Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Aavitsland, Preben"

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    • Evaluation of the pilot wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in Norway, June 2022 – March 2023 

      Amato, Ettore; Hyllestad, Susanne; Heradstveit, Petter; Langlete, Petter; Moen, Line Victoria; Rohringer, Andreas; Pires, Joao; Baz-Lomba, Jose Antonio; Bragstad, Karoline; Feruglio, Siri Laura; Aavitsland, Preben; Madslien, Elisabeth Henie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-09-04)
      Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, wastewater-based surveillance gained great international interest as an additional tool to monitor SARS-CoV-2. In autumn 2021, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health decided to ...

    • Hvorfor innreisekarantene? 

      Tobiassen, Marte; Lie, Anne Helene Kveim; Aavitsland, Preben (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Innreisekarantene er blitt brukt som smittevernstiltak i over 600 år. Da covid-19 rammet vinteren 2020 hadde verdens stater ulik tilnærming til innreise­karantene. I Norge var vi tilbakeholdne med et slikt tiltak, mens man ...

    • A large community outbreak of waterborne giardiasis- delayed detection in a non-endemic urban area 

      Nygård, Karin; Schimmer, Barbara; Søbstad, Øystein; Walde, Anna; Tveit, Ingvar; Langeland, Nina; Hausken, Trygve; Aavitsland, Preben (BMC Public Health 6(141), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2006-05-25)
      Background: Giardia is not endemic in Norway, and more than 90% of reported cases acquire the infection abroad. In late October 2004, an increase in laboratory confirmed cases of giardiasis was reported in the city of ...