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Juha Laakkonen is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with significant work in related subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Artificial Intelligence, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, as well as Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research covers a broad range of marine animal studies and anatomical investigations. Key topics in their publications include Marine animal studies overview, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Anatomy and Medical Technology, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies, dental development and anomalies, and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies.

Juha Laakkonen has published in several reputable venues, frequently contributing to Anatomia Histologia Embryologia, Annales Zoologici Fennici, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Anatomical Record, and arXiv (Cornell University).

Among their recent published papers are:

  • The impact of wildlife and environmental factors on hantavirus infection in the host and its translation into human risk, 2023, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Drawing in Veterinary Anatomy Education: What Do Students Use It For?, 2020, Anatomical Sciences Education
  • Muscles of Mastication and the Temporo-Mandibular Joint of the Saimaa (Pusa hispida saimensis) and Baltic (Pusa hispida botnica) Ringed Seals, 2020, Annales Zoologici Fennici

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors Jukka Jernvall, Heini Nihtilä, Suvi Viranta, Katja Holmala, and Jaakko Pohjoismäki.

Best Publications

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

    K Nemirov;O Vapalahti;A Lundkvist;V Vasilenko

  • Hantavirus and arenavirus antibody prevalence in rodents and humans in Trentino, Northern Italy

    Hannimari Kallio-Kokko;J. Laakkonen;A. Rizzoli;V. Tagliapietra

  • Sindbis Virus Infection in Resident Birds, Migratory Birds, and Humans, Finland

    Satu Kurkela;Osmo Rätti;Eili Huhtamo;Nathalie Y. Uzcátegui

  • Genetic variation of wild Puumala viruses within the serotype, local rodent populations and individual animal.

    Alexander Plyusnin;Olli Vapalahti;Heikki Lehväslaiho;Natalia Apekina

  • Systematic relationships of hymenolepidid cestodes of rodents and shrews inferred from sequences of 28S ribosomal RNA

    Voitto Haukisalmi;Lotta M. Hardman;Pilar Foronda;Carlos Feliu

  • Serological survey for viral pathogens in Turkish rodents.

    J. Laakkonen;J. Laakkonen;H. Kallio-Kokko;M. A. Öktem;K. Blasdell

  • Association between the DQA MHC class II gene and Puumala virus infection in Myodes glareolus, the bank vole

    Julie Deter;Josef Bryja;Yannick Chaval;Maxime Galan

  • Multiple parasites mediate balancing selection at two MHC class II genes in the fossorial water vole: insights from multivariate analyses and population genetics.

    C Tollenaere;J Bryja;M Galan;P Cadet

  • Orthopox virus infections in Eurasian wild rodents.

    Paula M. Kinnunen;Heikki Henttonen;Bernd Hoffmann;Eva R. Kallio

  • Molecular evolution of puumala hantavirus in Fennoscandia: phylogenetic analysis of strains from two recolonization routes, Karelia and Denmark.

    Kari Asikainen;Tarja Hänninen;Heikki Henttonen;Jukka Niemimaa

  • Effect of land cover, habitat fragmentation and ant colonies on the distribution and abundance of shrews in southern California

    Juha Laakkonen;Robert N. Fisher;Ted J. Case

  • Disease patterns in field and bank vole populations during a cyclic decline in central Finland.

    T. Soveri;H. Henttonen;E. Rudbäck;R. Schildt

  • Pneumocystis carinii in wildlife

    Juha Laakkonen

  • Recent Discoveries of New Hantaviruses Widen Their Range and Question Their Origins

    Heikki Henttonen;Philippe Buchy;Yupin Suputtamongkol;Sathaporn Jittapalapong

  • Kinship, dispersal and hantavirus transmission in bank and common voles

    Julie Deter;Yannick Chaval;M. Galan;B. Gauffre

  • Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus in Wild Rodents, Northern Italy

    Valentina Tagliapietra;Roberto Rosà;Heidi C. Hauffe;Juha Laakkonen

  • Population- and individual-level dynamics of the intestinal microbiota of a small primate

    Tuomas Juho Eero Aivelo;Juha Tapio Laakkonen;Jukka Tapani Jernvall

  • Haemogregarines of the genus Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa: Adeleina) in rodents from northern Europe

    Juha Laakkonen;Antti Sukura;Antti Oksanen;Heikki Henttonen

  • Musculoskeletal anatomy of the Eurasian lynx, Lynx lynx (Carnivora: Felidae) forelimb: Adaptations to capture large prey?

    Suvi Viranta;Hanna Lommi;Katja Holmala;Juha Laakkonen

  • Seasonal dynamics of Pneumocystis carinii in the field vole, Microtus agrestis, and in the common shrew, Sorex araneus, in Finland.

    J. Laakkonen;H. Henttonen;J. Niemimaa;T. Soveri

  • Review of tapeworms of rodents in the Republic of Buryatia, with emphasis on anoplocephalid cestodes

    Voitto Haukisalmi;Heikki Henttonen;Lotta Hardman;Michael Hardman

  • DNA analysis of Pneumocystis carinii infecting Finnish and English shrews.

    Peters Se;English K;Laakkonen J;Gurnell J

  • Molecular systematics and morphometrics of Anoplocephaloides dentata (Cestoda, Anoplocephalidae) and related species in voles and lemmings

    Voitto Haukisalmi;Lotta M. Hardman;Heikki Henttonen;Juha Laakkonen

  • Free-ranging Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) as host of Toxoplasma gondii in Finland

    Pikka Jokelainen;Gunita Deksne;Katja Holmala;Anu Naäreaho

Frequent Co-Authors

Heikki Henttonen
Heikki Henttonen Natural Resources Institute Finland
Olli Vapalahti
Olli Vapalahti University of Helsinki
Antti Vaheri
Antti Vaheri University of Helsinki
Voitto Haukisalmi
Voitto Haukisalmi University of Helsinki
Alexander Plyusnin
Alexander Plyusnin University of Helsinki
Jukka Jernvall
Jukka Jernvall University of Helsinki
Ted J. Case
Ted J. Case University of California, San Diego
Jean-François Cosson
Jean-François Cosson INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Robert N. Fisher
Robert N. Fisher United States Geological Survey
Serge Morand
Serge Morand Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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