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Adam Meijer is affiliated with the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a specialization in epidemiology, infectious diseases, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The researcher's work covers a range of topics related to respiratory viral infections, including SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, influenza virus studies, pneumonia and respiratory infections, and viral gastroenteritis epidemiology.

Key recent publications by Adam Meijer include:

  • Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR, 2020, Eurosurveillance
  • Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in children younger than 5 years in 2019: a systematic analysis, 2022, The Lancet
  • Comparison of seven commercial RT-PCR diagnostic kits for COVID-19, 2020, Journal of Clinical Virology
  • Rapid SARS-CoV-2 whole-genome sequencing and analysis for informed public health decision-making in the Netherlands, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Low levels of respiratory syncytial virus activity in Europe during the 2020/21 season: what can we expect in the coming summer and autumn/winter?, 2021, Eurosurveillance

Frequent co-authors in Adam Meijer's publications include:

  • Harish Nair
  • Terho Heikkinen
  • Thea Kølsen Fischer
  • Andrew J. Pollard
  • Peter Openshaw

Their work has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Eurosurveillance
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
  • Vaccine

Adam Meijer's research addresses various aspects of respiratory viral infections, with intensive focus on the epidemiology and diagnostic methods of viruses like SARS-CoV-2 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Their publications contribute to understanding disease burden, viral detection techniques, and epidemiological trends in respiratory infections.

Their work encompasses modeling and simulation approaches alongside clinical and epidemiological studies, contributing knowledge pertinent to public health responses during viral outbreaks.

Best Publications

  • Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR.

    Victor M. Corman;Olfert Landt;Marco Kaiser;Richard Molenkamp

  • Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in children younger than 5 years in 2019: a systematic analysis

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  • Transmission of H7N7 avian influenza A virus to human beings during a large outbreak in commercial poultry farms in the Netherlands

    Marion Koopmans;Berry Wilbrink;Marina Conyn;Gerard Natrop

  • Respiratory syncytial virus and recurrent wheeze in healthy preterm infants.

    Maarten O Blanken;Maroeska M Rovers;Jorine M Molenaar;Pauline L Winkler-Seinstra

  • Oseltamivir-resistant influenza virus A (H1N1), Europe, 2007-08 season.

    Adam Meijer;Angie Lackenby;Olav Hungnes;Bruno Lina

  • Global Disease Burden Estimates of Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Acute Respiratory Infection in Older Adults in 2015: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

    Ting Shi;Angeline Denouel;Anna K Tietjen;Iain Campbell

  • Comparison of seven commercial RT-PCR diagnostic kits for COVID-19.

    Puck B. van Kasteren;Bas van der Veer;Sharon van den Brink;Lisa Wijsman

  • Emergence of resistance to oseltamivir among influenza A(H1N1) viruses in Europe.

    A Lackenby;O Hungnes;S G Dudman;A Meijer

  • Coronavirus M proteins accumulate in the Golgi complex beyond the site of virion budding.

    J Klumperman;J K Locker;A Meijer;M C Horzinek

  • Rapid SARS-CoV-2 whole-genome sequencing and analysis for informed public health decision-making in the Netherlands.

    Bas B Oude Munnink;David F Nieuwenhuijse;Mart Stein;Áine O'Toole

  • Virulence-Associated Substitution D222G in the Hemagglutinin of 2009 Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1) Virus Affects Receptor Binding

    Salin Chutinimitkul;Sander Herfst;John Steel;Anice C. Lowen

  • Antiviral resistance during the 2009 influenza A H1N1 pandemic: public health, laboratory, and clinical perspectives.

    Aeron C Hurt;Tawee Chotpitayasunondh;Nancy J Cox;Rod Daniels

  • Global update on the susceptibility of human influenza viruses to neuraminidase inhibitors, 2014-2015

    Adam Meijer;Helena Rebelo-de-Andrade;Helena Rebelo-de-Andrade;Vanessa Correia;Vanessa Correia;Terry Besselaar

  • Mortality Attributable to 9 Common Infections: Significant Effect of Influenza A, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Influenza B, Norovirus, and Parainfluenza in Elderly Persons

    Liselotte van Asten;Cees van den Wijngaard;Wilfrid van Pelt;Jan van de Kassteele

  • Geographical and temporal distribution of SARS-CoV-2 clades in the WHO European Region, January to June 2020.

    Erik Alm;Eeva K Broberg;Thomas Connor;Emma B Hodcroft

  • Laboratory readiness and response for novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in expert laboratories in 30 EU/EEA countries, January 2020.

    Chantal B.E.M. Reusken;Eeva K. Broberg;Bart Haagmans;Adam Meijer

  • The burden of respiratory syncytial virus in healthy term-born infants in Europe: a prospective birth cohort study

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  • Low levels of respiratory syncytial virus activity in Europe during the 2020/21 season: what can we expect in the coming summer and autumn/winter?

    Jojanneke van Summeren;Adam Meijer;Guðrún Aspelund;Jean Sebastien Casalegno

  • Emergence and epidemic occurrence of enterovirus 68 respiratory infections in The Netherlands in 2010.

    Adam Meijer;Sabine van der Sanden;Bianca E.P. Snijders;Giovanna Jaramillo-Gutierrez

  • The epidemiological signature of influenza B virus and its B/Victoria and B/Yamagata lineages in the 21st century.

    Saverio Caini;Gabriela Kusznierz;Verònica Vera Garate;Sonam Wangchuk

  • Multicenter Comparison Trial of DNA Extraction Methods and PCR Assays for Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae in Endarterectomy Specimens

    Petra Apfalter;Francesco Blasi;Jens Boman;Charlotte A. Gaydos

  • Molecular evidence for the existence of additional members of the order Chlamydiales.

    Jacobus M. Ossewaarde;Adam Meijer

  • Prolonged Influenza Virus Infection during Lymphocytopenia and Frequent Detection of Drug-Resistant Viruses

    Jairo Gooskens;Marcel Jonges;Eric C. J. Claas;Adam Meijer

  • Introduction of Virulence Markers in PB2 of Pandemic Swine-Origin Influenza Virus Does Not Result in Enhanced Virulence or Transmission

    Sander Herfst;Salin Chutinimitkul;Jianqiang Ye;Emmie de Wit

  • Measurement of antibodies to avian influenza virus A(H7N7) in humans by hemagglutination inhibition test.

    Adam Meijer;Arnold Bosman;Esther E H M van de Kamp;Berry Wilbrink

Frequent Co-Authors

Marion Koopmans
Marion Koopmans Erasmus University Rotterdam
Eric C. J. Claas
Eric C. J. Claas Leiden University Medical Center
Maria Zambon
Maria Zambon Public Health England
Michiel van Boven
Michiel van Boven Utrecht University
Willem J. G. Melchers
Willem J. G. Melchers Radboud University
Rob Schuurman
Rob Schuurman Utrecht University
John W. A. Rossen
John W. A. Rossen University Medical Center Groningen
Ron A. M. Fouchier
Ron A. M. Fouchier Erasmus University Rotterdam
Martin Schutten
Martin Schutten Erasmus University Rotterdam
Cheryl Cohen
Cheryl Cohen University of the Witwatersrand

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