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The fundamental part of my research aims to understand under what conditions pathogen transmission is more or less efficient in wildlife populations. For most zoonotic pathogens, such information remains largely unknown due to the absence of relevant field data to test these theories. For this purpose, I focus on rodent communities because these mammals can be collected in large numbers, are easily manipulated in experiments and represent a high number of zoonotic reservoirs compared to other mammals. The research includes field experiments, lab work (serology, PCR, Sanger or metagenomic MinION sequencing) and developing statistical models to test hypotheses. I perform this work mainly in collaboration with the Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania. The applied part of my research focuses on the control of rodent and vector-borne diseases. In that context, I have been studying how Lassa virus can be controlled in rodent populations in Guinea and tested the how climate change affects malaria transmission in Burundi and DRC. I also investigated the spread of Monkeypox and Chikungunya virus in DRC, and SARS-COV-2 in Belgium. Currently, I coordinate an international project in which we are investigating how anthropogenic change affects biodiversity and the emergence of infectious diseases in Africa. For this project, I mainly collaborate with the University of Kisangani in DRC.
Keywords
- B280-animal-ecology
- B680-epidemiology
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Restoring nature's health: Investigating the effects of ecosystem restoration on zoonotic disease risk
Vangenechten, C., Mariën, J., Gryseels, S. & Kirkpatrick, L.
29/05/24 → …
Project: PhD-project
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Zoonotic pathogens: how anthropogenic habitat disturbance impacts the prevalence and diversity.
Cooreman, T., Mariën, J. & Gryseels, S.
29/05/24 → …
Project: PhD-project
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Exploring the Impact of Helminth infections on Virus Dynamics: An integrative approach from Laboratory to Wild Rodent Populations.
Van De Ven, M., Mariën, J. & Leirs, H.
29/05/24 → …
Project: PhD-project
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AfriCoVER: Characterising transmission parameters of SARS-CoV-2 in a peri-urban setting in Mozambique using population-based surveillance and a high-throughput sero-assay
Ingelbeen, B., Mariën, J., Janssens, S., van Loen, H., Hoof, C., Ingelbeen, B. & Ingelbeen, B.
The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership
1/06/20 → 31/10/23
Project: Research Project
Research output
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A century of medical records reveal earlier onset of the malaria season in Haut-Katanga induced by climate change
Marien, J., Mukomena, E., Tevuzula, VM., Leirs, H. & Huyse, T., 2024, In: BMJ Global Health . 9, 10, 13 p., e015375.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Antibodies against medically relevant arthropod-borne viruses in the ubiquitous African rodent Mastomys natalensis
De Kesel, W., Vanden Broecke, B., Borremans, B., Fourchault, L., Willems, E., Ceulemans, A., Sabuni, C., Massawe, A., Makundi, RH., Leirs, H., Peeters, M., Verheyen, E., Gryseels, S., Mariën, J. & Ariën, KK., 2024, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 18, 9, 21 p., e0012233.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Celluloepidemiology - A novel paradigm for quantifying infectious disease dynamics on a population level
Ha, M., Postovskaya, A., Meysman, P., Van Ierssel, S., de Reu, H., Schippers, J., Peeters, K., Besbassi, H., Heyndrickx, L., Willems, B., Mariën, J., Bartholomeus, E., Vercauteren, K., Beutels, P., Van Damme, P., Lion, E., Vlieghe, E., Laukens, K., Coenen, S., Naesens, R., & 2 others , 2024, In: European Journal of Immunology. 54, S1, p. 52-52 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract in journal › peer-review
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Co-circulating Monkeypox and Swinepox Viruses, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2022
Kalonji, T., Malembi, E., Matela, JP., Likafi, T., Kinganda-Lusamaki, E., Vakaniaki, EH., Hoff, NA., Aziza, A., Muyembe, F., Kabamba, J., Cooreman, T., Nguete, B., Witte, D., Ayouba, A., Fernandez-Nuñez, N., Roge, S., Peeters, M., Merritt, S., Ahuka-Mundeke, S., Delaporte, E., & 14 others , 2024, In: Emerging Infectious Diseases. 30, 4, p. 761-765 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Evaluating the effect of a behavioural intervention bundle on antibiotic use, quality of care, and household transmission of resistant Enterobacteriaceae in intervention versus control clusters in rural Burkina Faso and DR Congo (CABU-EICO)
CABU-EICO Consortium, 2024, In: Trials. 25, 12 p., 91.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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