Jaana Vuopio
Special Advisor, M.D. , Ph.D., Specialist in Clinical Microbiology
jaana.vuopio@utu.fi Kiinamyllynkatu 10 Turku : 7th floor, room 7024 |
• 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, surveillance and prevention of spread of antimicrobial resistant bacteria in humans
• Diagnostics and genomic characterization of bacterial pathogens
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)
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- (2025)
- Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
- Low expression of the CCL5 gene and low serum concentrations of CCL5 in severe invasive group a streptococcal disease (2025)
- Infection
- Mikrobiologia, immunologia ja infektiosairaudet. Kirja 2, Immunologia (2024) Heikkinen, Terho; Järvinen, Asko; Meri, Seppo; Vuopio, Jaana
- (2023)
- Journal of Global Antimicrobial ResistanceScientific Reports
- (2023)
- European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious DiseasesClinical Microbiology and Infection
- Invasive beta-haemolytic streptococcal infections, Finland, 2006 to 2020: increase in Lancefield group C/G infectionsIncreasing Incidences and Clonal Diversity of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Nordic Countries-Results From the Nordic MRSA Surveillance (2023)
- Eurosurveillance
- Presence of Streptococcus pyogenes in the throat in invasive Group A Streptococcal disease: a prospective two-year study in two health districts, Finland (2023)
- Infectious Diseases
- Acute kidney injury in group A streptococcal bacteraemia: incidence, outcome and predictive value of C-reactive protein (2022)
- Infectious Diseases
- (2022)
- Antimicrobial resistance & infection control
- Detection of group A streptococcus in children with confirmed viral pharyngitis and antiviral host response (2022)
- European Journal of Pediatrics
- Low rate of asymptomatic carriage and salivary immunoglobulin A response to Group A Streptococci in the healthy adult population in Finland (2022)
- Medical Microbiology and ImmunologyEuropean Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
- Whole genome sequencing reveals new links between spa t172/CC59 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus cases in low-endemicity region of Southwest Finland, 2007‒2016 (2022)
- Genetic evolution of invasive emm28 Streptococcus pyogenes strains and significant association with puerperal infections in young women in Finland (2021)
- (2021)
- Frontiers in Microbiology
- A-ryhmän streptokokki (2020) Mikrobiologia - Mikrobiologia, immunologia ja infektiosairaudet, kirja 1 Jaana Vuopio, Jaana Syrjänen
- Bakteerisolun rakenne ja toiminta (2020) Mikrobiologia - Mikrobiologia, immunologia ja infektiosairaudet, kirja 1 Mikael Skurnik, Jaana Vuopio
- B-ryhmän streptokokki (2020) Mikrobiologia - Mikrobiologia, immunologia ja infektiosairaudet, kirja 1 Harri Saxén, Jaana Vuopio
- Changing epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a low endemicity area- new challenges for MRSA control (2020)
- European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
- Corynebacterium diphtheriae (2020) Mikrobiologia - Mikrobiologia, immunologia ja infektiosairaudet, kirja 1 Jaana Vuopio, Markku Kuusi
- Group A streptococcal bacteremias in Southwest Finland 2007–2018: epidemiology and role of infectious diseases consultation in antibiotic treatment selection (2020)
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