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Matti Lehtinen

Matti Lehtinen

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Microbiology

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Matti Lehtinen is affiliated with Tampere University in Finland and has a significant body of research in Medicine, focusing primarily on Epidemiology, Surgery, Immunology, Microbiology, and Animal Science and Zoology. Their most frequent area of study is Cervical Cancer and HPV Research, supplemented by work on Hepatitis B Virus Studies, Genital Health and Disease, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, Reproductive Tract Infections Research, Animal Virus Infections Studies, and Head and Neck Cancer Studies.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • Sustainability of neutralising antibodies induced by bivalent or quadrivalent HPV vaccines and correlation with efficacy: a combined follow-up analysis of data from two randomised, double-blind, multicentre, phase 3 trials, 2021, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Impact of HPV vaccination on cervical screening performance: a population-based cohort study, 2020, British Journal of Cancer
  • Vaccination With Moderate Coverage Eradicates Oncogenic Human Papillomaviruses If a Gender-Neutral Strategy Is Applied, 2020, The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Peak neutralizing and cross-neutralizing antibody levels to human papillomavirus types 6/16/18/31/33/45/52/58 induced by bivalent and quadrivalent HPV vaccines, 2020, npj Vaccines
  • Human Papillomavirus Genotype Replacement: Still Too Early to Tell?, 2020, The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Key frequent co-authors of Matti Lehtinen comprise Tiina Eriksson, Joakim Dillner, Penelope Gray, Ville N. Pimenoff, and Simopekka Vänskä.

The researcher regularly publishes in several academic venues, with the most frequent being the International Journal of Cancer, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Preventive Medicine, npj Vaccines, and BMJ Open.

Matti Lehtinen has also contributed to book publications, including the title "Human Papillomavirus Vaccination and Screening in the Elimination of HPV-Associated Cancers: Evidence-Based Randomized Trials," published in 2024 by BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS eBooks.

Among the recognitions received is the status of Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Quadrivalent vaccine against human papillomavirus to prevent high-grade cervical lesions

    Luisa L. Villa;Gonzalo Perez;Susanne K. Kjaer;Jorma Paavonen

  • Efficacy of human papillomavirus (HPV)-16/18 AS04-adjuvanted vaccine against cervical infection and precancer caused by oncogenic HPV types (PATRICIA): final analysis of a double-blind, randomised study in young women.

    J. Paavonen;P. Naud;J. Salmeron;C. M. Wheeler

  • Prophylactic quadrivalent human papillomavirus (types 6, 11, 16, and 18) L1 virus-like particle vaccine in young women: a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled multicentre phase II efficacy trial

    Luisa L. Villa;Ronaldo L.R. Costa;Carlos A. Petta;Rosires P. Andrade

  • Efficacy of a prophylactic adjuvanted bivalent L1 virus-like-particle vaccine against infection with human papillomavirus types 16 and 18 in young women: an interim analysis of a phase III double-blind, randomised controlled trial

    Jorma Paavonen;David Jenkins;F. Xavier Bosch;Paulo Naud

  • Human Papillomavirus Infection as a Risk Factor for Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck

    Mork J;Lie Ak;Glattre E;Hallmans G

  • Overall efficacy of HPV-16/18 AS04-adjuvanted vaccine against grade 3 or greater cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: 4-year end-of-study analysis of the randomised, double-blind PATRICIA trial

    Matti Lehtinen;Jorma Paavonen;Cosette M. Wheeler;Unnop Jaisamrarn

  • High sustained efficacy of a prophylactic quadrivalent human papillomavirus types 6/11/16/18 L1 virus-like particle vaccine through 5 years of follow-up

    L. L. Villa;R. L. R. Costa;C. A. Petta;R. P. Andrade

  • Cross-protective efficacy of HPV-16/18 AS04-adjuvanted vaccine against cervical infection and precancer caused by non-vaccine oncogenic HPV types: 4-year end-of-study analysis of the randomised, double-blind PATRICIA trial

    Cosette M. Wheeler;Xavier Castellsagué;Suzanne M. Garland;Anne Szarewski

  • Immunologic responses following administration of a vaccine targeting human papillomavirus Types 6, 11, 16, and 18

    Luisa L. Villa;Kevin A. Ault;Anna R. Giuliano;Ronaldo L.R. Costa

  • Serotypes of Chlamydia trachomatis and risk for development of cervical squamous cell carcinoma.

    Tarja Anttila;Pekka Saikku;Pentti Koskela;Aini Bloigu

  • Both high and low levels of blood vitamin D are associated with a higher prostate cancer risk: a longitudinal, nested case-control study in the Nordic countries.

    Pentti Tuohimaa;Leena Tenkanen;Merja Ahonen;Sonja Lumme

  • Induction of immune memory following administration of a prophylactic quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) types 6/11/16/18 L1 virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine

    Sven-Eric Olsson;Luisa L. Villa;Ronaldo L.R. Costa;Carlos A. Petta

  • Chlamydia trachomatis infection as a risk factor for invasive cervical cancer

    Pentti Koskela;Tarja Anttila;Tone Bjørge;Anne Brunsvig

  • Seroepidemiology of the human polyomaviruses.

    Annika Stolt;Kestutis Sasnauskas;Pentti Koskela;Matti Lehtinen

  • Epidemiology of HPV 16 and Cervical Cancer in Finland and the Potential Impact of Vaccination: Mathematical Modelling Analyses

    Ruanne V Barnabas;Ruanne V Barnabas;Päivi Laukkanen;Pentti Koskela;Osmo Kontula

  • A Pooled Analysis of Continued Prophylactic Efficacy of Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus (Types 6/11/16/18) Vaccine against High-grade Cervical and External Genital Lesions

    Susanne K. Kjaer;Kristján Sigurdsson;Ole-Erik Iversen;Mauricio Hernandez-Avila

  • Four year efficacy of prophylactic human papillomavirus quadrivalent vaccine against low grade cervical, vulvar, and vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia and anogenital warts: randomised controlled trial.

    Joakim Dillner;Joakim Dillner;Susanne K. Kjaer;Cosette M. Wheeler;Kristján Sigurdsson

  • Three factor eating questionnaire-R18 as a measure of cognitive restraint, uncontrolled eating and emotional eating in a sample of young Finnish females

    Susanna Anglé;Janne Engblom;Tiina Eriksson;Susanna Kautiainen

  • Immunization of Early Adolescent Females with Human Papillomavirus Type 16 and 18 L1 Virus-Like Particle Vaccine Containing AS04 Adjuvant

    Court Pedersen;Tiina Petaja;Gitte Strauss;Hans C. Rumke

  • Improving the prognostic value of DNA flow cytometry in breast cancer by combining DNA index and S‐phase fraction: A proposed classification of DNA histograms in breast cancer

    Olli-Pekka Kallioniemi;Guillermo Blanco;Martti Alavaikko;Tenho Hietanen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jorma Paavonen
Jorma Paavonen University of Helsinki
Joakim Dillner
Joakim Dillner Karolinska University Hospital
Eero Pukkala
Eero Pukkala Tampere University
Suzanne M. Garland
Suzanne M. Garland University of Melbourne
Gary Dubin
Gary Dubin GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)
Göran Hallmans
Göran Hallmans Umeå University
Cosette M. Wheeler
Cosette M. Wheeler University of New Mexico
Xavier Castellsagué
Xavier Castellsagué University of Barcelona
F. Xavier Bosch
F. Xavier Bosch Open University of Catalonia
Paolo Toniolo
Paolo Toniolo New York University

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