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Ake Lundkvist

Ake Lundkvist

D-Index & Metrics

Immunology

D-Index
72
Citations
13994
World Ranking
2260
National Ranking
43

Medicine

D-Index
72
Citations
14038
World Ranking
19907
National Ranking
386

Ake Lundkvist publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ake Lundkvist sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 192 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Ake Lundkvist D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ake Lundkvist sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ake Lundkvist is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden and focuses primarily on research within the field of Medicine. Their work spans a range of subfields including Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Parasitology, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

The scientist's research themes cover a variety of topics related to viral infections, vectors, and public health challenges. The main topics of their work include:

  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology

Lundkvist has contributed to numerous publications, often collaborating with frequently coauthoring researchers such as Johanna F. Lindahl, Tove Hoffman, Janina Krambrich, Josef D. Järhult, and Dario Akaberi. The breadth of their collaboration points to a multidisciplinary approach within the infectious disease and public health spheres.

The scientist has published extensively in a range of journals, with the most common venues being:

  • Viruses
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Infection Ecology & Epidemiology
  • Microorganisms
  • Scientific Reports

Selected recent papers illustrate the focus on SARS-CoV-2 and related viral research:

  • "Ultralarge Virtual Screening Identifies SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Inhibitors with Broad-Spectrum Activity against Coronaviruses," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Evaluation of a COVID-19 IgM and IgG rapid test; an efficient tool for assessment of past exposure to SARS-CoV-2," 2020, Infection Ecology & Epidemiology
  • "Long-distance airborne dispersal of SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 wards," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Mitigation of the replication of SARS-CoV-2 by nitric oxide in vitro," 2020, Redox Biology
  • "Hypertension and Diabetes Delay the Viral Clearance in COVID-19 Patients," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Hantavirus infections in Europe.

    Olli Vapalahti;Jukka Mustonen;Åke Lundkvist;Heikki Henttonen

  • Tick-borne virus diseases of human interest in Europe.

    R.N. Charrel;H. Attoui;A.M. Butenko;J.C. Clegg

  • Nitric Oxide Inhibits the Replication Cycle of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

    Sara Åkerström;Mehrdad Mousavi-Jazi;Jonas Klingström;Mikael Leijon

  • Prolonged survival of Puumala hantavirus outside the host: evidence for indirect transmission via the environment

    Eva R. Kallio;Eva R. Kallio;Eva R. Kallio;Jonas Klingström;Jonas Klingström;Elisabeth Gustafsson;Tytti Manni

  • Tickborne encephalitis in an area of high endemicity in lithuania: disease severity and long-term prognosis.

    Auksė Mickienė;Alvydas Laiškonis;Göran Günther;Sirkka Vene

  • A Deletion in the Chemokine Receptor 5 (CCR5) Gene Is Associated with Tickborne Encephalitis

    Elin Kindberg;Auksė Mickienė;Auksė Mickienė;Cecilia Ax;Britt Åkerlind

  • Hantavirus infections and their prevention

    Detlev H. Krüger;Rainer Ulrich;Åke Lundkvist;Åke Lundkvist

  • Tula virus: a newly detected hantavirus carried by European common voles.

    A Plyusnin;O Vapalahti;H Lankinen;H Lehväslaiho

  • Puumala and Dobrava viruses cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Bosnia‐Herzegovina: Evidence of highly cross‐neutralizing antibody responses in early patient sera

    Åke Lundkvist;Åke Lundkvist;Mirsada Hukic;Jan Hörling;Jan Hörling;Mari Gilljam

  • Human B‐cell epitopes of puumala virus nucleocapsid protein, the major antigen in early serological response

    Olli Vapalahti;Hannimari Kallio‐Kokko;Ale Närvänen;Ilkka Julkunen

  • Migrating birds and tickborne encephalitis virus

    Jonas Waldenström;Åke Lundkvist;Kerstin I. Falk;Ulf Garpmo

  • Temporal dynamics of Puumala virus antibody prevalence in voles and of nephropathia epidemica incidence in humans.

    Bo Niklasson;Birger Hornfeldt;Ake Lundkvist;Sven Bjorsten

  • Human MxA protein inhibits the replication of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus.

    Ida Andersson;Linda Bladh;Mehrdad Mousavi-Jazi;Karl-Eric Magnusson

  • Isolation and characterization of Dobrava hantavirus carried by the striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius) in Estonia.

    K Nemirov;O Vapalahti;A Lundkvist;V Vasilenko

  • Bank vole monoclonal antibodies against Puumala virus envelope glycoproteins: identification of epitopes involved in neutralization.

    Lundkvist A;Niklasson B

  • Cell culture adaptation of Puumala hantavirus changes the infectivity for its natural reservoir, Clethrionomys glareolus, and leads to accumulation of mutants with altered genomic RNA S segment.

    A Lundkvist;Y Cheng;K B Sjölander;B Niklasson

  • Wild-Type Puumala Hantavirus Infection Induces Cytokines, C-Reactive Protein, Creatinine, and Nitric Oxide in Cynomolgus Macaques

    J. Klingström;A. Plyusnin;A. Plyusnin;A. Vaheri;Å. Lundkvist;Å. Lundkvist

  • Vaccine failures after active immunisation against tick-borne encephalitis

    Charlotta Rydgård Andersson;Sirkka Vene;Sirkka Vene;Mona Insulander;Lars Lindquist

  • Isolation and Characterization of a Hantavirus from Lemmus sibiricus: Evidence for Host Switch during Hantavirus Evolution

    Olli Vapalahti;Åke Lundkvist;Vadim Fedorov;Christopher J. Conroy

  • Characterization of Puumala Virus Nucleocapsid Protein: Identification of B-Cell Epitopes and Domains Involved in Protective Immunity

    Åke Lundkvist;Hannimari Kallio-Kokko;Katarina Brus Sjölander;Hilkka Lankinen

  • Puumala hantavirus genome in patients with nephropathia epidemica: correlation of PCR positivity with HLA haplotype and link to viral sequences in local rodents.

    A. Plyusnin;J. Hörling;M. Kanerva;J. Mustonen

  • Antigenic properties and diagnostic potential of puumala virus nucleocapsid protein expressed in insect cells.

    Olli Vapalahti;Åke Lundkvist;Hannimari Kallio-Kokko;Kirsi Paukku

  • Dissemination of spotted fever rickettsia agents in Europe by migrating birds

    Karin Elfving;Björn Olsen;Sven Bergström;Jonas Waldenström

  • Characterization of tick-borne encephalitis virus from Estonia.

    Violeta Mavtchoutko;Sirkka Vene;Sirkka Vene;Mats Haglund;Marianne Forsgren

  • Hantavirus infections in Europe

    Alexander Plyusnin;Detlev H Krüger;Åke Lundkvist

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander Plyusnin
Alexander Plyusnin University of Helsinki
Antti Vaheri
Antti Vaheri University of Helsinki
Jonas Klingström
Jonas Klingström Linköping University
Olli Vapalahti
Olli Vapalahti University of Helsinki
Helga Meisel
Helga Meisel Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Heikki Henttonen
Heikki Henttonen Natural Resources Institute Finland
Detlev H. Krüger
Detlev H. Krüger Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Clas Ahlm
Clas Ahlm Umeå University
Rainer G. Ulrich
Rainer G. Ulrich Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Matthias Niedrig
Matthias Niedrig Robert Koch Institute

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