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Organisation
Virology, Antiviral Drug & Vaccine Research Group
Division
Main organisation:Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation
Lifecycle:1 Jun 2024 → Today
Organisation profile:
Understanding viral genetics, transmission, and pathogenesis is essential for effective interventions in virology. Antiviral drugs play a vital role in treating viral infections. They inhibit viral replication, prevent spread, and alleviate symptoms. Ongoing research focuses on improving antiviral therapies and developing effective vaccines.
Keywords:virology, vaccins
Disciplines:Immunology, Microbiology
Current researchers
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- Yufan Bao (Member)
- Elias Broeckhoven (Member)
- Isabel Brosius (Member)
- Joran Degryse (Member)
- Laurens Liesenborghs (Member)
- Belen Lizcano Perret (Member)
- Eugene Bangwen Ndim (Member)
- Aleksandra Siekierska (Member)
- Benjamin Van Loy (Member)
- Bert Vanmechelen (Member)
Projects
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- Mpox biology, outcomes, transmission, and epidemiology project: HIV immunization and vaccination against Mpox (MBOTE-HIVAX)From17 Jul 2025 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- The Emergence Clade Ib Monkeypox Virus In Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: an In-Depth Assessment of Risk Factors, Modes of Transmission, Clinical Presentation and Outcome.From11 Mar 2025 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Characterization of the immune response induced by the homologous and heterologous booster vaccination schedules against Ebola virus to inform re-vaccination strategiesFrom6 Mar 2025 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Characterization of Mpox Clinical Presentation and Transmission Dynamics of different monkeypox virus clades in Belgium and DR Congo: Implications for Epidemic ControlFrom7 Feb 2025 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Guarding Against the Reintroduction of monkeypox virus: Assessing Vulnerability and Mitigation Strategies in the Belgian MSM PopulationFrom1 Jan 2025 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Developing effective antivirals for the treatment of West Nile neuroinvasive diseaseFrom16 Sep 2024 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Impact of Immunogenic Cell Death and Antigen Spreading on Cancer Vaccine EffectivenessFrom16 Sep 2024 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2010-2024: Multidisciplinary InvestigationsFrom9 Apr 2024 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Characterizing the virus diversity in Belgian and European batsFrom1 Oct 2021 → 30 Sep 2022Funding: BOF - postdoctoral mandates
- Towards a thermostable dual yellow fever/Lassa fever virus vaccine and therapeutic strategies against the Lassa and related mammarenaviruses.From1 Nov 2020 → 31 Oct 2022Funding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
Publications
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- The time is now (again) for mpox containment and elimination in Democratic Republic of the Congo(2024)Published in: PLOS Glob Public HealthISSN: 2767-3375Issue: 6Volume: 4
- Long-term consequences of monkeypox virus infection or modified vaccinia virus Ankara vaccination in Belgium (MPX-COHORT and POQS-FU-PLUS): a 24-month prospective and retrospective cohort study.(2025)Published in: The Lancet Infectious DiseasesISSN: 1473-3099Pages: S1473-3099
- No Evidence for Clade I Monkeypox Virus Circulation, Belgium(2024)Published in: Emerging Infectious DiseasesISSN: 1080-6040Issue: 2Volume: 30Pages: 402 - 402
- A Phylodynamic Workflow to Rapidly Gain Insights into the Dispersal History and Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Lineages.(2021)Published in: Molecular Biology and EvolutionISSN: 0737-4038Issue: 4Volume: 38Pages: 1608 - 1613
- Clumping factor A, von Willebrand factor-binding protein and von Willebrand factor anchor Staphylococcus aureus to the vessel wall(2017)Published in: JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASISISSN: 1538-7933Issue: 5Volume: 15Pages: 1009 - 1019
- NCBI's Virus Discovery Codeathon: Building "FIVE" -The Federated Index of Viral Experiments API Index(2020)Published in: VirusesISSN: 1999-4915Issue: 12Volume: 12
- Venous Thromboembolism in Patients Discharged after COVID-19 Hospitalization(2021)Published in: Seminars in Thrombosis and HemostasisISSN: 0094-6176Issue: 04Volume: 47Pages: 362 - 371
- Advancing Marburg virus antiviral screening: Optimization of a novel T7 polymerase-independent minigenome system(2021)Published in: Antiviral ResISSN: 0166-3542Volume: 185
- Plasminogen activation by staphylokinase enhances local spreading of S. aureus in skin infections(2014)Published in: BMC MicrobiologyISSN: 1471-2180Issue: 1Volume: 14Pages: 310
- Favipiravir at high doses has potent antiviral activity in SARS-CoV-2-infected hamsters, whereas hydroxychloroquine lacks activity(2020)Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of AmericaISSN: 0027-8424Issue: 43Volume: 117Pages: 26955 - 26965