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Louis Bont is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands, specializing primarily in Medicine with a significant focus on Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Surgery, and Immunology. Their research contributions are notably concentrated on respiratory viral infections and related clinical outcomes.

Key areas of study include:

  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
  • Tracheal and airway disorders
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies

Their publication record spans several influential journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Louis Bont feature studies on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and its prevention. These are:

  • "Bivalent Prefusion F Vaccine in Pregnancy to Prevent RSV Illness in Infants," 2023, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Efficacy and Safety of a Bivalent RSV Prefusion F Vaccine in Older Adults," 2023, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Respiratory syncytial virus prevention within reach: the vaccine and monoclonal antibody landscape," 2022, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "The burden of respiratory syncytial virus in healthy term-born infants in Europe: a prospective birth cohort study," 2022, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • "Burden of respiratory syncytial virus infection in community-dwelling older adults in Europe (RESCEU): an international prospective cohort study," 2020, European Respiratory Journal

Frequent collaborators in research include Harish Nair, Joanne Wildenbeest, Andrew J. Pollard, Peter Openshaw, and Terho Heikkinen.

Louis Bont's work in epidemiology and respiratory medicine addresses significant public health challenges related to infectious diseases, particularly focusing on the impact and prevention of respiratory viruses across different age groups and vulnerable populations. Their research contributions provide data crucial for vaccine development and disease burden assessment.

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015: a systematic review and modelling study

    Ting Shi;David A. McAllister;Katherine L. O'Brien;Eric A. F. Simoes

  • Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in children younger than 5 years in 2019: a systematic analysis

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  • Long-term expanding human airway organoids for disease modeling

    Norman Sachs;Angelos Papaspyropoulos;Domenique D. Zomer-van Ommen;Inha Heo

  • Bivalent Prefusion F Vaccine in Pregnancy to Prevent RSV Illness in Infants.

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  • Respiratory syncytial virus and recurrent wheeze in healthy preterm infants.

    Maarten O Blanken;Maroeska M Rovers;Jorine M Molenaar;Pauline L Winkler-Seinstra

  • Efficacy and Safety of a Bivalent RSV Prefusion F Vaccine in Older Adults.

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  • Cord Blood Vitamin D Deficiency is Associated With Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis

    Mirjam E. Belderbos;Michiel L. Houben;Berry Wilbrink;Eef Lentjes

  • Respiratory syncytial virus seasonality: A global overview

    Pablo Obando-Pacheco;Antonio José Justicia-Grande;Irene Rivero-Calle;Carmen Rodríguez-Tenreiro

  • Global Disease Burden Estimates of Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Acute Respiratory Infection in Older Adults in 2015: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

    Ting Shi;Angeline Denouel;Anna K Tietjen;Iain Campbell

  • The respiratory syncytial virus vaccine landscape: lessons from the graveyard and promising candidates.

    Natalie I Mazur;Deborah Higgins;Marta C Nunes;José A Melero

  • Respiratory syncytial virus prevention within reach: the vaccine and monoclonal antibody landscape

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  • Viruses and bacteria in acute asthma exacerbations--a GA² LEN-DARE systematic review.

    N G Papadopoulos;I Christodoulou;G Rohde;I Agache

  • Genetic susceptibility to respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis is predominantly associated with innate immune genes

    Riny Janssen;Louis Bont;Christine L. E. Siezen;Hennie M. Hodemaekers

  • Respiratory syncytial virus hospitalization and mortality: Systematic review and meta-analysis

    Renato T. Stein;Louis J. Bont;Heather Zar;Fernando P. Polack

  • Lower respiratory tract infection caused by respiratory syncytial virus: current management and new therapeutics

    Natalie I Mazur;Federico Martinón-Torres;Eugenio Baraldi;Brigitte Fauroux

  • Defining the Epidemiology and Burden of Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection Among Infants and Children in Western Countries

    Louis Bont;Paul A. Checchia;Brigitte Fauroux;Josep Figueras-Aloy

  • Down Syndrome: A Novel Risk Factor for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis— A Prospective Birth-Cohort Study

    Beatrijs L P Bloemers;A. Marceline Van Furth;Michel E. Weijerman;Reinoud J B J Gemke

  • Global respiratory syncytial virus-associated mortality in young children (RSV GOLD): a retrospective case series

    Nienke M Scheltema;Angela Gentile;Florencia Lucion;D James Nokes;D James Nokes

  • Association of Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis with Interleukin-4 and Interleukin-4 Receptor α Polymorphisms

    Barbara Hoebee;Edwin Rietveld;Louis Bont;Marijke van Oosten

  • Monocyte IL-10 production during respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis is associated with recurrent wheezing in a one-year follow-up study.

    L. Bont;C. J. Heijnen;A. Kavelaars;W. M. C. van Aalderen

  • Disease severity and viral load are correlated in infants with primary respiratory syncytial virus infection in the community

    M. L. Houben;F. E. J. Coenjaerts;J. W. A. Rossen;M. E. Belderbos

  • Emergence and epidemic occurrence of enterovirus 68 respiratory infections in The Netherlands in 2010.

    Adam Meijer;Sabine van der Sanden;Bianca E.P. Snijders;Giovanna Jaramillo-Gutierrez

  • Skewed pattern of Toll-like receptor 4-mediated cytokine production in human neonatal blood: low LPS-induced IL-12p70 and high IL-10 persist throughout the first month of life.

    M.E. Belderbos;G.M. van Bleek;O. Levy;M.O. Blanken

  • Defining the Risk and Associated Morbidity and Mortality of Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection Among Infants with Congenital Heart Disease

    Paul A. Checchia;Bosco Paes;Louis Bont;Paolo Manzoni

Frequent Co-Authors

Linde Meyaard
Linde Meyaard Utrecht University
Eric A. F. Simões
Eric A. F. Simões University of Colorado Denver
Anne Greenough
Anne Greenough King's College London
Jan L. L. Kimpen
Jan L. L. Kimpen Boston Children's Hospital
Eugenio Baraldi
Eugenio Baraldi University of Padua
Octavio Ramilo
Octavio Ramilo St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Elisabeth A. M. Sanders
Elisabeth A. M. Sanders Utrecht University
Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos
Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Asuncion Mejias
Asuncion Mejias St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Ofer Levy
Ofer Levy Boston Children's Hospital

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