Standardization of a TaqMan-Based Real-Time PCR for the Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Complex in Human Sputum

by Barletta, Francesca, Vandelannoote, Koen, Collantes, Jimena, Evans, Carlton A., Arévalo, Jorge, Rigouts, Leen
Published 2014

Introduction of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease in the Bankim Health District of Cameroon follows damming of the Mapé River

by Vandelannoote, Koen, Pluschke, Gerd, Bolz, Miriam, Bratschi, Martin W., Kerber, Sarah, Stinear, Timothy P., de Jong, Bouke C.
Published in PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2020)

Effects of Decontamination, DNA Extraction, and Amplification Procedures on the Molecular Diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease (Buruli Ulcer)

by Affolabi, Dissou, Sanoussi, N′Dira, Vandelannoote, Koen, Odoun, Mathieu, Faïhun, Frank, Sopoh, Ghislain, Anagonou, Séverin, Portaels, Françoise, Eddyani, Miriam
Published 2012

Bacterial diversity in Buruli ulcer skin lesions: Challenges in the clinical microbiome analysis of a skin disease

by Van Leuvenhaege, Chloé, Vandelannoote, Koen, Affolabi, Dissou, Portaels, Françoise, Sopoh, Ghislain, de Jong, Bouke C., Eddyani, Miriam, Meehan, Conor J.
Published in PLoS One (2017)

Amoebae as Potential Environmental Hosts for Mycobacterium ulcerans and Other Mycobacteria, but Doubtful Actors in Buruli Ulcer Epidemiology

by Gryseels, Sophie, Amissah, Diana, Durnez, Lies, Vandelannoote, Koen, Leirs, Herwig, De Jonckheere, Johan, Silva, Manuel T., Portaels, Françoise, Ablordey, Anthony, Eddyani, Miriam
Published 2012

Isoniazid resistance levels of Mycobacterium tuberculosis can largely be predicted by high-confidence resistance-conferring mutations

by Lempens, Pauline, Meehan, Conor J., Vandelannoote, Koen, Fissette, Kristina, de Rijk, Pim, Van Deun, Armand, Rigouts, Leen, de Jong, Bouke C.
Published in Sci Rep (2018)

Investigating the Role of Free-living Amoebae as a Reservoir for Mycobacterium ulcerans

by Amissah, Nana Ama, Gryseels, Sophie, Tobias, Nicholas J., Ravadgar, Bahram, Suzuki, Mitsuko, Vandelannoote, Koen, Durnez, Lies, Leirs, Herwig, Stinear, Timothy P., Portaels, Françoise, Ablordey, Anthony, Eddyani, Miriam
Published 2014

Mycobacterium ulcerans Population Genomics To Inform on the Spread of Buruli Ulcer across Central Africa

by Vandelannoote, Koen, Phanzu, Delphin Mavinga, Kibadi, Kapay, Eddyani, Miriam, Meehan, Conor J., Jordaens, Kurt, Leirs, Herwig, Portaels, Françoise, Stinear, Timothy P., Harris, Simon R., de Jong, Bouke C.
Published in mSphere (2019)

A Genomic Approach to Resolving Relapse versus Reinfection among Four Cases of Buruli Ulcer

by Eddyani, Miriam, Vandelannoote, Koen, Meehan, Conor J., Bhuju, Sabin, Porter, Jessica L., Aguiar, Julia, Seemann, Torsten, Jarek, Michael, Singh, Mahavir, Portaels, Françoise, Stinear, Timothy P., de Jong, Bouke C.
Published in PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2015)

Unstable chromosome rearrangements in Staphylococcus aureus cause phenotype switching associated with persistent infections

by Guérillot, Romain, Kostoulias, Xenia, Donovan, Liam, Li, Lucy, Carter, Glen P., Hachani, Abderrahman, Vandelannoote, Koen, Giulieri, Stefano, Monk, Ian R., Kunimoto, Mayu, Starrs, Lora, Burgio, Gaétan, Seemann, Torsten, Peleg, Anton Y., Stinear, Timothy P., Howden, Benjamin P.
Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2019)

Multiple Introductions and Recent Spread of the Emerging Human Pathogen Mycobacterium ulcerans across Africa

by Vandelannoote, Koen, Meehan, Conor J., Eddyani, Miriam, Affolabi, Dissou, Phanzu, Delphin Mavinga, Eyangoh, Sara, Jordaens, Kurt, Portaels, Françoise, Mangas, Kirstie, Seemann, Torsten, Marsollier, Laurent, Marion, Estelle, Chauty, Annick, Landier, Jordi, Fontanet, Arnaud, Leirs, Herwig, Stinear, Timothy P., de Jong, Bouke C.
Published in Genome Biol Evol (2017)

Insertion Sequence Element Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Typing Provides Insights into the Population Structure and Evolution of Mycobacterium ulcerans across Africa

by Vandelannoote, Koen, Jordaens, Kurt, Bomans, Pieter, Leirs, Herwig, Durnez, Lies, Affolabi, Dissou, Sopoh, Ghislain, Aguiar, Julia, Phanzu, Delphin Mavinga, Kibadi, Kapay, Eyangoh, Sara, Manou, Louis Bayonne, Phillips, Richard Odame, Adjei, Ohene, Ablordey, Anthony, Rigouts, Leen, Portaels, Françoise, Eddyani, Miriam, de Jong, Bouke C.
Published 2014

Comparative Genomics Shows That Mycobacterium ulcerans Migration and Expansion Preceded the Rise of Buruli Ulcer in Southeastern Australia

by Buultjens, Andrew H., Vandelannoote, Koen, Meehan, Conor J., Eddyani, Miriam, de Jong, Bouke C., Fyfe, Janet A. M., Globan, Maria, Tobias, Nicholas J., Porter, Jessica L., Tomita, Takehiro, Tay, Ee Laine, Seemann, Torsten, Howden, Benjamin P., Johnson, Paul D. R., Stinear, Timothy P.
Published in Appl Environ Microbiol (2018)

Whole Genome Comparisons Suggest Random Distribution of Mycobacterium ulcerans Genotypes in a Buruli Ulcer Endemic Region of Ghana

by Ablordey, Anthony S., Vandelannoote, Koen, Frimpong, Isaac A., Ahortor, Evans K., Amissah, Nana Ama, Eddyani, Miriam, Durnez, Lies, Portaels, Françoise, de Jong, Bouke C., Leirs, Herwig, Porter, Jessica L., Mangas, Kirstie M., Lam, Margaret M. C., Buultjens, Andrew, Seemann, Torsten, Tobias, Nicholas J., Stinear, Timothy P.
Published in PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2015)

Correction: Whole Genome Comparisons Suggest Random Distribution of Mycobacterium ulcerans Genotypes in a Buruli Ulcer Endemic Region of Ghana

by Ablordey, Anthony S., Vandelannoote, Koen, Frimpong, Isaac A., Ahortor, Evans K., Amissah, Nana Ama, Eddyani, Miriam, Durnez, Lies, Portaels, Françoise, de Jong, Bouke C., Leirs, Herwig, Porter, Jessica L., Mangas, Kirstie M., Lam, Margaret M. C., Buultjens, Andrew, Seemann, Torsten, Tobias, Nicholas J., Stinear, Timothy P.
Published in PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2015)

An African Salmonella Typhimurium ST313 sublineage with extensive drug-resistance and signatures of host adaptation

by Van Puyvelde, Sandra, Pickard, Derek, Vandelannoote, Koen, Heinz, Eva, Barbé, Barbara, de Block, Tessa, Clare, Simon, Coomber, Eve L., Harcourt, Katherine, Sridhar, Sushmita, Lees, Emily A., Wheeler, Nicole E., Klemm, Elizabeth J., Kuijpers, Laura, Mbuyi Kalonji, Lisette, Phoba, Marie-France, Falay, Dadi, Ngbonda, Dauly, Lunguya, Octavie, Jacobs, Jan, Dougan, Gordon, Deborggraeve, Stijn
Published in Nat Commun (2019)