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Antti Lavikainen

Antti Lavikainen

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
25
Citations
2684
World Ranking
2945
National Ranking
28

Overview

Antti Lavikainen is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Ecology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Parasitology.

The scientist has contributed to the study of parasitic infections in humans and animals, genetic diversity and population structure, parasite biology and host interactions, identification and quantification in food, wildlife ecology and conservation, and microbial infections and disease research.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Genetic interrelationships of Spirometra erinaceieuropaei (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea), the causative agent of sparganosis in Europe, 2022, Parasite
  • Genetic diversity and phylogeography of urban hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) around Helsinki, Finland, revealed by mitochondrial DNA and microsatellite analyses, 2021, Mammal Research
  • Epidemic situation of cestodiasis in domestic reindeer on reindeer farms in the Murmansk Oblast, 2021, Veterinary Science Today
  • Comparison of Microsatellite and the MHC Class II DRB Locus Diversity in Raccoon Dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) between Finland and Japan, 2023, Annales Zoologici Fennici

Lavikainen collaborates frequently with several researchers including:

  • Yosuke Amaike
  • Yoshinori Nishita
  • Ryuichi Masuda
  • Eva Bazsalovicsová
  • Alžbeta Radačovská

Their work has appeared in a variety of academic venues such as Parasite, Mammal Research, Veterinary Science Today, and Annales Zoologici Fennici.

Best Publications

  • Phylogenetic systematics of the genus Echinococcus (Cestoda: Taeniidae)

    Minoru Nakao;Antti Lavikainen;Tetsuya Yanagida;Akira Ito

  • Molecular genetic characterization of the Fennoscandian cervid strain, a new genotypic group (G10) of Echinococcus granulosus

    A Lavikainen;M J Lehtinen;T Meri;V Hirvelä-Koski

  • A novel phylogeny for the genus Echinococcus, based on nuclear data, challenges relationships based on mitochondrial evidence

    U. Saarma;I. Jõgisalu;E. Moks;A. Varcasia

  • Molecular phylogeny of the genus Taenia (Cestoda: Taeniidae): proposals for the resurrection of Hydatigera Lamarck, 1816 and the creation of a new genus Versteria.

    Minoru Nakao;Antti Lavikainen;Takashi Iwaki;Voitto Haukisalmi;Voitto Haukisalmi

  • Mitochondrial phylogeny of the genus Echinococcus (Cestoda: Taeniidae) with emphasis on relationships among Echinococcus canadensis genotypes.

    Minoru Nakao;Tetsuya Yanagida;Sergey Konyaev;Antti Lavikainen

  • Phylogenetic relationships within Echinococcus and Taenia tapeworms (Cestoda: Taeniidae): An inference from nuclear protein-coding genes

    Jenny Knapp;Minoru Nakao;Tetsuya Yanagida;Munehiro Okamoto

  • New mitogenome and nuclear evidence on the phylogeny and taxonomy of the highly zoonotic tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto

    Liina Kinkar;Teivi Laurimäe;Mitra Sharbatkhori;Hossein Mirhendi

  • A phylogeny of members of the family Taeniidae based on the mitochondrial cox1 and nad1 gene data.

    A. Lavikainen;V. Haukisalmi;M. J. Lehtinen;H. Henttonen

  • Molecular characterization of Echinococcus isolates of cervid origin from Finland and Sweden.

    A. Lavikainen;M. J. Lehtinen;S. Laaksonen;E. Ågren

  • Molecular identification of unilocular hydatid cysts from domestic ungulates in Ethiopia: implications for human infections.

    Zerihun Hailemariam;Minoru Nakao;Sissay Menkir;Antti Lavikainen

  • Reappraisal of Hydatigera taeniaeformis (Batsch, 1786) (Cestoda: Taeniidae) sensu lato with description of Hydatigera kamiyai n. sp.

    Antti Lavikainen;Takashi Iwaki;Voitto Haukisalmi;Sergey V. Konyaev

  • High-resolution phylogeography of zoonotic tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto genotype G1 with an emphasis on its distribution in Turkey, Italy and Spain.

    Liina Kinkar;Teivi Laurimae;Sami Simsek;Ibrahim Balkaya

  • Cystic echinococcosis: Future perspectives of molecular epidemiology

    Akira Ito;Minoru Nakao;Antti Lavikainen;Eric P. Hoberg

  • Is Echinococcus intermedius a valid species

    Minoru Nakao;Antti Lavikainen;Eric Hoberg

  • Taenia arctos n. sp. (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea: Taeniidae) from its definitive (brown bear Ursus arctos Linnaeus) and intermediate (moose/elk Alces spp.) hosts

    Voitto Haukisalmi;Antti Lavikainen;Sauli Laaksonen;Seppo Meri;Seppo Meri

  • Echinococcus across the north: Current knowledge, future challenges

    Rebecca K. Davidson;Antti Lavikainen;Sergey Konyaev;Janna Schurer

  • Echinococcus canadensis transmission in the North

    Antti Oksanen;Antti Lavikainen

  • Phylogenetic characterisation of Taenia tapeworms in spotted hyenas and reconsideration of the “Out of Africa” hypothesis of Taenia in humans

    Yitagele Terefe;Zerihun Hailemariam;Sissay Menkir;Minoru Nakao

  • Molecular identification of Taenia spp. in wolves (Canis lupus), brown bears (Ursus arctos) and cervids from North Europe and Alaska.

    Antti Lavikainen;Sauli Laaksonen;Kimberlee Beckmen;Antti Oksanen

  • Cryptic diversity in hymenolepidid tapeworms infecting humans.

    Agathe Nkouawa;Voitto Haukisalmi;Tiaoying Li;Minoru Nakao

  • Molecular identification of species of Taenia causing bovine cysticercosis in Ethiopia

    Z. Hailemariam;M. Nakao;S. Menkir;A. Lavikainen

Frequent Co-Authors

Minoru Nakao
Minoru Nakao Asahikawa Medical University
Akira Ito
Akira Ito Asahikawa Medical University
Antti Oksanen
Antti Oksanen University of Helsinki
Seppo Meri
Seppo Meri University of Helsinki
Voitto Haukisalmi
Voitto Haukisalmi University of Helsinki
Tetsuya Yanagida
Tetsuya Yanagida Yamaguchi University
Munehiro Okamoto
Munehiro Okamoto Kyoto University
Heikki Henttonen
Heikki Henttonen Natural Resources Institute Finland
Eric P. Hoberg
Eric P. Hoberg United States Department of Agriculture
Urmas Saarma
Urmas Saarma University of Tartu

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