Wouter A. A. de Steenhuijsen Piters

Leiden University Medical Center — Netherlands

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Gut microbiota and health(23), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections(20), Respiratory viral infections research(18), Pediatric health and respiratory diseases(17), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research(8)

Publications55 total

Tackling vaccine hyporesponsiveness through global collaboration, diverse population studies, and data integration
The Lancet Microbe·2025Open Access
Mass cytometry data integration methods reveal rural-urban gradient of immune profiles across geography
2025
Tanzanian gut microbiota profiles linked to high but rapidly waning yellow fever antibody titers
npj Biofilms and Microbiomes·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Protocol for microbial profiling of low-biomass upper respiratory tract samples
STAR Protocols·2025· 6 citedOpen Access
Interactions between live attenuated influenza vaccine and nasopharyngeal microbiota among children aged 24–59 months in The Gambia: a phase 4, open-label, randomised controlled trial
The Lancet Microbe·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
The respiratory microbiome is linked to the severity of RSV infections and the persistence of symptoms in children
Cell Reports Medicine·2024· 18 citedOpen Access
Lifestyle score is associated with cellular immune profiles in healthy Tanzanian adults
Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Salivary polyreactive antibodies and<i>Haemophilus influenzae</i>are associated with respiratory infection severity in young children with recurrent respiratory infections
European Respiratory Journal·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Effect of intrapartum azithromycin on gut microbiota development in early childhood: A post hoc analysis of a double-blind randomized trial
iScience·2024· 8 citedOpen Access
Host and environmental factors shape upper airway microbiota and respiratory health across the human lifespan
Cell·2024· 45 citedOpen Access
Impaired upper respiratory tract barrier function during postnatal development predisposes to invasive pneumococcal disease
PLoS Pathogens·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Nasopharyngeal microbiota in children is associated with severe asthma exacerbations
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology·2024· 16 citedOpen Access
Referee report. For: Nasopharyngeal Dysbiosis Precedes the Development of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Young Infants, a Longitudinal Infant Cohort Study [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
Faculty of 1000 Research Ltd·2024Open Access
Mycoplasma pneumoniae carriage in children with recurrent respiratory tract infections is associated with a less diverse and altered microbiota
EBioMedicine·2023· 36 citedOpen Access
Mother-to-infant microbiota transmission and infant microbiota development across multiple body sites
Cell Host & Microbe·2023· 215 citedOpen Access
Asymptomatic Viral Presence in Early Life Precedes Recurrence of Respiratory Tract Infections
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal·2022· 16 cited
Higher off-target amplicon detection rate in MiSeq v3 compared to v2 reagent kits in the context of 16S-rRNA-sequencing
Scientific Reports·2022· 5 citedOpen Access
Air pollution from livestock farms and the oropharyngeal microbiome of COPD patients and controls
Environment International·2022· 15 citedOpen Access
Effect of intra-partum azithromycin on the development of the infant nasopharyngeal microbiota: A post hoc analysis of a double-blind randomized trial
EBioMedicine·2022· 6 citedOpen Access
Bacterial and fungal communities in tracheal aspirates of intubated COVID-19 patients: a pilot study
Scientific Reports·2022· 7 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Debby Bogaert(42), Mei Ling J. N. Chu(19), Elisabeth A. M. Sanders(17), Raïza Hasrat(12), Kayleigh Arp(10), Marlies A. van Houten(8), Simon P. Jochems(8), Jamie Rylance(6), Daniela M. Ferreira(6), Giske Biesbroek(5), Beatriz F. Carniel(5), Elena Mitsi(5), Sherin Pojar(5), Elissavet Nikolaou(5), Esther L. German(5), James Groot(5), Thijs Bosch(5), Jolanda Kool(4), Marc J. M. Bonten(4), Emma Smith(4)