Background and activities
The focus of my research is to understand why some bacteria cause severe infection while other only cause mild or no disease, mainly in diarrhoea-associated E. coli.
Scientific, academic and artistic work
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Journal publications
- (2014) PCR-based detection and molecular characterization of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains in a routine microbiology laboratory over 16 years. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. vol. 52 (9).
- (2014) All-time high tularaemia incidence in Norway in 2011: report from the national surveillance. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. vol. 33 (11).
- (2013) Comparisons of infant Escherichia coli isolates link genomic profiles with adaptation to the ecological niche. BMC Genomics. vol. 14.
- (2012) Risk of developing tuberculosis after brief exposure in Norwegian children: results of a contact investigation. BMJ Open. vol. 2 (6).
- (2012) Clonal relations of atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H16 strains isolated from various sources from several countries. FEMS Microbiology Letters. vol. 337.
- (2012) Multiple-locus variant-repeat assay (MLVA) is a useful tool for molecular epidemiologic analysis of Streptococcus agalactiae strains causing bovine mastitis. Veterinary Microbiology. vol. 157 (3-4).
- (2011) Outbreak of tularaemia in central Norway, January to March 2011. Eurosurveillance. vol. 16 (13).
- (2011) Investigation of an Escherichia coli O145 outbreak in a child day-care centre - extensive sampling and characterization of eae- and stx(1)-positive E. coli yields epidemiological and socioeconomic insight. BMC Infectious Diseases. vol. 11.
- (2010) Group B Streptococcus colonization during pregnancy and maternal-fetal transmission in Zimbabwe. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. vol. 89 (2).
- (2010) Rapid multiple-locus variant-repeat assay (MLVA) for genotyping of Streptococcus agalactiae. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. vol. 48 (7).
- (2009) Molecular and phenotypic characterization of invasive group B streptococcus strains from infants in Norway 2006-2007. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. vol. 15 (12).
- (2008) Phylogenetic Backgrounds and Virulence Profiles of Atypical Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Strains from a Case-Control Study Using Multilocus Sequence Typing and DNA Microarray Analysis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. vol. 46 (7).
- (2006) Identification of virulence genes linked with diarrhea due to atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli by DNA microarray analysis and PCR. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. vol. 44.
- (2004) Association of atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) with prolonged diarrhoea. Journal of Medical Microbiology. vol. 53.
- (2003) High prevalence of atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) in Norwegian children with diarrhoea. Journal of Medical Microbiology. vol. 52.
- (2003) Susceptibility to topical antibiotics of skin and soft tissue isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes: indications of clonal spread of fusidic acid resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. vol. 35.
- (2003) Susceptibility of Skin and Soft-tissue Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes to Topical Antibiotics: Indications of Clonal Spread of Fusidic Acid-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. vol. 35.
- (2003) High prevalence of atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) in Norwegian children with diarrhoea. Journal of Medical Microbiology. vol. 52.
- (2001) Erytromycin- og ciprofloksacinresistens hos Campylobacter jejuni. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. vol. 18.
Report/dissertation
- (2007) Role of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli in childhood diarrhoea in Norway. 2007. ISBN 978-82-471-5806-7.
Others
- (2013) Multiple-locus variant-repeat assay (MLVA) is a useful tool for molecular epidemiologic analysis of Streptococcus agalactiae strains causing bovine mastitis. MASTITIS - NEW KNOWLEDGE ON DIAGNOSTICS AND CONTROL ON MODERN DAIRY FARMS . Nordisk komite for veterinærvitenskapelig samarbeid - NKVet; Reykjavik. 2013-05-13 - 2013-05-14.
- (2012) Comparison of four serological methods for the diagnosis of tularaemia. 7th international conference on tularaemia . Tularemia International Society; Breckenridge. 2012-09-17 - 2012-09-20.