Author: OneHealthPact

Newsletter | Spring Update 2023

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...

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

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...

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One Health Pact Technasium Masterclass 21 april

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...

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Meeting KNAW – The threat of bird flu

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...

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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?

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...

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Deze week is het de Week van de Teek!

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...

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Today it is World Health Day!

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...

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Improving Europe preparedness and readiness to pandemics

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...

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

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...

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This project 'Preparing for vector-borne virus outbreaks in a changing world: a One Health Approach' (NWA. 1160.1S.210) is (partly) financed by the Dutch Research Council (NWO).

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