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2023

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Molecular Biology

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172
National Ranking
7

Medicine

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Citations
101103
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2018 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2016 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Ron A. M. Fouchier is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands and is active in research primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work encompasses various subfields including Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Agronomy and Crop Science, Molecular Biology, and Animal Science and Zoology.

The scientist's research topics cover:

  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies

Notable recent papers include:

  • Comparative pathogenesis of COVID-19, MERS, and SARS in a nonhuman primate model, 2020, Science
  • SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted via contact and via the air between ferrets, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Transatlantic spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 by wild birds from Europe to North America in 2021, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • 2020 taxonomic update for phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales, 2020, Archives of Virology
  • Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses at the Wild-Domestic Bird Interface in Europe: Future Directions for Research and Surveillance, 2021, Viruses

Frequent co-authors with whom Ron A. M. Fouchier has published extensively include:

  • Theo M. Bestebroer
  • Sander Herfst
  • Mathilde Richard
  • Marion Koopmans
  • Thijs Kuiken

Publication venues where the scientist has multiple works include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Virology
  • Viruses
  • Nature Communications
  • Scientific Reports

Ron A. M. Fouchier has been recognized through membership in prestigious organizations such as the Academia Europaea since 2018 and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2016.

Best Publications

  • Isolation of a Novel Coronavirus from a Man with Pneumonia in Saudi Arabia

    Ali Moh Zaki;Sander Van Boheemen;Theo M. Bestebroer;Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus

  • Identification of a novel coronavirus in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome.

    Christian Drosten;Stephan Günther;Wolfgang Preiser;Sylvie van der Werf

  • Characterization of a novel coronavirus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome.

    Paul A. Rota;M. Steven Oberste;Stephan S. Monroe;W. Allan Nix

  • Antigenic and Genetic Characteristics of Swine-Origin 2009 A(H1N1) Influenza Viruses Circulating in Humans

    Rebecca J. Garten;C. Todd Davis;Colin A. Russell;Colin A. Russell;Bo Shu

  • A newly discovered human pneumovirus isolated from young children with respiratory tract disease.

    Bernadette G. van den Hoogen;Jan C. de Jong;Jan Groen;Thijs Kuiken

  • Characterization of a Novel Influenza A Virus Hemagglutinin Subtype (H16) Obtained from Black-Headed Gulls

    Ron A. M. Fouchier;Vincent J. Munster;Anders Wallensten;Theo M. Bestebroer

  • Global patterns of influenza A virus in wild birds

    Björn Olsen;Vincent J. Munster;Anders Wallensten;Jonas Waldenström

  • Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 is a functional receptor for the emerging human coronavirus-EMC

    V. Stalin Raj;Huihui Mou;Saskia L. Smits;Dick H. W. Dekkers

  • Mapping the Antigenic and Genetic Evolution of Influenza Virus

    Derek J. Smith;Derek J. Smith;Alan S. Lapedes;Jan C. de Jong;Theo M. Bestebroer

  • Airborne transmission of influenza A/H5N1 virus between ferrets

    Sander Herfst;Eefje J. A. Schrauwen;Martin Linster;Salin Chutinimitkul

  • Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV): announcement of the Coronavirus Study Group.

    Raoul J. de Groot;Susan C. Baker;Ralph S. Baric;Caroline S. Brown

  • 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

  • Newly discovered coronavirus as the primary cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome

    Thijs Kuiken;Ron A.M. Fouchier;Martin Schutten;Guus F. Rimmelzwaan

  • 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

  • Aetiology: Koch's postulates fulfilled for SARS virus.

    Ron A. M. Fouchier;Thijs Kuiken;Martin Schutten;Geert van Amerongen

  • Genomic Characterization of a Newly Discovered Coronavirus Associated with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Humans

    Sander van Boheemen;Miranda de Graaf;Chris Lauber;Theo M. Bestebroer

  • Phenotype-associated sequence variation in the third variable domain of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 gp120 molecule.

    R A Fouchier;M Groenink;N A Kootstra;M Tersmette

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

    Barry Rockx;Thijs Kuiken;Sander Herfst;Theo Bestebroer

  • The Global Circulation of Seasonal Influenza A (H3N2) Viruses

    Colin A. Russell;Terry C. Jones;Terry C. Jones;Terry C. Jones;Ian G. Barr;Nancy J. Cox

  • Spatial, Temporal, and Species Variation in Prevalence of Influenza A Viruses in Wild Migratory Birds

    Vincent J Munster;Chantal Baas;Pascal Lexmond;Jonas Waldenström

  • H5N1 Virus Attachment to Lower Respiratory Tract.

    Debby van Riel;Vincent J. Munster;Emmie de Wit;Guus F. Rimmelzwaan

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus
Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation
Guus F. Rimmelzwaan
Guus F. Rimmelzwaan University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation
Theo M. Bestebroer
Theo M. Bestebroer Erasmus University Rotterdam
Derek J. Smith
Derek J. Smith University of Cambridge
Thijs Kuiken
Thijs Kuiken Erasmus University Rotterdam
Sander Herfst
Sander Herfst Erasmus University Rotterdam
Vincent J. Munster
Vincent J. Munster National Institutes of Health
Marion Koopmans
Marion Koopmans Erasmus University Rotterdam
Colin A. Russell
Colin A. Russell University of Amsterdam
Geert van Amerongen
Geert van Amerongen Erasmus University Rotterdam

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