Lectures and seminars "Cerebral Worms—Not a Metaphor: The Belgian Neurocysticercosis (NCC) School Outbreak Investigation"

16-06-2026 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Add to iCal
Campus Solna D1012, Biomedicum, Karolinska Institutet, Campus Solna

Welcome to a seminar with Koen Vanden Driessche, pediatric infectious diseases specialist at Antwerp University Hospital (UZA).

Those without access to Biomedicum, please gather at the reception, Biomedicum floor 3, at 12.45.

Speaker

Koen Vanden Driessche is a pediatric infectious diseases specialist at Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), where he advises on diagnostically and therapeutically challenging cases and leads infection control in the high-level isolation unit. He trained and worked across the Netherlands, DR Congo, Canada, and South Africa before returning to Belgium. His works focus on preventing airborne-transmitted infections.

Contact

Nuno Rufino de Sousa, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, KI