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Ake Lundkvist

Ake Lundkvist

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Microbiology

D-Index
76
Citations
17572
World Ranking
1447
National Ranking
26

Overview

Ake Lundkvist is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden and has a research focus primarily within the field of medicine, with particular emphasis on infectious diseases.

Their scholarly output covers a range of topics including 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, and animal disease management and epidemiology.

Their recent publications highlight significant aspects of viral and infectious disease research. Notable papers include:

  • 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)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, including Johanna F. Lindahl, Tove Hoffman, Janina Krambrich, Josef D. Järhult, and Dario Akaberi.

Research works by Lundkvist have appeared in several publication venues with highest numbers in Viruses, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Infection Ecology & Epidemiology, Microorganisms, and Scientific Reports.

Their subfields of study extend into infectious diseases, public health, environmental and occupational health, epidemiology, parasitology, and agronomy and crop science.

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

  • Dengue viruses - an overview.

    Anne Tuiskunen Bäck;Åke Lundkvist

  • 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

  • Ultralarge Virtual Screening Identifies SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Inhibitors with Broad-Spectrum Activity against Coronaviruses

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  • Surveillance of influenza A virus in migratory waterfowl in northern Europe

    Anders Wallensten;Vincent J. Munster;Neus Latorre-Margalef;Mia Brytting

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

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

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

    A Plyusnin;O Vapalahti;H Lankinen;H Lehväslaiho

  • Why is tick-borne encephalitis increasing? A review of the key factors causing the increasing incidence of human TBE in Sweden

    Thomas G T Jaenson;Marika Hjertqvist;Tomas Bergström;Ake Lundkvist

  • Evaluation of a COVID-19 IgM and IgG rapid test; an efficient tool for assessment of past exposure to SARS-CoV-2

    Tove Hoffman;Karolina Nissen;Janina Krambrich;Bengt Rönnberg;Bengt Rönnberg

  • 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

  • Influenza Virus in a Natural Host, the Mallard: Experimental Infection Data

    Elsa Jourdain;Elsa Jourdain;Gunnar Gunnarsson;Gunnar Gunnarsson;John Wahlgren;John Wahlgren;Neus Latorre-Margalef

  • Long-distance airborne dispersal of SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 wards.

    Karolina Nissen;Janina Krambrich;Dario Akaberi;Tove Hoffman

  • Serological diagnosis of hantavirus infections by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay based on detection of immunoglobulin G and M responses to recombinant nucleocapsid proteins of five viral serotypes.

    Fredrik Elgh;A Lundkvist;O A Alexeyev;H Stenlund

  • 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

  • How Did Zika Virus Emerge in the Pacific Islands and Latin America

    John H.-O. Pettersson;John H.-O. Pettersson;Vegard Eldholm;Stephen J. Seligman;Stephen J. Seligman;Åke Lundkvist

  • Mitigation of the replication of SARS-CoV-2 by nitric oxide in vitro.

    Dario Akaberi;Janina Krambrich;Jiaxin Ling;Chen Luni

  • Hantavirus infections in Europe

    Alexander Plyusnin;Detlev H Krüger;Åke Lundkvist

  • Why is tick-borne encephalitis increasing? A review of the key factors causing the increasing

    Thomas Gt Jaenson;Marika Hjertqvist;Tomas Bergström;Åke Lundkvist

Frequent Co-Authors

Björn Olsen
Björn Olsen Harvard University
Olli Vapalahti
Olli Vapalahti University of Helsinki
Alexander Plyusnin
Alexander Plyusnin University of Helsinki
Antti Vaheri
Antti Vaheri University of Helsinki
Jonas Waldenström
Jonas Waldenström Linnaeus University
Thomas G. T. Jaenson
Thomas G. T. Jaenson Uppsala University
Chantal Reusken
Chantal Reusken National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
Heikki Henttonen
Heikki Henttonen Natural Resources Institute Finland
Lennart Svensson
Lennart Svensson Karolinska Institute
Jonas Klingström
Jonas Klingström Linköping University

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