• Mothers’ knowledge and utilization of prevention of mother to child transmission services in northern Tanzania 

      Falnes, Eli Fjeld; Tylleskär, Thorkild; De Paoli, Marina M.; Manongi, Rachel; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010)
      Background: More than 90% of children living with HIV have been infected through mother to child transmission. The aims of our present study were to: (1) assess the utilization of the prevention of mother to child transmission ...
    • Motivating cardiac rehabilitation patients to maintain lifestyle changes 

      Mildestvedt, Thomas (Doctoral thesis, 2008-12-05)
      Background: In Western societies, the single greatest opportunity to improve health and reduce premature death lies in personal behaviour. Personal behaviour is, however, embedded in social contexts. Therefore, we may ...
    • A Mouse Model for Latent Tuberculosis 

      Phyu, S.; Mustafa, Tehmina; Hofstad, T.; Nilsen, Rune; Fosse, R.; Bjune, Gunnar Aksel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 1998-06)
      The aim of the study was to establish a reproducible murine model for latent tuberculosis. We propose an operational definition of latent murine tuberculosis as a stable Mycobacterium tuberculosis count in lungs and spleens ...
    • A Mouse Model for Slowly Progressive Primary Tuberculosis 

      Mustafa, Tehmina; Phyu, S.; Nilsen, Rune; Jonsson, Roland; Bjune, Gunnar Aksel (Journal article, 1999-08)
      The progression from primary Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection to disease is usually slow in humans. The aim of this study was to develop and characterize a mouse model for slowly progressive primary tuberculosis, using ...
    • Movement Aberrations in Patients with Long Lasting Subacromial Impingement Syndrome 

      Berg, Valborg Kristine (Master thesis, 2014-12-11)
      Background: Little research has been done to investigate possible movement aberrations in patients with long-lasting (> 12 weeks) shoulder impingement syndrome (SIS). Focus so far has mainly been on possible somatic ...
    • Movement quality evaluation and its correlation with recommended functional measures in hip osteoarthritis 

      Olsen, Aarid Liland; Magnussen, Liv Heide; Skjærven, Liv Karin Helvik; Assmus, Jörg; Sundal, Mary Anne; Ostelo, Raymond W.; Strand, Liv Inger (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Objective Hip osteoarthritis may cause compensational movement strategies that require extra physical and mental effort. Such aberrant functioning can be captured in movement quality evaluation. The objective of this study ...
    • MPT64 antigen detection test improves diagnosis of pediatric extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Mbeya, Tanzania 

      Grønningen, Erlend; Nanyaro, Marywinnie; Sviland, Lisbet; Ngadaya, Esther; Muller, William; Torres, Lisete; Mfinanga, Sayoki; Mustafa, Tehmina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Pediatric extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) is a diagnostic challenge. A new immunochemistry based MPT64 antigen detection test has shown improved sensitivity compared to current laboratory tests. The aim of this study ...
    • MPT64 antigen detection test improves routine diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in a low-resource setting: A study from the tertiary care hospital in Zanzibar 

      Jørstad, Melissa Davidsen; Marijani, Msafiri; Dyrhol-Riise, Anne Ma; Sviland, Lisbeth; Mustafa, Tehmina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-05-09)
      Background: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) is a diagnostic challenge. An immunochemistry-based MPT64 antigen detection test (MPT64 test) has reported higher sensitivity in the diagnosis of EPTB compared with conventional ...
    • Multi-psychotropic drug prescription and the association to neuropsychiatric symptoms in three Norwegian nursing home cohorts between 2004 and 2011 

      Gulla, Christine; Selbaek, Geir; Flo, Elisabeth; Kjome, Reidun Lisbet Skeide; Kirkevold, Øyvind; Husebø, Bettina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-06-01)
      Background Neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as affective symptoms, psychosis, agitation, and apathy are common among nursing home patients with and without dementia. Treatment with one or more psychotropic drug is often ...
    • Multi-Wavelength Photobiomodulation Therapy Combined with Static Magnetic Field on Long-Term Pulmonary Complication after COVID-19: A Case Report 

      Tomazoni, Shaiane Silva; Johnson, Douglas Scott; Leal, Ernesto Cesar Pinto Jr (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Introduction: Photobiomodulation therapy, alone (PBMT) or combined with a static magnetic field (PBMT-sMF), has been demonstrated to be effective in the regeneration of tissues, modulation of inflammatory processes, and ...
    • A multicomponent intervention to optimise nurseepatient communication in the intensive care unit: A mixed-methods acceptability and feasibility study 

      Holm, Anna; Nikolajsen, Lone; Dreyer, Pia (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background Mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care units may experience communication challenges owing to intubation, which affects nurse–patient communication. Several strategies may optimise communication, ...
    • Multidimensjonal stratifisert behandling av uspesifikke korsryggsmerter: en systematisk oversikt 

      Berge, Alexander Emil (Master thesis, 2016-10-31)
      Studiedesign: Systematic review. Background: Non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) is a heterogeneous condition that has proven difficult to treat. To increase treatment effects stratified care is regarded as a promising ...
    • Multilevel analyses of related public health indicators: The European Surveillance of Congenital Anomalies (EUROCAT) Public Health Indicators 

      Best, Kate E.; Rankin, Judith; Dolk, Helen; Loane, Maria; Haeusler, Martin; Nelen, Vera; Verellen-Dumoulin, Christine; Garne, Ester; Sayers, Gerardine; Mullaney, Carmel; O'Mahony, Mary; Gatt, Miriam; de Walle, Hermien; Klungsøyr, Kari; Mokoroa, Olatz; Cavero-Carbonell, Clara; Kurinczuk, Jennifer J.; Draper, Elizabeth S.; Tucker, David; Wellesley, Diana; Zymak-Zakutnia, Natalya; Lelong, Nathalie; Khoshnood, Babak (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background Public health organisations use public health indicators to guide health policy. Joint analysis of multiple public health indicators can provide a more comprehensive understanding of what they are intended to ...
    • Multimorbidity among registered immigrants in Norway: the role of reason for migration and length of stay. 

      Diaz, Esperanza; Kumar, Bernadette. N; Gimeno-Feliu, Luis A.; Calderón-Larrañaga, Amaia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-10-16)
      Objectives: International migration is rapidly increasing worldwide. However, the health status of migrants differs across groups. Information regarding health at arrival and subsequent periodic follow-up in the host country ...
    • Multimorbidity and chronic diseases among undocumented migrants: evidence to contradict the myths 

      Gimeno-Feliu, Luis Andrés; Pastor-Sanz, Marta; Poblador-Plou, Beatriz; Calderón-Larrañaga, Amaia; Diaz, Esperanza; Prados-Torres, Alexandra (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background There is little verified information on the global health status of undocumented migrants (UMs). Our aim is to compare the prevalence of the main chronic diseases and of multimorbidity in undocumented migrants, ...
    • A multinational Delphi consensus to end the COVID-19 public health threat 

      Lazarus, Jeffrey V.; Romero, Diana; Kopka, Christopher J.; Karim, Salim Abdool; Abu-Raddad, Laith J.; Almeida, Gisele; Baptista-Leite, Ricardo; Barocas, Joshua A.; Barreto, Mauricio L.; Bar-Yam, Yaneer; Bassat, Quique; Batista, Carolina; Bazilian, Morgan; Chiou, Shu-Ti; del Rio, Carlos; Dore, Gregory J.; Gao, George F.; Gostin, Lawrence O.; Hellard, Margaret; Jimenez, Jose L.; Kang, Gagandeep; Lee, Nancy; Matičič, Mojca; McKee, Martin; Nsanzimana, Sabin; Oliu-Barton, Miquel; Pradelski, Bary; Pyzik, Oksana; Rabin, Kenneth; Raina, Sunil; Rashid, Sabina Faiz; Rathe, Magdalena; Saenz, Rocio; Singh, Sudhvir; Trock-Hempler, Malene; Villapol, Sonia; Yap, Peiling; Binagwaho, Agnes; Kamarulzaman, Adeeba; El-Mohandes, Ayman; Barreto, Mauricio; del Rio, Carlos; Abdulla, Salim; Addleman, Sarah; Aghayeva, Gulnara; Agius, Raymond; Ahmed, Mohammed; Ramy, Mohamed Ahmed; Aide, Pedro; Aleman, Soo; Alfred, Jean-Patrick; Ali, Shamim; Aliaga, Jorge; Aloudat, Tammam; Alqahtani, Saleh A.; Al-Salman, Jameela; Amuasi, John H.; Agrawal, Anurag; Anwar, Wagida; Araujo-Jorge, Tania; Artaza, Osvaldo; Asadi, Leyla; Awuku, Yaw; Baker, Michael; Barberia, Lorena; Bascolo, Ernesto; Belcher, Paul; Bell, Lizett; Benzaken, Adele; Bergholtz, Emil; Bhadelia, Nahid; Bhan, Anant; Bilodeau, Stephane; Bitrán, Ricardo; Bluyssen, Philomena; Bosman, Arnold; Bozza, Fernando A.; Brinkmann, Melanie M.; Brown, Andrew; Mellado, Bruce; Bukusi, Elizabeth; Bullen, Chris; Buonanno, Giorgio; Burgess, Rochelle; Butler, Matthew; Byakika-Kibwika, Pauline; Cabieses, Baltica; Carlsson, Gunilla; Cascini, Fidelia; Chabala, Chishala; Chakroun, Mohamed; Cheng, K.K.; Chetty, Agnes; Chumachenko, Dmytro; Consalves, Gregg; Conway Morris, Andrew; Cordie, Ahmed; Corrah, Tumani; Crabtree-Ramírez, Brenda; Dashdorj, Naranjargal; Davidovitch, Nadav; de Souza, Luis Eugenio; Dhariwal, Akshay Chand; Druică, Elena; Ergonul, Onder; Erondu, Ngozi A.; Essar, Mohammad Yasir; Ewing, Andrew; Fanjul, Gonzalo; Feierstein, Daniel; Feigl-Ding, Eric; Figueroa, Ramon; Figueroa, John Peter; Fisher, Dale; Flores, Walter; Forero-Peña, David A.; Frumkin, Howard; Gamkrelidze, Amiran; Gandhi, Monica; Garcia, Patricia; Garcia-Basteiro, Alberto L.; García-Sastre, Adolfo; Garg, Suneela; Gbeasor-Komlanvi, F.A.; Gershenson, Carlos; Gilada, Ishwar; Giovanella, Ligia; González, Marino; Green, Manfred S.; Greenhalgh, Trisha; Griffin, Paul; Griffin, Stephen; Grinsztejn, Beatriz; Anand, Tanu; Guerra, Germán; Guinto, Renzo; Gujski, Mariusz; Guner, Rahmet; Hamdy, Adam; Hâncean, Marian-Gabriel; Haniffa, Abusayeed; Hartigan-Go, Kenneth Y.; Hassan, Hoda K.; Hay, Simon I.; Heino, Matti T. J.; Hel, Zdenek; Hotez, Peter; Hu, Jia; Hukić, Mirsada; IJsselmuiden, Carel; Iroko, Davidson; Iskarous, Maged; Izugbara, Chimaraoke; Jacobs, Choolwe; Jadad, Alejandro R.; Jehan, Fyezah; Jordan, Ayana; Jroundi, Imane; Kain, Kevin; Kamberi, Fatjona; Karamov, Eduard; Karan, Abraar; Katz, Rebecca; Katzourakis, Aris; Kazembe, Abigail; Khamis, Faryal; Khamzayev, Komiljon; Khanyola, Judy; Khunti, Kamlesh; Kiguli-Malwadde, Elsie; Kim, Woo Joo; Kirenga, Bruce J.; Klimovský, Daniel; Kmush, Brittany L.; Knaul, Felicia; Kogevinas, Manolis; Kristensen, Frederik; Kumar, Dinesh; Kumar, Raman; Kvalsvig, Amanda; Lacerda, Marcus V.; Lal, Arush; Lawton, Tom; Lemery, Jay; Leonardi, Anthony J.; Li, Yuguo; Löttvall, Jan; Lounis, Mohamed; Maceira, Daniel; MacIntyre, C. Raina; Madani, Azzeddine; Magiorkinis, Gkikas; Malekzadeh, Reza; Choisy, Marc; Marcelin, Jasmine R.; Marks, Guy B.; Marr, Linsey; Marrazzo, Jeanne; Martina, Antonieta; Martín-Moreno, José M.; Mateos, Carlos; Mayxay, Mayfong; Mazarati, Jean Bapiste; Mboup, Souleymane; McDonald, Jennifer; McMillan, Faye; Mechili, Enkeleint; Medici, Andre; Davis, Sarah L. M.; Meier, Petra; Memish, Ziad A.; Menon, Jaideep; Menon, Purnima; Mesiano-Crookston, Jonathan; Michie, Susan; Mikolasevic, Ivana; Milicevic, Ognjen; Mishra, Asit Kumar; Mohamed, Rahma; Mokdad, Ali H.; Monroy-Valle, Michele; Morawska, Lidia; Moschos, Sterghios A.; Motawea, Karam; Mousavi, Sayed Hamid; Mumtaz, Ghina; Munene, Peter K.; Muñoz Almagro, Carmen; Muriuki, Janet; Muyingo, Sylvia; Naniche, Denise; Naylor, C. David; Ndembi, Nicaise; Nemec, Juraj; Nesteruk, Igor; Ngaruiya, Christine; Nguyen, Hung; Nikolova, Dafina; Nitzan, Dorit; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Noushad, Mohammed; Ntoumi, Francine; Nyborg, Gunhild; Ochodo, Eleanor; Odabasi, Zekaver; Okwen, Mbah Patrick; Olivia, Keiser; Ong, David S. Y.; Opara, Ijeoma; Orozco, Miguel; Oshitani, Hitoshi; Pagel, Christina; Pai, Madhukar; Pálsdóttir, Björg; Papatheodoridis, Georgios; Paraskevis, Dimitrios; Leigh, Jeanna Parsons; Pécoul, Bernard; Peichl, Andreas; Perez-Then, Eddy; Duc, Phuc Pham; Philippe, Cécile; Pineda Rojas, Andrea; Pladsen, Courtney; Pozniak, Anton; Quiroga, Rodrigo; Qureshi, Huma; Rampal, Sanjay; Ranney, Megan; Rathe, Laura; Ratzan, Scott; Raventos, Henriette; Rees, Helen; Reis, Renata; Ricciardi, Walter; Rizk, Nesrine; Robalo, Magda; Robertson, Eleanor; Robinson, Leanne; Rokx, Casper; Ros, Tamsin; Røttingen, John-Arne; Rubin, Meir; Ruxrungtam, Kiat; Sadirova, Shakhlo; Saha, Senjuti; Salgado, Nelly; Sanchez, Lizet; Sangaramoorthy, Thurka; Santamaria-Ulloa, Carolina; Santos, Renata; Sawaf, Bisher; Schneider, Matthias F.; Schooley, Robert T.; Sener, Alper; Sepulveda, Jaime; Shah, Jaffer; Shibani, Mosa; Shoib, Sheikh; Sikazwe, Izukanji; Šimaitis, Aistis; Gill, Amandeep Singh; Skhvitaridze, Natia; Sokolović, Milka; Solomon, Roma; Solórzano, Xavier; Springer, Sandra A.; Šrol, Jakub; Staines, Anthony; Stelfox, Henry T.; Strathdee, Steffanie; Sulaiman, Lokman Hakim; Sutton, Brett; Svanæs, Dag; Swed, Sarya; Sypsa, Vana; Sørensen, Kristine; Tajudeen, Raji; Tan, Amy; Tang, Julian; Tanner, Marcel; Sethi, Tavpritesh; Temmerman, Marleen; Than, Kyu Kyu; Tinto, Halidou; Tomètissi, Sênoudé Pacôme; Torres, Irene; Tshering, K.P.; Tsiodras, Sotirios; Tsofa, Benjamin; Vahlne, Anders; Vargas, Juan Rafael; Bernal, Ivan Dario Velez; Ventura, Deisy; Vilasanjuan, Rafael; Vipond, Joe; Wamala-Andersson, Sarah; Wargocki, Pawel; West, Robert; Weyand, Angela; White, Trenton M.; Wolff, Guntram; Yao, Maosheng; Yates, Christian A.; Yeboah, Georgina; Yee-Sin, Leo; Yi, Siyan; Teo, Yik-Ying; Yong, Poovorawan; Zamora-Mesía, Victor; Øvrehus, Anne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Despite notable scientific and medical advances, broader political, socioeconomic and behavioural factors continue to undercut the response to the COVID-19 pandemic1,2. Here we convened, as part of this Delphi study, a ...
    • Multiple micronutrient supplementation improves vitamin B12 and folate concentrations of HIV infected children in Uganda: a randomized controlled trial 

      Ndeezi, Grace; Tumwine, James K.; Ndugwa, Christopher M.; Bolann, Bjørn J.; Tylleskär, Thorkild (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-05-21)
      Background: The effect of multiple micronutrient supplementation on vitamin B12 and folate has hither to not been reported in African HIV infected children. This paper describes vitamin B12 and folate status of Ugandan HIV ...
    • Multiple micronutrient supplementation in HIV-infected children. A randomised trial among children aged 1-5 years in Uganda 

      Ndeezi, Grace (Doctoral thesis, 2011-10-21)
      Micronutrient deficiencies are common in children living in low-income countries, more so in malnourished and HIV-infected children. The routinely practiced interventions, such as vitamin A supplementation and other ...
    • Multiple pregnancies in Norway, 1967-2008. The influence of assisted reproductive technologies 

      Tandberg, Anne (Doctoral thesis, 2011-05-05)
      Background: Multiple pregnancies have increased risk of certain adverse outcomes as preterm birth, low birthweight and higher perinatal mortality rate compared to singleton pregnancies. Data from industrialized countries ...
    • Multiplex Analysis of Pro- or Anti-Inflammatory Serum Cytokines and Chemokines in relation to Gender and Age among Tanzanian Tuberculous Lymphadenitis Patients 

      Mustafa, Tehmina; Brokstad, Karl Albert; Mfinanga, Sayoki Godfrey M.; Wiker, Harald G (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)
      Objectives. Tuberculous lymphadenitis is the most common formof extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) with a female and paediatric preponderance, postulated to be due to differences in the immune response. The aim of this study ...