Jenny Hesson
Researcher at Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology; Infection and Immunity; Åke Lundkvist
- E-mail:
- jenny.hesson@imbim.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- BMC
Husargatan 3
752 37 UPPSALA - Postal address:
- Box 582
751 23 UPPSALA
Biography
My research concerns the ecology of vector borne diseases, with main focus on mosquitoes and pathogens that they carry.

Publications
Selection of publications
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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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Introduction and Dispersal of Sindbis Virus from Central Africa to Europe
Part of Journal of Virology, 2019
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Global risk model for vector-borne transmission of Zika virus reveals the role of El Nino 2015
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 119-124, 2017
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Temporal Variation in Sindbis Virus Antibody Prevalence in Bird Hosts in an Endemic Area in Sweden
Part of PLOS ONE, 2016
- DOI for Temporal Variation in Sindbis Virus Antibody Prevalence in Bird Hosts in an Endemic Area in Sweden
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Part of Emerging Infectious Diseases, p. 875-878, 2015
Recent publications
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Part of Nucleic Acids Research, 2025
- DOI for A U3 snoRNA is required for the regulation of chromatin dynamics and antiviral response in Drosophila melanogaster
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Local Circulation of Sindbis Virus in Wild Birds and Horses, the Netherlands, 2021-2022
Part of Emerging Infectious Diseases, p. 863-866, 2025
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Part of Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, p. 162-171, 2025
- DOI for Climate and malaria: modeling non-linear dynamics in the Nordic countries during the 18th and 19th centuries
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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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Vector competence of Swedish Culex pipiens mosquitos for Japanese encephalitis virus
Part of Parasites & Vectors, 2024
- DOI for Vector competence of Swedish Culex pipiens mosquitos for Japanese encephalitis virus
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of Nucleic Acids Research, 2025
- DOI for A U3 snoRNA is required for the regulation of chromatin dynamics and antiviral response in Drosophila melanogaster
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Local Circulation of Sindbis Virus in Wild Birds and Horses, the Netherlands, 2021-2022
Part of Emerging Infectious Diseases, p. 863-866, 2025
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Part of Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, p. 162-171, 2025
- DOI for Climate and malaria: modeling non-linear dynamics in the Nordic countries during the 18th and 19th centuries
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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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Vector competence of Swedish Culex pipiens mosquitos for Japanese encephalitis virus
Part of Parasites & Vectors, 2024
- DOI for Vector competence of Swedish Culex pipiens mosquitos for Japanese encephalitis virus
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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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Vector competence of Swedish Culex pipiens mosquitoes for Usutu virus
Part of One Health, 2024
- DOI for Vector competence of Swedish Culex pipiens mosquitoes for Usutu virus
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Surveillance of Culex spp. vectors and zoonotic arboviruses at a zoo in the United Kingdom
Part of Heliyon, 2024
- DOI for Surveillance of Culex spp. vectors and zoonotic arboviruses at a zoo in the United Kingdom
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Part of Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association, p. 25-34, 2023
- DOI for Increased abundance of floodwater mosquito species over three seasons in Forshaga municipality, western Sweden
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Usage of FTA (R) Classic Cards for Safe Storage, Shipment, and Detection of Arboviruses
Part of Microorganisms, 2022
- DOI for Usage of FTA (R) Classic Cards for Safe Storage, Shipment, and Detection of Arboviruses
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Part of International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022
- DOI for Transcriptome Analysis of an Aedes albopictus Cell Line Single- and Dual-Infected with Lammi Virus and WNV
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Vertical Transmission of Sindbis Virus in Culex Mosquitoes
Part of Viruses, 2022
- DOI for Vertical Transmission of Sindbis Virus in Culex Mosquitoes
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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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The spatiotemporal distribution of historical malaria cases in Sweden: a climatic perspective
Part of Malaria Journal, 2021
- DOI for The spatiotemporal distribution of historical malaria cases in Sweden: a climatic perspective
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Part of Parasites & Vectors, 2021
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Blood-feeding ecology of mosquitoes in two zoological gardens in the United Kingdom
Part of Parasites & Vectors, 2021
- DOI for Blood-feeding ecology of mosquitoes in two zoological gardens in the United Kingdom
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Part of Viruses, 2021
- DOI for Small RNA Response to Infection of the Insect-Specific Lammi Virus and Hanko Virus in an Aedes albopictus Cell Line
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Sindbis virus neutralising antibodies detected in Swedish horses
Part of One Health, 2021
- DOI for Sindbis virus neutralising antibodies detected in Swedish horses
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Laboratory transmission potential of British mosquitoes for equine arboviruses
Part of Parasites & Vectors, 2020
- DOI for Laboratory transmission potential of British mosquitoes for equine arboviruses
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Sindbis Virus Infection in Non-Blood-Fed Hibernating Culex pipiens Mosquitoes in Sweden
Part of Viruses, 2020
- DOI for Sindbis Virus Infection in Non-Blood-Fed Hibernating Culex pipiens Mosquitoes in Sweden
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Part of Viruses, 2020
- DOI for Identification and RNAi Profile of a Novel Iflavirus Infecting Senegalese Aedes vexans arabiensis Mosquitoes
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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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Potential for Zika virus transmission by mosquitoes in temperate climates
Part of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2020
- DOI for Potential for Zika virus transmission by mosquitoes in temperate climates
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Viromics Reveal a Number of Novel RNA Viruses in Swedish Mosquitoes
Part of Viruses, 2019
- DOI for Viromics Reveal a Number of Novel RNA Viruses in Swedish Mosquitoes
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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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Sindbis virus polyarthritis outbreak signalled by virus prevalence in the mosquito vectors
Part of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019
- DOI for Sindbis virus polyarthritis outbreak signalled by virus prevalence in the mosquito vectors
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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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Pest occurrence of Aedes rossicus close to the Arctic Circle in northern Sweden
Part of Journal of Vector Ecology, p. 36-43, 2018
- DOI for Pest occurrence of Aedes rossicus close to the Arctic Circle in northern Sweden
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Global risk model for vector-borne transmission of Zika virus reveals the role of El Nino 2015
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 119-124, 2017
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First report on human-biting Culex pipiens in Sweden
Part of Parasites & Vectors, 2016
- DOI for First report on human-biting Culex pipiens in Sweden
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Temporal Variation in Sindbis Virus Antibody Prevalence in Bird Hosts in an Endemic Area in Sweden
Part of PLOS ONE, 2016
- DOI for Temporal Variation in Sindbis Virus Antibody Prevalence in Bird Hosts in an Endemic Area in Sweden
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Part of Emerging Infectious Diseases, p. 875-878, 2015
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Part of Journal of Vector Ecology, p. 158-163, 2015
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Part of Medical and Veterinary Entomology, p. 179-186, 2014
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Six polymorphic microsatellites in the flood-water mosquito Aedes sticticus
Part of Journal of Vector Ecology, p. 404-407, 2013
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The geographic distribution of mosquito species in Sweden
Part of Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association, p. 21-35, 2013
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Part of Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, p. 1383-1389, 2011
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Part of Medical and Veterinary Entomology, p. 142-149, 2010
Chapters in book
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Ockelbo Disease in Sweden: Unraveling the Epidemiology, Ecology, and Evolution of Sindbis Virus
Part of History of Arbovirology: Memories from the Field, p. 289-312, Springer, 2023