Jaana
Vuopio
Senior Advisor, Institute of Biomedicine
Special Advisor, M.D. , Ph.D., Specialist in Clinical Microbiology
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Areas of expertise
• Bacterial infections and asymptomatic carriage caused by beta-hemolytic streptococci
genomic evolution of the bacterium
host susceptibility and risk factors to these infections.
• Molecular epidemiology
• Molecular epidemiology
surveillance and prevention of spread of antimicrobial resistant bacteria in humans
• Diagnostics and genomic characterization of bacterial pathogens
• Diagnostics and genomic characterization of bacterial pathogens
Research
Bacterial infections cause a significant disease burden in humans. We know that the disease spectrum can vary from asymptomatic carriage to life threatening infections.
Our aim is to gain understanding on reasons why certain individuals develop a disease and the others do not, why pathogens spread and cause epidemics and what could be the means to prevent this from happening. My long standing research interest has also resided in antimicrobial resistance, especially in molecular epidemiology and spread of MRSA, VRE and ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae both in health care setting and community.
Our current research areas cover:
- Invasive Group A streptococcal disease
- Molecular epidemiology and disease burden of Group A streptococcal infections
- Molecular epidemiology and spread of MRSA
- Surveillance of AMR
Research group members:
- Kirsi Gröndahl-Yli-Hannuksela, Ph.D., Adjunct professor, University teacher
- Johanna Vilhonen, M.D., Ph.D., specialist in IDs
- Tiina Hirvioja, M.D., Ph.D. fellow, specialist in IDs
- Jaakko Silvola, M.D., Ph.D. fellow
- Ville Kaila, M.D., Ph.D. fellow, specialist in IDs (based at Tampere University Hospital, Tampere)
- Erastus Haindongo, M.Sc., Ph.D. fellow (based at University of Namibia, Windhoek)
- Laura Lindholm, M.Sc., Ph.D. fellow (based at Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare)
Publications
Eradication of the long-term carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in patients wearing dentures: a follow-up of 10 patients (1996)
Journal of Hospital Infection
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
[Does MRSA invade hospitals in Finland?]. (1996)
(Toimitustyö tieteelliselle lehdelle, kokoomateokselle tai konferenssijulkaisulle (C2))Bacterial adherence and biofilm formation on latex and silicone T-tubes in relation to bacterial contamination of bile (1996)
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Subtyping of common pediatric pneumococcal serotypes from invasive disease and pharyngeal carriage in Finland (1996)
Journal of Infectious Diseases
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation on various double-J stents in vivo and in vitro (1996)
Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Cell surface properties of Acinetobacter baumannii (1996)
APMIS
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Molecular epidemiology of Corynebacterium diphtheriae from northwestern Russia and surrounding countries studied by using ribotyping and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (1995)
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Neonatal Candida parapsilosis outbreak with a high case fatality rate (1995)
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates in a hematological unit during a 4-month survey (1995)
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Persistence of a multiresistant clone of Staphylococcus epidermidis in a neonatal intensive-care unit for a four-year period (1995)
Clinical Infectious Diseases
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))