Author: OneHealthPact

Distribution of Culex pipiens life stages across urban green and grey spaces in Leiden, The Netherlands

Written on February 5, 2024. Posted in News.

This publication is part of the project ‘Preparing for vector-borne virus outbreaks in a changing world: a One Health Approach’ (NWA.1160.1S.210) which is (partly) financed by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Authors: Louie Krol, Melissa Langezaal, Lisa Budidarma, Daan Wassenaar, Emilie...

How does climate change affect our health? Knowledge-based scenarios created.

Written on February 2, 2024. Posted in News.

For full Dutch translation – read below Source: Deltares Publication date of the article: January 31, 2024 Our world is changing, both in terms of climate and socioeconomics. Changes that can have a significant impact on the health of humans, animals, and the environment. We often...

Usutu virus and West Nile virus use a transcellular route of neuroinvasion across an in vitro model of the human blood-brain barrier

Written on February 2, 2024. Posted in News.

This publication is part of the project ‘Preparing for vector-borne virus outbreaks in a changing world: a One Health Approach’ (NWA.1160.1S.210) which is (partly) financed by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Barry Rockx – PI One Health PACT: New pre-print! Great work from @_El_Marshall_...

West Nile virus spread in Europe: Phylogeographic pattern analysis and key drivers

Written on January 30, 2024. Posted in News.

This publication is from a partner project of One Health PACT. Most epidemic preparedness focusses on enhancing response to outbreaks. In @EuropeVEO they try to figure out how to use combinations of data from multiple sources to get better at prediction outbreak risk, by focussing on understanding...

Development and validation of the MosquitoWise survey to assess perceptions towards mosquitoes and mosquito-borne viruses in Europe

Written on January 25, 2024. Posted in News.

This publication is part of the project ‘Preparing for vector-borne virus outbreaks in a changing world: a One Health Approach’ (NWA.1160.1S.210) which is (partly) financed by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Authors: Ayat Abourashed, Pauline A. de Best, Laura Doornekamp, Reina S. Sikkema,...

Arctic viruses could trigger new pandemics

Written on January 23, 2024. Posted in News.

Threat of outbreak of microbes trapped in permafrost for millennia raised by increased Siberian shipping activity. […] Virologist Marion Koopmans of Erasmus MC in Rotterdam: “We don’t know which viruses are there in the permafrost, but I think there is a real risk that one is capable...

Creating the Dutch One Health Shared Socio-economic Pathways (SSPs)

Written on January 18, 2024. Posted in News.

This publication is part of the project ‘Preparing for vector-borne virus outbreaks in a changing world: a One Health Approach’ (NWA.1160.1S.210) which is (partly) financed by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Authors: Martha Dellar, Gertjan Geerling, Kasper Kok, Peter van Bodegom, Maarten...

WHO Consults Scientists Over Pathogens with Pandemic Potential

Written on January 18, 2024. Posted in News.

One Health PACT coordinator, prof. Marion Koopmans addresses the WHO consultation The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a series of consultations with the scientific community in the beginning of 2024 aimed at building consensus about how best to identify and address the pathogens...

One Health PACT – First update of 2024

Written on January 18, 2024. Posted in News.

Annual meeting OHPACT On Friday, December 15th, the One Health PACT annual meeting took place in Delft. The event featured presentations from the PIs representing each pillar, offering updates on completed work and outlining ongoing projects. Following this brief overview, the stage was turned...

A species-independent lateral flow microarray immunoassay to detect WNV and USUV NS1-specific antibodies in serum

Written on January 9, 2024. Posted in News, Publications.

This publication is part of the project ‘Preparing for vector-borne virus outbreaks in a changing world: a One Health Approach’ (NWA.1160.1S.210) which is (partly) financed by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Authors: Bijan Godarzi, Felicity Chandler, Anne van der Linden, Reina S. Sikkema, Erwin de...

Recap OHP Annual Meeting December 2023

Written on December 20, 2023. Posted in News.

On Friday, December 15th, the One Health PACT annual meeting took place in Delft. The event featured presentations from the PIs representing each pillar, offering updates on completed work and outlining ongoing projects. Following this brief overview, the stage was turned over to the PhD candidates...

One Health PACT Annual Meeting 2023

Written on December 11, 2023. Posted in News.

Programme Friday 15 December 2023 “A One Health approach makes public health sense, economic sense and common sense,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “It’s obvious that we can only protect and promote the health of humans by protecting and promoting the health of animals,...

Vis als voedsel voor nestjongen bij Merels.

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

Jurrian van Irsel, Lukas de Graaf, Kevin Matson. Het broedsucces van vogels wordt in grote mate bepaald door het voedsel dat wordt aangeleverd aan de nestjongen. De kwaliteit en kwantiteit van het voedsel hangt af van de leefomgeving en klimatologische condities. Veranderingen in de leefomgeving...

ESCAIDE Poster tour 12 – One Health, global health and climate change

Written on October 27, 2023. Posted in Uncategorized.

Mosquito-borne virus preparedness and response: a stakeholder network analysis for the Netherlands Authors: Pauline A. de Best1,2 , Henk Broekhuizen3, Reina S. Sikkema1, Marion P.G. Koopmans1, Aura Timen2,4,5 1Viroscience, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands., 2 National...