Tobias Allander

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Clinical Virology and Virus Discovery

Virus infections impose a huge disease burden on humanity, from common colds to pandemic outbreaks, chronic virus infections, and cancer. Diagnosing viral agents and searching for the cause for diseases with unknown aetiology is therefore fundamental to many aspects of clinical medicine. The group is based at the Department of Clinical Microbiology at Karolinska University Hospital, and the research is focused on discovery of viruses and diagnostic studies on clinical samples.

Articles

Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2023;112(5):1049-1055

Human bocavirus 1 epidemiology in children in relation to virus load and codetection.

Oldhoff E; Bennet R; Eriksson M; Allander T
Article: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY. 2022;94(2):634-641

Better detection of Torque teno virus in children with leukemia by metagenomic sequencing than by quantitative PCR.

Leijonhufvud G; Bajalan A; Teixeira Soratto TA; Gustafsson B; Bogdanovic G; Bjerkner A; Allander T; Ljungman G; Andersson B
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2021;118:21113

[Precision diagnostics in clinical microbiology].

G Giske C; Allander T; Fröding I; Ininbergs K; Mölling P; Engstrand L; Albert J
Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2021;290(3):666-676

Seropositivity in blood donors and pregnant women during the first year of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Stockholm, Sweden.

Castro Dopico X; Muschiol S; Christian M; Hanke L; Sheward DJ; Grinberg NF; Rorbach J; Bogdanovic G; Mcinerney GM; Allander T; Wallace C; Murrell B; Albert J; Karlsson Hedestam GB
Article: CELL. 2020;183(1):158-168.e14

Robust T Cell Immunity in Convalescent Individuals with Asymptomatic or Mild COVID-19.

Sekine T; Perez-Potti A; Rivera-Ballesteros O; Strålin K; Gorin J-B; Olsson A; Llewellyn-Lacey S; Kamal H; Bogdanovic G; Muschiol S; Wullimann DJ; Kammann T; Emgård J; Parrot T; Folkesson E; Karolinska COVID-19 Study Group; Rooyackers O; Eriksson LI; Henter J-I; Sönnerborg A; Allander T; Albert J; Nielsen M; Klingström J; Gredmark-Russ S; Björkström NK; Sandberg JK; Price DA; Ljunggren H-G; Aleman S; Buggert M
Article: GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS. 2020;9(35):e00934-e00920

Four SARS-CoV-2 Genome Sequences from Late April in Stockholm, Sweden, Reveal a Rare Mutation in the Spike Protein.

Soratto TAT; Darban H; Bjerkner A; Coorens M; Albert J; Allander T; Andersson B
Article: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2019;220(4):589-593

No Correlation Between Nasopharyngeal Human Bocavirus 1 Genome Load and mRNA Detection or Serology in Adeno-/Tonsillectomy Patients.

Ivaska LE; Christensen A; Waris M; Puhakka T; Vuorinen T; Allander T; Söderlund-Venermo M; Jartti T
Article: NPJ BIOFILMS AND MICROBIOMES. 2019;5(1):5

The ketogenic diet influences taxonomic and functional composition of the gut microbiota in children with severe epilepsy.

Lindefeldt M; Eng A; Darban H; Bjerkner A; Zetterström CK; Allander T; Andersson B; Borenstein E; Dahlin M; Prast-Nielsen S
Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY. 2018;108:112-120

Virome definition in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with neurological complications after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Pou C; Barrientos-Somarribas M; Marin-Juan S; Bogdanovic G; Bjerkner A; Allander T; Gustafsson B; Andersson B
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2018;8(1):28

Discovering viral genomes in human metagenomic data by predicting unknown protein families.

Barrientos-Somarribas M; Messina DN; Pou C; Lysholm F; Bjerkner A; Allander T; Andersson B; Sonnhammer ELL
Article: CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL ALLERGY. 2018;8:22

Tonsillar cytokine expression between patients with tonsillar hypertrophy and recurrent tonsillitis.

Mikola E; Elenius V; Saarinen M; Palomares O; Waris M; Turunen R; Puhakka T; Ivaska L; Rückert B; Aab A; Vahlberg T; Vuorinen T; Allander T; Camargo CA; Akdis M; Akdis CA; Jartti T
Article: INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2017;49(1):35-41

Viremic co-infections in children with allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation are predominated by human polyomaviruses.

Koskenvuo M; Rahiala J; Sadeghi M; Waris M; Vuorinen T; Lappalainen M; Norja P; Toppinen M; Saarinen-Pihkala U; Allander T; Söderlund-Venermo M; Hedman K; Ruuskanen O; Vettenranta K
Article: PLOS ONE. 2017;12(2):e0172350

The relationship of serum vitamins A, D, E and LL-37 levels with allergic status, tonsillar virus detection and immune response.

Elenius V; Palomares O; Waris M; Turunen R; Puhakka T; Rückert B; Vuorinen T; Allander T; Vahlberg T; Akdis M; Camargo CA; Akdis CA; Jartti T
Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2016;115(8):1008-1014

Virome characterisation from Guthrie cards in children who later developed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.

Bogdanovic G; Pou C; Barrientos-Somarribas M; Bjerkner A; Honkaniemi E; Allander T; Andersson B; Gustafsson B
Article: PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION. 2016;20(3):424-431

Polyomaviruses BK, JC, KI, WU, MC, and TS in children with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Rahiala J; Koskenvuo M; Sadeghi M; Waris M; Vuorinen T; Lappalainen M; Saarinen-Pihkala U; Allander T; Söderlund-Venermo M; Hedman K; Ruuskanen O; Vettenranta K
Article: ALLERGY. 2014;69(5):658-667

Distinct regulation of tonsillar immune response in virus infection.

Jartti T; Palomares O; Waris M; Tastan O; Nieminen R; Puhakka T; Rückert B; Aab A; Vuorinen T; Allander T; Vahlberg T; Ruuskanen O; Akdis M; Akdis CA
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2014;103(1):100-104

Children with multiple viral respiratory infections are older than those with single viruses.

Rotzén-Östlund M; Eriksson M; Tiveljung Lindell A; Allander T; Zweygberg Wirgart B; Grillner L
Article: BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION. 2013;48(10):1308-1312

Human parvoviruses B19, PARV4 and bocavirus in pediatric patients with allogeneic hematopoietic SCT.

Rahiala J; Koskenvuo M; Norja P; Meriluoto M; Toppinen M; Lahtinen A; Väisänen E; Waris M; Vuorinen T; Saarinen-Pihkala U; Lappalainen M; Allander T; Ruuskanen O; Hedman K; Söderlund-Venermo M; Vettenranta K
Article: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY ONCOLOGY. 2012;34(5):364-367

KI, WU, and Merkel cell polyomavirus DNA was not detected in guthrie cards of children who later developed acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Gustafsson B; Honkaniemi E; Goh S; Giraud G; Forestier E; von Döbeln U; Allander T; Dalianis T; Bogdanovic G
Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY. 2012;50(2):531-532

Life-threatening respiratory tract disease with human bocavirus-1 infection in a 4-year-old child.

Edner N; Castillo-Rodas P; Falk L; Hedman K; Söderlund-Venermo M; Allander T
Article: PLOS ONE. 2012;7(2):e30875

Characterization of the viral microbiome in patients with severe lower respiratory tract infections, using metagenomic sequencing.

Lysholm F; Wetterbom A; Lindau C; Darban H; Bjerkner A; Fahlander K; Lindberg AM; Persson B; Allander T; Andersson B
Article: ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY. 2011;156(9):1627-1634

Taxonomical developments in the family Polyomaviridae.

Johne R; Buck CB; Allander T; Atwood WJ; Garcea RL; Imperiale MJ; Major EO; Ramqvist T; Norkin LC
Article: PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL. 2011;30(6):521-523

No efficacy of prednisolone in acute wheezing associated with human bocavirus infection.

Jartti T; Söderlund-Venermo M; Allander T; Vuorinen T; Hedman K; Ruuskanen O
Article: BMC MICROBIOLOGY. 2011;11:2

An unbiased metagenomic search for infectious agents using monozygotic twins discordant for chronic fatigue.

Sullivan PF; Allander T; Lysholm F; Goh S; Persson B; Jacks A; Evengård B; Pedersen NL; Andersson B
Article: PEDIATRIC ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY. 2010;21(7):1008-1014

Allergic sensitization is associated with rhinovirus-, but not other virus-, induced wheezing in children.

Jartti T; Kuusipalo H; Vuorinen T; Söderlund-Venermo M; Allander T; Waris M; Hartiala J; Ruuskanen O
Article: VIRAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2010;23(4):385-393

Expression and serological characterization of polyomavirus WUPyV and KIPyV structural proteins.

Kantola K; Sadeghi M; Ewald MJ; Weissbrich B; Allander T; Lindau C; Andreasson K; Lahtinen A; Kumar A; Norja P; Jartti T; Lehtinen P; Auvinen E; Ruuskanen O; Söderlund-Venermo M; Hedman K
Article: BIOINFORMATICS. 2010;26(13):1595-1600

Classification of DNA sequences using Bloom filters.

Stranneheim H; Käller M; Allander T; Andersson B; Arvestad L; Lundeberg J
Article: JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY. 2010;84(12):6229-6234

Whole-genome characterization and genotyping of global WU polyomavirus strains.

Bialasiewicz S; Rockett R; Whiley DW; Abed Y; Allander T; Binks M; Boivin G; Cheng AC; Chung J-Y; Ferguson PE; Gilroy NM; Leach AJ; Lindau C; Rossen JW; Sorrell TC; Nissen MD; Sloots TP
Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY. 2010;47(3):234-237

Respiratory viruses, a common microbiological finding in neutropenic children with fever.

Lindblom A; Bhadri V; Söderhäll S; Ohrmalm L; Wong M; Norbeck O; Lindau C; Rotzén-Ostlund M; Allander T; Catchpoole D; Dalla-Pozza L; Broliden K; Tolfvenstam T
Article: PLOS ONE. 2009;4(12):e8239

DNA from KI, WU and Merkel cell polyomaviruses is not detected in childhood central nervous system tumours or neuroblastomas.

Giraud G; Ramqvist T; Pastrana DV; Pavot V; Lindau C; Kogner P; Orrego A; Buck CB; Allander T; Holm S; Gustavsson B; Dalianis T
Article: EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2009;15(9):1423-1430

Clinical assessment and improved diagnosis of bocavirus-induced wheezing in children, Finland.

Söderlund-Venermo M; Lahtinen A; Jartti T; Hedman L; Kemppainen K; Lehtinen P; Allander T; Ruuskanen O; Hedman K
Article: EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2009;15(3):489-491

Merkel cell polyomavirus in respiratory tract secretions.

Goh S; Lindau C; Tiveljung-Lindell A; Allander T
Article: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY. 2009;81(1):167-175

Development and implementation of a molecular diagnostic platform for daily rapid detection of 15 respiratory viruses.

Tiveljung-Lindell A; Rotzén-Ostlund M; Gupta S; Ullstrand R; Grillner L; Zweygberg-Wirgart B; Allander T
Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY. 2009;44(1):24-26

A single-tube, real-time PCR assay for detection of the two newly characterized human KI and WU polyomaviruses.

Lindau C; Tiveljung-Lindell A; Goh S; Ramqvist T; Allander T
Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY. 2008;46(12):4104-4105

Hepatitis and human bocavirus primary infection in a child with T-cell deficiency.

Kainulainen L; Waris M; Söderlund-Venermo M; Allander T; Hedman K; Ruuskanen O
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS. 2008;167(9):1011-1015

Human bocavirus in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Koskenvuo M; Möttönen M; Waris M; Allander T; Salmi TT; Ruuskanen O
Article: CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2008;46(4):540-546

Serodiagnosis of human bocavirus infection.

Kantola K; Hedman L; Allander T; Jartti T; Lehtinen P; Ruuskanen O; Hedman K; Söderlund-Venermo M
Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY. 2008;41(1):29-33

Human bocavirus.

Allander T
Article: JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY. 2007;81(8):4130-4136

Identification of a third human polyomavirus.

Allander T; Andreasson K; Gupta S; Bjerkner A; Bogdanovic G; Persson MAA; Dalianis T; Ramqvist T; Andersson B
Article: CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2007;44(7):904-910

Human bocavirus and acute wheezing in children.

Allander T; Jartti T; Gupta S; Niesters HGM; Lehtinen P; Osterback R; Vuorinen T; Waris M; Bjerkner A; Tiveljung-Lindell A; van den Hoogen BG; Hyypiä T; Ruuskanen O
Article: CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2006;43(11):1417-1422

Microbiology of acute otitis media in children with tympanostomy tubes: prevalences of bacteria and viruses.

Ruohola A; Meurman O; Nikkari S; Skottman T; Salmi A; Waris M; Osterback R; Eerola E; Allander T; Niesters H; Heikkinen T; Ruuskanen O
Article: HEPATOLOGY. 2005;42(5):1055-1062

Human monoclonal antibodies that react with the E2 glycoprotein of hepatitis C virus and possess neutralizing activity.

Schofield DJ; Bartosch B; Shimizu YK; Allander T; Alter HJ; Emerson SU; Cosset F-L; Purcell RH
Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2005;102(36):12891-12896

Cloning of a human parvovirus by molecular screening of respiratory tract samples.

Allander T; Tammi MT; Eriksson M; Bjerkner A; Tiveljung-Lindell A; Andersson B
Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2001;98(20):11609-11614

A virus discovery method incorporating DNase treatment and its application to the identification of two bovine parvovirus species.

Allander T; Emerson SU; Engle RE; Purcell RH; Bukh J
Article: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY. 2001;64(2):117-124

Sequence evolution and cross-reactive antibody responses to hypervariable region 1 in acute hepatitis C virus infection.

Hjalmarsson S; Blomberg J; Grillner L; Pipkorn R; Allander T
Article: VIROLOGY. 2000;277(2):358-367

Hepatitis C virus envelope protein E2 binds to CD81 of tamarins.

Allander T; Forns X; Emerson SU; Purcell RH; Bukh J
Article: JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY. 2000;81(Pt 10):2451-2459

Recombinant human monoclonal antibodies against different conformational epitopes of the E2 envelope glycoprotein of hepatitis C virus that inhibit its interaction with CD81.

Allander T; Drakenberg K; Beyene A; Rosa D; Abrignani S; Houghton M; Widell A; Grillner L; Persson MAA
Article: VIROLOGY. 2000;274(1):75-85

Characterization of modified hepatitis C virus E2 proteins expressed on the cell surface.

Forns X; Allander T; Rohwer-Nutter P; Bukh J
Article: ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 1999;130(2):130-134

Epidemiologic and molecular investigation of outbreaks of hepatitis C virus infection on a pediatric oncology service.

Widell A; Christensson B; Wiebe T; Schalén C; Hansson HB; Allander T; Persson MA
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. 1995;30(11):1113-1118

Chronic hepatitis C in alcoholic patients: prevalence, genotypes, and correlation to liver disease.

Befrits R; Hedman M; Blomquist L; Allander T; Grillner L; Kinnman N; Rubio C; Hultcrantz R
Article: LANCET. 1995;345(8950):603-607

Frequent patient-to-patient transmission of hepatitis C virus in a haematology ward.

Allander T; Gruber A; Naghavi M; Beyene A; Söderström T; Björkholm M; Grillner L; Persson MA
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Letter: JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2014;133(1):256-8.e1-4-258

Human bocavirus 1 may suppress rhinovirus-associated immune response in wheezing children.

Lukkarinen H; Söderlund-Venermo M; Vuorinen T; Allander T; Hedman K; Simell O; Ruuskanen O; Jartti T
Review: REVIEWS IN MEDICAL VIROLOGY. 2012;22(1):46-64

Human bocavirus-the first 5 years.

Jartti T; Hedman K; Jartti L; Ruuskanen O; Allander T; Söderlund-Venermo M
Letter: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2011;203(7):1031-U1032

Don't forget serum in the diagnosis of human bocavirus infection.

Don M; Söderlund-Venermo M; Hedman K; Ruuskanen O; Allander T; Korppi M
Letter: EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2009;15(2):344-346

Viral etiology of common cold in children, Finland.

Ruohola A; Waris M; Allander T; Ziegler T; Heikkinen T; Ruuskanen O
Letter: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2008;358(24):2638

A new arenavirus in transplantation.

Allander T; de Lamballerie X; Simmonds P
Review: CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS. 2008;21(2):291-304

Human bocavirus: passenger or pathogen in acute respiratory tract infections?

Schildgen O; Müller A; Allander T; Mackay IM; Völz S; Kupfer B; Simon A
Letter: JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2007;120(1):216

Respiratory viruses and acute asthma in children.

Jartti T; Waris M; Niesters HGM; Allander T; Ruuskanen O
Meeting abstract: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY. 2006;36:S9

Human bocavirus and acute wheezing in children

Allander T
Meeting abstract: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY. 2006;36:S20

Human bocavirus in Swedish children 2004 to 2005

Rotzên Östlund M; Tiveljung Lindell A; Gupta S; Grillner L; Zweygberg Wirgart B; Allander T
Published paper: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 1997;175(1):26-31

Patients infected with the same hepatitis C virus strain display different kinetics of the isolate-specific antibody response.

Allander T; Beyene A; Jacobson SH; Grillner L; Persson MA
Editorial comment: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 1996;240(1):1-3

Hepatitis C virus transmission in hospitals.

Persson MA; Allander T
Letter: NEPHRON. 1996;73(1):110

Transmission of hepatitis C virus by transfer of an infected individual to a new dialysis unit.

Allander T; Medin C; Jacobson SH; Grillner L; Persson MA
Letter: LANCET. 1995;345(8962):1443

PATIENT-TO-PATIENT TRANSMISSION OF HEPATITIS-C VIRUS - REPLY

ALLANDER T; GRUBER A; PERSSON MAA

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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-2024

Degrees and Education

Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2007
University Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet, 1991

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