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 13
- 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 → TodayFunding: 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 → TodayFunding: 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
- Measuring vaccination coverage in FlandersFrom11 May 2020 → 28 Feb 2022Funding: Other Flemish public, semi-private and pararegional institutions not mentioned elsewhere
Publications
11 - 20 of 44
- 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 - Factors affecting antibody responses to immunizations in infants born to women immunized against pertussis in pregnancy and unimmunized women(2021)
Authors: Bahaa Abu-Raya, Kirsten Maertens, Flor M. Munoz, Petra Zimmermann, Nigel Curtis, Scott A. Halperin, Nynke Rots, Daan Barug, Beth Holder, Thomas F. Rice, et al.
Pages: 6545 - 6552 - 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.
- 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.
- Breast milk antibody levels in Tdap-vaccinated women after preterm delivery(2021)
Authors: Ynke Larivière, Sereina Herzog, Ludo Mahieu, Pierre Van Damme, Elke Leuridan, Kirsten Maertens
Pages: E1305 - E1313 - Measuring association among censored antibody titer data(2021)
Authors: Thao M.P. Tran, Steven Abrams, Marc Aerts, Kirsten Maertens
Pages: 3740 - 3761 - 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
Pages: 7079 - 7086 - The half-life of maternal transplacental antibodies in infants from mothers vaccinated with diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis(2020)
Authors: Blanche Oguti, Ali Assad, Nick Andrews, Daantje Barug, Duc Anh Dang, Scott Halperin, Ha Hoang, Beth Holder, Beate Kampmann, Momin Kazi, et al.
- Quantity and quality of antibodies after acellular versus whole-cell pertussis vaccines in infants born to mothers who received tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis vaccine during pregnancy(2020)
Authors: Nasamon Wanlapakorn, Kirsten Maertens, Sompong Vongpunsawad, Jiratchaya Puenpa, Thao Mai Phuong Tran, Anaïs Thiriard, Dominique Raze, Camille Locht, Yong Poovorawan, Elke Leuridan, et al.
Pages: 72 - 80