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Alexander Plyusnin
Researcher at University of Helsinki
Publications - 159
Citations - 8969
Alexander Plyusnin is an academic researcher from University of Helsinki. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hantavirus & Puumala virus. The author has an hindex of 53, co-authored 158 publications receiving 8353 citations. Previous affiliations of Alexander Plyusnin include Uppsala University & Finnish Forest Research Institute.
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Hantavirus infections in Europe.
Olli Vapalahti,Jukka Mustonen,Åke Lundkvist,Heikki Henttonen,Alexander Plyusnin,Alexander Plyusnin,Antti Vaheri,Antti Vaheri +7 more
TL;DR: There are few available data about the clinical picture of confirmed Saaremaa infections, but epidemiological evidence suggests that it is less pathogenic than Dobrava, and that SaareMAa infections are more similar to nephropathia epidemica caused by Puumala.
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Hantaviruses: genome structure, expression and evolution.
TL;DR: The identification in 1993 of Sin Nombre virus (SN) as the causative agent of hantavirus-associated pulmonary syndrome (HPS) led to intensive search for further hantviruses and as a result today a total of as many as 16 well-established sero/genotypes may be listed.
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Tick-borne virus diseases of human interest in Europe.
Rémi N. Charrel,Houssam Attoui,A. M. Butenko,J.C. Clegg,Vincent Deubel,T.V. Frolova,Ernest A. Gould,T.S. Gritsun,Franz X. Heinz,Milan Labuda,V.A. Lashkevich,Valery B. Loktev,Åke Lundkvist,D.V. Lvov,C.W. Mandl,Matthias Niedrig,Anna Papa,V.S. Petrov,Alexander Plyusnin,Sarah E. Randolph,J. Süss,V.I. Zlobin,X. de Lamballerie +22 more
TL;DR: The epidemiology, clinical picture and methods for diagnosis are detailed in this review, and some of these viral pathogens have been classified in Categories A-C of potential bioterrorism agents by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Hantavirus infections in Europe
TL;DR: There are few available data about the clinical picture of confirmed Saaremaa infections, but epidemiological evidence suggests that it is less pathogenic than Dobrava, and that SaareMAa infections are more similar to nephropathia epidemica caused by Puumala.
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Hantavirus infections in humans and animals, China.
TL;DR: Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome is a serious public health problem in China and the number of cases is rising.