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
Bacterial adherence to self-reinforced polyglycolic acid and self-reinforced polylactic acid 96 urological spiral stents in vitro (1998)
Biomaterials
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
The effect of changes in the consumption of macrolide antibiotics on erythromycin resistance in group A streptococci in Finland Finnish Study Group for Antimicrobial Resistance (1997)
New England Journal of Medicine
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Molecular comparison of group A streptococci of T1M1 serotype from invasive and noninvasive infections in Finland (1997)
Journal of Infectious Diseases
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Group A streptococcal outbreak of perianal infection in a day-care centre (1997)
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
A clinical study of beta-haemolytic groups A, B, C and G streptococcal bacteremia in adults over an 8-year period (1997)
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Outbreak of perianal Streptococcus pyogenes infection in a day-care center (1997)
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Increase of the number of vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) isolated in Helsinki, Finland (1997)
Eurosurveillance
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
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
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