Browsing Institutt for helse og samfunn by Author "Aavitsland, Preben"

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  • An outbreak of skin rash traced to a portable floating tank in Norway, May 2017 
    Hyllestad, Susanne; Lange, Heidi; Guzmán Herrador, Bernardo Rafael; Macdonald, Emily Ann; Lund, Vidar; Aavitsland, Preben; Vold, Line (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    Despite concerns about infection risks of floating tanks, outbreaks have rarely been reported. In May 2017, an outbreak of skin rash occurred among visitors of a floating tank open for the public in Norway. We assessed the ...
  • Compliance with water advisories after water outages in Norway 
    Hyllestad, Susanne; Veneti, Lamprini; Bugge, Annechen B; Rosenberg, Thea G; Nygård, Karin; Aavitsland, Preben (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    Background Water advisories, especially those concerning boiling drinking water, are widely used to reduce risks of infection from contaminants in the water supply. Since the effectiveness of boil water ...
  • Hvorfor innreisekarantene 
    Tobiassen, Marte; Lie, Anne Helene Kveim; Aavitsland, Preben (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; 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 ...
  • Immigrant screening for latent tuberculosis infection: numbers needed to test and treat, a Norwegian population-based cohort study 
    Winje, Brita Askeland; Grøneng, Gry Marysol; White, Richard Aubrey; Akre, Peter; Aavitsland, Preben; Heldal, Einar (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    Objectives: To estimate the number needed to screen (NNS) and the number needed to treat (NNT) to prevent one tuberculosis (TB) case in the Norwegian immigrant latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) screening programme and ...
  • Measles vaccine coverage among children born to Somali immigrants in Norway 
    Jenness, Sherin Marie; Aavitsland, Preben; White, Richard Aubrey; Winje, Brita Askeland (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    Abstract Background Despite overall good vaccination coverage in many countries, vaccine hesitancy has hindered full coverage and exposed groups to the risk of outbreaks. Somali immigrant groups have ...
  • The effectiveness of syndromic surveillance for the early detection of waterborne outbreaks: a systematic review 
    Hyllestad, Susanne; Amato, Ettore; Nygård, Karin; Vold, Line; Aavitsland, Preben (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    Background Waterborne outbreaks are still a risk in high-income countries, and their early detection is crucial to limit their societal consequences. Although syndromic surveillance is widely used for the ...
  • The establishment and first experiences of a crisis advisory service for water supplies in Norway 
    Hyllestad, Susanne; Lund, Vidar; Nygård, Karin Maria; Aavitsland, Preben; Vold, Line (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
    Abstract Water supply systems, in particular small-scale water supply systems, are vulnerable to adverse events that may jeopardise safe drinking water. The consequences of contamination events or the failure of ...