Louis Bont

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Biography

Louis Bont is a Paediatrician Infectiologist at the Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital in the University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands. He leads the Utrecht RSV Research Group. He is the coordinator of the Interest Group on Respiratory Infections of the European Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) Research Committee. Dr. Bont is the founder and chairman of ReSViNET, an international RSV Research consortium. He has a strong interest in education of young talented researchers and founded the successful Training of Upcoming Leaders in Pediatric Science (TULIPS) career training program in the Netherlands. Dr. Bont served as advisor of the World Health Organization (WHO), the European Center of Disease Control (ECDC) and the Europarliament.

Louis Bont did his medical training at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam (1989-1996). He performed his PhD under the supervision of professor Jan Kimpen and professor Cobi Heijnen at the Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital (1997-2000). He was...

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Contact

lbont@umcutrecht.nl

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Research groups

Utrecht RSV research group

Research aim

We have the vision to combine clinical and basic research to decrease the global burden of RSV infection. Our mission is to improve knowledge of RSV epidemiology, to develop safe and effective interventions and to strive for global health equity.

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Pediatric immunology team

Research aim

The pediatric immunology team focuses on the under-explored research field of immune response modification for the prevention of immune-driven diseases. The goal of our research is to develop interventions that can prevent disease manifestations.

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Recent publications

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Efficacy and safety of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in pregnancy to prevent COVID-19 in mothers and early infancy Odette de Bruin, Emily Wem Phijffer, Fariba Ahmadizar, Nicoline At Van der Maas, Joanne G Wildenbeest, Miriam Cjm Sturkenboom, Louis J Bont, Carlos E Durán, Kitty Wm Bloemenkamp
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2025, vol. 2025, p.1-12

Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Associated Acute Respiratory Infections During Pregnancy Sebastien Kenmoe, Helen Y. Chu, Fatimah S. Dawood, Jennifer Milucky, Wanitchaya Kittikraisak, Hamish Matthewson, Durga Kulkarni, Piyarat Suntarattiwong, Collrane Frivold, Sarita Mohanty, Fiona Havers, You Li, Harish Nair, Jeroen Aerssens, Benoit Callendret, Gabriela Ispas, Bahar Ahani, Jessica Atwell, Elizabeth Begier, Monica Turiga, Tin Tin Htar, Mathieu Bangert, Rolf Kramer,... Show all

IgG1 glycosylation highlights premature aging in Down syndrome Bianca M M Streng, Julie Van Coillie, Joanne G Wildenbeest, Rob S Binnendijk, Gaby Smits, Gerco den Hartog, Wenjun Wang, Jan Nouta, Federica Linty, Remco Visser, Manfred Wuhrer, Gestur Vidarsson, Louis J Bont,
Aging Cell, 2024, vol. 23

Targeted metagenomics reveals association between severity and pathogen co-detection in infants with respiratory syncytial virus Gu-Lung Lin, Simon B Drysdale, Matthew D Snape, Daniel O'Connor, Anthony Brown, George MacIntyre-Cockett, Esther Mellado-Gomez, Mariateresa de Cesare, M Azim Ansari, David Bonsall, James E Bray, Keith A Jolley, Rory Bowden, Jeroen Aerssens, Louis Bont, Peter J M Openshaw, Federico Martinon-Torres, Harish Nair, Tanya Golubchik, Andrew J Pollard,... Show all

Personalized Infant Risk Prediction for Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus Lower Respiratory Tract Infection Requiring Intensive Care Unit Admission Brittney M Snyder, Niek B Achten, Tebeb Gebretsadik, Pingsheng Wu, Edward F Mitchel, Gabriel Escobar, Louis J Bont, Tina V Hartert
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2024, vol. 11

RSV-related Community COPD Exacerbations and Novel Diagnostics Dexter J Wiseman, Ryan S Thwaites, Andrew I Ritchie, Lydia Finney, Mairi Macleod, Faisal Kamal, Hassan Shahbakhti, Lisa H van Smoorenburg, Huib A Kerstjens, Joanne Wildenbeest, Deniz Öner, Jeroen Aerssens, Guy Berbers, Rutger Schepp, Ashley Uruchurtu, Benedikt Ditz, Louis Bont, James P Allinson, Maarten van den Berge, Gavin C... Show all

Fellowships & Awards

Full Professor (“Stimuleringshoogleraarschap”), expected in May 2015

International Congress of Pediatric Pulmunology (CIPP) Award for Contribution to Understanding Childhood Respiratory Disease and Global Medical Education (2013)

Dirkzwager-Assink Fonds Award by Catharijne Stichting for research on RSV bronchiolitis (2010)

Ter Meulen Fonds...

External positions

Chair and expert board member - Expertise RSV - ReSViNET – Respiratory Syncytial Virus Foundation

Global virtual advisory board - consulting - Janssen

Member Advisory Board - Clinical & Research Expertise - GlaxoSmithKline