Antti Lavikainen

Publications

Research output per year 2002 2011 2013 2015 2016 2017 2023

• 39 Article
• 4 Review Article
• 1 Chapter
• 1 Doctoral Thesis

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• 2023

  Comparison of microsatellite and the MHC class II DRB locus diversity in raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) between Finland and Japan

  Sugiyama, Y., Nishita, Y., Amaike, Y., Oksanen, A., Lavikainen, A. & Masuda, R., Jan 2023, In: Annales Zoologici Fennici. 60, 1, p. 57-71 15 p.

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• 2022

  Genetic diversity and phylogeography of urban hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) around Helsinki, Finland, revealed by mitochondrial DNA and microsatellite analyses

  Osaka, M., Pynnonen-Oudman, K., Lavikainen, A., Amaike, Y., Nishita, Y. & Masuda, R., Jan 2022, In: Mammal research. 67, 1, p. 99-107 9 p.

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• Genetic interrelationships of Spirometra erinaceieuropaei (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea), the causative agent of sparganosis in Europe

  Bazsalovicsova, E. C., Radacovska, A., Lavikainen, A., Kuchta, R. & Kralova-Hromadova, I., 11 Feb 2022, In: Parasite. 29, 5 p., 8.

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• 2021

  Epidemic situation of cestodiasis in domestic reindeer on reindeer farms in the Murmansk Oblast

  Pochepko, R. A., Kartashova, A. P., Lavikainen, A. & Malkamäki, S., 1 Jan 2021, In: Veterinariâ segodnâ. 1, 1, p. 52-58 7 p.

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• 2019

  A new SYBR green real-time PCR assay for semi-quantitative detection of Echinococcus multilocularis and Echinococcus canadensis DNA on bilberries (Vaccinium myrtillus): Food and Waterborne Parasitology

  Malkamäki, S., Näreaho, A., Lavikainen, A., Oksanen, A. & Sukura, A., 6 Nov 2019, In: Food and Waterborne Parasitology. 17, 7 p., e00068.

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• 2018

  Acute fulminant necrotizing myopathy in a dog caused by co-infection with ultrastructural Sarcocystis caninum and Sarcocystis svanai-like apicomplexan protozoa

  Hagner, K., Jokinen, T. S., Lavikainen, A. & Sukura, A., 15 Mar 2018, In: Veterinary Parasitology. 252, p. 153-156 4 p.

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• Albin Koponen ja alvejuuri - Suomen lääketeollisuus sai alkunsa matolääkkeestä

  Lavikainen, A., 2018, In: Duodecim. 134, 13-14, p. 1328-1333 6 p.

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• 2017

  Cystic echinococcosis: Future perspectives of molecular epidemiology

  Ito, A., Nakao, M., Lavikainen, A. & Hoberg, E., Jan 2017, In: Acta Tropica. 165, p. 3-9 7 p.

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• Dirofilaria repens transmission in southeastern Finland

  Pietikainen, R., Nordling, S., Jokiranta, S., Saari, S., Heikkinen, P., Gardiner, C., Kerttula, A-M., Kantanen, T., Nikanorova, A., Laaksonen, S., Lavikainen, A. & Oksanen, A., 10 Nov 2017, In: Parasites & vectors. 10, 6 p., 561.

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• Echinococcus felidis in hippopotamus, South Africa

  Halajian, A., Luus-Powell, W. J., Roux, F., Nakao, M., Sasaki, M. & Lavikainen, A., 30 Aug 2017, In: Veterinary Parasitology. 243, p. 24-28 5 p.

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• Lapamato satavuotiaassa Suomessa

  Meri, T. & Lavikainen, A., 2017, In: Moodi. 41, 4, p. 10-13 4 p.

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• New mitogenome and nuclear evidence on the phylogeny and taxonomy of the highly zoonotic tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto

  Kinkar, L., Laurimae, T., Sharbatkhori, M., Mirhendi, H., Kia, E. B., Ponce-Gordo, F., Andresiuk, V., Simsek, S., Lavikainen, A., Irshadullah, M., Umhang, G., Oudni-M'rad, M., Acosta-Jamett, G., Rehbein, S. & Saarma, U., Aug 2017, In: Infection, genetics and evolution. 52, p. 52-58 7 p.

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• Nukleiinihapon osoitus parasitologisessa diagnostiikassa

  Kerttula, A-M. & Lavikainen, A., 2017, In: Duodecim. 133, 8, p. 742-748 7 p.

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• Specific status of Echinococcus canadensis (Cestoda Taeniidae) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences

  Yanagida, T., Lavikainen, A., Hoberg, E. P., Konyaev, S., Ito, A., Sato, M. O., Zaikov, V. A., Beckmen, K. & Nakao, M., Dec 2017, In: International Journal for Parasitology. 47, 14, p. 971-979 9 p.

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• 2016

  Definitive Hosts of Versteria Tapeworms (Cestoda: Taeniidae) Causing Fatal Infection in North America

  Lee, L. M., Wallace, R. S., Clyde, V. L., Gendron-Fitzpatrick, A., Sibley, S. D., Stuchin, M., Lauck, M., O'Connor, D. H., Nakao, M., Lavikainen, A., Hoberg, E. P. & Goldberg, T. L., Apr 2016, In: Emerging Infectious Diseases. 22, 4, p. 707-710 4 p.

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• Description and life-cycle of Taenia lynciscapreoli sp n. (Cestoda, Cyclophyllidea)

  Haukisalmi, V., Konyaev, S., Lavikainen, A., Isomursu, M. & Nakao, M., 2016, In: ZooKeys. 584, p. 1-23 23 p.

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• Echinococcus across the north: Current knowledge, future challenges

  Davidson, R. K., Lavikainen, A., Konyaev, S., Schurer, J., Miller, A. L., Oksanen, A., Skírnisson, K. & Jenkins, E., 2016, In: Food and Waterborne Parasitology. 4, p. 39 - 53 15 p.

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• High-resolution phylogeography of zoonotic tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto genotype G1 with an emphasis on its distribution in Turkey, Italy and Spain

  Kinkar, L., Laurimae, T., Simsek, S., Balkaya, I., Casulli, A., Manfredi, M. T., Ponce-Gordo, F., Varcasia, A., Lavikainen, A., Miguel Gonzalez, L., Rehbein, S., Van der Giessen, J., Sprong, H. & Saarma, U., Nov 2016, In: Parasitology. 143, 13, p. 1790-1801 12 p.

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• Reappraisal of Hydatigera taeniaeformis (Batsch, 1786) (Cestoda: Taeniidae) sensu lato with description of Hydatigera kamiyai n. sp.

  Lavikainen, A., Iwaki, T., Haukisalmi, V., Konyaev, S. V., Casiraghi, M., Dokuchaev, N. E., Galimberti, A., Halajian, A., Henttonen, H., Ichikawa-Seki, M., Itagaki, T., Krivopalov, A. V., Meri, S., Morand, S., Nareaho, A., Olsson, G. E., Ribas, A., Terefe, Y. & Nakao, M., May 2016, In: International Journal for Parasitology. 46, 5-6, p. 361-374 14 p.

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• 2015

  An autochthonous case of cystic echinococcosis in Finland, 2015

  Hamalainen, S., Kantele, A., Arvonen, M., Hakala, T., Karhukorpi, J., Heikkinen, J., Berg, E., Vanamo, K., Tyrvainen, E., Heiskanen-Kosma, T., Oksanen, A. & Lavikainen, A., 22 Oct 2015, In: Eurosurveillance. 20, 42, p. 2-5 4 p., 30043.

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• Cryptic diversity in hymenolepidid tapeworms infecting humans

  Nkouawa, A., Haukisalmi, V., Li, T., Nakao, M., Lavikainen, A. J., Chen, X., Henttonen, H. & Ito, A., 2015, In: Parasitology International. 65, 2, p. 83-86 4 p.

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• Echinococcus canadensis transmission in the North

  Oksanen, A. & Lavikainen, A., 30 Oct 2015, In: Veterinary Parasitology. 213, 3-4, p. 182-186 5 p.

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• Is Echinococcus intermedius a valid species?

  Nakao, M., Lavikainen, A. & Hoberg, E., Aug 2015, In: Trends in Parasitology. 31, 8, p. 342-343 2 p.

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• 2014

  Molecular identification of species of Taenia causing bovine cysticercosis in Ethiopia

  Hailemariam, Z., Nakao, M., Menkir, S., Lavikainen, A., Iwaki, T., Yanagida, T., Okamoto, M. & Ito, A., Sept 2014, In: Journal of Helminthology. 88, 3, p. 376-380 5 p.

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• Phylogenetic characterisation of Taenia tapeworms in spotted hyenas and reconsideration of the "Out of Africa" hypothesis of Taenia in humans

  Terefe, Y., Hailemariam, Z., Menkir, S., Nakao, M., Lavikainen, A., Haukisalmi, V., Iwaki, T., Okamoto, M. & Ito, A., Jul 2014, In: International Journal for Parasitology. 44, 8, p. 533-541 9 p.

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• 2013

  Mitochondrial phylogeny of the genus Echinococcus (Cestoda: Taeniidae) with emphasis on relationships among Echinococcus canadensis genotypes

  Nakao, M., Yanagida, T., Konyaev, S., Lavikainen, A., Odnokurtsev, V. A., Zaikov, V. A. & Ito, A., Nov 2013, In: Parasitology. 140, 13, p. 1625-1636 12 p.

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• Molecular identification of Taenia spp. in the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) from Finland

  Lavikainen, A., Haukisalmi, V., Deksne, G., Holmala, K., Lejeune, M., Isomursu, M., Jokelainen, P., Näreaho, A., Laakkonen, J., Hoberg, E. P. & Sukura, A., Apr 2013, In: Parasitology. 140, 5, p. 653-662 10 p.

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• Molecular phylogeny of the genus Taenia (Cestoda: Taeniidae): Proposals for the resurrection of Hydatigera Lamarck, 1816 and the creation of a new genus Versteria

  Nakao, M., Lavikainen, A., Iwaki, T., Haukisalmi, V., Konyaev, S., Oku, Y., Okamoto, M. & Ito, A., May 2013, In: International Journal for Parasitology. 43, 6, p. 427-437 11 p.

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• 2012

  Molecular identification of unilocular hydatid cysts from domestic ungulates in Ethiopia: Implications for human infections

  Hailemariam, Z., Nakao, M., Menkir, S., Lavikainen, A., Yanagida, T., Okamoto, M. & Ito, A., 2012, In: Parasitology International. 61, 2, p. 375-377 3 p.

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• 2011

  Molecular identification of Taenia spp. in wolves (Canis lupus), brown bears (Ursus arctos) and cervids from North Europe and Alaska

  Lavikainen, A., Laaksonen, S., Beckmen, K., Oksanen, A., Isomursu, M. & Meri, S., 2011, In: Parasitology International. 60, 3, p. 289-295 7 p.

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• Phylogenetic relationships within Echinococcus and Taenia tapeworms (Cestoda: Taeniidae): an inference from nuclear protein-coding genes

  Knapp, J., Nakao, M., Yanagida, T., Okamoto, M., Saarma, U., Lavikainen, A. & Ito, A., Dec 2011, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 61, 3, p. 628-638 11 p.

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• Taenia arctos n. sp (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea: Taeniidae) from its definitive (brown bear Ursus arctos Linnaeus) and intermediate (moose/elk Alces spp.) hosts

  Haukisalmi, V., Lavikainen, A., Laaksonen, S. & Meri, S., 3 Nov 2011, In: Systematic Parasitology. 80, 3, p. 217-230 14 p.

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• The first workshop towards the control of cestode zoonoses in Asia and Africa

  Ito, A., Okamoto, M., Li, T., Wandra, T., Dharmawan, N. S., Swastika, K. I., Dekumyoy, P., Kusolsuk, T., Davvajav, A., Davaasuren, A., Dorjsuren, T., Mekonnen, S. M., Negasi, Z. H., Yanagida, T., Sako, Y., Nakao, M., Nakaya, K., Lavikainen, A. J., Nkouawa, A. & Mohammadzadeh, T., 21 Jun 2011, In: Parasites & vectors. 4, 6 p., 114.

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• 2010

  Mitochondrial DNA data reveal cryptic species within Taenia krabbei

  Lavikainen, A., Haukisalmi, V., Lehtinen, M. J., Laaksonen, S., Holmstrom, S., Isomursu, M., Oksanen, A. & Meri, S., 2010, In: Parasitology International. 59, p. 290-293 4 p.

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• 2009

  A novel phylogeny for the genus Echinococcus, based on nuclear data, challenges relationships based on mitochondrial evidence

  Saarma, U., Jõgisalu, I., Moks, E., Varcasia, A., Lavikainen, A., Oksanen, A., Simsek, S., Andresiuk, V., Denegri, G., González, LM., Ferrer, E., Gárate, T., Rinaldi, L. & Maravilla, P., Mar 2009, In: Parasitology. 136, 3, p. 317-328 12 p.

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• 2008

  A phylogeny of members of the family Taeniidae based on the mitochondrial cox1 and nad1 gene data

  Lavikainen, A., Haukisalmi, V., Lehtinen, M. J., Henttonen, H., Oksanen, A. & Meri, S., 2008, In: Parasitology. 135, p. 1457-1467 11 p.

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• 2006

  Molecular characterization of Echinococcus isolates of cervid origin from Finland and Sweden

  Lavikainen, A., Lehtinen, M. J., Laaksonen, S., Ågren, E., Oksanen, A. & Meri, S., 2006, In: Parasitology. 133, Pt 5, p. 565-570 6 p.

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• 2003

  Molecular genetic characterization of the Fennoscandian cervid strain, a new genotypic group (G10) of Echinococcus granulosus

  Lavikainen, A., Lehtinen, M. J., Meri, T., Hirvela-Koski, V. & Meri, S., 2003, In: Parasitology. 127, p. 207-215 9 p.

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• 2002

  Uhkaavatko ekinokokit meitä?

  Jarva, H., Lavikainen, A., Henttonen, H. & Meri, S., 2002, In: Duodecim. 118, 20, p. 2083-2090 8 p.

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