Search Results - "Laenen, Lies"
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Symptomatic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Reinfection by a Phylogenetically Distinct Strain
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Hantaviridae : Current Classification and Future Perspectives
Published in Viruses (27-08-2019)“…In recent years, negative-sense RNA virus classification and taxon nomenclature have undergone considerable transformation. In 2016, the new order was…”
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Indoor air surveillance and factors associated with respiratory pathogen detection in community settings in Belgium
Published in Nature communications (11-03-2023)“…Currently, the real-life impact of indoor climate, human behaviour, ventilation and air filtration on respiratory pathogen detection and concentration are…”
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Unravelling the effect of New Year’s Eve celebrations on SARS-CoV-2 transmission
Published in Scientific reports (14-12-2023)“…Public holidays have been associated with SARS-CoV-2 incidence surges, although a firm link remains to be established. This association is sometimes attributed…”
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Early SARS-CoV-2 Reinfections within 60 Days and Implications for Retesting Policies
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-08-2022)“…Illustrated by a clinical case supplemented by epidemiologic data, early reinfections with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 after infection with Delta variant, and…”
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Characterization of Emerging Serotype 19A Pneumococcal Strains in Invasive Disease and Carriage, Belgium
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-08-2022)“…After switching from 13-valent to 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV10) (2015–2016) for children in Belgium, we observed rapid reemergence of…”
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Discovery and genome characterization of three new Jeilongviruses, a lineage of paramyxoviruses characterized by their unique membrane proteins
Published in BMC genomics (16-08-2018)“…In the past decade, many new paramyxoviruses that do not belong to any of the seven established genera in the family Paramyxoviridae have been discovered…”
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Chloroquine, an Anti-Malaria Drug as Effective Prevention for Hantavirus Infections
Published in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology (15-03-2021)“…We investigated whether chloroquine can prevent hantavirus infection and disease and , using the Hantaan virus newborn C57BL/6 mice model and the Syrian…”
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Pending Reorganization of Hantaviridae to Include Only Completely Sequenced Viruses: A Call to Action
Published in Viruses (28-02-2023)“…The official classification of newly discovered or long-known unassigned viruses by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) requires the…”
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Severity of COVID-19 among Hospitalized Patients: Omicron Remains a Severe Threat for Immunocompromised Hosts
Published in Viruses (01-12-2022)“…The Omicron variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in the general population in the context of a relatively high…”
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Human Diversity of Killer Cell Immunoglobulin-Like Receptors and Human Leukocyte Antigen Class I Alleles and Ebola Virus Disease Outcomes
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-01-2021)“…We investigated the genetic profiles of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) in Ebola virus-infected patients. We studied the relationship between…”
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A lethal disease model for New World hantaviruses using immunosuppressed Syrian hamsters
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (27-10-2017)“…Hantavirus, the hemorrhagic causative agent of two clinical diseases, is found worldwide with variation in severity, incidence and mortality. The most lethal…”
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Multicenter study of the performance of NTM Elite agar for the detection of nontuberculous mycobacteria from patients with cystic fibrosis
Published in Microbiology spectrum (03-10-2024)“…The performance of a novel selective agar was evaluated against the performance of conventional mycobacterial cultures, i.e., a combination of the…”
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Assessment of the clinical and analytical performance of three Seegene Allplex SARS-CoV-2 assays within the VALCOR framework
Published in Microbiology spectrum (06-02-2024)“…The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic demonstrated the need for accurate diagnostic testing for the early detection of severe acute respiratory…”
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Exploration of the Ixodes ricinus virosphere unveils an extensive virus diversity including novel coltiviruses and other reoviruses
Published in Virus evolution (01-11-2021)“…Abstract Recent metagenomics studies have revealed several tick species to host a variety of previously undiscovered RNA viruses. Ixodes ricinus, which is…”
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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis control in Rwanda overcomes a successful clone that causes most disease over a quarter century
Published in Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases (01-05-2022)“…Multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) poses an important challenge in TB management and control. Rifampicin resistance (RR) is a solid surrogate marker…”
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SARS-CoV-2 Detection for Diagnosis Purposes in the Setting of a Molecular Biology Research Lab
Published in Methods and protocols (01-09-2020)“…The emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the exponential growth of COVID-19 cases have created a major crisis for public health systems. The critical…”
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Grotenhout Virus, a Novel Nairovirus Found in Ixodes ricinus in Belgium
Published in Genome announcements (Washington, DC) (25-05-2017)“…We report here the draft genome of a novel nairovirus, Grotenhout virus, isolated from deer ticks ( ) in Belgium. The genome consists of two segments, L and S,…”
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Anatomical barriers against SARS-CoV-2 neuroinvasion at vulnerable interfaces visualized in deceased COVID-19 patients
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (07-12-2022)“…Can SARS-CoV-2 hitchhike on the olfactory projection and take a direct and short route from the nose into the brain? We reasoned that the neurotropic or…”
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Centralised Air Sampling From a Ventilation System for the Surveillance of Respiratory Pathogens
Published in Indoor air (01-01-2024)“…Background: The COVID‐19 pandemic has triggered a renewed interest in indoor air sampling for infectious disease surveillance. However, scalability is…”
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