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 - 10 of 11
- 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 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- Vaccine preventable diseases in pregnant and lactating women.From1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: Other resources managed by FWO
- 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: 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
Publications
1 - 10 of 41
- Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic and social media on the behaviour of pregnant and lactating women towards vaccination(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 - 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.
Pages: 1 - 16 - Pertussis immunization during pregnancy(2022)
Authors: Kirsten Maertens, Marjolein Orije, Sereina Herzog, Ludo Mahieu, Niel Hens, Pierre Van Damme, Elke Leuridan
Pages: 189 - 198 - Impact of maternal pertussis antibodies on the infants’ cellular immune responses(2022)
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.
Pages: 442 - 452 - 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 half-life of maternal transplacental antibodies against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis in infants(2022)
Authors: Blanche Oguti, Asad Ali, Nick Andrews, Daan Barug, Duc Anh Dang, Scott A. Halperin, Ha Thi Thu Hoang, Beth Holder, Beate Kampmann, Abdul M. Kazi, et al.
Pages: 450 - 458 - 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, Larissa De Brabandere, Kirsten Maertens, Eline Tommelein
Pages: 1 - 15 - 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.