E. Birnie MD publications

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Publications MD E. Birnie

Position
Research Associate
Main activities
Research
Specialisation
Infectious diseases
Focus of research

My research focuses on melioidosis, a tropical infectious disease caused by the gram-negative intracellular pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei. We are particularly interested into the distribution of melioidosis and pathogenesis in Africa.

2020

  • Birnie Emma, Koh Gavin C. K. W., Löwenberg Ester C., Meijers Joost C. M., Maude Rapeephan R., Day Nicholas P. J., Peacock Sharon J., van der Poll Tom, Wiersinga W. Joost Correction: Increased von willebrand factor, decreased ADAMTS13 and thrombocytopenia in melioidosis (PLoS Negl Trop Dis 11(3), e0005468, 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005468 PMID: 28296884) PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2020;14 (9) [PubMed]
  • Cremers A. L., Visser B. J., Getahun Z., Borku M., Meskele E., Ahmed J., van Vugt M., Birnie E. Using ethnographic film in tackling podoconiosis Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2020;114 (12):896-898 [PubMed]

2019

  • Birnie Emma Digging for melioidosis: New insights into the epidemiology and pathophysiology 2019. 403p. ISBN 9789402815450. [UvA Dissertations Online] University of Amsterdam. (Supervisors: Wiersinga W. J. , Grobusch M. P.)
  • Birnie Emma, Virk Harjeet S., Savelkoel Jelmer, Spijker Rene, Bertherat Eric, Dance David A. B., Limmathurotsakul Direk, Devleesschauwer Brecht, Haagsma Juanita A., Wiersinga W. Joost Global burden of melioidosis in 2015: a systematic review and data synthesis Lancet infectious diseases 2019;19 (8):892-902 [PubMed]
  • Birnie Emma, van’t Hof Senne, Bijnsdorp Anne, Mansaray Yembeh, Huizenga Erdi, van der Ende Arie, Hugenholtz Floor, Grobusch Martin P., Joost Wiersinga W. Identification of burkholderia Thailandensis with novel genotypes in the soil of central Sierra Leone PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2019;13 (6) [PubMed]
  • Birnie Emma, Savelkoel Jelmer, Reubsaet F., Roelofs Joris J. T. H., Soetekouw R., Kolkman Saskia, Cremers Anne Lia, Grobusch Martin P., Notermans Daan W., Wiersinga W. Joost, Rozemeijer Wouter, Rijkeboer Annemieke, Scholing Maarten, van Dijk K., Mascini Ellen M., van der Veen Henk, van den Bijllaardt Wouter, de Vries Maaike, Smeets Leonard C., Ott Alewijn, van Krimpen Kees, Herpers Bjorn L., Watttel-Louis G. Hanke, Waar Karola, Schwandt Noortje L. Q., Maat Ianthe, Dofferhoff Anthonius S. M., Vermeulen Joost N., van Westreenen Mireille, de Man P., Hofland Regina W., van Gorp J., Thijsen Steven, van der Velden Lieven B., Verduin Cornelis M. Melioidosis in travelers: An analysis of Dutch melioidosis registry data 1985–2018 Travel medicine and infectious disease 2019;32 [PubMed]
  • Birnie Emma, Weehuizen Tassili A. F., Lankelma Jacqueline M., de Jong Hanna K., Koh Gavin C. K. W., van Lieshout Miriam H. P., Roelofs Joris J. T. H., Budding Andries E., de Vos Alex F., van der Poll Tom, Wiersinga W. Joost Role of Toll-Like Receptor 5 (TLR5) in Experimental Melioidosis Infection and immunity 2019;87 (8) [PubMed]
  • Birnie Emma, Claushuis Theodora A. M., Koh Gavin C. K. W., Limmathurotsakul Direk, Day Nicholas P. J., Roelofs Joris J. T. H., Ware Jerry, Hou Baidong, de Vos Alex F., van der Poll Tom, van't Veer Cornelis, Wiersinga W. Joost Thrombocytopenia Impairs Host Defense Against Burkholderia pseudomallei (Melioidosis) Journal of infectious diseases 2019;219 (4):648-659 [PubMed]

2017

  • Weehuizen Tassili A. F., Birnie Emma, Ferwerda Bart, Roelofs Joris J. T. H., de Vos Alex F., Grobusch Martin P., Wiersinga W. Joost Differences in Inflammation Patterns Induced by African and Asian Burkholderia pseudomallei Isolates in Mice American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2017;96 (6):1365-1369 [PubMed]
  • Birnie Emma, Koh Gavin C. K. W., Löwenberg Ester C., Meijers Joost C. M., Maude Rapeephan R., Day Nicholas P. J., Peacock Sharon J., van der Poll Tom, Wiersinga W. Joost Increased Von Willebrand factor, decreased ADAMTS13 and thrombocytopenia in melioidosis PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2017;11 (3) [PubMed]
  • Lankelma Jacqueline M., Wagemakers Alex, Birnie Emma, Haak Bastiaan W., Trentelman Jos J. A., Weehuizen Tassili A. F., Ersöz Jasmin, Roelofs Joris J. T. H., Hovius Joppe W., Wiersinga W. Joost, Bins Adriaan D. Rapid DNA vaccination against Burkholderia pseudomallei flagellin by tattoo or intranasal application Virulence 2017;8 (8):1683-1694 [PubMed]
  • Lankelma Jacqueline M., Birnie Emma, Weehuizen Tassili A. F., Scicluna Brendon P., Belzer Clara, Houtkooper Riekelt H., Roelofs Joris J. T. H., de Vos Alex F., van der Poll Tom, Budding Andries E., Wiersinga W. Joost The gut microbiota as a modulator of innate immunity during melioidosis PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2017;11 (4):e0005548 [PubMed]

2016

  • Cremers Anne Lia, Gerrets René, Kapata Nathan, Kabika Austin, Birnie Emma, Klipstein-Grobusch Kerstin, Grobusch Martin P. Tuberculosis patients' pre-hospital delay and non-compliance with a longstanding DOT programme: a mixed methods study in urban Zambia BMC public health 2016;16 (1):1130 [PubMed]

2015

  • Wiersinga W. Joost, Birnie Emma, Weehuizen Tassili A. F., Alabi Abraham S., Huson Michaëla A. M., Huis In 't Veld Robert A. G., Mabala Harry K., Adzoda Gregoire K., Raczynski-Henk Yannick, Esen Meral, Lell Bertrand, Kremsner Peter G., Visser Caroline E., Wuthiekanun Vanaporn, Peacock Sharon J., van der Ende Arie, Limmathurotsakul Direk, Grobusch Martin P. Clinical, environmental, and serologic surveillance studies of melioidosis in Gabon, 2012-2013 Emerging infectious diseases 2015;21 (1):40-47 [PubMed]
  • Birnie Emma, Wiersinga Willem J., Limmathurotsakul Direk, Grobusch Martin P. Erratum: Melioidosis in Africa: Should we be looking more closely? (Future Microbiology (2015) 10:2 (273-281)) Future microbiology 2015;10 (6):1101
  • Birnie Emma, Wiersinga Willem J., Limmathurotsakul Direk, Grobusch Martin P. Melioidosis in Africa: should we be looking more closely? Future microbiology 2015;10 (2):273-281 [PubMed]