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› Devleesschauwer B

A novel approach to optimize vitamin D intake in Belgium through fortification based on representative food consumption data
Moyersoen I, Devleesschauwer B, Dekkers A, Verkaik-Kloosterman J, De Ridder K, Vandevijvere S, Tafforeau J, Van Oyen H, Lachat C, Van Camp J.
J Nutr. 2019; 149:1852-1862
Belgium

Status and potential of pathogen genomics for public health practice: a scoping review
Van Goethem N, Descamps T, Devleesschauwer B, Roosens N, Boon N, Van Oyen H, Robert A.
Implement Sci. 2019; 14:79

Intake of 12 food groups and disability-adjusted life years from coronary heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and colorectal cancer in 16 European countries
Schwingshackl L, Knüppel S, Michels N, Schwedhelm C, Hoffmann G, Iqbal K, Dehenauw S, Boeing H, Devleesschauwer B.
Eur J Epidemiol. 2019; 34:765-775
Burden

Global burden of melioidosis, 2015: a systematic review and data synthesis
Birnie E, Virk HS, Savelkoel J, Spijker R, Bertherat E, Dance DAB, Limmathurotsakul D, Devleesschauwer B, Haagsma JA, Wiersinga WJ.
Lancet Infect Dis. 2019; 19:892-902
Burden

Global and regional source attribution of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections using analysis of outbreak surveillance data
Pires SM, Majowicz S, Gill A, Devleesschauwer B.
Epidemiol Infect. 2019; 147:e236
Foodborne disease

Associating sporadic, foodborne illness caused by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli with specific foods: a systematic review and meta-analysis of case-control studies
Devleesschauwer B, Pires SM, Young I, Gill A, Majowicz SE.
Epidemiol Infect. 2019; 147:e235
Foodborne disease

Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis: a systematic review of the distribution in Western and Central Africa
Hendrickx E, Thomas LF, Dorny P, Bobic B, Braae UC, Devleesschauwer B, Eichenberger RM, Gabriël S, Saratsis A, Torgerson PR, Robertson LJ, Dermauw V.
Parasit Vectors. 2019; 12:324
CYSTINET ⁃ Foodborne disease

Monitoring health inequalities when the socio-economic composition changes: Are the slope and relative indices of inequality appropriate? Results of a simulation study
Renard F, Devleesschauwer B, Speybroeck N, Deboosere P.
BMC Public Health. 2019; 19:662
Health inequalities

Global disease burden of pathogens in animal source foods, 2010
Havelaar AH, Li M, Hoffmann S, Hald T, Kirk MD, Torgerson PR, Devleesschauwer B.
PLOS ONE. 2019; 14:e0216545
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease

Estimates of the 2015 global and regional disease burden from four foodborne metals – arsenic, cadmium, lead and methylmercury
Gibb HJ, Barchowsky A, Bellinger D, Bolger PM, Carrington C, Havelaar AH, Oberoi S, Zang Y, O’Leary K, Devleesschauwer B.
Environ Res. 2019; 174:188-194
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ 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. 2019; 59:1071-1090

Effects of 'The Vicious Worm' educational tool on Taenia solium knowledge retention in Zambian primary school students after one year
Hobbs EC, Mwape KE, Devleesschauwer B, Van Damme I, Krit M, Berkvens D, Zulu G, Mambwe M, Chembensofu M, Trevisan C, Baauw J, Phiri IK, Speybroeck N, Ketzis J, Dorny P, Willingham III AL, Gabriël S.
PLOS Negl Trop Dis. 2019; 13:e0007336
CYSTINET ⁃ Foodborne disease

Global burden of intellectual disability resulting from dietary exposure to lead, 2015
Carrington C, Devleesschauwer B, Gibb HJ, Bolger PM.
Environ Res. 2019; 172:420-429
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease

Kritik an Population Attributable Fraction bei genauerem Hinsehen nicht gerechtfertigt
Plass D, Tobollik M, Devleesschauwer B, Grill E, Hoffmann B, Hurrass J, Künzli N, Peters A, Rothenbacher D, Schneider A, Wichmann HE, Wintermeyer D, Wolf J, Zeeb H, Straff W.
Gesundheitswesen. 2019; 81:444-447
Burden ⁃ Risk factors

Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis: a systematic review of the distribution in central and western Asia and the Caucasus
Torgerson PR, Abdybekova AM, Minbaeva G, Shapiyeva Z, Thomas LF, Dermauw V, Devleesschauwer B, Gabriël S, Dorny P, Braae UC, Saratsis A, Robertson LJ, Bobic B.
Parasit Vectors. 2019; 12:175
CYSTINET ⁃ Foodborne disease

Sero-epidemiological status and risk factors of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women in Northern Vietnam
Smit GSA, Vu BTL, Do DT, Do QH, Pham HQ, Speybroeck N, Devleesschauwer B, Padalko E, Roets E, Dorny P.
BMC Infect Dis. 2019; 19:329
Foodborne disease

Strategies for tackling Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis: A systematic review and comparison of transmission models, including an assessment of the wider Taeniidae family transmission models
Dixon MA, Braae UC, Winskill P, Walker M, Devleesschauwer B, Gabriël S, Basáñez M-G.
PLOS Negl Trop Dis. 2019; 13:e0007301
Agent-based model ⁃ CYSTINET ⁃ Foodborne disease ⁃ Mathematical model

Global burden of cancer and coronary heart disease resulting from dietary exposure to arsenic, 2015
Oberoi S, Devleesschauwer B, Gibb HJ, Barchowsky A.
Environ Res. 2019; 171:185-192
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease

A probabilistic approach for risk-benefit assessment of food substitutions: a case study on substituting meat by fish
Thomsen ST, de Boer W, Pires SM, Devleesschauwer B, Fagt S, Andersen R, Poulsen M, van der Voet H.
Food Chem Toxicol. 2019; 126:79-96
Risk-benefit assessment

Combining primary care surveillance and a meta-analysis to estimate the incidence of the clinical manifestations of Lyme borreliosis in Belgium, 2015-2017
Geebelen L, Van Cauteren D, Devleesschauwer B, Moreels S, Tersago K, Van Oyen H, Speybroeck N, Lernout T.
Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2019; 10:598-605
Belgium ⁃ Burden

The seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus infection in Belgium anno 2002 and 2006: a comparative analysis with hepatitis A virus seroprevalence
Smit GSA, Abrams S, Dorny P, Speybroeck N, Devleesschauwer B, Hutse V, Jansens H, Theeten H, Beutels P, Hens N.
Epidemiol Infect. 2019; 147:e154
Belgium

The health and economic impact of acute gastroenteritis in Belgium, 2010–2014
Papadopoulos T, Klamer S, Jacquinet S, Catry B, Litzroth A, Mortgat L, Mamouris P, Rebolledo J, Vaes B, Van Cauteren D, Van der Heyden J, Beutels P, Devleesschauwer B.
Epidemiol Infect. 2019; 147:e146
Belgium ⁃ Burden

Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis: a systematic review of the distribution in the Middle East and North Africa
Saratsis A, Sotiraki S, Braae UC, Devleesschauwer B, Dermauw V, Eichenberger RM, Thomas LF, Bobic B, Dorny P, Gabriël S, Robertson LJ.
Parasit Vectors. 2019; 12:113
CYSTINET ⁃ Foodborne disease

Global burden of intellectual disability resulting from prenatal exposure to methylmercury, 2015
Bellinger DC, Devleesschauwer B, O’Leary K, Gibb HJ.
Environ Res. 2019; 170:416-421
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease

Evolution of educational inequalities in life and health expectancies at 25 years in Belgium between 2001 and 2011: a census-based study
Renard F, Devleesschauwer B, Van Oyen H, Gadeyne S, Deboosere P.
Arch Public Health. 2019; 77:6
Belgium ⁃ Health inequalities

Estimation of the worldwide seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Zuhair M, Smit GSA, Wallis G, Jabbar F, Smith C, Devleesschauwer B, Griffiths P.
Rev Med Virol. 2019; in press
Burden

Global burden of late-stage chronic kidney disease resulting from dietary exposure to cadmium, 2015
Zang Y, Devleesschauwer B, Bolger PM, Goodman E, Gibb HJ.
Environ Res. 2019; 169:72-78
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease

Taenia solium control in Zambia: the potholed road to success
Gabriël S, Mwape KE, Phiri IK, Devleesschauwer B, Dorny.
Parasite Epidemiol Control. 2019; 4:e00082
CYSTISTOP ⁃ Foodborne disease

Bayesian evaluation of three serological tests for the diagnosis of bovine brucellosis in Bangladesh
Rahman AKMA, Smit S, Devleesschauwer B, Kostoulas P, Abatih E, Saegerman C, Shamsuddin M, Berkvens D, Dhand NK, Ward MP.
Epidemiol Infect. 2019; 147:e73
True prevalence

Attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years caused by infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the EU and the European Economic Area in 2015: a population-level modelling analysis
Cassini A, Högberg LD, Plachouras D, Quattrocchi A, Hoxha A, Simonsen GS, Colomb-Cotinat M, Kretzschmar ME, Devleesschauwer B, Cecchini M, Ouakrim DA, Oliveira TC, Struelens MJ, Suetens C, Monnet DL, Burden of AMR Collaborative Group.
Lancet Infect Dis. 2019; 19:56-66
Burden

Improving Burden of Disease and Source Attribution Estimates
Kowalcyk BB, Pires SM, Scallan E, Lamichhane A, Havelaar AH, Devleesschauwer B.
In: Roberts T (ed) Food Safety Economics: Incentives for a Safer Food Supply. 2018; 1:143-174
Burden ⁃ Foodborne disease

The Global Burden of Foodborne Disease
Devleesschauwer B, Haagsma JA, Mangen M-JM, Lake RJ, Havelaar AH.
In: Roberts T (ed) Food Safety Economics: Incentives for a Safer Food Supply. 2018; 1:107-122
Burden ⁃ Foodborne disease

Burden and Risk Assessment of Foodborne Disease
Devleesschauwer B, Scharff RL, Kowalcyk BB, Havelaar AH.
In: Roberts T (ed) Food Safety Economics: Incentives for a Safer Food Supply. 2018; 1:83-106
Burden ⁃ Foodborne disease

Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis in the Russian Federation
Bobic B, Thomas LF, Djakovic OD, Devleesschauwer B, Dermauw V, Dorny P, Braae UC, Robertson L, Saratsis A, Eichenberger R, Torgerson PR.
Parasit Vectors. 2018; 11:636
CYSTINET ⁃ Foodborne disease

Public health risks associated with food-borne parasites
EFSA Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ), Koutsoumanis K, Allende A, Alvarez-Ordóñez A, Bolton D, Bover-Cid S, ..., Devleesschauwer B, Innes E, Romig T, van der Giessen J, Hempen M, Van der Stede Y, Robertson L.
EFSA J. 2018; 16:e05495
Foodborne disease

Cost effectiveness of a community based prevention and treatment of acute malnutrition programme in Mumbai slums, India
Goudet S, Jayaraman A, Chanani S, Osrin D, Devleesschauwer B, Bogin B, Madise N, Griffiths P.
PLOS ONE. 2018; 13:e0205688
Cost-effectiveness

Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis: a systematic review of the distribution in southern and eastern Africa
Dermauw V, Dorny P, Braae UC, Devleesschauwer B, Robertson LJ, Saratsis A, Thomas LF.
Parasit Vectors. 2018; 11:578
CYSTINET ⁃ Foodborne disease

Generating the evidence for risk reduction: A contribution to the future of food-based dietary guidelines
Schwingshackl L, Schlesinger S, Devleesschauwer B, Hoffmann G, Bechthold A, Schwedhelm C, Iqbal K, Knüppel S, Boeing H.
Proc Nutr Soc. 2018; 77:432-444
Burden

Epidemiology of taeniosis/cysticercosis in Europe, a systematic review: eastern Europe
Trevisan C, Sotiraki S, Laranjo-González M, Dermauw V, Wang Z, Kärssin A, ..., Dorny P, Devleesschauwer B.
Parasit Vectors. 2018; 11:569
CYSTINET ⁃ Foodborne disease

Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis: a systematic review of the distribution in the Americas
Braae UC, Thomas LF, Robertson LJ, Dermauw V, Dorny P, Willingham AL, Saratsis A, Devleesschauwer B.
Parasit Vectors. 2018; 11:518
CYSTINET ⁃ Foodborne disease

Improved methods to capture the total societal benefits of zoonotic disease control: Demonstrating the cost-effectiveness of an integrated control programme for Taenia solium, soil transmitted helminths and classical swine fever in northern Lao PDR
Okello WO, Okello AL, Inthavong P, Tiemann T, Phengvilasouk A, Devleesschauwer B, Shaw A, Allen J.
PLOS Negl Trop Dis. 2018; 12: e0006782
Animal health ⁃ Burden ⁃ Cost-effectiveness ⁃ Foodborne disease

Welfare-Adjusted Life Years (WALY): A novel metric of animal welfare that combines the impacts of impaired welfare and abbreviated lifespan
Teng KT-Y, Devleesschauwer B, Maertens de Noordhout C, Bennett P, McGreevy PD, Chiu P-Y, Toribio J-AL, Dhand NK.
PLOS ONE. 2018; 13:e0202580
Burden

Changes in health in Belgium, 1990-2016: a benchmarking analysis based on the Global Burden of Disease 2016 study
Maertens de Noordhout C, Van Oyen H, Speybroeck N, Devleesschauwer B.
BMC Public Health. 2018; 18:775
Belgium ⁃ Burden

Epidemiology and economic impact of bovine cysticercosis and taeniosis caused by Taenia saginata in North-eastern Spain (Catalonia)
Laranjo-González M, Devleesschauwer B, Jansen F, Dorny P, Dupuy C, Requena-Méndez A, Allepuz A.
Parasit Vectors. 2018; 11:376
CYSTINET ⁃ Economic impact ⁃ Foodborne disease

Investigating the risk-benefit balance of substituting red and processed meat with fish in a Danish diet
Thomsen ST, Pires SM, Devleesschauwer B, Poulsen M, Fagt S, Ygil KH, Andersen R.
Food Chem Toxicol. 2018; 120:50-63
Risk-benefit assessment

zDALY: An adjusted indicator to estimate the burden of zoonotic diseases
Torgerson PR, Rüegg S, Devleesschauwer B, Abela-Ridder B, Havelaar AH, Shaw AP, Rushton J, Speybroeck N.
One Health. 2018; 5:40-45
Burden ⁃ Foodborne disease

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; 142:1748-1758

Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in pregnant women and livestock in the mainland of China: a systematic review and hierarchical meta-analysis
Deng H, Devleesschauwer B, Liu M, Li J, Wu Y, van der Giessen J, Opsteegh M.
Sci Rep. 2018; 8:6218
Foodborne disease ⁃ True prevalence

Economic impact of bovine cysticercosis and taeniosis caused by Taenia saginata in Belgium
Jansen F, Dorny P, Trevisan C, Dermauw V, Laranjo-González M, Allepuz A, Dupuy C, Krit M, Gabriël S, Devleesschauwer B.
Parasit Vectors. 2018; 11:241
Belgium ⁃ Burden ⁃ CYSTINET ⁃ Foodborne disease

Seroprevalence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in Egyptian sheep and goats
Al-Kappany YM, Abbas IEA, Devleesschauwer B, Dorny P, Jennes M, Cox E.
BMC Vet Res. 2018; 14:120
True prevalence

Assessment of the societal cost of Taenia solium in Angónia district, Mozambique
Trevisan C, Devleesschauwer B, Praet N, Pondja A, Assane YA, Dorny P, Thamsborg SM, Magnussen P, Johansen MV.
BMC Infect Dis. 2018; 18:127
Burden ⁃ CYSTINET ⁃ Foodborne disease

Prioritization of foodborne parasites in Europe, 2016
Bouwknegt M, Devleesschauwer B, Graham H, Robertson LJ, van der Giessen J, EURO-FBP Workshop Participants.
Euro Surveill. 2018; 23:17-00161
Burden ⁃ Foodborne disease

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; 23:306-314
CYSTISTOP ⁃ Foodborne disease

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

Burden and Risk Assessment of Foodborne Parasites
Devleesschauwer B, Dorny P, Faes C, Havelaar AH, Torgerson PR, Speybroeck N.
In: Ortega YR, Sterling CR (eds) Foodborne Parasites. 2018; 2:341-365
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ 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

Zooprophylaxis as a control strategy for malaria caused by the vector Anopheles arabiensis (Diptera: Culicidae): a systematic review
Asale A, Duchateau L, Devleesschauwer B, Huisman G, Yewhalaw D.
Infect Dis Poverty. 2017; 6:160
Malaria

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

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; 36:2029-2040
CYSTINET ⁃ Foodborne disease

Educational inequalities in premature mortality by region in the Belgian population in the 2000s
Renard F, Devleesschauwer B, Gadeyne S, Tafforeau J, Deboosere P.
Arch Public Health. 2017; 75:44
Belgium ⁃ Health inequalities

Gender and educational differences in the association between smoking and health-related quality of life in Belgium
Charafeddine R, Demarest S, Cleemput I, Van Oyen H, Devleesschauwer B.
Prev Med. 2017; 105:280-286
Belgium ⁃ Health inequalities ⁃ Health-related quality of life

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

Mapping occurrence of Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis and areas at risk of porcine cysticercosis in Central America and the Caribbean basin
Braae UC, Devleesschauwer B, Sithole F, Wang Z, Willingham AL.
Parasit Vectors. 2017; 10:424
CYSTINET ⁃ 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

Intake of fat-soluble vitamins in the Belgian population: adequacy and contribution of foods, fortified foods and supplements
Moyersoen I, Devleesschauwer B, Dekkers A, De Ridder K, Tafforeau J, Van Camp J, Van Oyen H, Lachat C.
Nutrients. 2017; 9:860
Belgium

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

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; 65:661-668
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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