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Helena Käyhty is affiliated with the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) in Finland. Their research primarily focuses on medical fields, with particular emphasis on epidemiology, hepatology, and microbiology.

The scientist's work frequently explores topics related to pneumonia and respiratory infections, including Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment. Other main areas of study include respiratory viral infections research, hepatitis virus studies and epidemiology, influenza virus research studies, and bacterial infections and vaccines.

Helena Käyhty has contributed to multiple publications in respected journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • A randomized, controlled trial comparing the immunogenicity and safety of a 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination to a repeated dose 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in kidney transplant recipients, 2020, published in Transplant Infectious Disease
  • Coadministered pneumococcal conjugate vaccine decreases immune response to hepatitis A vaccine: a randomized controlled trial, 2023, published in Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • A randomized, controlled trial comparing the immunogenicity and safety of a 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination to a repeated dose 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in adult liver transplant recipients, 2021, published in Vaccine

Frequent co-authors in Helena Käyhty's research include:

  • Mari Eriksson
  • Mika Lahdenkari
  • Heikki Mäkisalo
  • Veli-Jukka Anttila
  • Heikki Saha

Common venues where this scientist's work has been published include:

  • Transplant Infectious Disease
  • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Vaccine

Best Publications

  • Efficacy of a Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine against Acute Otitis Media

    Eskola J;Kilpi T;Palmu A;Jokinen J

  • The fundamental link between pneumococcal carriage and disease

    Birgit Simell;Kari Auranen;Helena Käyhty;David Goldblatt

  • Prevention of Hemophilus influenzae type b bacteremic infections with the capsular polysaccharide vaccine.

    H Peltola;H Käyhty;M Virtanen;P H Mäkelä

  • A randomized, prospective field trial of a conjugate vaccine in the protection of infants and young children against invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease.

    J Eskola;H Käyhty;A K Takala;H Peltola

  • Clinical Efficacy of Meningococcus Group A Capsular Polysaccharide Vaccine in Children Three Months to Five Years of Age

    Heikki Peltola;P. Helena Mäkelä;Helena Käyhty;Hannele Jousimies

  • Serological criteria for evaluation and licensure of new pneumococcal conjugate vaccine formulations for use in infants.

    Luis Jódar;Jay Butler;George Carlone;Ron Dagan

  • Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for quantitation of human antibodies to pneumococcal polysaccharides.

    Catherine M. Wernette;Carl E. Frasch;Dace Madore;George Carlone

  • Reduction of oropharyngeal carriage of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) in children immunized with an Hib conjugate vaccine.

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  • Efficacy of Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide-diphtheria toxoid conjugate vaccine in infancy.

    J Eskola;H Peltola;A K Takala;H Käyhty

  • Protective efficacy of a second pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against pneumococcal acute otitis media in infants and children: randomized, controlled trial of a 7-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide-meningococcal outer membrane protein complex conjugate vaccine in 1666 children.

    Terhi Kilpi;Heidi Åhman;Jukka Jokinen;Kari S. Lankinen

  • Antibody Responses to Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Adults: A Longitudinal Household Study

    David Goldblatt;Mahein Hussain;Nicholas Andrews;Lindsey Ashton

  • Polysaccharide Vaccines of Group A Neisseria meningitidis and Haemophilus influenzae Type b: A Field Trial in Finland

    P. Helena Mäkelä;Heikki Peltola;Helena Käyhty;Hannele Jousimies

  • Pneumococcal Polysaccharide-Meningococcal Outer Membrane Protein Complex Conjugate Vaccine Is Immunogenic in Infants and Children

    Helena Käyhty;Heidi Åhman;Pirjo-Riitta Rönnberg;Risto Tillikainen

  • Multicenter comparison of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C anti-capsular polysaccharide antibody levels measured by a standardized enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

    L L Gheesling;G M Carlone;L B Pais;P F Holder

  • Serum antibodies after vaccination with Haemophilus influenzae type b capsular polysaccharide and responses to reimmunization: no evidence of immunologic tolerance or memory.

    Helena Käyhty;Viena Karanko;Heikki Peltola;P. Helena Mäkelä

  • Randomised trial of the effect of co-administration with acellular pertussis DTP vaccine on immunogenicity of Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine

    Juhani Eskola;Rose-Marie Ölander;Tapani Hovi;Leila Litmanen

  • Aging reduces the functionality of anti-pneumococcal antibodies and the killing of Streptococcus pneumoniae by neutrophil phagocytosis

    Birgit Simell;Arja Vuorela;Nina Ekström;Arto Palmu

  • Avidity of IgG for Streptococcus pneumoniae Type 6B and 23F Polysaccharides in Infants Primed with Pneumococcal Conjugates and Boosted with Polysaccharide or Conjugate Vaccines

    Merja Anttila;Juhani Eskola;Heidi Åhman;Helena Käyhty

  • Pentavalent pneumococcal oligosaccharide conjugate vaccine PncCRM is well-tolerated and able to induce an antibody response in infants.

    Heidi Åhman;Helena Käyhty;Pirjo Tamminen;Arja Vuorela

  • Natural Development of Antibodies to Pneumococcal Surface Protein A, Pneumococcal Surface Adhesin A, and Pneumolysin in Relation to Pneumococcal Carriage and Acute Otitis Media

    Satu Rapola;Virva Jäntti;Raili Haikala;Ritva Syrjänen

  • The fundamental link between pneumococcal carriage and disease

    Birgit Simell;Kari Auranen;Helena Kayhty;David Goldblatt

Frequent Co-Authors

Juhani Eskola
Juhani Eskola Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Heikki Peltola
Heikki Peltola University of Helsinki
Olli Ruuskanen
Olli Ruuskanen Turku University Hospital
P. Helena Mäkelä
P. Helena Mäkelä University of Helsinki
David Goldblatt
David Goldblatt University College London
Ron Dagan
Ron Dagan Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Maija Leinonen
Maija Leinonen Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Aldina Barral
Aldina Barral Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Keith P. Klugman
Keith P. Klugman Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Peter V. Adrian
Peter V. Adrian University of the Witwatersrand

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