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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Analysis of Bordetella pertussis clinical isolates circulating in European countries during the period 1998-2012 (2015)
- European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
van Gent M, Heuvelman CJ, van der Heide HG, Hallander HO, Advani A, Guiso N, von Konig CHW, Vestrheim DF, Dalby T, Fry NK, Pierard D, Detemmerman L, Zavadilova J, Fabianova K, Logan C, Habington A, Byrne M, Lutynska A, Mosiej E, Pelaz C, Grondahl-Yli-Hannuksela K, Barkoff AM, Mertsola J, Economopoulou A, He Q, Mooi FR
Seroprevalence studies of pertussis: what we learned in different immunized populations. (2015)
- Pathogens and Disease
Alex-Mikael Barkoff, Kirsi Gröndahl-Yli-Hannuksela, Qiushui He
A rapid ELISA-based method for screening Bordetella pertussis strain production of antigens included in current acellular pertussis vaccines (2014)
- Journal of Immunological Methods
Barkoff A, Guiso N, Guillot S, Xing D, Markey K, Berbers G, Mertsola J, He Q
Investigations into the emergence of pertactin-deficient Bordetella pertussis isolates in six European countries, 1996 to 2012 (2014)
- Eurosurveillance
Zeddeman A, van Gent M, Heuvelman CJ, van der Heide HG, Bart MJ, Advani A, Hallander HO, von Konig CHW, Riffelman M, Storsaeter J, Vestrheim DF, Dalby T, Krogfelt KA, Fry NK, Barkoff AM, Mertsola J, He Q, Mooi F
Appearance of Bordetella pertussis strains not expressing the vaccine antigen pertactin in Finland (2012)
- Clinical and Vaccine Immunology
Barkoff AM, Mertsola J, Guillot S, Guiso N, Berbers G, He Q
Differences in avidity of IgG antibodies to pertussis toxin after acellular pertussis booster vaccination and natural infection (2012)
- Vaccine
Barkoff Alex-Mikael, Gröndahl-Yli-Hannuksela Kirsi, Vuononvirta Juho, Mertsola Jussi, Kallonen Teemu, He Qiushui
Gene polymorphism in toll-like receptor 4: Effect on antibody production and persistence after acellular pertussis vaccination during adolescence (2012)
- Journal of Infectious Diseases
Grondahl-Yli-Hannuksela K, Vuononvirta J, Barkoff AM, VIANDER M, Van der Meeren O, MERTSOLA J, HE QS
High heterogeneity in methods used for the laboratory confirmation of pertussis diagnosis among European countries, 2010: integration of epidemiological and laboratory surveillance must include standardisation of methodologies and quality assurance (2012)
- Eurosurveillance
He Q, Barkoff AM, Mertsola J, Glismann S, Bacci S, Eupertstarin Euvac
Nasopharyngeal Bacterial Colonization and Gene Polymorphisms of Mannose-Binding Lectin and Toll-Like Receptors 2 and 4 in Infants (2011)
- PLoS ONE
Vuononvirta J, Toivonen L, Grondahl-Yli-Hannuksela K, Barkoff AM, Lindholm L, Mertsola J, Peltola V, He QS