Research of the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group
The research of the group focuses on the development of transmission models for infectious agents in livestock, wild animals, companion animals, and humans in which knowledge from theoretical biology, veterinary science, animal science, epidemiology, ecology, mathematics and statistics are integrated. Such models are supported with data from laboratory and field studies.
Understanding mechanisms of transmission and infectious disease management in animals are the two main motivations of our work and play a role in each of our research projects.
Current PhD projects
| PhD student | PhD project |
|---|---|
| Wouter Lokhorst | Tracking and tackling goat farm-associated pneumonia through metagenomics |
| Renate Hakze-van der Honing | Hepatitis E virus infection, molecular epidemiology and transmission in swine, human, wild boar and the environment |
| Victoria Iriarte Barbosa | Towards a status of foot-and-mouth disease free, without vaccination. Considering risks of reintroduction, emergency preparedness and economic factors to stop vaccination |
| Tinka Jelsma | Natural Casings: inactivation of porcine viruses |
| Mariken de Wit | Arbovirus emergence and spread on a national and international scale: insights from data-driven modelling for detection and control |
| Kiki Streng | Arbovirus surveillance in livestock |
| Luca Bordes | Ex vivo models to determine genetic virulence factors of avian influenza virus |
| Achmad Fadillah | Monitoring and Surveillance of Milk Quality and Animal Diseases in Indonesian Dairy Herds |
| Okta Wismandanu | Utilization of big data analysis on Bovine Viral Diarrhoea infections in Dutch and Indonesian dairy herds |
| Clara Delacroix | Anticipating future mosquito-borne disease outbreaks |
| Afonso Dimas Martins | Tools to explore risk of emergence of vector-borne diseases in ecosystems |
| Joey Fang | Indoor transmission of respiratory disease |
| Yuqi Gao | Genetic selection against endemic infections in animal husbandry |
| Pam van Touw | Network modelling of Caribbean long-spined sea urchins die-off and strategies for recovery |
| Evelien Germeraad | Swine Influenza A virus dynamics at pig farms |
| Lieke Rongen | Multi-scale modelling of West Nile Virus Transmission |
| Anyaphat Srithanasuwan | Molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus uberis |