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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Bordetella pertussis isolates in Finland after acellular vaccination : serotype change and biofilm formation (2024)
- Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Niinikoski, Vili; Barkoff, Alex-Mikael; Mertsola, Jussi; He, Qiushui
Long-term COVID-19 vaccine- and Omicron infection-induced humoral and cell-mediated immunity (2024)
- Frontiers in immunology
Belik, Milja; Reinholm, Arttu; Kolehmainen, Pekka; Heroum, Jemna; Maljanen, Sari; Altan, Eda; Österlund, Pamela; Laine, Larissa; Ritvos, Olli; Pasternack, Arja; Naves, Rauno A.; Iakubovskaia, Alina; Barkoff, Alex-Mikael; He, Qiushui; Lempainen, Johanna; Tähtinen, Paula A.; Ivaska, Lauri; Jalkanen, Pinja; Julkunen, Ilkka; Kakkola, Laura
Macrolide-resistant Bordetella pertussis strain identified during an ongoing epidemic, Finland, January to October 2024 (2024)
- Eurosurveillance
Miettinen, Milja; Barkoff, Alex-Mikael; Nyqvist, Aino; Savolainen-Kopra, Carita; Antikainen, Jenni; Mertsola, Jussi; Ivaska, Lauri; He, Qiushui
Prevalence of Pertactin-Deficient Bordetella pertussis Isolates, Slovenia (2024)
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
Barkoff, Alex-Mikael; Kastrin, Tamara; Seme, Katja; Vitek, Marta Grgič; Mertsola, Jussi; He, Qiushui
Antibody avidity to pertussis toxin after acellular pertussis vaccination and infection (2023)
- Emerging microbes & infections
Knuutila Aapo, Dalby Tine, Ahvenainen Niina, Barkoff Alex-Mikael, Jørgensen Charlotte Sværke, Fuursted Kurt, Mertsola Jussi, He Qiushui
Automated EuroFlow approach for standardized in-depth dissection of human circulating B-cells and plasma cells (2023)
- Frontiers in immunology
Delgado Alejandro H., Fluxa Rafael, Perez-Andres Martin, Diks Annieck M., van Gaans van den Brink Jacqueline A. M., Barkoff Alex-Mikael, Blanco Elena, Torres-Valle Alba, Berkowska Magdalena A., Grigore Georgiana, van Dongen J. . J. . M., Orfao Alberto; on behalf of The PERISCOPE Consortium
Effect of immunization during pregnancy and pre-existing immunity on diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis vaccine responses in infants (2023)
- Emerging microbes & infections
Knuutila Aapo, Barkoff Alex Mikael, Ivaska Lauri, Tenhu Elina, Teräsjärvi Johanna, van Gageldonk Pieter, Buisman Annemarie, Mertsola Jussi, He Qiushui; and PERISCOPE consortium
Immunogenicity and safety of BPZE1, an intranasal live attenuated pertussis vaccine, versus tetanus-diphtheria- acellular pertussis vaccine: a randomised, double-blind, phase 2b trial (2023)
- Lancet
Keech Cheryl, Miller Vicki E, Rizzardi Barbara, Hoyle Christopher, Pryor Melinda J, Ferrand Jonathan, Solovay Ken, Thalen Marcel, Noviello Stephanie, Goldstein Peter, Gorringe Andrew, Cavell Breeze, He Qiushui, Barkoff Alex-Mikael, Rubin Keith, Locht Camille
Pastern dermatitis outbreak associated with toxigenic and non-toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae and non-toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans at a horse stable in Finland, 2021 (2023)
- Zoonoses and Public Health
Grönthal TSC, Lehto AK, Aarnio SS, Eskola EK, Aimo-Koivisto EM, Karlsson T, Koskinen HI, Barkoff AM, He Q, Lienemann T, Rimhanen-Finne R, Mykkänen A
Vaccine Antigen Deficiency Does Not Substantially Affect the Identification of Bordetella pertussis Strains by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (2023)
- Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Knuutila Aapo, Harju Inka, Korhonen Suvi, Mäkelä Joonatan, Backström Lucas, Barkoff Alex-Mikael, He Qiushui