Puck Pelzer
Epidemiologist
KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation
Email: puck.pelzer@kncvtbc.org
Tel: +31 (0) 70 416 72 36
VALIDATE Role:
Network Affiliate
Research Keywords:
TB; TB vaccines,
Biography:
Infectious diseases Epidemiologist at KNCV tuberculosis foundation and PhD candidate at Amsterdam UMC. Passionate about TB, vaccines and cheesecake
Key Publications:
- Pelzer PT, Mutayoba B, Cobelens FG. BCG vaccination protects against infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis ascertained by tuberculin skin testing. Journal of Infection. 2018 Oct 1;77(4):335-40.
- S E J van de Berg*; P T Pelzer *[shared first authorship], MSc; Anna-Julia van der Land et al. Acceptability, feasibility, and likelihood of implementation of the novel BPaL regimen to treat extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis patients. BMC Public Health. (PUBH-D-20-06717R1)
- Dennis Modestus Lyakurwa;Johnson John Lyimo; Christiaan Mulder; Puck T. Pelzer; Inge Koppelaar; Marleen Heus. The contribution of training and mentoring for DR-TB care decentralization in Tanzania: a mixed methods study. (HRHE-D-20-00362)
- Suliman, S.*, Pelzer, P. T.* [shared first authorship], Shaku, M., Rozot, V.* & Mendelsohn, S. C.* Meeting report: Virtual Global Forum on Tuberculosis Vaccines, 20–22 April 2021. Vaccine (2021). doi:10.1016/J..2021.08.094
- Shaikh, N.; Pelzer, P.T.; Thysen, S.M.; Roy, P.; Harris, R.C.; White, R.G. Impact of COVID-19 Disruptions on Global BCG Coverage and Paediatric TB Mortality: A Modelling Study. Vaccines 2021, 9, 1228.
- P.T. Pelzer*, Y. Smit *[shared first authorship], E.W. Tiemersma, N.T. Huong, N.V. Nhung, F. Cobelens. Does BCG Vaccination protect against infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Vietnamese schoolchildren? The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. (Preprint)
- P. T. Pelzer, Janet Seeley, Fiona Yueqian Sun, Michele Tameris, Li Tao, Zhao Yanlin, et al. Potential implementation strategies, acceptability, and feasibility of new and repurposed TB vaccines. PLOS Global Public Health, 2(5), p.e0000076.
- Cobelens, Frank, Rajinder Kumar Suri, Michelle Helinski, Michael Makanga, Ana Lúcia Weinberg, Britta Schaffmeister, Frank Deege, Mark Hatherill, and TB Vaccine Roadmap Stakeholder Group: uberculosis Vaccine Roadmap Stakeholder Group: Álvaro H Borges, Ralf Clemens, Nick Drager, Karen L Elkins, Helen A Fletcher, Ann M Ginsberg, Gabriela Gomez, Raghavan Gopa Kumar, Stefan HE Kaufmann, Remko van Leeuwen, David M Lewinsohn, Carlos Martin, Helen McShane, Rasmus Mortensen, Ya Diul Mukadi, Elisa Nemes, Tom HM Ottenhoff, Puck T Pelzer, Taryn Rogalski-Salter, Alex Schmidt, Dereck R Tait, Greald Voss, Marieke van der Werf, Richard White. "Accelerating research and development of new vaccines against tuberculosis: a global roadmap." The Lancet Infectious Diseases (2022).
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