, N., Marcotty, T., Mulumba, M., ...

Serological surveys using the schizont indirect fluorescence antibody test (IFAt) are routinely carried out to monitor the Theileria parva infection prevalence. The present study evaluates the...

Risk factors for bovine herpesvirus-1 seropositivity (2005)

Boelaert, F., Speybroeck, N., De Kruif, A., Aerts, M., Burzykowski, T., Molenberghs, G., ...

This paper reports the investigation of risk factors for bovine herpesvirus-1-seropositivity, based on a cluster-sample survey of the Belgian cattle population. This serosurvey was carried out in...

Theileria parva seroprevalence in traditionally kept cattle in southern Zambia and El Niño (2005)

Fandamu, P., Duchateau, L., Speybroeck, N., Marcotty, T., Mbao, V., Mtambo, J., ...

East Coast fever (ECF), a tick-borne disease of cattle, is a major constraint to livestock development in Africa in general and southern Zambia in particular. Understanding the transmission patterns...

Survival of unfed Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and Rhipicephalus zambeziensis adults (2005)

Madder, M., Speybroeck, N., Bilounga, A., Helleputte, D., Berkvens, D.

Two ixodid tick species, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (Neumann) and Rhipicephalus zambeziensis (Walker et al.) (Acari: Ixodidae), both originating from the southern province of Zambia, were used to...

A longitudinal epidemiological survey of bovine trypanosomosis and its vectors in the White Volta river basin of Northern Ghana (2005)

Mahama, C. I., Desquesnes, M., Dia, M. L., Losson, B., De Deken, R., Speybroeck, N., ...

A longitudinal epidemiological survey of bovine trypanosomosis and its vectors was carried out in the Volta river basin of Northern Ghana to determine the relationship between cattle management and...

Comparison of manual and homogenizer methods for preparation of tick-derived stabilates of Theileria parva: equivalence testing using an in vitro titration model (2005)

Mbao, V., Speybroeck, N., Berkvens, D., Dolan, T., Dorny, P., Madder, M., ...

Theileria parva sporozoite stabilates are used in the infection and treatment method of immunization, a widely accepted control option for East Coast fever in cattle. T. parva sporozoites are...

Delays to treatment and out-of-pocket medical expenditure for tuberculosis patients, in an urban area of South America (2005)

Lambert, M. L., Delgado, R., Michaux, G., Volz, A., Speybroeck, N.

Short delays to treatment are important for the control of tuberculosis (TB). National Tuberculosis Programmes provide free diagnosis and treatment for smear-positive patients, so that the patients'...

The Macrocyclic Lactone “Spinosad,” a Promising Insecticide for Tsetse Fly Control (2004)

R. De Deken, N. Speybroeck, G. Gillain, H. Sigue, K. Batawi

The susceptibility of tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae), Glossina palpalis gambiensis (Vanderplank), and G. m. morsitans (Westwood) to topically applied spinosad, a mixture of insecticidal...

Classification trees versus multinomial models in the analysis of urban farming systems in Central Africa (2004)

Speybroeck, N, Berkvens, D, Mfoukou-Ntsakala, A, Aerts, M, Hens, N, Van Huylenbroeck, G, ...

This study was aimed at the identification of location and household characteristics influencing the choice of keeping livestock or practising crop production in a post-conflict region in Central...

Decision support tools for clinical diagnosis of disease in cows with suspected bovine spongiform encephalopathy (2004)

Saegerman, Claude, Speybroeck, N, Roels, S, Vanopdenbosch, E, Thiry, Etienne, Berkvens, D

Reporting of clinically suspected cattle is currently the most common method for detecting cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Improvement of clinical diagnosis and decision-making...

Classification trees versus multinomial models in the analysis of urban farming systems in Central Africa (2004)

Speybroeck, N, Berkvens, D, Mfoukou-Ntsakala, A, Van Huylenbroeck, G, Thys, E, AERTS, Marc, ...

This study was aimed at the identification of location and household characteristics influencing the choice of keeping livestock or practising crop production in a post-conflict region in Central...

Classification trees versus multinomial models in the analysis of urban farming systems in Central Africa (2004)

Speybroeck, N, Berkvens, D, Mfoukou-Ntsakala, A, Van Huylenbroeck, G, Thys, E, AERTS, Marc, ...

This study was aimed at the identification of location and household characteristics influencing the choice of keeping livestock or practising crop production in a post-conflict region in Central...

Decision support tools for clinical diagnosis of disease in cows with suspected bovine spongiform encephalopathy. (2004)

Saegerman, Claude, Speybroeck, N, Roels, S, Vanopdenbosch, E, Thiry, Etienne, Berkvens, D

Reporting of clinically suspected cattle is currently the most common method for detecting cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Improvement of clinical diagnosis and decision-making...

Forest malaria in Vietnam: a challenge for control (2004)

Erhart, A., Thang, N. D., Hung, N. Q., Toi, L. V., Hung, L. X., Tuy, T. Q., ...

Forest malaria is a complex but common phenomenon occurring in southeast Asia. We studied its epidemiology through a prospective community-based study in central Vietnam. A total of 585 individuals...

Seasonal prevalence of bovine trypanosomosis in a tsetse-infested zone and a tsetse-free zone of the Amhara Region, north-west Ethiopia (2004)

Cherenet, T., Sani, R. A., Panandam, J. M., Nadzr, S., Speybroeck, N.

During a period of four consecutive years, trypanosomosis surveys were conducted in a tsetse-infested and tsetse-free area of the Amhara Region of north-west Ethiopia. In each study area randomly...

The macrocyclic lactone "Spinosad", a promising insecticide for tsetse fly control (2004)

De Deken, R., Speybroeck, N., Gillain, G., Sigue, H., Batawi, K.

The susceptibility of tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae), Glossina palpalis gambiensis (Vanderplank), and G. m. morsitans (Westwood) to topically applied spinosad, a mixture of insecticidal...

A Bayesian approach for estimating values for prevalence and diagnostic test characteristics of porcine cysticercosis (2004)

Dorny, P., Phiri, I. K., Vercruysse, J., Gabriel, S., Willingham, A. L., Brandt, J., ...

Several diagnostic techniques are used to estimate the prevalence of the zoonotic tapeworm Taenia solium in pigs, but none of these tests are perfect, making interpretation of results difficult. A...

In vitro titration of Theileria parva tick derived stabilates (2004)

Marcotty, T., Speybroeck, N., Berkvens, D., Chaka, G., Besa, R., Madder, M., ...

Immunization against the protozoan Theileria parva by infection and treatment has proved to be very efficient for the control of East Coast fever, an acute and often-fatal lymphoproliferative...

Decision support tools for clinical diagnosis of disease in cows with suspected bovine spongiform encephalopathy (2004)

Saegerman, C., Speybroeck, N., Roels, S., Vanopdenbosch, E., Thiry, E., Berkvens, D.

Reporting of clinically suspected cattle is currently the most common method for detecting cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Improvement of clinical diagnosis and decision-making...

Variation in body size in the tick complex Rhipicephalus appendiculatus/Rhipicephalus zambeziensis (2004)

Speybroeck, N., Madder, M., Thulke, H. H., Mtambo, J., Tirry, L., Chaka, G., ...

We examined the relationship between body size and the phenology of the tick complex Rhipicephalus appendiculatus/Rhipicephalus zambeziensis. These ticks transmit Theileria parva in cattle. In...

Deux protocoles d’hyperimmunisation au moyen de vaccins marqués réduisent l’incidence de séroconversion envers l’herpèsvirus bovin 1 en cheptels laitiers : résultats d’une étude sur le terrain (2004)

Dispas, M, Lemaire, Mylène, Speybroeck, N, Berkvens, D, Merveille, Anne, Boelaert, F, ...

A 28 months long cohort study was organized in dairy herds in Belgium, to assess the efficacy of hyperimmunisation as a tool for the control of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis. Two protocols of...

Design-based analysis of surveys: a bovine herpesvirus 1 case study (2003)

Speybroeck, N., Boelaert, Frank, Mintiens, Koen, ...

This paper critically assesses the design implications for the analysis of surveys of infections. It indicates the danger of not accounting for the study design in the statistical investigation of...

Design-based analysis of surveys: a bovine herpesvirus 1 case study (2003)

Speybroeck, N., Boelaert, Frank, Mintiens, Koen, ...

This paper critically assesses the design implications for the analysis of surveys of infections. It indicates the danger of not accounting for the study design in the statistical investigation of...

Design-based analysis of surveys: a bovine herpesvirus 1 case study (2003)

Speybroeck, N., Boelaert, Frank, RENARD, Didier, BURZYKOWSKI, Tomasz, Mintiens, Koen, MOLENBERGHS, Geert, ...

This paper critically assesses the design implications for the analysis of surveys of infections. It indicates the danger of not accounting for the study design in the statistical investigation of...

Intensity of transmission and spread of gene mutations linked to chloroquine and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance in falciparum malaria (2003)

Talisuna, A. O., Langi, P., Mutabingwa, T. K., Van Marck, E., Speybroeck, N., Egwang, T., ...

The number of malaria parasite clones per infection-multiplicity of parasite clones-is affected by the transmission intensity, multiplicity increases with increasing transmission. This affects the...

Merogony in in vitro cultures of Theileria parva (2003)

Madder, M., Speybroeck, N., Berkvens, D., Baudoux, V., Marcotty, T., Pita Bah, I., ...

In vitro studies were focussed on the duration and cessation of merogony in Theileria parva infected blood lymphocyte cell cultures. The cultures were infected using purified tick stabilates as an...

Design-based analysis of surveys: a bovine herpesvirus 1 case study (2003)

Speybroeck, N., Boelaert, F., Renard, D., Burzykowski, T., Mintiens, K., Molenberghs, G., ...

This paper critically assesses the design implications for the analysis of surveys of infections. It indicates the danger of not accounting for the study design in the statistical investigation of...

Neurocysticercosis and epilepsy in Cameroon (2003)

Zoli, A. P., Shey-Njila, O., Nforninwe, D. N., Speybroeck, N., Ito, A., ...

During January 2002 the frequency of Taenia solium cysticercosis was studied in a series of 504 epileptic patients from 3 rural localities in the West and North-West provinces of Cameroon using an...

Taenia solium cysticercosis in a village in northern Viet Nam: seroprevalence study using an ELISA for detecting circulating antigen (2002)

Erhart, A., Dorny, P., Nguyen Van De, Ha Viet Vien, Dang Cam Thach, Nguyen Duy Toan, ...

An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detecting circulating Taenia solium antigen was evaluated in Viet Nam; 12 of 210 people gave a positive result, including 5 persons with epilepsy....

Theileria parva epidemics: a case study in eastern Zambia (2002)

Billiouw, M., Vercruysse, J., Marcotty, T., Speybroeck, N., Chaka, G., Berkvens, D.

This paper presents the results of the follow-up of three sentinel herds between 1994 and 2000 during an East Coast fever (ECF) epidemic in eastern Zambia. The animals of the sentinel herds were...

Fetal infection with Neospora caninum in dairy and beef cattle in Belgium (2002)

De Meerschman, F., Speybroeck, N., Berkvens, D., Rettigner, C., Focant, C., Leclipteux, T., ...

Neospora caninum is a protozoan parasite, which causes fetal and neonatal mortality in livestock and companion animals. In 224 abortions in Belgian cattle, different diagnostic methods were used to...

A sero-epidemiological study of bovine cysticercosis in Zambia (2002)

Dorny, P., Phiri, I., Gabriel, S., Speybroeck, N., Vercruysse, J.

A sero-epidemiological study of Taenia saginata cysticercosis was carried out in adult cattle in Zambia to determine the prevalence and study the influence of the farming system on the infection...

Serological survey of Toxoplasma gondii, feline immunodeficiency virus and feline leukaemia virus in urban stray cats in Belgium (2002)

Dorny, P., Speybroeck, N., Verstraete, S., Baeke, M., De Becker, A., Berkvens, D., ...

Three hundred and forty-six serum samples taken between 1998 and 2000 from urban stray cats in the city of Ghent were tested for antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii and feline immunodeficiency virus...

Geographic variation in diapause response of adult Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks (2002)

Madder, M., Speybroeck, N., Brandt, J., Tirry, L., Hodek, I., Berkvens, D.

Diapause in adults of the African brown ear tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus is dependent on latitude and stock origin. Lower latitude populations, that is, those nearer the equator, show no...

The prevalence of porcine cysticercosis in Eastern and Southern provinces of Zambia (2002)

Phiri, I. K., Dorny, P., Gabriel, S., Willingham, A. L., Speybroeck, N., Vercruysse, J.

The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and importance of porcine cysticercosis in rural areas of Zambia. The study involved an abattoir survey of 1316 pigs at a slaughter slab in...

Epidemiological survey of swine cysticercosis in two rural communities of West-Cameroon (2002)

Pouedet, M. S. R., Zoli, A., Vondou, L., Assana, E., Speybroeck, N., ...

To determine the prevalence of porcine cysticercosis, a survey was carried out in 27 villages belonging to two rural communities of West-Cameroon (Bafou and Bamendou). Between January and August,...

Detection of polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins in Belgian cattle and estimation of the maximal potential exposure in humans through diets of bovine origin (2002)

Saegerman, C., Berkvens, D., Boelaert, F., Speybroeck, N., Van Vlaenderen, I., Lomba, M., ...

The methodology used to detect a polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)/dioxin contamination in a Belgian cattle population that was not exposed to the PCB/dioxin incident in 1999 is presented. This...

Distribution and phenology of ixodid ticks in southern Zambia (2002)

Speybroeck, N., Madder, M., Mtambo, J., Berkvens, N., Chaka, G., ...

Distribution data for epidemiologically important ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Southern Province of Zambia, one of the main cattle areas of the country, are presented. Boophilus microplus...

Prevalence and incidence of trypanosomosis in horses and donkeys in the Gambia (2001)

Faye, D., Goossens, B., Osaer, S., Ndao, M., Berkvens, D., ...

In a study of the prevalence and incidence of trypanosomosis in horses and donkeys in two regions of the Gambia, surveys were carried out at Niamina east and Bansang south with a high and low to...

Genomic polymorphism of Leishmania infantum; a relationship with clinical pleomorphism? (2001)

Guerbouj, S., Guizani, I., Speybroeck, N., Le Ray, D., Dujardin, J. C.

Leishmania infantum is the etiological agent of visceral (VL) and a cutaneous form (CL) of leishmaniasis around the Mediterranean Basin. In order to document the parasite genetic background...

Transmission of Theileria parva in the traditional farming sector in the Southern Province of Zambia during 1997-1998 (2001)

Mulumba, M., Speybroeck, N., Berkvens, D. L., Geysen, D. M., Brandt, J. R. A.

The incidence of first contact with the protozoan Theileria parva was determined in two traditional cattle herds in the Southern Province of Zambia during a period of average rainfall in 1997 and...

Transmission of theileriosis in the traditional farming sector in the southern province of Zambia during 1995-1996 (2000)

Mulumba, M., Speybroeck, N., Billiouw, M., Berkvens, D. L., Geysen, D. M., Brandt, J. R. A.

The incidence of first contact with the protozoan Theileria parva was determined in three traditional cattle herds in the Southern Province of Zambia in 1995 and 1996. The majority of first contacts...

Decision Support Tools for Clinical Diagnosis of Disease in Cows with Suspected Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

Saegerman, C., Speybroeck, N., Roels, S., Vanopdenbosch, E., Thiry, E., Berkvens, D.

Reporting of clinically suspected cattle is currently the most common method for detecting cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Improvement of clinical diagnosis and decision-making...

Decision Support Tools for Clinical Diagnosis of Disease in Cows with Suspected Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

Saegerman, C., Speybroeck, N., Roels, S., Vanopdenbosch, E., Thiry, E., Berkvens, D.

Reporting of clinically suspected cattle is currently the most common method for detecting cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Improvement of clinical diagnosis and decision-making...