2010

1. Chandyo, Ram Krishna; Shrestha, Prakash S.; Valentiner-Branth, P; Mathisen, Maria; Basnet, Sudha; Ulak, Manjeswori; Adhikari, Ramesh K; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Strand, Tor A. Two weeks of zinc administration to Nepalese children with pneumonia does not reduce the incidence of pneumonia or diarrhea during the next six months.. Journal of Nutrition 2010 - UiB

2. Diallo, Abdoulaye Hama; Meda, Nicolas; Zabsonre, E; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Cousens, Simon; Tylleskar, Thorkild. Perinatal mortality in rural Burkina Faso: a prospective community-based cohort study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2010 ;Volum 10.(45) UiB

3. Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Moland, Karen Marie; Nankunda, Jolly Kaharuza; Karamagi, Charles A.S.; Tylleskar, Thorkild; Tumwine, James K. Gendered perceptions on infant feeding in Eastern Uganda: continued need for exclusive breastfeeding support. International Breastfeeding Journal 2010 ;Volum 5. s. 13- UiB

4. Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Shanmugam, Rebecca; Sommerfelt, Elisabeth; Tumwine, James K.; Tylleskar, Thorkild. Infant feeding modalities addressed in two different ways in Eastern Uganda. International Breastfeeding Journal 2010 ;Volum 5.(1) s. 2- UiB

5. Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Tylleskar, Thorkild. Hiv, amming og antiretrovirale medisiner. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening 2010 ; Volum 130.(5) s. 520-522 UiB

6. Fadnes, Lars T.; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Moland, Karen Marie; Nankunda, Jolly Kaharuza; Tumwine, James K; Tylleskar, Thorkild. Infant feeding counselling in Uganda in a changing environment with focus on the general population and HIV-positive mothers - a mixed method approach.. BMC Health Services Research 2010 ;Volum 10.(1) UiB

7. Fleckenstein, James M.; Hardwidge, Philip R.; Munson, George P.; Rasko, David A.; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Steinsland, Hans. Molecular mechanisms of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection. Microbes and infection 2010 ;Volum 12.(2) s. 89-98 UiB

8. Henjum, Sigrun; Barikmo, Ingrid; Gjerlaug, Anne Karin; Abderrahman, Mohamed; oshaug, Arne; Strand, Tor A; torheim, Liv Elin. Endemic goiter and excessive iodine in urine and drinking water among Saharawi refugee children.. Public Health Nutrition 2010 s. 1-6 UiB

9. Hestvik, Elin; Tylleskar, Thorkild; Kaddu-Mulindwa, Deogratias H; Ndeezi, Grace; Grahnquist, Lena; Olafsdottir, Edda Jonina; Tumwine, James K. Helicobacter pylori in apparently healthy children aged 0-12 years in urban Kampala, Uganda: a community-based cross sectional survey. BMC Gastroenterology 2010 ;Volum 10.(62) UiB

10. Mathisen, Maria; Strand, Tor A; Sharma, Biswa N.; Chandyo, Ram Krishna; Valentiner-Branth, Palle; Basnet, Sudha; Adhikari, Ramesh K; Hvidsten, Dag; Shrestha, Prakash S.; Sommerfelt, Halvor. Clinical presentation and severity of viral community-acquired pneumonia in young Nepalese children. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2010 ;Volum 29.(1) s. e1-e6 UiB

11. Mathisen, Maria; Strand, Tor A; Valentiner-Branth, P; Chandyo, Ram Krishna; Basnet, Sudha; Sharma, Biswa N.; Adhikari, Ramesh K; Shrestha, Prakash S.; Sommerfelt, Halvor. Respiratory viruses in Nepalese children with and without pneumonia: a case-control study.. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2010 ;Volum 29.(8) s. 731-735 UiB

12. Musoke, Philippa; Mudiope, P; Barlow-Mosha, Linda N; Ajuna, Patrick; Bagenda, Danstan; Mubiru, Michael M; Tylleskar, Thorkild; Fowler, Mary G. Growth, immune and viral responses in HIV infected African children receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy: a prospective cohort study. BMC Pediatrics 2010 ;Volum 10.(56) UiB

13. Nankunda, Jolly Kaharuza; Tylleskar, Thorkild; Ndeezi, Grace; Semiyaga, Nulu; Tumwine, James K. Establishing individual peer counselling for exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda: implications for scaling-up. Maternal and Child Nutrition 2010 ;Volum 6.(1) s. 53-66 UiB

14. Ndeezi, Grace; Tumwine, James K.; Bolann, Bjørn Johan; Ndugwa, Christopher; Tylleskar, Thorkild. Zinc status in HIV infected Ugandan children aged 1-5 years: a cross sectional baseline survey. BMC Pediatrics 2010 ;Volum 10.(68) UiB

15. Steinsland, Hans; Lacher, David W.; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Whittam, Thomas S. Ancestral lineages of human enterotoxigenic escherichia coli. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2010 ;Volum 48.(8) s. 2916-2924 UiB

16. Taneja, Sunita; Strand, Tor A; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Bahl, Rajiv; Bhandari, Nita. Zinc supplementation for four months does not affect growth in young North Indian children. Journal of Nutrition 2010 ;Volum 140.(3) s. 630-634 UiB

17. Taxt, Arne Michael; Aasland, Rein; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Nataro, James Paul; Puntervoll, Pål. Heat-Stable Enterotoxin of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli as a Vaccine Target. Infection and Immunity 2010 ;Volum 78.(5) s. 1824-1831 UiB

18. Tylleskar, Thorkild. Making it happen, level 2. Global health action 2010 ;Volum 3. UiB

19. Valentiner-Branth, Palle; Shrestha, Prakash S.; Chandyo, Ram Krishna; Mathisen, Maria; Basnet, Sudha; Bhandari, Nita; Adhikari, Ramesh K; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Strand, Tor A. A randomized controlled trial of the effect of zinc as adjuvant therapy in children 2-35 months of age with severe or non-severe pneumonia in Bhaktapur, Nepal. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2010 ;Volum 91. s.1667-1674 UiB

20. Ndeezi G, Tylleskar T, Ndugwa CM, Tumwine JK. Effect of multiple micronutrient supplementation on survival of HIV-infected children in Uganda: a randomised, controlled trial. J Int AIDS Soc. 2010 Jun 3;13(1):18.

21. Byamugisha R, Tumwine JK, Semiyaga N, Tylleskär T. Determinants of male involvement in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme in Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional survey. Reprod Health. 2010 Jun 23;7:12.

22. Falnes EF, Tylleskär T, de Paoli MM, Manongi R, Engebretsen IM. Mothers' knowledge and utilization of prevention of mother to child transmission services in northern Tanzania. J Int AIDS Soc. 2010 Sep 14;13:36.

23. Byamugisha R, Tylleskär T, Kagawa MN, Onyango S, Karamagi CA, Tumwine JK. Dramatic and sustained increase in HIV-testing rates among antenatal attendees in Eastern Uganda after a policy change from voluntary counselling and testing to routine counselling and testing for HIV: a retrospective analysis of hospital records, 2002-2009. BMC Health Serv Res. 2010 Oct 14;10:290.

24. Jolly Nankunda , James K Tumwine , Victoria Nankabirwa , Thorkild Tylleskar and Promise-ebf Study Group. "She would sit with me": mothers' experiences of individual peer support for exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda. International Breastfeeding Journal 2010, 5:16

25.Ferguson TS, Younger NOM, Tulloch-Reid MK, Forrester TE, Cooper RS, Van den Broeck J, Wilks RJ. Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in Jamaican adults and its relationship to income and education levels: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public health 2010;10:37

26. Ferguson TS, Tulloch-Reid MK, Younger NY, Boyne MS, Wright-Pascoe RA, Elliott VE, Van den Broeck J, Wilks RJ. Cardiovascular disease among diabetic in-patients at a tertiary hospital in Jamaica. Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research 2010; Jun 29

27. Tulloch-Reid M, Ferguson T, Younger N, Van den Broeck J, Boyne M, Knight-Madden J, Brooks K, Samms-Vaughan M, Ashley D, Wilks R. Waist circumference cut-points for identifying insulin resistance in black youth. Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome 2010;2:68

28. Lutomski J, Van den Broeck J, Harrington J, Shiely F and Perry IJ. Socio-demographic, lifestyle, mental health and dietary factors associated with direction of misreporting of energy intake. Public Health Nutrition 2010; Aug 16:1-10

29. Vesel, L., R. Bahl, et al. (2010). "Use of new World Health Organization child growth standards to assess how infant malnutrition relates to breastfeeding and mortality." Bull World Health Organ 88(1): 39-48.

30. Robberstad, B. and B. Evjen-Olsen (2010). "Preventing Mother to Child Transmission of HIV With Highly Active Antiretroviral Treatment in Tanzania-a Prospective Cost-Effectiveness Study." J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr.

31. Bhandari, N., A. K. Kabir, et al. (2008). "Mainstreaming nutrition into maternal and child health programmes: scaling up of exclusive breastfeeding." Matern Child Nutr 4 Suppl 1: 5-23.

2009

Assey, Vincent Didas; Peterson, Stefan; Kimboka, Sabas; Ngemera, Daniel; Mgoba, Celestin; Ruhiye, Deusdedit M; Ndossi, Godwin D.; Greiner, Ted; Tylleskar, Thorkild. Tanzania national survey on iodine deficiency: impact after twelve years of salt iodation. BMC Public Health 2009 ;Volum 9.(319) UiB

Assey, Vincent Didas; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Momburi, Philip B; Magana, Michael; Mlingi, Nicholaus V.; Reilly, Marie; Greiner, Ted; Peterson, Stefan.

Improve salt iodation methods for small-scale salt producers in lov-resource settings in Tanzania. BMC Public Health 2009 ;Volum 9. UiB

Chandyo, Ram Krishna; Strand, Tor A; Mathisen, Maria; Ulak, Manju S; Adhikari, Ramesh K; Bolann, Bjørn Johan; Sommerfelt, Halvor.

Zinc Deficiency Is Common among Healthy Women of Reproductive Age in Bhaktapur, Nepal. Journal of Nutrition 2009 ;Volum 139.(3) s. 594-599 UiB

nes, Lars Thore; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Wamani, Henry; Semiyaga, Nulu; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Tumwine, James K.. Infant feeding among HIV-positive mothers and the general population mothers: comparison of two cross-sectional surveys in Eastern Uganda. BMC Public Health 2009 ;Volum 9.(124) s. - UiB

Fadnes, Lars Thore; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Wamani, Henry; Wangisi, Jonathan; Tumwine, James K.; Tylleskär, Thorkild. Need to optimise infant feeding counselling: A cross-sectional survey among HIV-positive mothers in Eastern Uganda. BMC Pediatrics 2009 ;Volum 9. UiB

Mathisen, Maria; Strand, Tor A; Sharma, Biswa N.; Chandyo, Ram Krishna; Valentiner-Branth, Palle; Basnet, Sudha; Adhikari, Ramesh K; Hvidsten, Dag; Shrestha, Prakash S.; Sommerfelt, Halvor. RNA viruses in community-acquired childhood pneumonia in semi-urban, Nepal: a cross-sectional study. BMC Medicine 2009 ;Volum 7. UiB

Wandera, Margaret Nekesa; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Okullo, Isaac; Tumwine, James K; Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug. Socio-demographic factors related to periodontal status and tooth loss of pregnant women in Mbale district, Uganda. BMC Oral Health 2009 ;Volum 9. UiB

Wandera, Margaret Nekesa; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Rwenyoni, CM; Tumwine, James K; Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug; PROMISE EBF, Study Group.

Periodontal status, tooth loss and self-reported periodontal problems efefcts on oral impacts on daily performances, OIDP, in pregnant women in Uganda: a cross-sectional study. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009 ;Volum 7. UiB

Wandera, Margaret Nekesa; Kayondo, Josephine Zalwango; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Okullo, Isaac; Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug.

Factors associated with caregivers' perception of children's health and oral health status: a study of 6-to 36-month-olds in Uganda. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry 2009 ;Volum 19.(4) s. 251-262 UiB

nes LT, Taube A, Tylleskär T. How to identify information bias due to self-reporting in epidemiological research. The Internet Journal of Epidemiology 2009, 7(2).

Kvale, G. and H. Sommerfelt (2009). "[Aid for better health--role of Norway]." Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 129(23): 2471.

Chola, L. and B. Robberstad (2009). "Estimating average inpatient and outpatient costs and childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea treatment costs in an urban health centre in Zambia." Cost Eff Resour Alloc 7(1): 16.

2008

Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Wamani, Henry; Karamagi, Charles Amnon S.; Tumwine, James K.. Determinants of infant growth in Eastern Uganda: a community-based cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health 2008 ;Volum 8.(1) UiB

Hembre, Berit Sofie Hustad; Briles, David E; Grewal, Harleen; Strand, Tor A. Effect of high dose oral zinc in mice with severe infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 2008 ;Volum 40.(5) s. 363-367 UiB

Bachou H, Tumwine JK, Mwadime RK, Ahmed T, Tylleskar T. Reduction of unnecessary transfusion and intravenous fluids in severely malnourished children is not enough to reduce mortality. Ann Trop Paediatr. 2008 Mar;28(1):23-33.

Fjeld E, Siziya S, Katepa-Bwalya M, Kankasa C, Moland KM, Tylleskär T; the PROMISE-EBF Study Group. 'No sister, the breast alone is not enough for my baby' a qualitative assessment of potentials and barriers in the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding in southern Zambia. Int Breastfeed J. 2008 Nov 5;3(1):26.

2007

Chandyo, Ram Krishna; Strand, Tor A; Ulvik, Rune Johan; Adhikari, Ramesh K; Ulak, Manju S; Dixit, Hemang; Sommerfelt, Halvor. Prevalence of iron deficiency and anemia among healthy women of reproductive age in Bhaktapur, Nepal. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2007 ;Volum 61.(2) s. 262-269 UiB

Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Wamani, Henry; Karamagi, Charles Amnon S.; Semiyaga, Nulu; Tumwine, James K; Tylleskär, Thorkild.

Low adherence to exclusive breastfeeding in Eastern Uganda: A community-based cross-sectional study comparing dietary recall since birth with 24-hour recall.. BMC Pediatrics 2007 ;Volum 7. s. 10- UiB

Karamagi, Charles Amnon S.; Tumwine, James K; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Heggenhougen, Harald Kristian.

Intimate partner violence and infant morbidity: Evidence of an association from a population-based study in Eastern Uganda in 2003. BMC Pediatrics 2007 ;Volum 7. s. 34- UiB

Strand, Tor A; Taneja, Sunita; Bhandari, Nita; Refsum, Helga; Ueland, Per Magne; Gjessing, Håkon K.; Bahl, Rajiv; Schneede, Jørn; Bhan, Maharaj K; Sommerfelt, Halvor.

Folate, but not vitamin B-12 status, predicts respiratory morbidity in north Indian children. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2007 ;Volum 86.(1) s. 139-144 UiB

Taneja, Sunita; Bhandari, Nita; Strand, Tor A; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Refsum, Helga; Ueland, Per Magne; Schneede, Jørn; Bahl, Rajiv; Bhan, Maharaj Kishan.

Cobalamin and folate status in infants and young children in a low-to-middle income community in India. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2007 ;Volum 86.(5) s. 1302-1309

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Valentiner-Branth, Palle; Perch, Michael; Nielsen, Jens; Steinsland, Hans; Garly, May-Lill; Fischer, Thea Kølsen; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Mølbak, Kåre; Aaby, Peter.

Community cohort study of Cryptosporidium parvum infections: sex-differential incidences associated with BCG and diptheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccinations. Vaccine 2007 ;Volum 25.(14) s. 2733-2741 UiB

Wamani, Henry; Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug; Peterson, Stefan; Tumwine, James K; Tylleskär, Thorkild.

Boys are more stunted than girls in Sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-analysis of 16 demographic and health surveys. BMC Pediatrics 2007 ;Volum 7.(17)UiB

Amadou Gallo Diop, Athanase Millogo, Isidore Obot, Ismael Thiam, Thorkild Tylleskar. Neurological disorders associated with malnutrition. In: Johan A. Aarli, Tarun Dua, Aleksandar Janca, Anna Muscetta (eds). Neurological disorders – public health challenges. WHO, Geneva 2007:111-126.

Lacher, D. W., H. Steinsland, et al. (2007). "Molecular evolution of typical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli: clonal analysis by multilocus sequence typing and virulence gene allelic profiling." J Bacteriol 189(2): 342-350.

Sommerfelt, H. and T. Godal (2006). "[Vaccination in a developmental perspective]." Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 126(20): 2674-2677.

Rodrigues, A., T. K. Fischer, et al. (2006). "Community cohort study of rotavirus and other enteropathogens: are routine vaccinations associated with sex-differential incidence rates?" Vaccine 24(22): 4737-4746.

Lacher, D. W., H. Steinsland, et al. (2006). "Allelic subtyping of the intimin locus (eae) of pathogenic Escherichia coli by fluorescent RFLP." FEMS Microbiol Lett 261(1): 80-87.

2006

Bachou, Hanifa; Tumwine, James K; Mwadime, Robert K N; Tylleskär, Thorkild.

Risk factors in hospital deaths in severely malnourished children in Kampala, Uganda. BMC Pediatrics 2006 ;Volum 6.(7) s. - UiB

Bachou, Hanifa; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Downing, Robert; Tumwine, James K.

Severe malnutrition with and without HIV-1 infection in hospitalised children in Kampala, Uganda: differences in clinical features, haematological findings and CD4+ cell counts. Nutrition Journal 2006 ;Volum 5.(27) s. -UiB

Bachou, Hanifa; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Kaddu-Mulindwa, Deogratias H; Tumwine, James K. Bacteraemia among severely malnourished children infected and uninfected with the human immunodeficiency virus-1 in Kampala, Uganda. BMC Infectious Diseases 2006 ;Volum 6.(10.1186/1471-2334-6-160) s. 160- UiB

Karamagi, Charles Amnon S.; Tumwine, James K.; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Heggenhougen, Harald Kristian.

Antenatal HIV testing in rural eastern Uganda in 2003: incomplete rollout of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme?. BMC International Health and Human Rights 2006 ;Volum 6.(6) UiB

Karamagi, Charles Amnon S.; Tumwine, James K; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Heggenhougen, Harald Kristian.

Intimate partner violence against women in eastern Uganda: implications for HIV prevention. BMC Public Health 2006 ;Volum 6.(84) s. -

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Kashala, Esperance; Lundervold, Astri Johansen; Sommerfelt, Kristian; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Elgen, Irene Bircow.

Co-existing symptoms and risk factors among African school children with hyperactivity-inattention symptoms in Kinshasa, Congo. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2006 ;Volum 15.(5) s. 292-299 UiB

Wamani, Henry; Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug; Peterson, Stefan; Tumwine, James; Tylleskär, Thorkild.

Predictors of poor anthropometric status among children under 2 years of age in rural Uganda. Public Health Nutrition 2006 ;Volum 9.(3) s. 320-326 UiB

Karamagi CA, Tumwine JK, Tylleskar T, Heggenhougen KH. Antenatal HIV testing in rural eastern Uganda in 2003: incomplete rollout of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme? BMC Int Health Hum Rights 2006;6:6.

Nankunda J, Tumwine JK, Soltvedt A, Semiyaga N, Ndeezi G, Tylleskar T. Community based peer counsellors for support of exclusive breastfeeding: experiences from rural Uganda. Int Breastfeed J. 2006 Oct 20;1:19.

Ann Lindstrand A, Bergström S, Rubenson B, Stenson B, Tylleskär T, Rosling H. Global Health – an introductory textbook. Studentlitteratur, Lund 2006.

2005

Kashala, Esperance; Elgen, Irene Bircow; Sommerfelt, Kristian; Tylleskär, Thorkild. Teacher ratings of mental health among school children in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2005 ;Volum 14.(4) s. 208-215

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Kashala, Espérance; Elgen, Irene Bircow; Sommerfelt, Kristian; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Lundervold, Astri Johansen.

Cognition in African children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Pediatric Neurology 2005 ;Volum 33.(5) s. 357-364 UiB

Kashala, Esperance; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Elgen, Irene Bircow; Kayembe, KT; Sommerfelt, Kristian.

Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder among school children in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. African Health Sciences 2005 ;Volum 5.(3) s. 172-181 UiB

Mwanza, Jean-Claude; Tshala-Katumbay, Désiré; Tylleskär, Thorkild.

Neuro-ophthalmologic manifestations of konzo. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 2005 ;Volum 19.(3) s. 491-496 UiB

Strand, Tor A; Mathisen, Maria.

Zinc and childhood infections: From the laboratory to new treatment recommendations. Norsk Epidemiologi 2005 ;Volum 15.(2) s. 151-158 UiB

Wamani, Henry; Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug; Peterson, Stefan; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Tumwine, James K.

Infant and young child feeding in Western Uganda: Knowledge, practices and socio-economic correlates. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 2005 ;Volum 51.(6) s. 356-361 UiB

Waruru, Anthony Kabui; Nduati, Ruth; Tylleskär, Thorkild.

Audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (ACASI) may avert socially desirable responses about infant feeding in the context of HIV. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2005 ;Volum 5.

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