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  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Water and infection : Epidemiological studies of epidemic and endemic waterborne disease 
    Nygård, Karin (Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2008)
    Infections transmitted by water continue to be a public health problem both in developing and in developed countries. In the developed countries, the classical waterborne diseases such as typhoid and cholera are almost ...