Author

Merit Pauskar

Observed name: Pauskar, Merit

Observed institution: University of Tartu

OpenAlex ID: A5110257512

Risk factors associated with gut and nasopharyngeal colonization by common Gram-negative species and yeasts in neonatal intensive care units patients

2011 · Ülle Parm, Tuuli Metsvaht, et al. · Early Human Development · 61

Association between TLR3 rs3775291 and resistance to HIV among highly exposed Caucasian intravenous drug users

2013 · Kristi Huik, Radko Avi, et al. · Infection Genetics and Evolution · 37

First report of Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica from soft tissue and bone infection at an unusually high northern latitude

2014 · Siiri Kõljalg, Kaidi Telling, et al. · Folia Microbiologica · 36

Prevalence and genotypes of GBV‐C and its associations with HIV infection among persons who inject drugs in Eastern Europe

2016 · Ene‐Ly Jõgeda, Kristi Huik, et al. · Journal of Medical Virology · 23

Emerging transmitted drug resistance in treatment-naïve human immunodeficiency virus-1 CRF06_cpx-infected patients in Estonia

2010 · Radko Avi, Kristi Huik, et al. · Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases · 15

Influence of interleukin 10 polymorphisms -592 and -1082 to the HIV, HBV and HCV serostatus among intravenous drug users

2014 · Eveli Kallas, Kristi Huik, et al. · Infection Genetics and Evolution · 14

Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies and their association with clinical symptoms of COVID-19 in Estonia (KoroSero-EST-1 study)

2021 · Piia Jõgi, Hiie Soeorg, et al. · Vaccine · 13

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Human T-lymphotropic virus types 1 and 2 are rare among intravenous drug users in Eastern Europe

2016 · Ene-Ly Jõgeda, Radko Avi, et al. · Infection Genetics and Evolution · 13

Group A rotavirus genotypes circulating prior to implementation of a National Immunization Program in Estonia

2012 · Hiie Soeorg, Eda Tamm, et al. · Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics · 13

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Transmitted Drug Resistance Is Still Low in Newly Diagnosed Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 CRF06_cpx-Infected Patients in Estonia in 2010

2013 · Radko Avi, Kristi Huik, et al. · AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses · 11

T Cell Distribution in Relation to HIV/HBV/HCV Coinfections and Intravenous Drug Use

2016 · Eveli Kallas, Kristi Huik, et al. · Viral Immunology · 8

Differences in T cell distribution and CCR5 expression in HIV-positive and HIV-exposed seronegative persons who inject drugs

2015 · Eveli Kallas, Kristi Huik, et al. · Medical Microbiology and Immunology · 8

Prevalence of drug resistance mutations in HAART patients infected with HIV‐1 CRF06_cpx in Estonia

2015 · Radko Avi, Merit Pauskar, et al. · Journal of Medical Virology · 6

Association of IFNλ4 rs12979860 polymorphism with the acquisition of HCV and HIV infections among people who inject drugs

2018 · Ene‐Ly Jõgeda, Radko Avi, et al. · Journal of Medical Virology · 5

A CCL5 Haplotype Is Associated with Low Seropositivity Rate of HCV Infection in People Who Inject Drugs

2016 · Kristi Huik, Radko Avi, et al. · PLoS ONE · 5

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Association Between HIV-1 Tropism and CCR5 Human Haplotype E in a Caucasian Population

2014 · Kristi Huik, Radko Avi, et al. · JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes · 5

CCR5 Haplotypes Influence HCV Serostatus in Caucasian Intravenous Drug Users

2013 · Kristi Huik, Radko Avi, et al. · PLoS ONE · 5

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Transmitted HIV-1 drug resistance in Estonian residents and Ukrainian refugees in 2020 and 2022

2025 · Arina Šablinskaja, Hiie Soeorg, et al. · Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance · 4

SARS-CoV-2 clade dynamics and their associations with hospitalisations during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic

2024 · Taavi Päll, Aare Abroi, et al. · PLoS ONE · 4

No transmitted drug resistance to HIV integrase strand-transfer inhibitors after their scale-up in Estonia in 2017

2023 · Arina Šablinskaja, Merit Pauskar, et al. · Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance · 4

SARS-CoV-2 dual infection with Delta and Omicron variants in an immunocompetent host: a case report

2022 · Aare Abroi, Ulvi Gerst Talas, et al. · International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 4

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Dynamics of hepatitis C epidemic among people living with HIV in Estonia based on Estonian HIV cohort study

2021 · Kerstin Kase, Radko Avi, et al. · BMC Infectious Diseases · 3

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Stable level of HIV transmitted drug resistance in Estonia despite significant scale-up of antiretroviral therapy

2019 · Pilleriin Soodla, Kristi Huik, et al. · Infection Genetics and Evolution · 3

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The concordance of the limiting antigen and the Bio-Rad avidity assays in persons from Estonia infected mainly with HIV-1 CRF06_cpx

2019 · Kristi Huik, Pilleriin Soodla, et al. · PLoS ONE · 3

Full-length genome sequences of Estonian HIV-1 CRF06 and Eastern-European subtype A1 recombinant forms

2014 · Radko Avi, Kristi Huik, et al. · BMC Infectious Diseases · 3

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Works count: 31

Citation count: 307

H-index: 10

I10-index: 10