Kristien Van Reeth

Ghent University - Belgium Author

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Education and training

PhD in Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium, May 7th 1998. PhD title "Pathogenesis of respiratory virus infections in swine with emphasis on proinflammatory cytokines". Advisor: Prof. Dr. M. Pensaert.
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium, June 1991.

Current professional acitivities
Teaching:

“Basic Virology” for students in Veterinary Medicine and in Agricultural Sciences
“Environmental Virology” and “Detection of viruses” (Master trainings)

Research:

Swine influenza as a model for human influenza: Role of pro-inflammatory cytokines in pathogenesis; mechanisms of cross-protection between different influenza virus subtypes
Avian influenza in swine: pathogenesis and public health risks
European Surveillance Network for Influenza in Pigs (EC co-ordination action): co-ordinator
Role of porcine respiratory viruses in multifactorial respiratory disease
Diagnosis of viral diseases of swine
Vaccination-challenge studies with swine influenza virus for vaccine manufacturers

Updated CV 20-Nov-2018

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Will a novel swine flu strain cause the next pandemic? – Some critical thoughts on research findings from China

Pig 333 has interviewed Kristien Van Reeth, professor of virology and swine influenza virus expert. She believes these interesting research findings need much more nuance, and tries to put things in perspective.

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Fig 2. Effect of traditional and heterologous prime-boost vaccination regimens on the breadth of the anti-H3N2 antibody response. European and North American H3N2 SwIV strains are indicated by different flags. Sera collected 14 days after the second vaccination were tested against 15 antigenically distinct viruses including the vaccine strains. The numbers represent the number of viruses against which HI antibody titers were ≥ 40.

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A different take on swine influenza vaccination

Influenza researchers are trying to stimulate antibody responses towards parts of the HA that are the least variable from strain to strain. One approach that seems promising is choosing two antigenically very different strains within the H1 or H3 subtype for the primary and subsequent booster vaccinations.

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24-Jul-2019skeaywhat affect does whole killed virus vaccines (vs purified antigen vaccines) have on broader genetic and antigenic diversity of swine influenza viruses versus human circulating influenza viruses? does full spectrum exposure to multiple dominant and sub-dominant epitopes contribute to greater antigenic diversity?

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Will a novel swine flu strain cause the next pandemic? – Some critical thoughts on research findings from China

A different take on swine influenza vaccination

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