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Olli Vapalahti
Researcher at University of Helsinki
Publications - 485
Citations - 22986
Olli Vapalahti is an academic researcher from University of Helsinki. The author has contributed to research in topics: Puumala virus & Virus. The author has an hindex of 67, co-authored 431 publications receiving 18543 citations. Previous affiliations of Olli Vapalahti include Finnish Forest Research Institute & University of Tampere.
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A serological assay to detect SARS-CoV-2 seroconversion in humans.
Fatima Amanat,Daniel Stadlbauer,Shirin Strohmeier,Shirin Strohmeier,Thi H. O. Nguyen,Veronika Chromikova,Meagan McMahon,Kaijun Jiang,Guha Asthagiri Arunkumar,Denise Jurczyszak,Jose Polanco,Maria Bermudez-Gonzalez,Giulio Kleiner,Teresa Aydillo,Lisa Miorin,Daniel S. Fierer,Luz Amarilis Lugo,Erna Milunka Kojic,Jonathan Stoever,Sean T. H. Liu,Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles,Philip L. Felgner,Thomas M. Moran,Adolfo García-Sastre,Daniel Caplivski,Allen C. Cheng,Katherine Kedzierska,Olli Vapalahti,Jussi Hepojoki,Jussi Hepojoki,Viviana Simon,Florian Krammer +31 more
TL;DR: A serological enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the screening and identification of human SARS-CoV-2 seroconverters and can be adjusted to detect different antibody types in serum and plasma.
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Neuropilin-1 facilitates SARS-CoV-2 cell entry and infectivity.
Ludovico Cantuti-Castelvetri,Ludovico Cantuti-Castelvetri,Ravi Ojha,Liliana D. Pedro,Liliana D. Pedro,Minou Djannatian,Minou Djannatian,Jonas Franz,Suvi Kuivanen,Franziska van der Meer,Katri Kallio,Tuğberk Kaya,Tuğberk Kaya,Tuğberk Kaya,Maria Anastasina,Maria Anastasina,Teemu Smura,Lev Levanov,Leonora Szirovicza,Allan Tobi,Hannimari Kallio-Kokko,Pamela Österlund,Merja Joensuu,Frederic A. Meunier,Sarah J. Butcher,Sarah J. Butcher,Martin Sebastian Winkler,Brit Mollenhauer,Ari Helenius,Ozgun Gokce,Tambet Teesalu,Tambet Teesalu,Tambet Teesalu,Jussi Hepojoki,Jussi Hepojoki,Olli Vapalahti,Christine Stadelmann,Giuseppe Balistreri,Giuseppe Balistreri,Mikael Simons,Mikael Simons +40 more
TL;DR: It is found that neuropilin-1 (NRP1), known to bind furin-cleaved substrates, significantly potentiates SARS-CoV-2 infectivity, an effect blocked by a monoclonal blocking antibody against NRP1.
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Tick-borne encephalitis
Lars Lindquist,Olli Vapalahti +1 more
TL;DR: The epidemiological and clinical characteristics of tick-borne encephalitis, and biological and virological aspects that are important for understanding the life-cycle and transmission of the virus are reviewed.
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A Global Perspective on Hantavirus Ecology, Epidemiology, and Disease
TL;DR: Current concepts regarding the ecology of and disease associated with these serious human pathogens are presented and an integration of the ecology and evolution of these and other host-virus ecosystems through modeling and hypothesis-driven research with the risk of emergence, host switching/spillover, and disease transmission to humans.
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Zika Virus Infection with Prolonged Maternal Viremia and Fetal Brain Abnormalities.
Rita W. Driggers,Cheng-Ying Ho,Essi M. Korhonen,Suvi Kuivanen,Anne J. Jääskeläinen,Teemu Smura,Avi Z. Rosenberg,D. Ashley Hill,Roberta L. DeBiasi,Gilbert Vezina,Julia Timofeev,Fausto J. Rodriguez,Lev Levanov,Jennifer Razak,Preetha Iyengar,Andrew K. Hennenfent,Richard Kennedy,Robert S. Lanciotti,Adre J. du Plessis,Olli Vapalahti +19 more
TL;DR: A case of a pregnant woman and her fetus infected with ZIKV during the 11th gestational week and postmortem analysis of the fetal brain finds substantial brain abnormalities without the presence of microcephaly or intracranial calcifications is described.