Browsing Institutt for helse og samfunn by Author "Hyllestad, Susanne"

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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 ...
  • Drinking water and public health: Prevention, detection and response to waterborne outbreaks in Norway 
    Hyllestad, Susanne (Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2021)
    Access to safe drinking water is highly important for public health. In Norway, most people have access to reliable sources of drinking water and high-standard water supply and sanitation services. Despite precautionary ...
  • Large waterborne Campylobacter Outbreak: Use of multiple approaches to investigate contamination of the drinking water supply system, Norway, June 2019 
    Hyllestad, Susanne; Iversen, Arild; Macdonald, Emily Ann; Amato, Ettore; Borge, Bengt Åge Sørby; Bøe, Anton; Sandvin, Aslaug; Brandal, Lin Cathrine T.; Lyngstad, Trude Marie; Naseer, Mohammed Umaer; Nygård, Karin Maria; Veneti, Lamprini; Vold, Line (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
    On 6 June 2019, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health was notified of more than 50 cases of gastroenteritis in Askøy. A reservoir in a water supply system was suspected as the source of the outbreak because of the acute ...
  • 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 ...