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Merja Roivainen publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Merja Roivainen sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 211 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Merja Roivainen D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Merja Roivainen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Merja Roivainen is affiliated with the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) in Finland. Their research focuses on several areas within medicine, particularly infectious diseases and public health.

The main fields of study addressed in their work include Medicine, with subfields concentrating on Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Hepatology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their research spans topics such as viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, travel-related health issues, hepatitis viruses studies and epidemiology, and viral infections and immunology research.

  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Travel-related health issues
  • Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research

Roivainen has contributed papers to peer-reviewed journals, with recent publications including:

  • "Bacterial, viral and parasitic pathogens analysed by qPCR: Findings from a prospective study of travellers' diarrhoea" (2020) in Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
  • "Erratum: An enterovirus strain isolated from diabetic child belongs to a genetic subcluster of echovirus 11, but is also neutralised with monotypic antisera to coxsackievirus A9" (2025) in Journal of General Virology

Their frequent co-authors are researchers active in related fields, indicating collaboration across several studies. These co-authors include:

  • Tinja Lääveri
  • Jenni Antikainen
  • Sointu Mero
  • Sari H. Pakkanen
  • Juha Kirveskari

Roivainen's work has appeared predominantly in the journals Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease as well as Journal of General Virology, suggesting a focus on both practical and virological aspects of infectious diseases.

Best Publications

  • Etiology of community-acquired pneumonia in 254 hospitalized children.

    Taina Juvén;Jussi Mertsola;Matti Waris;Maija Leinonen

  • A prospective study of the role of coxsackie B and other enterovirus infections in the pathogenesis of IDDM. Childhood Diabetes in Finland (DiMe) Study Group.

    H Hyöty;M Hiltunen;M Knip;M Laakkonen

  • Infections, Inflammation, and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

    Merja Roivainen;Maarit Viik-Kajander;Timo Palosuo;Petri Toivanen

  • Antibodies to the vitronectin receptor (integrin alpha V beta 3) inhibit binding and infection of foot-and-mouth disease virus to cultured cells

    A Berinstein;M Roivainen;T Hovi;P W Mason

  • Enterovirus infection in human pancreatic islet cells, islet tropism in vivo and receptor involvement in cultured islet beta cells.

    P. Ylipaasto;K. Klingel;A. M. Lindberg;T. Otonkoski

  • Co-circulation of coxsackieviruses A6 and A10 in hand, foot and mouth disease outbreak in Finland.

    Soile Blomqvist;Päivi Klemola;Svetlana Kaijalainen;Anja Paananen

  • Role of environmental poliovirus surveillance in global polio eradication and beyond.

    T. Hovi;L. M. Shulman;H. Van Der Avoort;J. Deshpande

  • Entry of Coxsackievirus A9 into Host Cells: Specific Interactions with αvβ3 Integrin, the Vitronectin Receptor

    Merja Roivainen;Liisa Piirainen;Tapani Hovi;Ismo Virtanen

  • OUTBREAK OF PARALYTIC POLIOMYELITIS IN FINLAND: WIDESPREAD CIRCULATION OF ANTIGENICALLY ALTERED POLIOVIRUS TYPE 3 IN A VACCINATED POPULATION

    T. Hovi;A. Huovilainen;T. Kuronen;T. Pöyry

  • Mechanisms of coxsackievirus-induced damage to human pancreatic beta-cells.

    Merja Roivainen;Suvi Rasilainen;Petri Ylipaasto;Riikka Nissinen

  • Molecular and biological characteristics of echovirus 22, a representative of a new picornavirus group.

    G. Stanway;N. Kalkkinen;M. Roivainen;Farideh Ghazi

  • Islet Cell Antibody Seroconversion in Children Is Temporally Associated with Enterovirus Infections

    Merja Hiltunen;Heikki Hyöty;Mikael Knip;Jorma Ilonen

  • Human Rhinovirus 87 and Enterovirus 68 Represent a Unique Serotype with Rhinovirus and Enterovirus Features

    Soile Blomqvist;Carita Savolainen;Laura Råman;Merja Roivainen

  • Saffold virus, a human Theiler's-like cardiovirus, is ubiquitous and causes infection early in life.

    Jan Zoll;Sandra Erkens Hulshof;Kjerstin Lanke;Frans Verduyn Lunel

  • Several different enterovirus serotypes can be associated with prediabetic autoimmune episodes and onset of overt IDDM

    Merja Roivainen;Mikael Knip;Mikael Knip;Heikki Hyöty;Heikki Hyöty;Petri Kulmala

  • Functional impairment and killing of human beta cells by enteroviruses: the capacity is shared by a wide range of serotypes, but the extent is a characteristic of individual virus strains

    M. Roivainen;P. Ylipaasto;C. Savolainen;J.M.D. Galama

  • RGD-dependent entry of coxsackievirus A9 into host cells and its bypass after cleavage of VP1 protein by intestinal proteases.

    M Roivainen;T Hyypiä;L Piirainen;N Kalkkinen

  • Global profiling of coxsackievirus- and cytokine-induced gene expression in human pancreatic islets.

    Petri Ylipaasto;Burak Kutlu;Suvi Rasilainen;Joanne Rasschaert

  • The association of recombination events in the founding and emergence of subgenogroup evolutionary lineages of human enterovirus 71.

    E. C. McWilliam Leitch;M. Cabrerizo;J. Cardosa;H. Harvala

  • Characterization of a Highly Evolved Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Type 3 Isolated from Sewage in Estonia

    Soile Blomqvist;Carita Savolainen;Pia Laine;Päivi Hirttiö

  • Detection of human norovirus from frozen raspberries in a cluster of gastroenteritis outbreaks.

    L Maunula;M Roivainen;M Keränen;S Mäkelä

Frequent Co-Authors

Tapani Hovi
Tapani Hovi National Institutes of Health
Maija Lappalainen
Maija Lappalainen University of Helsinki
Heikki Hyöty
Heikki Hyöty Tampere University
Olli Simell
Olli Simell Turku University Hospital
Decio L. Eizirik
Decio L. Eizirik Université Libre de Bruxelles
Timo Hyypiä
Timo Hyypiä University of Turku
Jorma Ilonen
Jorma Ilonen University of Turku
Thedi Ziegler
Thedi Ziegler University of Turku
Heikki Peltola
Heikki Peltola University of Helsinki
Outi Vaarala
Outi Vaarala University of Helsinki

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