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Karin Nygård
Researcher at Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Publications - 127
Citations - 3622
Karin Nygård is an academic researcher from Norwegian Institute of Public Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Outbreak & Public health. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 120 publications receiving 2951 citations. Previous affiliations of Karin Nygård include Swedish Institute.
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Surveillance and outbreak reports
S Atkin,S Anaraki,P Gothard,Amanda L. Walsh,David Brown,Ram Gopal,Dilys Morgan,Federico Gobbi,Giuseppina Napoletano,Cinzia Piovesan,Francesco Russo,Andrea Angheben,A Rossanese,L. Gallo,M Valsecchi,A. Piazza,G Venturi,Zeno Bisoffi,Tone Bruun,G Sørensen,T. Jensen,Karin Nygård,Georg Kapperud,L Ledet Muller,C Kjelsø,Marika Hjertqvist,Steen Ethelberg,Y Guillois-Bécel,Elisabeth Couturier,J.C. Le Saux,A. Briand,C Robert,Elisabeth Dussaix,Monique Pommepuy,Véronique Vaillant +34 more
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Outbreak of Salmonella Thompson infections linked to imported rucola lettuce.
Karin Nygård,Jørgen Fr Lassen,Line Vold,Yvonne Andersson,Ian Fisher,Sven Löfdahl,John Threlfall,Ida Luzzi,Tansy Peters,M. D. Hampton,Mia Torpdahl,Georg Kapperud,Preben Aavitsland +12 more
TL;DR: It is thought that the outbreak in Norway reflected a larger international outbreak caused by rucola imported from one Italian producer, and findings of other pathogens indicate a massive contamination, possibly caused by irrigation with nonpotable water.
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Outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome in Norway caused by stx 2 -positive Escherichia coli O103:H25 traced to cured mutton sausages
B. Schimmer,Karin Nygård,Hanne-Merete Eriksen,Jørgen Fr Lassen,Bjørn-Arne Lindstedt,Lin Thorstensen Brandal,Georg Kapperud,Georg Kapperud,Preben Aavitsland +8 more
TL;DR: An outbreak caused by a rare STEC variant (O103:H25, stx2-positive), which more than half of the diagnosed patients developed HUS, indicating that the causative organism is particularly virulent.
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A large community outbreak of waterborne giardiasis-delayed detection in a non-endemic urban area.
Karin Nygård,B. Schimmer,Øystein Søbstad,Anna Walde,Ingvar Tveit,Nina Langeland,Nina Langeland,Trygve Hausken,Trygve Hausken,Preben Aavitsland +9 more
TL;DR: Leaking sewage pipes combined with insufficient water treatment was the likely cause of the outbreak and passive surveillance of laboratory-confirmed cases is not sufficient for timely detection of outbreaks with non-endemic infections.
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Multi-source analysis reveals latitudinal and altitudinal shifts in range of Ixodes ricinus at its northern distribution limit
Solveig Jore,Hildegunn Viljugrein,M. Hofshagen,Hege Brun-Hansen,Anja B. Kristoffersen,Karin Nygård,Edgar Brun,Preben Ottesen,Bente K. Sævik,Bjørnar Ytrehus +9 more
TL;DR: The approach used in this study, a multi-source analysis, proved useful to assess alterations in tick distribution and found I. ricinus is currently found further north and at higher altitudes than described in historical records.