Publications by authors named "C C Van den Wijngaard"
Lyme borreliosis (LB) is not notifiable in many European countries, and the patchwork of surveillance strategies in Europe perpetuates knowledge gaps. In the Netherlands, LB incidence has been estimated from recurring general practitioner surveys since the 1990s. To complement the incidence data, this study aimed to estimate the prevalence of antibodies against sensu lato in the general population of the Netherlands in 1995/1996, identify risk factors for seropositivity, and compare these findings to data from 2016/2017 to identify temporal trends.
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- This study examined the prevalence of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) symptoms in individuals infected with Delta and Omicron variants, comparing them to a control group over a 12-month period.
- Participants completed surveys every three months about their symptoms and severity levels for various PASC-associated symptoms, revealing a higher prevalence initially for Delta cases compared to Omicron.
- PASC prevalence dropped from 34.3% to 21.7% for Delta and from 18.7% to 16.7% for Omicron over the study period, with no significant difference between the two by the end of the 12 months.
The impact of the emerging tick-borne pathogen Borrelia miyamotoi is not fully understood. We utilised a protein array to investigate B. miyamotoi seroreactivity in various human populations in the Netherlands and Sweden.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSeropositivity to tick-borne pathogens in nature management workers in the Netherlands.
Ticks Tick Borne Dis
September 2024
The incidence of tick-borne infections other than Lyme borreliosis and tick-borne encephalitis is rising in Europe, including the Netherlands. Nature management workers, being highly exposed to ticks, serve as valuable sentinels for seroprevalence studies on tick-borne pathogens (TBPs). This study assessed nature management workers' seropositivity to TBPs including Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia divergens, B.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIt is unclear how self-reported severe fatigue and difficulty concentrating after SARS-CoV-2 infection relate to objective neuropsychological functioning. The study aimed to compare neuropsychological functioning between individuals with and without these persistent subjective complaints. : Individuals with and without persistent severe fatigue (Checklist Individual Strength (CIS) fatigue ≥ 35) and difficulty concentrating (CIS concentration ≥ 18) at least 3 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection were included.
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