Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Mathisen, Maria"
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25-hydroxy-vitamin D concentration is not affected by severe or non-severe pneumonia, or inflammation, in young children
Haugen, Johanne; Chandyo, Ram Krishna; Ulak, Manjeswori; Mathisen, Maria; Basnet, Sudha; Brokstad, Karl Albert; Valentiner-Branth, Palle; Shrestha, Prakash S.; Strand, Tor A (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-01-17)Poor vitamin D status has been associated with increased risk and severity of respiratory tract infections. Whether or not inflammation and infection affects 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25(OH)D) concentration is controversial ... -
Acute Lower Respiratory Infection in Childhood and Household Fuel Use in Bhaktapur, Nepal
Bates, Michael N.; Chandyo, Ram Krishna; Valentiner-Branth, Palle; Pokhrel, Amod K.; Mathisen, Maria; Basnet, Sudha; Shrestha, Prakash S.; Strand, Tor A.; Smith, Kirk R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-05)Background: Globally, solid fuels are used by about 3 billion people for cooking. These fuels have been associated with many health effects, including acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) in young children. Nepal has ... -
Cytokine concentrations in plasma from children with severe and non-severe community acquired pneumonia
Haugen, Johanne; Chandyo, Ram Krishna; Brokstad, Karl Albert; Mathisen, Maria; Ulak, Manjeswori; Basnet, Sudha; Valentiner-Branth, Palle; Strand, Tor (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-25)Background: Children in low and middle-income countries have a high burden of pneumonia. Measuring the cytokine responses may be useful to identify novel markers for diagnosing, monitoring, and treating pneumonia. Objective: ... -
Epidemiological and clinical studies of viral pneumonia in young children in Bhaktapur, Nepal.
Mathisen, Maria (Doctoral thesis, 2010-11-12)Pneumonia remains the leading cause of illness and death in children less than 5 years of age in low-and-middle-income countries. Both bacteria and viruses are major causes of pneumonia in children. The disease burden ... -
Global burden of acute lower respiratory infection associated with human parainfluenza virus in children younger than 5 years for 2018: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Wang, Xin; Li, You; Deloria-Knoll, Maria; Madhi, Shabir A.; Cohen, Cheryl; Arguelles, Vina Lea; Basnet, Sudha; Bassat, Quique; Brooks, W Abdullah; Echavarria, Marcela; Fasce, Rodrigo A.; Gentile, Angela; Goswami, Doli; Homaira, Nusrat; Howie, Stephen R.C.; Kotloff, Karen L.; Khuri-Bulos, Najwa; Krishnan, Anand; Lucero, Marilla G.; Lupisan, Socorro P.; Mathisen, Maria; McLean, Kenneth A; Mira-Iglesias, Ainara; Moraleda, Cinta; Okamoto, Michiko; Oshitani, Histoshi; O'Brien, Katherine L.; Owor, Betty E.; Rasmussen, Zeba; Rath, Barbara A.; Salimi, Vahid; Sawatwong, Pongpun; Scott, J. Anthony; Simões, Eric A F; Sotomayor, Viviana; Thea, Donald M; Treurnicht, Florette K; Yoshida, Lay-Myint; Zar, Heather J.; Campbell, Harry; Nair, Harish (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Human parainfluenza virus (hPIV) is a common virus in childhood acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI). However, no estimates have been made to quantify the global burden of hPIV in childhood ALRI. We aimed ... -
Predictors of Duration and Treatment Failure of Severe Pneumonia in Hospitalized Young Nepalese Children
Basnet, Sudha; Sharma, Arun; Mathisen, Maria; Shrestha, Prakash Sunder; Ghimire, Ram Kumar; Shrestha, Dhiraj Man; Valentiner-Branth, Palle; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Strand, Tor A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-03-23)Background. Pneumonia in young children is still the most frequent cause of death in developing countries. We aimed to identify predictors for recovery and treatment failure in children hospitalized with severe pneumonia. ... -
RNA viruses in community-acquired childhood pneumonia in semi-urban Nepal; a cross-sectional study
Mathisen, Maria; Strand, Tor A.; Sharma, Biswa N.; Chandyo, Ram Krishna; Valentiner-Branth, Palle; Basnet, Sudha; Adhikari, Ramesh K.; Hvidsten, Dag; Shrestha, Prakash S.; Sommerfelt, Halvor (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-07-27)Background: Pneumonia is among the main causes of illness and death in children <5 years of age. There is a need to better describe the epidemiology of viral community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in developing countries. ... -
Zinc - a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023
Strand, Tor Arne; Mathisen, Maria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Zinc is essential for several biological processes including those critical for the immune system, DNA synthesis, cell division, and growth. Zinc is involved in the pathophysiology of chronic diseases and protects proteins ...