Notes from the field: Detection of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (VDPV2) in wastewater in 5 European countries, September-December 2024.

Alternate Title: Notes de terrain: Détection de poliovirus dérivés d'une souche vaccinale de type 2 (PVDV2) dans les eaux usées de 5 pays européens, septembre-décembre 2024.

Authors: Huseynov, Shahin¹, werreh@who.int, Saxentoff, Eugene¹, Diedrich, Sabine², Martin, Javier³, Wieczorek, Magdalena⁴, Cabrerizo, Maria⁵, Blomqvist, Soile⁶

Source: Weekly Epidemiological Record; 2/7/2025, Vol. 100 Issue 6, p41-43, 3p

Jätevesien mikrobianalytiikka avaa uusia mahdollisuuksia tartuntatautien seurantaan väestötasolla

Authors: Pitkänen, Tarja, Oikarinen, Sami, Heikinheimo, Annamari, Hokajärvi, Anna-Maria, Blomqvist, Soile, Savolainen-Kopra, Carita

Source: Duodecim. 138(17):1487-1496

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Wastewater based genomic surveillance key to population level monitoring of AmpC/ESBL producing Escherichia coli.

Authors: Al-Mustapha, Ahmad Ibrahim, Tiwari, Ananda, Laukkanen-Ninios, Riikka, Lehto, Kirsi-Maarit, Oikarinen, Sami, Lipponen, Anssi, Pitkänen, Tarja, Heikinheimo, Annamari, Heljanko, Viivi, Johansson, Venla, Kurittu, Paula, Al-Mustapha, Ahmad I., Hokajärvi, Anna-Maria, Sarekoski, Anniina, Kolehmainen, Aleksi, Länsivaara, Annika, Hyder, Rafiqul, Janhonen, Erja, Blomqvist, Soile, Räisänen, Kati

Source: Scientific Reports; 3/3/2025, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p1-12, 12p

Detection of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in wastewater samples: a wake-up call, Finland, Germany, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom, 2024.

Authors: Böttcher, Sindy, Kreibich, Julian, Wilton, Thomas, Saliba, Vanessa, Blomqvist, Soile, Al-Hello, Haider, Savolainen-Kopra, Carita, Wieczorek, Magdalena, Gad, Beata, Krzysztoszek, Arleta, Pintó, Rosa M., Cabrerizo, María, Bosch, Albert, Saxentoff, Eugene, Diedrich, Sabine, Martin, Javier

Source: Eurosurveillance (15607917); 1/23/2025, Vol. 30 Issue 3, p1-9, 8p

The detection and stability of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA biomarkers in wastewater influent in Helsinki, Finland

Authors: Hokajärvi, Anna-Maria, Rytkönen, Annastiina, Tiwari, Ananda, Kauppinen, Ari, Oikarinen, Sami, Lehto, Kirsi-Maarit, Kankaanpää, Aino, Gunnar, Teemu, Al-Hello, Haider, Blomqvist, Soile, Miettinen, Ilkka T., Savolainen-Kopra, Carita, Pitkänen, Tarja

Source: In Science of the Total Environment 20 May 2021 770

Epidemiological and Clinical Insights into the Enterovirus D68 Upsurge in Europe 2021–2022 and Emergence of Novel B3-Derived Lineages, ENPEN Multicentre Study.

Authors: Simoes, Margarida Pires, Hodcroft, Emma B, Simmonds, Peter, Albert, Jan, Alidjinou, Enagnon K, Ambert-Balay, Katia, Andrés, Cristina, Antón, Andrés, Auvray, Christelle, Bailly, Jean-Luc, Baldanti, Fausto, Bastings, Capser, Beard, Stuart, Berengua, Carla, Berginc, Natasa, Bloemen, Mandy, Blomqvist, Soile, Bosma, Froukje, Böttcher, Sindy, Bubba, Laura

Source: Journal of Infectious Diseases; 10/15/2024, Vol. 230 Issue 4, pe917-e928, 12p

Subject Terms: RESPIRATORY diseases, MYELITIS, RESPIRATORY infections, ACUTE diseases, FEVER, ENTEROVIRUS diseases

Aseptic meningitis outbreak associated with echovirus 4 in Northern Europe in 2013–2014

Authors: Smura, Teemu, Blomqvist, Soile, Kolehmainen, Pekka, Schuffenecker, Isabelle, Lina, Bruno, Böttcher, Sindy, Diedrich, Sabine, Löve, Arthur, Brytting, Mia, Hauzenberger, Elenor, Dudman, Susanne, Ivanova, Olga, Lukasev, Alexander, Fischer, Thea Kølsen, Midgley, Sofie, Susi, Petri, Savolainen-Kopra, Carita, Lappalainen, Maija, Jääskeläinen, Anne J. ^*

Source: In Journal of Clinical Virology August 2020 129

Detection of Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Type 2 in Wastewater -- Five European Countries, September-December 2024.

Authors: Huseynov, Shahin, Saxentoff, Eugene, Diedrich, Sabine, Martin, Javier, Wieczorek, Magdalena, Cabrerizo, Maria, Blomqvist, Soile, Jorba, Jaume, Hagan, José

Source: MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report; 3/6/2025, Vol. 74 Issue 7, p122-124, 3p

Subject Terms: POLIOVIRUS, POLIOMYELITIS vaccines, SEWAGE, PUBLIC health

Geographic Terms: NIGERIA

Circulation of non-polio enteroviruses in 24 EU and EEA countries between 2015 and 2017: a retrospective surveillance study

Authors: Redlberger-Fritz, Monika, Nikolaeva-Glomb, Lubomira, Havlíčková, Martina, Rainetova, Petra, Fischer, Thea K, Midgley, Sofie E., Epštein, Jevgenia, Blomqvist, Soile, Böttcher, Sindy, Keeren, Kathrin, Bujaki, Erika, Farkas, Ágnes, Baldvinsdóttir, Guôrún Erna, Morley, Ursula, De Gascun, Cillian, Pellegrinelli, Laura, Piralla, Antonio, Martinuka, Oksana, Zamjatina, Natālija, Griškevičius, Algirdas, Nguyen, Trung, Dudman, Susanne G., Numanovic, Sanela, Wieczorek, Magdalena, Guiomar, Raquel, Costa, Inês, Cristina, Tecu, Bopegamage, Shubhada, Pastuchova, Katarina, Berginc, Nataša, Cabrerizo, María, González-Sanz, Rubén, Zakikhany, Katherina, Hauzenberger, Elenor, Benschop, Kimberley, Duizer, Erwin, Dunning, Jake, Celma, Cristina, McKenna, James, Feeney, Susan, Templeton, Kate, Moore, Catherine, Cottrell, Simon, Bubba, Laura, Broberg, Eeva K, Jasir, Aftab, Simmonds, Peter, Harvala, Heli ^*

Source: In The Lancet Infectious Diseases March 2020 20(3):350-361

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

Authors: Benedetti, Guido, Krogsgaard, Lene Wulff, Maritschnik, Sabine, Stüger, Hans Peter, Hutse, Veronik, Janssens, Raphael, Blomqvist, Soile, Pitkänen, Tarja, Koutsolioutsou, Anastasia, Róka, Eszter, Vargha, Marta, La Rosa, Giuseppina, Suffredini, Elisabetta, Cauchie, Henry-Michel, Ogorzaly, Leslie, van der Beek, Rudolf F. H. J., Lodder, Willemijn J., Madslien, Elisabeth Henie, Baz Lomba, Jose Antonio, Ethelberg, Steen

Source: Eurosurveillance (15607917); 8/15/2024, Vol. 29 Issue 33, p1-11, 11p

SARS-CoV-2 late shedding may be infectious between immunocompromised hosts

Authors: Kaila, Ville, Sirkeoja, Simo, Blomqvist, Soile, Rannikko, Juha, Viskari, Hanna, Lyly-Yrjänäinen, Tiina, Syrjänen, Jaana

Source: Infectious diseases. 53(11):880-882

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Introduction and Rapid Spread of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant and Dynamics of BA.1 and BA.1.1 Sublineages, Finland, December 2021.

Authors: Vauhkonen, Hanna¹, hanna.vauhkonen@helsinki.fi, Nguyen, Phuoc Truong¹, Kant, Ravi¹, Plyusnin, Ilja¹, Erdin, Mert¹, Kurkela, Satu², Liimatainen, Hanna², Ikonen, Niina³, Blomqvist, Soile³, Liitsola, Kirsi³, Lindh, Erika³, Helve, Otto³, Jarva, Hanna, Loginov, Raisa², Palva, Aino⁴, Hannunen, Tiina⁴, Hannula, Sari⁴, Parry, Mikko², Kauppi, Paula², Vaheri, Antti¹

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases; Jun2022, Vol. 28 Issue 6, p1229-1232, 4p

A fatal pediatric infection with a C1-like subgenogroup enterovirus A71: case study and enterovirus A71 epidemiology in Finland.

Authors: Nieminen, Tea¹, Jääskeläinen, Anne J.², Lindh, Erika³, Blomqvist, Soile³, soile.blomqvist@thl.fi, Savolainen-Kopra, Carita³

Source: Frontiers in Virology; 2024, p1-7, 7p

Incidence Trends for SARS-CoV-2 Alpha and Beta Variants, Finland, Spring 2021.

Authors: Kant, Ravi¹, Phuoc Truong Nguyen¹, Blomqvist, Soile², Erdin, Mert¹, Alburkat, Hussein¹, Suvanto, Maija¹, Zakham, Fathiah¹, Salminen, Veera¹, Olander, Viktor¹, Paloniemi, Minna³, Huhti, Leena³, Lehtinen, Sara³, Luukinen, Bruno³, Jarva, Hanna^1,4, Kallio-Kokko, Hannimari⁴, Kurkela, Satu⁴, Lappalainen, Maija⁴, Liimatainen, Hanna⁴, Hannula, Sari⁵, Halkilahti, Jani²

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases; Dec2021, Vol. 27 Issue 12, p3137-3141, 5p

Immunity against vaccine-preventable diseases in Finnish pediatric healthcare workers in 2015

Authors: Koivisto, Karoliina, Puhakka, Laura, Lappalainen, Maija, Blomqvist, Soile, Saxén, Harri, Nieminen, Tea

Source: Vaccine. 35(12):1608-1614

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Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Trajectory of Emerging Echovirus 30, Europe.

Authors: Benschop, Kimberley S. M.¹, kim.benschop@rivm.nl, Broberg, Eeva K.², Hodcroft, Emma³, Schmitz, Dennis¹, Albert, Jan⁴, Baicus, Anda⁵, Bailly, Jean-Luc⁶, Baldvinsdottir, Gudrun⁷, Berginc, Natasa⁸, Blomqvist, Soile⁹, Böttcher, Sindy¹⁰, Brytting, Mia¹¹, Bujaki, Erika¹², Cabrerizo, Maria¹³, Celma, Cristina¹⁴, Cinek, Ondrej¹⁵, Claas, Eric C. J.¹⁶, Cremer, Jeroen¹, Dean, Jonathan¹⁷, Dembinski, Jennifer L.¹⁸

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases; Jun2021, Vol. 27 Issue 6, p1616-1626, 11p

Commentary: Risk factors and early markers for echovirus type 11 associated haemorrhage-hepatitis syndrome in neonates, a retrospective cohort study.

Authors: Al-Hello, Haider, Blomqvist, Soile, Savolainen-Kopra, Carita

Source: Frontiers in Pediatrics; 2024, p1-3, 3p

Isolation and Characterization of Enteroviruses from Clinical Samples

Authors: Blomqvist, Soile, Roivainen, Merja

Source: Methods in molecular biology. 1387:19-28

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Wastewater Surveillance in Europe for Non-Polio Enteroviruses and Beyond.

Authors: Bubba, Laura, Benschop, Kimberley S. M., Blomqvist, Soile, Duizer, Erwin, Martin, Javier, Shaw, Alexander G., Bailly, Jean-Luc, Rasmussen, Lasse D., Baicus, Anda, Fischer, Thea K., Harvala, Heli

Source: Microorganisms; Oct2023, Vol. 11 Issue 10, p2496, 11p

Subject Terms: NUCLEOTIDE sequencing, ENTEROVIRUSES, ENTEROVIRUS diseases, SEWAGE, POLIOVIRUS

Geographic Terms: EUROPE

Human Parechovirus Type 3 and 4 Associated With Severe Infections in Young Children

Authors: Kolehmainen, Pekka, Jääskeläinen, Anne, Blomqvist, Soile, Kallio-Kokko, Hannimari, Nuolivirta, Kirsi, Helminen, Merja, Roivainen, Merja, Lappalainen, Maija, Tauriainen, Sisko

Source: Pediatric infectious disease journal. 33(11):1109-1113

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