Alex-Mikael Barkoff

- Doctoral Researcher,
Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine (Department of Clinical Medicine)
- Project Researcher,
Institute of Biomedicine (Faculty of Medicine)

ambark@utu.fi

Kiinamyllynkatu 10

Turku

: Mikro building, 3rd floor, room 354

: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0742-1580

Pertussis

Serological pertussis studies, Evolution of B. pertussis, ECDC pertussis network projects

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Association of HLA class II haplotypes with antibody concentrations after diphtheria-tetanus acellular pertussis booster vaccination in four age groups of Finnish participants (2026)
- Vaccine
Anabe, Denise; Ilonen, Jorma; Barkoff, Alex-Mikael; Teräsjärvi, Johanna T.; Mertsola, Jussi; van Gageldonk, Pieter; Buisman, Annemarie; Kiviniemi, Minna; Lempainen, Johanna; He, Qiushui
The effect of pertussis vaccination during pregnancy on the binding epitopes and avidity of anti-pertussis toxin IgG antibodies in infants and their mothers (2026)
- Journal of Infectious Diseases
Knuutila, Aapo; Ivaska, Lauri; Barkoff, Alex-Mikael; van Gageldonk, Pieter; Buisman, Annemarie; Mertsola, Jussi; He, Qiushui
The evolution of pertactin expression in Belgian circulating B. pertussis strains, pre- and post-COVID-19 (2026)
- Microbiology spectrum
Martini, Helena; Soetens, Oriane; Niinikoski, Vili; Barkoff, Alex-Mikael; He, Qiushui; Piérard, Denis; Van Honacker, Eveline
Alterations in the expression of Bordetella pertussis antigens in relation to the use of acellular pertussis vaccine in Finland (2025)
- Vaccine
Niinikoski, Vili; Barkoff, Alex-Mikael; Mertsola, Jussi; Holubova, Jana; Masin, Jiri; Sebo, Peter; He, Qiushui
Association of baseline cytokines with antibody concentrations after diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis booster vaccination in Finnish children (2025)
- Vaccine
Anabe, Denise; Teräsjärvi, Johanna T.; Barkoff, Alex-Mikael; Knuutila, Aapo; Pape, Bernd; van Gageldonk, Pieter; Buisman, Annemarie; Mertsola, Jussi; He, Qiushui
Hinkuyskän laboratorioseuranta : nykytilanne ja tulevaisuuden haasteet (2025)
- Duodecim
He, Qiushui; Barkoff, Alex-Mikael
Pertussis epidemic in Slovenia in 2024—no pertactin-deficient or macrolide-resistant Bordetella pertussis isolates identified (2025)
- Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Kastrin, Tamara; Barkoff, Alex-Mikael; Seme, Katja; Kosec, Luka; Triglav, Tina; Šinkovec Zorko, Nadja; Rožič, Mojca; Mertsola, Jussi; He, Qiushui
Prior immunological memory to pertussis toxin affects the avidity development of anti-PT IgG antibodies after acellular pertussis booster vaccination (2025)
- Emerging microbes & infections
Knuutila, Aapo; Ahvenainen, Niina; Barkoff, Alex-Mikael; Mertsola, Jussi; van Gageldonk, Pieter; Buisman, Annemarie; Valente Pinto, Marta; Kelly, Dominic; He, Qiushui
The effect of pertussis vaccination in pregnancy on the immunogenicity of acellular or whole-cell pertussis vaccination in Gambian infants (GaPS): a single-centre, randomised, controlled, double-blind, phase 4 trial (2025)
- Lancet Infectious Diseases
Saso, Anja; Kanteh, Ebrima; Jeffries, David; Okoye, Michael; Mohammed, Nuredin; Kumado, Michelle; Roetynck, Sophie; Jobe, Haddijatou; Faal, Amadou; Roberts, Elishia; Gageldonk, Pieter; Buisman, Anne-Marie; Fröberg, Janeri; Cavell, Breeze; Lesne, Elodie; Barkoff, Alex-Mikael; He, Qiushui; Tanha, Kiarash; Bibi, Sagida; Kelly, Dominic; Diavatopoulos, Dimitri; Kampmann, Beate; Gambian Pertussis Study Team; members of the PERISCOPE consortium
A novel whole blood assay to quantify the release of T cell associated cytokines in response to Bordetella pertussis antigens (2024)
- Journal of Immunological Methods
Pinto, Marta Valente; Barkoff, Alex-Mikael; Bibi, Sagida; Knuutila, Aapo; Teräsjärvi, Johanna; Clutterbuck, Elizabeth; Gimenez-Fourage, Sophie; Pagnon, Anke; van Gaans-van den Brink, Jacqueline A.M.; Corbiere, Veronique; De Montfort, Aymeric; Saso, Anja; Jobe, Haddijatou; Roetynck, Sophie; Kampmann, Beate; Simonetti, Elles; Diavatopoulos, Dimitri; Lambert, Eleonora E.; Mertsola, Jussi; Blanc, Pascal; van Els, Cécile A. C. M.; Dominic Kelly, Dominic; He, Qiushui; The PERISCOPE Consortium