Researcher
Kirsten Maertens
- Keywords:Biomedical sciences (incl. biochemistry)
- Disciplines:Infectious diseases, Gynaecology and obstetrics not elsewhere classified, Vaccinology, Immunology not elsewhere classified, Medical systems biology not elsewhere classified
Affiliations
- Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination (CEV) (Research group)
Member
From1 Jan 2019 → Today - Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO) (Research group)
Member
From15 Mar 2013 → 31 Dec 2018
Projects
1 - 9 of 9
- Research to increase confidence in maternal vaccination by digital communication interventions.From23 Sep 2021 → 28 Feb 2022Funding: Foreign foundations, funds with scientific view
- Vaccination against Covid-19 in Pregnant and Lactating Women in Belgium (PREGCOVAC.BE).From15 Feb 2021 → TodayFunding: Scientific Institute for Public health Louis Pasteur (former IHE)
- The optimal timing of vaccination in pregnancy: a multi-dimensional mechanistic approach to measure immune responses in pregnant women.From1 Jan 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO research project
- Assessment and follow-up of SARS-Cov-2 infection in pregnant women and neonates.From1 Jul 2020 → 31 Dec 2021Funding: Foreign foundations, funds with scientific view
- Assessment and follow-up of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant women and neonates.From1 Jun 2020 → 31 May 2021Funding: BOF - projects
- Measuring vaccination coverage in FlandersFrom11 May 2020 → 28 Feb 2022Funding: Other Flemish public, semi-private and pararegional institutions not mentioned elsewhere
- Pertussis vaccination during pregnancy: long term effects in children and pregnant women.From1 Apr 2019 → 30 Mar 2020Funding: BOF - projects
- Pertussis vaccination during pregnancy: long term effects on children's immunity before and after administration of a fifth dose of a pertussis containing vaccine.From1 Jan 2019 → 31 Dec 2021Funding: FWO research grant KAN
- Vaccination during pregnancy: unravelling the basic principles.From1 Oct 2018 → 30 Sep 2021Funding: FWO fellowships
Publications
1 - 10 of 31
- Measuring association among censored antibody titer data(2021)
Authors: Thao M.P. Tran, Steven Abrams, Marc Aerts, Kirsten Maertens, Niel Hens
Pages: 3740 - 3761 - Global perspectives on immunization against SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy and priorities for future research(2021)
Authors: Bahaa Abu-Raya, Shabir A. Madhi, Saad B. Omer, Gayatri Amirthalingam, Michelle L. Giles, Katie L. Flanagan, Petra Zimmermann, Miguel O'Ryan, Marco A. Safadi, Vassiliki Papaevangelou, et al.
Number of pages: 11 - The effect of tetanus-diphtheria-acellular-pertussis immunization during pregnancy on infant antibody responses(2021)
Authors: Bahaa Abu-Raya, Kirsten Maertens, Flor M. Munoz, Petra Zimmermann, Nigel Curtis, Scott A. Halperin, Nynke Rots, Daan Barug, Beth Holder, Beate Kampmann, et al.
Number of pages: 16 - Breast milk antibody levels in Tdap-vaccinated women after preterm delivery(2021)
Authors: Marjolein Orije, Ynke Larivière, Sereina Herzog, Ludo Mahieu, Pierre Van Damme, Elke Leuridan, Kirsten Maertens
Pages: E1305 - E1313 - Impact of maternal pertussis antibodies on the infants’ cellular immune responses(2021)
Authors: Marjolein Orije, Irene García-Fogeda, Wouter Van Dyck, Véronique Corbière, Françoise Mascart, Ludo Mahieu, Niel Hens, Pierre Van Damme, Nathalie Cools, Benson Ogunjimi, et al.
Number of pages: 1 - The effect of maternal antibodies on the cellular immune response after infant vaccination: A review(2020)
Authors: Marjolein R. P. Orije, Kirsten Maertens, Veronique Corbiere, Nasamon Wanlapakorn, Pierre Van Damme, Elke Leuridan, Francoise Mascart
Pages: 20 - 28 - Elucidating the difference in the kinetics of antibody titres of infants in Belgium and Vietnam(2020)
Authors: Thao Mai Phuong Tran, Kirsten Maertens, Ha Thi Thu Hoang, Pierre Van Damme, Elke Leuridan, Niel Hens
Pages: 7079 - 7086 - Levels of antibodies specific to diphtheria toxoid, tetanus toxoid, and Haemophilus influenzae type b in healthy children born to Tdap-vaccinated mothers(2020)
Authors: Nasamon Wanlapakorn, Kirsten Maertens, Thanunrat Thongmee, Donchida Srimuan, Thaksaporn Thatsanathorn, Pierre Van Damme, Elke Leuridan, Yong Poovorawan
Pages: 6914 - 6921 - Vaccination during pregnancy: current and possible future recommendations(2020)
Authors: Kirsten Maertens, Marjolein Orije, Pierre Van Damme, Elke Leuridan
Pages: 235 - 242 - Global perspectives on immunization during pregnancy and priorities for future research and development(2020)
Authors: Bahaa Abu-Raya, Kirsten Maertens, Kathryn M. Edwards, Saad B. Omer, Janet A. Englund, Katie L. Flanagan, Matthew D. Snape, Gayatri Amirthalingam, Elke Leuridan, Pierre Van Damme, et al.
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