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
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- PReparing for Optimal Phase III/IV maTErnal Group B StreptococCal vaccine Trials in Africa (PROTECT).From1 Mar 2024 → TodayFunding: Other European institutions (outside EU)
- Defining a Correlate of Protection (CoP) for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV): focus on the F protein and infants.From1 Nov 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- ESPID - Small Grant Award.From17 Oct 2023 → 31 Dec 2024Funding: Foreign foundations, funds with scientific view
- Development and validation of the in vitro microfold cell model to investigate the role of breastmilk antibodies in infant protection against pertussis.From1 Apr 2023 → 31 Mar 2024Funding: BOF - projects
- Vaccine preventable diseases in pregnant and lactating women.From1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- 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 → 31 Dec 2022Funding: Other federal public and semi-governmental institutions
- The optimal timing of vaccination in pregnancy: a multi-dimensional mechanistic approach to measure immune responses in pregnant women.From1 Jan 2021 → 31 Dec 2024Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- 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
Publications
1 - 10 of 45
- Timing of pertussis vaccination during pregnancy: evidence and implementation: a systematic review(2024)
Authors: Louise De Weerdt, Sereina A. Herzog, Pierre Van Damme, Kirsten Maertens
Pages: 1 - 11 - Immunogenicity at delivery after Tdap vaccination in successive pregnancies(2024)
Authors: Louise De Weerdt, Anais Thiriard, Elke Leuridan, Arnaud Marchant, Kirsten Maertens
Pages: 1 - 9 - Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic and social media on the behaviour of pregnant and lactating women towards vaccination: a scoping review(2023)
Authors: Larissa De Brabandere, Greet Hendrickx, Karolien Poels, Walter Daelemans, Pierre Van Damme, Kirsten Maertens
Pages: 1 - 19 - Immunogenicity of a liquid hexavalent DTaP-IPV-HB-PRPtiT vaccine after primary and booster vaccination of term and preterm infants born to women vaccinated with Tdap during pregnancy(2023)
Authors: Kirsten Maertens, Marjolein Orije, C. Huoi, F. Boisnard, O. Lyabis
Pages: 795 - 804 - Haemophilus influenzae carriage and antibiotic resistance profile in Belgian infants over a three-year period (2016–2018)(2023)
Authors: Esra Ekinci, Juan Pablo Rodriguez Ruiz, Kirsten Maertens, Liesbet Van Heirstraeten, Gabriela Serrano, Magali Wautier, Ariane Deplano, Herman Goossens, Pierre Van Damme, Philippe Beutels, et al.
Pages: 1 - 8 - Half-life estimation of pertussis-specific maternal antibodies in (pre)term infants after in-pregnancy tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis vaccination(2023)
Authors: Stefan Embacher, Kirsten Maertens, Sereina A. Herzog
Pages: 1640 - 1648 - Impact of vaccination during pregnancy on infants? Immune responses to vaccinations- definitions and statistical approaches(2022)
Authors: Kirsten Maertens, Elke Leuridan, Flor M. Munoz, Petra Zimmermann, Nigel Curtis, Scott Halperin, Nynke Rots, Daan Barug, Beth Holder, Manish Sadarangani, et al.
Pages: 4292 - 4295 - The impact of timing of pertussis vaccination during pregnancy on infant antibody levels at birth(2022)
Authors: Justin Gomme, Nasamon Wanlapakorn, Hoang Thi Thu Ha, Elke Leuridan, Sereina Herzog, Kirsten Maertens
Pages: 1 - 8 - The effects of COVID-19 vaccination on lactating women(2022)
Authors: Joke Muyldermans, Louise De Weerdt, Larissa De Brabandere, Kirsten Maertens, Eline Tommelein
Pages: 1 - 15 - Vaccination in pregnancy against pertussis(2022)
Authors: Bahaa Abu-Raya, Kevin Forsyth, Scott A. Halperin, Kirsten Maertens, Christine E. Jones, Ulrich Heininger, Daniela Hozbor, Carl Heinz Wirsing von Koenig, Amar J. Chitkara, Rudzani Muloiwa, et al.
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