Publications

Publication list of VAXINFECTIO members

Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination (CEV)

Virus-like particles : a versatile and effective vaccine platform

Source

Expert review of vaccines - ISSN 1476-0584-24:1 (2025) p. 444-456

Author(s)

Martin F. Bachmann, Pierre van Damme, Florian Lienert, Tino F. Schwarz

Toward elimination of hepatitis A and B in Europe : vaccination successes, challenges, and opportunities

Source

Expert review of vaccines - ISSN 1476-0584-24:1 (2025) p. 373-383

Author(s)

Maria Buti, Paolo Bonanni, Nimzing Ladep, George Papatheodoridis, Markus Fruhwein, Cary James, John W. Ward, Volker Vetter, Pasquale Cacciatore, Divya Kesters, Pavitra Dewda, Pierre van Damme

Investigating the state of vaccine confidence among the general public and parents with children up to 13 years in Flanders (Belgium)

Source

Vaccine - ISSN 0264-410X-58 (2025) p. 1-8

Author(s)

Jade Pattyn, Nikita Hanning, Sara Valckx, Toni Claessens, Emilie Karafillakis, Veerle Jong, Heidi Theeten, Greet Hendrickx, Pierre van Damme

Re-imagining combination vaccines for travel medicine

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Journal of travel medicine - ISSN 1195-1982- (2025) p.

Author(s)

Sarah L. McGuinness, Sue A.C. Clemens, Ralf Clemens, Lin H. Chen, Pierre van Damme, Robert Steffen

Overcoming challenges and achieving high HPV vaccination uptake in Cameroon : lessons learned from a gender-neutral and single-dose program and community engagement

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BMC public health - ISSN 1471-2458-25:1 (2025) p. 1-11

Author(s)

Andreas Ateke Njoh, Dur-e-Nayab Waheed, Tchokfe Shalom Ndoula Josue Kedakse, Lionel Junior Ebongue, Eugene Justine Kongnyuy, Adidja Amani, Afizu Chrakoh Tambasho, Yauba Saidu, Mohamed, II Kaba, Clovis Nchinjoh Sangwe, Herman Kenfack, Judith Seungue, Daniel Nebongo, Nadege Edwige Nnang, Alex Vorsters, Laurent Cleenewerck de Kiev

CHERMID

Predictors of proteinuria, amyloidosis and kidney failure in familial Mediterranean fever : data from the International AIDA Network Registry

Source

Rheumatology - ISSN 1462-0324- (2025) p.

Author(s)

Antonio Vitale, Valeria Caggiano, Jessica Sbalchiero, Abdurrahman Tufan, Ezgi Deniz Batu, Gaafar Ragab, Piero Portincasa, Giovanni Conti, Emma Aragona, Jurgen Sota, Francesco Gavioli, Carla Gaggiano, Amato De Paulis, Ali Sahin, Maria Cristina Maggio, Donato Rigante, Alma Nunzia Olivieri, Derya Yildirim, Hamit Kucuk, Riza Can Kardas, Ibrahim Vasi, Seza Ozen, Yelda Bilginer, Seher Sener, Hulya Ercan Emreol, Ayman Abdel-Monem Ahmed Mahmoud, Mahmoud Ghanema, Amina Maher, Moustafa Ali Saad, Nour Jaber, Mohamad Khalil, Agostino Di Ciaula, Ludovica De Palma, Renata Cuzzola, Andrea Affronti, Fabrizio Gambino, Francesca Della Casa, Ilaria Mormile, Arif Babayigit, Nese cabuk Celik, Maria Francesca Gicchino, Karina Jahnz-Rozyk, Francesco La Torre, Antonella Insalaco, Andreas Recke, Emanuela Del Giudice, Patrizia Barone, Marco Cattalini, Benson Ogunjimi, Luca Cantarini

Empirical analysis of COVID-19 confirmed cases, hospitalizations, vaccination, and international travel across Belgian provinces in 2021

Source

PLoS ONE - ISSN 1932-6203-20:5 (2025) p. 1-15

Author(s)

Yessika Adelwin Natalia, Geert Molenberghs, Thomas Neyens, Niel Hens, Christel Faes

Celluloepidemiology : a paradigm for quantifying infectious disease dynamics on a population level

Source

Science Advances - ISSN 2375-2548-11:20 (2025) p. 1-14

Author(s)

My Ha, Anna Postovskaya, Mariia Kuznetsova, Pieter Meysman, Vincent Van Deuren, Sabrina Van Ierssel, Hans De Reu, Jolien Schippers, Karin Peeters, Hajar Besbassi, Leo Heyndrickx, Betty Willems, Joachim Mariën, Esther Bartholomeus, Koen Vercauteren, Philippe Beutels, Pierre van Damme, Eva Lion, Erika Vlieghe, Kris Laukens, Samuel Coenen, Reinout Naesens, Kevin Ariën, Benson Ogunjimi

EPICURUS: Social contact data - Social mixing patterns focusing on older individuals

Source

Zenodo, 2025,

Author(s)

Neilshan LOEDY, Maikel Bosschaert, Andrea Torneri, Lisa Hermans, Niel Hens

Optimizing influenza vaccine allocation by age using cost-effectiveness analysis : a comparison of 6720 vaccination program scenarios in children and adults in Belgium

Source

Epidemics - ISSN 1755-4365-51 (2025) p. 1-9

Laboratory for Experimental Hematology (LEH)

An NGS-based approach for precise and footprint-free CRISPR-based gene editing in human stem cells

Source

Methods: a companion to methods in enzymology - ISSN 1046-2023-241 (2025) p. 33-42

Author(s)

Bert Vandendriessche, Jolien Huyghebaert, Kirsten Van Rossem, Tycho Canter Cremers, Kevin De Man, Ewa Sieliwonczyk, Hanne Boen, Dogan Akdeniz, Laura Rabaut, Jolien Schippers, Peter Ponsaerts, Frank Kooy, Bart Loeys, Dorien Schepers, Maaike Alaerts

Physiological oxygen levels in the microenvironment program ex vivo-generated conventional dendritic cells toward a tolerogenic phenotype

Source

Cells - ISSN 2073-4409-14:10 (2025) p. 1-21

Author(s)

Antonia Peter, Morgane Vermeulen, Mats Van Delen, Amber Dams, Stefanie Peeters, Hans De Reu, Waleed Marei, Zwi Nisan Berneman, Nathalie Cools

Celluloepidemiology : a paradigm for quantifying infectious disease dynamics on a population level

Source

Science Advances - ISSN 2375-2548-11:20 (2025) p. 1-14

Author(s)

My Ha, Anna Postovskaya, Mariia Kuznetsova, Pieter Meysman, Vincent Van Deuren, Sabrina Van Ierssel, Hans De Reu, Jolien Schippers, Karin Peeters, Hajar Besbassi, Leo Heyndrickx, Betty Willems, Joachim Mariën, Esther Bartholomeus, Koen Vercauteren, Philippe Beutels, Pierre van Damme, Eva Lion, Erika Vlieghe, Kris Laukens, Samuel Coenen, Reinout Naesens, Kevin Ariën, Benson Ogunjimi

Expanding the CAR toolbox with high throughput screening strategies for CAR domain exploration : a comprehensive review

Source

Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer - ISSN 2051-1426-13:4 (2025) p. 1-13

Author(s)

Gils Roex, Khloe S. Gordon, Eva Lion, Michael E. Birnbaum, Sébastien Anguille

COVID-19 in patients affected by red blood cell disorders, results from the European registry ERN-EuroBloodNet

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Orphanet journal of rare diseases - ISSN 1750-1172-20:1 (2025) p. 1-16

Author(s)

Pablo Velasco Puyo, Soteroula Christou, Saveria Campisi, Maria A. Rodriguez-Sanchez, Sara Reidel, Santiago Perez-Hoyo, Miriam Mota, Irene Savvidou, Anna Rekleiti, Alessandra Salvo, Vincenzo Voi, Giovanni Battista Ferrero, Giorgia Mandrile, Carmen Maria Gaglioti, Elena Cela, Beatriz Ponce-Salas, Eduardo J. Bardon-Cancho, Pagona Flevari, Ersi Voskaridou-Dimoula, Erfan Nur, Bart J. Biemond, Polynexi Delaporta, David Beneitez-Pastor, Anna Collado Gimbert, Anna Spasiano, Tatiana Besse-Hammer, Ioannis G. Lafiatis, Laurence Dedeken, Simona Raso, Anna Ruiz-Llobet, Sabrina Bagnato, Veerle Labarque, Andreas Glenthoj, Giovan Battista Ruffo, Maria Elena Guerzoni, Kaoutar Hafraoui, Laura Pistoia, Rosamaria Rosso, Laura Tagliaferri, Paula Gonzalez-Urdiales, Fleur Samantha Benghiat, Mariane de Montalembert, Maria Jose Teles, Anna Vanderfaeillie, Elisa Bertoni, Daniela Cuzzubbo, Teresa Ferreira, Christopher J. Saunders, Ann Van de Velde, Maria del Mar Manu-Pereira

Laboratory for Medical Microbiology (LMM)

Impact of co-infection with SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses on illness : Pooled analyses of 11 COVID-19 cohorts

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The journal of infection - ISSN 0163-4453-90:6 (2025) p. 1-8

Author(s)

Marieke L.A. de Hoog, Emma S.E.M. Hauser - van Westrhenen, Angelique M.A.M. Winkel, Menno D. de Jong, Marlies A. van Houten, Steven F.L. van Lelyveld, Dirk Eggink, Sjoerd Euser, Liesbeth Duijts, Joanne G. Wildenbeest, Rob Schuurman, Janneke H.H.M. van de Wijgert, Margaretha Ieven, Katherine Loens, Alike W. van der Velden, Marc J.M. Bonten, Herman Goossens, Patricia C.J.L. Bruijning-Verhagen

Characterization of genome-wide transpositions induced by colistin exposure in multi-drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

Source

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - ISSN 0066-4804- (2025) p.

Author(s)

Sahaya Glingston Rajakani, Britto Basil Xavier, Minh Nguyen Ngoc, Qiang Lin, Anouk Braspenning, Nienke L. Plantinga, Bastiaan H.J. Wittekamp, Olympia Zarkotou, Rob Van Houdt, Gérald Glupczynski, Spyros Pournaras, Marc J.M. Bonten, Surbhi Malhotra

Tocilizumab, sarilumab and anakinra in critically ill patients with COVID-19 : a randomised, controlled, open-label, adaptive platform trial

Source

Thorax - ISSN 0040-6376- (2025) p.

Author(s)

Lennie Derde, Anthony C. Gordon, Paul R. Mouncey, Farah Al-Beidh, Kathryn M. Rowan, Alistair D. Nichol, Yaseen M. Arabi, Djillali Annane, Abigail Beane, Richard Beasley, Marc J.M. Bonten, Charlotte A. Bradbury, Frank M. Brunkhorst, Adrian Buzgau, Meredith Buxton, Allen C. Cheng, Nicola Cooper, Matthew Cove, Olaf L. Cremer, Michelle A. Detry, Eamon J. Duffy, Lise J. Estcourt, Mark Fitzgerald, James Galea, Herman Goossens, Rashan Haniffa, Thomas E. Hills, David T. Huang, Nao Ichihara, Andrew King, Francois Lamontagne, Patrick R. Lawler, Helen L. Leavis, Roger J. Lewis, Edward Litton, John C. Marshall, Florian B. Mayr, Daniel F. McAuley, Anna McGlothlin, Shay P. McGuinness, Bryan J. McVerry, Susan C. Morpeth, Srinivas Murthy, Mihai G. Netea, Kayode Ogungbenro, Katrina Orr, Rachael L. Parke, Jane C. Parker, Asad E. Patanwala, Frank L. van de Veerdonk

Back to the future? Drastic drop in serotype 19A carriage in daycare centers within two years after a second switch to PCV13 in Belgium

Source

Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics - ISSN 2164-5515-21:1 (2025) p. 1-10

Author(s)

Esra Ekinci, Eline Van den Bosch, Liesbet van Heirstraeten, Stefanie Desmet, Christine Lammens, Herman Goossens, Pierre van Damme, Jan Verhaegen, Philippe Beutels, Surbhi Malhotra, Kirsten Maertens, Heidi Theeten

Implementation of hospital antimicrobial stewardship programmes in low- and middle-income countries : a qualitative study from a multi-professional perspective in the Global-PPS network

Source

Antimicrobial resistance & infection control - ISSN 2047-2994-14:1 (2025) p. 1-14

Author(s)

Ines Pauwels, Ann Versporten, Diane Ashiru-Oredope, Silvia Figueiredo Costa, Herberth Maldonado, Ana Paula Matos Porto, Shaheen Mehtar, Herman Goossens, Sibyl Anthierens, Erika Vlieghe