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15604
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449

Overview

Loek van Alphen is affiliated with the Centre for Health Protection in China. Their research profile is noted for involvement in health protection-related activities, reflecting the focus of the institution with which they are connected.

There are no listed recent papers, frequent co-authors, or specific publication venues available to detail within their academic output. Similarly, there is no information regarding dedicated book publications authored by them.

Data on main fields of study, subfields, and primary topics of work are not documented, hence no particular scientific domains can be attributed to this researcher based on the available information.

No awards have been recorded for Loek van Alphen. It is also noted that they are currently living, so all references to their career remain in present tense.

Best Publications

  • Electrophoretic resolution of the ‘major outer membrane protein’ of Escherichia coli K12 into four bands

    Ben Lugtenberg;Jos Meijers;Roel Peters;Peter van der Hoek

  • Molecular architecture and functioning of the outer membrane of Escherichia coli and other gram-negative bacteria

    Ben Lugtenberg;Loek Van Alphen

  • Modification of lipid A biosynthesis in Neisseria meningitidis lpxL mutants: influence on lipopolysaccharide structure, toxicity, and adjuvant activity.

    Peter van der Ley;Liana Steeghs;Hendrik Jan Hamstra;Jan ten Hove

  • Phase variation of H. influenzae fimbriae: Transcriptional control of two divergent genes through a variable combined promoter region

    S.Marieke van Ham;Loek van Alphen;Frits R. Mooi;Jos P.M. van Putten

  • Contribution of Fibronectin-Binding Protein to Pathogenesis of Streptococcus suis Serotype 2

    Astrid de Greeff;Herma Buys;Robin Verhaar;Janny Dijkstra

  • Effect of reduced-dose schedules with 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage in children: a randomized controlled trial.

    Elske J. M. van Gils;Reinier H. Veenhoven;Eelko Hak;Gerwin D. Rodenburg

  • A Neisserial autotransporter NalP modulating the processing of other autotransporters.

    Peter Van Ulsen;Loek Van Alphen;Jan Ten Hove;Floris Fransen

  • Invasive pneumococcal disease among adults: associations among serotypes, disease characteristics, and outcome.

    Angelique G. S. C. Jansen;Gerwin D. Rodenburg;Arie van der Ende;Loek van Alphen

  • The variable P5 proteins of typeable and non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae target human CEACAM1.

    Darryl J. Hill;Mark A. Toleman;Debbie J. Evans;Silvia Villullas

  • Major outer membrane protein d of Escherichia coli K 12

    Loek van Alphen;Louis Havekes;Ben Lugtenberg

  • Homogeneity of Cell Envelope Protein Subtypes, Lipopolysaccharide Serotypes, and Biotypes among Haemophilus influenzae Type b from Patients with Meningitis in The Netherlands

    Loek van Alphen;Tineke Riemens;Jan Poolman;Carla Hopman

  • Characterization of Genetic and Phenotypic Diversity of Invasive Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae

    Alice L. Erwin;Kevin L. Nelson;Tendai Mhlanga-Mutangadura;Paul J. Bonthuis

  • Architecture of the outer membrane of Escherichia coli K12. Phase transitions of the bacteriophage K3 receptor complex.

    Loek Van Alphen;Ben Lugtenberg;Ernst Th. Rietschel;Chris Mombers

  • Antibody avidity and immunoglobulin G isotype distribution following immunization with a monovalent meningococcal B outer membrane vesicle vaccine.

    C. L. Vermont;H. H. van Dijken;C. J. P. van Limpt;R. de Groot

  • 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

  • Outer Membrane Protein Vesicle Vaccines for Meningococcal Disease

    Carl E. Frasch;Loek van Alphen;Johan Holst;Jan T. Poolman

  • Immunogenicity of outer membrane proteins in a lipopolysaccharide-deficient mutant of Neisseria meningitidis: influence of adjuvants on the immune response.

    Liana Steeghs;Betsy Kuipers;Hendrik Jan Hamstra;Gideon Kersten

  • Effect of seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on staphylococcus aureus colonisation in a randomised controlled trial

    Elske J. M. van Gils;Eelko Hak;Reinier H. Veenhoven;Gerwin D. Rodenburg

  • Architecture of the Outer Membrane of Escherichia coli III. Protein-Lipopolysaccharide Complexes in Intramembraneous Particles

    Loek van Alphen;Arie Verkleij;Jose Leunissen-Bijvelt;Ben Lugtenberg

  • Changes in Outer Membrane Proteins of Nontypable Haemophilus influenzae in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Kees Groeneveld;Loek van Alphen;Paul P. Eijk;Henk M. Jansen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacob Dankert
Jacob Dankert University of Amsterdam
Ben J. J. Lugtenberg
Ben J. J. Lugtenberg Leiden University
Peter van der Ley
Peter van der Ley Intravacc (Netherlands)
Eelko Hak
Eelko Hak University of Groningen
Arie J. Verkleij
Arie J. Verkleij Utrecht University
Henk M. Jansen
Henk M. Jansen University of Amsterdam
Elisabeth A. M. Sanders
Elisabeth A. M. Sanders Utrecht University
Jan Tommassen
Jan Tommassen Utrecht University
Arie van der Ende
Arie van der Ende University of Amsterdam
Hilde E. Smith
Hilde E. Smith Wageningen University & Research

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