Tarja Pitkänen

University of Helsinki

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Microbiology

Environmental Microbiology

Wastewater Treatment

Infectious Disease

Pathogen Detection

Molecular Epidemiology

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Articles20

Collaborators15

Johan Bengtsson-Palme

Assistant professor

University of Gothenburg

Anna-Maria Hokajärvi

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Ananda Tiwari

University of Helsinki

Pekka M. Rossi

Assistant Professor

University of Oulu

Annastiina Rytkönen

University of Helsinki

Eiji Haramoto

University of Yamanashi

Anniina Sarekoski

University of Helsinki

Ahmad I. Al-Mustapha

University of Helsinki

Annamari Heikinheimo

University of Helsinki

Guangming Jiang

Associate Professor

University of Wollongong

Samendra Sherchan

Assistant Professor

Tulane University

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sami oikarinen

University of Tampere

Anssi Lipponen

University of Eastern Finland

Ettore Amato

Sallamaari Siponen

University of Helsinki

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Articles20

Comparison of Different Reverse Transcriptase–Polymerase Chain Reaction–Based Methods for Wastewater Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2: Exploratory Study

Wastewater-based surveillance is an efficient monitoring tool for tracking influenza A in the community

Detection of SARS-COV-2 variants and their proportions in wastewater samples using next-generation sequencing in Finland

Developing wastewater-based surveillance schemes for multiple pathogens: The WastPan project in Finland

Clinically relevant sequence types of carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae detected in Finnish wastewater in 2021–2022

Simultaneous biomass concentration and subsequent quantitation of multiple infectious disease agents and antimicrobial resistance genes from community wastewater

Avian Influenza outbreaks

Antibiotic resistance monitoring in wastewater in the Nordic countries: A systematic review

Key considerations for pathogen surveillance in wastewater

A survey of the representativeness and usefulness of wastewater-based surveillance systems in 10 countries across Europe in 2023

Tracing COVID-19 Trails in Wastewater: A Systematic Review of SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance with Viral Variants

Genomic epidemiology of nosocomial carbapenemase-producing Citrobacter freundii in sewerage systems in the Helsinki metropolitan area, Finland

Monitoring groundwater quality with real-time data, stable water isotopes, and microbial community analysis: A comparison with conventional methods

A comparative analysis employing a gene- and genome-centric metagenomic approach reveals changes in composition, function, and activity in waterworks with different treatment processes and source water in Finland

Towards monitoring of antimicrobial resistance in the environment: For what reasons, how to implement it, and what are the data needs?

Effects of temperature and light exposure on the decay characteristics of fecal indicators, norovirus, and Legionella in mesocosms simulating subarctic river water

Epidemiological and microbiological investigation of a large increase in vibriosis, northern Europe, 2018

Wastewater surveillance of antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens

Monkeypox Outbreak: Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance Perspective

Detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater influent in relation to reported COVID-19 incidence in Finland

Collaborators15

Johan Bengtsson-Palme

Anna-Maria Hokajärvi

Ananda Tiwari

Pekka M. Rossi

Annastiina Rytkönen

Eiji Haramoto

Anniina Sarekoski

Ahmad I. Al-Mustapha

Annamari Heikinheimo

Guangming Jiang

Samendra Sherchan

sami oikarinen

Anssi Lipponen

Ettore Amato

Sallamaari Siponen

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