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Tatjana Avšič-Županc

Tatjana Avšič-Županc

Overview

Tatjana Avšič-Županc is affiliated with the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia and has an extensive research portfolio mainly within the field of Medicine, with a focus on Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Parasitology, Epidemiology, and Molecular Biology.

Their research covers a variety of topics, including:

  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • Poxvirus research and outbreaks

Tatjana Avšič-Županc has published frequently in several specialized venues. These publication venues include:

  • Emerging infectious diseases
  • Journal of General Virology
  • Viruses
  • Archives of Virology
  • Eurosurveillance

Among notable recent papers are:

  • "2020 taxonomic update for phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales," 2020, Archives of Virology
  • "Clinical Evaluation of the cobas SARS-CoV-2 Test and a Diagnostic Platform Switch during 48 Hours in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic," 2020, Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • "ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Nairoviridae," 2020, Journal of General Virology
  • "Performance of the rapid high-throughput automated electrochemiluminescence immunoassay targeting total antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein receptor binding domain in comparison to the neutralization assay," 2021, Journal of Clinical Virology
  • "2021 Taxonomic update of phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales," 2021, Archives of Virology

The researcher has collaborated extensively with various coauthors. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Miša Korva
  • Nataša Knap
  • Katarina Resman Rus
  • Miroslav Petrovec
  • Mario Poljak

Best Publications

  • Autochthonous dengue fever in Croatia, August-September 2010.

    I Gjenero-Margan;B Aleraj;D Krajcar;V Lesnikar

  • Taxonomy of the order Bunyavirales : update 2019

    Abulikemu Abudurexiti;Scott Adkins;Daniela Alioto;Sergey V. Alkhovsky

  • Temporal and spatial analysis of the 2014–2015 Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa

    Miles W. Carroll;David A. Matthews;Julian A. Hiscox;Michael J. Elmore

  • Characterization of Dobrava virus: A hantavirus from Slovenia, Yugoslavia

    Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc;Shu-Yuan Xiao;Radivoj Stojanovic;Ana Gligic

  • Hantavirus infections

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  • 2020 taxonomic update for phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales

    Jens H. Kuhn;Scott Adkins;Daniela Alioto;Sergey V. Alkhovsky

  • Geographical and temporal distribution of SARS-CoV-2 clades in the WHO European Region, January to June 2020.

    Erik Alm;Eeva K Broberg;Thomas Connor;Emma B Hodcroft

  • Socio-economic factors in the differential upsurge of tick-borne encephalitis in Central and Eastern Europe.

    Dana Šumilo;Antra Bormane;Loreta Asokliene;Veera Vasilenko

  • Serological diagnosis of hantavirus infections by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay based on detection of immunoglobulin G and M responses to recombinant nucleocapsid proteins of five viral serotypes.

    Fredrik Elgh;A Lundkvist;O A Alexeyev;H Stenlund

  • Unique human immune signature of Ebola virus disease in Guinea.

    Paula Ruibal;Lisa Oestereich;Anja Lüdtke;Beate Becker-Ziaja

  • Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome in the Dolenjska Region of Slovenia—A 10-Year Survey

    T Avsic-Zupanc;M Petrovec;P Furlan;R Kaps

  • Tick-borne encephalitis associated with consumption of raw goat milk, Slovenia, 2012.

    Neda Hudopisk;Miša Korva;Evgen Janet;Marjana Simetinger

  • A five-year perspective on the situation of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and status of the hantavirus reservoirs in Europe, 2005-2010.

    P Heyman;C S Ceianu;I Christova;N Tordo

  • Complex evolution and epidemiology of Dobrava-Belgrade hantavirus: definition of genotypes and their characteristics.

    Boris Klempa;Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc;Jan Clement;Tamara K. Dzagurova

  • Viral load as predictor of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever outcome.

    Darja Duh;Ana Saksida;Miroslav Petrovec;Salih Ahmeti

  • Interacting Roles of Immune Mechanisms and Viral Load in the Pathogenesis of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever

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  • Hantavirus infections in Europe: from virus carriers to a major public-health problem

    Paul Heyman;Antti Vaheri;Åke Lundkvist;Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc

  • Taxonomy of the order Bunyavirales: second update 2018

    Piet Maes;Scott Adkins;Sergey V. Alkhovsky;Tatjana Avšič-Županc

  • 2021 Taxonomic update of phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales.

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  • The importance of tick-borne encephalitis virus RNA detection for early differential diagnosis of tick-borne encephalitis

    Ana Saksida;Darja Duh;Stanka Lotric-Furlan;Franc Strle

  • Spatial and temporal dynamics of Puumala hantavirus infection in red bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) populations in Belgium.

    Sophie Escutenaire;Pierre Chalon;Ron Verhagen;Paul Heyman

  • Canine babesiosis in Slovenia: molecular evidence of Babesia canis canis and Babesia canis vogeli.

    Darja Duh;NataŠa Tozon;Miroslav Petrovec;Katja StraŠek

  • Comparison of the epidemiological and clinical features of tick-borne encephalitis in children and adults.

    M Logar;M Arnez;J Kolbl;T Avsic-Zupanc

Frequent Co-Authors

Franc Strle
Franc Strle University of Ljubljana
Anna Papa
Anna Papa Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Alexander Plyusnin
Alexander Plyusnin University of Helsinki
Peter Simmonds
Peter Simmonds University of Oxford
Jens H. Kuhn
Jens H. Kuhn National Institutes of Health
Rémi N. Charrel
Rémi N. Charrel Aix-Marseille University
Piet Maes
Piet Maes KU Leuven
Boris Klempa
Boris Klempa Slovak Academy of Sciences
Amadou A. Sall
Amadou A. Sall Institut Pasteur
Chantal Reusken
Chantal Reusken National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)

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