D. Pajkrt MD PhD

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MD PhD D. Pajkrt

Position
Medical Specialist
Main activities
Patient care, Research
Specialisation
Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist
Focus of research

Pediatric viral  infections

 

Key publications
  • Van den Hof Malon, Ter Haar Anne Marleen, Scherpbier Henriette J, van der Lee Johanna H, Reiss Peter, Wit Ferdinand W N M, Oostrom Kim J, Pajkrt Dasja Neurocognitive development in perinatally HIV-infected adolescents on long-term treatment compared to healthy matched controls: a longitudinal study Clinical infectious diseases 2019 [PubMed]
  • Keuning Maya W., Kamp Gerda A., Schonenberg-Meinema Dieneke, Dorigo-Zetsma Julia W., van Zuiden Jorrit M., Pajkrt Dasja Congenital syphilis, the great imitator—case report and review Lancet infectious diseases 2020;20 (7):e173-e179 [PubMed]
  • Bruning Andrea H. L., Leeflang Mariska M. G., Vos Johanna M. B. W., Spijker Rene, de Jong Menno D., Wolthers Katja C., Pajkrt Dasja Rapid Tests for Influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, and Other Respiratory Viruses: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Clinical infectious diseases 2017;65 (6):1026-1032 [PubMed]
  • Cohen Sophie, Caan Matthan W. A., Mutsaerts Henk-Jan, Scherpbier Henriette J., Kuijpers Taco W., Reiss Peter, Majoie Charles B. L. M., Pajkrt Dasja Cerebral injury in perinatally HIV-infected children compared to matched healthy controls Neurology 2016;86 (1):19-27 [PubMed]
  • Weijsenfeld Annouschka M., Smit Colette, Cohen Sophie, Wit Ferdinand W. N. M., Mutschelknauss Michelle, van der Knaap Linda C., van Zonneveld Laura M., Zomer Bert J., Nauta Nike, Patist Joke C., Kuipers-Jansen Marien H. J., Smit Esther P., Blokhuis Charlotte, Pajkrt Dasja, Weijsenfeld A. M., Cohen S., van der Plas A., Scherpbier H. J., Mutschelknauss M., Nellen F. J. B., Prins J. M., Smit C., Reiss P., van der Knaap L., Visser E., van Zonneveld L. M., Vriesde M. E., Bassant N. Y., van der Ende M. E., van Rossum A. M. C., Driessen G. J. A., Fraaij P. L. A., Smit J. V., Smit E. P., Kastelijns M. P. W., den Hollander J. G., Pogány K., Moons C., Kroon F. P., Oude Geerdink E., van der Meche I. B., Schouten W. E. M., Brinkman K., ter Beest G., Gisolf E. H., Richter C., Zomer B. J., Strik-Albers R., van der Flier M., Henriet S. S., Koopmans P. P., Patist J. C., Nauta N., Geelen S. P. M., Wolfs T. F. W., Hoepelman I. M., Mudrikova T., van der Meulen P. A., de Jonge H., Scholvink E. H., Bierman W. F. W., van den Berg J. F., Bouwhuis J. W., Faber S., van Vonderen M., Schippers J. A., Lowe S. H., Kuipers-Jansen M. H. J., van Kasteren M. E. E., Brouwer A. E., Pronk D. C., Kortmann W. Virological and Social Outcomes of HIV-Infected Adolescents and Young Adults in The Netherlands Before and After Transition to Adult Care Clinical infectious diseases 2016;63 (8):1105-1112 [PubMed]
All Publications
Research programmes

MD PhD D. Pajkrt (Pediatric viral infections, focus on hiv, picorna- and cytomegalovirus infection)

Dasja Pajkrt is a pediatric infectious disease specialist, who has been holding a staff position at the Emma Children’s Hospital in Amsterdam, the Netherlands since 2004. In 1996 she obtained her PhD degree after research on inflammatory responses in human endotoxemia,  under supervision of Prof. Dr. T. van der Poll and Prof. Dr. J.W. ten Cate in 1996. Being board certificatied as pediatrician, she finalized her training in pediatric infectious disease in 2004. After obtaining her MBA degree in 2010, her clinical experiences within the pediatric population redirected her scientific focus towards her current clinical and translational research lines in pediatric viral infections. The focus of her research group is on (long-term complications of) hiv, picornavirus, cytomegalovirus and other virus infections in children.

Postdocs
PhD C. Blokhuis
MD A.H.L. Bruning
MSc PhD A. Sridhar

MD PhD K.C. Wolthers (Molecular epidemiology and pathogenesis of human picornaviruses)

Prof. MD PhD T.W. Kuijpers (Infection and inflammation: on the crossroad of hematology and immunology)

Current research funding
  • AMC
  • Stichting AMC Foundation
  • Stichting Aidsfonds/SOA AIDS Nederland
  • Stichting tot Steun EKZ-AMC