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Irmeli Lautenschlager

Irmeli Lautenschlager

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Microbiology

D-Index
53
Citations
7885
World Ranking
4145
National Ranking
38

Overview

Irmeli Lautenschlager is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with notable contributions in epidemiology, psychiatry and mental health, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and surgery. The scientist's work spans several topics within these fields, including cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, neurological complications and syndromes, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment, respiratory viral infections research, neonatal respiratory health research, and transplantation methods and outcomes.

Recent publications by Irmeli Lautenschlager include the following:

  • The burden of cytomegalovirus infection remains high in high-risk kidney transplant recipients despite six-month valganciclovir prophylaxis, 2021, Transplant Infectious Disease
  • Respiratory viruses after paediatric allogenic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation, 2020, Infectious Diseases

Their research has appeared in venues such as Transplant Infectious Disease and Infectious Diseases, reflecting a focus on infection and transplant-related concerns.

Frequent collaborators in Lautenschlager's research include Laura Mannonen, Juulia Räihä, Fernanda Ortiz, Raisa Loginov, and Marko Lempinen. These partnerships highlight a collaborative approach within the fields of infectious disease and transplant medicine.

Best Publications

  • Chromosomally integrated human herpesvirus 6: questions and answers

    Philip E. Pellett;Dharam V. Ablashi;Peter F. Ambros;Henri Agut

  • Cytomegalovirus infection enhances smooth muscle cell proliferation and intimal thickening of rat aortic allografts.

    K B Lemström;J H Bruning;C A Bruggeman;I T Lautenschlager

  • Persistent cytomegalovirus in liver allografts with chronic rejection.

    I. Lautenschlager;K. Höckerstedt;H. Jalanko;R. Loginov

  • Human Herpesvirus-6 Infection After Liver Transplantation

    Irmeli Lautenschlager;Krister Hóckerstedt;Kimmo Linnavuori;Eero Taskinen

  • Comparison of two quantitative CMV PCR tests, Cobas Amplicor CMV Monitor and TaqMan assay, and pp65-antigenemia assay in the determination of viral loads from peripheral blood of organ transplant patients.

    H Piiparinen;K Höckerstedt;C Grönhagen-Riska;I Lautenschlager

  • European perspective on human polyomavirus infection, replication and disease in solid organ transplantation

    Hans H. Hirsch;Hans H. Hirsch;Nina Babel;Patrizia Comoli;Vanda Friman

  • Cytomegalovirus infection and development of biliary complications after liver transplantation.

    Leena Halme;Krister Hockerstedt;Irmeli Lautenschlager

  • An international multicenter performance analysis of cytomegalovirus load tests

    Hans H. Hirsch;Irmeli Lautenschlager;Benjamin A. Pinsky;Laura Cardeñoso

  • The inflammatory mechanisms of allograft rejection.

    P. Hsauyry;E. von Willebrand;E. Parthenais;A. Nemlander

  • Persistent cytomegalovirus in liver allografts with chronic rejection: Persistent cytomegalovirus in liver allografts with chronic rejection

    I. Lautenschlager;K. Höckerstedt;H. Jalanko;R. Loginov

  • Cytomegalovirus infection and accelerated cardiac allograft vasculopathy in human cardiac allografts.

    P K Koskinen;M S Nieminen;L A Krogerus;Karl Lemström

  • Human herpesvirus-6 antigenemia after liver transplantation.

    Irmeli Lautenschlager;Kimmo Linnavuori;Krister Höckerstedt

  • Cytomegalovirus Infection of the Heart Is Common in Patients with Fatal Myocarditis

    Ville Kytö;Tytti Vuorinen;Pekka Saukko;Irmeli Lautenschlager

  • Acute cytomegalovirus infection induces a subendothelial inflammation (endothelialitis) in the allograft vascular wall. A possible linkage with enhanced allograft arteriosclerosis.

    P Koskinen;K Lemström;C Bruggeman;I Lautenschlager

  • Human herpesvirus-6 infections in kidney, liver, lung, and heart transplantation: review.

    Irmeli Lautenschlager;Raymund R. Razonable

  • CMV infection is usually associated with concurrent HHV-6 and HHV-7 antigenemia in liver transplant patients

    I Lautenschlager;M Lappalainen;K Linnavuori;J Suni

  • Human herpesvirus-6 and acute liver failure.

    Maiju Härmä;Krister Höckerstedt;Irmeli Lautenschlager

  • Persistent cytomegalovirus infection in kidney allografts is associated with inferior graft function and survival.

    Ilkka Helanterä;Petri Koskinen;Patrik Finne;Raisa Loginov

  • Cytomegalovirus infection of the liver transplant: virological, histological, immunological, and clinical observations.

    I Lautenschlager;L Halme;K Höckerstedt;L Krogerus

  • Primary CMV Infections Are Common in Kidney Transplant Recipients After 6 Months Valganciclovir Prophylaxis

    I. Helanterä;L. Kyllönen;I. Lautenschlager;K. Salmela

Frequent Co-Authors

Pekka Häyry
Pekka Häyry University of Helsinki
Cathrien A. Bruggeman
Cathrien A. Bruggeman Maastricht University Medical Centre
Hans H. Hirsch
Hans H. Hirsch University Hospital of Basel
Maija Lappalainen
Maija Lappalainen University of Helsinki
Markku S. Nieminen
Markku S. Nieminen University of Helsinki
Jaap M. Middeldorp
Jaap M. Middeldorp VU University Medical Center
Klaus Hedman
Klaus Hedman University of Helsinki
Tapani Ruutu
Tapani Ruutu University of Helsinki
Dharam V. Ablashi
Dharam V. Ablashi Georgetown University

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