Veterinary Microbiology and Epidemiology

Kirsi Aaltonen
- kirsi.aaltonenhelsinkifi
- Department of Virology - Postdoctoral Researcher
- Doctoral Programme in Clinical Veterinary Medicine - Supervisor for doctoral programme
- Helsinki One Health (HOH)
- Veterinary Microbiology and Epidemiology
- Viral Zoonosis Research Unit
- Emerging Infections Research Group
Person: U1 Research and teaching staff, U2 Teaching and research staff, UH
20142026
Silja Åvall-Jääskeläinen
- silja.avallhelsinkifi
- Veterinary Biosciences - University Lecturer
- Doctoral Programme in Microbiology and Biotechnology - Supervisor for doctoral programme
- Veterinary Microbiology and Epidemiology
Person: U3 Research and teaching staff, UH
20002025
Sami Junnikkala
- sami.junnikkalahelsinkifi
- Veterinary Biosciences - University Lecturer
- Doctoral Programme in Clinical Veterinary Medicine - Supervisor for doctoral programme
- Veterinary Microbiology and Epidemiology
Person: U3 Research and teaching staff, UH
20062025
Joanna Koort
- joanna.koorthelsinkifi
- Veterinary Biosciences - University Lecturer
- Veterinary Microbiology and Epidemiology
Person: U3 Research and teaching staff, UH
20042025
Olli Vapalahti
- olli.vapalahtihelsinkifi
- Olli.Vapalahtihelsinkifi
- Department of Virology - Professor
- Veterinary Biosciences
- Doctoral Programme in Integrative Life Science - Supervisor for doctoral programme
- Doctoral Programme in Microbiology and Biotechnology - Supervisor for doctoral programme
- Doctoral Programme in Clinical Veterinary Medicine - Supervisor for doctoral programme
- Doctoral Programme in Food Chain and Health - Supervisor for doctoral programme
- Doctoral Programme in Population Health - Supervisor for doctoral programme
- Helsinki One Health (HOH)
- Veterinary Microbiology and Epidemiology
- Viral Zoonosis Research Unit
- HUS Chemistry and Microbiology
Person: UH , Teaching and research personnel, U4 Research and teaching staff
19942026

5 Active
8 Finished

Opening Pandora’s Box: Assessing The Risks of Permafrost Thaw to Environment and Human Health
Väliranta, M. (Project manager), Korhola, A. (Project manager), Weckström, J. (Principal Investigator), Kontro, M. H. (Principal Investigator), Bianchi, F. (Principal Investigator), Passananti, M. (Co-Principal Investigator), Vapalahti, O. (Principal Investigator), Sironen, T. (Principal Investigator), Korhonen, E. M. (Co-Principal Investigator), Green, S. (Principal Investigator), Toivanen, R. (Principal Investigator), Kiss, E. A. (Co-Principal Investigator), Smura, T. (Co-Principal Investigator), Pilkama, H. E. (Participant), Deresh, A. (Participant), Haglund, A. K. (Participant) & Karkela, P. K. (Participant)
01/01/2025 → 31/12/2027
Project: Research project
Pipeline for Rapid Diagnostics of Emergency Transboundary Infectious Diseases
Kant, R. (Project manager), Vapalahti, O. (Participant) & Sironen, T. (Principal Investigator)
01/09/2023 → 31/08/2027
Project: EU Innovation Actions (IA)
Validating the scent detection dogs ability to correctly find COVID-19 patients
Hielm-Björkman, A. (Project manager), Vapalahti, O. (Participant), Kantele, A. (Participant) & Paajanen, J. (Participant)
24/09/2020 → …
Project: Research project
DAPHNE: Developing Assessment Practices in Higher Education
Nevgi, A. (Project manager), Karaharju-Suvanto, T. (Participant), Korsberg, H. (Participant), Myyry, L. (Principal Investigator), Raekallio, M. (Participant), Siven, M. (Participant), Virtala, A.-M. (Principal Investigator), Salminen, O. (Participant), Vesalainen, M. (Participant) & Vuorensola, K. (Participant)
01/12/2017 → …
Project: Research project
Tekes-FiDiPro
de Been, M. (Participant), Vos de, W. M. (Project manager) & Palva, A. (Project manager)
01/01/2007 → …
Project: Research project

B cell dysregulation during acute COVID-19 is transient
Jokiranta, S. T., Ngoc, A. N., Huang, X., Nowlan, K., Hannolainen, L., Pyöriä, L., Pekkarinen, P. T., Dürnsteiner, P., Lääveri, T., Heikkilä, N., Heinonen, S., Laakso, S. M., Kantele, A., Vapalahti, O., Strandin, T., Hepojoki, J., Perdomo, M. F. & Kekäläinen, E., Feb 2026, In: Immunology Letters. 277, 11 p., 107086.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

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Addressing pandemic-wide systematic errors in the SARS-CoV-2 phylogeny
Hunt, M., Hinrichs, A. S., Anderson, D., Karim, L., Dearlove, B. L., Knaggs, J., Constantinides, B., Fowler, P. W., Rodger, G., Street, T. L., Lumley, S. F., Webster, H., Sanderson, T., Ruis, C., Maio, N. D., Amenga-Etego, L. N., Amuzu, D. S., Avaro, M., Awandare, G. A. & Ayivor-Djanie, R. & 76 others, Bashton, M., Batty, E. M., Bediako, Y., Belder, D. D., Benedetti, E., Bergthaler, A., Boers, S. A., Campos, J., Carr, R. A. A., Cuba, F., Dattero, M. E., Dejnirattisai, W., Dilthey, A. T., Duedu, K. O., Endler, L., Engelmann, I., Francisco, N. M., Fuchs, J., Z., E. G., Groc, S., Gyamfi, J., Heemskerk, D., Houwaart, T., Hsiao, N.-Y., Huska, M., Hoelzer, M., Iranzadeh, A., Jarva, H., Jeewandara, C., Jolly, B., Joseph, R., Kant, R., Ki, K. K. K., Kurkela, S., Lappalainen, M., Lataretu, M., Liu, C., Malavige, G. N., Mashe, T., Mongkolsapaya, J., Montes, B., Molina-Mora, J. A., Morang'a, C. M., Mvula, B., Nagarajan, N., Nelson, A., Ngoi, J. M., Paixao, J. P. D., Panning, M., Poklepovich, T., Quashie, P. K., Ranasinghe, D., Russo, M., San, J. E., Sanderson, N. D., Scaria, V., Screaton, G., Sironen, T., Sisay, A., Smith, D., Smura, T., Supasa, P., Suphavilai, C., Swann, J., Tegally, H., Tegomoh, B., Vapalahti, O., Walker, A., Wilkinson, R., Williamson, C., Consortium, I. L. N., Oliveira, T. D., Peto, T. E., Crook, D., Corbett-Detig, R. & Iqbal, Z., 30 Aug 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Nature methods.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific
American mink as an animal model to study SARS-CoV-2 and vaccine response
Aaltonen, K., Virtanen, J., Kegler, K., Venkat, V., Kareinen, L., Korhonen, E. M., Niamsap, T., Malmgren, R., Korpela, J., Naves, R. A., Iso-Oja, M., Svenns, S., Häggvik, T., Ojala, E., Vapalahti, O., Peura, J., Sukura, A., Ritvos, O., Pasternack, A. & Nordgren, H. & 2 others, Kant, R. & Sironen, T., 2025, (Submitted) In: bioRxiv.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific
A survey of calf management practices and calf mortality in dairy herds in Finland
Kähkönen, T., Hälli, O., Rautala, H., Junnikkala, S. & Simojoki, H., Oct 2025, In: Journal of Dairy Science. 108, 10, p. 11535-11550 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
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Coagulation Profile of Convalescent Plasma Donors and Recipients
Pitkänen, H. H., Helin, T., Khawaja, T., Pietilä, J.-P., Kajova, M., Välimaa, H., Vahlberg, T., Ihalainen, J., Vierikko, A., Vapalahti, O., Kantele, A. & Lassila, R., 2025, In: Clinical and Applied Thrombosis / Hemostasis. 31, 10 p., 10760296251317522.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
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Co-supervision of Emilia Salmela´s Licentiate thesis
Åvall-Jääskeläinen, S. (Supervisor)
2025
Activity: Examination types › Supervision of other thesis (Master's, Licentiate)
Co-supervision of Laura Kanerva´s Licentiate thesis
Åvall-Jääskeläinen, S. (Supervisor)
2024
Activity: Examination types › Supervision of other thesis (Master's, Licentiate)
Equine dermatitis outbreak associated with parapoxvirus in Finland
Hautala, K. (Speaker), Virtanen, J. M. E. (Speaker), Utriainen, M. M. (Speaker), Dutra, L. (Speaker), Eskola, E. K. (Speaker), Airas, N. (Speaker), Uusitalo, R. (Speaker), Ahvenainen, E. R. (Speaker), Smura, T. (Speaker), Sironen, T. (Speaker), Vapalahti, O. (Speaker), Kant, R. (Speaker), Virtala, A.-M. (Speaker) & Kinnunen, P. (Speaker)
3 Oct 2024
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Co-supervision of Sonja Pakkanen´s Licentiate thesis
Åvall-Jääskeläinen, S. (Supervisor)
2024 → …
Activity: Examination types › Supervision of other thesis (Master's, Licentiate)
Oppimisseikkailu 2023
Åvall-Jääskeläinen, S. (Attendee)
7 Mar 2023
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars

Academy Professor Finland: Academy of Finland
Vos de, W. M. (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Prizes and awards
Apps4Finland 2012 Data Opening Award: Datavaalit
Lahti, L. (Recipient), 4 Dec 2012
Prize: Prizes and awards
Apps4Finland 2013
Lahti, L. (Recipient), 3 Dec 2013
Prize: Prizes and awards
Apps4Finland Data Guide Public Votes award: Datawiki
Lahti, L. (Recipient), 4 Dec 2012
Prize: Prizes and awards
Apps4Finland Data Opening Public Votes award: Datavaalit
Lahti, L. (Recipient), 4 Dec 2012
Prize: Prizes and awards

Data from: Tipping elements in the human intestinal ecosystem
Lahti, L. M. (Creator), Dryad, 8 Jul 2014
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.pk75d, http://datadryad.org/resource/doi:10.5061/dryad.pk75d
Dataset

The coronavirus epidemic of 2020 in Finland began with five virus lineages
Kant, R., Smura, T., Sironen, T., Truong, P. & Vapalahti, O.
14/06/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Three cases of sell-corona have been found in Finland - these things are known about the new variants
Vapalahti, O.
28/09/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Completely new information was found about the origin of the corona pandemic - it takes the basis of the theory of laboratory leakage
Aivelo, T. & Vapalahti, O.
17/09/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
A severe mosquito summer spread pogostan disease all over Finland - these are the symptoms
Vapalahti, O.
15/09/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
HS: Experts delight in new corona hybrid strategy: “A sensible and moderate entity”
Aivelo, T. & Vapalahti, O.
07/09/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media

Veterinary Microbiology and Epidemiology

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Kirsi Aaltonen

Silja Åvall-Jääskeläinen

Sami Junnikkala

Joanna Koort

Olli Vapalahti

Opening Pandora’s Box: Assessing The Risks of Permafrost Thaw to Environment and Human Health

Pipeline for Rapid Diagnostics of Emergency Transboundary Infectious Diseases

Validating the scent detection dogs ability to correctly find COVID-19 patients

DAPHNE: Developing Assessment Practices in Higher Education

Tekes-FiDiPro

B cell dysregulation during acute COVID-19 is transient

Addressing pandemic-wide systematic errors in the SARS-CoV-2 phylogeny

American mink as an animal model to study SARS-CoV-2 and vaccine response

A survey of calf management practices and calf mortality in dairy herds in Finland

Coagulation Profile of Convalescent Plasma Donors and Recipients

Co-supervision of Emilia Salmela´s Licentiate thesis

Co-supervision of Laura Kanerva´s Licentiate thesis

Equine dermatitis outbreak associated with parapoxvirus in Finland

Co-supervision of Sonja Pakkanen´s Licentiate thesis

Oppimisseikkailu 2023

Academy Professor Finland: Academy of Finland

Apps4Finland 2012 Data Opening Award: Datavaalit

Apps4Finland 2013

Apps4Finland Data Guide Public Votes award: Datawiki

Apps4Finland Data Opening Public Votes award: Datavaalit

Data from: Tipping elements in the human intestinal ecosystem

The coronavirus epidemic of 2020 in Finland began with five virus lineages

Three cases of sell-corona have been found in Finland - these things are known about the new variants

Completely new information was found about the origin of the corona pandemic - it takes the basis of the theory of laboratory leakage

A severe mosquito summer spread pogostan disease all over Finland - these are the symptoms

HS: Experts delight in new corona hybrid strategy: “A sensible and moderate entity”

Veterinary Microbiology and Epidemiology

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