OneHealthPact, Author at One Health PACT

Newsletter | Spring Update 2023

Written on May 16, 2023. Posted in News.

Read on ScienceDirect! A new special issue from One Health: One Health – approach to arboviruses. Edited by Marion Koopmans, Reina Sikkema, Maarten Schrama, Barry Rockx and lot’s of articles by our own One Health PACT PhD’s! One heath PACT Special Issue Evaluation of the...

Mooi weer, eerste muggen en teken: UMC Utrecht vraagt jouw hulp

Written on May 4, 2023. Posted in News.

Wanneer jij dit jaar op vakantie gaat, kun je meedoen met de One Health Travel studie van UMC Utrecht. Iedereen van 18 jaar en ouder die dit jaar zeven dagen of langer op vakantie gaat in Nederland, Europa of het Nederlandse Caraïbisch gebied, kan deelnemen. Studenten en medewerkers van Universiteit...

Patricia Bruijning vertelt over het One Health Travel onderzoek bij televisieprogramma Goedemorgen NL

Written on April 25, 2023. Posted in News.

Het UMC Utrecht, Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum en Erasmus MC zoeken vakantiegangers! Ga jij de komende maanden een week of langer op vakantie? Dan hebben wij je hulp nodig! Help ons onderzoek door samen met ons muggen, teken en de ziektes die zij kunnen overbrengen in kaart te brengen. Iedereen...

One Health Pact Technasium Masterclass 21 april

Written on April 21, 2023. Posted in News.

Op 21 april 2023 vond de tweede Technasium masterclass van One Health Pact plaats. De Technasium scholieren mochten muggen onderzoeken en legden hun onderzoeksvraag voor aan One Health PACT PhD’s Thom van der Most, Eleanor Marshall, Jurgen Moonen en Muriel Aguilar Bretones. Daarnaast hebben de scholieren...

The pathology of co-infection with Usutu virus and Plasmodium spp. in naturally infected Eurasian blackbirds (Turdus merula)

Written on April 20, 2023. Posted in News, Publications.

Gianfilippo Agliani, Giuseppe Giglia, Erwin de Bruin, Tjomme van Mastrigt, Rody Blom, Reina S. Sikkema, Marja Kik, Marion P.G. Koopmans, Andrea Gröne, Judith M.A. Van den Brand. Abstract Usutu virus (USUV) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic flavivirus causing mortality in Eurasian...

Meeting KNAW – The threat of bird flu

Written on April 20, 2023. Posted in News.

Watch the recording! On the 12th of April The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) organized a Symposium about the Threat of Bird Flu. Prof. Marion Koopmans was invited to moderate this session, prof. Ron Fouchier presented. The H5N1 bird flu virus has made the leap from birds...

Assessing West Nile virus (WNV) and Usutu virus (USUV) exposure in bird ringers in the Netherlands: a high-risk group for WNV and USUV infection?

Written on April 20, 2023. Posted in News, Publications.

Chiara de Bellegarde de Saint Lary, Louella M.R. Kasbergen, Patricia C.J.L. Bruijning-Verhagen, Henk van der Jeugd, Felicity Chandler, Boris M. Hogema, Hans L. Zaaijer, Fiona R.M. van der Klis, Luisa Barzon, Erwin de Bruin, Quirine ten Bosch, Marion P.G. Koopmans, Reina S. Sikkema, Leo G. Visser Introduction In...

Mooi weer, eerste muggen en teken: wetenschap vraagt vakantiegangers om hulp

Written on April 19, 2023. Posted in News.

Nederlanders die komende maanden op vakantie gaan kunnen de wetenschap helpen door muggen, teken en de ziektes die zij kunnen overbrengen in kaart te helpen brengen. Iedereen van 18 jaar en ouder die dit jaar zeven dagen of langer op vakantie gaat in Nederland, Europa of het Nederlandse Caraïbisch...

Deze week is het de Week van de Teek!

Written on April 18, 2023. Posted in News.

Wist jij dat teken virussen bij zich kunnen dragen? In Nederland kennen we vooral de ziekte van Lyme maar in delen van Scandinavië en Midden-Oost Europa komt ook tekenencephalitis voor, een ziekte die door een ‘arbovirus’ wordt veroorzaakt. Recent zijn ook in Nederland enkele teken aangetroffen...

Today it is World Health Day!

Written on April 7, 2023. Posted in News.

World Health Day is celebrated every year on the anniversary of the founding day of the World Health Organization. Today, April 7th of 2023, the World Health Organization will observe its 75th anniversary! It’s a day to focus on and raise awareness around health issues that affect people all over...

Rise of dengue, zika, chikungunya outbreaks and impact of climate change

Written on April 6, 2023. Posted in News.

The incidence of infections caused by arboviruses, such as denge, Zika and chingungunya, has grown dramatically around the world in recent decades. About half of the world’s population is now at risk of dengue with an estimated 100–400 million infections occurring each year. These diseases,...

Improving Europe preparedness and readiness to pandemics

Written on March 30, 2023. Posted in News.

The DURABLE project better prepares Europe for the next pandemic. The new consortium includes virological and epidemiological research laboratories and will receive 25 million euros from the EU. Head of Virology at Erasmus MC and PDPC initiator Marion Koopmans is co-coordinator: ‘The next pandemic...

7th Dutch Arbovirus Research Network Meeting (DARN), June 8th

Written on March 27, 2023. Posted in News.

Save the date for the 7th Dutch Arbovirus Research Network Meeting (DARN), June 8th, 2023 in Rotterdam The 7th Dutch Arbovirus Research Network (DARN) meeting will facilitate sharing the latest findings in the arbovirology field and connecting arbovirologists in the Netherlands. The DARN 2023...

Composition and global distribution of the mosquito virome – A comprehensive database of insect-specific viruses

Written on March 15, 2023. Posted in News, Publications.

Jurgen P. Moonen, Michelle Schinkel, Tom van der Most, Pascal Miesen, Ronald P. van Rij Abstract Mosquitoes are vectors for emerging and re-emerging infectious viral diseases of humans, livestock and other animals. In addition to these arthropod-borne (arbo)viruses, mosquitoes are host to an...

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