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A real-time regional model for COVID-19: Probabilistic situational awareness and forecasting by Engebretsen, Solveig, Diz-Lois Palomares, Alfonso, Rø, Gunnar, Kristoffersen, Anja Bråthen, Lindstrøm, Jonas Christoffer, Engø-Monsen, Kenth, Kamineni, Meghana, Hin Chan, Louis Yat, Dale, Ørjan, Midtbø, Jørgen Eriksson, Stenerud, Kristian Lindalen, Di Ruscio, Francesco, White, Richard, Frigessi, Arnoldo, de Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben

“…The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging nations with devastating health and economic consequences. The spread of the disease has revealed major geographical…”
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Modeling geographic vaccination strategies for COVID-19 in Norway by Chan, Louis Yat Hin, Rø, Gunnar, Midtbø, Jørgen Eriksson, Di Ruscio, Francesco, Watle, Sara Sofie Viksmoen, Juvet, Lene Kristine, Littmann, Jasper, Aavitsland, Preben, Nygård, Karin Maria, Berg, Are Stuwitz, Bukholm, Geir, Kristoffersen, Anja Bråthen, Engø-Monsen, Kenth, Engebretsen, Solveig, Swanson, David, Palomares, Alfonso Diz-Lois, Lindstrøm, Jonas Christoffer, Frigessi, Arnoldo, de Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben

“…Vaccination was a key intervention in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic globally. In early 2021, Norway faced significant regional variations in COVID-19…”
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Increased household transmission and immune escape of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron compared to Delta variants by Jalali, Neda, Brustad, Hilde K., Frigessi, Arnoldo, MacDonald, Emily A., Meijerink, Hinta, Feruglio, Siri L., Nygård, Karin M., Rø, Gunnar, Madslien, Elisabeth H., de Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben

“…Understanding the epidemic growth of the novel SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is critical for public health. We compared the ten-day secondary attack rate (SAR) of…”
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A compelling demonstration of why traditional statistical regression models cannot be used to identify risk factors from case data on infectious diseases: a simulation study by Engebretsen, Solveig, Rø, Gunnar, de Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben

“…Regression models are often used to explain the relative risk of infectious diseases among groups. For example, overrepresentation of immigrants among COVID-19…”
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Reduced risk of hospitalisation among reported COVID-19 cases infected with the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 variant compared with the Delta variant, Norway, December 2021 to January 2022 by Veneti, Lamprini, Bøås, Håkon, Bråthen Kristoffersen, Anja, Stålcrantz, Jeanette, Bragstad, Karoline, Hungnes, Olav, Storm, Margrethe Larsdatter, Aasand, Nina, Rø, Gunnar, Starrfelt, Jostein, Seppälä, Elina, Kvåle, Reidar, Vold, Line, Nygård, Karin, Buanes, Eirik Alnes, Whittaker, Robert

“…We included 39,524 COVID-19 Omicron and 51,481 Delta cases reported in Norway from December 2021 to January 2022. We estimated a 73% reduced risk of…”
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Age and product dependent vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 infection and hospitalisation among adults in Norway: a national cohort study, July–November 2021 by Starrfelt, Jostein, Danielsen, Anders Skyrud, Buanes, Eirik Alnes, Juvet, Lene Kristine, Lyngstad, Trude Marie, Ra, Gunnar Øyvind Isaksson, Veneti, Lamprini, Watle, Sara Viksmoen, Meijerink, Hinta

“…Background COVID-19 vaccines have been crucial in the pandemic response and understanding changes in vaccines effectiveness is essential to guide vaccine…”
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Implementation of a Cloud-Based Electronic Medical Record to Reduce Gaps in the HIV Treatment Continuum in Rural Kenya by Haskew, John, Rø, Gunnar, Turner, Kenrick, Kimanga, Davies, Sirengo, Martin, Sharif, Shahnaaz

“…Electronic medical record (EMR) systems are increasingly being adopted to support the delivery of health care in developing countries and their implementation…”
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Implementation of a cloud-based electronic medical record for maternal and child health in rural Kenya by Haskew, John, Rø, Gunnar, Saito, Kaori, Turner, Kenrick, Odhiambo, George, Wamae, Annah, Sharif, Shahnaaz, Sugishita, Tomohiko

“…Highlights • The study describes implementation of a novel cloud-based MCH EMR. • The cloud-based EMR improves completeness of data in the MCH patient record…”
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Simulation and identification of foodborne outbreaks in a large supermarket consumer purchase dataset by Dougherty, Peter Erdmann, Møller, Frederik Trier, Ethelberg, Steen, Rø, Gunnar Øyvind Isaksson, Jore, Solveig

“…Foodborne outbreaks represent a significant public health burden. Outbreak investigations are often challenging and time-consuming, and most outbreak vehicles…”
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Characterization of the SARS-CoV-2 antibody landscape in Norway in the late summer of 2022: high seroprevalence in all age groups with patterns of primary Omicron infection in children and hybrid immunity in adults by Tunheim, Gro, Fossum, Even, Robertson, Anna Hayman, Rø, Gunnar Øyvind Isaksson, Chopra, Adity, Vaage, John T, Vikse, Elisabeth Lea, Kran, Anne-Marte Bakken, Magnus, Per, Trogstad, Lill, Mjaaland, Siri, Hungnes, Olav, Lund-Johansen, Fridtjof

“…According to Norwegian registries, 91% of individuals ≥ 16 years had received ≥ 1 dose of COVID-19 vaccine by mid-July 2022, whereas less than 2% of children <…”
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Higgs vacuum stability from the dark matter portal by Khoze, Valentin V., McCabe, Christopher, Ro, Gunnar

“…A bstract We consider classically scale-invariant extensions of the Standard Model ( CSI ESM ) which stabilise the Higgs potential and have good dark matter…”
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Storvik, Palomares, Engebretsen, Rø, Engø-Monsen, Kristoffersen, de Blasio and Frigessi's reply to the Discussion of ‘The Second Discussion Meeting on Statistical aspects of the Covid-19 Pandemic’ by Storvik, Geir, Palomares, Alfonso Diz-Lois, Engebretsen, Solveig, Rø, Gunnar Øyvind Isaksson, Engø-Monsen, Kenth, Kristoffersen, Anja Bråthen, de Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben, Frigessi, Arnoldo

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A One Health real-time surveillance system for nowcasting Campylobacter gastrointestinal illness outbreaks, Norway, week 30 2010 to week 11 2022 by Swanson, David, Koren, Clemence, Hopp, Petter, Jonsson, Malin E, Rø, Gunnar Isaksson, White, Richard A, Grøneng, Gry Marysol

“…Background Campylobacter is a leading cause of food and waterborne illness. Monitoring and modelling Campylobacter at chicken broiler farms, combined with…”
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A sequential Monte Carlo approach to estimate a time-varying reproduction number in infectious disease models: the Covid-19 case by Storvik, Geir, Diz-Lois Palomares, Alfonso, Engebretsen, Solveig, Rø, Gunnar Øyvind Isaksson, Engø-Monsen, Kenth, Kristoffersen, Anja Bråthen, de Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben, Frigessi, Arnoldo

“…The Covid-19 pandemic has required most countries to implement complex sequences of non-pharmaceutical interventions, with the aim of controlling the…”
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis among Syrian refugees in Jordan by Kanani, Khalil, Amr, Zuhair S., Shadfan, Bassam, Khorma, Rania, Rø, Gunnar, Abid, Mustafa, Gabrielli, Albis Francesco, Haskew, John

“…Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is one of the most prevalent vector-borne diseases within the World Health Organization’s Eastern Mediterranean Region…”
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Leptogenesis and neutrino oscillations in the classically conformal standard model with the Higgs portal by Khoze, Valentin V., Ro, Gunnar

“…A bstract The Standard Model with an added Higgs portal interaction and no explicit mass terms is a classically scale-invariant theory. In this case the scale…”
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Stage of HIV presentation at initial clinic visit following a community-based HIV testing campaign in rural Kenya by Haskew, John, Turner, Kenrick, Rø, Gunnar, Ho, Andrew, Kimanga, Davies, Sharif, Shahnaaz

“…The Kenyan Ministry of Health and partners implemented a community-based integrated prevention campaign (IPC) in Western Kenya in 2008. The aim of this study…”
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Dark matter monopoles, vectors and photons by Khoze, Valentin V., Ro, Gunnar

“…A bstract In a secluded dark sector which is coupled to the Standard Model via a Higgs portal interaction we arrange for the existence of ’t Hooft-Polyakov…”
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Increased transmissibility of the alpha SARS-CoV-2 variant: evidence from contact tracing data in Oslo, January to February 2021 by Lindstrøm, Jonas Christoffer, Engebretsen, Solveig, Kristoffersen, Anja Bråthen, Rø, Gunnar Øyvind Isaksson, Palomares, Alfonso Diz-Lois, Engø-Monsen, Kenth, Madslien, Elisabeth Henie, Forland, Frode, Nygård, Karin Maria, Hagen, Frode, Gantzel, Gunnar, Wiklund, Ottar, Frigessi, Arnoldo, de Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben

“…Information about the contagiousness of new SARS-CoV-2 variants, including the alpha lineage, and how they spread in various locations is essential…”
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Prevalence of antibodies against SARS‐CoV‐2 in the Norwegian population, August 2021 by Tunheim, Gro, Rø, Gunnar Øyvind Isaksson, Chopra, Adity, Aase, Audun, Kran, Anne‐Marte Bakken, Vaage, John Torgils, Lund‐Johansen, Fridtjof, Hungnes, Olav

“…Background One year into the COVID‐19 pandemic, the cumulative number of confirmed COVID‐19 cases in Norway was still low. In January 2021, when the Norwegian…”
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