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

Publications

  

  

  

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• One out of ten: low sampling efficiency of cloth dragging challenges abundance estimates of questing ticks  (2020)  
  • Experimental and Applied Acarology
   Nyrhilä Siiri, Sormunen Jani J, Mäkelä Satu, Sippola Ella, Vesterinen Eero J, Klemola Tero
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Questing abundance of adult taiga ticks Ixodes persulcatus and their Borrelia prevalence at the north-western part of their distribution  (2020)  
  • Parasites and Vectors
   Pakanen VM, Sormunen JJ, Sippola E, Blomqvist D, Kallio ER
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Correction: Hokynar, K. et al. Chlamydia-Like Organisms (CLOs) in Finnish Ixodes ricinus Ticks and Human Skin. (Microorganisms (2016)), 4, 28.  (2019)  
  • Microorganisms
   Hokynar K., Sormunen J.J., Vesterinen E.J., Partio E.K., Lilley T., Timonen V., Panelius J., Ranki A., Puolakkainen M.
  (Other publication)

  
  

• First evidence of Ixodiphagus hookeri (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) parasitization in Finnish castor bean ticks (Ixodes ricinus)  (2019)  
  • Experimental and Applied Acarology
   Sormunen Jani Jukka, Sippola Ella, Kaunisto Kari Mikael, Vesterinen Eero Juhani, Sääksjärvi Ilari Eerikki
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• High tick abundance and diversity of tick-borne pathogens in a Finnish city  (2019)  
  • Urban Ecosystems
   Tero Klemola, Jani J. Sormunen, Janka Mojzer, Satu Mäkelä, Eero J. Vesterinen
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Questing ticks, hidden causes : tracking changes in Ixodes ricinus populations and associated pathogens in southwestern Finland  (2018)   Sormunen Jani
  (G5 Article dissertation )

  
  

• The importance of study duration and spatial scale in pathogen detection - evidence from a tick-infested island  (2018)  
  • Emerging microbes & infections
   Sormunen JJ, Klemola T, Hänninen J, Mäkelä S, Vuorinen I, Penttinen R, Sääksjärvi IE, Vesterinen EJ
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Tick-borne pathogens in Finland; comparison of Ixodes ricinus and I-persulcatus in sympatric and parapatric areas  (2018)  
  • Parasites and Vectors
   Laaksonen, Maija; Klemola, Tero; Feuth, Eeva; Sormunen, Jani J.; Puisto, Anna; Mäkelä, Satu; Penttinen, Ritva; Ruohomäki, Kai; Hänninen, Jari; Sääksjärvi, Ilari E.; Vuorinen, Ilppo; Sprong, Hein; Hytönen, Jukka; Vesterinen, Eero J.
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Crowdsourcing-based nationwide tick collection reveals the distribution of Ixodes ricinus and I. persulcatus and associated pathogens in Finland  (2017)  
  • Emerging microbes & infections
   Laaksonen M, Sajanti E, Sormunen JJ, Penttinen R, Hänninen J, Ruohomäki K, Sääksjärvi I, Vesterinen EJ, Vuorinen I, Hytönen J, Klemola T
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Anaplasma phagocytophilum in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks in southwestern Finland  (2016)  
  • Experimental and Applied Acarology
   Sormunen J.J., Penttinen R., Klemola T., Vesterinen E.J., Hänninen J.
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)