List of works by Sander Herfst

A family-wide RT-PCR assay for detection of paramyxoviruses and application to a large-scale surveillance study

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Airborne transmission of influenza A/H5N1 virus between ferrets

scientific article (publication date: 22 June 2012)

Amino Acid Substitutions That Affect Receptor Binding and Stability of the Hemagglutinin of Influenza A/H7N9 Virus

scientific article published on 20 January 2016

An improved plaque reduction virus neutralization assay for human metapneumovirus

scientific article published on 8 April 2007

Animal models for COVID-19

scientific article published on 23 September 2020

Antigenic and genetic variability of human metapneumoviruses

scientific article published on April 2004

Avian Influenza A Virus Pandemic Preparedness and Vaccine Development

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Avian Influenza A(H10N7) virus-associated mass deaths among harbor seals

scientific article published on April 2015

Avian flu: Gain-of-function experiments on H7N9.

scientific article published in August 2013

Avian influenza A viruses: from zoonosis to pandemic

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Characterization of a novel influenza A virus hemagglutinin subtype (H16) obtained from black-headed gulls

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Characterizing Emerging Canine H3 Influenza Viruses

scientific article published on 14 April 2020

Comparative pathogenesis of COVID-19, MERS, and SARS in a nonhuman primate model

scientific article published on 17 April 2020

Delineating morbillivirus entry, dissemination and airborne transmission by studying in vivo competition of multicolor canine distemper viruses in ferrets.

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Drivers of airborne human-to-human pathogen transmission

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Editorial overview: Intraspecies transmission of viruses

scientific article published on 23 January 2018

Fusion protein is the main determinant of metapneumovirus host tropism

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Gain-of-function experiments on H7N9.

scientific article published in August 2013

Generation of temperature-sensitive human metapneumovirus strains that provide protective immunity in hamsters

scientific article published on July 2008

Glycan remodeled erythrocytes facilitate antigenic characterization of recent A/H3N2 influenza viruses

scientific article published on 14 September 2021

Human Clade 2.3.4.4 A/H5N6 Influenza Virus Lacks Mammalian Adaptation Markers and Does Not Transmit via the Airborne Route between Ferrets.

scientific article published on 3 January 2018

Identification, characterization, and natural selection of mutations driving airborne transmission of A/H5N1 virus

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Immunization of macaques with formalin-inactivated human metapneumovirus induces hypersensitivity to hMPV infection

scientific article published on 26 October 2007

Immunogenicity and efficacy of two candidate human metapneumovirus vaccines in cynomolgus macaques

scientific article published on 6 June 2008

Improving pandemic influenza risk assessment

scientific article

Infectious disease. How a virus travels the world

scientific article published on 5 February 2015

Influenza A (H10N7) Virus Causes Respiratory Tract Disease in Harbor Seals and Ferrets

scientific article published on 22 July 2016

Influenza A virus reassortment is limited by anatomical compartmentalization following co-infection via distinct routes

scientific article published on 6 December 2017

Influenza A viruses are transmitted via the air from the nasal respiratory epithelium of ferrets

scientific article published on 07 February 2020

Insertion of a multibasic cleavage motif into the hemagglutinin of a low-pathogenic avian influenza H6N1 virus induces a highly pathogenic phenotype

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Insertion of a multibasic cleavage site in the haemagglutinin of human influenza H3N2 virus does not increase pathogenicity in ferrets

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Introduction of virulence markers in PB2 of pandemic swine-origin influenza virus does not result in enhanced virulence or transmission.

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Lack of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Transmission in Rabbits

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Limited airborne transmission of H7N9 influenza A virus between ferrets

scientific article published on 07 August 2013

Low Virulence and Lack of Airborne Transmission of the Dutch Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus H5N8 in Ferrets.

scientific article

Low-pH-induced membrane fusion mediated by human metapneumovirus F protein is a rare, strain-dependent phenomenon

scientific article published on 2 July 2008

Multidrug resistant 2009 A/H1N1 influenza clinical isolate with a neuraminidase I223R mutation retains its virulence and transmissibility in ferrets

scientific article published on 29 September 2011

Mutations Driving Airborne Transmission of A/H5N1 Virus in Mammals Cause Substantial Attenuation in Chickens only when combined

scientific article published on 03 August 2017

One health, multiple challenges: The inter-species transmission of influenza A virus

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Optimisations and Challenges Involved in the Creation of Various Bioluminescent and Fluorescent Influenza A Virus Strains for In Vitro and In Vivo Applications

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Pathogenesis and transmission of swine-origin 2009 A(H1N1) influenza virus in ferrets.

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Possible increased pathogenicity of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza virus upon reassortment

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Public health and biosecurity. Restricted data on influenza H5N1 virus transmission

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Reassortment between Avian H5N1 and human influenza viruses is mainly restricted to the matrix and neuraminidase gene segments

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Recovery of human metapneumovirus genetic lineages a and B from cloned cDNA.

scientific article published on August 2004

Residues of the human metapneumovirus fusion (F) protein critical for its strain-related fusion phenotype: implications for the virus replication cycle

scientific article published on 21 September 2011

Robustness of the ferret model for influenza risk assessment studies: a cross-laboratory exercise

SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 are transmitted through the air between ferrets over more than one meter distance

scientific article published on 12 March 2021

SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted via contact and via the air between ferrets

scientific article published on 18 April 2020

SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted via contact and via the air between ferrets

scientific article published on 08 July 2020

Small hydrophobic protein of human metapneumovirus does not affect virus replication and host gene expression in vitro

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Spatiotemporal Analysis of the Genetic Diversity of Seal Influenza A(H10N7) Virus, Northwestern Europe

scientific article published on 27 January 2016

The Molecular Basis for Antigenic Drift of Human A/H2N2 Influenza Viruses

scientific article published on 03 April 2019

The future of research and publication on altered H5N1 viruses

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The multibasic cleavage site in H5N1 virus is critical for systemic spread along the olfactory and hematogenous routes in ferrets

scientific article published on 25 January 2012

The potential for respiratory droplet-transmissible A/H5N1 influenza virus to evolve in a mammalian host

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Vaccination approaches to combat human metapneumovirus lower respiratory tract infections

scientific article published on 04 December 2007

Viral factors in influenza pandemic risk assessment.

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Virulence-associated substitution D222G in the hemagglutinin of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) virus affects receptor binding

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Will there ever be a new influenza pandemic and are we prepared?

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