Anouk van Hooij

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Postdoctoral Researcher

Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Netherlands

Email: a.van_hooij@lumc.nl

 

 

 

 

VALIDATE Role:

Network Associate

 

Research Keywords:

Leprosy, Biomarkers, Diagnostic Tests, Immunology, Mycobacterial Infection

 

Related Websites:

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Mycobacterial Research Leiden

 

Key Publications:

  • van Hooij A, Tjon Kon Fat EM, Richardus R, van den Eeden SJ, Wilson L, de Dood CJ, Faber R, Alam K, Richardus JH, Corstjens PLAM, Geluk A. Quantitative lateral flow strip assays as UserFriendly Tools To Detect Biomarker Profiles For Leprosy. Sci Rep. 2016Sep29;6:34260.
  • van Hooij A, Tjon Kon Fat EM, van den Eeden SJF, Wilson L, Batista da Silva M, Salgado CG, Spencer JS, Corstjens PLAM, Geluk A. Field-friendly serological tests for determination of M. leprae-specific antibodies. Sci Rep. 2017 Aug 21;7(1):8868.
  • van Hooij A, Tjon Kon Fat EM, Batista da Silva M, Carvalho Bouth R, Cunha Messias AC, Gobbo AR, Lema T, Bobosha K, Li J, Weng X, Salgado CG, Spencer JS, Corstjens PLAM, Geluk A. Evaluation of Immunodiagnostic Tests for Leprosy in Brazil, China and Ethiopia. Sci Rep. 2018 Dec 18;8(1):17920.
  • van Hooij A, van den Eeden S, Richardus R, Tjon Kon Fat EM, Wilson L, Franken KLMC, Faber R, Khatun M, Alam K, Chowdhury AS, Richardus JH, Corstjens P, Geluk A. Application of new host biomarker profiles in quantitative point-of-care tests facilitates leprosy diagnosis in the field. EBioMedicine. 2019 Sep;47:301- 308.
  • van Hooij A*, Tió-Coma M*, Verhard EM, Khatun M, Alam K, Tjon Kon Fat E, de Jong D, Chowdhury AS, Corstjens P, Richardus JH, Geluk A. Household Contacts of Leprosy Patients in Endemic Areas Display a Specific Innate Immunity Profile. Front Immunol. 2020 Augll;ll:1811.
  • van Hooij A, Tjon Kon Fat EM, de Jong D, Khatun M, Soren S, Chowdhury AS, Chandra Roy J, Alam K, Kim JP, Richardus JH, Geluk A, Corstjens PLAM. Prototype multi-biomarker test for point-of-care leprosy diagnostics. iScience. 2020 Dec 29;24(1):102006.
  • van Hooij A, Geluk A. In search of biomarkers for leprosy by unraveling the host immune response to Mycobacterium leprae. Immunol Rev. 2021 May;301(l):175-192.
  • van Hooij A, van den Eeden SJF, Khatun M, Soren S, Franken KLMC, Roy JC, Alam K, Chowdhury AS, Richardus JH, Geluk A. BCG induced immunity profiles in household contacts of leprosy patients differentiate between protection and disease. Vaccine. 2021 Dec 8;39(50):7230-7237.