A5058775396- Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
- Biosensors and Analytical Detection
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Historical and Archaeological Studies
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
- Research in Social Sciences
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
Tampere University
2023-2025
Natural Resources Institute Finland
2017-2021
Finnish Environment Institute
2011
University of Helsinki
2006
Around the world, influenza A virus has caused severe pandemics, and risk of future pandemics remains high. Currently, surveillance is based on clinical diagnosis reporting disease cases. In this study, we apply wastewater-based to monitor amount RNA at population level. We report levels in 10 wastewater treatment plant catchment areas covering 40% Finnish population. Altogether, 251 monthly composite influent samples (collected between February 2021 2023) were analysed from supernatant...
Wastewater comprises multiple pathogens and offers a potential for wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) to track the prevalence of communicable diseases. The Finnish WastPan project aimed establish pandemic preparedness (viruses, bacteria, parasites, fungi), including antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This article outlines WastPan's experiences in this project, criteria target selection, sampling locations, frequency, analysis methods results communication. Target selection relied on...
Abstract Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a critical threat to human health. Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae are clinically the most important species associated with AMR common carbapenemase-producing (CP) Enterobacterales detected in specimens Finland. Wastewater surveillance has emerged as potential approach for population-level of AMR, wastewater could offer reflection from larger population one sample minimal recognized ethical issues. In this study, we...
The fungal genus Heterobasidion includes some of the most devastating conifer pathogens in boreal forest region. In this study, we showed that alphapartitivirus partitivirus 13 from annosum (HetPV13-an1) is main causal agent severe phenotypic debilitation host fungus. Based on RNA sequencing using isogenic virus-infected and cured strains, HetPV13-an1 affected transcription 683 genes, which 60% were downregulated 40% upregulated. Alterations observed carbohydrate amino acid metabolism...
Abstract Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants may have different characteristics, e.g., in transmission, mortality, and the effectiveness of vaccines, indicating importance variant detection at population level. Wastewater-based surveillance SARS-CoV-2 RNA fragments has been shown to be an effective way monitor COVID-19 pandemic Wastewater is a complex sample matrix affected by environmental factors PCR inhibitors, causing insufficient coverage sequencing,...
Abstract Around the world, influenza A virus has caused severe pandemics, and risk of future pandemics remains high. Currently, surveillance is based on clinical diagnosis reporting disease cases. In this study, we apply wastewater-based to monitor incidence at population level. We report data in 10 wastewater treatment plant catchment areas covering 40% Finnish population. Altogether, 141 monthly composite influent samples (collected between April 2020 May 2021) were analysed from...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential wastewater-based surveillance in monitoring epidemics at national level Finland. 2021–2022 respiratory syncytial virus epidemic Finland analyzed from wastewater and Finnish National Infectious Diseases Register. performed using 150 samples that were collected monthly May 2021 July 2022 ten treatment plants cover 40% population. Respiratory detection 24 h composite influent reverse-transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction...
Background Many countries have applied the wastewater surveillance of COVID-19 pandemic to their national public health monitoring measures. The most used methods for detecting SARS-CoV-2 in are quantitative reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and transcriptase–droplet digital polymerase (RT-ddPCR). Previous comparison studies produced conflicting results, thus more research on subject is required. Objective This study aims compare RT-qPCR RT-ddPCR wastewater. It also...
Abstract The spatial and temporal changes of the COVID-19 pandemic have been monitored with wastewater-based surveillance, which many countries applied to their national public health monitoring measures. most commonly used methods for detection SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater are RT-qPCR RT-ddPCR. Previous comparisons two produced conflicting results; some found RT-ddPCR be more sensitive, one others them equal sensitivity. This research was conducted further study these as well different RNA...
The fungal genus Heterobasidion includes forest pathogenic species hosting a diverse group of partitiviruses. They include the host debilitating partitivirus 13 strain an1 (HetPV13-an1), which was originally observed in slowly growing H. annosum 94233. In this study, relatively fast-growing sector 94233-RC3 isolated from highly debilitated mycelial culture 94233, and its gene expression virus transcript quantities as well genomic sequence HetPV13-an1 were examined. genome identical to that...
Abstract The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential wastewater-based surveillance in monitoring epidemics at national level Finland. To discover correlation wastewater data and register data, 2021–2022 respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) epidemic Finland analyzed from Finnish National Infectious Diseases Register. performed using samples that were collected monthly May 2021 July 2022 ten treatment plants cover 40% population. Respiratory detection 24-h composite influent RT-qPCR....
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Many countries have applied the wastewater surveillance of COVID-19 pandemic to their national public health monitoring measures. The most used methods for detecting SARS-CoV-2 in are quantitative reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and transcriptase–droplet digital polymerase (RT-ddPCR). Previous comparison studies produced conflicting results, thus more research on subject is required. </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> This study aims...