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Richard Molenkamp is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on medicine with a substantial emphasis on infectious diseases, epidemiology, biomedical engineering, molecular biology, and hepatology. The scientist's work engages with several topics related to viral infections, particularly targeting SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, along with hepatitis virus research and biosensors for analytical detection.

Their recent significant publications include:

  • Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR, 2020, Eurosurveillance
  • Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 on mink farms between humans and mink and back to humans, 2020, Science
  • Phenotype and kinetics of SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells in COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, 2020, Science Immunology
  • Duration and key determinants of infectious virus shedding in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), 2021, Nature Communications
  • SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern partially escape humoral but not T cell responses in COVID-19 convalescent donors and vaccine recipients, 2021, Science Immunology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Richard Molenkamp include:

  • Marion Koopmans
  • Bas B. Oude Munnink
  • Corine H. GeurtsvanKessel
  • Suzan D. Pas
  • Zsὁfia Iglὁi

Their work has appeared most often in these publication venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Eurosurveillance
  • Journal of Clinical Virology
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Science Immunology

Richard Molenkamp's research covers the following fields of study:

  • Medicine
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Molecular Biology
  • Hepatology

Core topics addressed by their studies include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies

Best Publications

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern partially escape humoral but not T-cell responses in COVID-19 convalescent donors and vaccinees.

    Daryl Geers;Marc C Shamier;Susanne Bogers;Gerco den Hartog

  • Comparison of seven commercial RT-PCR diagnostic kits for COVID-19.

    Puck B. van Kasteren;Bas van der Veer;Sharon van den Brink;Lisa Wijsman

  • Frequent Detection of Respiratory Viruses without Symptoms: Toward Defining Clinically Relevant Cutoff Values

    Rogier R. Jansen;Joanne Wieringa;Sylvie M. Koekkoek;Caroline E. Visser

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Safety, tolerability, and antiviral effect of RG-101 in patients with chronic hepatitis C : A phase 1B, double-blind, randomised controlled trial

    Meike H van der Ree;J Marleen de Vree;Femke Stelma;Sophie Willemse

  • Detection of West Nile virus in a common whitethroat (Curruca communis) and Culex mosquitoes in the Netherlands, 2020.

    Reina S Sikkema;Maarten Schrama;Tijs van den Berg;Jolien Morren

  • Human Bocavirus Can Be Cultured in Differentiated Human Airway Epithelial Cells

    Ronald Dijkman;Sylvie M. Koekkoek;Richard Molenkamp;Oliver Schildgen

  • Shedding of infectious virus in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19): duration and key determinants

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

  • Phenotype 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

  • Alarming incidence of hepatitis C virus re-infection after treatment of sexually acquired acute hepatitis C virus infection in HIV-infected MSM.

    Femke A.E. Lambers;Maria Prins;Xiomara Thomas;Richard Molenkamp

  • 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

  • Isolation and Characterization of Current Human Coronavirus Strains in Primary Human Epithelial Cell Cultures Reveal Differences in Target Cell Tropism

    Ronald Dijkman;Maarten F. Jebbink;Sylvie M. Koekkoek;Martin Deijs

  • The arterivirus replicase is the only viral protein required for genome replication and subgenomic mRNA transcription

    Richard Molenkamp;Hans van Tol;Babette C. D. Rozier;Yvonne van der Meer

  • Antigenic cartography of SARS-CoV-2 reveals that Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 are antigenically distinct

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Janke Schinkel
Janke Schinkel University of Amsterdam
Marion Koopmans
Marion Koopmans Erasmus University Rotterdam
Maria Prins
Maria Prins University of Amsterdam
Katja C. Wolthers
Katja C. Wolthers University of Amsterdam
Kees Brinkman
Kees Brinkman University of Amsterdam
Suzan D. Pas
Suzan D. Pas Radboud University Medical Center
Lia van der Hoek
Lia van der Hoek University of Amsterdam
Bart L. Haagmans
Bart L. Haagmans Erasmus University Rotterdam
Willy J. M. Spaan
Willy J. M. Spaan Leiden University Medical Center
David A. M. C. van de Vijver
David A. M. C. van de Vijver Erasmus University Rotterdam

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