Responsibilities
Public health microbiology, antimicrobial resistance in a One Health and global perspective
Background
MD, specialist in clinical microbiologi, PhD in serious infections in the elderly. Technical responsibility for the Norwegian reference laboratory for enteropathogenic bacteria, H.influenza, Gr. A streptococci and for certain serology analyses (HiB, pneumococci). Epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance. Contributed to pushing for the development of a Norwegian microbiology database and infection registry. 2 years in WHO in Geneva linking work on antimicrobial resistance with that of environmental health, including access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene services.
Projects and publications
- Consolidation of the HERA-WGS-infrastructure and capacity building at NIPH to enhance microbial surveillance and preparedness
- Infeksjonssykdommers epidemiologi i Østfold
- Molekylærepidemiologi og antibiotikaresistens hos invasive Haemophilus influenzae i Norge 2017-2023
- NISSER-prosjekt
- NORSE - Network for One Health Resistome Surveillance
- Kaare Magne Nielsen, Kyrre Linné Kausrud, Gunnar Skov Simonsen, Martin Steinbakk, Pål Trosvik, Astrid Louise Wester, Yngvild Wasteson, Siamak Pour Yazdankhah, Øivind Bergh, Ole Martin Eklo, Erik Joner, Elisabeth Henie Madslien, (2022). Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in the environment. Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Microbial Ecology of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment. VKM Report
- Patrick Munk, Christian Brinch, Frederik Duus Møller, Thomas N. Petersen, Rene S. Hendriksen, Anne Mette Seyfarth, Jette S. Kjeldgaard, Christina Aaby Svendsen, Bram van Bunnik, Fanny Berglund, Artan Bego, Pablo Power, Catherine Rees, Dionisia Lambrinidis, Elizabeth Heather Jakobsen Neilson, Karen Gibb, Kris Coventry, Peter Collignon, Susan Cassar, Franz Allerberger, Anowara Begum, Zenat Zebin Hossain, Carlon Worrell, Olivier Vandenberg, Ilse Pieters, Dougnon Tamègnon Victorien, Angela Daniela Salazar Gutierrez, Freddy Soria, Vesna Rudić Grujić, Nataša Mazalica, Teddie O. Rahube, Carlos Alberto Tagliati, Dalia Rodrigues, Guilherme Oliveira, Larissa Camila Ribeiro de Souza, Ivan Ivanov, Bonkoungou Isidore Juste, Traoré Oumar, Thet Sopheak, Yith Vuthy, Antoinette Ngandijo, Ariane Nzouankeu, Ziem A. Abah Jacques Olivier, Christopher K. Yost, Pratik Kumar, Satinder Kaur Brar, Djim-Adjim Tabo, Aiko D. Adell, Esteban Paredes-Osses, Maria Cristina Martinez, Sara Cuadros-Orellana, Changwen Ke, Huanying Zheng, Li Baisheng, Lok Ting Lau, Teresa Chung, Xiaoyang Jiao, Yongjie Yu, Zhao JiaYong, Johan F. Bernal Morales, Maria Fernanda Valencia, Pilar Donado-Godoy, Kalpy Julien Coulibaly, Jasna Hrenovic, Matijana Jergović, Renáta Karpíšková, Zozo Nyarukweba Deogratias, Bodil Elsborg, Lisbeth Truelstrup Hansen, Pernille Erland Jensen, Mohamed Abouelnaga, Mohamed Fathy Salem, Marliin Koolmeister, Mengistu Legesse, Tadesse Eguale, Annamari Heikinheimo, Soizick Le Guyader, Julien Schaeffer, Jose Eduardo Villacis, Bakary Sanneh, Lile Malania, Andreas Nitsche, Annika Brinkmann, Sara Schubert, Sina Hesse, Thomas U. Berendonk, Courage Kosi Setsoafia Saba, Jibril Mohammed, Patrick Kwame Feglo, Regina Ama Banu, Charalampos Kotzamanidis, Efthymios Lytras, Sergio A. Lickes, Bela Kocsis, Norbert Solymosi, Thorunn R. Thorsteinsdottir, Abdulla Mohamed Hatha, Mamatha Ballal, Sohan Rodney Bangera, Fereshteh Fani, (2022). Genomic analysis of sewage from 101 countries reveals global landscape of antimicrobial resistance. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-34312-7
- Ragnhild Tønnessen, Ignacio Garcia Llorente, Nadia Debech, Jonas Christoffer Lindstrøm, Astrid Louise Wester, Dagfinn Skaare, (2022). Molecular epidemiology and antibiotic resistance profiles of invasive Haemophilus influenzae from Norway 2017–2021. Frontiers in Microbiology s. 1-15. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.973257
- Amy Booth, Astrid Louise Wester, (2022). A multivariable analysis of the contribution of socioeconomic and environmental factors to blood culture Escherichia Coli resistant to fluoroquinolones in high- and middle-income countries. BMC Public Health s. 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-12776-y
- David Nieuwenhuijse, Bas B. Oude Munnink, My V. T. Phan, Rene S. Hendriksen, Artan Bego, Catherine Rees, Elizabeth Heather Neilson, Kris Coventry, Peter Collignon, Franz Allerberger, Teddie O Rahube, Guilherme Oliveira, Ivan Ivanov, Thet Sopheak, Yith Vuthy, Christopher K. Yost, Djim-adjim Tabo, Sara Cuadros‑Orellana, Changwen Ke, Huanying Zheng, Li Baisheng, Xiaoyang Jiao, Pilar Donado‑Godoy, Kalpy Julien Coulibaly, Jasna Hrenovic, Matijana Jergović, Renáta Karpíšková, Bodil Elsborg, Mengistu Legesse, Tadesse Eguale, Annamari Heikinheimo, Jose Eduardo Villacis, Bakary Sanneh, Lile Malania, Andreas Nitsche, Annika Brinkmann, Courage Kosi Setsoafia Saba, Bela Kocsis, Norbert Solymosi, Thorunn R Thorsteinsdottir, Abdulla Mohamed Hatha, Masoud Alebouyeh, Dearbhaile Morris, Louise O’Connor, Martin Cormican, Jacob Moran‑Gilad, Antonio Battisti, Patricia Alba, Astrid Louise Wester, Rune Holmstad, Patrick Munk, Shweta Venkatakrishnan, Frank M. Aarestrup, Matthew Cotten, Marion P. G. Koopmans, (2020). Setting a baseline for global urban virome surveillance in sewage. Scientific Reports doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-69869-0
- Daisuke Sano, Astrid Louise Wester, Heike Schmitt, Mohan Amarasiri, Amy Kirby, Kate Medlicott, Ana Maria de Roda Husman, (2020). Updated research agenda for water, sanitation and antimicrobial resistance. Journal of Water and Health s. 858-866. doi: 10.2166/wh.2020.033
- Amy Booth, Diana S. Aga, Astrid Louise Wester, (2020). Retrospective analysis of the global antibiotic residues that exceed the predicted no effect concentration for antimicrobial resistance in various environmental matrices. Environment International s. 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105796
- David Berendes, Amy Kirby, Joe Brown, Astrid Louise Wester, (2020). Human faeces-associated extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli discharge into sanitation systems in 2015 and 2030: a global and regional analysis. The Lancet Planetary Health s. 246-255. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30099-1
- Jannice Schau Slettemeås, Marianne Sunde, Charlotte Rosenberg Ulstad, Madelaine Norström, Astrid Louise Wester, Anne Margrete Urdahl, (2019). Occurrence and characterization of quinolone resistant Escherichia coli from Norwegian Turkey meat and complete sequence of an IncX1 plasmid encoding qnrS1. PLOS ONE s. 1-16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212936
- K T Mulroney, J M Hall, X Huang, E Turnbull, N M Bzdyl, A Chakera, Mohammed Umaer Naseer, EM Corea, MJ Ellington, Katie L. Hopkins, Astrid Louise Wester, O Ekelund, N Woodford, TJJ Inglis, (2017). Rapid susceptibility profiling of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. Scientific Reports doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-02009-3
- Didrik Hjertaker Grevskott, Cecilie Smith Svanevik, Marianne Sunde, Astrid Lousie Wester, Bjørn Tore Lunestad, (2017). Marine bivalve mollusks as possible indicators of multidrug-resistant escherichia coli and other species of the enterobacteriaceae Family. Frontiers in Microbiology doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00024
- Einar Sverre Berg, Astrid Lousie Wester, J Ahrenfeldt, Solveig Sølverød Mo, Jannice Schau Slettemeås, Martin Steinbakk, Ørjan Samuelsen, Nils Grude, Gunnar Skov Simonsen, Iren Høyland Löhr, Silje Jørgensen, Ståle Tofteland, O. Lund, Ulf R Dahle, Marianne Sunde, (2017). Norwegian patients and retail chicken meat share cephalosporin-resistant Escherichia coli and IncK/blaCMY-2 resistance plasmids. Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI) s. 407.e9-407.e15. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2016.12.035
- François-Xavier Weill, Elisabeth Njamkepo, Nizar Fawal, Alicia Tran-Dien, Jane Hawkey, Nancy Strockbine, Claire Jenkins, Kaisar A. Talukder, Raymond Bercion, Konstantin Kuleshov, Renáta Kolínská, Julie E. Russell, Lidia Kaftyreva, Marie Accou-Demartin, Andreas Karas, Olivier Vandenberg, Alison E. Mather, Carl J. Mason, Andrew J. Page, Thandavarayan Ramamurthy, Chantal Bizet, Andrzej Gamian, Isabelle Carle, Amy Gassama Sow, Christiane Bouchier, Astrid Louise Wester, Monique Lejay-Collin, Marie-Christine Fonkoua, Simon Le Hello, Martin J. Blaser, Cecilia Jernberg, Corinne Ruckly, Audrey Mérens, Anne-Laure Page, Martin Aslett, Peter Roggentin, Angelika Fruth, Erick Denamur, Malabi Venkatesan, Hervé Bercovier, Ladaporn Bodhidatta, Chien-Shun Chiou, Dominique Clermont, Bianca Colonna, Svetlana Egorova, Gururaja P. Pazhani, Analia V. Ezernitchi, Ghislaine Guigon, Simon R. Harris, Hidemasa Izumiya, Agnieszka Korzeniowska-Kowal, Anna Lutyhska, Malika Gouali, Francine Grimont, Céline Langendorf, Monika Marejková, Lorea A.M. Peterson, Guillermo Perez-Perez, Antoinette Ngandjio, Alexander Podkolzin, Erika Souche, Mariia Makarova, German A. Shipulin, Changyun Ye, Helena Žemličková, Mária Herpay, Patrick A.D. Grimont, Julian Parkhill, Philippe Sansonetti, Kathryn E. Holt, Sylvain Brisse, Nicholas R. Thomson, (2016). Global phylogeography and evolutionary history of Shigella dysenteriae type 1. Nature Microbiology doi: 10.1038/NMICROBIOL.2016.27
- Inger Løbersli, Astrid Lousie Wester, Åse Kristiansen, Lin Thorstensen Brandal, (2016). Molecular Differentiation of Shigella Spp. from Enteroinvasive E. Coli. European Journal of Microbiology and Immunology s. 197-205. doi: 10.1556/1886.2016.00004
- Charlotte Rosenberg Ulstad, Margrete Solheim, Sophie Berg, Morten Lindbæk, Ulf R Dahle, Astrid Lousie Wester, (2016). Carriage of ESBL/AmpC-producing or ciprofloxacin non-susceptible Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. in healthy people in Norway. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control doi: 10.1186/s13756-016-0156-x
- Didrik Hjertaker Grevskott, Cecilie Smith Svanevik, Astrid Lousie Wester, Bjørn Tore Lunestad, (2016). The species accuracy of the Most Probable Number (MPN) European Union reference method for enumeration of Escherichia coli in marine bivalves. Journal of Microbiological Methods s. 73-77. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2016.10.006
- Emily MacDonald, Margot Einöder Moreno, Katrine Borgen, Lin Thorstensen Brandal, L. Diab, Ø Fossli, Bernardo Rafael Guzmán Herrador, A A Hassan, Gro Skøien Johannessen, Kimo R Jørgensen, E J Johansen, Tore Lier, B L Paulsen, R Popescu, C Tokle Schytte, Kristin Sæbø Pettersen, Line Vold, Øyvind Ørmen, Astrid Lousie Wester, Marit Wiklund, Karin Maria Nygård, (2016). National outbreak of Yersinia enterocolitica infections in military and civilian populations associated with consumption of mixed salad, Norway, 2014. Eurosurveillance doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.34.30321
- Jannice Schau Slettemeås, Astrid Lousie Wester, Anne Margrete Urdahl, Madelaine Norström, Margrete Solheim, (2016). Occurrence of mcr-1 in historical isolates from animals and humans in Norway.
- DIDRIK FRIMANN VESTRHEIM, Heidi Lange, Karin Maria Nygård, Katrine Borgen, Astrid Lousie Wester, M L Kvarme, Line Vold, (2016). Are ready-to-eat salads ready to eat? An outbreak of Salmonella Coeln linked to imported, mixed, pre-washed and bagged salad, Norway, November 2013. Epidemiology and Infection s. 1756-1760. doi: 10.1017/S0950268815002769
- Lin Thorstensen Brandal, Astrid Lousie Wester, Heidi Lange, Inger Løbersli, Bjørn-Arne Lindstedt, Line Vold, Georg Kapperud, (2015). Shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli infections in Norway, 1992-2012: characterization of isolates and identification of risk factors for haemolytic uremic syndrome. BMC Infectious Diseases doi: 10.1186/s12879-015-1017-6
- Céline Marie Elise Gossner, B De Jong, CJ Hoebe, D Coulombier, C Kornschober, D Schmid, S Quoilin, M Koliou, R Kralova, M Marejkova, S Ethelberg, L Muller, M Torpdahl, E Møller Nielsen, J Epstein, I Dontsenko, T Lienemann, R Rimhanen-Finne, M Kuusi, A Siitonen, N Jourdan-Da Silva, L King, S Le Hello, A Leclercq, H Bernard, C Frank, D Werber, W Rabsch, K Mellou, K Krisztalovics, J Paszti, G Sigmundsdottir, H Hardardottir, P Garvey, P McKeown, M Cormican, E McNamara, G Scavia, I Luzzi, R Korotinska, G Zagrebneviene, A Gatt, Karin Maria Nygård, Line Vold, Lin Thorstensen Brandal, Astrid Lousie Wester, M Dufour, L Zota, J Mikas, E Grilc, C Varela Martinez, S Herrera Leon, KH Keddy, S Ivarsson, M Löfdahl, C Jernberg, I Hedenström, I Friesema, L Verhoef, W Van Pelt, M Heck, C Lane, T Peters, A Awofisayo, S Brownlie, P Gerner-Smidt, (2015). Event-based surveillance of food- and waterborne diseases in Europe: ‘urgent inquiries’ (outbreak alerts) during 2008 to 2013. Eurosurveillance
- Rene S. Hendriksen, Pimlapas Leekitcharoenphon, Matthew Mikoleit, Jacob Dyring Jensen, Rolf Sommer Kaas, Louise Roer, Heena B. Joshi, Srirat Pornruangmong, Chaiwat Pulsrikarn, Gladys D. Gonzalez-Aviles, Elien Ascelijn Reuland, Nashwan Al Naiemi, Astrid Louise Wester, Frank M. Aarestrup, Henrik Hasman, (2015). Genomic dissection of travel-associated extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing salmonella enterica serovar typhi isolates originating from the philippines: A one-off occurrence or a threat to effective treatment of typhoid fever?. Journal of Clinical Microbiology s. 677-680. doi: 10.1128/JCM.03104-14
- Emily MacDonald, Per Kjetil Dalane, Preben Aavitsland, Lin Thorstensen Brandal, Astrid Louise Wester, Line Vold, (2015). Implications of screening and childcare exclusion policies for children with Shiga-toxin producing infections: Lessons learned from an outbreak in a daycare centre, Norway, 2012. BMC Infectious Diseases doi: 10.1186/s12879-014-0673-2
- Emily MacDonald, K E Møller, Astrid Louise Wester, Ulf R Dahle, Nils Olav Hermansen, Pål Jenum, Lars Thoresen, Line Vold, (2015). An outbreak of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) infection in Norway, 2012: a reminder to consider uncommon pathogens in outbreaks involving imported products. Epidemiology and Infection s. 486-493. doi: 10.1017/S0950268814001058
- Ina Haagensen, Madelaine Norström, Jannice Schau Slettemeås, Anne Margrete Urdahl, Astrid Louise Wester, (2014). ZOONOTIC AND NON-ZOONOTIC ENTEROPATHOGENIC BACTERIA.
- Kjersti Sturød, Ulf R Dahle, Einar Sverre Berg, Martin Steinbakk, Astrid Louise Wester, (2014). Evaluation of the ability of four ESBL-screening media to detect ESBL-producing Salmonella and Shigella. BMC Microbiology doi: 10.1186/s12866-014-0217-3
- Kjersti Haugum, Lin Cathrine Thorstensen Brandal, Bjørn Arne Lindstedt, Astrid Lousie Wester, Kåre Bergh, Jan Egil Afset, (2014). PCR-based detection and molecular characterization of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains in a routine microbiology laboratory over 16 years. Journal of Clinical Microbiology s. 3156-3163. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00453-14
- Bernardo Guzman Herrador, Einar Nilsen, Kofitsyo S Cudjoe, Laila Jensvoll, Jan-Magnus Kvamme, Anja Lindegård Aanstad, Bjørn Arne Lindstedt, Karin Maria Nygård, G Severinsen, Ø Werner-Johansen, Astrid Louise Wester, Marit Wiklund, Line Vold, (2013). A Shigella sonnei outbreak traced to imported basil - The importance of good typing tools and produce traceability systems, Norway, 2011. Eurosurveillance s. 15-21.
- Astrid Louise Wester, Madelaine Norström, Marianne Sunde, Anne Margrete Urdahl, Ulf R Dahle, (2013). Zoonotic and Non-zoonotic Enteropathogenic Bacteria. s. 41-55.
- Astrid Louise Wester, Oona Borghild Dunlop, Kjetil K. Melby, Ulf R Dahle, Torgeir Bruun Wyller, (2013). Age-related differences in symptoms, diagnosis and prognosis of bacteremia. BMC Infectious Diseases doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-346
- Emily MacDonald, Berit Tafjord Heier, Karin Maria Nygård, Torunn Stalheim, Kofitsyo S Cudjoe, Taran Skjerdal, Astrid Louise Wester, Bjørn Arne Lindstedt, Trine-Lise Stavnes, Line Vold, (2012). Yersinia enterocolitica Outbreak Associated with Ready-to-Eat Salad Mix, Norway, 2011. Emerging Infectious Diseases s. 1496-1499. doi: 10.3201/eid1809.120087
- Astrid Louise Wester, Trine-Lise Stavnes, Madelaine Norström, Marianne Sunde, Arve Lund, (2012). Occurence of antimicrobial resistance - Zoonotic and non-zoonotic enterpathogenic bacteria. s. 41-58.
- Bernardo Rafael Guzman Herrador, Line Vold, Heidi Lange Comelli, Emily MacDonald, Berit Tafjord Heier, Astrid Louise Wester, Trine-Lise Stavnes, L. Jensvoll, A Lindegård Aanstad, G Severinsen, JA Grini, Ø Werner Johansen, Kofitsyo S Cudjoe, Karin Maria Nygård, (2011). Outbreak of Shigella sonnei infection in Norway linked to consumption of fresh basil, October 2011. Eurosurveillance s. 2-3.
- Trine-Lise Stavnes, Astrid Lousie Wester, Madelaine Norström, Marianne Sunde, Arve Lund, (2011). Zoonotic and non-zoonotic enteropathogenic bacteria. s. 35-46.
- Emily MacDonald, Berit Tafjord Heier, T Stalheim, Isaac Kofitsyo S Cudjoe, Taran Skjerdal, Astrid Louise Wester, Bjørn Arne Lindstedt, Line Vold, (2011). Yersinia enterocolitica O:9 infections associated with bagged salad mix in Norway, February to April 2011. Eurosurveillance s. 10-12.
- Astrid Louise Wester, Karl G Blaasaas, Torgeir Bruun Wyller, (2008). Is the concentration of C-reactive protein in bacteraemia associated with age?. Immunity & Ageing doi: 10.1186/1752-4933-5-8
- Jacob Dag Berild, Are Stuwitz Berg, Tone Bruun, Andreas Christensen, Anita Odveig Daae, DAGNY HAUG DORENBERG, Evy Therese Dvergsdal, André Einhaug, Gro Evensen, Olaug Sveinsgjerd Fenne, Moustafa Gibory, Margrethe Greve-Isdahl, Einar Heldal, Astrid Louise Løvlie, Anne Torunn Mengshoel, Øivind Jul Nilsen, Hanne Magdalene Nøkleby, Eirik Olsen, Rikard Rykkvin, SILJE LAE SOLBERG, Lill Trogstad, Didrik Frimann Vestrheim, Sara Sofie Viksmoen Watle, Astrid Louise Wester, Brita Askeland Winje, Ingfrid Borlaug Østlie, (2022). Barnevaksinasjonsprogrammet i Norge. Rapport for 2021
- Aasmund Fostervold, Mina Øydis Høie, Christoffer Lindemann, Einar Nilsen, Astrid Louise Wester, (2022). Diagnostikk av blodkultur. Strategimøte nr. 33 2019
- Jacob Dag Berild, Tone Bruun, Andreas Christensen, DAGNY HAUG DORENBERG, Evy Therese Dvergsdal, André Einhaug, Gro Evensen, Olaug Sveinsgjerd Fenne, Moustafa Gibory, Margrethe Greve-Isdahl, Astrid Louise Løvlie, Anne Torunn Mengshoel, Øivind Jul Nilsen, Hanne Magdalene Nøkleby, Martine Andersen Olimb, Kirsten Bjerkreim Pedersen, Lill Trogstad, Didrik Frimann Vestrheim, Sara Sofie Viksmoen Watle, Astrid Louise Wester, Brita Askeland Winje, (2021). Barnevaksinasjonsprogrammet i Norge. Rapport for 2019 og 2020.
- Heidi Cecilie Villmones, Astrid Louise Wester, Trygve Olav Tjade, (2017). Bakteriologisk fecesdiagnostikk. Strategimøte nr 29, 2015
- Sophie Berg, Charlotte Rosenberg Ulstad, Morten Lindbæk, Astrid Louise Wester, Ulf R Dahle, (2015). Rapport fra nettbasert spørreundersøkelse om antibiotikaresistens
- Cecilie Torp Andersen, Gunnar Skov Simonsen, Trude Margrete Arnesen, Anne Margrete Urdahl, Elisabeth Astrup, Hege Salvesen Blix, Dominique A Caugant, Kari Grave, Kjersti Wik Larssen, Madelaine Norström, Andreas Radtke, Jannice Schau Slettemeås, Dagfinn Skaare, Martin Steinbakk, Gaute Syversen, DIDRIK FRIMANN VESTRHEIM, Astrid Lousie Wester, Frode Width-Gran, (2015). NORM/NORM-VET 2014. Usage of Antimicrobial Agents and Occurrence of Antimicrobial Resistance in Norway.
- Fredrik Andersen, Heidi Lange, Berit Tafjord Heier, Karin Maria Nygård, Line Vold, Astrid Louise Wester, Georg Kapperud, (2013). Årsrapport. Næringsmiddelbårne infeksjoner i 2012. Meldingssystem for smittsomme sykdommer (MSIS).
- Heidi Lange, Berit Tafjord Heier, Karin Maria Nygård, Line Vold, Astrid Louise Wester, Georg Kapperud, (2012). Årsrapport. Næringsmiddelbårne infeksjoner og utbrudd i 2011. Meldingssystem for smittsomme sykdommer (MSIS) og Vevbasert system for utbruddsvarsling (Vesuv)
- Patrick Munk, Christian Brinch, Frederik Duus Møller, Thomas N. Petersen, Rene S. Hendriksen, Anne Mette Seyfarth, Jette S. Kjeldgaard, Christina Aaby Svendsen, Bram van Bunnik, Fanny Berglund, Artan Bego, Pablo Power, Catherine Rees, Dionisia Lambrinidis, Elizabeth Heather Jakobsen Neilson, Karen Gibb, Kris Coventry, Peter Collignon, Susan Cassar, Franz Allerberger, Anowara Begum, Zenat Zebin Hossain, Carlon Worrell, Olivier Vandenberg, Ilse Pieters, Dougnon Tamègnon Victorien, Angela Daniela Salazar Gutierrez, Freddy Soria, Vesna Rudić Grujić, Nataša Mazalica, Teddie O. Rahube, Carlos Alberto Tagliati, Dalia Rodrigues, Guilherme Oliveira, Larissa Camila Ribeiro de Souza, Ivan Ivanov, Bonkoungou Isidore Juste, Traoré Oumar, Thet Sopheak, Yith Vuthy, Antoinette Ngandjio, Ariane Nzouankeu, Ziem A. Abah Jacques Olivier, Christopher K. Yost, Pratik Kumar, Satinder Kaur Brar, Djim-Adjim Tabo, Aiko D. Adell, Esteban Paredes-Osses, Maria Cristina Martinez, Sara Cuadros-Orellana, Changwen Ke, Huanying Zheng, Li Baisheng, Lok Ting Lau, Teresa Chung, Xiaoyang Jiao, Yongjie Yu, Zhao JiaYong, Johan F. Bernal Morales, Maria Fernanda Valencia, Pilar Donado-Godoy, Kalpy Julien Coulibaly, Jasna Hrenovic, Matijana Jergović, Renáta Karpíšková, Zozo Nyarukweba Deogratias, Bodil Elsborg, Lisbeth Truelstrup Hansen, Pernille Erland Jensen, Mohamed Abouelnaga, Mohamed Fathy Salem, Marliin Koolmeister, Mengistu Legesse, Tadesse Eguale, Annamari Heikinheimo, Soizick Le Guyader, Julien Schaeffer, Jose Eduardo Villacis, Bakary Sanneh, Lile Malania, Andreas Nitsche, Annika Brinkmann, Sara Schubert, Sina Hesse, Thomas U. Berendonk, Courage Kosi Setsoafia Saba, Jibril Mohammed, Patrick Kwame Feglo, Regina Ama Banu, Charalampos Kotzamanidis, Efthymios Lytras, Sergio A. Lickes, Bela Kocsis, Norbert Solymosi, Thorunn R. Thorsteinsdottir, Abdulla Mohamed Hatha, Mamatha Ballal, Sohan Rodney Bangera, Fereshteh Fani, (2023). Author Correction: Genomic analysis of sewage from 101 countries reveals global landscape of antimicrobial resistance (Nature Communications, (2022), 13, 1, (7251), 10.1038/s41467-022-34312-7). Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-35890-w
- Amy Booth, Astrid Louise Wester, (2022). Erratum: Correction to: A multivariable analysis of the contribution of socioeconomic and environmental factors to blood culture Escherichia Coli resistant to fluoroquinolones in high- and middle-income countries (BMC public health (2022) 22 1 (354)). BMC Public Health doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-12896-5
- Yngvild Wasteson, Henning Sørum, Bjørn-Arne Lindstedt, Arnfinn Sundsfjord, Hans Geir Eiken, Erik Joner, Anders Bjørnsgaard Aas, Carsten Ulrich Schwermer, Pawel Krzeminski, Ernst Kristian Rødland, Astrid Louise Wester, Halfdan Olafssøn, Andre Olafssøn, Trond Ingebretsen, Rune Holmstad, Nina Due, (2021). CORNELIA – Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in One Health Interfaces.
- David Nieuwenhuijse, Bas B. Oude Munnink, My V. T. Phan, Rene S. Hendriksen, Artan Bego, Catherine Rees, Elizabeth Neilson, Kris Coventry, Peter Collignon, Franz Allerberger, Teddie O Rahube, Guilherme Oliveira, Ivan Ivanov, Thet Sopheak, Yith Vuthy, Christopher K. Yost, Djim-adjim Tabo, Sara Cuadros-Orellana, Changwen Ke, Huanying Zheng, Li Baisheng, Xiaoyang Jiao, Pilar Donado-Godoy, Kalpy Julien Coulibaly, Jasna Hrenovic, Matijana Jergović, Renáta Karpíšková, Bodil Elsborg, Mengistu Legesse, Tadesse Eguale, Annamari Heikinheimo, Jose Eduardo Villacis, Bakary Sanneh, Lile Malania, Andreas Nitsche, Annika Brinkmann, Courage Kosi Setsoafia Saba, Bela Kocsis, Norbert Solymosi, Thorunn R Thorsteinsdottir, Abdulla Mohamed Hatha, Masoud Alebouyeh, Dearbhaile Morris, Louise O’Connor, Martin Cormican, Jacob Moran-Gilad, Antonio Battisti, Patricia Alba, Zeinegul Shakenova, Ciira Kiiyukia, Eric Ng’eno, Lul Raka, Aivars Bērziņš, Jeļena Avsejenko, Vadims Bartkevics, Christian Penny, Heraa Rajandas, Sivachandran Parimannan, Malcolm Vella Haber, Pushkar Pal, Heike Schmitt, Mark W.J. van Passel, Milou G.M. van de Schans, Tina Zuidema, Gert-Jan Jeunen, Neil J. Gemmell, Kayode Fashae, Astrid Louise Wester, Rune Holmstad, Rumina Hasan, Sadia Shakoor, Maria Luz Zamudio Rojas, Dariusz Wasyl, Golubinka Bosevska, Mihail Kochubovski, Cojocaru Radu, Amy Gassama, Vladimir Radosavljevic, Moon Y.F. Tay, Rogelio Zuniga-Montanez, Stefan Wuertz, Dagmar Gavačová, Marija Trkov, Karen Keddy, Kerneels Esterhuyse, Marta Cerdà-Cuéllar, Sujatha Pathirage, D.G.Joakim Larsson, L. Norrgren, Stefan Örn, Tanja Van der Heijden, Happiness Houka Kumburu, Ana Maria de RodaHusman, Berthe-Marie Njanpop-Lafourcade, Pawou Bidjada, Somtinda Christelle Nikiema-Pessinaba, Belkis Levent, John Scott Meschke, Nicola Koren Beck, Chinh Van Dang, (2021). Author Correction: Setting a baseline for global urban virome surveillance in sewage (Scientific Reports, (2020), 10, 1, (13748), 10.1038/s41598-020-69869-0). Scientific Reports doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-95934-3
- Ana de la Torre, Alain Hartmann, Astrid Louise Wester, Rustam Aminov, (2021). Editorial: Antimicrobials in Wildlife and the Environment. Frontiers in Microbiology doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.783118
- Yngvild Wasteson, Henning Sørum, Bjørn-Arne Lindstedt, Adriana Dorota Osinska, Arnfinn Sundsfjord, Hans Geir Eiken, Erik Joner, Anders Bjørnsgaard Aas, Carsten Ulrich Schwermer, Pawel Krzeminski, Ernst Kristian Rødland, Astrid Louise Wester, Halfdan Olafssøn, Andre Olafssøn, Trond Ingebretsen, Rune Holmstad, Nina Due, (2021). CORNELIA – Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in One Health Interfaces .
- Jannice Schau Slettemeås, Camilla Sekse, Håkon Kaspersen, Marianne Sunde, Madelaine Norström, Astrid Louise Wester, Gunnar Skov Simonsen, Charlotte Rosenberg Ulstad, Karin Lagesen, Anne Margrete Urdahl, (2021). Quinolone resistant Escherichia coli from Norwegian livestock, wild animals and humans .
- Amy Booth, Diana S. Aga, Astrid Louise Wester, (2020). Corrigendum to “Retrospective analysis of the global antibiotic residues that exceed the predicted no effect concentration for antimicrobial resistance in various environmental matrices”. [Environ. Int. 141 (2020) 105796] (Environment International (2020) 141, (S0160412019345568), (10.1016/j.envint.2020.105796)). Environment International doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106250
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- Didrik Hjertaker Grevskott, Cecilie Smith Svanevik, Marianne Sunde, Astrid Louise Wester, Bjørn Tore Lunestad, (2017). Marine bivalve mollusks as possible indicators of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli and other species of the Enterobacteriaceae family. Frontiers in Microbiology doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00024
- Bjørn Tore Lunestad, Didrik Hjertaker Grevskott, Marianne Sunde, Astrid Louise Wester, Cecilie Smith Svanevik, (2017). Antibiotikaresistente bakteriar i norske skjell .
- Bjørn Tore Lunestad, Didrik Hjertaker Grevskott, Cecilie Smith Svanevik, Astrid Louise Wester, (2017). The species accuracy of the EU MPN reference method for E. coli. Oral presentation at 16th EU-workshop of the National Reference Laboratories for monitoring bacteriological and viral contamination of bivalve molluscs .
- Didrik Hjertaker Grevskott, Cecilie Smith Svanevik, Marianne Sunde, Astrid Louise Wester, Bjørn Tore Lunestad, (2017). Multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli and other Enterobacteriaceae species detected in marine bivalves.
- Karin Lagesen, Jannice Schau Slettemeås, Camilla Sekse, Marianne Sunde, Madelaine Norström, Astrid Louise Wester, Gunnar Skov Simonsen, Charlotte Rosenberg Ulstad, Anne Margrete Urdahl, (2017). GENOMIC CHARACTERIZATION AND COMPARISON OF QUINOLONE RESISTANT ESCHERICHIA COLI FROM POULTRY AND HUMANS IN NORWAY.
- Jannice Schau Slettemeås, Madelaine Norström, Marianne Sunde, Anne Margrete Urdahl, Astrid Lousie Wester, Karin Lagesen, Gunnar Skov Simonsen, Charlotte Rosenberg Ulstad, Camilla Sekse, (2017). Quinolone resistant Escherichia coli from broiler in Norway - characterization, comparison to human isolates and molecular risk assessment.
- Didrik Hjertaker Grevskott, Cecilie Smith Svanevik, Charlotte Rosenberg Ulstad, Marianne Sunde, Astrid Louise Wester, Ulf R Dahle, Bjørn Tore Lunestad, (2016). Antibiotic resistance among bacteria in the Enterobacteriaceae family isolated from bivalve molluscs in Norwegian waters. .
- Didrik Hjertaker Grevskott, Cecilie Smith Svanevik, Charlotte Rosenberg Ulstad, Marianne Sunde, Astrid Louise Wester, Ulf R Dahle, Bjørn Tore Lunestad, (2016). Antibiotic resistance among bacteria in the Enterobacteriaceae family isolated from bivalve molluscs in Norwegian waters. .
- Jannice Schau Slettemeås, Madelaine Norström, Marianne Sunde, Anne Margrete Urdahl, Astrid Lousie Wester, Gunnar Skov Simonsen, Charlotte Rosenberg Ulstad, Camilla Sekse, Karin Lagesen, (2016). Quinolone resistant Escherichia coli from broiler in Norway - characterization, comparison to human isolates and molecular risk assessment.
- Andreas Westin, Astrid Lousie Wester, Asbjørg Stray-Pedersen, Kari Løhne, Ying Chen, Richard W Olaussen, (2016). Norsk laboratoriekodeverk – hvor ble det av visjonene?. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening s. 1370-1372. doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.16.0513
- Malin E Jonsson, Mona Torp, Karin Lagesen, Anja Bråthen Kristoffersen, Margrete Vigerust, Øystein Angen, Astrid Lousie Wester, Ulf R Dahle, Merete Hofshagen, (2016). A pilot study of the sources of campylobacteriosis in Norway.
- Margrete Solheim, Jon Bohlin, Charlotte Rosenberg Ulstad, Jannice Schau Slettemeås, Mohammed Umaer Naseer, Ulf R Dahle, Astrid Lousie Wester, (2016). Plasmid-mediated colistin-resistant Escherichia coli detected from 2014 in Norway. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents s. 227-228. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2016.06.001
- Jannice Schau Slettemeås, Camilla Sekse, Marianne Sunde, Karin Lagesen, Madelaine Norström, Astrid Lousie Wester, Gunnar Skov Simonsen, Charlotte Rosenberg Ulstad, Anne Margrete Urdahl, (2016). Quinolone-resistant Escherichia coli from poultry in Norway – characterization, comparison to human isolates and molecular risk assessment.
- Mona Torp, Anja Bråthen Kristoffersen, Margrete Vigerust, Øistein Angen, Malin E Jonsson, Karin Lagesen, Merete Hofshagen, Astrid Lousie Wester, Ulf R Dahle, (2015). Sources of campylobacteriosis in Norway - a pilot study.
- Jannice Schau Slettemeås, Madelaine Norström, Marianne Sunde, Anne Margrete Urdahl, Astrid Lousie Wester, (2015). High prevalence of quinolone resistant Escherichia coli isolated from retail turkey meat in Norway.
- Einar Sverre Berg, Astrid Lousie Wester, Solveig Sølverød Mo, Jannice Schau Slettemeås, Martin Steinbakk, Ulf R Dahle, Ørjan Samuelsen, Gunnar Skov Simonsen, Iren Høyland Löhr, Silje Jørgensen, Marianne Sunde, (2015). Highly similar cephalosporin resistant Escherichia coli and AmpC resistance plasmids found in both patients and poultry meat in Norway.
- Lin Thorstensen Brandal, Hege Smith Tunsjø, Trond Egil Ranheim, Inger Løbersli, Heidi Lange, Astrid Louise Wester, (2015). Shiga Toxin 2a in Escherichia albertii. Journal of Clinical Microbiology s. 1454-1455. doi: 10.1128/JCM.03378-14
- Mona Torp, Karin Lagesen, Margrete Vigerust, Øystein Angen, Astrid Louise Wester, Ulf R Dahle, Malin E Jonsson, Anja Bråthen Kristoffersen, Merete Hofshagen, (2014). Sources of campylobacteriosis in Norway - a pilot study.
- Kjersti Haugum, Lin Thorstensen Brandal, Bjørn-Arne Lindstedt, Astrid Louise Wester, Kåre Bergh, Jan Egil Afset, (2014). PCR based detection of Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in a routine microbiology laboratory over 16 years: molecular characterization of strains.
- Astrid Louise Wester, Lin Cathrine Thorstensen Brandal, Ulf R Dahle, (2013). Extrainestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Carrying the Shiga Toxin Gene stx2. Journal of Clinical Microbiology s. 4279-4280. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01349-13
- Line Vold, Astrid Louise Wester, Heidi Lange, Bjørn Arne Lindstedt, Inger Løbersli, Karin Maria Nygård, Lin Cathrine Thorstensen Brandal, (2012). Gradert smittevernrespons ved shigatoksinproduserende E. coli (STEC)-infeksjon.
- Ulf R Dahle, Astrid Louise Wester, Ørjan Samuelsen, Arnfinn Sundsfjord, (2012). Siste skanse for effektive antibiotika?. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening s. 1725-1726. doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.12.0565
- Lin Cathrine Thorstensen Brandal, Inger Løbersli, Trine-Lise Stavnes, Astrid Louise Wester, Bjørn Arne Lindstedt, (2012). First Report of the Shiga Toxin 1 Gene in Sorbitol-Fermenting Escherichia coli O157:H-. Journal of Clinical Microbiology s. 1825-1826. doi: 10.1128/JCM.06435-11