
Laboratory of Virology
Our research focuses on plant viruses, arboviruses and insect viruses. We aim to unravel the molecular and ecological mechanisms underlying virus-host and virus-vector interactions to understand how these determine pathology and transmission. The acquired knowledge contributes to the development of new technologies (e.g. in vector control and biotechnology) and durable strategies for disease management (e.g. in molecular plant breeding, vaccine development, insect biocontrol and mass rearing of insects).
Chair holder
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European Immunization Week 2019
Dr Jelke Fros is among researchers at Wageningen University in the Netherlands and elsewhere who are aiming to better understand how viruses and hosts (like us) try to outsmart each other. This work has the potential to fundamentally change how, and how quickly, vaccines can be developed in response to new public health threats.
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The Wageningen Electron Microscopy Centre (WEMC) is a centralized facility closely associated to the Laboratory of Virology, providing tools and expertise to researchers of Wageningen University & Research institutes and external users.
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Latest publications
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Shuni virus replicates at the maternal-fetal interface of the ovine and human placenta
Pathogens 10 (2021)1. - ISSN 2076-0817 - p. 1 - 9. -
Farmer Knowledge in Potato Virus Epidemiology and Control in Kenya
Potato Research (2020). - ISSN 0014-3065 -
Competition between Usutu virus and West Nile virus during simultaneous and sequential infection of Culex pipiens mosquitoes
Emerging Microbes and Infections 9 (2020)1. - ISSN 2222-1751 - p. 2642 - 2652. -
The Induction of an Effective dsRNA-Mediated Resistance Against Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus by Exogenous Application of Double-Stranded RNA Largely Depends on the Selection of the Viral RNA Target Region
Frontiers in Plant Science 11 (2020). - ISSN 1664-462X -
Prevalence, distribution and control of six major potato viruses in Kenya
Tropical Plant Pathology (2020). - ISSN 1982-5676 -
Complete genomic sequence of a novel phytopathogenic Burkholderia phage isolated from fallen leaf compost
Archives of Virology (2020). - ISSN 0304-8608
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