Quantification of bacterial species of the vaginal microbiome in different groups of women, using nucleic acid amplification tests V Jespers, J Menten, H Smet, S Poradosú, S Abdellati, R Verhelst, ... BMC microbiology 12, 1-10, 2012 | 204 | 2012 |
The significance of Lactobacillus crispatus and L. vaginalis for vaginal health and the negative effect of recent sex: a cross-sectional descriptive study across … V Jespers, J van de Wijgert, P Cools, R Verhelst, H Verstraelen, ... BMC infectious diseases 15, 1-14, 2015 | 159 | 2015 |
A longitudinal analysis of the vaginal microbiota and vaginal immune mediators in women from sub-Saharan Africa V Jespers, J Kyongo, S Joseph, L Hardy, P Cools, T Crucitti, M Mwaura, ... Scientific Reports 7 (1), 1-13, 2017 | 146 | 2017 |
Prevalence and correlates of bacterial vaginosis in different sub-populations of women in sub-Saharan Africa: a cross-sectional study V Jespers, T Crucitti, J Menten, R Verhelst, M Mwaura, K Mandaliya, ... PloS one 9 (10), e109670, 2014 | 142 | 2014 |
Best practices of blood cultures in low-and middle-income countries S Ombelet, B Barbé, D Affolabi, JB Ronat, P Lompo, O Lunguya, J Jacobs, ... Frontiers in medicine 6, 131, 2019 | 139 | 2019 |
Bacterial biofilms in the vagina L Hardy, N Cerca, V Jespers, M Vaneechoutte, T Crucitti Research in microbiology 168 (9-10), 865-874, 2017 | 135 | 2017 |
A fruitful alliance: the synergy between Atopobium vaginae and Gardnerella vaginalis in bacterial vaginosis-associated biofilm L Hardy, V Jespers, S Abdellati, I De Baetselier, L Mwambarangwe, ... Sexually transmitted infections 92 (7), 487-491, 2016 | 128 | 2016 |
Unravelling the Bacterial Vaginosis-Associated Biofilm: A Multiplex Gardnerella vaginalis and Atopobium vaginae Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Assay Using … L Hardy, V Jespers, N Dahchour, L Mwambarangwe, V Musengamana, ... PloS one 10 (8), e0136658, 2015 | 115 | 2015 |
The presence of the putative Gardnerella vaginalis sialidase A gene in vaginal specimens is associated with bacterial vaginosis biofilm L Hardy, V Jespers, M Van den Bulck, J Buyze, L Mwambarangwe, ... PloS one 12 (2), e0172522, 2017 | 110 | 2017 |
Cross-sectional analysis of selected genital tract immunological markers and molecular vaginal microbiota in sub-Saharan African women, with relevance to HIV risk and prevention JK Kyongo, T Crucitti, J Menten, L Hardy, P Cools, J Michiels, ... Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 22 (5), 526-538, 2015 | 103 | 2015 |
A Multi-Country Cross-Sectional Study of Vaginal Carriage of Group B Streptococci (GBS) and Escherichia coli in Resource-Poor Settings: Prevalences and Risk … P Cools, V Jespers, L Hardy, T Crucitti, S Delany-Moretlwe, M Mwaura, ... PloS one 11 (1), e0148052, 2016 | 100 | 2016 |
Diagnostic bacteriology in district hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa: at the forefront of the containment of antimicrobial resistance J Jacobs, L Hardy, M Semret, O Lunguya, T Phe, D Affolabi, C Yansouni, ... Frontiers in medicine 6, 205, 2019 | 73 | 2019 |
Correlates of the molecular vaginal microbiota composition of African women R Gautam, H Borgdorff, V Jespers, SC Francis, R Verhelst, M Mwaura, ... BMC Infectious Diseases 15, 1-14, 2015 | 65 | 2015 |
Implementing COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) rapid diagnostic tests in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review J Jacobs, V Kühne, O Lunguya, D Affolabi, L Hardy, O Vandenberg Frontiers in medicine 7, 557797, 2020 | 62 | 2020 |
Contraceptive rings promote vaginal lactobacilli in a high bacterial vaginosis prevalence population: a randomised, open-label longitudinal study in Rwandan women T Crucitti, L Hardy, J van de Wijgert, S Agaba, J Buyze, E Kestelyn, ... PLoS One 13 (7), e0201003, 2018 | 53 | 2018 |
Non-typhoidal Salmonella bloodstream infections in Kisantu, DR Congo: Emergence of O5-negative Salmonella Typhimurium and extensive drug resistance B Tack, MF Phoba, B Barbe, LM Kalonji, L Hardy, S Van Puyvelde, ... PLoS neglected tropical diseases 14 (4), e0008121, 2020 | 46 | 2020 |
Salmonella Typhi From Blood Cultures in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A 10-Year Surveillance B Tack, MF Phoba, S Van Puyvelde, LM Kalonji, L Hardy, B Barbé, ... Clinical Infectious Diseases 68 (Supplement_2), S130-S137, 2019 | 36 | 2019 |
Association of sexual debut in adolescents with microbiota and inflammatory markers V Jespers, L Hardy, J Buyze, J Loos, A Buvé, T Crucitti Obstetrics & Gynecology 128 (1), 22-31, 2016 | 29 | 2016 |
Association of vaginal dysbiosis and biofilm with contraceptive vaginal ring biomass in African women L Hardy, V Jespers, I De Baetselier, J Buyze, L Mwambarangwe, ... PLoS One 12 (6), e0178324, 2017 | 21 | 2017 |
Direct association between rainfall and non-typhoidal Salmonella bloodstream infections in hospital-admitted children in the Democratic Republic of Congo B Tack, D Vita, MF Phoba, L Mbuyi-Kalonji, L Hardy, B Barbé, J Jacobs, ... Scientific Reports 11 (1), 21617, 2021 | 18 | 2021 |