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
21 - 30 of 44
- Coronavirus disease-19(2020)
Authors: Bahaa Abu-Raya, Giovanni Battista Migliori, Miguel O'Ryan, Kathryn Edwards, Antoni Torres, Jan-Willem Alffenaar, Anne-Grete Märtson, Rosella Centis, Lia D'Ambrosio, Katie Flanagan, et al.
- Vaccination during pregnancy: current and possible future recommendations(2020)
Authors: Kirsten Maertens, Pierre Van Damme, Elke Leuridan
Pages: 235 - 242 - 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 - 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.
Pages: 1 - 24 - 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 - Maternal pertussis immunisation as the first infant dose(2019)
Authors: Kirsten Maertens, Elke Leuridan
Pages: 342 - 344 - Assessment of the timely administration of the hepatitis B and BCG birth dose and the primary infant vaccination schedule in 2015-2016 in the Mekong Delta, Viet Nam(2018)
Authors: Tam Thi Pham, Huu Minh Le, Dat Tan Nguyen, Kirsten Maertens, Elke Leuridan, Heidi Theeten, Greet Hendrickx, Pierre Van Damme
Pages: 5760 - 5765 - Coverage of recommended vaccines during pregnancy in Flanders, Belgium. Fairly good but can we do better?(2018)
Authors: Kirsten Maertens, Tessa Braeckman, Stéphanie Blaizot, Heidi Theeten, Mathieu Roelants, Karel Hoppenbrouwers, Elke Leuridan, Pierre Van Damme, Corinne Vandermeulen
Pages: 2687 - 2693 - Assessing the reactogenicity of Tdap vaccine administered during pregnancy and antibodies to Bordetella pertussis antigens in maternal and cord sera of Thai women(2018)
Authors: Nasamon Wanlapakorn, Kirsten Maertens, Surasith Chaithongwongwatthana, Donchida Srimuan, Narissara Suratannon, Sompong Vongpunsawad, Thao Mai Phuong Tran, Pierre Van Damme, Camille Locht, Yong Poovorawan, et al.
Pages: 1453 - 1459 - Pneumococcal immune response in infants whose mothers received tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis vaccination during pregnancy(2017)
Authors: Kirsten Maertens, Polly Burbidge, Pierre Van Damme, David Goldblatt, Elke Leuridan
Pages: 1186 - 1192