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    • Genetic diversity of astrovirus in children from a birth cohort in Nepal 

      Shrestha, Sanjaya Kumar; Shrestha, Jasmin; Andreassen, Åshild Kristine; Strand, Tor A; Dudman, Susanne Gjeruldsen; Dembinski, Jennifer Lynn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Objective: This study describes the types of Human astroviruses detected in stool samples collected from a birth cohort of children in Nepal. Methods: Using a commercial kit (ProSpecT), a total of 5,224 diarrheal and ...

    • Genetic predisposition to hypertension is associated with preeclampsia in European and Central Asian women 

      Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur; McGinnis, Ralph; Williams, Nicholas O.; Stefánsdóttir, Lilja; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Shooter, Scott; Fadista, João; Sigurdsson, Jon K.; Auro, Kirsi; Berezina, Galina; Borges, Maria-Carolina; Bumpstead, Suzannah; Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas; Colgiu, Irina; Dolby, Vivien A.; Dudbridge, Frank; Engel, Stephanie M.; Franklin, Christopher S.; Frigge, Michael L; Frisbaek, Yr; Geirsson, Reynir T.; Geller, Frank; Gretarsdottir, Solveig; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Harmon, Quaker; Hougaard, David Michael; Hegay, Tatyana; Helgadottir, Anna; Hjartardóttir, Sigrún; Jääskeläinen, Tiina; Johannsdottir, Hrefna; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Juliusdottir, Thorhildur; Kalsheker, Noor; Kasimov, Abdumadjit; Kemp, John P.; Kivinen, Katja; Klungsøyr, Kari; Lee, Wai K; Melbye, Mads; Miedzybrodska, Zosia; Moffett, Ashley; Najmutdinova, Dilbar; Nishanova, Firuza; Olafsdottir, Thorunn; Perola, Markus; Pipkin, Fiona Broughton; Poston, Lucilla; Prescott, Gordon; Saevarsdottir, Saedis; Salimbayeva, Damilya; Scaife, Paula Juliet; Skotte, Line; Staines-Urias, Eleonora; Stefansson, Olafur A.; Sørensen, Karina Meden; Thomsen, Liv Cecilie Vestrheim; Tragante, Vinicius; Trogstad, Lill; Simpson, Nigel A.B.; Aripova, Tamara; Casas, Juan P; Dominiczak, Anna F; Walker, James J.; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Iversen, Ann-Charlotte; Feenstra, Bjarke; Lawlor, Deborah A.; Boyd, Heather Allison; Magnus, Per; Laivuori, Hannele; Zakhidova, Nodira; Syvatova, Gulnara; Stefansson, Kari; Morgan, Linda (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Preeclampsia is a serious complication of pregnancy, affecting both maternal and fetal health. In genome-wide association meta-analysis of European and Central Asian mothers, we identify sequence variants that associate ...

    • Genome-wide analysis of parent-of-origin interaction effects with environmental exposure (PoOxE): An application to European and Asian cleft palate trios 

      Haaland, Øystein Ariansen; Jugessur, Astanand; Gjerdevik, Miriam; Romanowska, Julia; Shi, Min; Beaty, Terri H.; Marazita, Mary L.; Murray, Jeffrey C.; Wilcox, Allen J.; Lie, Rolv T.; Gjessing, Håkon K. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-09-12)
      Cleft palate only is a common birth defect with high heritability. Only a small fraction of this heritability is explained by the genetic variants identified so far, underscoring the need to investigate other disease ...

    • A genome-wide scan of cleft lip triads identifies parent-of-origin interaction effects between ANK3 and maternal smoking, and between ARHGEF10 and alcohol consumption 

      Haaland, Øystein Ariansen; Romanowska, Julia; Gjerdevik, Miriam; Lie, Rolv T.; Gjessing, Håkon K.; Jugessur, Astanand (Journal article, 2019-06-24)
      Background: Although both genetic and environmental factors have been reported to influence the risk of isolated cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P), the exact mechanisms behind CL/P are still largely unaccounted ...

    • A genome-wide scan of cleft lip triads identifies parent-of-origin interaction effects between ANK3 and maternal smoking, and between ARHGEF10 and alcohol consumption 

      Haaland, Øystein Ariansen; Romanowska, Julia; Gjerdevik, Miriam; Lie, Rolv T.; Gjessing, Håkon K.; Jugessur, Astanand (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-06-24)
      Background: Although both genetic and environmental factors have been reported to influence the risk of isolated cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P), the exact mechanisms behind CL/P are still largely unaccounted ...

    • A genome-wide search for gene-environment effects in isolated cleft lip with or without cleft palate triads points to an interaction between maternal periconceptional vitamin use and variants in ESRRG 

      Haaland, Øystein Ariansen; Lie, Rolv T.; Romanowska, Julia; Gjerdevik, Miriam; Gjessing, Håkon K.; Jugessur, Astanand (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-02-26)
      Background: It is widely accepted that cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P) results from the complex interplay between multiple genetic and environmental factors. However, a robust investigation of these ...

    • Geographic accessibility to childhood tuberculosis care in Pakistan 

      Yaqoob, Aashifa; Alvi, Muhammad Rizwan; Fatima, Razia; Najmi, Hina; Samad, Zia; Nisar, Nadia; Haq, Anwar Ul; Javed, Basharat; Khan, Abdul Wali; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background Tuberculosis (TB) in children is difficult to detect and often needs specialists to diagnose; the health system is supposed to refer to higher level of health care when diagnosis is not settled in a sick child. ...

    • Geographic variation in access to dog-bite care in Pakistan and risk of dog-bite exposure in Karachi: prospective surveillance using a low-cost mobile phone system 

      Zaidi, Syed Mohammad Asad; Labrique, Alain B.; Khowaja, Saira; Lotia-Farrukh, Ismat; Irani, Julia Noshir; Salahuddin, Naseem; Khan, Aamir Javed (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-12-12)
      Background: Dog-bites and rabies are under-reported in developing countries such as Pakistan and there is a poor understanding of the disease burden. We prospectively collected data utilizing mobile phones for dog-bite and ...

    • A geographical cluster of konzo in Tanzania 

      Howlett, William P.; Brubaker, G.; Mlingi, Nicholaus; Rosling, H. (Journal article, 1992)
      Konzo, an upper motor neuron disease, was diagnosed in 116 subjects in a community-based survey of 28,500 inhabitants in the Tarime District in Tanzania. All cases had a uniform clinical picture with isolated non-progressive ...

    • Gestational Age Patterns of Fetal and Neonatal Mortality in Europe: Results from the Euro-Peristat Project 

      Mohangoo, Ashna D.; Buitendijk, Simone E.; Szamotulska, Katarzyna; Chalmers, Jim; Irgens, Lorentz M.; Bolumar, Francisco; Nijhuis, Jan G.; Zeitlin, Jennifer (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-11-16)
      Background: The first European Perinatal Health Report showed wide variability between European countries in fetal (2.6– 9.1%) and neonatal (1.6–5.7%) mortality rates in 2004. We investigated gestational age patterns of ...

    • Gestational diabetes mellitus and interpregnancy weight change: A population-based cohort study 

      Sørbye, Linn Marie; Skjaerven, Rolv; Klungsøyr, Kari; Morken, Nils-Halvdan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-08-01)
      Background: Being overweight is an important risk factor for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM), but the underlying mechanisms are not understood. Weight change between pregnancies has been suggested to be an independent ...

    • Gestational diabetes mellitus by maternal country of birth and length of residence in immigrant women in Norway 

      Strandberg, Ragnhild Bjarkøy; Iversen, Marjolein M.; Jenum, Anne Karen; Sørbye, Linn Marie; Vik, Eline Skirnisdottir; Schytt, Erica; Aasheim, Vigdis; Nilsen, Roy Miodini (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Aims: Immigrant women are at higher risk for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) than non-immigrant women. This study described the prevalence of GDM in immigrant women by maternal country of birth and examined the ...

    • Gestational weight gain charts for different body mass index groups for women in Europe, North America, and Oceania 

      Santos, Susana; Eekhout, Iris; Voerman, Ellis; Eggesbø, Merete Åse; Magnus, Per; Papadopoulou, Eleni Zoumpoulia; Stoltenberg, Camilla; Jaddoe, Vincent W V (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-11-05)
      Background Gestational weight gain differs according to pre-pregnancy body mass index and is related to the risks of adverse maternal and child health outcomes. Gestational weight gain charts for women in different ...

    • Getting Physically Active by E-Bike : An Active Commuting Intervention Study 

      Mildestvedt, Thomas; Hovland, Olav Johannes; Berntsen, Sveinung; Bere, Elling Tufte; Fegran, Liv (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Introduction: Increased physical activity (PA) is a major component in promoting public health, and active commuting could make an important contribution. Using an electric bicycle (e-bike) is reported to be of at least ...

    • "Getting rid of the plague": jiggers removal program in Bungoma, Kenya. Community and health workers perspectives on tungiasis in a high prevalence area. 

      Mørkve, Åse (Master thesis, 2013-06-02)
      Objectives: Tungiasis is caused by a flea, tunga penetrans/ jiggers, which enters the epidermis of humans/ animals. The skin gets painful and itchy, and if untreated, bacterial infection occurs. Jiggers are easily transmitted ...

    • The Gezira Family Medicine Project (GFMP). A scientific evaluation of a Master program for family physicians in Gezira, Sudan 

      Mohamed, Khalid Gaffer (Doctoral thesis, 2019-03-27)
      Background: Family medicine based health systems are accepted worldwide as the best suitable model to provide integrated, high quality health services. In Sub-Saharan Africa, there is a recent movement towards implementing ...

    • Giardiasis in Bergen. Outbreak and clinical consequences. 

      Wensaas, Knut-Arne (Doctoral thesis, 2011-11-25)
      Background Giardia lamblia is a common cause of waterborne disease. It is endemic in many parts of the world, especially where sanitation is poor, but in Europe and North America it is most often encountered in outbreaks ...

    • Gir vi pasienttilfredshetsundersøkelser nok oppmerksomhet? Kartlegging av pasienterfaringer, har det betydning for kvaliteten på tjenester som tilbys? 

      Nilssen, Janne Kristin (Master thesis, 2018-12-10)
      Background: In order to improve the quality of health care services provided to patients, patient satisfaction surveys are conducted in the health services. These surveys can be a management tool for quality improvement ...

    • Global burden of acute lower respiratory infection associated with human metapneumovirus in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling study 

      Wang, Xin; Li , You; Deloria-Knoll, Maria; Madhi, Shabir A.; Cohen, Cheryl; Ali, Asad; Basnet, Sudha; Bassat, Quique; Brooks, W Abdullah; Chittaganpitch, Malinee; Echavarria, Marcela; Fasce, Rodrigo A.; Goswami, Doli; Hirve, Siddhivinayak; Homaira, Nusrat; Howie, Stephen R.C.; Kotloff, Karen L.; Khuri-Bulos, Najwa; Krishnan, Anand; Lucero, Marilla G.; Lupisan, Socorro P.; Mira-Iglesias, Ainara; Moore, David P; Moraleda, Cinta; Nunes, Marta; Oshitani, Histoshi; Owor, Betty E.; Polack, Fernando P; O'Brien, Katherine L.; Rasmussen, Zeba A.; Rath, Barbara A; Salimi, Vahid; Scott, J Anthony G; Simões, Eric A F; Strand, Tor A; Thea, Donald M; Treurnicht, Florette K; Vaccari, Linda C; Yoshida, Lay-Myint; Zar, Heather J.; Campbell, Harry; Nair, Harish (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background Human metapneumovirus is a common virus associated with acute lower respiratory infections (ALRIs) in children. No global burden estimates are available for ALRIs associated with human metapneumovirus in children, ...

    • 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 ...