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Qiushui He is affiliated with Capital Medical University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine, immunology, and microbiology throughout their academic career. Their research spans several subfields, including epidemiology, microbiology, immunology, physiology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their primary topics of work focus on bacterial infections and vaccines, pneumonia and respiratory infections, respiratory viral infections research, pediatric health and respiratory diseases, asthma and respiratory diseases, neonatal respiratory health research, and influenza virus research studies.

Notable recent publications by Qiushui He include:

  • Circulation of pertussis and poor protection against diphtheria among middle-aged adults in 18 European countries, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Global spatial dynamics and vaccine-induced fitness changes of Bordetella pertussis, 2022, Science Translational Medicine
  • Macrolide Resistance in Bordetella pertussis: Current Situation and Future Challenges, 2022, Antibiotics
  • Immunogenicity and safety of BPZE1, an intranasal live attenuated pertussis vaccine, versus tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine: a randomised, double-blind, phase 2b trial, 2023, The Lancet
  • Longitudinal Changes in Early Nasal Microbiota and the Risk of Childhood Asthma, 2020, PEDIATRICS

Qiushui He collaborates frequently with a core group of co-authors, including Alex-Mikael Barkoff, Johanna Teräsjärvi, Jussi Mertsola, Eero Lauhkonen, and Kirsi Nuolivirta.

Their work is regularly published in a variety of scientific journals, with a significant number of papers appearing in:

  • Acta Paediatrica
  • Apmis
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Best Publications

  • Bordetella pertussis strains with increased toxin production associated with pertussis resurgence.

    Frits R. Mooi;Inge H.M. van Loo;Marjolein van Gent;Qiushui He

  • Global Population Structure and Evolution of Bordetella pertussis and Their Relationship with Vaccination

    Marieke J. Bart;Simon R. Harris;Abdolreza Advani;Yoshichika Arakawa

  • What to do and what not to do in serological diagnosis of pertussis: recommendations from EU reference laboratories

    N. Guiso;G. Berbers;N. K. Fry;Q. He

  • Factors contributing to pertussis resurgence

    Qiushui He;Jussi Mertsola

  • Whooping cough caused by Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis in an immunized population.

    Qiushui He;Matti K. Viljanen;Heikki Arvilommi;Birgitta Aittanen

  • Variation in the Bordetella pertussis virulence factors pertussis toxin and pertactin in vaccine strains and clinical isolates in Finland.

    Frits R. Mooi;Qiushui He;Hans van Oirschot;Jussi Mertsola

  • Primers are decisive for sensitivity of PCR.

    Q He;M Marjamäki;H Soini;J Mertsola

  • Pertussis Prevention: Reasons for Resurgence, and Differences in the Current Acellular Pertussis Vaccines.

    Susanna Esposito;Paola Stefanelli;Norman Fry;Giorgio Fedele

  • Antibiotic-Induced Disruption of Gut Microbiota Alters Local Metabolomes and Immune Responses

    Lin Sun;Xiaoyan Zhang;Yuxiao Zhang;Kai Zheng

  • Outcomes Of Bordetella Pertussis Infection In Different Age Groups Of An Immunized Population

    Qiushui He;Matti K. Viljanen;Simo Nikkari;Ritva Lyytikainen

  • Appearance of Bordetella pertussis strains not expressing the vaccine antigen pertactin in Finland.

    Alex-Mikael Barkoff;Jussi Mertsola;Sophie Guillot;Nicole Guiso

  • Analysis of Bordetella pertussis Populations in European Countries with Different Vaccination Policies

    S. C. M. van Amersfoorth;L. M. Schouls;H. G. J. van der Heide;A. Advani

  • Decennial Administration of a Reduced Antigen Content Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine in Young Adults

    Jussi Mertsola;Olivier Van Der Meeren;Qiushui He;Anna Linko-Parvinen

  • Comparison of polymerase chain reaction with culture and enzyme immunoassay for diagnosis of pertussis.

    Qiushui He;J. Mertsola;H. Soini;M. Skurnik

  • Rapid differentiation of Borrelia garinii from Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto by LightCycler fluorescence melting curve analysis of a PCR product of the recA gene.

    Johanna Pietilä;Qiushui He;Jarmo Oksi;Matti K. Viljanen

  • Immunity to Pertussis 5 Years after Booster Immunization during Adolescence

    Kati Edelman;Qiushui He;Johanna Mäkinen;Anna Sahlberg

  • Burden of Recurrent Respiratory Tract Infections in Children: A Prospective Cohort Study.

    Laura Toivonen;Sinikka Karppinen;Linnea Schuez-Havupalo;Tamara Teros-Jaakkola

  • Investigations into the emergence of pertactin-deficient Bordetella pertussis isolates in six European countries, 1996 to 2012

    A Zeddeman;M van Gent;CJ Heuvelman;HG van der Heide

  • Bordetella pertussis infection is common in nonvaccinated infants admitted for bronchiolitis.

    Kirsi Nuolivirta;Petri Koponen;Qiushui He;Anne Halkosalo

  • Seroprevalence studies of pertussis: what have we learned from different immunized populations

    Alex-Mikael Barkoff;Kirsi Gröndahl-Yli-Hannuksela;Qiushui He

  • Bordetella pertussis strain variation and evolution postvaccination.

    Teemu Kallonen;Qiushui He

Frequent Co-Authors

Jussi Mertsola
Jussi Mertsola Turku University Hospital
Matti K. Viljanen
Matti K. Viljanen University of Turku
Frits R. Mooi
Frits R. Mooi National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
Heini Huhtala
Heini Huhtala Tampere University
Matti Korppi
Matti Korppi Tampere University
Norman K. Fry
Norman K. Fry Public Health England
Nicole Guiso
Nicole Guiso Institut Pasteur
Guy A. M. Berbers
Guy A. M. Berbers University of Minnesota
Matti Waris
Matti Waris Turku University Hospital
Karen A. Krogfelt
Karen A. Krogfelt Statens Serum Institut

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