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Alexander Plyusnin

Alexander Plyusnin

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
66
Citations
12527
World Ranking
2448
National Ranking
24

Alexander Plyusnin publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 187 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Alexander Plyusnin D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alexander Plyusnin is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and works primarily within the field of Medicine. Their research focuses notably on Infectious Diseases, with contributions spanning related subfields such as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Global and Planetary Change, and Hepatology.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

Alexander Plyusnin has published several recent papers, among which are:

  • Validation of an antigenic site targeted by monoclonal antibodies against Puumala virus, 2023, Journal of General Virology
  • Validation of an antigenic site targeted by monoclonal antibodies against Puumala virus, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neutralizing Antibody Titers in Hospitalized Patients with Acute Puumala Orthohantavirus Infection Do Not Associate with Disease Severity, 2022, Viruses
  • Hepatitis C Virus Infection Caused by Infrequent Exposure in China Should Be of Concern, 2020, Virologica Sinica

The frequent co-authors working with Alexander Plyusnin include Rommel Iheozor-Ejiofor, Lev Levanov, Åke Lundkvist, Olli Vapalahti, and Ashwini Kedari.

Alexander Plyusnin's publications appear in several scientific journals, with recent contributions to venues such as:

  • Viruses
  • Journal of General Virology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Virologica Sinica

Best Publications

  • Hantavirus infections in Europe.

    Olli Vapalahti;Jukka Mustonen;Åke Lundkvist;Heikki Henttonen

  • Hantaviruses: genome structure, expression and evolution.

    Alexander Plyusnin;Olli Vapalahti;Antti Vaheri

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

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

  • Hantavirus infections in humans and animals, China.

    Yong-Zhen Zhang;Yang Zou;Zhen F. Fu;Alexander Plyusnin

  • Virus evolution and genetic diversity of hantaviruses and their rodent hosts.

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

    A Plyusnin;O Vapalahti;H Lankinen;H Lehväslaiho

  • A tick-borne segmented RNA virus contains genome segments derived from unsegmented viral ancestors

    Xin-Cheng Qin;Mang Shi;Mang Shi;Jun-Hua Tian;Xian-Dan Lin

  • 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

  • Taxonomy of the family Arenaviridae and the order Bunyavirales: update 2018

    Piet Maes;Sergey V. Alkhovsky;Yīmíng Bào;Martin Beer

  • Genetics of hantaviruses: implications to taxonomy

    Plyusnin A

  • Tula and Puumala hantavirus NSs ORFs are functional and the products inhibit activation of the interferon-beta promoter.

    Kirsi M. Jääskeläinen;Pasi Kaukinen;Ekaterina S. Minskaya;Angelina Plyusnina

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

    K Nemirov;O Vapalahti;A Lundkvist;V Vasilenko

  • 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

  • Molecular evolution of Puumala hantavirus.

    Tarja Sironen;Antti Vaheri;Alexander Plyusnin

  • Isolation and characterization of Tula virus, a distinct serotype in the genus Hantavirus, family Bunyaviridae.

    Olli Vapalahti;Åke Lundkvist;Sami K. J. Kukkonen;Ying Cheng

  • 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

  • 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

  • Migration of Norway Rats Resulted in the Worldwide Distribution of Seoul Hantavirus Today

    Xian-Dan Lin;Wen-Ping Guo;Wen Wang;Yang Zou

  • 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

  • Recombination in Tula Hantavirus Evolution: Analysis of Genetic Lineages from Slovakia

    Claus Sibold;Helga Meisel;Detlev H. Krüger;Milan Labuda

  • Hantavirus infections in Europe

    Alexander Plyusnin;Detlev H Krüger;Åke Lundkvist

Frequent Co-Authors

Antti Vaheri
Antti Vaheri University of Helsinki
Ake Lundkvist
Ake Lundkvist Uppsala University
Olli Vapalahti
Olli Vapalahti University of Helsinki
Heikki Henttonen
Heikki Henttonen Natural Resources Institute Finland
Ake Lundkvist
Ake Lundkvist Uppsala University
Juha Laakkonen
Juha Laakkonen University of Helsinki
Tatjana Avšič-Županc
Tatjana Avšič-Županc University of Ljubljana
Jonas Klingström
Jonas Klingström Linköping University
Jianguo Xu
Jianguo Xu Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention
Noël Tordo
Noël Tordo Institut Pasteur

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