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Overview

Katja C. Wolthers is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands and specializes in medical research with a particular focus on infectious diseases. Their work spans various subfields including infectious diseases, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, epidemiology, molecular biology, and immunology.

Their research covers multiple topics such as viral infections and immunology, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, respiratory viral infections, cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, animal disease management and epidemiology, neonatal respiratory health research, and virus-based gene therapy research.

Katja C. Wolthers has contributed to academic literature in reputable publication venues, including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Viruses
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Archives of Virology
  • Antiviral Research

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Wolthers include:

  • Recommendations for the nomenclature of enteroviruses and rhinoviruses, 2020, Archives of Virology
  • A Human 2D Primary Organoid-Derived Epithelial Monolayer Model to Study Host-Pathogen Interaction in the Small Intestine, 2020, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • World-Wide Prevalence and Genotype Distribution of Enteroviruses, 2021, Viruses
  • HCV micro-elimination in individuals with HIV in the Netherlands 4 years after universal access to direct-acting antivirals: a retrospective cohort study, 2020, The Lancet HIV
  • Apical-out airway organoids as a platform for studying viral infections and screening for antiviral drugs, 2022, Scientific Reports

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Wolthers include:

  • Dasja Pajkrt
  • Adithya Sridhar
  • Carlemi Calitz
  • Lance Mulder
  • Inés García-Rodríguez

Best Publications

  • Identification of a new human coronavirus

    Lia van der Hoek;Krzysztof Pyrc;Maarten F Jebbink;Wilma Vermeulen-Oost

  • T cell telomere length in HIV-1 infection: No evidence for increased CD4(+) T cell turnover

    Katja C. Wolthers;G. Bea;A. Wisman;Sigrid A. Otto

  • Development of a Real-Time Quantitative Assay for Detection of Epstein-Barr Virus

    H. G. M. Niesters;J. van Esser;E. Fries;K. C. Wolthers

  • Increase in HCV incidence among men who have sex with men in Amsterdam most likely caused by sexual transmission

    Thijs J.W. Van De Laar;Akke K. Van Der Bij;Maria Prins;Sylvia M. Bruisten

  • Human Parechovirus Infections in Dutch Children and the Association between Serotype and Disease Severity

    K. S. M. Benschop;J. Schinkel;R. P. Minnaar;D. Pajkrt

  • Neurotropic virus infections as the cause of immediate and delayed neuropathology.

    Martin Ludlow;Jeroen Kortekaas;Christiane Herden;Bernd Hoffmann

  • Human Parechoviruses as an Important Viral Cause of Sepsislike Illness and Meningitis in Young Children

    Katja C. Wolthers;Kimberley S. M. Benschop;Janke Schinkel;Richard Molenkamp

  • Evidence that human CD8+CD45RA+CD27- cells are induced by antigen and evolve through extensive rounds of division.

    D. Hamann;S. Kostense;K. C. Wolthers;S. A. Otto

  • Recommendations for enterovirus diagnostics and characterisation within and beyond Europe

    Heli Harvala;Eeva Broberg;Kimberley Benschop;Natasa Berginc

  • Epidemiology and Clinical Associations of Human Parechovirus Respiratory Infections

    H Harvala;I Robertson;E C McWilliam Leitch;K Benschop

  • Dysfunctional Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-specific CD8(+) T lymphocytes and increased EBV load in HIV-1 infected individuals progressing to AIDS-related non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

    D. van Baarle;E. Hovenkamp;M.F.C. Callan;K.C. Wolthers

  • Rapid Tests for Influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, and Other Respiratory Viruses: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

    Andrea H L Bruning;Mariska M G Leeflang;Johanna M B W Vos;Rene Spijker

  • High Prevalence of Human Parechovirus (HPeV) Genotypes in the Amsterdam Region and Identification of Specific HPeV Variants by Direct Genotyping of Stool Samples

    K. Benschop;X. Thomas;C. Serpenti;R. Molenkamp

  • Recommendations for the nomenclature of enteroviruses and rhinoviruses

    P Simmonds;A E Gorbalenya;H Harvala;T Hovi

  • Limited CD4+ T-cell renewal in early HIV-1 infection: Effect of highly active antiretroviral therapy

    S. Fleury;R. J. De Boer;G. P. Rizzardi;K. C. Wolthers

  • Major decline of hepatitis C virus incidence rate over two decades in a cohort of drug users

    Charlotte H. S. B. van den Berg;Colette Smit;Margreet Bakker;Ronald B. Geskus

  • Parechoviruses in children: understanding a new infection

    Heli Harvala;Katja C Wolthers;Peter Simmonds

  • Rapid detection of human parechoviruses in clinical samples by real-time PCR.

    Kimberley Benschop;Richard Molenkamp;Alwin van der Ham;Katja Wolthers

  • Replication and Inhibitors of Enteroviruses and Parechoviruses

    Lonneke van der Linden;Katja C Wolthers;Frank J M van Kuppeveld

  • Fourth human parechovirus serotype

    Kimberley S M Benschop;Janke Schinkel;Manon E Luken;Peter J M van den Broek

  • T cell dynamics in HIV-1 infection.

    D.R. Clark;R.J. de Boer;K.C. Wolthers;F. Miedema

Frequent Co-Authors

Heli Harvala
Heli Harvala University College London
Peter Simmonds
Peter Simmonds University of Oxford
Hubert G. M. Niesters
Hubert G. M. Niesters University Medical Center Groningen
Frank Miedema
Frank Miedema Utrecht University
Richard Molenkamp
Richard Molenkamp Erasmus University Rotterdam
Eric C. J. Claas
Eric C. J. Claas Leiden University Medical Center
Rob Schuurman
Rob Schuurman Utrecht University
Suzan D. Pas
Suzan D. Pas Radboud University Medical Center
Suzanne Jurriaans
Suzanne Jurriaans University of Amsterdam
Janke Schinkel
Janke Schinkel University of Amsterdam

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