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Tor A. Strand
Researcher at Innlandet Hospital Trust
Publications - 230
Citations - 7700
Tor A. Strand is an academic researcher from Innlandet Hospital Trust. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 203 publications receiving 5598 citations. Previous affiliations of Tor A. Strand include University of Bergen & Kathmandu.
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Clinical presentation and severity of viral community-acquired pneumonia in young Nepalese children.
Maria Mathisen,Tor A. Strand,Biswa N. Sharma,Ram Krishna Chandyo,Palle Valentiner-Branth,Sudha Basnet,Ramesh K. Adhikari,Dag Hvidsten,Prakash Shrestha,Halvor Sommerfelt +9 more
TL;DR: Being infected with RSV was associated with a more severe clinical presentation of pneumonia, longer illness duration, and increased risk of treatment failure, and the severity of RSV infection was age related, infants being more severely affected.
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Respiratory viruses in nepalese children with and without pneumonia: a case-control study.
Maria Mathisen,Tor A. Strand,Palle Valentiner-Branth,Ram Krishna Chandyo,Sudha Basnet,Biswa N. Sharma,Ramesh K. Adhikari,Dag Hvidsten,Prakash Shrestha,Halvor Sommerfelt +9 more
TL;DR: It is observed that the association was lower for children age 2–5 months compared with older children for parainfluenza virus type 3 (P value for interaction 0.002), but their pathogenicity varied.
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Cytokine Concentrations in Plasma from Children with Severe and Non-Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia.
Johanne Haugen,Ram Krishna Chandyo,Karl A. Brokstad,Maria Mathisen,Manjeswori Ulak,Sudha Basnet,Palle Valentiner-Branth,Tor A. Strand +7 more
TL;DR: The cytokine response was strongly associated with age but to a lesser extent with viral etiology, and plasma concentrations of several cytokines, both with pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory effects, were higher among children with severe illness.
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Pneumococcal pulmonary infection, septicaemia and survival in young zinc-depleted mice.
Tor A. Strand,David E. Briles,Håkon K. Gjessing,Amund Maage,Maharaj K. Bhan,Halvor Sommerfelt +5 more
TL;DR: It is shown that even acutely-induced Zn deficiency dramatically increases the risk of serious pneumococcal infection in mice, and in the Zn-depleted group, the survival time and time before positive blood culture were significantly shorter.
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Vitamin status among breastfed Infants in Bhaktapur, Nepal
Manjeswori Ulak,Ram Krishna Chandyo,Andrew L. Thorne-Lyman,Sigrun Henjum,Per Magne Ueland,Øivind Midttun,Prakash S. Shrestha,Wafaie W. Fawzi,Lauren A. Graybill,Tor A. Strand,Tor A. Strand +10 more
TL;DR: The results illustrate the importance of continued supplementation campaigns and support the expansion of food fortification and dietary diversification programs that target children and women in Nepal.