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Jaco J. Verweij is affiliated with Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a strong emphasis on Infectious Diseases. Additional subfields of study include Parasitology, Epidemiology, Ecology, and Small Animals.

Their main research topics encompass a range of issues related to parasites and viruses, notably:

  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Helminth infection and control

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jaco J. Verweij include:

  • Jean-Luc Murk
  • Suzan D. Pas
  • Jan Kluytmans
  • Wouter van den Bijllaardt
  • Joep Stohr

Their work has been published in various scientific venues, with a concentration of publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • Journal of Clinical Virology
  • Nature Medicine
  • Eurosurveillance

Among recent scholarly articles produced by Jaco J. Verweij and collaborators are:

  • Rapid SARS-CoV-2 whole-genome sequencing and analysis for informed public health decision-making in the Netherlands, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Prevalence and Clinical Presentation of Health Care Workers With Symptoms of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in 2 Dutch Hospitals During an Early Phase of the Pandemic, 2020, JAMA Network Open
  • COVID-19 in health-care workers in three hospitals in the south of the Netherlands: a cross-sectional study, 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • SARS-CoV-2 infection in 86 healthcare workers in two Dutch hospitals in March 2020, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Re-emergence of enterovirus D68 in Europe after easing the COVID-19 lockdown, September 2021, Eurosurveillance

Best Publications

  • Strongyloidiasis: the most neglected of the neglected tropical diseases?

    Annette Olsen;Lisette van Lieshout;Hanspeter Marti;Ton Polderman

  • Simultaneous Detection of Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia, and Cryptosporidium parvum in Fecal Samples by Using Multiplex Real-Time PCR

    Jaco J. Verweij;Roy A. Blangé;Kate Templeton;Janke Schinkel

  • A Laboratory-Developed TaqMan Array Card for Simultaneous Detection of 19 Enteropathogens

    Jie Liu;Jean Gratz;Caroline Amour;Gibson Kibiki

  • Molecular diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis in faecal samples using real-time PCR

    Jaco J. Verweij;Marco Canales;Katja Polman;Juventus Ziem

  • 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

  • Prevalence and Clinical Presentation of Health Care Workers With Symptoms of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in 2 Dutch Hospitals During an Early Phase of the Pandemic.

    Marjolein F. Q. Kluytmans-van den Bergh;Anton G. M. Buiting;Suzan D. Pas;Robbert G. Bentvelsen

  • COVID-19 in health-care workers in three hospitals in the south of the Netherlands: a cross-sectional study.

    Reina S. Sikkema;Suzan D. Pas;David F. Nieuwenhuijse;Áine O'Toole

  • Simultaneous detection and quantification of Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus, and Oesophagostomum bifurcum in fecal samples using multiplex real-time PCR.

    Jaco J. Verweij;Eric A. T. Brienen;Juventus Ziem;Lawrence Yelifari

  • The incidence, aetiology, and adverse clinical consequences of less severe diarrhoeal episodes among infants and children residing in low-income and middle-income countries: a 12-month case-control study as a follow-on to the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS)

    Karen L Kotloff;Dilruba Nasrin;William C Blackwelder;Yukun Wu

  • Real-time PCR for the detection of Giardia lamblia.

    Jaco J. Verweij;Janke Schinkel;Daphne Laeijendecker;Marianne A.A. van Rooyen

  • Multiplex real-time PCR for the detection and quantification of Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium infection in stool samples collected in northern Senegal.

    Robert J. ten Hove;Jaco J. Verweij;Kim Vereecken;Katja Polman

  • Molecular Testing for Clinical Diagnosis and Epidemiological Investigations of Intestinal Parasitic Infections

    Jaco J. Verweij;C. Rune Stensvold

  • Application of a circulating-cathodic-antigen (CCA) strip test and real-time PCR, in comparison with microscopy, for the detection of Schistosoma haematobium in urine samples from Ghana.

    B.B. Obeng;Y.A. Aryeetey;C. J. de Dood;A.S. Amoah

  • High Throughput Multiplex PCR and Probe-based Detection with Luminex Beads for Seven Intestinal Parasites

    Mami Taniuchi;Jaco J. Verweij;Zannatun Noor;Shihab U. Sobuz

  • A Pentaplex Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Detection of Four Species of Soil-Transmitted Helminths

    Madihah Basuni;Jamail Muhi;Nurulhasanah Othman;Jaco J. Verweij

  • Protection against malaria after immunization by chloroquine prophylaxis and sporozoites is mediated by preerythrocytic immunity

    Else M. Bijker;Guido J. H. Bastiaens;Anne C. Teirlinck;Geert-Jan van Gemert

  • Application of a Multiplex Quantitative PCR to Assess Prevalence and Intensity Of Intestinal Parasite Infections in a Controlled Clinical Trial

    Stacey Llewellyn;Tawin Inpankaew;Susana Vaz Nery;Darren J. Gray;Darren J. Gray;Darren J. Gray

  • Short communication: Prevalence of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar in northern Ghana.

    Jaco J. Verweij;Fieke Oostvogel;Eric A. T. Brienen;Alexis Nang-Beifubah

  • Increased Sampling Reveals Novel Lineages of Entamoeba: Consequences of Genetic Diversity and Host Specificity for Taxonomy and Molecular Detection

    C. Rune Stensvold;Marianne Lebbad;Emma L. Victory;Jaco J. Verweij

  • Detection of diarrhoea‐causing protozoa in general practice patients in The Netherlands by multiplex real‐time PCR

    R. ten Hove;T. Schuurman;M. Kooistra;L. Möller

Frequent Co-Authors

Lisette van Lieshout
Lisette van Lieshout Leiden University Medical Center
Anton M. Polderman
Anton M. Polderman Leiden University Medical Center
Maria Yazdanbakhsh
Maria Yazdanbakhsh Leiden University Medical Center
Robin B. Gasser
Robin B. Gasser University of Melbourne
Suzan D. Pas
Suzan D. Pas Radboud University Medical Center
Bruno Levecke
Bruno Levecke Ghent University
C. Graham Clark
C. Graham Clark London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Jan Kluytmans
Jan Kluytmans Utrecht University
Egbert Tannich
Egbert Tannich Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Jozef Vercruysse
Jozef Vercruysse Ghent University

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