Vector-borne diseases and zoonoses

Research Research programs Vector-borne diseases and zoonoses

Our mission

We aim to perform transformative research on vector-borne diseases (VBD) and zoonoses in order to improve our understanding of disease pathogenesis and transmission and to develop novel interventions and maximize the public health impact of these and existing interventions.

Goals

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Goals

To improve the understanding of and to quantify transmission-relevant processes in pathogens, vector and humans.
To develop novel interventions and control or prevention strategies and optimize their public health impact.
To train and mentor future research leaders.

Research groups contributing to this research program

Epidemiology of tropical infectious diseases

Teun Bousema's research group aims to better understand the biology and epidemiology of malaria parasites and the vectors responsible for their transmission.

Experimental medical parasitology

Benjamin Mordmüller's research group discusses, develops and uses human challenge models to investigate infection, pathophysiology and transmission of infectious agents with the aim to improve medical interventions.

Experimental virology

Ronald van Rij's research group studies arbovirus-host interactions in both mosquito vector and human host. In addition, we study host defense functions of small non-coding RNAs.

Spokesperson(s) for this research program

Spokesperson

prof. dr. Teun Bousema

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