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Harry Vennema is affiliated with the Centre for Infectious Disease Control (Cib) in the Netherlands. The primary field of study in their research is Medicine, with a focus on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Molecular Biology, among other related subfields. Their work broadly addresses viral infections, particularly SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, as well as related infectious disease topics.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research

A number of frequent coauthors are associated with Vennema's research, including:

  • Dirk Eggink
  • Marion Koopmans
  • Chantal Reusken
  • Bas B. Oude Munnink
  • Matthijs R. A. Welkers

The main publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Eurosurveillance
  • Nature Medicine
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • BMC Infectious Diseases

Some of the recent papers featuring Harry Vennema's contributions are:

  • Rapid SARS-CoV-2 whole-genome sequencing and analysis for informed public health decision-making in the Netherlands, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Tracking the international spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineages B.1.1.7 and B.1.351/501Y-V2 with grinch, 2021, Wellcome Open Research
  • Tracking the international spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineages B.1.1.7 and B.1.351/501Y-V2, 2021, Wellcome Open Research
  • Antigenic cartography using sera from sequence-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern infections reveals antigenic divergence of Omicron, 2022, Immunity
  • Mapping the antigenic diversification of SARS-CoV-2, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • 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

  • An automated genotyping tool for enteroviruses and noroviruses

    A. Kroneman;Harry Vennema;K. Deforche;Harrie van der Avoort

  • Updated classification of norovirus genogroups and genotypes

    Preeti Chhabra;Miranda de Graaf;Gabriel I. Parra;Martin Chi-Wai Chan

  • Norovirus Illness Is a Global Problem: Emergence and Spread of Norovirus GII.4 Variants, 2001–2007

    J. Joukje Siebenga;Harry Vennema;Du-Ping Zheng;Jan Vinjé

  • Increase in viral gastroenteritis outbreaks in Europe and epidemic spread of new norovirus variant

    Ben Lopman;Harry Vennema;Evelyne Kohli;Pierre Pothier

  • Natural history of human calicivirus infection: a prospective cohort study.

    Barry Rockx;Matty de Wit;Harry Vennema;Jan Vinjé

  • Proposal for a unified norovirus nomenclature and genotyping.

    Annelies Kroneman;Everardo Vega;Harry Vennema;Jan Vinjé

  • Nucleocapsid-independent assembly of coronavirus-like particles by co-expression of viral envelope protein genes.

    H. Vennema;G.-J. Godeke;J. W. A. Rossen;W. F. Voorhout

  • Epochal Evolution of GGII.4 Norovirus Capsid Proteins from 1995 to 2006

    J. Joukje Siebenga;Harry Vennema;Bernadet Renckens;Erwin de Bruin

  • Feline Infectious Peritonitis Viruses Arise by Mutation from Endemic Feline Enteric Coronaviruses

    Harry Vennema;Amy Poland;Janet E Foley;Niels C Pedersen

  • Etiological Role of Viruses in Outbreaks of Acute Gastroenteritis in The Netherlands from 1994 through 2005

    Sanela Svraka;Erwin Duizer;Harry Vennema;Erwin de Bruin

  • Chronic hepatitis E virus infection in liver transplant recipients.

    Elizabeth B. Haagsma;Arie P. van den Berg;Robert J. Porte;Cornelis A. Benne

  • Coronavirus particle assembly: primary structure requirements of the membrane protein.

    C. A. M. De Haan;L. Kuo;P. S. Masters;H. Vennema

  • Indications for worldwide increased norovirus activity associated with emergence of a new variant of genotype II.4, late 2012

    J van Beek;K Ambert-Balay;N Botteldoorn;J S Eden

  • Early death after feline infectious peritonitis virus challenge due to recombinant vaccinia virus immunization.

    H. Vennema;R. J. de Groot;D. A. Harbour;M. Dalderup

  • 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

  • Emergence of a novel GII.17 norovirus – End of the GII.4 era?

    M. de Graaf;J. van Beek;H. Vennema;A. T. Podkolzin

  • Shedding of norovirus in symptomatic and asymptomatic infections.

    P. F. M. Teunis;F. H. A. Sukhrie;H. Vennema;J. Bogerman

  • International Collaborative Study To Compare Reverse Transcriptase PCR Assays for Detection and Genotyping of Noroviruses

    Jan Vinjé;Harry Vennema;Leena Maunula;Carl-Henrik von Bonsdorff

  • Analysis of Integrated Virological and Epidemiological Reports of Norovirus Outbreaks Collected within the Foodborne Viruses in Europe Network from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2006

    A. Kroneman;L. Verhoef;J. Harris;H. Vennema

Frequent Co-Authors

Marion Koopmans
Marion Koopmans Erasmus University Rotterdam
Erwin Duizer
Erwin Duizer National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
Peter J. M. Rottier
Peter J. M. Rottier Utrecht University
Marian C. Horzinek
Marian C. Horzinek Utrecht University
Jan Vinjé
Jan Vinjé Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Gábor Reuter
Gábor Reuter University of Pecs
Willy J. M. Spaan
Willy J. M. Spaan Leiden University Medical Center
Eckart Schreier
Eckart Schreier Robert Koch Institute
Peter A. White
Peter A. White University of New South Wales
Vito Martella
Vito Martella University of Bari Aldo Moro

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