Institution
Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
Government•The Hague, Netherlands•
About: Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality is a government organization based out in The Hague, Netherlands. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Outbreak & Flock. The organization has 38 authors who have published 41 publications receiving 2120 citations.
Topics: Outbreak, Flock, Phylogenetic tree, Virus, Safe trade
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TL;DR: Variations in mink-derived viral genomes showed between-mink transmission and no infection link between the farms, and inhalable dust contained viral RNA, indicating possible exposure of workers.
Abstract: Respiratory disease and increased mortality occurred in minks on two farms in the Netherlands, with interstitial pneumonia and SARS-CoV-2 RNA in organ and swab samples. On both farms, at least one worker had coronavirus disease-associated symptoms before the outbreak. Variations in mink-derived viral genomes showed between-mink transmission and no infection link between the farms. Inhalable dust contained viral RNA, indicating possible exposure of workers. One worker is assumed to have attracted the virus from mink.
534 citations
United States Department of Agriculture1, Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures2, Landcare Research3, Louisiana State University4, Wageningen University and Research Centre5, International Sleep Products Association6, Pennsylvania State University7, Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality8, New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research9, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio10, Technical University of Denmark11, University of Florida12, University of California, Davis13, University of Idaho14
TL;DR: Analysis of the combined dataset suggests that two-thirds of the STs might be associated with a single host plant, and revealed that the 26 STs associated with human mycoses were genetically diverse, including several which appear to be nosocomial in origin.
306 citations
TL;DR: The observation that Rh remained >1 suggests that the containment of the epidemic was probably due to the reduction in the number of susceptible flocks by complete depopulation of the infected areas rather than to the reduce of the transmission by the other control measures.
Abstract: An epidemic of high-pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) A virus subtype H7N7 occurred in The Netherlands in 2003 that affected 255 flocks and led to the culling of 30 million birds. To evaluate the effectiveness of the control measures, we quantified between-flock transmission characteristics of the virus in 2 affected areas, using the reproduction ratio Rh. The control measures markedly reduced the transmission of HPAI virus: Rh before detection of the outbreak in the first infected flock was 6.5 (95% confidence interval [CI], 3.1-9.9) in one area and 3.1 in another area, and it decreased to 1.2 (95% CI, 0.6-1.9) after detection of the first outbreak in both areas. The observation that Rh remained >1 suggests that the containment of the epidemic was probably due to the reduction in the number of susceptible flocks by complete depopulation of the infected areas rather than to the reduction of the transmission by the other control measures
287 citations
TL;DR: It is concluded that rapid incorporation of manures into arable land is one of the most cost-effective measures to reduce NH(3) emissions, while covering manure stores and applying slurry by band spreader or injection are more cost- effective than measures to reducing emissions from buildings.
204 citations
TL;DR: Evidence is presented that a field strain of bluetongue virus serotype 8 (btv-8) was transmitted transplacentally and that it was also spread by a direct contact route.
Abstract: This paper presents evidence that a field strain of bluetongue virus serotype 8 (BTV-8) was transmitted transplacentally and that it was also spread by a direct contact route. Twenty pregnant heifers were imported from the Netherlands into Northern Ireland during the midge-free season. Tests before and after the animals were imported showed that eight of them had antibodies to bluetongue virus, but no viral RNA was detected in any of them by reverse transcriptase-PCR (RT-PCR). Two of the seropositive heifers gave birth to three calves that showed evidence of bluetongue virus infection (RT-PCR-positive), and one of the calves was viraemic. Two further viraemic animals (one newly calved Dutch heifer, and one milking cow originally from Scotland) were also found to have been infected with BTV-8 and evidence is presented that these two animals may have been infected by direct contact, possibly through the ingestion of placentas infected with BTV-8.
145 citations
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| Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hendrik I.J. Roest | 21 | 82 | 2132 |
| R. P. Baayen | 18 | 34 | 2202 |
| Johan van Valkenburg | 15 | 27 | 1551 |
| Ingeborg L.A. Boxman | 14 | 17 | 810 |
| Arjan Stroo | 11 | 16 | 310 |
| Frank C. J. M. Roozen | 9 | 11 | 903 |
| Adolfo Ibáñez-Justicia | 7 | 9 | 145 |
| Christianne Bruschke | 5 | 5 | 425 |
| Edo Knegtering | 4 | 4 | 61 |
| Maurice Jansen | 3 | 4 | 32 |
| Martijn van der Heide | 3 | 5 | 38 |
| Ernst-Jan Scholte | 2 | 2 | 100 |
| J. G. ( Hans) Van Der Beek | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Gerrit Meester | 2 | 2 | 61 |
| Sander Smolders | 1 | 1 | 28 |