[HTML][HTML] STAT2 signaling restricts viral dissemination but drives severe pneumonia in SARS-CoV-2 infected hamsters

…, J Van Weyenbergh, C De Keyzer, L Bervoets… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 causing COVID-19 has resulted in hundreds of thousands of
deaths. In search for key targets of effective therapeutics, robust animal models mimicking …

Favipiravir at high doses has potent antiviral activity in SARS-CoV-2− infected hamsters, whereas hydroxychloroquine lacks activity

…, E Maas, C De Keyzer, L Bervoets… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) rapidly spread around the
globe after its emergence in Wuhan in December 2019. With no specific therapeutic and …

[HTML][HTML] A single-dose live-attenuated YF17D-vectored SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate

…, SJF Kaptein, C De Keyzer, L Bervoets… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The expanding pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) requires the development
of safe, efficacious and fast-acting vaccines. Several vaccine platforms are being …

[HTML][HTML] Updated vaccine protects against SARS-CoV-2 variants including Omicron (B. 1.1. 529) and prevents transmission in hamsters

…, W Kerstens, M Rasulova, L Bervoets… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Current COVID-19 vaccines are based on prototypic spike sequences from ancestral 2019
SARS-CoV-2 strains. However, the ongoing pandemic is fueled by variants of concern (VOC) …

Antiviral treatment of SARS-CoV-2-infected hamsters reveals a weak effect of favipiravir and a complete lack of effect for hydroxychloroquine

…, E Heylen, E Maas, C De Keyzer, L Bervoets… - BioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
SARS-CoV-2 rapidly spread around the globe after its emergence in Wuhan in December
2019. With no specific therapeutic and prophylactic options available, the virus was able to …

[HTML][HTML] A novel class of norovirus inhibitors targeting the viral protease with potent antiviral activity in vitro and in vivo

…, J Li, A Cuvry, E Roux, B Li, J Rymenants, L Bervoets… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Human noroviruses (HuNoVs) are the most common cause of viral gastroenteritis resulting
annually in ~219,000 deaths and a societal cost of ~USD 60 billion, and no antivirals or …

A single-dose live-attenuated YF17D-vectored SARS-CoV2 vaccine candidate (preprint)

…, SF Kaptein, L Liesenborghs, C De Keyzer, L Bervoets… - 2020 - pesquisa.bvsalud.org
The explosively expanding COVID-19 pandemic urges the development of safe, efficacious
and fast-acting vaccines to quench the unrestrained spread of SARS-CoV-2. Several …

[HTML][HTML] The omicron (B. 1.1. 529) SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern does not readily infect Syrian hamsters

R Abdelnabi, CS Foo, X Zhang, V Lemmens, P Maes… - Antiviral research, 2022 - Elsevier
… We thank Carolien de Keyzer, Lindsey Bervoets, Thibault Francken, Niels Cremers,
Jasper Rymenants and Stijn Hendricks for excellent technical assistance with animal …

[PDF][PDF] Biological and genomic analysis of several new Anguillid-herpesvirus-1 isolates reveals phenotypic variants, non-essential genes and valuable insights into the …

O Donohoe - Eighth annual meeting of the Belgian Society for …, 2020 - orbi.uliege.be
… Kaptein, Carolien De Keyzer, Lindsey Bervoets, Sarah Debaveye, Madina Rasulova, Laura
Seldeslachts, Li-Hsin Li, Sander Jansen, Michael Bright Yakass, Babs E. Verstrepen, Kinga P…

Molnupiravir inhibits replication of the emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in a hamster infection model

R Abdelnabi, CS Foo, S De Jonghe… - The Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VoCs) has exacerbated the COVID-19
pandemic. Currently available monoclonal antibodies and vaccines appear to have reduced …