Jaana Vuopio
Special Advisor, M.D. , Ph.D., Specialist in Clinical Microbiology
jaana.vuopio@utu.fi Kiinamyllynkatu 10 Turku Työhuone: 7th floor, room 7024 ORCID-tunniste: https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0795-4822 |
• 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)
- Evidence of streptococcal origin of acute non-necrotising cellulitis: a serological study. (2015)
- European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - MRSA:n torjunta erilaisia keinoja yhdistämällä on tehokasta (2015)
- Duodecim
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Predictors of recurrent cellulitis in five years. Clinical risk factors and the role of PTX3 and CRP (2015)
- Journal of Infection
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Suomessa käytetään Pohjoismaista eniten mikrobilääkkeitä avohoidossa (2015)
- Lääkärilehti
(D1 Artikkeli ammattilehdessä) - European Antibiotic Awareness Day: a five-year perspective of Europe-wide actions to promote prudent use of antibiotics. (2014)
- Eurosurveillance
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Evolutionary pathway to increased virulence and epidemic group A Streptococcus disease derived from 3,615 genome sequences. (2014)
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Origin and evolution of European community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. (2014)
- mBio
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - The dynamic changes of dominant clones of Staphylococcus aureus causing bloodstream infections in the European region: Results of a second structured survey (2014)
- Eurosurveillance
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Genetic susceptibility to non-necrotizing erysipelas/cellulitis (2013)
- PLoS ONE
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus epidemic restricted to one health district in Finland: a population-based descriptive study in Pirkanmaa, Finland, years 2001-2011. (2013)
- Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )



