CBRA Publications
Food groups and risk of colorectal cancer
Schwingshackl L, Schwedhelm C, Hoffmann G, Knüppel S, Preterre AL, Iqbal K, Bechthold A, De Henauw S, Michels N,
Devleesschauwer B, Boeing H, Schlesinger S.
Int J Cancer. 2018; in press
True malaria prevalence in children under five: Bayesian estimation using data of malaria household surveys from three sub-Saharan countries
Mfueni E,
Devleesschauwer B, Van Malderen C, Rosas-Aguirre A, Brandt P, Dorsey G, Ogutu B, Snow RW, Tshilolo L, Zurovac D, Vanderelst D,
Speybroeck N.
Malar J. 2018; 17:65
Malaria ⁃ True prevalence
Disability weights for infectious diseases in four European countries: comparison between countries and across respondent characteristics
Maertens de Noordhout C,
Devleesschauwer B, Salomon JA, Turner H, Cassini A, Colzani E,
Speybroeck N, Polinder S, Kretzschmar ME, Havelaar AH, Haagsma JA.
Eur J Public Health. 2018; 28:124-133
Disability weights
Preliminary assessment of the computer-based Taenia solium educational program 'The Vicious Worm’ on knowledge uptake in primary school children in rural areas in eastern Zambia
Hobbs EC, Mwape KE, Van Damme I, Berkvens D, Zulu G, Mambwe M, Chembensofu M, Phiri IK, Masuku M, Bottieau E,
Devleesschauwer B,
Speybroeck N, Colston A,
Dorny P, Willingham III AL, Gabriël S.
Trop Med Int Health. 2018; in press
CYSTISTOP ⁃ Foodborne disease
Taenia solium from a community perspective: preliminary costing data in the Katete and Sinda districts in eastern Zambia
Hobbs EC, Mwape KE,
Devleesschauwer B, Gabriël S, Chembensofu M, Mambwe M, Phiri IK, Masuku M, Zulu G, Colston A, Willingham III AL, Berkvens D,
Dorny P, Bottieau E,
Speybroeck N.
Vet Parasitol. 2018; 251:63-67
Risk ranking of foodborne parasites: State of the art
Devleesschauwer B, Bouwknegt M,
Dorny P, Gabriël S, Havelaar AH, Quoilin S, Robertson LJ,
Speybroeck N, Torgerson PR, van der Giessen JWB, Trevisan C.
Food Waterborne Parasitol. 2017; 8:1-13
Foodborne disease ⁃ Risk ranking
Re-visiting the detection of porcine cysticercosis based on full carcass dissections of naturally Taenia solium infected pigs
Chembensofu M, Mwape KE, Van Damme I, Hobbs E, Phiri IK, Masuku M, Zulu G, Colston A, Willingham AL,
Devleesschauwer B, Van Hul A, Chota A,
Speybroeck N, Berkvens D,
Dorny P, Gabriël S.
Parasit Vectors. 2017; 10:572
CYSTISTOP ⁃ Foodborne disease
Food groups and risk of coronary heart disease, stroke and heart failure: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies
Bechthold A, Boeing H, Schwedhelm C, Hoffmann G, Knüppel S, Iqbal K, De Henauw S, Michels N,
Devleesschauwer B, Schlesinger S, Schwingshackl L.
Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2017; in press
Loop-mediated isothermal DNA amplification for asymptomatic malaria detection in challenging field settings: Technical performance and pilot implementation in the Peruvian Amazon
Serra-Casas E, Manrique P, Ding XC, Carrasco-Escobar G, Alava F, Gave A, Rodriguez H, Contreras-Mancilla J, Rosas-Aguirre A,
Speybroeck N, González IJ, Rosanas-Urgell A, Gamboa D.
PLOS ONE. 2017; 12:e0185742
Malaria
Burden of salmonellosis, campylobacteriosis and listeriosis: a time series analysis, Belgium, 2012 to 2020
Maertens de Noordhout C,
Devleesschauwer B, Haagsma JA, Havelaar AH, Bertrand S, Vandenberg O, Quoilin S, Brandt PT,
Speybroeck N.
Euro Surveill. 2017; 22:30615
Belgium ⁃ Burden ⁃ Foodborne disease
Attribution of global foodborne disease to specific foods: Findings from a World Health Organization structured expert elicitation
Hoffmann S,
Devleesschauwer B, Aspinall W, Cooke R, Corrigan T, Havelaar AH, Angulo FJ, Gibb HJ, Kirk MD, Lake RJ,
Speybroeck N, Torgerson PR, Hald T.
PLOS ONE. 2017; 12:e0183641
FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease
Micro-epidemiology and spatial heterogeneity of P. vivax parasitaemia in riverine communities of the Peruvian Amazon: A multilevel analysis
Carrasco-Escobar G, Gamboa D, Castro MC, Bangdiwala SI, Rodriguez H, Contreras-Mancilla J, Alava F,
Speybroeck N, Lescano AG, Vinetz JM, Rosas-Aguirre A, Llanos-Cuentas A.
Sci Rep. 2017; 7:8082
Malaria
Epidemiology of taeniosis/cysticercosis in Europe, a systematic review: Western Europe
Laranjo-González M,
Devleesschauwer B, Trevisan C, Allepuz A, Sotiraki S, Abraham A, Boaventura Afonso M, Blocher J, Cardoso L, Manuel Correia da Costa J, ..., Dermauw V.
Parasit Vectors. 2017; 10:349
CYSTINET ⁃ Foodborne disease
Present status of laboratory diagnosis of human taeniosis/cysticercosis in Europe
Gómez-Morales MA, Gárate T, Blocher J,
Devleesschauwer B,
Smit GSA, Schmidt V, Pereguer MJ, Ludovisi A, Pozio E,
Dorny P, Gabriël S, Winkler AS.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2017; in press
CYSTINET ⁃ Foodborne disease
Epidemiology of polyparasitism with Taenia solium, schistosomes and soil-transmitted helminths in the co-endemic village of Malanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
Madinga J, Polman K, Kanobana K, van Lieshout L, Brienen E, Praet N, Kabwe C, Gabriël S,
Dorny P, Lutumba P,
Speybroeck N.
Acta Trop. 2017; 171:186-193
Foodborne disease
Spatio-temporal analysis of malaria incidence in the Peruvian Amazon Region between 2002 and 2013
Soto-Calle V, Rosas-Aguirre A, Llanos-Cuentas A, Abatih E, De Deken R, Rodriguez H, Rosanas-Urgell A, Gamboa D, D'Alessandro U, Erhart A,
Speybroeck N.
Sci Rep. 2017; 7:40350
Malaria
Cost-effectiveness of screening for active cases of tuberculosis in Flanders, Belgium
Smit GSA, Apers L, Arrazole de Onate W, Beutels P,
Dorny P, Forier A-M, Janssens K, Macq J, Mak R, Schol S, Wildemeersch D,
Speybroeck N,
Devleesschauwer B.
Bull World Health Organ. 2017; 95:27-35
Belgium ⁃ Cost-effectiveness
Taenia solium in Europe: Still endemic?
Devleesschauwer B, Allepuz A, Dermauw V, Johansen MV, Laranjo-González M,
Smit GSA, Sotiraki S, Trevisan C, Wardrop NA,
Dorny P, Gabriël S.
Acta Trop. 2017; 165:96-99
CYSTINET ⁃ Foodborne disease
Geospatial and age-related patterns of Taenia solium taeniasis in the rural health zone of Kimpese, Democratic Republic of Congo
Madinga J, Kanobana K, Lukanu P, Abatih E, Baloji S, Linsuke S, Praet N, Kapinga S, Polman K, Lutumba P,
Speybroeck N,
Dorny P, Harrison W, Gabriel S.
Acta Trop. 2017; 165:100-109
Foodborne disease
Toxoplasma gondii in stranded marine mammals from the North Sea and Eastern Atlantic Ocean: findings and diagnostic difficulties
van de Velde N,
Devleesschauwer B, Leopold M, Begeman L, Ijsseldijk LL, Hiemstra S, Ijzer J, Brownlow A, Davison N, Haelters J, Jauniaux T, Siebert U,
Dorny P, De Craeye S.
Vet Parasitol. 2016; 230:25-32
Animal health ⁃ Foodborne disease
Cost-effectiveness analysis in melanoma detection: a transition model applied to dermoscopy
Tromme I, Legrand C,
Devleesschauwer B, Leiter U, Suciu S, Eggermont A, Sacré L, Baurain J-F, Thomas L, Beutels P,
Speybroeck N.
Eur J Cancer. 2016; 67:38-45
Belgium ⁃ Cost-effectiveness
Collaborative approach to Optimise MEdication use for Older people in Nursing homes (COME-ON): study protocol of a cluster controlled trial
Anrys P, Strauven G, Boland B, Dalleur O, Declercq A, Degryse JM, De Lepeleire J,
Henrard S, Lacour V, Simoens S,
Speybroeck N, Vanhaecht K, Spinewine A, Foulon V.
Implement Sci. 2016; 11:35
Epidemiology, impact and control of rabies in Nepal: a systematic review
Devleesschauwer B, Aryal A, Sharma BK, Ale A, Declercq A, Depraz S, Gaire TN, Gongal G, Karki S, Pandey BD, Pun SB, Duchateau L,
Dorny P,
Speybroeck N.
PLOS Negl Trop Dis. 2016; 10: e0004461
Burden ⁃ Nepal
Research synthesis methods in an age of globalized risks: lessons from the global burden of foodborne disease expert elicitation
WHO FERG Source Attribution Task Force, Hald T, Angulo F, Mansor Bin Hamzah W, Bellinger D, Black R, de Silva N, Döpfer D, Havelaar A, Gibb H, Kasuga F, Lake R, Rokni MB,
Speybroeck N, Aspinall W, Cooke R, Hoffmann S,
Devleesschauwer B, Pires SM.
Risk Anal. 2016; 36:191-292
Burden ⁃ FERG
World Health Organization estimates of the relative contributions of food to the burden of disease due to selected foodborne hazards: a structured expert elicitation
Hald T, Aspinall W,
Devleesschauwer B, Cooke R, Corrigan T, Havelaar AH, Gibb HJ, Torgerson PR, Kirk MD, Angulo FJ, Lake RJ,
Speybroeck N, Hoffmann S.
PLOS ONE. 2016; 11:e0145839
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease
Melanoma burden by melanoma stage: assessment through a disease transition model
Tromme I, Legrand C,
Devleesschauwer B, Leiter U, Suciu S, Eggermont A, Francart
J, Calay F, Haagsma JA, Baurain J, Thomas L, Beutels P,
Speybroeck N.
Eur J Cancer. 2016; 53:33-41
Belgium ⁃ Burden
Methodological framework for World Health Organization estimates of the global burden of foodborne disease
Devleesschauwer B, Haagsma JA, Angulo FJ, Bellinger DC, Cole D, Döpfer D, Fazil A, Fèvre EM, Gibb H, Hald T, Kirk MD, Lake RJ,
Maertens de Noordhout C, Mathers CD, McDonald SA, Pires SM,
Speybroeck N, Thomas MK, Torgerson PR, Wu F, Havelaar AH.
PLOS ONE. 2015; 10:e0142498
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease
World Health Organization estimates of the global and regional disease burden of 22 foodborne bacterial, protozoal and viral diseases, 2010: a data synthesis
Kirk MD, Pires SM, Black RE, Caipo M, Crump JA,
Devleesschauwer B, Döpfer D, Fazil A, Fischer-Walker CL, Hald T, Hall AJ, Keddy KH, Lake R, Lanata CF, Torgerson PR, Havelaar AH, Angulo FJ.
PLOS Med. 2015; 12:e1001921
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease
National studies as a component of the World Health Organization initiative to estimate the global and regional burden of foodborne disease
Lake R,
Devleesschauwer B, Nasinyama G, Havelaar A, Kuchenmüller T, Haagsma J, Jensen H, Jessani N,
Maertens de Noordhout C, Angulo F, Ehiri J, Molla L, Agaba F, Aungkulanon S, Kumagai Y,
Speybroeck N.
PLOS ONE. 2015; 10:e0140319
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease
World Health Organization estimates of the global and regional disease burden of 11 foodborne parasitic diseases, 2010: a data synthesis
Torgerson PR,
Devleesschauwer B, Praet N,
Speybroeck N, Willingham AL, Kasuga F, Rokni MB, Zhou X-N, Fevre E, Sripa B, Gargouri N, Fürst T, Budke CM, Carabin H, Kirk MD, Angulo FJ, Havelaar AH, de Silva N.
PLOS Med. 2015; 12:e1001920
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease
World Health Organization estimates of the global and regional disease burden of four foodborne chemical toxins, 2010: a data synthesis
Gibb HJ,
Devleesschauwer B, Bolger PM, Wu F, Ezendam J, Cliff J, Zeilmaker M, Verger P, Pitt J, Baines J, Adegoke G, Afshari R, Liu Y, Bokkers B, van Loveren H, Mengelers M, Havelaar A, Bellinger D.
F1000 Research. 2015; 4:1393
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease
World Health Organization global estimates and regional comparisons of the burden of foodborne disease, 2010
Havelaar AH, Kirk MD, Torgerson PR, Gibb H, Hald T, Lake RJ, Praet N, Angulo FJ, Bellinger DC, De Silva NR, Gargouri N,
Speybroeck N, Cawthorne A, Mathers C, Stein C,
Devleesschauwer B.
PLOS Med. 2015; 12:e1001923
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease
Confirmed Plasmodium vivax resistance to chloroquine in central Vietnam
Thanh PV, Hong NV, Van NV, Louisa M, Baird K, Xa NX, Peeters Grietens K, Hung le X, Duong TT, Rosanas-Urgell A,
Speybroeck N, D'Alessandro U, Erhart A.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015; 59:7411-7419
Malaria
Disability weights for the Global Burden of Disease 2013 study
Salomon JA, Haagsma JA, Davis A,
Maertens de Noordhout C, Polinder S, Havelaar AH, Cassini A,
Devleesschauwer B, Kretzschmar M,
Speybroeck N, Murray CJL, Vos T.
Lancet Glob Health. 2015; 3:712-723
Disability weights
Hotspots of malaria transmission in the Peruvian Amazon: Rapid assessment through a parasitological and serological survey
Rosas-Aguirre A,
Speybroeck N, Llanos-Cuentas A, Rosanas-Urgell A, Carrasco-Escobar G, Rodriguez H, Gamboa D, Contreras-Mancilla J, Alava F, Soares IS, Remarque E, D Alessandro U, Erhart A.
PLOS ONE. 2015; 10:e0137458
Malaria
Modelling the potential of focal screening and treatment as elimination strategy for Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Peruvian Amazon Region
Rosas-Aguirre A, Erhart A, Llanos-Cuentas A, Branch O, Berkvens D, Abatih E, Lambert P, Frasso G, Rodriguez H, Gamboa D, Sihuincha M, Rosanas-Urgell A, D'Alessandro U,
Speybroeck N.
Parasite Vectors. 2015; 8:261
Mathematical model
Modelling the potential of focal screening and treatment as elimination strategy for Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Peruvian Amazon Region
Rosas-Aguirre A, Erhart A, Llanos-Cuentas A, Branch O, Berkvens D, Abatih E, Lambert P, Frasso G, Rodriguez H, Gamboa D, Sihuincha M, Rosanas-Urgell A, D'Alessandro U,
Speybroeck N.
Parasit Vectors. 2015; 8:261
Malaria
Assessing disability weights based on the responses of 30,660 people from four European countries
Haagsma JA,
Maertens de Noordhout C, Polinder S, Vos T, Havelaar AH, Cassini A,
Devleesschauwer B, Kretzschmar ME,
Speybroeck N, Salomon JA.
Popul Health Metr. 2015; 13:10
Disability weights
Data-driven methods for imputing national-level incidence rates in global burden of disease studies
McDonald SA,
Devleesschauwer B,
Speybroeck N, Hens N, Praet N, Torgerson PR, Havelaar AH, Wu F, Tremblay M, Amene EW, Döpfer D.
Bull World Health Organ. 2015; 93:228-236
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease
Epidemiology of forest malaria in Central Vietnam: the hidden parasite reservoir
Thanh PV, Van Hong N, Van Van N, Van Malderen C, Obsomer V, Rosanas-Urgell A, Grietens KP, Xa NX, Bancone G, Chowwiwat N, Duong TT, D'Alessandro U,
Speybroeck N, Erhart A.
Malar J. 2015; 14:86
Malaria
Health related quality of life in melanoma patients expressed as utilities and disability weights
Tromme I,
Devleesschauwer B, Beutels P, Richez P, Leroy A, Baurain J-F, Cornelis F, Bertrand C, Legrand N, Degueldre J, Thomas L, Legrand C, Lambert J, Haagsma J,
Speybroeck N.
Br J Dermatol. 2014; 171:1443-1450
Belgium ⁃ Disability weights
Selective use of sequential digital dermoscopy imaging allows a cost reduction in the melanoma detection process: a Belgian study of patients with a single or a small number of atypical nevi
Tromme I,
Devleesschauwer B, Beutels P, Richez P, Praet N, Sacré L, Marot L, Van Eeckhout P, Theate I, Baurain JF, Lambert J, Legrand C, Thomas L,
Speybroeck N.
PLOS ONE. 2014; 9:e109339
Belgium ⁃ Cost-effectiveness
High seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus among human immunodeficiency virus carriers in blood donors of Burkina Faso: a need for their screening before HARRT therapy
Kirakoya-Samadoulougou F, Sanou M, Samadoulougou S, Bakiono F, Kiénou K, Koumaré A, Dahourou H, Kaboré I, Ouattara S, Nebié Y,
Speybroeck N, Robert A.
J Viral Hepat. 2014; 21:e52
Paediatric pharmacovigilance: use of pharmacovigilance data mining algorithms for signal detection in a safety dataset of a paediatric clinical study conducted in seven African countries
Kajungu DK, Erhart A, Talisuna AO, Bassat Q, Karema C, Nabasumba C, Nambozi M, Tinto H, Kremsner P, Meremikwu M, D'Alessandro U,
Speybroeck N.
PLOS ONE. 2014; 9:e96388
The burden of parasitic zoonoses in Nepal: a systematic review
Devleesschauwer B, Ale A, Torgerson P, Praet N,
Maertens de Noordhout C, Pandey BD, Pun SB, Lake R, Vercruysse J, Joshi DD, Havelaar AH, Duchateau L,
Dorny P,
Speybroeck N.
PLOS Negl Trop Dis. 2014; 8:e2634
Burden ⁃ Foodborne disease ⁃ Nepal
Seroprevalence of zoonotic parasites in pigs slaughtered in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal
Devleesschauwer B, Pruvot M, Joshi DD, De Craeye S, Jennes M, Ale A, Welinski A, Lama S, Aryal A, Victor B, Duchateau L,
Speybroeck N, Vercruysse J,
Dorny P.
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2013; 13:872-876
Foodborne disease ⁃ Nepal ⁃ True prevalence
WHO Initiative to estimate the Global Burden of Foodborne Diseases
Havelaar AH, Cawthorne A, Angulo F, Bellinger D, Corrigan T, Cravioto A, Gibb H, Hald T, Ehiri J, Kirk M, Lake R, Praet N,
Speybroeck N, de Silva N, Stein C, Torgerson P, Kuchenmüller T.
Lancet. 2013; 381:S59
Burden ⁃ FERG
Bayesian modelling to estimate the test characteristics of coprology, coproantigen ELISA and a novel real-time PCR for the diagnosis of taeniasis
Praet N, Verweij JJ, Mwape KE, Phiri IK, Muma JB, Zulu G, van Lieshout L, Rodriguez-Hidalgo R, Benitez-Ortiz W,
Dorny P, Gabriël S.
Trop Med Int Health. 2013; 18:608-614
Foodborne disease ⁃ True prevalence
True versus apparent malaria infection prevalence: the contribution of a Bayesian approach
Speybroeck N, Praet N, Claes F, Van Hong N, Torres K, Mao S, Van den Eede P, Thi Thinh T, Gamboa D, Sochantha T, Thang ND, Coosemans M, Büscher P, D'Alessandro U, Berkvens D, Erhart A.
PLOS ONE. 2011; 6:e16705
True prevalence
Prioritizing emerging zoonoses in the Netherlands
Havelaar AH, van Rosse F, Bucura C, Toetenel MA, Haagsma JA, Kurowicka D, Heesterbeek JH,
Speybroeck N, Langelaar MF, van der Giessen JW, Cooke RM, Braks MA.
PLOS ONE. 2010; 5:e13965
Risk ranking
Evidence-based semi-quantitative methodology for prioritization of food-borne zoonoses
Cardoen S, Van Huffel X, Berkvens D, Quoilin S, Ducoffre G, Saegerman C,
Speybroeck N, Imberechts H, Herman L, Ducatelle R, Dierick K.
Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2009; 6:1083-1096
Belgium ⁃ Foodborne disease ⁃ Risk ranking