Research Groups / Onderzoeksgroepen
Parasitological research in the Netherlands
Which topics are studied?
A large variety exists in research on parasites and parasitic diseases performed in the Netherlands. Several laboratories are involved in fundamental research, mostly directed towards the development of new vaccins or drugs against important human or veterinary parasites, such as malaria, schistosomes, trypanosomes, babesia or filaria and other nematodes. Furthermore, next to this search for new treatments, research is directed towards the development of diagnostics for parasitic diseases.
Where?
This research on parasites and parasitic diseases occurs at universities and their medical or veterinary faculties, institutes and industries: see below
See also PhD Theses involving parasitology from Dutch institutes
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Academisch Medisch Centrum / Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC) |
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| Activities | Research on malaria (drug development, epidemiology) (Routine) diagnostics of parasitic infections. |
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Erasmus MC, Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam |
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| Activities | Research on host-parasite interactions and bioenergetics and lipid metabolism of parasites (trypanosomiasis, schistosomiasis). |
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Erasmus MC, Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam |
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Epidemiological studies and mathematical modeling of the transmission and control of parasitic infections. |
| Location | Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) Department of Parasitology, Centre of Infectious Diseases |
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| Activities | Research on schistosomiasis, filariasis, malaria (cellular and immunobiology, glycobiology, developmental biology, epidemiology) (Routine) diagnostics of parasitic infections. |
| Location | Public Health Laboratory Haarlem Department of Parasitology |
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| Activities | (Routine) diagnostics of parasitic infections. Research on endemic parasitic infections; in particular Giardia lamblia and Dientamoeba fragilis (epidemiology, clinical relevance, genotyping, treatment) |
| Location | Universitair Medisch Centrum St. Radboud, Nijmegen Afdeling Medische Microbiologie/ NCMLS-Molecular Biology |
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| Activities | Research on malaria (vaccine development, biology of the parasite) (Routine) diagnostics of parasitic infections. |
| Location | VU University Medical Centre (VUMC), Amsterdam Department of Molecular Cell Biology & Immunology Glycoimmunology Group |
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| Activities | Research on schistosomiasis and parasitic nematodes (interaction of helminth glycans with the host immune system, vaccine development). |
| Location | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Health Sciences Section Infectious Diseases |
| Contact | Dr. M. Campos Ponce |
| Activities | Epidemiological studies on parasitic infections with a main line of research being the interaction of helminth infections with nutrition. Secondary lines of research are related to parasitic infections and child growth. Ongoing field research takes place in Cuba and Guatemala with additional collaborations in South Africa, Kenia and Argentina. Researchers all participate as lecturers in the Bachelor, pre-Master and Master degree program of Health Sciences. The group is specifically responsible for the BSc course ‘Health and Environment’, ‘Introduction to Health Sciences’, the PreMSc course: ‘Infectious Diseases’ and the MSc courses ‘Parasitology’ and ‘Nutrition and Infectious Diseases’ within the Master specialization ‘Infectious Disease and Public Health. |
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Central Veterinary Institute - Wageningen UR (Lelystad) |
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| Activities | Research on and diagnosis of parasites of fish and shellfish. |
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Universiteit Utrecht (UU), Faculteit Diergeneeskunde |
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| Activities | Clinical parasitology and (routine) faecal examinations for diagnosing parasitic infections in animals; Research on anthelmintic resistance in nematodes parasitizing horses and ruminants; Research on epidemiology of various parasites of both farm and pet animals. |
| Location | Intervet Microbiological R&D |
| Contact | Prof. Dr. Th. Schetters |
| Activities | Research and development of vaccines for animal health; in particular against cattle lungworm (D. viviparus) and some protozoal diseases such as babesiosis, theileriosis, coccidiosis, toxoplasmosis, neosporosis and leishmaniasis. |
| Location | VU University Medical Centre (VUMC), Amsterdam Department of Molecular Cell Biology & Immunology Glycoimmunology Group |
| Contact | Dr. Irma van Die |
| Activities | Research on schistosomiasis and parasitic nematodes (interaction of helminth glycans with the host immune system, vaccine development) |
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Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen (KIT) |
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Medical research on diagnosis of leishmaniasis, malaria and onchocerciasis. Veterinary research on diagnosis of leishmaniasis, trypanosomosis and helminths. De volgende cursussen worden gegeven: 'Serologische diagnostiek viscerale leishmaniasis', 'Moleculair biologische en serologische diagnostiek leishmaniasis' en 'Malaria diagnostiek'. Datum van deze cursussen in overleg (op aanvraag) met Dr. H.D.F.H Schallig |
| Location | Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM) |
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| Activities | Research (epidemiology, molecular parasitology and risk assessment) and veterinary diagnosis on endemic or emerging parasitic zoonoses; in particular Trichinella; Echinococcus; Toxoplasma; Cryptosporidium and Giardia. National Reference Laboratory Parasites. |
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Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM) |
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| Activities | (Routine) diagnostics of parasitic infections. Research on endemic parasitic infections; in particular Toxocara, Trichinella, and Ascaris (epidemiology, immunology, relation with astma), Echinococcus, Toxoplasma, Leishmania and Giardia. |
| Location | Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC)Department of Parasitology |
| Contact | Dr. C. Kocken |
| Activities | Malaria: vaccine and drug target identification (proteomics/gene manipulation): vaccine design, production, pre-clinical and clinical evaluation: pre-clinical drug assessment in vitro/in vivo. |
| Location | Wageningen University and Research Centre, Laboratory of Entomology |
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| Activities | Research on arthropod vectors of medical and veterinary significance. Biology and ecology of malaria mosquitoes; biological control of malaria vectors; vector-host interactions; ecology of ticks and tick-borne pathogens. |