Bernt
Lindtjørn
Professor
Visit Address:
Kalfarveien 31
5018 Bergen
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Postboks 7804
5018 Bergen
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+47 55 58 85 58
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- Global health
- Control of tuberculosis
- Maternal and child health
- HIV
- Climate and health
Journal articles
- 2014. Trends in TB case notification over fifteen years: the case notification of 25 Districts of Arsi Zone of Oromia Regional State, Central Ethiopia. BMC Public Health. 14:304. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-304
- 2014. Use of biomass fuel in households is not a risk factor for pulmonary tuberculosis in South Ethiopia. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 18: 67-72. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0980
- 2014. Ownership and use of long-lasting insecticidal nets for malaria prevention in Butajira area, south-central Ethiopia: Complex samples data analysis. BMC Public Health. 14:99. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-99
- 2014. Maternal and neonatal mortality in south-west ethiopia: Estimates and socio-economic inequality. PLoS ONE. 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096294
- 2013. Blood meal sources and entomological inoculation rates of anophelines along a highland altitudinal transect in south-central Ethiopia. Malaria Journal. 12:76. 11 pages. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-76
- 2013. Impact of housing condition on indoor-biting and indoor-resting Anopheles arabiensis density in a highland area, central Ethiopia. Malaria Journal. 12. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-393
- 2013. Estimates of maternal mortality in south west-Ethiopia using four different methods. Tropical medicine & international health. 18: 184-184.
- 2013. Lifesaving emergency obstetric services are inadequate in south-west Ethiopia: a formidable challenge to reducing maternal mortality in Ethiopia. BMC Health Services Research. 13. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-459
- 2013. Impact of housing condition on indoor-biting and indoor-resting Anopheles arabiensis density in a highland area, central Ethiopia. Malaria Journal. 12. doi: doi:10.1186/1475-2875-12-393
- 2013. Freely distributed bed-net use among Chano Mille residents, south Ethiopia: a longitudinal study. Malaria Journal. 12. 7 pages. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-23
- 2013. A dynamic model of some malaria-transmitting anopheline mosquitoes of the Afrotropical region. II. Validation of species distribution and seasonal variations. Malaria Journal. 12. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-78
- 2013. How malaria models relate temperature to malaria transmission. Parasites & Vectors. 6: 1-10. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-20
- 2013. A dynamic model of some malaria-transmitting anopheline mosquitoes of the Afrotropical region. I. Model description and sensitivity analysis. Malaria Journal. 12. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-28
- 2013. Cattle and climate in Africa: How climate variability has influenced national cattle holdings from 1961–2008. PeerJ. doi: 10.7717/peerj.55
- 2013. Entomologic inoculation rates of anopheles arabiensis in southwestern Ethiopia. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 89: 466-473. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0745
- 2013. Blood meal origins and insecticide susceptibility of Anopheles arabiensis from Chano in South-West Ethiopia. Parasites & Vectors. 6:44. 10 pages. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-44
- 2013. The effect of screening doors and windows on indoor density of Anopheles arabiensis in south-west Ethiopia: a randomized trial. Malaria Journal. 12. 6 pages. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-319
- 2013. Evaluation of CareStart (TM) malaria Pf/Pv combo test for Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria diagnosis in Butajira area, south-central Ethiopia. Malaria Journal. 12. 11 pages. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-218
- 2013. Malaria risk factors in Butajira area, south-central Ethiopia: a multilevel analysis. Malaria Journal. 12. 10 pages. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-273
- 2012. In memoriam Siegfried Pausewang (1937–2012). Aethiopica. 15: 253-255.
- 2012. Abundance and dynamics of anopheline larvae in a highland malarious area of south-central Ethiopia. Parasites & Vectors. 5. 9 pages. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-117
- 2012. High maternal mortality in rural south-west Ethiopia: estimate by using the sisterhood method. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 12. 7 pages. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-136
- 2012. Predictors of plasmodium falciparum malaria incidence in Chano Mille, South Ethiopia: a longitudinal study. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 87: 450-459. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0155
- 2012. Effect of bednets and indoor residual spraying on spatio-temporal clustering of malaria in a village in South Ethiopia: a longitudinal study. PLoS ONE. 7. 11 pages. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047354
- 2012. Prevalence of malaria infection in Butajira area, south-central Ethiopia. Malaria Journal. 11. 8 pages. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-84
- 2010. Mortality in successfully treated tuberculosis patients in southern Ethiopia: retrospective follow-up study. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 14: 866-871.
- 2010. Cost and cost-effectiveness of smear-positive tuberculosis treatment by health extension workers in Southern Ethiopia: A community randomized trial. PLoS ONE. 5. 7 pages. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009158
- 2010. Model variations in predicting incidence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria using 1998-2007 morbidity and meteorological data from south Ethiopia. Malaria Journal. 9. 8 pages. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-166
- 2010. Patients Present Earlier and Survival Has Improved, but Pre-ART Attrition Is High in a Six-Year HIV Cohort Data from Ethiopia. PLoS ONE. 5. 9 pages. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013268
- 2009. Cost-effectiveness of anti-retroviral therapy at a district hospital in southern Ethiopia. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. 7. doi: 10.1186/1478-7547-7-13
- 2009. Cost estimates of HIV care and treatment with and without anti-retrovira thereapy at Arba Minch Hospital in southern Ethiopia. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. 7. doi: 10.1186/1478-7547-7-6
- 2009. Health Extension Workers Improve Tuberculosis Case Detection and Treatment Sucess in Southern Ethiopia: A Community Randomized Trial. PLoS ONE. 4: 5-5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005443
- 2009. Tuberculosis recurrence in smear-positive patients cured under DOTS in southern Ethiopia: retrospective cohort study. BMC Public Health. 9. 5 pages. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-348
- 2009. Perception of Ethiopian youth regarding their risk of HIV: A community-based study among youth in predominately rural Butajira. Ethiopian Journal of Reproductive Health. 3: 44-51.
- 2009. Readiness of youth in rural Ethiopia to seek health services for sexually transmitted infections. African Journal of AIDS Research. 8: 135-146. doi: 10.2989/AJAR.2009.8.2.2.854
- 2008. The rate of TB-HIV co-infection depends on the prevalence of HIV infection in a community. BMC Public Health. 8. 8 pages. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-266
- 2008. Mortality decreases among young adults in south-central Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Health Development. 22: 218-225.
- 2008. Traditional values of virginity and sexual behaviour in rural Ethiopian youth: results from a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 8. 10 pages. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-9
- 2007. Acceptability of HIV counselling and testing among tuberculosis patients in south Ethiopia. BMC International Health and Human Rights. 7. 4 pages. doi: 10.1186/1472-698X-7-4
- 2007. The AIDS epidemic in a low-income country: Ethiopia. Human Ecology Review. 14: 39-55.
- 2007. Skal varsle malaria. Hubro. Magasin for Universitetet i Bergen. 14: 4-4.
- 2007. Determinants of treatment adherence among smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in southern Ethiopia. PLoS Medicine. 4. doi: doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0040037
- 2006. Predictors of early death in a cohort of Ethiopian patients treated with HAART. BMC Infectious Diseases. 6: 136. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-6-136
- 2006. Antiretroviral therapy at a district hospital in Ethiopia prevents death and tuberculosis in a cohort of HIV patients. AIDS research and therapy. 3. 8 pages. doi: 10.1186/1742-6405-3-10
- 2006. Tuberculosis case-finding through a village outreach programme in a rural setting in southern Ethiopia: community randomized trial. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 84: 112-119.
- 2006. Prevalence of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis in a rural district of Ethiopia. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 10: 87-92.
- 2005. Disease progression among untreated HIV-infected patients in South Ethiopia: implications for patient care. Medscape General Medicine. 7: 66.
- 2005. DOTS improves treatment outcomes and service coverage for tuberculosis in South Ethiopia: a retrospective trend analysis. BMC Public Health. 5. 11 pages. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-5-62
- 2005. Quality control of sputum microscopic examinations for acid fast bacilli in southern Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Health Development. 19: 104-108.
- 2004. Mangel på helsepersonell. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 124: 1806-1806.
- 2004. WHO gir etter for press om malariabehandling. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 124: 1958-1958.
- 2004. Barn nektes poliovaksine i Nigeria. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 124: 1410-1410.
- 2004. Helsepersonell flytter fra fattige til rike land. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 124: 2506-2506.
- 2004. Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 124: 2646-2646.
- 2004. Essensielle legemidler. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 124: 519-519.
- 2004. Hvor er det blitt av jentene? Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 124: 210-210.
- 2004. Hungersnød enda en gang. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 124: 3226-3226.
- 2004. Økende forekomst av multiresistent tuberkulose. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 124: 1130-1130.
- 2004. Kronisk hungersnød i Etiopia. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 124: 73-73.
- 2004. Rike land kan lære av fattige land. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 124: 824-824.
- 2004. Behandling og vaksinering mot Ebola-virus. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 124: 382-382.
- 2003. Community Tuberculosis care through "TB Clubs" in rural North Ethiopia. Social Science and Medicine. 56: 2009-2018.
- 2003. Gender perspective in health: does it matter in tuberculosis control? Ethiopian Journal of Health Development. 17: 239-243.
- 2003. Community-based organizations in HIV/AIDS prevention, patient care and control in Ethiopa. Ethiopian Journal of Health Development. Special issue. 4-31.
- 2003. Circulating antioxidants and lipid peroxidation products in untreated tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 78: 117-122.
- 2002. Patients and Health Service delay in the diagnosis and start of treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Addis Ababa. BMC Public Health. 2: 23.
- 2002. A rapid survey to determine the prevalence of smear-positive tuberculosis in Addis Ababa. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 6: 580-584.
- 2002. Year-to-Year and Seasonal Variations n Stunging among Preschool Children in Ethiopia. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. 20: 326-333.
- 2002. Epidemiology of Burn Injuries in Mekele Town, Northern Ethiopia - A Population Based Study. Ethiopian Journal of Health Development. 16: 1-7.
- 2001. Influence of neoadjuvant anastrozole (Arimidex) on intratumoral estrogen levels and proliferation markers in patients with locally advanced breast cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 7: 1230-1236.
- 2001. In Response - Words that are not spoken: An inside look at the African AIDS crisis. Medscape General Medicine. January 29. Published 2001-01-29.
- 2001. The outcome of tuberculosis treatment at a rural hospital in South Ethiopia. Tropical doctor. 31: 132-135.
- 2000. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in tuberculosis patients in Addis Ababa. Ethiopian Journal of Health Development. 14: 277-282.
- 2000. The outcome of tuberculosis treatment at a rural hospital in Southern Ethiopia. Tropical doctor. 14: 177-182.
- 2000. The impact of functional performance, HIV status, malnutrition and clinical features on treatment outcomes of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. Ethiopian Journal of Health Development. 14: 177-182.
- 1999. Increasing incidence of resistance to antimicrobials in Sidama. Ethiopian Medical Journal. 37: 181-187.
- 1999. Epidemiology of burns in Bergen, Norway. Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery. 33: 225-229.
- 1999. Epidemiology of Burns in Bergen, Norway. Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery. 33: 225-229.
- 1999. Social unrest is associated with increased death rates in drought prone Ethiopian communities. Lancet ERA - International Health.
- 1999. Delay in treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: An analysis of symptom Duration among ethiopian patients. Medscape General Medicine.
- 1998. Epidemiology of burns in Bergen, Norway. Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery. 32.
- 1998. Epidemiology of burns in Bergen. Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery. 32: 1-5.
- 1998. Anmeldelse av Fentiman IS, Hamed H. Atlas of Breast Examination. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 118: 1035-1035.
- 1998. Femurfakturer hos barn. Epidemiologi og ressursforbruk ved 406 femurfrakturer. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 118: 3415-3418.
- 1997. Nutritional assessment of two famine prone Ethiopian communities. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 51: 278-282.
- 1997. Intervju som evalueringsverktøy. UPED-skrift. 2. 82-85.
- 1997. Intra-household correlations of nutritional status in rural Ethiopia. International Journal of Epidemiology. 26: 160-165.
- 1997. HIV infection and malnutrition change the clinical and radiological features of pulmonary tuberculosis. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 29: 335-339.
- 1996. Growth velocity among preschool Ethiopian children. Acta Paediatrica. 85: 616-619.
- 1996. Protein energy malnutrition, vitamin A deficiency and nightblindness in Bangladesh. Annals of Tropical Paediatrics. 16: 319-325.
- 1996. HIV infection and clinical features of pulmonary tuberculosis (abstract). Tubercle and Lung Disease. (suppl 2): 92.
- 1995. Physical activity, illness and nutritional status among adults in rural Ethiopian community. International Journal of Epidemiology. 24: 977.
- 1993. The Borana Health and Nutrition Study. Summary of research results and their implications for health work. (Tilknyttet prosjekt: Borana Health and Nutrition Study). Newsletter, Department of Community Health, Univ. Addis Ababa.
- 1993. Population growth, fertility, mortality and migration in drought prone areas in Ethiopia. Transactions of the Royal Society for Tropixcal Medicine and Hygiene. 87: 24-28.
- 1993. Dietary pattern and state of nutrition among children in drought prone areas of Southern Ethiopia. Annals of Tropical Paediatrics. 13: 21-32.
- 1993. Nutritional status and risk of infection among Ethiopian children. J Trop Paediatr. 39: 76-82.
- 1992. Child health in arid areas of Ethiopia: Longitudinal study of the morbidity in infectious diseases. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 24: 369-377.
- 1991. Disaster epidemiology. The Lancet. 337: 116-117.
- 1991. Risk factors for fatal diarrhoea: A case- control study of Ethiopian children. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 23: 207-211.
- 1990. Sykehus i utviklingsland. Erfaringer fra Sidamo Regional Hospital i Sør-Etiopia. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 111: 1118-1122.
- 1990. Miljø i U-land. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 110: 1633-1635.
- 1990. Famine in southern Ethiopia 1985-86: malnutrition, diarrhoea and death. Tropical and geographical medicine. 42: 365-369.
Reports and theses
- 1992. Child health and nutrition. A study from drought- prone areas in Southern Ethiopia. (dr.med.). Dr.med.. Centre for International Health, and Medical Department B, Un iversity of Bergen, Bergen. 1 pages.
Book sections
- 2006. Tuberculosis. Kapittel 24, pages 409-434. In:
- 2006. Epidemiology and ecology of health and disease in Ethiopia. 849 pages. ISBN: 978-99944-00-00-3.
- 2006. Unintentional and Intentional Injuries. Kapittel 50, pages 794-806. In:
- 2006. Epidemiology and ecology of health and disease in Ethiopia. 849 pages. ISBN: 978-99944-00-00-3.
- 1997. Traditional medicine in Southern Ethiopia. In:
- 1997. A dictionary of medical terminology for Ethiopians.
- 1993. Famine and malnutrition. 103-120. In:
- 1993. The Ecology of Health and Disease in Ethiopia. (Red.: Kloos, H, Zein, A. Z.).
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- MD: Oslo University (1976)
- PhD: University of Bergen (1991)
- Specialist in General Surgery
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