Prof. Dr. Ab Osterhaus is head of the Department of Virology, a WHO reference laboratory for influenza, measles and rubella, and exotic viruses, such as the Ebola virus.


Ab Osterhaus: "Viruses have always been my favorites. As soon as you have identified them, they change shape and fool you. How is it that a virus makes a person or an animal ill? How does a host act to fight a virus? Once we know the process, we can develop a vaccine."


The group of prof. Ab Osterhaus is very successful in producing anti-viral vaccines. He has put several patents on his name.


Zie ook: www.virology.nl


Prof.Dr. A.D.M.E. Osterhaus
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
Department of Virology
Erasmus Medical Centre
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
a.osterhaus@erasmusmc.nl