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  • 1971 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Wim H. M. van der Poel is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research spans primarily the fields of Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, focusing on Infectious Diseases, Hepatology, Animal Science and Zoology, Agronomy and Crop Science, as well as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
  • Animal virus infections studies
  • Hepatitis viruses studies and epidemiology
  • Liver disease and transplantation
  • Animal disease management and epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing

Van der Poel's recent notable papers include:

  • "Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 on mink farms between humans and mink and back to humans," published in 2020 in Science
  • "Update: proposed reference sequences for subtypes of hepatitis E virus (species Orthohepevirus A)," published in 2020 in the Journal of General Virology
  • "ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Hepeviridae 2022," published in 2022 in the Journal of General Virology
  • "Clinical and Pathological Findings in SARS-CoV-2 Disease Outbreaks in Farmed Mink (Neovison vison)," published in 2020 in Veterinary Pathology
  • "Adaptation, spread and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in farmed minks and associated humans in the Netherlands," published in 2021 in Nature Communications

Frequent publication venues for van der Poel include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Viruses
  • Pathogens
  • Veterinary Research Communications

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, including:

  • Arjan Stegeman
  • Renate W. Hakze-van der Honing
  • Marion Koopmans
  • Reina S. Sikkema
  • Sérgio Santos-Silva

Wim H. M. van der Poel was recognized by being elected to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1971.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • SARS-CoV-2 infection in farmed minks, the Netherlands, April and May 2020.

    Nadia Oreshkova;Robert Jan Molenaar;Sandra Vreman;Frank Harders

  • Consensus proposals for classification of the family Hepeviridae

    Donald B. Smith;Peter Simmonds;Shahid Jameel

  • Public Health Threat of New, Reemerging, and Neglected Zoonoses in the Industrialized World

    Sally J. Cutler;Anthony R. Fooks;Wim H. M. van der Poel

  • Proposed reference sequences for hepatitis E virus subtypes

    Donald B. Smith;Peter Simmonds;Jacques Izopet;Edmilson F. Oliveira-Filho

  • Update: proposed reference sequences for subtypes of hepatitis E virus (species Orthohepevirus A).

    Donald B. Smith;Jacques Izopet;Florence Nicot;Peter Simmonds

  • Virus hazards from food, water and other contaminated environments.

    David Rodríguez-Lázaro;Nigel Cook;Franco M. Ruggeri;Jane Sellwood

  • ‘Schmallenberg virus’ – a novel orthobunyavirus emerging in Europe

    Martin Beer;Franz Josef Conraths;W.H.M. van der Poel

  • Viral infections and bovine mastitis: a review.

    G.J Wellenberg;W.H.M van der Poel;J.T Van Oirschot

  • Hepatitis E Virus RNA in Commercial Porcine Livers in The Netherlands

    Martijn Bouwknegt;Froukje Lodder-Verschoor;Wim H. M. Van Der Poel;Saskia A. Rutjes

  • ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Hepeviridae

    Michael A. Purdy;Tim J. Harrison;S. Jameel;X-J. Meng

  • Hepatitis E: an overview.

    Harald C Worm;Wim H.M van der Poel;Gerald Brandstätter

  • Genetic diversity of noroviruses in raw and treated sewage water

    Harold van den Berg;Willemijn Lodder;Wim van der Poel;Harry Vennema

  • Norwalk-like calicivirus genes in farm animals.

    W. H. M. van der Poel;J. Vinjé;R. van der Heide;M. I. Herrera

  • Molecular Epidemiology of Human Enteric Caliciviruses in The Netherlands

    Marion Koopmans;Jan Vinjé;Matty de Wit;Imke Leenen

  • Tracing enteric viruses in the European berry fruit supply chain

    Leena Maunula;Agnieszka Kaupke;Petra Vasickova;Kirsi Söderberg

  • Epizootic of ovine congenital malformations associated with Schmallenberg virus infection

    R van den Brom;S J M Luttikholt;K Lievaart-Peterson;N H M T Peperkamp

  • Public health risks associated with hepatitis E virus (HEV) as a food‐borne pathogen

    Antonia Ricci;Ana Allende;Declan Bolton

  • First isolation of Hepatitis E virus genotype 4 in Europe through swine surveillance in the Netherlands and Belgium.

    Renate W. Hakze-van der Honing;Els van Coillie;Adriaan F. G. Antonis;Wim H. M. van der Poel;Wim H. M. van der Poel

  • The course of hepatitis E virus infection in pigs after contact-infection and intravenous inoculation

    Martijn Bouwknegt;Saskia A Rutjes;Chantal B E M Reusken;Norbert Stockhofe-Zurwieden

  • Clinical and Pathological Findings in SARS-CoV-2 Disease Outbreaks in Farmed Mink ( Neovison vison ).

    Robert Jan Molenaar;Sandra Vreman;Renate W. Hakze-van der Honing;Rob Zwart

  • Respiratory syncytial virus infections in human beings and in cattle

    W.H.M. Van der Poel;A. Brand;J.A. Kramps;J.T. Van Oirschot

  • Bayesian estimation of hepatitis E virus seroprevalence for populations with different exposure levels to swine in The Netherlands.

    M. Bouwknegt;B. Engel;M. M. P. T. Herremans;M. A. Widdowson

  • Food and environmental routes of Hepatitis E virus transmission.

    Wim H M Van der Poel

Frequent Co-Authors

Franco Maria Ruggeri
Franco Maria Ruggeri Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Juan-Carlos Saiz
Juan-Carlos Saiz Autonomous University of Madrid
Rosina Girones
Rosina Girones University of Barcelona
Albert Bosch
Albert Bosch University of Barcelona
Ana Maria de Roda Husman
Ana Maria de Roda Husman Utrecht University

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