One Health PACT

Recently, we found first evidence of West Nile in The Netherlands. This was done through research projects, and triggered a cascade of actions involving many parties. In this after action review, we describe what we can learn for preparedness. @minvws eurosurveillance.org/content/10.280…

Promotion time! 🦟💧🐦‍⬛ On Wednesday, the 7th of January, 2026, Imke Visser, one of our 26 One Health PACT PhD’s, will defend her thesis ‘West Nile virus pathogenesis – exploring the vector-virus-host interface’ at the @ErasmusMC. Read more: onehealthpact.org/phd-defence/ph… #onehealth

Promotion time! 🦟💧🐦‍⬛On Thursday, the 15th of January, 2026, @JurrianvanIrsel, will defend his thesis ‘From Mosquitoes to Birds: Unravelling the Role of Avian Hosts in Vector-Borne Pathogen Dynamics’ at the @Radboud_Uni. Read more: onehealthpact.org/phd-defence/ph… #onehealth

Promotion time!🦟💧🐦‍⬛On Thursday, the 15th of January, 2026, @JoDuyvestyn will defend her thesis ‘Usutu too? Insights into vaccine development strategies for an emerging orthoflavivirus’ at the @UniLeiden. Attend online at 10.00 via: universiteitleiden.nl/en/academic-st… #onehealth #mosquitos

Promotion time! 🦟💧🐦‍⬛On Friday, the 19th of September, Clara Delecroix, will defend her thesis ‘Tracking viral warnings Resilience indicators to anticipate mosquito-borne disease outbreaks’ at the @WUR. Attend online at 13.00 via: wur.yuja.com

🐦‍⬛💧🦟 New One Health PACT publication from Martha Dellar: “The Future Abundance of Key Bird Species for Pathogen Transmission in the Netherlands” published in the EcoHealth journal @SpringerNature . Read more via: onehealthpact.org/news/the-futur… #onehealth #mosquitos #outbreaks

Promotion time! 🦟💧🐦‍⬛On Thursday, the 3rd of July, Tessa Nelemans, will defend her PhD thesis titled: ‘Outsmarting the host: unraveling virus-host interactions and their impact on Usutu virus replication’ at @UniLeiden. Attend online at 10.00 via: universiteitleiden.nl/en/academic-st…

#Biodiversity also plays a crucial role in our research on the spread and transmission of #mosquito-borne diseases. Read more about our research and publications: onehealthpact.org/scientific-pub… #Biodiversity #OneHealthPACT #mosquitos #OneHealth

May 22nd, 2025 - International Day for Biological Diversity! 🌍🌱 Biodiversity urgently needs to be protected and conserved, as it is essential to support healthy ecosystems that are vital for human, animal, and environment.

Promotion time! 🦟💧🐦‍⬛ On Wednesday the 14th of May @PaulinedeBest will defend her PhD thesis titled: ‘Knowledge to Practice, translation of scientific outputs to preparedness and response for mosquito-borne viruses’ at @ErasmusMC. Attend online via: youtube.com/live/9KuEzMrXY…

Welcome to the next three Biology and Laboratorial Research students from @AvansHogeschool! Roy van Engelen, Mila Willemsen and Michael Palinckx will be part of our One Health PACT projects. Who are these students? Go to: bit.ly/4jh76fD #onehealth #mosquitos

Promotion time!🦟On Tuesday March 18 Sam Boerlijst, will defend his PhD thesis titled: ‘An Egg is Always an Adventure: anthropogenic impacts on Culex pipiens population dynamics’ at the Center for Environmental Sciences of @UniLeiden. Attend online via: bit.ly/3DwtKkS

📖One Health PACT publication from Sander Koenraadt, Emmanuelle Münger, Maarten Schrama, Jeroen Spitzen, Seren Altundağ, @ReinaSikkema , @1986Bom, @MarionKoopmans and @BlomRody: “Overwintering of Usutu virus in mosquitoes, The Netherlands”. Read more via: bit.ly/3XxWUGX

📖 One Health PACT publication from our PhD Sam Boerlijst: 'In the heat of the moment: Including realistic thermal fluctuations results in dramatically altered key population parameters,' in Ecology and Evolution Wiley Online Library Read more via: bit.ly/3Xfk4lj

Read the full article: bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… #OneHealth #InfectiousDiseases #Collaboration #KnowledgeExchange #Preparedness

These findings show that we need to do more to involve organizations in the environmental domain and at the local level to strengthen preparedness and response to these diseases.

🌟 Article Published! 🌟 @PaulinedeBest conducted research into collaborations and knowledge exchange between organizations in the Netherlands focusing on mosquito-borne infectious diseases: