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L. Bont · SciRah

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L. Bont

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L. Bont — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 40
Works: 152
Citations: 7,484

Most-cited papers

Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in children younger than 5 years in 2019: a systematic analysis
You Li, Xin Wang, D. Blau, M. Caballero +117 more
2022The Lancet1,588 citations Open access
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prevention within Reach: The Vaccine and Monoclonal Antibody Landscape
N. Mazur, J. Terstappen, R. Baral, A. Bardají +37 more
2022Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)314 citations Open access
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Global disease burden of and risk factors for acute lower respiratory infections caused by respiratory syncytial virus in preterm infants and young children in 2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis of aggregated and individual participant data.
Xin Wang, You Li, Ting Shi, L. Bont +20 more
2024The Lancet160 citations Open access
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Respiratory syncytial virus infection and novel interventions
A. Langedijk, L. Bont
2023Nature Reviews Microbiology160 citations
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Burden of respiratory syncytial virus infection in community-dwelling older adults in Europe (RESCEU): an international prospective cohort study
K. Korsten, N. Adriaenssens, S. Coenen, C. Butler +16 more
2020European Respiratory Journal123 citations Open access
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Global Molecular Epidemiology of Respiratory Syncytial Virus from the 2017−2018 INFORM-RSV Study
D. Tabor, F. Fernandes, A. Langedijk, Deidre Wilkins +8 more
2020Journal of Clinical Microbiology107 citations Open access
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Nirsevimab binding-site conservation in respiratory syncytial virus fusion glycoprotein worldwide between 1956 and 2021: an analysis of observational study sequencing data.
Deidre Wilkins, A. Langedijk, R. Lebbink, C. Morehouse +30 more
2023Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)103 citations Open access
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Changes in the global hospitalisation burden of respiratory syncytial virus in young children during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis
B. Cong, Uğurcan Koç, Teresa Bandeira, Q. Bassat +21 more
2023Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)101 citations Open access
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Does respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory illness in early life cause recurrent wheeze of early childhood and asthma? Critical review of the evidence and guidance for future studies from a World Health Organization-sponsored meeting
A. Driscoll, S. Arshad, L. Bont, Steven M. Brunwasser +19 more
2020Vaccine95 citations Open access
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Characterising the asynchronous resurgence of common respiratory viruses following the COVID-19 pandemic
Chenkai Zhao, Tiantian Zhang, Ling Guo, Shiqi Sun +46 more
2025Nature Communications86 citations Open access
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Incidence of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Older Adults: Limitations of Current Data
M. Rozenbaum, E. Begier, S. Kurosky, Jodie Whelan +4 more
2023Infectious Disease and Therapy80 citations Open access
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The Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine and Monoclonal Antibody Landscape: the Road to Global Access
J. Terstappen, Sarah F. Hak, A. Bhan, D. Bogaert +27 more
2024Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)77 citations Open access
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Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in the European Union: estimation of RSV-associated hospitalizations in children under 5 years
M. Del Riccio, P. Spreeuwenberg, R. Osei-Yeboah, C. Johannesen +29 more
2023Journal of Infectious Diseases77 citations Open access
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A systematic review on global RSV genetic data: Identification of knowledge gaps
A. Langedijk, Eline R Harding, B. Konya, B. Vrancken +5 more
2021Reviews in Medical Virology57 citations Open access
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Respiratory syncytial virus vaccination during pregnancy for improving infant outcomes.
E. Phijffer, O. de Bruin, F. Ahmadizar, L. Bont +4 more
2024Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews55 citations Open access
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Distinct patterns of within-host virus populations between two subgroups of human respiratory syncytial virus
Gu-Lung Lin, S. Drysdale, M. Snape, D. O'Connor +16 more
2021Nature Communications51 citations Open access
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Economic burden and health-related quality-of-life among infants with respiratory syncytial virus infection: A multi-country prospective cohort study in Europe.
Z. Mao, Xiao Li, A. Dacosta-Urbieta, Marie-Noëlle Billard +14 more
2023Vaccine49 citations Open access
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Cost-effectiveness of monoclonal antibody and maternal immunization against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants: Evaluation for six European countries.
A. M. Getaneh, Xiao Li, Z. Mao, C. Johannesen +14 more
2023Vaccine48 citations Open access
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Interactions between respiratory syncytial virus and Streptococcus pneumoniae in the pathogenesis of childhood respiratory infections: a systematic review.
S. Besteman, D. Bogaert, L. Bont, A. Mejías +3 more
2024The Lancet Respiratory Medicine40 citations
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Targeted metagenomics reveals association between severity and pathogen co-detection in infants with respiratory syncytial virus
Gu-Lung Lin, S. Drysdale, M. Snape, D. O'Connor +16 more
2024Nature Communications38 citations Open access
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The genomic evolutionary dynamics and global circulation patterns of respiratory syncytial virus
A. Langedijk, B. Vrancken, R. Lebbink, Deidre Wilkins +38 more
2024Nature Communications34 citations Open access
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Global molecular diversity of RSV – the “INFORM RSV” study
A. Langedijk, R. Lebbink, C. Naaktgeboren, A. Evers +25 more
2020BMC Infectious Diseases32 citations Open access
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Year-Round Respiratory Syncytial Virus Transmission in The Netherlands Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Nationwide Observational and Modeling Study
Y. Löwensteyn, Zhe Zheng, N. Rave, M. A. Bannier +69 more
2023Journal of Infectious Diseases27 citations Open access
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COVID-19 Lesson for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV): Hygiene Works
A. Gastaldi, D. Dona', E. Barbieri, C. Giaquinto +2 more
2021Children27 citations Open access
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Infant respiratory syncytial virus prophylaxis and nasopharyngeal microbiota until 6 years of life: a subanalysis of the MAKI randomised controlled trial.
Wing-Ho Man, Nienke M. Scheltema, Melanie Clerc, M. V. van Houten +6 more
2020The Lancet Respiratory Medicine25 citations Open access
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Hospital Admission Trends for Bronchiolitis in Scotland, 2001-2016: A National Retrospective Observational Study.
Alexandria Chung, R. Reeves, H. Nair, H. Campbell +34 more
2020Journal of Infectious Diseases25 citations Open access
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Respiratory syncytial virus infection among children younger than 2 years admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit with extended severe acute respiratory infection in ten Gavi-eligible countries: the RSV GOLD-ICU Network study.
Dina N. Abdelrahman, F. Abdullahi, Fadlulai Abdu-Raheem, Lynda Abicher +60 more
2024Lancet Global Health24 citations Open access
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Identifying the research, advocacy, policy and implementation needs for the prevention and management of respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory tract infection in low- and middle-income countries
X. Carbonell-Estrany, E. Simőes, L. Bont, Á. Gentile +103 more
2022Frontiers in Pediatrics24 citations Open access
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Are maternal vaccines effective and safe for mothers and infants? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
O. de Bruin, E. Phijffer, F. Ahmadizar, N. A. T. van der Maas +4 more
2023BMJ Global Health23 citations Open access
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The respiratory microbiome is linked to the severity of RSV infections and the persistence of symptoms in children
M. Kristensen, W. D. S. de Steenhuijsen Piters, J. Wildenbeest, M. V. van Houten +17 more
2024Cell Reports Medicine22 citations Open access
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Universal infant immunisation against respiratory syncytial virus and European inequalities: the pandemics lesson has not been learnt
D. De Luca, M. Sánchez-Luna, Karl F. Schettler, L. Bont +1 more
2023The Lancet Regional Health - Europe22 citations Open access
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The path to equitable respiratory syncytial virus prevention for infants: challenges and opportunities for global implementation.
F. Shaaban, Rosalie W. Groenendijk, R. Baral, M. Caballero +19 more
2025Lancet Global Health21 citations Open access
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Twenty-five years of palivizumab: a global historic review of its impact on the burden of respiratory syncytial virus disease in children
X. Carbonell-Estrany, Eric A. F. Simões, L. Bont, P. Manzoni +29 more
2025Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy20 citations Open access
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus–related Community Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations and Novel Diagnostics: A Binational Prospective Cohort Study
D. Wiseman, R. Thwaites, Andrew I. Ritchie, Lydia J. Finney +18 more
2024American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine20 citations Open access
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Evaluation of a monoclonal antibody against respiratory syncytial virus, Clesrovimab, in infants and children: Comprehensive rationale and study design for the late-stage clinical trials.
Anushua Sinha, Radha A. Railkar, Luis A Castagnini, Andrea Guerra +14 more
2025Contemporary Clinical Trials19 citations Open access
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus-related Death in Children With Down Syndrome
Y. Löwensteyn, E. Phijffer, J. V. Simons, Nienke M. Scheltema +3 more
2020The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal19 citations Open access
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Consortium in Europe (RESCEU) Birth Cohort Study: Defining the Burden of Infant Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease in Europe.
J. Wildenbeest, Roy P. Zuurbier, K. Korsten, M. V. van Houten +13 more
2020Journal of Infectious Diseases18 citations Open access
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Estimation of respiratory syncytial virus-associated hospital admissions in five European countries: a modelling study
C. Johannesen, David Gideonse, R. Osei-Yeboah, T. Lehtonen +22 more
2025The Lancet Regional Health - Europe17 citations Open access
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Nosocomial RSV-related In-hospital Mortality in Children <5 Years: A Global Case Series
Y. Löwensteyn, J. Willemsen, N. Mazur, Nienke M. Scheltema +7 more
2022medRxiv17 citations Open access
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RSV: perspectives to strengthen the need for protection in all infants
J. N. Navarro Alonso, L. Bont, E. Bozzola, E. Herting +8 more
2021Emerging Themes in Epidemiology17 citations Open access
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Post-Pandemic Dynamics of the Global Circulation of Human Metapneumovirus and Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Marie-Noëlle Billard, J. Wildenbeest, Ruben Kole, B. Rodgers-Gray +2 more
2025Journal of Infectious Diseases16 citations Open access
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Validity of clinical severity scores for respiratory syncytial virus: a systematic review.
Zakariya Sheikh, Ellie Potter, You Li, R. A. Cohen +3 more
2023Journal of Infectious Diseases16 citations Open access
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Respiratory syncytial virus hospitalisation by chronological month of age and by birth month in infants
Ling Guo, Sebastien Kenmoe, Fuyu Miyake, Alexandria Chung +66 more
2025Nature Communications14 citations Open access
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Single‐cell immune profiling reveals markers of emergency myelopoiesis that distinguish severe from mild respiratory syncytial virus disease in infants
Nevena Zivanovic, Deniz Öner, Yann Abraham, J. McGinley +12 more
2023Clinical and Translational Medicine14 citations Open access
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Cost-effectiveness of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease Prevention Strategies: Maternal Vaccine Versus Seasonal or Year-Round Monoclonal Antibody Program in Norwegian Children.
Xiao Li, J. Bilcke, Liliana Vázquez Fernández, L. Bont +4 more
2022Journal of Infectious Diseases13 citations Open access
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Substantial Burden of Nonmedically Attended RSV Infection in Healthy-Term Infants: An International Prospective Birth Cohort Study.
Sarah F. Hak, R. Venekamp, Marie-Noëlle Billard, M. V. van Houten +8 more
2023Journal of Infectious Diseases12 citations Open access
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Outpatient respiratory syncytial virus infections and novel preventive interventions
Sarah F. Hak, R. Venekamp, J. Wildenbeest, L. Bont
2023Current opinion in pediatrics11 citations Open access
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T cells, more than antibodies, may prevent symptoms developing from respiratory syncytial virus infections in older adults
Bruno Salaun, J. De Smedt, Charlotte Vernhes, Annick Moureau +13 more
2023Frontiers in Immunology11 citations Open access
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World Health Organization Influenza-Like Illness Underestimates the Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
K. Korsten, N. Adriaenssens, S. Coenen, C. Butler +3 more
2021Journal of Infectious Diseases11 citations Open access
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Influential drivers of the cost-effectiveness of respiratory syncytial virus vaccination in European older adults: a multi-country analysis
Xiao Li, L. Willem, C. Johannesen, Arantxa Urchueguía-Fornes +21 more
2025BMC Medicine10 citations Open access
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