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
Nationwide trends in molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Finland, 1997-2004. (2007)
BMC Infectious Diseases
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
A cluster of Candida krusei infections in a haematological unit (2007)
BMC Infectious Diseases
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Evaluation of molecular typing methods in characterizing a European collection of epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains: the HARMONY collection (2007)
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Comparison of two bacteremic Asaia bogorensis isolates from Europe (2007)
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes and staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec types amongst Finnish community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains, 1997-1999. (2007)
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
An outbreak of Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus associated with consumption of fresh goat cheese (2006)
BMC Infectious Diseases
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
emm typing of invasive T28 group A streptococci, 1995-2004, Finland (2006)
Journal of Medical Microbiology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
The epidemiology of severe Streptococcus pyogenes associated disease in Europe (2005)
Eurosurveillance
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))
Molecular epidemiology of an outbreak caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a health care ward and associated nursing home (2005)
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Comparison of genotypes of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus in Finland (2005)
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))