Research group Pediatric respiratory infection and immunity

Publications

See the publication list of the research group leader on Web of Science.

• A selection of our publications

  • S Engels, MEC Tilanus, JJ Euson, N Stastny, C Maria, S Baboe-Kalpoe, F Baboe, CKA Fleming, S Carty-Fleming, S Holaman, K Baan, F Holiday, SCF van den Borne, RF Plantinga, RP Wong Chung, JS van de Maat, MI de Jonge, R Steingrover, LM Verhagen. Association between common pathogens and disease severity, and pathogen specific seasonality in the Caribbean pre- and post-COVID-19: a retrospective study. BMJ Open 2026;16(1):e104991.
  • C Maria, J Kalpoe, AT Tromp, F Koene, D Souverein, S van Roeden, M Tilanus, J Juliet, M Euson, S Carty, S Holaman, S Baboe-Kalpoe, F Baboe, R Plaisier, C Oliveira Dos Santos, A Visser, W van Luling, F Holiday, C Fleming, J van de Maat, PK Klouwenberg, R Steingrover, LM Verhagen. Seasonal dynamics of influenza and RSV in the Caribbean: A call for regionally tailored preventive measures. Int J Infect Dis 2026:166:108498.
  • EAML Mutsaerts, B van Cranenbroek, SA Madhi, E Simonetti, A Arns, L Jose, A Koen, AE van Herwaarden, MI de Jonge, LM Verhagen. Impact of nutritional status on vaccine-induced immunity in children living in South Africa: investigating the B-cell repertoire and metabolic hormones. Vaccine 2024; Apr 17:S0264-410X(24)00448-1.
  • A Redfern, MM van der Zalm, J Lishman, P Goussard, L Smit, R Dagan, M Barday, M Mare, M Claassen, G van Zyl, H Rabie, LM Verhagen. Clinical presentation and outcome of acute respiratory illnesses in South African children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2023;42:672-8.
  • H Wang, X Li, Y Zheng, LM Verhagen, J Gu, L Li, Z Xu, W Wang, MI de Jonge. Concordance in pathogen identification at the upper and lower respiratory tract of children with severe pneumonia. BMC Infect Dis 2023;23:170.
  • KE Siegers, AE van Herwaarden, JH de Waard, B del Nogal, PWM Hermans, D van Tienoven, GAM Berbers, MI de Jonge, LM Verhagen. The metabolic hormone adiponectin affects the correlation between nutritional status and pneumococcal vaccine response in vulnerable indigenous children. PLoS ONE 2022;e0270736.
  • Mwape RK, Barday M-A, van der Zalm MM, Verhagen LM. Overview of mucosal immunity and respiratory infections in children: a focus on Africa. Curr Opin Pediatr 2025;37(2):137-144.
  • MH Koenen, WAA de Steenhuijsen Piters, MI de Jonge, JD Langereis, S Nierkens, MLJN Chu, R van der Woude, RP de Vries, EAM Sanders, D Bogaert, E van der Vries, M Boes, LM Verhagen. Salivary polyreactive antibodies and Haemophilus influenzae are associated with respiratory infection severity in young children with recurrent respiratory infections. Eur Resp J 2024;64(4):2400317.
  • MH Koenen, RCA de Groot, WAA de Steenhuijsen-Piters, MJLN Chu, K Arp, R Hasrat, ACJM de Bruijn, SC Estevao, E van der Vries, JD Langereis, M Boes, D Bogaert, AMC van Rossum, WWJ Unger, LM Verhagen. Mycoplasma pneumoniae carriage in children with recurrent respiratory tract infections is associated with a less diverse and altered microbiota. eBioMedicine 2023;98:104868.
  • MM van der Zalm, NA Sam-Agudu, LM Verhagen. Respiratory adenovirus infections in children: a focus on Africa. Curr Opin Pediatr 2024; 36(3):342-48.