Cytokine Network in Scrub Typhus: High Levels of Interleukin-8 Are Associated with Disease Severity and Mortality

Elisabeth Astrup, Jeshina Janardhanan, Kari Otterdal, +11

PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Infection prevention guidelines and considerations for paediatric risk groups when reopening primary schools during COVID-19 pandemic, Norway, April 2020

Tone Bjordal Johansen, Elisabeth Astrup, Solveig Jore, +5

Eurosurveillance

Primary SchoolsControl GuidelinesSchool HealthCovid-19Preventive Medicine +20

The fight to keep resistance at bay, epidemiology of carbapenemase producing organisms (CPOs), vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Norway, 2006 - 2017

Petter Elstrøm, Elisabeth Astrup, Kristin Hegstad, +3

PLoS ONE

Increased endothelial and macrophage markers are associated with disease severity and mortality in scrub typhus

Kari Otterdal, Jeshina Janardhanan, Elisabeth Astrup, +10

Journal of Infection

Typhoid FeverDisease SeverityPathogenesisImmunologyScrub Typhus +5

A Complex Interaction between Rickettsia conorii and Dickkopf-1 – Potential Role in Immune Evasion Mechanisms in Endothelial Cells

Elisabeth Astrup, Tove Lekva, Kari Otterdal, +9

PLoS ONE

Endothelial CellsMicrobial PathogensInnate Immune SystemImmunologyImmune Regulation +26

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Norwegian schools during academic year 2020-21: population wide, register based cohort study

Torill Alise Rotevatn, Vilde Bergstad Larsen, Tone Bjordal Johansen, +4

BMJ Medicine

Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in Toll-like receptor (TLR)-2, TLR4 and heat shock protein 70 genes and susceptibility to scrub typhus

Jeshina Janardhanan, Sherry Joseph Martin, Elisabeth Astrup, +4

Journal of Human Genetics

Toll-like ReceptorsSingle-nucleotide PolymorphismsSusceptible HostHeat ShockTyphoid Fever +8

School Closure Versus Targeted Control Measures for SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Torill Alise Rotevatn, Petter Elstrøm, Margrethe Greve‐Isdahl, +3

PEDIATRICS

Rickettsia conorii is a potent complement activator in vivo and combined inhibition of complement and CD14 is required for attenuation of the cytokine response ex vivo

Kari Otterdal, Aránzazu Portillo, Elisabeth Astrup, +9

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Complement SystemAutoimmune DiseaseAllergyMedicinePathogenesis +10

Experience with open schools and preschools in periods of high community transmission of COVID-19 in Norway during the academic year of 2020/2021

Sara Stebbings, Torill Alise Rotevatn, Vilde Bergstad Larsen, +5

BMC Public Health