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World Health Organization: Geneva, CH

2024-07-01 to present | Epidemiologist (AMR division)
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Esther van Kleef

Oxford University: Oxford, United Kingdom, GB

2024-07-01 to present | Senior Scientist (Nuffield department of Medicine)
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Esther van Kleef

University Medical Center Utrecht: Utrecht, NL

2023-01-01 to present | Assistant Professor (Infectious Disease Epidemiology)
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Esther van Kleef

Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde: Antwerp, BE

2020-01-03 to 2024-06-09 (Department of Public Health)
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Esther van Kleef

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: London, GB

2011-11-01 to 2015-11-30 | PhD (Infectious Disease Epidemiology)
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Works (39)

Modelling practices, data provisioning, sharing and dissemination needs for pandemic decision-making: a European survey-based modellers’ perspective

2025-03 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2025.03.12.25323819
PPR: PPR987358
Contributors: van Kleef E; Van Bortel W; Arsevska E; Busani L; Dellicour S; Di Domenico L; Gilbert M; van Elsland SL; Kraemer MU; Lai S et al.
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Esther van Kleef via Europe PubMed Central

Embedding risk monitoring in infectious disease surveillance for timely and effective outbreak prevention and control

BMJ Global Health
2025-02 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-016870
Part of ISSN: 2059-7908
Contributors: Brecht Ingelbeen; Esther van Kleef; Placide Mbala; Kostas Danis; Ivalda Macicame; Niel Hens; Eveline Cleynen; Marianne A B van der Sande
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Esther van Kleef

Epidemic intelligence in Europe: a user needs perspective to foster innovation in digital health surveillance

BMC Public Health
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18466-1
EID:

2-s2.0-85189902985

Part of ISSN: 14712458
Contributors: Bouyer, F.; Thiongane, O.; Hobeika, A.; Arsevska, E.; Binot, A.; Corrèges, D.; Dub, T.; Mäkelä, H.; van Kleef, E.; Jori, F. et al.
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Esther van Kleef via Scopus - Elsevier

Evaluating the effect of a behavioural intervention bundle on antibiotic use, quality of care, and household transmission of resistant Enterobacteriaceae in intervention versus control clusters in rural Burkina Faso and DR Congo (CABU-EICO)

Trials
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-023-07856-2
EID:

2-s2.0-85183889157

Part of ISSN: 17456215
Contributors: van der Sande, M.; Ingelbeen, B.; Meudec, M.; van Kleef, E.; Campbell, L.; Wouters, E.; Marien, J.; van Vredendaal, R.; Leirs, H.; Valia, D. et al.
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Esther van Kleef via Scopus - Elsevier

Importance of investing time and money in integrating large language model-based agents into outbreak analytics pipelines

The Lancet Microbe
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/S2666-5247(24)00104-6
EID:

2-s2.0-85194136382

Part of ISSN: 26665247
Contributors: van Hoek, A.J.; Funk, S.; Flasche, S.; Quilty, B.J.; van Kleef, E.; Camacho, A.; Kucharski, A.J.
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Esther van Kleef via Scopus - Elsevier

Epidemic intelligence activities among national public and animal health agencies: a European cross-sectional study

Research Square
2023 | Other
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2563665/v1
EID:

2-s2.0-85167546421
Contributors: Dub, T.; Mäkelä, H.; van Kleef, E.; Leblond, A.; Mércier, A.; Hénaux, V.; Bouyer, F.; Binot, A.; Thiongane, O.; Lancelot, R. et al.
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Esther van Kleef via Scopus - Elsevier

Mild and moderate COVID-19 during Alpha, Delta and Omikron pandemic waves in urban Maputo, Mozambique, December 2020-March 2022: A population-based surveillance study

medRxiv
2023 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/2023.12.22.23300474
EID:

2-s2.0-85182711864
Contributors: Ingelbeen, B.; Cumbane, V.; Mandlate, F.; Barbé, B.; Nhachungue, S.M.; Cavele, N.; Manhica, C.; Cubai, C.; Nguenha, N.M.C.; Lacroix, A. et al.
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Esther van Kleef via Scopus - Elsevier

The values and risks of an Intergovernmental Panel for One Health to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response

The Lancet Global Health
2023-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00246-2
Part of ISSN: 2214-109X
Contributors: Alexandre Hobeika; Maxime Henri Tibault Stauffer; Timothée Dub; Wim van Bortel; Martin Beniston; Salome Bukachi; Gian Luca Burci; Lisa Crump; Wanda Markotter; Ludovico Pasquale Sepe et al.
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Esther van Kleef
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Epidemic intelligence activities among national public and animal health agencies: a European cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health
2023-08-04 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-16396-y
Part of ISSN: 1471-2458
Contributors: Timothee Dub; Henna Mäkelä; Esther van Kleef; AGNES LEBLOND; Alizé Mercier; VIVIANE HENAUX; Fanny Bouyer; Aurelie Binot; Oumy Thiongane; Renaud Lancelot et al.
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Esther van Kleef
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An annotated dataset for event-based surveillance of antimicrobial resistance

Data in Brief
2023-02 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108870
Part of ISSN: 2352-3409
Contributors: Nejat Arınık; Wim Van Bortel; Bahdja Boudoua; Luca Busani; Remy Decoupes; Roberto Interdonato; Rodrique Kafando; Esther van Kleef; Mathieu Roche; Mehtab Alam Syed et al.
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Esther van Kleef
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Factors influencing SARS-CoV-2 infection rate in Belgian nursing home residents during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic

Epidemiology and Infection
2022 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268822000334
Part of ISSN: 0950-2688
Part of ISSN: 1469-4409
Contributors: Laurène Peckeu-Abboud; Esther van Kleef; T. Smekens; K. Latour; S. Dequeker; L. Int Panis; M. Laga
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Esther van Kleef
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Mathematical modelling of COVID-19: a systematic review and quality assessment in the early epidemic response phase

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2022-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.12.260
Part of ISSN: 1201-9712
Contributors: Esther van Kleef; I. Dhaoui; W. Van Bortel; E. Arsevska; C. Hautefeuille; S. Tablado Alonso; E.V. Kleef
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Esther van Kleef

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and response on the utilisation of health services during the first wave in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo

medRxiv
2021 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/2021.04.08.21255096
EID:

2-s2.0-85106370348
Contributors: Hategeka, C.; Carter, S.E.; Chenge, F.M.; Katanga, E.N.; Lurton, G.; Mayaka, S.M.-N.; Mwamba, D.K.; van Kleef, E.; Vanlerberghe, V.; Grépin, K.A.
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Esther van Kleef via Scopus - Elsevier

How to improve outbreak response: a case study of integrated outbreak analytics from Ebola in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

BMJ Global Health
2021-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006736
Part of ISSN: 2059-7908
Contributors: Esther van Kleef; Simone E Carter; Steve Ahuka-Mundeke; Jérôme Pfaffmann Zambruni; Carlos Navarro Colorado; Esther van Kleef; Pascale Lissouba; Sophie Meakin; Olivier le Polain de Waroux; Thibaut Jombart et al.
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Esther van Kleef
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and response on the utilisation of health services in public facilities during the first wave in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo

BMJ Global Health
2021-07 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005955
Part of ISSN: 2059-7908
Contributors: Celestin Hategeka; Simone E Carter; Faustin Chenge; Eric Nyambu Katanga; Grégoire Lurton; serge Mayaka Ma-Nitu ; Dieudonné Mwamba; Esther van Kleef; Veerle Vanlerberghe; Karen A. Grépin
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Esther van Kleef
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National point prevalence study on carriage of multidrug-resistant microorganisms in Dutch long-term care facilities in 2018

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
2021-05-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkab042
Part of ISSN: 0305-7453
Part of ISSN: 1460-2091
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Esther van Kleef
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Reducing contacts to stop SARS-CoV-2 transmission during the second pandemic wave in Brussels, Belgium, August to November 2020

Eurosurveillance
2021-02-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2021.26.7.2100065
Part of ISSN: 1560-7917
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Esther van Kleef
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Antimicrobial resistance and COVID-19: Intersections and implications

eLife
2021-02-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.7554/elife.64139
Part of ISSN: 2050-084X
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Esther van Kleef
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Reducing contacts to stop SARS-CoV-2 transmission during the second pandemic wave in Brussels, Belgium

medRxiv
2020 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/2020.12.23.20248795
EID:

2-s2.0-85099797501
Contributors: Ingelbeen, B.; Peckeu, L.; Laga, M.; Hendrix, I.; Neven, I.; van der Sande, M.A.B.; van Kleef, E.
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Esther van Kleef via Scopus - Elsevier

What questions we should be asking about COVID-19 in humanitarian settings: perspectives from the Social Sciences Analysis Cell in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

BMJ Global Health
2020-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003607
Part of ISSN: 2059-7908
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Esther van Kleef
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Quantifying antibiotic impact on within-patient dynamics of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase resistance

eLife
2020-05-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.7554/elife.49206
Part of ISSN: 2050-084X
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Esther van Kleef
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Quantifying antibiotic impact on within-host dynamics of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase resistance in hospitalized patients

bioRxiv
2019 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/548453
EID:

2-s2.0-85095634530

Part of ISSN: 26928205
Contributors: Niehus, R.; van Kleef, E.; Yin, M.; Turlej-Rogacka, A.; Lammens, C.; Carmeli, Y.; Goossens, H.; Tacconelli, E.; Carevic, B.; Malhotra-Kumar, S. et al.
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Esther van Kleef via Scopus - Elsevier

Puntprevalentieonderzoek naar antibioticaresistentie in verpleeghuizen

RIVM
2019-06-26 | Report
Contributors: Esther van Kleef; Lieke Wielders; Paul Bijkerk; Berend Beishuizen; Leo Schouls; Mariken van der Lubben; Sabine de Greeff
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Esther van Kleef

Seasonality of urinary tract infections in the United Kingdom in different age groups: Longitudinal analysis of The Health Improvement Network (THIN)

Epidemiology and Infection
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881700259X
EID:

2-s2.0-85041238516

Part of ISSN: 14694409 09502688
Contributors: Rosello, A.; Pouwels, K.B.; Domenech De Cellès, M.; Van Kleef, E.; Hayward, A.C.; Hopkins, S.; Robotham, J.V.; Smieszek, T.; Opatowski, L.; Deeny, S.R.
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Esther van Kleef via Scopus - Elsevier
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Transmission dynamics of hyper-endemic multi-drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Southeast Asian neonatal unit: A longitudinal study with whole genome sequencing

Frontiers in Microbiology
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01197
EID:

2-s2.0-85048124753

Part of ISSN: 1664302X
Contributors: Smit, P.W.; Stoesser, N.; Pol, S.; van Kleef, E.; Oonsivilai, M.; Tan, P.; Neou, L.; Turner, C.; Turner, P.; Cooper, B.S.
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Esther van Kleef via Scopus - Elsevier
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Clostridium difficile in England: can we stop washing our hands?

The Lancet Infectious Diseases
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30186-X
EID:

2-s2.0-85018654845

Part of ISSN: 14744457 14733099
Contributors: van Kleef, E.; Kuijper, E.J.; Bonten, M.J.M.; Cooper, B.S.
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Esther van Kleef via Scopus - Elsevier
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Does appropriate empiric antibiotic therapy modify intensive care unit-acquired Enterobacteriaceae bacteraemia mortality and discharge?

Journal of Hospital Infection
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2017.03.016
EID:

2-s2.0-85018638957

Part of ISSN: 15322939 01956701
Contributors: Pouwels, K.B.; Van Kleef, E.; Vansteelandt, S.; Batra, R.; Edgeworth, J.D.; Smieszek, T.; Robotham, J.V.
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Esther van Kleef via Scopus - Elsevier
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Transmission patterns of hyper-endemic multi-drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Cambodian neonatal unit: A longitudinal study with whole genome sequencing

bioRxiv
2017 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/223701
EID:

2-s2.0-85095637049

Part of ISSN: 26928205
Contributors: Smit, P.W.; Stoesser, N.; Pol, S.; van Kleef, E.; Oonsivilai, M.; Tan, P.; Neou, L.; Turner, C.; Turner, P.; Cooper, B.S.
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Esther van Kleef via Scopus - Elsevier

Why sensitive bacteria are resistant to hospital infection control

Wellcome Open Research
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.11033.2
EID:

2-s2.0-85063696901

Part of ISSN: 2398502X
Contributors: van Kleef, E.; Luangasanatip, N.; Bonten, M.J.; Cooper, B.S.
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Esther van Kleef via Scopus - Elsevier
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Why sensitive bacteria are resistant to hospital infection control [version 2; referees: 2 approved]

Wellcome Open Research
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.11033.1
EID:

2-s2.0-85018650660

Part of ISSN: 2398502X
Contributors: Van Kleef, E.; Luangasanatip, N.; Bonten, M.J.; Cooper, B.S.
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Esther van Kleef via Scopus - Elsevier

R Code: Why Sensitive Bacteria Are Resistant To Hospital Infection Control (V1)

2017-03-02 | Software
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.345136
Contributors: Esther van Kleef; Esther Van Kleef; ; Marc JM Bonten; Ben S Cooper
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Esther van Kleef

The projected effectiveness of Clostridium difficile vaccination as part of an integrated infection control strategy

Vaccine
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.09.046
EID:

2-s2.0-84992390429

Part of ISSN: 18732518 0264410X
Contributors: van Kleef, E.; Deeny, S.R.; Jit, M.; Cookson, B.; Goldenberg, S.D.; Edmunds, W.J.; Robotham, J.V.
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Contamination of the Hospital Environment from Potential Clostridium difficile Excretors Without Active Infection

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.79
EID:

2-s2.0-84988847766

Part of ISSN: 15596834 0899823X
Contributors: Biswas, J.S.; Patel, A.; Otter, J.A.; Van Kleef, E.; Goldenberg, S.D.
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Seasonal changes in the incidence of Escherichia coli bloodstream infection: Variation with region and place of onset

Clinical Microbiology and Infection
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.06.023
EID:

2-s2.0-84942192013

Part of ISSN: 14690691 1198743X
Contributors: Deeny, S.R.; van Kleef, E.; Bou-Antoun, S.; Hope, R.J.; Robotham, J.V.
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Esther van Kleef via Scopus - Elsevier
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Reduction in Clostridium difficile environmental contamination by hospitalized patients treated with fidaxomicin

Journal of Hospital Infection
2015-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.01.015
Part of ISSN: 0195-6701
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Esther van Kleef
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Nosocomial transmission of c. difficile in English hospitals from patients with symptomatic infection

PLoS ONE
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099860
EID:

2-s2.0-84903125095

Part of ISSN: 19326203
Contributors: Van Kleef, E.; Gasparrini, A.; Guy, R.; Cookson, B.; Hope, R.; Jit, M.; Robotham, J.V.; Deeny, S.R.; Edmunds, W.J.
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Excess length of stay and mortality due to Clostridium difficile infection: a multi-state modelling approach

Journal of Hospital Infection
2014-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2014.08.008
Part of ISSN: 0195-6701
Contributors: Esther van Kleef; E. van Kleef; N. Green; S.D. Goldenberg; J.V. Robotham; B. Cookson; M. Jit; W.J. Edmunds; S.R. Deeny
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Esther van Kleef
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Modelling the transmission of healthcare associated infections: A systematic review

BMC Infectious Diseases
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-294
EID:

2-s2.0-84879428130

Part of ISSN: 14712334
Contributors: van Kleef, E.; Robotham, J.V.; Jit, M.; Deeny, S.R.; Edmunds, W.J.
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The geographic distribution of dengue fever and the potential influence of global climate change

TropIKA
2009-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Esther van Kleef; Hilary Bambrick; Simon Hales
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Esther van Kleef
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