
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).
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Identification and Full Characterisation of Two Novel Crustacean Infecting Members of the Family Nudiviridae Provides Support for Two Subfamilies
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While we are preoccupied with the ravages of the coronavirus, the arrival of the West Nile virus in the Netherlands has gone almost unnoticed. Mosquitoes can transmit the virus to humans, some of whom become critically ill. Wageningen researchers are studying the spread of the new disease and designing vaccines.
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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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Mixed viral infection constrains the genome formula of multipartite cucumber mosaic virus
Frontiers in Virology (2023), Volume: 3 - ISSN 2673-818X -
Infectious clone of a contemporary Tembusu virus and replicons expressing reporter genes or heterologous antigens from poultry viruses
Biotechnology Journal (2023) - ISSN 1860-6768 -
Harmful and beneficial symbionts of Tenebrio molitor and their implications for disease management
Journal of Insects as Food and Feed (2023) - ISSN 2352-4588 - p. 1-16. -
Gender dynamics in seed systems : female makeover or male takeover of specialized sweetpotato seed production, in Lake Zone Tanzania?
Food Security (2023), Volume: 15, Issue: 3 - ISSN 1876-4517 - p. 693-710. -
Correction to: Developments in the classification and nomenclature of arthropod-infecting large DNA viruses that contain pif genes
Archives of Virology (2023), Volume: 168, Issue: 10 - ISSN 0304-8608 -
The virome of the invasive Asian bush mosquito Aedes japonicus in Europe
Virus Evolution (2023), Volume: 9, Issue: 2 - ISSN 2057-1577
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