Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Ticks and tick-borne diseases Research on ticks and tick-borne diseases at the University of Antwerp Direct link to publications on ticks and TBD In 2006 the Evolutionary Ecology Group led by Erik Matthysen started a research programme on…

Ruth Müller hoofddocent Onderwijs Ruth Müller 2024-2025 2023-2024 2024-2025 Entomology of vector-borne diseases Entomology of vector-borne diseases Studiegidsnr: 2112FBDBMW Master of Biomedical Sciences: Infectious and Tropical Diseases overlay sluiten 2023-2024 Entomology of vector-borne diseases…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content BioRodDis: Managing biodiversity in forests and urban green spaces. Dilution and amplification effects of rodent microbiome and rodent-borne diseases Our project aims at elucidating the relationship between biodiversity and diseases by in…

Ruth Müller associate professor Education Ruth Müller 2024-2025 2023-2024 2024-2025 Entomology of vector-borne diseases Entomology of vector-borne diseases Course code: 2112FBDBMW Master of Biomedical Sciences: Infectious and Tropical Diseases close overlay 2023-2024 Entomology of vector-borne dis…

Mats Van Gestel onderzoeker - onderwijsbegeleider Publicaties Mats Van Gestel Recreational hazard : vegetation and host habitat use correlate with changes in tick-borne disease hazard at infrastructure within forest stands Bron The science of the total environment - ISSN 0048-9697-919 (2024) p. 1-16…

Erik Matthysen gewoon hoogleraar Publicaties Erik Matthysen From green spaces to concrete jungles : exploring the influence of urbanisation on arthropod communities in bird nests Bron Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, 2024,240 p. Auteur(s) Lisa Furu Baardsen,…

Dieter Heylen onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Dieter Heylen Recreational hazard : vegetation and host habitat use correlate with changes in tick-borne disease hazard at infrastructure within forest stands Bron The science of the total environment - ISSN 0048-9697-919 (2024) p. 1-16 Auteur(s) Mats…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content NorthTick Tick-Borne Infections in the North Sea Region - A Competence Network to Improve Public Service Delivery based on a One Health Perspective The overall aim of NorthTick is to reduce the number of tick-borne infections in humans an…

Jens Zarka doctoraatsbursaal Publicaties Jens Zarka Xenodiagnosis in the wild : a methodology to investigate infectiousness for tick-borne bacteria in a songbird reservoir Bron Current research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases - ISSN 2667-114X-6 (2024) p. 1-9 Auteur(s) Jens Zarka, Dieter Heyl…

Léa Joffrin unpaid staff Research Léa Joffrin Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Community ecology of Tanzanian bats and cross-species transmission of their viruses. 01/04/2023 - 31/03/2024 Abstract Most research on the eco-epidemiology of bat-borne viruses is conducted on "one hostâ…

Joris Elst gespecialiseerd medewerker Publicaties Joris Elst Xenodiagnosis in the wild : a methodology to investigate infectiousness for tick-borne bacteria in a songbird reservoir Bron Current research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases - ISSN 2667-114X-6 (2024) p. 1-9 Auteur(s) Jens Zarka, Di…

Mats Van Gestel researcher - education supervisor Publications Mats Van Gestel Recreational hazard : vegetation and host habitat use correlate with changes in tick-borne disease hazard at infrastructure within forest stands Source The science of the total environment - ISSN 0048-9697-919 (2024) p. 1…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Alessandro Grosso Statistical methods for estimating age and time-dependent epidemiological malaria parameters and the analysis of social network data as a new approach to the development of malaria elimination strategies PhD summary Malaria is a li…

Erik Matthysen full professor Publications Erik Matthysen From green spaces to concrete jungles : exploring the influence of urbanisation on arthropod communities in bird nests Source Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, 2024,240 p. Author(s) Lisa Furu Baardsen,…

VAXINFECTIO search menu search content ASCID symposium ASCID (Antwerp Study Centre for Infectious Diseases) ASCID is a close collaboration between VAXINFECTIO (research unit within the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences) and EVECO, the Evolutionary Ecology Group (research unit within the Facult…

Dieter Heylen unpaid staff Publications Dieter Heylen Recreational hazard : vegetation and host habitat use correlate with changes in tick-borne disease hazard at infrastructure within forest stands Source The science of the total environment - ISSN 0048-9697-919 (2024) p. 1-16 Author(s) Mats Van Ge…

Sophie Gryseels tenure track asst. professor Research Sophie Gryseels Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Into the wild: the role of virus exchange as a driver of adaptive genetic introgression between the European wildcat, Felis silvestris, and the domestic cat, Felis catus. 01/11/2024…

Alvaro Baeza Garcia tenure track docent Publicaties Alvaro Baeza Garcia A breath of fresh air : impact of insect-borne protozoan parasites on the respiratory system Bron Trends in parasitology - ISSN 1471-4922-40:8 (2024) p. 717-730 Auteur(s) Sergio Araujo, Dorien Mabille, Alvaro Baeza Garcia, Guy C…

Dieter Heylen unpaid staff Research Dieter Heylen Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Prioritizing Lyme borreliosis risk areas for forest and nature management based on novel insights in tick ecology. 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2022 Abstract Cases of Lyme borreliosis, a disease transmitted to h…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Main ongoing projects Some of our main research projects are: Dispersal and personality in great tits Host-parasite interactions in birds Ticks and tick-borne diseases Long-term population study in great and blue tits Effects of tropical …

Benny Borremans unpaid staff Research Benny Borremans Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Quantifying the transmission dynamics of two rodentborne viral infections in a variable environment. 01/10/2013 - 30/09/2015 Abstract For a better understanding of the transmission of infections, a…

Martina Ceconi doctoraatsbursaal Publicaties Martina Ceconi Direct-acting antivirals for RSV treatment, a review Bron Antiviral research - ISSN 0166-3542-229 (2024) p. 1-12 Auteur(s) Brecht Bonneux, Edgar Jacoby, Martina Ceconi, Kim Stobbelaar, Peter Delputte, Florence Herschke Citatielink Diagnosin…

Nicole Berens-Riha docent Publicaties Nicole Berens-Riha Five accelerated schedules for the tick-borne encephalitis vaccine FSME-Immun (R) in last-minute travellers : an open-label, single-centre, randomized controlled pilot trial Bron Journal of travel medicine - ISSN 1195-1982- (2023) p. 1-10 Aute…

Wim De Kesel predoc mandaat FWO Publicaties Wim De Kesel Antibodies against medically relevant arthropod-borne viruses in the ubiquitous African rodent Mastomys natalensis Bron PLoS neglected tropical diseases - ISSN 1935-2735-18:9 (2024) p. 1-21 Auteur(s) Wim De Kesel, Bram Vanden Broecke, Benny Bo…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Ecology of infections and host-parasite interactions In this research line we investigate how the population ecology of hosts and host-parasite interactions can explain spatial and temporal variation in the presence of an infection. We st…