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Simo M Granat; Jukka Ollgren; Elja Herva; Zakaria Mia; Kari Auranen; P Helena Mäkelä
Epidemiological evidence for serotype-independent acquired immunity to pneumococcal carriage.
T Kaijalainen; S M Kharit; A S Kvetnaya; K Sirkiä; Elja Herva; O V Parkov; Hanna Nohynek
Invasive infections caused by Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae among children in St Petersburg, Russia.
Michael G Bruce; Shelley L Deeks; Tammy Zulz; Dana Bruden; Christine Navarro; Marguerite Lovgren; Louise Jette; Karl Kristinsson; Gudrun Sigmundsdottir; Knud Brinkløv Jensen; Oistein Lovoll; J Pekka Nuorti; Elja Herva; Anders Nystedt; Anders Sjostedt; Anders Koch; Thomas W Hennessy; Alan J Parkinson
International Circumpolar Surveillance System for invasive pneumococcal disease, 1999-2005.

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2009: Simo M Granat; Jukka Ollgren; Elja Herva; Zakaria Mia; Kari Auranen; P Helena Mäkelä
Epidemiological evidence for serotype-independent acquired immunity to pneumococcal carriage.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2009;200(1):99-106.
2008: T Kaijalainen; S M Kharit; A S Kvetnaya; K Sirkiä; Elja Herva; O V Parkov; Hanna Nohynek
Invasive infections caused by Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae among children in St Petersburg, Russia.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2008;14(5):507-10.
2008: Michael G Bruce; Shelley L Deeks; Tammy Zulz; Dana Bruden; Christine Navarro; Marguerite Lovgren; Louise Jette; Karl Kristinsson; Gudrun Sigmundsdottir; Knud Brinkløv Jensen; Oistein Lovoll; J Pekka Nuorti; Elja Herva; Anders Nystedt; Anders Sjostedt; Anders Koch; Thomas W Hennessy; Alan J Parkinson
International Circumpolar Surveillance System for invasive pneumococcal disease, 1999-2005.
Emerging infectious diseases 2008;14(1):25-33.
2007: Socorro P Lupisan; Petri Ruutu; P Erma Abucejo-Ladesma; Beatriz P Quiambao; Lorena S Gozum; Lydia T Sombrero; Vicente Romano; Elja Herva; I Riley; Eric A F Simoes
Predictors of death from severe pneumonia among children 2-59 months old hospitalized in Bohol, Philippines: implications for referral criteria at a first-level health facility.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 2007;12(8):962-71.
2007: Simo M Granat; Zakaria Mia; Jukka Ollgren; Elja Herva; Milan Das; Liisa Piirainen; Kari Auranen; P Helena Mäkelä
Longitudinal study on pneumococcal carriage during the first year of life in Bangladesh.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2007;26(4):319-24.
2007: Erma Abucejo-Ladesma; Eric A F Simoes; Socorro P Lupisan; Lydia T Sombrero; Beatriz P Quiambao; Lorena S Gozum; Elja Herva; Petri Ruutu
Serious community-acquired paediatric infections in rural Asia (Bohol Island, Philippines): bacterial meningitis in children less than 5 years of age.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases 2007;39(11-12):983-9.
2006: Elja Herva
Features of epidemiology of Streptococccus pneumoniae (serotype I) in the Arctic.
International journal of circumpolar health 2006;65(5):379-81.
2006: Ritva Syrjänen; Elja Herva; P Helena Mäkelä; Heikki J Puhakka; Kari Auranen; Annika Takala; Terhi Kilpi
The value of nasopharyngeal culture in predicting the etiology of acute otitis media in children less than two years of age.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2006;25(11):1032-6.
2006: Elja Herva; Simo Granat; Zakaria Mia; Jukka Ollgren; Liisa Piirainen; P Helena Mäkelä
Field evaluation of the chessboard modification for serotyping of Streptococcus pneumoniae in a small laboratory in Bangladesh.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2006;74(5):863-7.
2006: Marjaana Kleemola; Johanna Nokso-Koivisto; Elja Herva; Ritva Syrjänen; Mika Lahdenkari; Terhi Kilpi; Tapani Hovi
Is there any specific association between respiratory viruses and bacteria in acute otitis media of young children?
The Journal of infection 2006;52(3):181-7.
2005: Tarja Kaijalainen; Annika Saukkoriipi; Aini Bloigu; Elja Herva; Maija Leinonen
Real-time pneumolysin polymerase chain reaction with melting curve analysis differentiates pneumococcus from other alpha-hemolytic streptococci.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2005;53(4):293-9.
2005: William P Hanage; Tarja Kaijalainen; Elja Herva; Annika Saukkoriipi; Ritva Syrjänen; Brian G Spratt
Using multilocus sequence data to define the pneumococcus.
Journal of bacteriology 2005;187(17):6223-30.
2004: Annika Saukkoriipi; K Leskelä; Elja Herva; Maija Leinonen
Streptococcus pneumoniae in nasopharyngeal secretions of healthy children: comparison of real-time PCR and culture from STGG-transport medium.
Molecular and cellular probes 2004;18(3):147-53.
2004: Arto A I Palmu; Elja Herva; Heljä Savolainen; Pekka Karma; P Helena Mäkelä; Terhi Kilpi
Association of clinical signs and symptoms with bacterial findings in acute otitis media.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2004;38(2):234-42.
2004: Tarja Kaijalainen; Esa Ruokokoski; Pentti Ukkonen; Elja Herva
Survival of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis frozen in skim milk- tryptone-glucose-glycerol medium.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2004;42(1):412-4.
2004: William P Hanage; Kari Auranen; Ritva Syrjänen; Elja Herva; P Helena Mäkelä; Terhi Kilpi; Brian G Spratt
Ability of pneumococcal serotypes and clones to cause acute otitis media: implications for the prevention of otitis media by conjugate vaccines.
Infection and immunity 2004;72(1):76-81.
2003: Petri S Mattila; Veli-Pekka Joki-Erkkilä; Terhi Kilpi; Jukka Jokinen; Elja Herva; Heikki J Puhakka
Prevention of otitis media by adenoidectomy in children younger than 2 years.
Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery 2003;129(2):163-8.
2002: Tarja Kaijalainen; S Rintamäki; Elja Herva; Maija Leinonen
Evaluation of gene-technological and conventional methods in the identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Journal of microbiological methods 2002;51(1):111-8.
2001: Arto A I Palmu; Ritva Syrjänen; Terhi Kilpi; H Pursiainen; Heikki J Puhakka; Tapani Rahko; Elja Herva; Annika Takala
Negative pressure tympanograms in children less than 2 years of age--different bacterial findings in otitis media by tympanometric results.
International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology 2001;61(1):61-9.
2001: PE Abucejo; MR Capeding; Socorro P Lupisan; Jose D Arcay; Lydia T Sombrero; Petri Ruutu; Elja Herva
Blood culture confirmed typhoid fever in a provincial hospital in the Philippines.
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health 2001;32(3):531-6.
2001: Ritva Syrjänen; Terhi Kilpi; Tarja Kaijalainen; Elja Herva; Annika Takala
Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Finnish children younger than 2 years old.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2001;184(4):451-9.
2001: Terhi Kilpi; Elja Herva; Tarja Kaijalainen; Ritva Syrjänen; Annika Takala
Bacteriology of acute otitis media in a cohort of Finnish children followed for the first two years of life.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2001;20(7):654-62.
2001: Juhani Eskola; Terhi Kilpi; Arto A I Palmu; Jukka Jokinen; J Haapakoski; Elja Herva; Annika Takala; Helena Käyhty; Pekka Karma; Robert Kohberger; George R Siber; P Helena Mäkelä
Efficacy of a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against acute otitis media.
The New England journal of medicine 2001;344(6):403-9.
2000: P Ukkonen; K Varis; M Jernfors; Elja Herva; Jukka Jokinen; E Ruokokoski; D Zopf; Terhi Kilpi
Treatment of acute otitis media with an antiadhesive oligosaccharide: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
Lancet 2000;356(9239):1398-402.
2000: Socorro P Lupisan; Elja Herva; Hanna Nohynek; Marilla G Lucero; Lydia T Sombrero; Beatriz P Quiambao; PE Abucejo; Jose D Arcay; P Helena Mäkelä; Petri Ruutu
Incidence of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b infections in Filipino children.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2000;19(10):1020-2.
2000: Socorro P Lupisan; Elja Herva; Lydia T Sombrero; Beatriz P Quiambao; MR Capeding; PE Abucejo; G Esparar; Jose D Arcay; Petri Ruutu
Invasive bacterial infections of children in a rural province in the central Philippines.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2000;62(3):341-6.
1999: Pekka Honkanen; Timo Keistinen; L Miettinen; Elja Herva; U Sankilampi; Esa Läärä; Maija Leinonen; Sirkka-Liisa Kivelä; P Helena Mäkelä
Incremental effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccine on simultaneously administered influenza vaccine in preventing pneumonia and pneumococcal pneumonia among persons aged 65 years or older.
Vaccine 1999;17(20-21):2493-500.
1999: Elja Herva; Lydia T Sombrero; Socorro P Lupisan; Jose D Arcay; Petri Ruutu
Establishing a laboratory for surveillance of invasive bacterial infections in a tertiary care government hospital in a rural province in the Philippines.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 1999;60(6):1035-40.
1997: U Sankilampi; Elja Herva; R Haikala; O Liimatainen; O V Renkonen; Maija Leinonen
Epidemiology of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae infections in adults in Finland.
Epidemiology and infection 1997;118(1):7-15.
1997: Elja Herva; U Sankilampi; Maija Leinonen
[A vaccination would prevent invasive pneumococcal infections in adults].
Duodecim; lääketieteellinen aikakauskirja 1997;113(8):689-91.
1996: M T Kauppinen; Pekka Saikku; P Kujala; Elja Herva; Hannu Syrjälä
Clinical picture of community-acquired Chlamydia pneumoniae pneumonia requiring hospital treatment: a comparison between chlamydial and pneumococcal pneumonia.
Thorax 1996;51(2):185-9.
1996: U Sankilampi; Pekka Honkanen; Aini Bloigu; Elja Herva; Maija Leinonen
Antibody response to pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide vaccine in the elderly.
The Journal of infectious diseases 1996;173(2):387-93.
1995: A Nissinen; P Grönroos; Pentti Huovinen; Elja Herva; M L Katila; T Klaukka; S Kontiainen; O Liimatainen; S Oinonen; P H Mäkelä
Development of beta-lactamase-mediated resistance to penicillin in middle-ear isolates of Moraxella catarrhalis in Finnish children, 1978-1993.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 1995;21(5):1193-6.
1995: M T Kauppinen; Elja Herva; P Kujala; Maija Leinonen; Pekka Saikku; Hannu Syrjälä
The etiology of community-acquired pneumonia among hospitalized patients during a Chlamydia pneumoniae epidemic in Finland.
The Journal of infectious diseases 1995;172(5):1330-5.
1995: A Nissinen; Maija Leinonen; Pentti Huovinen; Elja Herva; M L Katila; S Kontiainen; O Liimatainen; S Oinonen; Annika Takala; P H Mäkelä
Antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Finland, 1987-1990.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 1995;20(5):1275-80.
1995: A Nissinen; Elja Herva; M L Katila; S Kontiainen; O Liimatainen; S Oinonen; Annika Takala; Pentti Huovinen
Antimicrobial resistance in Haemophilus influenzae isolated from blood, cerebrospinal fluid, middle ear fluid and throat samples of children. A nationwide study in Finland in 1988-1990.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases 1995;27(1):57-61.
1993: Heljä-Marja Surcel; Hannu Syrjälä; Maija Leinonen; Pekka Saikku; Elja Herva
Cell-mediated immunity to Chlamydia pneumoniae measured as lymphocyte blast transformation in vitro.
Infection and immunity 1993;61(5):2196-9.
1991: Heljä-Marja Surcel; Hannu Syrjälä; R Karttunen; S Tapaninaho; Elja Herva
Development of Francisella tularensis antigen responses measured as T-lymphocyte proliferation and cytokine production (tumor necrosis factor alpha, gamma interferon, and interleukin-2 and -4) during human tularemia.
Infection and immunity 1991;59(6):1948-53.
1991: R Karttunen; Heljä-Marja Surcel; G Andersson; H P Ekre; Elja Herva
Francisella tularensis-induced in vitro gamma interferon, tumor necrosis factor alpha, and interleukin 2 responses appear within 2 weeks of tularemia vaccination in human beings.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1991;29(4):753-6.
1991: H Karjalainen; M Koskela; Jukka Luotonen; Elja Herva; P Sipilä
Occurrences of antibodies against Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Branhamella catarrhalis in middle ear effusion and serum during the course of acute otitis media.
Acta oto-laryngologica 1991;111(1):112-9.
1991: Heljä-Marja Surcel; S Tapaninaho; Elja Herva
Cytotoxic CD4+ T cells specific for Francisella tularensis.
Clinical and experimental immunology 1991;83(1):112-5.
1990: Mikko Perkkiö; Liisa Hovi; Jukka Rajantie; M Lanning; T Salmi; K Williams; Anne Mäkipernaa; O Ruuskanen; O V Renkonen; Elja Herva
A randomised comparison of ceftazidime and piperacillin, both in combination with flucloxacillin for treatment of febrile episodes in neutropenic children. Finnish Three-Centre Study.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases 1990;22(2):209-18.
1990: H Karjalainen; M Koskela; Jukka Luotonen; Elja Herva; P Sipilä
Antibodies against Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Branhamella catarrhalis in middle ear effusion during early phase of acute otitis media.
Acta oto-laryngologica 1990;109(1-2):111-8.
1989: Heljä-Marja Surcel; Matti Sarvas; I M Helander; Elja Herva
Membrane proteins of Francisella tularensis LVS differ in ability to induce proliferation of lymphocytes from tularemia-vaccinated individuals.
Microbial pathogenesis 1989;7(6):411-9.
1989: Heljä-Marja Surcel; Jorma Ilonen; K Poikonen; Elja Herva
Francisella tularensis-specific T-cell clones are human leukocyte antigen class II restricted, secrete interleukin-2 and gamma interferon, and induce immunoglobulin production.
Infection and immunity 1989;57(9):2906-8.
1988: K Lehtomäki; M Leinonen; Annika Takala; T Hovi; Elja Herva; M Koskela
Etiological diagnosis of pneumonia in military conscripts by combined use of bacterial culture and serological methods.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology 1988;7(3):348-54.
1987: R Karttunen; G Andersson; H P Ekre; K Juutinen; Heljä-Marja Surcel; Hannu Syrjälä; Elja Herva
Interleukin 2 and gamma interferon production, interleukin 2 receptor expression, and DNA synthesis induced by tularemia antigen in vitro after natural infection or vaccination.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1987;25(6):1074-8.
1986: Pentti Huovinen; Elja Herva; M L Katila; M L Klossner; O V Renkonen; P Toivanen
Reliability of a disk diffusion method using semiconfluent growth in the determination of aminoglycoside resistance.
Acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica. Section B, Microbiology 1986;94(3):153-7.
1986: Hannu Syrjälä; P Koskela; T Ripatti; A Salminen; Elja Herva
Agglutination and ELISA methods in the diagnosis of tularemia in different clinical forms and severities of the disease.
The Journal of infectious diseases 1986;153(1):142-5.
1985: R Karttunen; Jorma Ilonen; Elja Herva
Interleukin 2 production in whole blood culture: a rapid test of immunity to Francisella tularensis.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1985;22(2):318-9.
1985: P Karma; Juhani Pukander; Markku Sipilä; M Timonen; S Pöntynen; Elja Herva; P Grönroos; H Mäkelä
Prevention of otitis media in children by pneumococcal vaccination.
American journal of otolaryngology 1985;6(3):173-84.
1985: P Karma; T Virtanen; Juhani Pukander; Markku Sipilä; Jukka Luotonen; M Timonen; Elja Herva; P Grönroos
Branhamella catarrhalis in acute otitis media.
Acta oto-laryngologica 1985;99(3-4):285-90.
1984: Hannu Syrjälä; Elja Herva; J Ilonen; K Saukkonen; A Salminen
A whole-blood lymphocyte stimulation test for the diagnosis of human tularemia.
The Journal of infectious diseases 1984;150(6):912-5.
1984: Pentti Huovinen; P Grönroos; Elja Herva; M L Katila; M L Klossner; O V Renkonen; P Toivanen
Aminoglycoside resistance among blood culture isolates.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1984;20(1):65-9.
1983: P Karma; Jukka Luotonen; Juhani Pukander; Markku Sipilä; Elja Herva; P Grönroos
Haemophilus influenzae in acute otitis media.
Acta oto-laryngologica 1983;95(1-2):105-10.
1982: P Koskela; Elja Herva
Cell-mediated and humoral immunity induced by a live Francisella tularensis vaccine.
Infection and immunity 1982;36(3):983-9.
1982: P Koskela; Elja Herva
Immunity against Francisella tularensis in northern Finland.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases 1982;14(3):195-9.
1981: M Leinonen; Jukka Luotonen; Elja Herva; K Valkonen; P H Mäkelä
Preliminary serologic evidence for a pathogenic role of Branhamella catarrhalis.
The Journal of infectious diseases 1981;144(6):570-4.
1981: Jukka Luotonen; Elja Herva; P Karma; M Timonen; M Leinonen; P H Mäkelä
The bacteriology of acute otitis media in children with special reference to Streptococcus pneumoniae as studied by bacteriological and antigen detection methods.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases 1981;13(3):177-83.
1980: P H Mäkelä; M Sibakov; Elja Herva; J Henrichsen; Jukka Luotonen; M Timonen; M Leinonen; M Koskela; Juhani Pukander; S Pöntynen; P Grönroos; P Karma
Pneumococcal vaccine and otitis media.
Lancet 1980;2(8194):547-51.
1980: P Karma; Jukka Luotonen; M Timonen; S Pöntynen; Juhani Pukander; Elja Herva; P Grönroos; M Leinonen; M Sibakov; P H Mäkelä
Efficacy of pneumococcal vaccination against recurrent otitis media. Preliminary results of a field trial in Finland.
The Annals of otology, rhinology & laryngology. Supplement 1980;89(3 Pt 2):357-62.
1980: P Koskela; Elja Herva
Cell-mediated immunity against Francisella tularensis after natural infection.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases 1980;12(4):281-7.
1980: Elja Herva; Jukka Luotonen; M Timonen; M Sibakov; P Karma; P H Mäkelä
The effect of polyvalent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine on nasopharyngeal and nasal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases 1980;12(2):97-100.