Sarah Costers

Ghent University — Belgium

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

12h-index947citations17works0.52yr avg
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Research Topics

Animal Virus Infections Studies(15), Virus-based gene therapy research(12), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology(12), Viral Infections and Immunology Research(4), Respiratory viral infections research(1)

Publications17 total

Front Cover: Advancing Safe and Sustainable by Design Practices in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: The PHARMECO Project (ChemSusChem 22/2025)
ChemSusChem·2025Open Access
Advancing Safe and Sustainable by Design Practices in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: The PHARMECO Project
ChemSusChem·2025· 1 cited
Characterization of antigenic regions in the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus by the use of peptide-specific serum antibodies
Vaccine·2011· 124 citedOpen Access
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV)-specific mAbs: supporting diagnostics and providing new insights into the antigenic properties of the virus
Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology·2011· 53 cited
Identification of non-neutralizing and neutralizing antigenic regions in PRRSV by the use of peptide-specific serum and antibodies
Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University)·2011Open Access
GP4-specific neutralizing antibodies might be a driving force in PRRSV evolution
Virus Research·2010· 77 cited
A Variable Region in GP4 of European-Type Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Induces Neutralizing Antibodies Against Homologous But Not Heterologous Virus Strains
Viral Immunology·2010· 72 citedOpen Access
GP4 of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus contains a neutralizing epitope that is susceptible to immunoselection in vitro
Archives of Virology·2010· 59 cited
Functional impairment of PRRSV-specific peripheral CD3<sup>+</sup>CD8<sup>high</sup>cells
Veterinary Research·2009· 74 citedOpen Access
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus modulates apoptosis during replication in alveolar macrophages
Archives of Virology·2008· 124 cited
Increased porcine circovirus type 2 replication in porcine leukocytes in vitro and in vivo by concanavalin A stimulation
Veterinary Microbiology·2008· 41 citedOpen Access
Strategies exhibited by PRRSV allowing evasion of immune detection and/or clearance in the infected pig
Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University)·2008· 6 citedOpen Access
Antigenic differences among porcine circovirus type 2 strains, as demonstrated by the use of monoclonal antibodies
Journal of General Virology·2007· 87 cited
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus-infected alveolar macrophages contain no detectable levels of viral proteins in their plasma membrane and are protected against antibody-dependent, complement-mediated cell lysis
Journal of General Virology·2006· 45 cited
Protection of PRRSV-infected macrophages against antibody-dependent, complement-mediated cell lysis due to absence of surface expression of viral proteins. Proceedings of the 19th International Pig Veterinary Society Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University)·2006· 1 cited
Analysis of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus attachment and internalization: distinctive roles for heparan sulphate and sialoadhesin
Journal of General Virology·2005· 124 cited
Effect of virus-specific antibodies on attachment, internalization and infection of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus in primary macrophages
Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology·2004· 59 cited

Frequent Co-authors

Hans Nauwynck(14), Peter Delputte(8), Merijn Vanhee(6), David Lefebvre(5), Wander Van Breedam(5), Marc Geldhof(5), Jan Van Doorsselaere(5), Ytse Noppe(2), Gerald Misinzo(2), Peter Meerts(2), Sándor B. Ötvös(2), Bert Verstappen(2), Bruno Baillon(2), C. Oliver Kappe(2), Dirk Weigelt(2), Duc‐Nam Luu(2), Fabienne Brutin(2), Hannah Welsh(2), Jo Dewulf(2), Josefin Seth Caous(2)