John Pettersson
Researcher at Department of Medical Sciences; Clinical Microbiology
- Telephone:
- +46 73 261 26 11
- Mobile phone:
- +46 73 261 26 11
- E-mail:
- john.pettersson@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Dag Hammarskjölds väg 38
- Postal address:
- Klinisk Mikrobiologi, Hub
Dag Hammarskjölds väg 38
751 85 Uppsala
Researcher at Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology; Infection and Immunity; Åke Lundkvist
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 45 30
- Mobile phone:
- +46 73 261 26 11
- E-mail:
- john.pettersson@imbim.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- BMC
Husargatan 3
752 37 UPPSALA - Postal address:
- Box 582
751 23 UPPSALA

Publications
Recent publications
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Part of Cell, 2025
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Hantavirus co-circulation in common shrews (Sorex araneus) in Sweden
Part of Virus Evolution, 2025
- DOI for Hantavirus co-circulation in common shrews (Sorex araneus) in Sweden
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Novel variants of tick-borne encephalitis virus from patient and tick samples in Norway
Part of Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2025
- DOI for Novel variants of tick-borne encephalitis virus from patient and tick samples in Norway
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Part of Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2025
- DOI for Genomic insights into extended-spectrum β-lactamase- and plasmid-borne AmpC-producing Escherichia coli transmission between humans and livestock in rural Cambodia
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Part of Viruses, 2025
- DOI for The Genotypes/Subtypes and Antiviral Drug Resistance of the Hepatitis C Virus from Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of Cell, 2025
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Hantavirus co-circulation in common shrews (Sorex araneus) in Sweden
Part of Virus Evolution, 2025
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Novel variants of tick-borne encephalitis virus from patient and tick samples in Norway
Part of Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2025
- DOI for Novel variants of tick-borne encephalitis virus from patient and tick samples in Norway
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Part of Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2025
- DOI for Genomic insights into extended-spectrum β-lactamase- and plasmid-borne AmpC-producing Escherichia coli transmission between humans and livestock in rural Cambodia
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Part of Viruses, 2025
- DOI for The Genotypes/Subtypes and Antiviral Drug Resistance of the Hepatitis C Virus from Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal
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Compression rates of microbial genomes are associated with genome size and base composition
Part of Genomics & Informatics, 2024
- DOI for Compression rates of microbial genomes are associated with genome size and base composition
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Study on the temporal and spatial distribution of Culex mosquitoes in Hanoi, Vietnam
Part of Scientific Reports, 2024
- DOI for Study on the temporal and spatial distribution of Culex mosquitoes in Hanoi, Vietnam
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Farmed fur animals harbour viruses with zoonotic spillover potential
Part of Nature, p. 228-233, 2024
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Tribute to Prof. Dr. Thomas Gustav Tore Jaenson, Uppsala University, Sweden
Part of Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2024
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The evolutionary and molecular history of a chikungunya virus outbreak lineage
Part of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2024
- DOI for The evolutionary and molecular history of a chikungunya virus outbreak lineage
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Substantial viral and bacterial diversity at the bat-tick interface
Part of MICROBIAL GENOMICS, 2023
- DOI for Substantial viral and bacterial diversity at the bat-tick interface
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Part of BMC Genomics, 2023
- DOI for No association of a Vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) gene polymorphism with pre-eclampsia among pregnant women in Uganda
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Zoonotic risk assessment among farmed mammals
Part of Cell, p. 2040-20400, 2023
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Part of Journal of Infectious Diseases, p. 625-633, 2022
- DOI for Concurrent Infection With Multiple Human Papillomavirus Types Among Unvaccinated and Vaccinated 17-Year-Old Norwegian Girls
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Discovery of a Novel Coronavirus in Swedish Bank Voles (Myodes glareolus)
Part of Viruses, 2022
- DOI for Discovery of a Novel Coronavirus in Swedish Bank Voles (Myodes glareolus)
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2022
- DOI for Age and sex effects on DNA methylation sites linked to genes implicated in severe COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 host cell entry
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Part of Virus Evolution, 2022
- DOI for Widespread interspecific phylogenetic tree incongruence between mosquito-borne and insect-specific flaviviruses at hotspots originally identified in Zika virus
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Part of Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2022
- DOI for Assessment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Intervention Strategies in the Nordic Countries Using Genomic Epidemiology
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Part of Virus Evolution, 2022
- DOI for Meta-transcriptomics reveals potential virus transfer between Aedes communis mosquitoes and their parasitic water mites
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Co-occurrence of Francisella and spotted fever group Rickettsia in avian-associated Hyalomma rufipes
Part of Microorganisms, 2022
- DOI for Co-occurrence of Francisella and spotted fever group Rickettsia in avian-associated Hyalomma rufipes
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Part of One Health, 2021
- DOI for Retrospective meta-transcriptomic identification of severe dengue in a traveller returning from Africa to Sweden, 1990
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Part of One Health, 2021
- DOI for Tracing and tracking the emergence, epidemiology and dispersal of dengue virus to Africa during the 20th century
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Field surveys in Croatia and North Macedonia reveal two novel phleboviruses circulating in sandflies
Part of Journal of General Virology, 2021
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Part of Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2021
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Part of Eurosurveillance, 2021
- DOI for The impact of public health interventions in the Nordic countries during the first year of SARS-CoV-2 transmission and evolution
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Meta-transcriptomic identification of Trypanosoma spp. in native wildlife species from Australia
Part of Parasites & Vectors, 2020
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Phylogeographic Dynamics of Influenza A(H9N2) Virus Crossing Egypt
Part of Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
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Novel hepaci- and pegi-like viruses in native Australian wildlife and non-human primates
Part of Virus Evolution, 2020
- DOI for Novel hepaci- and pegi-like viruses in native Australian wildlife and non-human primates
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Part of Emerging Microbes & Infections, p. 1429-1431, 2020
- DOI for Identification of hepatitis C virus in the common bed bug - a potential, but uncommon route for HCV infection?
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Part of Zoonoses and Public Health, p. 370-381, 2020
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Circumpolar diversification of the Ixodes uriae tick virome
Part of PLoS Pathogens, 2020
- DOI for Circumpolar diversification of the Ixodes uriae tick virome
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Part of Antiviral Research, 2020
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Part of Big Data Analytics, 2019
- DOI for Estimation of AT and GC content distributions of nucleotide substitution rates in bacterial core genomes
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Part of Viruses, 2019
- DOI for Meta-Transcriptomic Comparison of the RNA Viromes of the Mosquito Vectors Culex pipiens and Culex torrentium in Northern Europe
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Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection in Norway
Part of BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
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Novel hepatitis D-like agents in vertebrates and invertebrates
Part of Virus Evolution, 2019
- DOI for Novel hepatitis D-like agents in vertebrates and invertebrates
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Part of Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2019
- DOI for Meta-transcriptomic identification of hepatitis B virus in cerebrospinal fluid in patients with central nervous system disease
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Introduction and Dispersal of Sindbis Virus from Central Africa to Europe
Part of Journal of Virology, 2019
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Modeling of the GC content of the substituted bases in bacterial core genomes
Part of BMC Genomics, 2018
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Modeling of the GC content of the substituted bases in bacterial core genomes
Part of BMC Genomics, 2018
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Part of Parasites & Vectors, 2018
- DOI for The importance of wildlife in the ecology and epidemiology of the TBE virus in Sweden: incidence of human TBE correlates with abundance of deer and hares
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Re-visiting the evolution, dispersal and epidemiology of Zika virus in Asia
Part of Emerging Microbes & Infections, 2018
- DOI for Re-visiting the evolution, dispersal and epidemiology of Zika virus in Asia
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Part of Science Advances, 2018
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Part of BMC Genomics, 2017
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Characterizing the virome of Ixodes ricinus ticks from northern Europe
Part of Scientific Reports, 2017
- DOI for Characterizing the virome of Ixodes ricinus ticks from northern Europe
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Part of Journal of General Virology, p. 413-421, 2017
- DOI for Deep sequencing analysis of tick-borne encephalitis virus from questing ticks at natural foci reveals similarities between quasispecies pools of the virus
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Hepatitis C reinfection after sustained virological response
Part of Journal of Hepatology, p. 1020-1026, 2016
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Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 13881-13886, 2016
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Hepatitis C reinfection after sustained virological response
Part of Journal of Hepatology, p. 1020-1026, 2016
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How Did Zika Virus Emerge in the Pacific Islands and Latin America?
Part of mBio, 2016
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Part of Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica (APMIS), p. 759-764, 2015
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Part of Parasites & Vectors, p. 102, 2014
- DOI for Prevalence of tick-borne encephalitis virus in Ixodes ricinus ticks in northern Europe with particular reference to southern Sweden
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Dating the origin of the genus Flavivirus in the light of Beringian biogeography
Part of Journal of General Virology, p. 1969-1982, 2014
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Part of Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, p. 100-106, 2012
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Part of Parasites & Vectors, p. 66, 2010
- DOI for Detection and prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Rickettsia helvetica in Ixodes ricinus ticks in seven study areas in Sweden
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Articles, review/survey
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Evolution of Genomic Base Composition: From Single Cell Microbes to Multicellular Animals
Part of Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, p. 362-370, 2019
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Emerging arboviruses: Why today?
Part of ONE HEALTH, p. 1-13, 2017
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Chapters in book
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Climate change, ticks and tick-borne pathogens in Northern Europe
Part of Climate, ticks and disease, p. 528-531, CABI Publishing, 2022