Researcher
Wim Van Bortel
- Keywords:vector-borne diseases, malaria, arboviroses, Culicidae, Phlebotomus, exotic mosquitoes, B780-tropical-medicine
Affiliations
- Entomology (Research unit)
Member
From1 Jun 1995 → Today
Projects
1 - 10 of 14
- European Network for Medical and Veterinary EntomologyFrom22 Jun 2022 → 31 Dec 2023
- Strengthen research and education capacities in the partner institutes (INRB, CRSK, ESP) in DRC (Outcome 1) - Support to interruption of transmission of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) by 2030 (Outcome 2)From1 Jan 2022 → Today
- Monitoring of exotic mosquitoes in BelgiumFrom14 Sep 2021 → Today
- European Network for Medical and Veterinary EntomologyFrom20 Apr 2021 → 31 Dec 2023
- Entomological evidence to support Visceral Leishmaniasis elimination in NepalFrom1 Jul 2020 → Today
- MOnitoring Outbreak events for Disease surveillance in a data science contextFrom1 Jan 2020 → 31 Dec 2023
- The role of innovative tools for sand fly control in the visceral leishmaniasis (VL) elimination initiative in the South-East-Asian regionFrom11 Apr 2019 → Today
- A systemic insecticide to control zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Errachidia province - Southeastern Morocco: an intervention trial for an innovative vector control toolFrom1 Nov 2018 → 31 Dec 2023
- Outbreak Research TeamFrom1 Jul 2017 → 31 Dec 2019
- Monitoring of exotic mosquitoes in BelgiumFrom1 Jul 2017 → 30 Jun 2020
Publications
21 - 30 of 136
- Organisation of vector surveillance and control in Europe(2021)
Authors: Wim Van Bortel, Nick M Van Hul, Francis Schaffner, Jolyon M Medlock, Eduardo Berriatua, Thomas Balenghien, Andrei Daniel Mihalca, W. Wint, M Braks
Number of pages: 32 - Population genetic structure of the Asian bush mosquito, Aedes japonicus (Diptera, Culicidae), in Belgium suggests multiple introductions(2021)
Authors: Nathalie Smitz, Katrien De Wolf, Isra Deblauwe, Helge Kampen, Francis Schaffner, Jacobus De Witte, Anna Schneider, Ingrid Verlé, Adwine Vanslembrouck, Wouter Dekoninck, et al.
- First detections of Culiseta longiareolata (Diptera Culicidae) in Belgium and the Netherlands(2021)
Authors: Isra Deblauwe, Adolfo Ibáñez Justicia, Katrien De Wolf, Nathalie Smitz, Anna Schneider, Arjan Stroo, Frans Jacobs, Adwine Vanslembrouck, Sophie Gombeer, Wouter Dekoninck, et al.
Pages: 2524-2532 - DNA identification of species of the Anopheles maculipennis complex and first record of An. daciae in Belgium(2021)
Authors: N. Smitz, K. De Wolf, A. Gheysen, Isra Deblauwe, Adwine Vanslembrouck, Kenny Meganck, Jacobus De Witte, Anna Schneider, Ingrid Verlé, W Dekoninck, et al.
Pages: 442-450 - High Aedes spp. larval indices in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo(2021)
Authors: Francis Wat'senga Tezzo, Sylvie Fasine, Emile Manzambi Zola, Maria Del Carmen Marquetti, Guillaume Binene-Mbuka, Gillon Ilombe, Richard Mundeke Takasongo, Nathalie Smitz, Juan Andre Bisset, Wim Van Bortel, et al.
Pages: 1-13 - A multidisciplinary investigation of the first Chikungunya virus outbreak in Matadi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo(2021)
Authors: Anja De Weggheleire, Antoine Nkuba-Ndaye, Placide Mbala-Kingebeni, Joachim Mariën, Esaie Kindombe-Luzolo, Gillon Ilombe, Donatien Mangala-Sonzi, Guillaume Binene-Mbuka, Birgit De Smet, Florian Vogt, et al.
- First record of the West Nile virus bridge vector Culex modestusFicalbi (Diptera Culicidae) in Belgium, validated by DNA barcoding(2021)
Authors: Katrien De Wolf, Ann Vanderheyden, Isra Deblauwe, Nathalie Smitz, Sophie Gombeer, Adwine Vanslembrouck, Kenny Meganck, Wouter Dekoninck, Marc de Meyer, Thierry Backeljau, et al.
Pages: 131-139 - Susceptibility status of visceral leishmaniasis vector Phlebotomus argentipes sand flies to insecticides of public health importance in Nepal(2021)
Authors: L. Roy, S. Uranw, Kristien Cloots, U. Kiran, U. R. Pyakurel, P. Shah, L. Wangchuk, Wim Van Bortel
Pages: 90-91 - VectorNet Data Series 3: Culicoides abundance distribution models for Europe and surrounding regions(2020)
Authors: T Balenghien, N. Alexander, A.L. Arnþórsdóttir, M. Bisia, A. Blackwell, R. Bødker, M. Bourquia, S. Boutsini, S. Carpenter, C. Colenutt, et al.
- Assessment of the probability of entry of Rift Valley fever virus into the EU through active or passive movement of vectors(2020)
Authors: Wim Van Bortel, Dusan Petric, Adolfo Ibáñez Justicia, William Wint, Meryam Krit, Joachim Mariën, Adwine Vanslembrouck, Marieta Braks
Pages: 1-24