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Microbiology

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100
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403
National Ranking
27

Medicine

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National Ranking
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Overview

Thijs Kuiken is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a strong concentration on Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. Kuiken has contributed to a wide range of topics related to viral infections and animal disease management.

Their extensive publication record includes work on Influenza Virus Research Studies, Viral Infections and Vectors, Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Respiratory Viral Infections Research, Viral Gastroenteritis Research and Epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, and Animal Virus Infections Studies.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Kuiken include Alice Fusaro, Christoph Staubach, Calogero Terregino, Ron A. M. Fouchier, and Marion Koopmans.

Kuiken's research has been published repeatedly in several scientific venues. These include:

  • EFSA Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Journal of Virology
  • mSphere

Among Kuiken's recent publications are:

  • "Comparative pathogenesis of COVID-19, MERS, and SARS in a nonhuman primate model", 2020, Science
  • "Transatlantic spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 by wild birds from Europe to North America in 2021", 2022, Scientific Reports
  • "A single-dose live-attenuated YF17D-vectored SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate", 2020, Nature
  • "Avian influenza overview December 2022 - March 2023", 2023, EFSA Journal
  • "Avian influenza overview December 2021 - March 2022", 2022, EFSA Journal

Best Publications

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

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

    Barry Rockx;Thijs Kuiken;Sander Herfst;Theo Bestebroer

  • 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

  • Avian Influenza H5N1 in Tigers and Leopards

    Juthatip Keawcharoen;Kanisak Oraveerakul;Thijs Kuiken;Ron A.M. Fouchier

  • Virology: SARS virus infection of cats and ferrets.

    Byron E. E. Martina;Bart L. Haagmans;Thijs Kuiken;Ron A. M. Fouchier

  • Avian H5N1 Influenza in Cats

    Thijs Kuiken;Guus Rimmelzwaan;Debby van Riel;Geert van Amerongen

  • Human and avian influenza viruses target different cells in the lower respiratory tract of humans and other mammals

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

  • Wild ducks as long-distance vectors of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1).

    Juthatip Keawcharoen;Debby van Riel;Geert van Amerongen;Theo M. Bestebroer

  • Pathogenesis of influenza-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome

    Kirsty R Short;Edwin J B Veldhuis Kroeze;Ron A M Fouchier;Thijs Kuiken

  • Host species barriers to influenza virus infections.

    Thijs Kuiken;Edward C. Holmes;John McCauley;Guus F. Rimmelzwaan

  • Pegylated interferon-alpha protects type 1 pneumocytes against SARS coronavirus infection in macaques.

    Bart L. Haagmans;Thijs Kuiken;Byron Ee E Martina;Ron Am M Fouchier

  • Transatlantic spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 by wild birds from Europe to North America in 2021

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  • Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8

    S.J. Lycett;R. Bodewes;Anne Pohlmann

  • Pathology of human influenza revisited.

    Thijs Kuiken;Jeffery K. Taubenberger

  • The olfactory nerve: a shortcut for influenza and other viral diseases into the central nervous system.

    Debby Van Riel;Robert Verdijk;Thijs Kuiken

  • The Potential for Respiratory Droplet–Transmissible A/H5N1 Influenza Virus to Evolve in a Mammalian Host

    Colin A. Russell;Colin A. Russell;Colin A. Russell;Judith M. Fonville;Judith M. Fonville;André E. X. Brown;David F. Burke;David F. Burke

  • Influenza A virus (H5N1) infection in cats causes systemic disease with potential novel routes of virus spread within and between hosts.

    Guus F. Rimmelzwaan;Debby van Riel;Marianne Baars;Theo M. Bestebroer

  • Exacerbated innate host response to SARS-CoV in aged non-human primates

    Saskia L. Smits;Anna de Lang;Judith M A van den Brand;Lonneke M Leijten

  • Pathogenesis of Influenza A (H5N1) Virus Infection in a Primate Model

    G. F. Rimmelzwaan;T. Kuiken;G. van Amerongen;T. M. Bestebroer

  • Pathogen surveillance in animals

    T. Kuiken;F. A. Leighton;R. A M Fouchier;James LeDuc

Frequent Co-Authors

Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus
Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation
Ron A. M. Fouchier
Ron A. M. Fouchier Erasmus University Rotterdam
Guus F. Rimmelzwaan
Guus F. Rimmelzwaan University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation
Debby van Riel
Debby van Riel Erasmus University Rotterdam
Geert van Amerongen
Geert van Amerongen Erasmus University Rotterdam
Theo M. Bestebroer
Theo M. Bestebroer Erasmus University Rotterdam
Rogier Bodewes
Rogier Bodewes National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
Marion Koopmans
Marion Koopmans Erasmus University Rotterdam
Sander Herfst
Sander Herfst Erasmus University Rotterdam
Bart L. Haagmans
Bart L. Haagmans Erasmus University Rotterdam

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