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Anja De Weggheleire
Researcher at Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
Publications - 29
Citations - 476
Anja De Weggheleire is an academic researcher from Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hepatitis C & Ebola virus. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 29 publications receiving 372 citations.
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Transmission of NS5A-Inhibitor Resistance-Associated Substitutions Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Recently Infected with Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 1a.
Stephanie Popping,Rosanne Verwijs,Lize Cuypers,Mark A. A. Claassen,Guido E.L. van den Berk,Anja De Weggheleire,Joop E. Arends,Anne Boerekamps,Richard Molenkamp,Marion Koopmans,Annelies Verbon,Charles A. Boucher,Bart J. A. Rijnders,David A. M. C. van de Vijver,Dutch Acute Hcv in Hiv Study Investigators +14 more
TL;DR: A phylogenetic analysis of men who have sex with men recently infected with HCV genotype 1a placed one-third in a large cluster, in which 96% harbored NS5A M28V RAS.
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Rational use of Xpert testing in patients with presumptive TB: clinicians should be encouraged to use the test-treat threshold.
TL;DR: Xpert testing for the diagnosis of TB should be performed in patients for whom the probability of TB was lower than the test-treat threshold, because even a negative Xpert result will not lower the post-test probability below the treatment threshold.
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Mortality among PCR negative admitted Ebola suspects during the 2014/15 outbreak in Conakry, Guinea: A retrospective cohort study.
Brecht Ingelbeen,Elhadj Ibrahima Bah,Tom Decroo,Idrissa Balde,Helena Nordenstedt,Johan van Griensven,Anja De Weggheleire +6 more
TL;DR: Findings show high numbers of potentially critically ill non-cases need to be considered when setting up triage and referral of EVD suspect cases, and Integration of highly-sensitive EVD diagnostic methods with short turnaround time in the triage of peripheral hospitals and dropping the systematic 2nd PCR for symptomatic early presenters could limit delays in access to adapted care of cases and seriously illNon-cases.
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Feasibility of a dried blood spot strategy for serological screening and surveillance to monitor elimination of Human African Trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Raquel Inocêncio da Luz,Delphin Mavinga Phanzu,Oscar N’lemvo Kiabanzawoko,Eric Miaka,Paul Verlé,Anja De Weggheleire,Philippe Büscher,Epco Hasker,Marleen Boelaert +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a cross-sectional study was conducted in HAT endemic and previously endemic zones in Kongo Central province and a non-endemic zone in Haut Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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Challenges in developing national HIV guidelines: experience from the eastern Mediterranean
Anja De Weggheleire,Veronique Bortolotti,Maria Zolfo,Siobhan Crowley,Robert Colebunders,Gabriele Riedner,Lutgarde Lynen +6 more
TL;DR: The large majority of national HIV clinical practice guidelines had methodological weaknesses and content inaccuracies and countries require assistance with the adaptation process to ensure that guidelines are valid and up to date and accurately reflect WHO global clinical care recommendations for patients with HIV.