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
Genetic evolution of invasive emm28 Streptococcus pyogenes strains and significant association with puerperal infections in young women in Finland (2021)
Clinical Microbiology and Infection
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae (2020)
(Artikkeli ammatillisessa kokoomateoksessa (D2))Bakteerisolun rakenne ja toiminta (2020)
(Artikkeli ammatillisessa kokoomateoksessa (D2))Group A streptococcal bacteremias in Southwest Finland 2007–2018: epidemiology and role of infectious diseases consultation in antibiotic treatment selection (2020)
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
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Staphylococcus epidermidis ja muut koagulaasinegatiiviset stafylokokit (2020)
(Artikkeli ammatillisessa kokoomateoksessa (D2))B-ryhmän streptokokki (2020)
(Artikkeli ammatillisessa kokoomateoksessa (D2))Lasten vaikeat A-streptokokki-infektiot (2020)
Lääkärilehti
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))
Changing epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a low endemicity area- new challenges for MRSA control (2020)
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
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Reduced In Vitro Susceptibility of Streptococcus pyogenes to β-Lactam Antibiotics Associated with Mutations in the pbp2x Gene Is Geographically Widespread (2020)
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
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