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Kevin K. Ariën

Professor of Virology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Verified email at itg.be
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[HTML][HTML] Chikungunya fever

…, KE Stephenson, LFP Ng, KK Ariën - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Chikungunya virus is widespread throughout the tropics, where it causes recurrent outbreaks
of chikungunya fever. In recent years, outbreaks have afflicted populations in East and …

[HTML][HTML] Is HIV-1 evolving to a less virulent form in humans?

KK Ariën, G Vanham, EJ Arts - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2007 - nature.com
During the rapid spread of HIV-1 in humans, the main (M) group of HIV-1 has evolved into
ten distinct subtypes, undergone countless recombination events and diversified extensively. …

[HTML][HTML] Retrospective detection of asymptomatic monkeypox virus infections among male sexual health clinic attendees in Belgium

…, E Florence, D Van den Bossche, KK Ariën… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
The magnitude of the 2022 multi-country monkeypox virus (MPXV) outbreak has surpassed
any preceding outbreak. It is unclear whether asymptomatic or otherwise undiagnosed …

The replicative fitness of primary human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) group M, HIV-1 group O, and HIV-2 isolates

KK Ariën, A Abraha, ME Quinones-Mateu… - Journal of …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
The main (M) group of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is responsible for the
global AIDS epidemic while HIV-1 group O (outlier) and HIV type 2 are endemic only in west …

Reliable serological diagnostic tests for arboviruses: feasible or utopia?

…, M Van Esbroeck, M Talledo, KK Ariën - Trends in …, 2020 - cell.com
Infections with arthropod-borne viruses are increasing globally as a result of climate and
demographic changes, global dispersion of insect vectors, and increased air travel. The similar …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating SARS-CoV-2 spike and nucleocapsid proteins as targets for antibody detection in severe and mild COVID-19 cases using a Luminex bead-based …

…, H Jansens, M Van Esbroeck, KK Ariën - Journal of virological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Large-scale serosurveillance of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
will only be possible if serological tests are sufficiently reliable, rapid and …

[HTML][HTML] Reduced humoral immune response after BNT162b2 coronavirus disease 2019 messenger RNA vaccination in cancer patients under antineoplastic …

…, Y Debie, M Huizing, P Pannus, K Neven, KK Ariën… - ESMO open, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Cancer patients are at a higher risk of developing severe coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19). However, the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccination in cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Persistence of IgG response to SARS-CoV-2

…, S Van Gucht, B Vuylsteke, KK Ariën… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2021 - thelancet.com
… Lancet Infect Dis 2021; 21: 163–64—In this Comment, the penultimate author's name is
Kevin K Ariën, and Kevin K Ariën and Isabelle Desombere have shared last authorship. These …

Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 re-infection of a health care worker in a Belgian nosocomial outbreak despite primary neutralizing antibody response

…, E Dirinck, S Vandamme, H Jansens, KK Ariën - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Background It is currently unclear whether SARS-CoV-2 re-infection will remain a rare event,
only occurring in individuals who fail to mount an effective immune response, or whether it …

[HTML][HTML] Predictors of neutralizing antibody response to BNT162b2 vaccination in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients

…, J Michiels, B Willems, A Liston, KK Ariën… - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
Background Factors affecting response to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine in allogeneic
hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HCT) recipients remain to be elucidated. Methods …