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Birgitta Duim is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and has contributed significantly to research spanning biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, medicine, and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work often intersects infectious diseases, molecular biology, food science, clinical biochemistry, and molecular medicine.

The scientist's research focuses on several main topics:

  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

Frequent co-authors in Duim's research include:

  • Aldert Zomer
  • Jaap A. Wagenaar
  • Linda van der Graaf-van Bloois
  • Els M. Broens
  • Abel A. Vlasblom

Their publications often appear in the following venues:

  • Pathogens
  • Journal of Medical Microbiology
  • Microbial Genomics
  • mSystems
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Selected recent publications by Birgitta Duim include:

  • Sources and transmission routes of campylobacteriosis: A combined analysis of genome and exposure data, 2020, Journal of Infection
  • Tracing the animal sources of surface water contamination with Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli, 2020, Water Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 infection in dogs and cats is associated with contact to COVID-19-positive household members, 2022, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • The best of both worlds: a proposal for further integration of Candidatus names into the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes, 2024, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • Harbor Porpoise Deaths Associated with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, the Netherlands, 2021, Emerging infectious diseases

Best Publications

  • Amplified-Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis: the State of an Art

    P. H. M. Savelkoul;H. J. M. Aarts;J. de Haas;L. Dijkshoorn

  • Clonal spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in Europe and North America: an international multicentre study

    Vincent Perreten;Kristina Kadlec;Stefan Schwarz;Ulrika Grönlund Andersson

  • Comparative Genotyping of Campylobacter jejuni by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism, Multilocus Sequence Typing, and Short Repeat Sequencing: Strain Diversity, Host Range, and Recombination

    Leo M. Schouls;Sanne Reulen;Birgitta Duim;Jaap A. Wagenaar

  • Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in animals and humans

    Haitske Graveland;Birgitta Duim;Engeline van Duijkeren;Dick Heederik;Dick Heederik

  • Molecular characterization of Campylobacter jejuni clones: a basis for epidemiologic investigation.

    Kate E. Dingle;Frances M. Colles;Roisin Ure;Jaap A. Wagenaar

  • High-resolution genotyping of Campylobacter strains isolated from poultry and humans with amplified fragment length polymorphism fingerprinting.

    Birgitta Duim;Trudy M. Wassenaar;Alan Rigter;Jaap Wagenaar

  • Generation of Campylobacter jejuni genetic diversity in vivo.

    Paulo de Boer;Jaap A. Wagenaar;René P. Achterberg;Jos P. M. van Putten

  • High prevalence of fecal carriage of extended spectrum β-lactamase/AmpC-producing Enterobacteriaceae in cats and dogs

    Joost Hordijk;Anky Schoormans;Mandy Kwakernaak;Birgitta Duim

  • Transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius between infected dogs and cats and contact pets, humans and the environment in households and veterinary clinics

    E. van Duijkeren;M. Kamphuis;I.C. van der Mije;L.M. Laarhoven

  • Differences in the Population Structure of Invasive Streptococcus suis Strains Isolated from Pigs and from Humans in the Netherlands

    Constance Schultsz;Constance Schultsz;Ewout Jansen;Wendy Keijzers;Anja Rothkamp

  • Multilocus Sequence Typing for Characterization of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius

    S. M. Solyman;C. C. Black;C. C. Black;B. Duim;Vincent Perreten

  • Widespread Transfer of Resistance Genes between Bacterial Species in an Intensive Care Unit: Implications for Hospital Epidemiology

    Nashwan Al Naiemi;Birgitta Duim;Paul H. M. Savelkoul;Lodewijk Spanjaard

  • Molecular characterization of Campylobacter jejuni from patients with Guillain-Barré and Miller Fisher syndromes.

    Hubert P. Endtz;C. Wim Ang;Nicole van den Braak;Birgitta Duim

  • Computer-assisted analysis and epidemiological value of genotyping methods for Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli

    P. de Boer;B. Duim;A. Rigter;J. van der Plas

  • An outbreak of psittacosis due to Chlamydophila psittaci genotype A in a veterinary teaching hospital

    Edou R. Heddema;Erik J. van Hannen;Birgitta Duim;Bartelt M. de Jongh

  • Neonatal Sepsis by Campylobacter jejuni: Genetically Proven Transmission from a Household Puppy

    Tom F. W. Wolfs;Birgitta Duim;Sibyl P. M. Geelen;Alan Rigter

  • Longitudinal study on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in households.

    Laura M. Laarhoven;Phebe de Heus;Jeanine van Luijn;Birgitta Duim

  • Rapid detection of TEM, SHV and CTX-M extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae using ligation-mediated amplification with microarray analysis.

    J.W.T. Cohen Stuart;C. Dierikx;N. Al Naiemi;A. Karczmarek

  • Evidence for a genetically stable strain of Campylobacter jejuni

    G Manning;B Duim;TM Wassenaar;JA Wagenaar

  • Molecular variation in the major outer membrane protein P5 gene of nonencapsulated Haemophilus influenzae during chronic infections.

    B. Duim;L. Bowler;P.P. Eijk;H.M. Jansen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jaap A. Wagenaar
Jaap A. Wagenaar Utrecht University
William G. Miller
William G. Miller United States Department of Agriculture
Dick Heederik
Dick Heederik Utrecht University
Leo M. Schouls
Leo M. Schouls University of Minnesota
Ad C. Fluit
Ad C. Fluit Utrecht University
Jacob Dankert
Jacob Dankert University of Amsterdam
Paul H. M. Savelkoul
Paul H. M. Savelkoul Maastricht University
Diane G. Newell
Diane G. Newell Animal and Plant Health Agency
Dik Mevius
Dik Mevius Utrecht University
Engeline van Duijkeren
Engeline van Duijkeren National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)

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