Riikka Österback

Turku University Hospital — Finland

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Viral Infections and Immunology Research(16), Respiratory viral infections research(13), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology(7), Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology(4), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research(3)

Publications26 total

Clinical picture and outcome of the first identified case of human Neoehrlichia mikurensis infection in Finland
Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Enterovirus D68 Outbreak in Children, Finland, August–September 2022
Emerging infectious diseases·2023· 23 citedOpen Access
Diagnostic Performance and Tolerability of Saliva and Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimens in the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR
Microbiology Spectrum·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Trajectory of Emerging Echovirus 30, Europe
Emerging infectious diseases·2021· 50 citedOpen Access
Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Trajectory of Emerging Echovirus 30, Europe
Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo)·2021Open Access
Aetiology of febrile pharyngitis in children: Potential of myxovirus resistance protein A (MxA) as a biomarker of viral infection
Journal of Infection·2017· 27 citedOpen Access
Molecular epidemiology and the evolution of human coxsackievirus A6
Journal of General Virology·2016· 46 citedOpen Access
Detection, Identification and Molecular Variation of Human Enteroviruses
Doria (University of Helsinki)·2015· 1 cited
Echovirus 30 meningitis epidemic followed by an outbreak-specific RT-qPCR
Journal of Clinical Virology·2015· 27 cited
Genetic characterization of human coxsackievirus A6 variants associated with atypical hand, foot and mouth disease: a potential role of recombination in emergence and pathogenicity
Journal of General Virology·2015· 81 citedOpen Access
Genome Sequence of Coxsackievirus A6, Isolated during a Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreak in Finland in 2008
Genome Announcements·2014· 9 citedOpen Access
Epididymitis Caused by Coxsackievirus A6 in Association with Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease
Journal of Clinical Microbiology·2014· 20 citedOpen Access
Simultaneous Detection and Differentiation of Human Rhino- and Enteroviruses in Clinical Specimens by Real-Time PCR with Locked Nucleic Acid Probes
Journal of Clinical Microbiology·2013· 59 citedOpen Access
Comparison of sampling methods for the detection of human rhinovirus RNA
Journal of Clinical Virology·2013· 34 cited
Development and Assay of RNA Transcripts of Enterovirus Species A to D, Rhinovirus Species A to C, and Human Parechovirus: Assessment of Assay Sensitivity and Specificity of Real-Time Screening and Typing Methods
Journal of Clinical Microbiology·2012· 51 citedOpen Access
Parechovirus infection preceding Guillain–Barré syndrome
Journal of NeuroVirology·2012· 5 citedOpen Access
Viruses and bacteria in sputum samples of children with community-acquired pneumonia
Clinical Microbiology and Infection·2011· 177 citedOpen Access
Recurrent and persistent respiratory tract viral infections in patients with primary hypogammaglobulinemia
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology·2010· 118 citedOpen Access
Coxsackievirus A6 and Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease, Finland
Emerging infectious diseases·2009· 348 citedOpen Access
Clinical effects of rhinovirus infections
Journal of Clinical Virology·2008· 100 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Matti Waris(17), Tytti Vuorinen(12), Olli Ruuskanen(10), Ville Peltola(9), Timo Hyypiä(5), Petri Susi(5), Peter Simmonds(5), Tuomas Jartti(4), Heli Harvala(4), Terho Heikkinen(3), Kimberley Benschop(3), Katja C. Wolthers(3), Kate Templeton(3), Jan Albert(3), Soile Blomqvist(3), María Cabrerizo(3), Thea Kølsen Fischer(3), Sofie Midgley(3), Tobias Allander(2), Hubert G.M. Niesters(2)