Jani Sormunen
 Academy Research Fellow / Associate Professor (medical entomology)

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• For the people by the people: Citizen science web interface for real-time monitoring of tick risk areas in Finland  (2023)  
  • Ecological Solutions and Evidence
   Sormunen Jani J., Kulha Niko, Alale Theophilus Y., Klemola Tero, Sääksjärvi Ilari E., Vesterinen Eero J.
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Voles, shrews and red squirrels as sources of tick blood meals and tick-borne pathogens on an island in southwestern Finland  (2023)  
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
   Sormunen Jani J, Mäkelä Satu, Klemola Tero, Alale Theophilus Y, Vesterinen Eero J
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Does environmental adaptation or dispersal history explain the geographical distribution of Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes persulcatus ticks in Finland?  (2022)  
  • Ecology and Evolution
   Kulha Niko, Ruokolainen Kalle, Vesterinen Eero J, Lamppu Maija, Klemola Tero, Sormunen Jani J
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Predicting habitat suitability for Ixodesricinus and Ixodespersulcatus ticks in Finland  (2022)  
  • Parasites and Vectors
   Uusitalo Ruut, Siljander Mika, Lindén Andreas, Sormunen Jani J, Aalto Juha, Hendrickx Guy, Kallio Eva, Vajda Andrea, Gregow Hilppa, Henttonen Heikki, Marsboom Cedric, Korhonen Essi M, Sironen Tarja, Pellikka Petri, Vapalahti Olli
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizing migrating and local breeding birds in Finland  (2022)  
  • Experimental and Applied Acarology
   Sormunen Jani J., Klemola Tero, Vesterinen Eero J.
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Absence of Francisella tularensis in Finnish Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes persulcatus ticks  (2021)  
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
   Sormunen Jani J, Pakanen Veli-Matti, Elo Riikka, Mäkelä Satu, Hytönen Jukka
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Molecular detection and phylogenetic analysis of Borrelia miyamotoi strains from ticks collected in the capital region of Finland  (2021)  
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
   Zakham Fathiah, Jääskeläinen Anne J., Castrén Janne, Sormunen Jani J., Uusitalo Ruut, Smura Teemu, Von Troil Gabriel, Kuivanen Suvi, Sironen Tarja, Vapalahti Olli
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Enhanced threat of tick-borne infections within cities? Assessing public health risks due to ticks in urban green spaces in Helsinki, Finland  (2020)  
  • Zoonoses and Public Health
   Sormunen JJ, Kulha N, Klemola T, Mäkelä S, Vesilahti E-M, Vesterinen EJ
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Modelling habitat suitability for occurrence of human tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) cases in Finland  (2020)  
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
   Uusitalo Ruut, Siljander Mika, Dub Timothée, Sane Jussi, Sormunen Jani J, Pellikka Petri, Vapalahti Olli
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Monitoring of ticks and tick-borne pathogens through a nationwide research station network in Finland  (2020)  
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
   Jani J.Sormunen, Tommi Andersson, Jouni Asp, Jaana Bäck, Tony Cederberg, Noora Haavisto, Hanna Halonen, Jari Hänninen, Jasmin Inkinen, Niko Kulha, Maija Laaksonen, John Loehr, Satu Mäkelä, Katja Mäkinen, Joanna Norkko, Riku Paavola, Pauliina Pajala, Tuukka Petäjä, Anna Puisto, Ella Sippola, Martin Snickars, Janne Sundell, Niko Tanski, Antti Uotila, Ella-Maria Vesilahti, Eero J. Vesterinen, Silja Vuorenmaa, Hannu Ylönen, Jari Ylönen, Tero Klemola
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)