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Overview

Teun Bousema is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, focusing primarily on public health, immunology, parasitology, infectious diseases, and molecular biology. Their research portfolio encompasses numerous topics related to malaria, vector-borne diseases, immune response mechanisms, and host-parasite interactions.

Their recent notable papers include:

  • Strong associations and moderate predictive value of early symptoms for SARS-CoV-2 test positivity among healthcare workers, the Netherlands, March 2020, published in 2020 in Eurosurveillance
  • Sources of persistent malaria transmission in a setting with effective malaria control in eastern Uganda: a longitudinal, observational cohort study, published in 2021 in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • An open dataset of Plasmodium falciparum genome variation in 7,000 worldwide samples, published in 2021 in Wellcome Open Research
  • Evidence for a role of Anopheles stephensi in the spread of drug- and diagnosis-resistant malaria in Africa, published in 2023 in Nature Medicine
  • Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes as Vectors of Plasmodium vivax and falciparum, Horn of Africa, 2019, published in 2021 in Emerging infectious diseases

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Bousema include:

  • Chris Drakeley
  • Kjerstin Lanke
  • Geert-Jan van Gemert
  • Jordache Ramjith
  • Philip Bejon

Bousema's work appears regularly in well-known publication venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Malaria Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Research Square (Research Square)

The main fields and subfields of study for Bousema include:

  • Medicine
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Immunology
  • Parasitology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Molecular Biology

The primary research topics addressed are:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Insect Pest Control Strategies
  • Complement system in diseases
  • Viral Infections and Vectors

Best Publications

  • Epidemiology and Infectivity of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax Gametocytes in Relation to Malaria Control and Elimination

    Teun Bousema;Chris Drakeley

  • Asymptomatic malaria infections: detectability, transmissibility and public health relevance

    Teun Bousema;Lucy Okell;Ingrid Felger;Chris Drakeley

  • Factors determining the occurrence of submicroscopic malaria infections and their relevance for control.

    Lucy C. Okell;Teun Bousema;Teun Bousema;Jamie T. Griffin;André Lin Ouédraogo

  • Reducing Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Transmission in Africa: A Model-Based Evaluation of Intervention Strategies

    Jamie T. Griffin;T. Deirdre Hollingsworth;Lucy C. Okell;Thomas S. Churcher

  • Hitting Hotspots: Spatial Targeting of Malaria for Control and Elimination

    Teun Bousema;Jamie T. Griffin;Robert W. Sauerwein;David L. Smith

  • Targeting asymptomatic malaria infections: active surveillance in control and elimination.

    Hugh J. W. Sturrock;Michelle S. Hsiang;Justin M. Cohen;David L. Smith

  • Submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte densities frequently result in mosquito infection.

    Petra Schneider;J. Teun Bousema;Louis C. Gouagna;Silas Otieno

  • Identification of hot spots of malaria transmission for targeted malaria control.

    Teun Bousema;Teun Bousema;Chris Drakeley;Samwel Gesase;Ramadhan Hashim

  • Revisiting the circulation time of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes: molecular detection methods to estimate the duration of gametocyte carriage and the effect of gametocytocidal drugs

    Teun Bousema;Teun Bousema;Lucy Okell;Lucy Okell;Seif Shekalaghe;Jamie T. Griffin

  • Genomic epidemiology of artemisinin resistant malaria

    A. Amato;A. Amato;O. Miotto;O. Miotto;O. Miotto;C.J. Woodrow;C.J. Woodrow;J. Almagro-Garcia;J. Almagro-Garcia

  • Moderate Effect of Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy on Transmission of Plasmodium falciparum

    J. Teun Bousema;Petra Schneider;Louis C. Gouagna;Chris J. Drakeley

  • Integrated transcriptomic and proteomic analyses of P. falciparum gametocytes: molecular insight into sex-specific processes and translational repression.

    Edwin Lasonder;Sanna R. Rijpma;Ben C.L. van Schaijk;Wieteke A.M. Hoeijmakers

  • Dried blood spots as a source of anti-malarial antibodies for epidemiological studies

    Patrick Corran;Patrick Corran;Jackie Cook;Caroline Lynch;Heleen Leendertse

  • Strong associations and moderate predictive value of early symptoms for SARS-CoV-2 test positivity among healthcare workers, the Netherlands, March 2020.

    Alma Tostmann;John Bradley;Teun Bousema;Teun Bousema;Wing-Kee Yiek

  • Mosquito feeding assays to determine the infectiousness of naturally infected Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte carriers.

    Teun Bousema;Teun Bousema;Rhoel R Dinglasan;Isabelle Morlais;Louis C. Gouagna

  • Predicting mosquito infection from Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte density and estimating the reservoir of infection

    Thomas S Churcher;Teun Bousema;Teun Bousema;Martin Walker;Chris Drakeley

  • Examining the human infectious reservoir for Plasmodium falciparum malaria in areas of differing transmission intensity

    Bronner P. Gonçalves;Melissa C. Kapulu;Melissa C. Kapulu;Patrick Sawa;Wamdaogo M. Guelbéogo

  • The epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes: weapons of mass dispersion

    Chris Drakeley;Colin Sutherland;J. Teun Bousema;Robert W. Sauerwein

  • The Relative Contribution of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum Infections to the Infectious Reservoir in a Low-Endemic Setting in Ethiopia.

    Fitsum G Tadesse;Fitsum G Tadesse;Hannah C Slater;Wakweya Chali;Karina Teelen

  • Substantial Contribution of Submicroscopical Plasmodium falciparum Gametocyte Carriage to the Infectious Reservoir in an Area of Seasonal Transmission

    André Lin Ouédraogo;Teun Bousema;Petra Schneider;Sake J. de Vlas

  • Sources of persistent malaria transmission in a setting with effective malaria control in eastern Uganda: a longitudinal, observational cohort study.

    Chiara Andolina;John C Rek;Jessica Briggs;Joseph Okoth

  • Ivermectin to reduce malaria transmission: a research agenda for a promising new tool for elimination.

    Carlos J Chaccour;Kevin C Kobylinski;Quique Bassat;Quique Bassat;Teun Bousema;Teun Bousema

  • Reduction of transmission from malaria patients by artemisinin combination therapies: a pooled analysis of six randomized trials

    Lucy C Okell;Chris J Drakeley;Azra C Ghani;Teun Bousema

  • Spatial and temporal variation in malaria transmission in a low endemicity area in northern Tanzania.

    M J A M Oesterholt;J T Bousema;O K Mwerinde;C Harris

  • Measuring changes in Plasmodium falciparum transmission: Precision, accuracy and costs of metrics

    Lucy S. Tusting;Teun Bousema;David L. Smith;Chris Drakeley

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Drakeley
Chris Drakeley London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Robert W. Sauerwein
Robert W. Sauerwein Radboud University
Kjerstin Lanke
Kjerstin Lanke Radboud University
John S. Bradley
John S. Bradley University of California, San Diego
Colin J. Sutherland
Colin J. Sutherland London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Umberto D'Alessandro
Umberto D'Alessandro University of London
Roly Gosling
Roly Gosling University of California, San Francisco
Thomas S. Churcher
Thomas S. Churcher Imperial College London
Geert-Jan van Gemert
Geert-Jan van Gemert Radboud University
Azra C. Ghani
Azra C. Ghani Imperial College London

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