Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Elke Leuridan
WORK EXPERIENCE August 1997–July 1998
Assistant Obstetrics and gynaecology AZ Turnhout, (Belgium) MD in residency for obstetrics and gynaecology Related document(s):
March 1999–July 1999
Assistant Internal Medicine AZ Klina, (Belgium) MD in residency for internal medicine Related document(s):
July 1999–September 1999
Assistant internal medicine University hospital Antwerp, (Belgium) MD in residency for internal medicine Related document(s):
October 1999–September 2000
Assistant internal medicine AZ KLina, (Belgium) MD in residency for internal medicine Related document(s):
October 2000–September 2001
Assistant internal medicine St Vincentius hospital Antwerp, (Belgium) MD in residency for internal medicine Related document(s):
October 2001–September 2002
Assistant internal medicine St Augustinus hospital Wilrijk, (Belgium) MD in residency for internal medicine Related document(s):
December 2002–June 2014
researcher University of Antwerp, (Belgium) - Educational activities: teaching+ (co) promoterships for advanced master education and PhD students - research activities on vaccine preventable diseases - support to the community: member of the Higher Health Coucil of Belgium (NITAG) Related document(s):
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING October 1990–July 1997
MD Catholic University of Leuven, (Belgium) Medical Doctor Related document(s):
September 1998–February 1999
Master in Tropical Medicine Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, (Belgium) Master in Tropical medicine for Medical Doctors Related document(s):
January 2007–March 2012
PhD in medical sciences University of Antwerp, (Belgium) PhD in medical sciences on the topic: Maternal antibodies against vaccine preventable diseases Related document(s):
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Expertise
- Vaccine preventable diseases - Education in vaccine related topics - Vaccination of pregnant women - Maternal antibodies and vaccine prevantable diseases
Publications
1. Articles • Leuridan E, Dirven K, van Rossom P, Ieven M, Demeter J, van Bouwel E. Legionella: de bacterie, pathogeniciteit, risicofactoren en preventie. Tijdschrift voor geneeskunde 2002, 58(14/15): 934-937. • Van Damme P, Leuridan E, Wouters K et al. Can health programmes lead to mistreatment of sex worker? Lancet 2003;362:328-29. • Van Ardenne N, Roelofs I, Leuridan E et al. Audit on offering hepatitis B vaccine and accepting it in sex workers. Intern J STD AIDS 2004;15(7): 493-494. • Van Damme P, Van Herck K, Leuridan E, Vorsters A. Introducing universal hepatitis B vaccination in Europe: differences still remain between countries. Eurosurveillance weekly 2004;8 (47):1-3. • Van Damme P, Vorsters A, Van Herck K, Leuridan E, Kojouharova M, Dagan R, Bonanni P, Usonis V, Magdzik W, Hallauer J. Surveillance, epidemiology and prevention of hepatitis A and B in Europe: results from the feasibility study EUROHEP.NET. Eur J Publ Health 2004;14(4):S18. • Leuridan E, Wouters K, Stalpaert M, Van Damme P. Male sex workers in Antwerp (Belgium): a descriptive study. Intern J STD AIDS 2005;16(11):744-48. • Leuridan E , Vorsters A, Van Herck K, Van Damme P. Hepatitis A and B surveillance and immunization programmes in Europe: EUROHEP.NET project. Archives of Public Health 2005,63;199-217. • Wouters K., Leuridan E., Van Herck E., Van Damme P. Hepatitis B vaccination for male sex workers: how complete is complete? STI eletter14 March 2006. • Leuridan E; Wouters K; Stalpaert M; et al. Preventive health care for sex workers in Flanders 20012005. Int J STD AIDS 2006;16 (11): 744-748 • Wouters K; Leuridan E; Van Ardenne N; et al.Compliance and immunogenicity of two hepatitis B vaccination schedules in sex workers. 12th International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease, Paris. J Clin Virol 36 (2): S167-S167 • Wouters K, Leuridan E, Van Herck K, Van Ardenne N, Roelofs I, Mak R, Prévost C, Guérin P, Denis B, Van Damme P. Compliance and immunogenicity of two hepatitis B vaccination schedules in sex workers in Belgium. Vaccine 2007;25(10):1893-1900.
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• Leuridan E, Van Damme P. Passive transmission and persistence of naturally acquired or vaccineinduces maternal antibodies against measles in newborns. Vaccine 2007;25(34):6296-6304. • Van Herck K, Leuridan E, Van Damme P. Schedules for hepatitis B vaccination of at-risk groups: balancing immunogenicity and compliance. STI 2007;83;426:432. • Leuridan E, Van Damme P. Baffling measles immunization schedules for young infants-reply. Vaccine 2007; 25 (52), p.8646-8646. • Leuridan E, Hens N, Hutse VB, Ieven G, Aerts M, Van Damme P. How long are neonates protected by maternal antibodies? PIDJ 2009;28(6):e4. • Leuridan E, Hens N., Hutse V., Ieven M., Aerts M., Van Damme P. Early Waning of Maternal Measles Antibodies in the Era of Global Measles Vaccination. BMJ 2010;340:c1626 • Nguyen Muriel, Leuridan Elke, Zhang Tong, De Wit Dominique, Willems Fabienne, Van Damme Pierre, Goldman Michel, Goriely Stanislas. Acquisition of adult like TLR responses during the first year of life. PlosOne 2010 Apr 28;5(4):e10407 • Depuydt CE, Leuridan E, Van Damme P, Bogers J, Vereecken AJ, Donders GG. Epidemiology of Trichomonas vaginalis and Human Papillomavirus Infection Detected by Real-Time PCR in Flanders. Gynecol Obstet Invest 2010 Oct 16;70(4):273-280. • Leuridan E, Hens N, Hutse V, Aerts M, Van Damme P. Kinetics of maternal antibodies against rubella and varicella in infants. Vaccine 2011 Mar 3;29(11):2222-6 • Leuridan E, Hens N, Peeters N, De Witte L, Van Der Meeren O, Van Damme P. Effect of a Prepregnancy Pertussis Booster Dose on Maternal Antibody Titers in Young Infants. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Jul;30(7):608-10. • Leuridan E, Van Damme P. Hepatitis B and the Need for a Booster Dose Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Jul 1;53(1):68-75. • Leuridan E, Goeyvaerts N, Hens N, Hutse V, Van Damme P. Maternal Mumps Antibodies. Eur J Pediatrics 2012 Aug;171(8):1167-73 • Leuridan E, Ieven M, Hens, N, Van Damme P. High susceptibility to cytomegalovirus infection of pregnant women in Flanders, Belgium. Facts, views and vision in Obgyn 2012 2012, 4 (2): 76-81 • D'Hauwers KW, Cornelissen T, Depuydt CE, Bogers J, Donders AR, Leuridan E, Van Damme P, Tjalma WA. Anal human papillomavirus DNA in women at a colposcopy clinic. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2012 Jun 5. • Leuridan E, Sabbe M, Van Damme P. Measles outbreak in Europe: Susceptibility of infants too young to be immunized. Vaccine. 2012 Sep 7;30(41):5905-13. Epub 2012 Jul 26. • Leuridan E, Vercauteren A, Cornelissen T, Bilcke A, Van Damme P. Sex workers and HIV: missed opportunities. Lancet. 2012 Oct 6;380(9849):1230. • Leuridan E, ThuHa Thi Hoang, Dang Duc Anh, Van Damme P. Pertussis vaccination and pregnancy. CID 2013, 2013 Aug;57(3):471-2. doi: 10.1093/cid/cit217. • Van Damme P, Leuridan E, Hendrickx G, Vorsters A, Theeten H, Leino T, Salminen M, Kuusi M. Should Europe have a universal hepatitis B vaccination programme? BMJ 2013 Jul 10;347:f4057. doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4057. • van Nunen K, Leuridan E, Van Hal G, Van Damme P, DecorteT. Legal and illegal drug use among female sex workers in bar and club prostitution in Belgium: A quantitative and qualitative study. Drugs: education, prevention and policy. 2014;21(1):56-64 • Kirsten Maertens, Sara De Schutter, Tessa Braeckman, Lesley Baerts, Pierre Van Damme, Ingrid De Meester, Elke Leuridan. Breastfeeding after maternal immunisation during pregnancy: Providing immunological protection to the newborn: A review. Vaccine. 2014 Apr 1;32(16):1786-1792: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.01.083 • Lernout T, Theeten H, Leuridan E, Van Damme P.Do vaccines save lives? Yes they do! Acta Med Port. 2014 Mar-Apr;27(2):160-2. Epub 2014 Apr 30. 2. Posters • Preventive health care for sex workers in Flanders 2001-2005. E. Leuridan , K. Smets, A. Vercauteren, A. Traen, M. Claeyssens, L. Bingé, R. Mak, P. Van Damme. IUSTI , Versailles, October 2006. • Wouters K, Leuridan E, Van Herck K, Van Ardenne N, Roelofs I, Mak R, Prévost C, Guérin P, Denis B, Van Damme P*. Compliance and immunogenicity of two hepatitis B vaccination schedules in sex workers. 12th International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease (ISVHLD), Paris (France), 1-5 July 2006.
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• Maternal antibodies against measles after natural infection or vaccination in parturient women. Leuridan E, Hens N, Ieven G, Aerts M, van Damme P. ESPID May 2008, Graz, poster walk. • Preventive health care for sex workers in Antwerp. Leysen J, Vuylsteke K, Leuridan E, Van Herck K, Schodts C, Van Damme P. EMSA congress, Antwerp 2008. • Male sex workers in Antwerp. Schodts C, Leuridan E, Van Damme P. ITM (Institute Tropical Medicine) congress: Sex in the city, 27/11/2008. • Maternal antibodies against measles. Leuridan E, Hens N, Van Damme P. ECDC Eurovaccine, Stockholm 11/12/2009. • Modelling serological data: Maternal measles antibodies in young infants. Leuridan E, Hens, Niel. StatUA, Antwerp 01/02/2010. • Presentation by Leuridan at poster walk ESPID 2010: LONG-TERM IMMUNOGENICITY AFTER 2DOSES OF THE ADULT FORMULATION COMBINED HEPATITIS A AND B VACCINATION IN CHILDREN AGED 1-11 YEARS. P. Van Damme, F. Kafeja, M. Van der Wielen, B. Gunapalaiah, M. Leyssen, J-M. Jacquet. Abstract 630. • Licit and illicit drug use among female sex workers in bar and club prostitution in Belgium: a quantitative and qualitative study (2009-2010). van Nunen K, Decorte T, Stoffels I, Van Damme P, Leuridan E, Van Hal G. • Multivariate Decay Models for Maternal Antibodies Against Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella in Infants. Nele Goeyvaerts, Elke Leuridan, Niel Hens. Epidemics, Boston, 2011. • Decorte T, Stoffels I, Van Damme P, Leuridan E ,Van Hal G. Drug use among Belgian sex workers: a quantitative and qualitative study of 5 sectors in the sex industry’, 21st Annual Conference of the European Society for Social Drug research, 22-24 september 2011, Aarhus (Denmark) • Decorte T, Stoffels I, Van Damme P, Leuridan E ,Van Hal G. ‘Drug use among Belgian sex workers: a quantitative and qualitative study of 5 sectors in the sex industry’, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, 16-19 November 2011, Washington, DC (VS) • Sara De Schutter, Elke Leuridan, Kirsten Maertens, Lesley Baerts, Pierre Van Damme, Ingrid De Meester. Quantification of Bordetella pertussis toxin antibodies in breast milk: optimization of sample preparation and evaluation of commercial ELISAs. Bordetella 2013: 8-11 September 2013, Dublin. • Elke Leuridan, Thi ThuHa Hoang, Kirsten Maertens, Thi Hong Duong, Dang Duc Anh, Pierre Van Damme. Adverse events following immunization (AEFI) with Tdap in pregnant women in Vietnam and Belgium. Bordetella 2013: 8-11 September 2013, Dublin. • Kris Huygen, Elke Leuridan, Caroline Rodeghiero and Pierre Van Damme. Comparison of immune responses in pregnant and age-matched non-pregnant women following a booster dose of pertussis containing vaccine. Bordetella 2013: 8-11 September 2013, Dublin. • Leuridan E, Hoang TTH, Maertens K, Nguyen TD, Caboré RN, Huygen K, Van Damme P, Dang DA. Pertussis antibody responses in maternal and cord samples after vaccination during pregnancy: a Vietnamese – Belgian collaboration. ESPID 2014, May 7-9 Dublin. • Leuridan E, Hutse V, Wautier M, Maertens K, Theeten H. Susceptibility to measles, mumps and rubella at 5 years of age in Belgium. ESPID 2014, May 7-9 Dublin. • 3. Books • Leuridan E, Vorsters A, Van Herck K, nardone A, Zanetti AR, van Casteren V and Van Damme P. Chapter 17 p187-199: Surveillance and prevention of viral hepatitis A and B in Europe: lessons learnt and considerations for the future. In: Urbanisation and health. Gunnar tellness. Oslo academic press. 2005. • Decorte T, Stoffels I, Leuridan E, Van Damme P, Van Hal G. Middelengebruik onder sekswerkers in België. Een kwantitatieve en kwalitatieve studie in vijf sectoren van de seksindustrie. Gent, Academia press 2011. 4. Non peer reviewed articles……………………………………………………………………………………….. • Sasse A, Defraye A, Buziarsist J. Epidemiologie van AIDS en HIV-infectie in België.Toestand op 31 december 2004. Brussel, Wetenschappelijk Instituut Volksgezondheid, Afdeling Epidemiologie, December 2005. D/2005/2505/35 Bijdrage Leuridan voor Gh@pro vzw: p75- 76. • Hoe lang worden pasgeborenen beschermd door maternaal verworven antistoffen? Vaxinfo 2010, 58:1-4 • Kinkhoest: terug van weggeweest. Medisfeer 2012.
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• Vlov bijdrage mei 2014, accepted for publiation Projects
•2002: Collaboration in EUROPAP (European project on prostitution) •Collaboration in Eurohep.net (www.eurohep.net): DG research sponsored project on the feasibility of the creation of an international network on vaccine preventable hepatitis in Europe: 2002-2004 •2002-2006: Study on hepatitis B schedules in high risk groups (see publications) •2002-2006: Study on male sex workers (see publications) •DRUSEB: Drug use in female sex workers in Belgium (Federaal Wetenschapsbeleid): copromotor 2008-2011 •2012-present: post doc researcher: FWO postdoctoral mandate ((FWO referentienummer 12D6114N) from 01/10/2013. •Long term study on measles-mumps-rubella seroprevalence •2010-2012: Study on vaccination against Pertussis in adults . •Study on vaccination of pregnant women against Pertussis, funded by 2 sources: - 2012-2014: Joint research project FWO-Nafosted on vaccination during pregnancy against Pertussis (Vietnam: National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology) - 2012-2014: South Initiative Vlir-UOS (Vietnam: National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology): Reducing the burden of Pertussis disease in very young infants in different epidemiological settings by augmenting maternal antibody concentrations during pregnancy •2014-2016: VlirUOs project on hepatitis B birth dose coverage n the Mekong delta in Vietnam.
Memberships
Belgian NITAG: working group on vaccines, part of the Belgian Health Council since 2014. ESPID member since 2009
Other Relevant Information
2010-present: coördinator of the Summer School on vaccinology for students, University of Antwerp, Belgium Awards and grants • 2003 J&J price: Health promotion for prostitutes, with the Health house for Antwerp prostitution • 2006 Kleine bof University of Antwerp: small financing support for the project: Prevalence of maternal antibodies against vaccine preventable diseases: serological testing for measles IgG in third trimester of pregnancy, comparing vaccinated women with naturally immune women. • 2008 Zonta price Kathleen Mooren, copromotor thesis Master in management of health care: Prostitution and the internet • 2010 ESPID small educational grant for the project: Maternal Antibodies against Mumps in a Cohort of children up to the age of 1 year • 2012 Kleine bof University of Antwerp: Measurement of maternal Pertussis IgA antibodies in breast milk after Pertussis vaccination during pregnancy • Interuniversitaire Samenwerking (Inter University Collaboration) (funds young researchers) 2012 and 2013 for the Summer School on Vaccinology • FWO postdoctoral mandate starting 01/10/2013 • Sabin price winner 24/10/2014 • Nominated for the Price of the Superior health Council 2014 Services • Secretary of Board of directors: Gh@pro vzw, health house for Antwerp prostitution since 2005 • Co-rapporteur assessor for Priorix and associated names Measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, live. EMEA/H/A-30/1283 January 2012 • 2002-2006: part time MD at the Health House for Antwerp Prostitution, Antwerp, Belgium. www.ghapro.be.
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