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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2019 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Marion Koopmans is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands and has made significant contributions to the field of medicine, particularly in infectious diseases. Their work spans several key areas, including infectious diseases, public health, epidemiology, molecular biology, and animal science and zoology.

The scientist's primary research topics include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, viral infections and vectors, mosquito-borne diseases and control, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, and animal virus infections studies.

Koopmans has published extensively in a variety of scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Eurosurveillance
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Nature Communications
  • Viruses

Select recent papers highlight the scope and impact of their research:

  • Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR (2020, Eurosurveillance)
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2−Specific Antibody Responses in Coronavirus Disease Patients (2020, Emerging Infectious Diseases)
  • SARS-CoV-2 productively infects human gut enterocytes (2020, Science)
  • A Novel Coronavirus Emerging in China - Key Questions for Impact Assessment (2020, New England Journal of Medicine)
  • Comparing SARS-CoV-2 with SARS-CoV and influenza pandemics (2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases)

The scientist collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including Bas B. Oude Munnink, Corine H. GeurtsvanKessel, Reina S. Sikkema, Bart L. Haagmans, and Rory D. de Vries.

In recognition of their professional contributions, Marion Koopmans was awarded membership in the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR.

    Victor M. Corman;Olfert Landt;Marco Kaiser;Richard Molenkamp

  • SARS-CoV-2 productively infects human gut enterocytes.

    Mart M. Lamers;Joep Beumer;Jelte van der Vaart;Kèvin Knoops

  • Food-borne diseases - the challenges of 20 years ago still persist while new ones continue to emerge.

    Diane G. Newell;Marion Koopmans;Linda Verhoef;Erwin Duizer

  • A Novel Coronavirus Emerging in China - Key Questions for Impact Assessment.

    Vincent J. Munster;Marion Koopmans;Neeltje van Doremalen;Debby van Riel

  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2-Specific Antibody Responses in Coronavirus Disease Patients

    Nisreen M.A. Okba;Marcel A. Müller;Wentao Li;Chunyan Wang

  • Avian influenza A virus (H7N7) associated with human conjunctivitis and a fatal case of acute respiratory distress syndrome

    Ron A. M. Fouchier;Peter M. Schneeberger;Frans W. Rozendaal;Jan M. Broekman

  • Global prevalence of norovirus in cases of gastroenteritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Sharia M Ahmed;Aron J Hall;Anne E Robinson;Linda Verhoef

  • Comparing SARS-CoV-2 with SARS-CoV and influenza pandemics.

    Eskild Petersen;Eskild Petersen;Marion Koopmans;Unyeong Go;Davidson H Hamer

  • 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

  • BCG Vaccination Protects against Experimental Viral Infection in Humans through the Induction of Cytokines Associated with Trained Immunity

    Rob J.W. Arts;Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag;Boris Novakovic;Yang Li

  • Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 on mink farms between humans and mink and back to humans.

    Bas B.Oude Munnink;Reina S. Sikkema;David F. Nieuwenhuijse;Robert Jan Molenaar

  • Global monitoring of antimicrobial resistance based on metagenomics analyses of urban sewage

    Rene S. Hendriksen;Patrick Munk;Patrick Murigu Kamau Njage;Bram van Bunnik

  • Foodborne viruses: an emerging problem.

    Marion Koopmans;Erwin Duizer

  • Comparative pathogenesis of COVID-19, MERS, and SARS in a nonhuman primate model.

    Barry Rockx;Thijs Kuiken;Sander Herfst;Theo Bestebroer

  • Phenotype and kinetics of SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells in COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.

    Daniela Weiskopf;Katharina S. Schmitz;Matthijs P. Raadsen;Alba Grifoni

  • Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus neutralising serum antibodies in dromedary camels: a comparative serological study

    Chantal B.E.M. Reusken;Bart L. Haagmans;Marcel A. Müller;Carlos Gutierrez

  • 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

  • Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in dromedary camels: An outbreak investigation

    Bart L. Haagmans;Said H.S. Al Dhahiry;Chantal B.E.M. Reusken;V. Stalin Raj

  • Pathogenesis and Transmission of Swine-Origin 2009 A(H1N1) Influenza Virus in Ferrets

    Vincent J. Munster;Emmie de Wit;Judith M. A. van den Brand;Sander Herfst

  • Laboratory efforts to cultivate noroviruses.

    Erwin Duizer;Kellogg J. Schwab;Frederick H. Neill;Robert L. Atmar

  • Duration and key determinants of infectious virus shedding in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19).

    Jeroen J. A. van Kampen;David A. M. C. van de Vijver;Pieter L. A. Fraaij;Bart L. Haagmans

Frequent Co-Authors

Harry Vennema
Harry Vennema Centre for infectious Disease Control (Cib)
Chantal Reusken
Chantal Reusken National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
Bart L. Haagmans
Bart L. Haagmans Erasmus University Rotterdam
Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus
Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation
Erwin Duizer
Erwin Duizer National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
Ron A. M. Fouchier
Ron A. M. Fouchier Erasmus University Rotterdam
Suzan D. Pas
Suzan D. Pas Radboud University Medical Center
Jan Vinjé
Jan Vinjé Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Guus F. Rimmelzwaan
Guus F. Rimmelzwaan University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation
Richard Molenkamp
Richard Molenkamp Erasmus University Rotterdam

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