List of works by Preben Aavitsland

A large community outbreak of waterborne giardiasis-delayed detection in a non-endemic urban area

scientific article

A local outbreak of quinolone-resistant gonorrhoea in Norway, January 2008.

scientific article

Abortion and depression: cause or confounding?

scientific article published on 01 May 2009

Abortion and substance use: cause or confounding?

scientific article published on 01 January 2009

Adolescents, sex and health

scientific article published on 01 November 2003

Adverse events following vaccine or placebo injection in an efficacy trial of an outer membrane vesicle vaccine against group B meningococcal disease in Norwegian secondary schools 1988-1991

scientific article published on 01 December 1991

An ongoing multi-state outbreak of measles linked to non-immune anthroposophic communities in Austria, Germany, and Norway, March-April 2008

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An outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection caused by contaminated mouth swabs

scientific article published on 01 February 2007

An outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome associated with minced beef, Norway, January-February 2006: preliminary report.

scientific article

An outbreak of legionnaires disease caused by long-distance spread from an industrial air scrubber in Sarpsborg, Norway

scientific article

An outbreak of measles among a travelling community from England in Norway: a preliminary report

scientific article published on 24 May 2007

An outbreak of skin rash traced to a portable floating tank in Norway, May 2017

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Anonymous reporting of HIV infection: an evaluation of the HIV/AIDS surveillance system in Norway 1983-2000

scientific article published on 01 January 2001

Are preventive consultations free of charge?

scientific article published on June 20, 1997

Botulism in Norway

scientific article published on 01 January 1999

Breaks and maintenance work in the water distribution systems and gastrointestinal illness: a cohort study

scientific article

Case management of a multidrug-resistant Shigella dysenteriae serotype 1 outbreak in a crisis context in Sierra Leone, 1999-2000.

scientific article published in November 2004

Chlamydia diagnosis

scientific article published on June 1999

Chlamydia trachomatis infections in norway, 1986 to 2006, surveillance data

scientific article

Communicable disease control in a migrant seasonal workers population: A case study in Norway

scientific article published in March 2005

Communicable disease control in a migrant seasonal workers population: a case study in Norway.

scientific article

Communicable disease control in connection with international air traffic to Norway

scientific article

Communicable disease epidemiology training in Northern Europe.

scientific article published on March 2001

Compliance with water advisories after water outages in Norway

scientific article published on 29 August 2019

Contact tracing in genital chlamydia infections

scientific article published on May 20, 1992

Contact tracing routines for genital chlamydia infections used by Norwegian physicians. A questionnaire study

scientific article published on May 20, 1992

Counting pandemic deaths: comparing reported numbers of deaths from influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 with estimated excess mortality

scientific article

Denominators count: supplementing surveillance data for genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection with testing data, Norway, 2007 to 2013.

scientific article

Detection of events of public health importance under the international health regulations: a toolkit to improve reporting of unusual events by frontline healthcare workers

scientific article

Differences and commonalities of national field epidemiology training programmes in Europe.

scientific article published on 29 October 2009

Disease caused by the new influenza A(H1N1) virus

scientific article

Emerging Salmonella Enteritidis anaerogenic phage type 14b: Outbreak in Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish travellers returning from Greece

scientific article published in February 2006

Emerging Salmonella Enteritidis anaerogenic phage type 14b: outbreak in Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish travellers returning from Greece.

scientific article published in January 2006

Epidemiology of acute and chronic hepatitis B virus infection in Norway, 1992-2009.

scientific article

Evaluation of the national surveillance system for point-prevalence of healthcare-associated infections in hospitals and in long-term care facilities for elderly in Norway, 2002-2008

scientific article

False positive tests of sexually transmitted Chlamydia trachomatis infections

scientific article published on October 1995

Follow-up after treatment of genital chlamydia infection

scientific article published on March 1993

Gastro-enteritis outbreak among Nordic patients with psoriasis in a health centre in Gran Canaria, Spain: a cohort study

scientific article

Gonorrhea--from a public health problem to a rarity

scientific article published in August 1998

HIV in the neighbouring states

scientific article published in November 2002

HIV infection from Africa to Norway

scientific article

HIV-infection in Norway before 2006

scientific article published in November 2006

Healthcare-associated infection among residents of long-term care facilities: a cohort and nested case-control study

scientific article published on 02 February 2007

Hepatitis B in northwest Russia and the Nordic and Baltic countries: recent trends and prevention activities

scientific article published on 10 March 2005

Hospital infections in Norway 1999 and 2000

scientific article published on 01 October 2002

Hospital-acquired infections in Norway: a national prevalence survey in 1991

scientific article published on January 1, 1992

Immigrant screening for latent tuberculosis infection: numbers needed to test and treat, a Norwegian population-based cohort study

scholarly article by Brita Askeland Winje et al published 17 January 2019 in BMJ Open

Impact of antenatal HIV screening to prevent HIV infection in children in Norway 1987-99

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

Implications of screening and childcare exclusion policies for children with Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli infections: lessons learned from an outbreak in a daycare centre, Norway, 2012

scientific article

Incidence of gastroenteritis in Norway--a population-based survey

scientific article published in August 2003

Increased worry about campylobacter infections

scientific article published in August 2001

Indications for testing for sexually transmitted Chlamydia trachomatis infections

scientific article published on October 1995

Influenza, prevention and solidarity

scientific article published in December 1999

Legionnaires' disease--blue light on communicable disease control

scientific article published in June 2005

Meningococcal disease in Norway 1992-1995. Epidemiology and fatality

scientific article published in January 1996

Methodology of the Norwegian Surveillance System for Healthcare-Associated Infections: the value of a mandatory system, automated data collection, and active postdischarge surveillance

scientific article

Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Norway

scientific article

Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Norway, a low-incidence country, 2006-2010

scientific article published on 25 November 2011

Mot slutten av et pandemisk år

scientific article published on 14 December 2020

Nationwide study of invasive Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in Norway: importance of underlying disease

scientific article published on 9 July 2008

New strategy against tuberculosis

scientific article published on March 20, 2003

No evidence of an epidemic of locally acquired heterosexual HIV infection in Norway

scientific article published on April 2002

Outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in Norway, November to December 2021

scholarly article

Outbreak of Salmonella Kedougou in Norway associated with salami, April-June 2006.

scientific article published on 6 July 2006

Outbreak of Salmonella Livingstone infection in Norway and Sweden due to contaminated processed fish products

scientific article published in October 2004

Outbreak of Salmonella Thompson infections linked to imported rucola lettuce

scientific article published in April 2008

Outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome in Norway caused by stx2-positive Escherichia coli O103:H25 traced to cured mutton sausages

scientific article

Outbreak of measles among Irish Travellers in Norway: an update

scientific article published on 14 June 2007

P. Aavitsland svarer

scientific article published on 16 March 2020

Pandemic vaccination strategies and influenza severe outcomes during the influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 pandemic and the post-pandemic influenza season: the Nordic experience

scientific article

Perspective: a five-country analysis of the impact of four different Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugates and vaccination strategies in Scandinavia

scientific article published on 01 January 1999

Population based study of genital Chlamydia trachomatis prevalence and associated factors in Norway: a cross sectional study

scientific article

Prevalence of nosocomial infections and use of antibiotics in long-term care facilities in Norway, 2002 and 2003.

scientific article published in August 2004

Prevalence of nosocomial infections in hospitals in Norway, 2002 and 2003.

scientific article

Proposed new International Health Regulations

scientific article published on February 2005

Pseudomonas aeruginosa contamination of mouth swabs during production causing a major outbreak

scientific article published on 13 March 2007

Questions on causality and responsibility arising from an outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in Norway.

scientific article

Response to letter to the editor regarding: "Surgical site infections after hip arthroplasty in Norway, 2005-2011: Influence of duration and intensity of postdischarge surveillance"

scientific article published on 29 July 2015

Risk of Fetal Death After Pandemic Influenza Virus Infection or Vaccination

scientific article published in May 2013

Risk of HIV transmission

scientific article

Risk of fetal death after pandemic influenza virus infection or vaccination

scientific article

Risk of pneumococcal disease in individuals without a spleen

scientific article published on 01 November 1994

Rotavirus gastroenteritis in Norway: analysis of prospective surveillance and hospital registry data

scientific article

Safety review: two outer membrane vesicle (OMV) vaccines against systemic Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B disease

scientific article published on 22 January 2007

Sales of oseltamivir in Norway prior to the emergence of oseltamivir resistant influenza A(H1N1) viruses in 2007-08.

scientific article

Salmonella Typhimurium DT104 outbreak linked to imported minced beef, Norway, October-November 2005.

scientific article published on 10 November 2005

Salmonellosis and charter tourism: epidemiology and trends of imported human cases to Norway from the Canary Islands and Thailand, 1994-2008.

scientific article published on 4 November 2011

Screening for Mycoplasma genitalium infection?

scientific article published on 26 January 2016

Self-reported sexually transmitted infections and their correlates among men who have sex with men in Norway: an Internet-based cross-sectional survey

scientific article published on September 6, 2010

Sensible vaccination

scientific article published on 19 August 2019

Severe consequences of healthcare-associated infections among residents of nursing homes: a cohort study

scientific article published on 14 January 2009

Shigella dysenteriae serotype 1 in west Africa: intervention strategy for an outbreak in Sierra Leone

scientific article published in August 2003

Should children adopted from abroad be screened for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus?

scientific article published in January 2008

Smittsomme sykdommer blant pasienter ved Helsesenter for papirløse migranter i Oslo

scientific article published on 16 March 2020

Surgical site infections after hip arthroplasty in Norway, 2005-2011: influence of duration and intensity of postdischarge surveillance

scientific article published on 8 February 2015

Surveillance of the HIV-epidemic in Norway

scientific article

Survey of the treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis infection of the female genital tract

scientific article published on July 1992

Syphilis epidemiology in Norway, 1992-2008: resurgence among men who have sex with men

scientific article

Systematic screening with information and home sampling for genital Chlamydia trachomatis infections in young men and women in Norway: a randomized controlled trial

scientific article

Systemic group B streptococcal disease in neonates and young infants in Norway 1985-94.

scientific article published on January 1996

The HIV-epidemic among drug addicts in Norway

scientific article published in November 1996

The HIV-epidemic among homosexual men in Norway

scientific article published in November 1996

The HIV-epidemic in Norway 1996--mainly heterosexual transmission

scientific article published in November 1996

The coronavirus epidemic will reach Norway

scientific article published on 29 January 2020

The epidemiology of gonorrhoea in Norway, 1993-2007: past victories, future challenges

scientific article

The establishment and first experiences of a crisis advisory service for water supplies in Norway

scientific article published on 01 August 2020

The new Chlamydia epidemic among young people

scientific article published in June 2004

The quality of denominator data in surgical site infection surveillance versus administrative data in Norway 2005-2010.

scientific article

Transmission of HIV Drug Resistance and the Predicted Effect on Current First-line Regimens in Europe

scientific article published on 29 November 2015

Trend of multiple drug resistant Salmonella Typhimurium in Norway

scientific article published in January 2002

Trends in HIV infection surveillance data among men who have sex with men in Norway, 1995-2011.

scientific article

Under the skin

scientific article published on 30 October 2019

Use and yield of microbiological diagnosis of sexually transmitted Chlamydia trachomatis infections in Vestfold 1984-93

scientific article published on October 1995

Use of laboratory testing for genital chlamydial infection in Norway

scientific article

Usefulness of health registries when estimating vaccine effectiveness during the influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 pandemic in Norway

scientific article

Vaccination programme for adults

scientific article published on 20 May 2019

Waterborne outbreak of gastroenteritis in a religious summer camp in Norway, 2002.

scientific article published in April 2004

Which women should be tested for Chlamydia trachomatis in general practice?

scientific article

Worried and prepared

scientific article published on 03 July 2020

[A day-after cure of HIV infection?]

scientific article published on 01 November 1998

[A medical ritual]

scientific article published on 01 April 2006

[A place for quarantine?]

scientific article published on 01 September 1998

[AIDS in Africa]

scientific article published on 01 November 2000

[Abortion committees and women's rights]

scientific article published on 01 January 2001

[Alternatives to antibiotics]

scientific article

[Antibiotic treatment of women with group B Steptococci during delivery?]

scientific article published on 01 November 2008

[Attitude of pregnant women to routine voluntary antenatal HIV testing]

scientific article published on 01 October 2000

[Bioterrorism--threat and preparedness]

scientific article published on 01 May 1999

[Breech presentation?]

scientific article published on 01 March 2001

[Contact tracing in sexually transmitted diseases--medically important and ethically correct]

scientific article published on 01 April 1993

[Counting abortions]

scientific article published on 01 June 2006

[Criticism without inhibitions]

scientific article published on 01 June 2008

[Dead bodies are not contagious]

scientific article published on 01 March 2005

[Does infection prevention prevent infection?]

scientific article published on 01 August 2002

[Emergency contraception--the sooner the better]

scientific article published on 01 April 1999

[Evaluation of the National Notification System for infectious diseases during an outbreak of Shigella epidemic in Norway 1994]

scientific article

[Gonorrhea and syphilis from Russia to Norway]

scientific article published on 01 April 1999

[HIV infection, gonorrhea and syphilis from Thailand to Norway]

scientific article published on 01 October 1999

[Health care cooperation from Porto to Petrozavodsk]

scientific article published on 01 December 2002

[High incidence and mortality of systemic pneumococcal disease among persons without spleen]

scientific article published on 01 September 1994

[Indications for laboratory testing of gonorrhea. New recommendations from the Working Group against Gonorrhea]

scientific article published on 01 June 1996

[Infections after Caesarean sections]

scientific article published on 01 March 2009

[Infectious diseases in refugees from Kosovo]

scientific article published on 01 June 1999

[Influenza or SARS?]

scientific article published on 01 November 2003

[Influenza--not one, but three diseases]

scientific article published on 01 November 2005

[Information for handling]

scientific article published on 01 November 1999

[Insertion of IUD after induced abortion]

scientific article published on 01 February 1995

[Interrupted pregnancy, mifepristone and patient rights]

scientific article published on 01 November 2001

[Is hepatitis C important for drug addicts?]

scientific article published on 01 August 2009

[Is it possible to reduce the use of antibiotics?]

scientific article published on 01 June 2000

[Is methadone efficient? Methadone therapy versus evidence-based medicine]

scientific article published on 01 August 1998

[Maternal-infant HIV transmission]

scientific article published on 01 March 2002

[May the choice of antibiotics against gonorrhea be guided by anamnesis?]

scientific article published on 01 March 1996

[Meningococcal disease in Africa--epidemiology and prevention]

scientific article published in June 2000

[More or better research?]

scientific article published on 01 October 2002

[New impetigo--new therapeutic recommendations]

scientific article published on 01 January 2003

[Presentation of statistical analysis in the Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association]

scientific article published on 01 August 2005

[Prevalence of hospital infections in Norwegian somatic hospitals]

scientific article published on 01 January 1993

[Protectiopn against pneumococcal disease]

scientific article published on 01 November 1996

[Pure routine]

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

[Risky treatment without effect?]

scientific article published on 01 April 1998

[SARS, globalization and Internet]

scientific article published on 01 April 2003

[Scientificity and justifiability]

scientific article published on 01 January 2014

[Telemedicine--distance medicine]

scientific article published on 01 August 2000

[The moment of freedom for the patients]

scientific article published on 01 January 1999

[The selected contagions]

scientific article published on 01 October 2008

[Ticks and summer]

scientific article published on 01 May 2008

[Tiedemann's useful idiots]

scientific article published on 01 February 2002

[Towards the end of AIDS?]

scientific article published on 01 November 1997

[Treatment of uncomplicated gonorrhea in adults. New guidelines from the working group against gonorrhea]

scientific article published on 01 May 1996

[Vaccination of medical students against hepatitis B]

scientific article published on 01 March 1997

[Vaccination--the story about that's what did not happen]

scientific article published on 01 October 2006

[Who should perform abortion counseling?]

scientific article published on 01 November 1995

[Woman decide themselves whether they want guidelines]

scientific article published on 01 May 1996