CBRA Publications

Public health impact of congenital toxoplasmosis and cytomegalovirus infection in Belgium, 2013: a systematic review and data synthesis
Smit GSA, Padalko E, Van Acker J, Hens N, Dorny P, Speybroeck N, Devleesschauwer B.
Clin Infect Dis. 2017; in press
Belgium; Burden; Foodborne disease

Prenatal diagnosis and prevention of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women in Northern Vietnam: study protocol
Smit GSA, Vu Thi Lam B, Do Trung D, Speybroeck N, Devleesschauwer B, Padalko E, Roets E, Dorny P.
BMC Infect Dis. 2017; 17:364
Foodborne disease

High relative humidity pre-harvest reduces post-harvest proliferation of Salmonella in tomatoes
Devleesschauwer B, Marvasi M, Giurcanu MC, Hochmuth GJ, Speybroeck N, Havelaar AH, Teplitski M.
Food Microbiol. 2017; 66:55-63
Foodborne disease

Trends in educational inequalities in premature mortality in Belgium between the 1990s and the 2000s: the contribution of specific causes of deaths
Renard F, Gadeyne S, Devleesschauwer B, Tafforeau J, Deboosere P.
J Epidemiol Community Health. 2017; 71:371-380
Belgium; Burden; Health inequalities

Mapping EQ-5D utilities to GBD 2010 and GBD 2013 disability weights: results of two pilot studies in Belgium
Maertens de Noordhout C, Devleesschauwer B, Gielens L, Plasmans MHD, Haagsma JA, Speybroeck N.
Arch Public Health. 2017; 75:6
Burden; Disability weights

Disability weights for chronic mercury intoxication resulting from gold mining activities: results from an online pairwise comparisons survey
Steckling N, Devleesschauwer B, Winkelnkemper J, Fischer F, Ericson B, Krämer A, Hornberg C, Fuller R, Plass D, Bose-O'Reilly S.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017; 14:57
Burden; Disability weights

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

The societal cost of Taenia solium cysticercosis in Tanzania
Trevisan C, Devleesschauwer B, Schmidt V, Winkler AS, Harrison W, Johansen MV.
Acta Tropica. 2017; 165:141-154
Burden; CYSTINET; Foodborne disease

Health and Economic Burden of Campylobacter
Devleesschauwer B, Bouwknegt M, Mangen M-JJ, Havelaar AH.
In: Klein G (ed) Campylobacter: Features, Detection, and Prevention of Foodborne Disease. 2017; 1:27-40
Burden; FERG; Foodborne disease

cystiSim—an agent-based model for Taenia solium transmission and control
Braae UC, Devleesschauwer B, Gabriël S, Dorny P, Speybroeck N, Magnussen P, Torgerson P, Johansen MV.
PLOS Negl Trop Dis. 2016; 10:e0005184
Agent-based model; CYSTINET; Foodborne disease

The impact of individual-level heterogeneity on estimated infectious disease burden: a simulation study
McDonald SA, Devleesschauwer B, Wallinga J.
Popul Health Metr. 2016; 14:47
Burden

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

Comorbidities and factors associated with central nervous system infections and death in non-perinatal listeriosis: a clinical case series
Maertens de Noordhout C, Devleesschauwer B, Maertens de Noordhout A, Blocher J, Haagsma JA, Havelaar AH, Speybroeck N.
BMC Infect Dis. 2016; 16:256
Belgium; Burden; Foodborne disease

Trypanosoma cruzi: Time for international recognition as a foodborne parasite
Robertson LJ, Devleesschauwer B, Alarcón de Noya B, Noya González O, Torgerson PR.
PLOS Negl Trop Dis. 2016; 10:e0004656
Burden; Foodborne disease

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

Epidemiology, impact and control of bovine cysticercosis in Europe: a systematic review
Laranjo-González M, Devleesschauwer B, Gabriël S, Dorny P, Allepuz A.
Parasite Vector. 2016; 9:81
Burden; CYSTINET; Foodborne disease

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

Serological evidence of type 2 (North American genotype) porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus in Nepal
Sharma BK, Manandhar S, Devleesschauwer B.
Trop Animal Health Prod. 2016; 48:663-666
Animal health; Nepal

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

Aetiology-specific estimates of the global and regional incidence and mortality of diarrhoeal diseases commonly transmitted through food
Pires SM, Fischer-Walker CL, Lanata CF, Devleesschauwer B, Hall AJ, Kirk MD, Duarte ASR, Black RE, Angulo FJ.
PLOS ONE. 2015; 10:e0142927
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

Schistosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a literature review
Madinga J, Linsuke S, Mpabanzi L, Meurs L, Kanobana K, Speybroeck N, Lutumba P, Polman K.
Parasite Vectors. 2015; 8:601
Burden

Monitoring mortality in forced migrants—can Bayesian methods help us to do better with the (little) data we have?
Heudtlass P, Speybroeck N, Guha-Sapir D.
PLOS Med. 2015; 12:e1001887
Burden

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

Neurocysticercosis in Europe: Need for a one health approach [letter to the editor]
Devleesschauwer B, Smit GSA, Dorny P, van der Giessen JW, Gabriël S.
Neuropediatrics. 2015; 46:354-355
CYSTINET; Foodborne disease

Needs and expectations regarding risk ranking in the food chain: a pilot survey amongst decision makers and stakeholders
Speybroeck N, Devleesschauwer B, Depoorter P, Dewulf J, Berkvens D, Van Huffel X, Saegerman C.
Food Control. 2015; 54:135-143
Risk ranking

Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis and the co-distribution with schistosomiasis in Africa
Braae UC, Saarnak FLS, Mukaratirwa S, Devleesschauwer B, Magnussen P, Johansen MV.
Parasit Vectors. 2015; 8:323
CYSTINET; Foodborne disease; True prevalence

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

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

Estimation of canine Leishmania infection prevalence in six cities of the Algerian littoral zone using a Bayesian approach
Adel A, Abatih E, Speybroeck N, Soukehal A, Bouguedour R, Boughalem K, Bouhbal A, Djerbal M, Saegerman C, Berkvens D.
PLOS ONE. 2015; 10:e0117313
True prevalence

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

Mathematical inference on helminth egg counts in stool and its applications in mass drug administration programmes to control soil-transmitted helminthiasis in public health
Levecke B, Anderson RM, Berkvens D, Charlier J, Devleesschauwer B, Speybroeck N, Vercruysse J, Van Aelst S.
Adv Parasitol. 2015; 87:193-247
True prevalence

The low global burden of trichinellosis: evidence and implications
Devleesschauwer B, Praet N, Speybroeck N, Torgerson PR, Haagsma JA, De Smet K, Murrell KD, Pozio E, Dorny P.
Int J Parasitol. 2015; 45:95-99
Burden; FERG; Foodborne disease

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

Mathematical analysis of the transmission dynamics of brucellosis among bison
Abatih E, Ron L, Speybroeck N, Williams B, Berkvens D.
Math Methods Appl Sci. 2015; 38:3818-3832
Animal health; Mathematical model

Quantifying burden of disease to support public health policy in Belgium: opportunities and constraints
Devleesschauwer B, Maertens de Noordhout C, Smit GSA, Duchateau L, Dorny P, Stein C, Van Oyen H, Speybroeck N.
BMC Public Health. 2014; 14:1196
Belgium; Burden

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

The global burden of listeriosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Maertens de Noordhout C, Devleesschauwer B, Angulo FJ, Verbeke G, Haagsma J, Kirk M, Havelaar A, Speybroeck N.
Lancet Infect Dis. 2014; 14:1073-1082
Burden; FERG; Foodborne disease

DALY calculation in practice: a stepwise approach
Devleesschauwer B, Havelaar AH, Maertens de Noordhout C, Haagsma JA, Praet N, Dorny P, Duchateau L, Torgerson PR, Van Oyen H, Speybroeck N.
Int J Public Health. 2014; 59:571-574
Burden

Calculating disability-adjusted life years to quantify burden of disease
Devleesschauwer B, Havelaar AH, Maertens de Noordhout C, Haagsma JA, Praet N, Dorny P, Duchateau L, Torgerson PR, Van Oyen H, Speybroeck N.
Int J Public Health. 2014; 59:565-569
Burden

The health and economic burden of haemophilia in Belgium: a rare, expensive and challenging disease
Henrard S, Devleesschauwer B, Beutels P, Callens M, De Smet F, Hermans C, Speybroeck N.
Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2014; 9:39
Belgium; Burden

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

Misclassification errors in prevalence estimation: Bayesian handling with care
Speybroeck N, Devleesschauwer B, Joseph L, Berkvens D.
Int J Public Health. 2013; 58:791-795
True prevalence

Multi-test analysis and model-based estimation of the prevalence of Taenia saginata cysticercus infection in naturally infected dairy cows in the absence of a 'gold standard' reference test
Eichenberger RM, Lewis F, Gabriël S, Dorny P, Torgerson PR, Deplazes P.
Int J Parasitol. 2013; 43:853-859
Foodborne disease; True prevalence

An agent-based model of exposure to human toxocariasis: a multi-country validation
Kanobana K, Devleesschauwer B, Polman K, Speybroeck N.
Parasitology. 2013; 140:986-998
Agent-based model; Burden

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

Understanding the burden of disease in Nepal: a call for local evidence
Devleesschauwer B, Ale A, Duchateau L, Dorny P, Lake R, Dhakal P, Pun SB, Pandey BD, Speybroeck N.
J Nepal Health Res Counc. 2013; 11:221-224
Burden; Nepal

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

Estimating the prevalence of infections in vector populations using pools of samples
Speybroeck N, Williams CJ, Lafia KB, Devleesschauwer B, Berkvens D.
Med Vet Entomol. 2012; 26:361-371
True prevalence

Rule-based modeling of chronic disease epidemiology: elderly depression as an illustration
Chiêm JC, Macq J, Speybroeck N.
PLOS ONE. 2012; 7:e41452
Agent-based model; Burden

The economic effects of whole-herd versus selective anthelmintic treatment strategies in dairy cows
Charlier J, Levecke B, Devleesschauwer B, Vercruysse J, Hogeveen H.
J Dairy Sci. 2012; 95:2977-2987
Agent-based model; Animal health

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

Canine leishmaniasis in Algeria: true prevalence and diagnostic test characteristics in groups of dogs of different functional type
Adel A, Saegerman C, Speybroeck N, Praet N, Victor B, De Deken R, Soukehal A, Berkvens D.
Vet Parasitol. 2010; 172:204-213
True prevalence

Infection with versus exposure to Taenia solium: what do serological test results tell us?
Praet N, Rodriguez-Hidalgo R, Speybroeck N, Ahounou S, Benitez-Ortiz W, Berkvens D, Hul AV, Barrionuevo-Samaniego M, Saegerman C, Dorny P.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010; 83:413-415
Foodborne disease; True prevalence

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

The disease burden of Taenia solium cysticercosis in Cameroon
Praet N, Speybroeck N, Manzanedo R, Berkvens D, Nsame Nforninwe D, Zoli A, Quet F, Preux PM, Carabin H, Geerts S.
PLOS Negl Trop Dis. 2009; 3:e406
Burden; Foodborne disease

Bayes and diagnostic testing
Lesaffre E, Speybroeck N, Berkvens D.
Vet Parasitol. 2007; 148:58-61
True prevalence

Estimating disease prevalence in a Bayesian framework using probabilistic constraints
Berkvens D, Speybroeck N, Praet N, Adel A, Lesaffre E.
Epidemiology. 2006; 17:145-153
True prevalence

A Bayesian approach for estimating values for prevalence and diagnostic test characteristics of porcine cysticercosis
Dorny P, Phiri IK, Vercruysse J, Gabriel S, Willingham AL 3rd, Brandt J, Victor B, Speybroeck N, Berkvens D.
Int J Parasitol. 2004; 34:569-576
Foodborne disease; True prevalence