Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Ticks and tick-borne diseases Research on ticks and tick-borne diseases at the University of Antwerp Direct link to publications on ticks and TBD In 2006 the Evolutionary Ecology Group led by Erik Matthysen started a research programme on…

Ruth Müller hoofddocent Onderwijs Ruth Müller 2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2025-2026 Entomology of vector-borne diseases Entomology of vector-borne diseases Studiegidsnr: 2112FBDBMW Master of Biomedical Sciences: Infectious and Tropical Diseases overlay sluiten 2024-2025 Entomology of vector-born…

Ruth Müller associate professor Education Ruth Müller 2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2025-2026 Entomology of vector-borne diseases Entomology of vector-borne diseases Course code: 2112FBDBMW Master of Biomedical Sciences: Infectious and Tropical Diseases close overlay 2024-2025 Entomology of vector…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content BioRodDis: Managing biodiversity in forests and urban green spaces. Dilution and amplification effects of rodent microbiome and rodent-borne diseases Our project aims at elucidating the relationship between biodiversity and diseases by in…

Dieter Heylen onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Dieter Heylen Spatial variation in detachment rates of larval Ixodes ricinus from a common host (Apodemus sylvaticus) : an experiment Bron Experimental and applied acarology - ISSN 0168-8162-95:4 (2025) p. 1-15 Auteur(s) Mats Van Gestel, Erik Matthyse…

Mats Van Gestel onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Mats Van Gestel Spatial variation in detachment rates of larval Ixodes ricinus from a common host (Apodemus sylvaticus) : an experiment Bron Experimental and applied acarology - ISSN 0168-8162-95:4 (2025) p. 1-15 Auteur(s) Mats Van Gestel, Erik Matt…

Jens Zarka doctoraatsbursaal Publicaties Jens Zarka Midichloria mitochondrii stimulates the sylvatic cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) in Ixodes ricinus and contributes to Lyme disease risk Bron Current research in parasitology and vector-borne diseases - ISSN 2667-114X-8 (2025) p. 1-11 Aut…

Käthe Robert onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Käthe Robert Living with ticks : results of an online survey of the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) regarding ticks and tick-borne pathogens in academic environments across Europe Bron Ticks and tick-borne diseases - ISSN 1877-9603-16:4 (202…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content NorthTick Tick-Borne Infections in the North Sea Region - A Competence Network to Improve Public Service Delivery based on a One Health Perspective The overall aim of NorthTick is to reduce the number of tick-borne infections in humans an…

Léa Joffrin unpaid staff Research Léa Joffrin Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Community ecology of Tanzanian bats and cross-species transmission of their viruses. 01/04/2023 - 31/03/2024 Abstract Most research on the eco-epidemiology of bat-borne viruses is conducted on "one hostâ…

Dieter Heylen unpaid staff Publications Dieter Heylen Spatial variation in detachment rates of larval Ixodes ricinus from a common host (Apodemus sylvaticus) : an experiment Source Experimental and applied acarology - ISSN 0168-8162-95:4 (2025) p. 1-15 Author(s) Mats Van Gestel, Erik Matthysen, Gera…

Mats Van Gestel unpaid staff Publications Mats Van Gestel Spatial variation in detachment rates of larval Ixodes ricinus from a common host (Apodemus sylvaticus) : an experiment Source Experimental and applied acarology - ISSN 0168-8162-95:4 (2025) p. 1-15 Author(s) Mats Van Gestel, Erik Matthysen, …

Joris Elst gespecialiseerd medewerker Publicaties Joris Elst Xenodiagnosis in the wild : a methodology to investigate infectiousness for tick-borne bacteria in a songbird reservoir Bron Current research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases - ISSN 2667-114X-6 (2024) p. 1-9 Auteur(s) Jens Zarka, Di…

VAXINFECTIO search menu search content ASCID symposium ASCID (Antwerp Study Centre for Infectious Diseases) ASCID is a close collaboration between VAXINFECTIO (research unit within the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences) and EVECO, the Evolutionary Ecology Group (research unit within the Facult…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Alessandro Grosso Statistical methods for estimating age and time-dependent epidemiological malaria parameters and the analysis of social network data as a new approach to the development of malaria elimination strategies PhD summary Malaria is a li…

Erik Matthysen gewoon hoogleraar Publicaties Erik Matthysen Beyond compliance : strengthening mitigation hierarchy implementation in environmental impact assessment practice Bron Environmental impact assessment review - ISSN 0195-9255-116 (2026) p. 1-12 Auteur(s) Dominique Ghijselinck, Erik Matthyse…

Jens Zarka doctoral scholarship holder Publications Jens Zarka Midichloria mitochondrii stimulates the sylvatic cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) in Ixodes ricinus and contributes to Lyme disease risk Source Current research in parasitology and vector-borne diseases - ISSN 2667-114X-8 (2025…

Käthe Robert unpaid staff Publications Käthe Robert Living with ticks : results of an online survey of the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) regarding ticks and tick-borne pathogens in academic environments across Europe Source Ticks and tick-borne diseases - ISSN 1877-9603-16:4 (2025) p. 1…

Sophie Gryseels Research Sophie Gryseels Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Expertise I study the evolutionary dynamics of viruses and their hosts. I am interested in unraveling evolutionary histories of pathogens by using archived samples from which we can characterize historical viru…

Dieter Heylen unpaid staff Research Dieter Heylen Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Prioritizing Lyme borreliosis risk areas for forest and nature management based on novel insights in tick ecology. 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2022 Abstract Cases of Lyme borreliosis, a disease transmitted to h…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Main ongoing projects Some of our main research projects are: Dispersal and personality in great tits Host-parasite interactions in birds Ticks and tick-borne diseases Long-term population study in great and blue tits Effects of tropical …

Benny Borremans unpaid staff Research Benny Borremans Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Quantifying the transmission dynamics of two rodentborne viral infections in a variable environment. 01/10/2013 - 30/09/2015 Abstract For a better understanding of the transmission of infections, a…

Martina Ceconi doctoral scholarship holder Research Martina Ceconi Research team Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) Neurotropic flavivirus threat in Europe: unveiling the potential of NS1 for diagnostic advancement and preventive and therapeutic interventions. 01/11/2024 - …

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Ecology of infections and host-parasite interactions In this research line we investigate how the population ecology of hosts and host-parasite interactions can explain spatial and temporal variation in the presence of an infection. We st…

Alvaro Baeza Garcia tenure track docent Publicaties Alvaro Baeza Garcia A breath of fresh air : impact of insect-borne protozoan parasites on the respiratory system Bron Trends in parasitology - ISSN 1471-4922-40:8 (2024) p. 717-730 Auteur(s) Sergio Araujo, Dorien Mabille, Alvaro Baeza Garcia, Guy C…