Brita Askeland Winje

Responsibilities

Infectious disease control, vaccines

Background

Master of public health, PHD

Projects and publications

Projects

Scientific articles and book chapters

Jacob Dag Berild, Brita Askeland Winje, Didrik Frimann Vestrheim, Hans-Christian Slotved, Palle Valentiner-Branth, Adam Roth, Jann Storsäter, (2020). A systematic review of studies published between 2016 and 2019 on the effectiveness and efficacy of pneumococcal vaccination on pneumonia and invasive pneumococcal disease in an elderly population. Pathogens s. 1-15. doi: 10.3390/pathogens9040259
Yvette Louise Schein, Brita Askeland Winje, Sonja Lynn Myhre, Ingunn Nordstoga, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, (2019). A qualitative study of health experiences of Ethiopian asylum seekers in Norway. BMC Health Services Research s. 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-4813-7
Ingunn Nordstoga, Mona Drage, Tore Wælgaard Steen, Brita Askeland Winje, (2019). Wanting to or having to – a qualitative study of experiences and attitudes towards migrant screening for tuberculosis in Norway. BMC Public Health doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7128-z
Brita Askeland Winje, Gry Marysol Grøneng, Richard Aubrey White, Peter Akre, Preben Aavitsland, Einar Heldal, (2019). Immigrant screening for latent tuberculosis infection: numbers needed to test and treat, a Norwegian population-based cohort study. BMJ Open doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023412
Anneke Steens, Brita Askeland Winje, Richard Aubrey White, Ingvild Odsbu, Arne Broch Brantsæter, Didrik Frimann Vestrheim, (2019). Indirect effects of pneumococcal childhood vaccination in individuals treated with immunosuppressants in ambulatory care: a case-cohort study. Clinical Infectious Diseases s. 1367-1373. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy714
Yvette Louise Schein, Tesfaye Madebo, Hilde Elise Andersen, Trude Margrete Arnesen, Anne Ma Dyrhol-Riise, Hallgeir Tveiten, Richard Aubrey White, Brita Askeland Winje, (2018). Treatment completion for latent tuberculosis infection in Norway: a prospective cohort study. BMC Infectious Diseases doi: 10.1186/s12879-018-3468-z
Germaine Hanquet, Pavla Krizova, Palle Valentiner-Branth, Shamez N. Ladhani, J. Pekka Nuorti, Agnes Lepoutre, Jolita Mereckiene, Mirjam Knol, Brita Askeland Winje, Pilar Ciruela, Maria Ordobas, Marcela Guevara, Eisin McDonald, Eva Morfeldt, Jana Kozakova, Hans-Christian Slotved, Norman K. Fry, Hanna Rinta-Kokko, Emmanuelle Varon, Mary Corcoran, Arie van der Ende, Didrik Frimann Vestrheim, Carmen Muñoz-Almagro, Pello Latasa, Jesus Castilla, Andrew Smith, Birgitta Henriques-Normark, Robert Whittaker, Lucia Pastore Celentano, Camelia Savulescu, (2018). Effect of childhood pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on invasive disease in older adults of 10 European countries: Implications for adult vaccination. Thorax doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2018-211767
Øystein Rolandsen Riise, Ida Laake, DIDRIK FRIMANN VESTRHEIM, Brita Askeland Winje, Dag Moster, Jann Storsæter, (2018). Preterm Children Have Higher Risk Than Full-Term Children of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease During the First Two Years of Life. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal s. e195-e200. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001989
Brita Askeland Winje, Richard Aubrey White, Heidi Syre, Dag Harald Skutlaberg, Fredrik Oftung, Anne Torunn Mengshoel, Hege Salvesen Blix, Arne Broch Brantsæter, Ellen Holter, Nina Handal, Gunnar Skov Simonsen, Jan Egil Afset, Anne-Marte Bakken Kran, (2018). Stratification by interferon-γ release assay level predicts risk of incident TB. Thorax s. 652-661. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-211147
Brita Askeland Winje, Ingrid Kvestad, Srinivasan Krishnamachari, Karim P. Manji, Sunita Taneja, David C. Bellinger, Nita Bhandari, Shruti Bisht, Anne Marie Darling, Christopher P. Duggan, Wafaie W. Fawzi, Mari Hysing, Tivendra Kumar, Anura V. Kurpad, Christopher R Sudfeld, Erling Svensen, S Thomas, Tor A Strand, (2018). Does early vitamin B12 supplementation improve neurodevelopment and cognitive function in childhood and into school age: a study protocol for extended follow-ups from randomised controlled trials in India and Tanzania. BMJ Open s. 1-9. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018962
Camelia Savulescu, Pavla Krizova, Agnes Lepoutre, Jolita Mereckiene, DIDRIK FRIMANN VESTRHEIM, Pilar Ciruela, Maria Ordobas, Marcela Guevara, Eisin McDonald, Eva Morfeldt, Jana Kozakova, Emmanuelle Varon, Suzanne Cotter, Brita Askeland Winje, Carmen Munoz-Almagro, Luis Garcia, Jesus Castilla, Andrew Smith, B Henriques-Normark, Lucia Pastore Celentano, Germaine Hanquet, (2017). Effect of high-valency pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on invasive pneumococcal disease in children in SpIDnet countries: an observational multicentre study. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine s. 648-656. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(17)30110-8
Fredrik Salvesen Haukaas, Trude Margrete Arnesen, Brita Askeland Winje, Eline Aas, (2016). Immigrant screening for latent tuberculosis in Norway: a cost-effectiveness analysis. European Journal of Health Economics s. 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s10198-016-0779-0
Mogens Jensenius, Brita Askeland Winje, Bjørn Blomberg, Anne Torunn Mengshoel, Bent von der Lippe, Raisa Hannula, JN Bruun, Per Kristian Knudsen, Janne Oseberg Rønning, Einar Heldal, Anne Ma Dyrhol-Riise, (2016). Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Norway: a nationwide study, 1995-2014. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease s. 786-792. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0895
Brita Askeland Winje, A M Wojcieszek, Licé Yulieth González-Angulo, Z Teoh, J Norman, Frederik Frøen, V Flenady, (2016). Interventions to enhance maternal awareness of decreased fetal movement: a systematic review. BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology s. 886-898. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.13802
Temsunaro Rongsen-Chandola, Tor Strand, Nidhi Goyal, Elmira Flem, Sudeep Singh Rathore, Alok Arya, Brita Askeland Winje, Robin Lazarus, Elango Shanmugasundaram, Sudhir Babji, Halvor Sommerfelt, M Kirsti Vainio, Gagandeep Kang, Nita Bhandari, (2014). Effect of withholding breastfeeding on the immune response to a live oral rotavirus vaccine in North Indian infants. Vaccine s. A134-A139. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.04.078
Temsunaro Rongsen-Chandola, Brita Askeland Winje, Nidhi Goyal, Sudeep Singh Rathore, Madhu Mahesh, Rajat Ranjan, Alok Arya, Farhana Afzal Rafiqi, Nita Bhandari, Tor Strand, (2014). Compliance of mothers following recommendations to breastfeed or withhold breast milk during rotavirus vaccination in North India: A randomized clinical trial. Trials doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-256
Brita Askeland Winje, Jo Røislien, Eli Saastad, Jorid Eide, Christopher Finne Riley, Babill Stray-Pedersen, Frederik Frøen, (2013). Wavelet principal component analysis of fetal movement counting data preceding hospital examinations due to decreased fetal movement: a prospective cohort study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-172
Jo Røislien, Brita Askeland Winje, (2013). Feature extraction across individual time series observations with spikes using wavelet principal component analysis. Statistics in Medicine s. 3660-3669. doi: 10.1002/sim.5797
Brita Askeland Winje, Jo Røislien, Frederik Frøen, (2012). Temporal patterns in count-to-ten fetal movement charts and their associations with pregnancy characteristics: a prospective cohort study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-124
Brita Askeland Winje, Borghild Roald, Nina Petrov Kristensen, Frederik Frøen, (2012). Placental Pathology in Pregnancies with Maternally Perceived Decreased Fetal Movement - A Population-Based Nested Case-Cohort Study. PLOS ONE doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039259
Eli Saastad, Brita Askeland Winje, Pravin Israel, Frederik Frøen, (2012). Fetal Movement Counting-Maternal Concern and Experiences: A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Trial. Birth s. 10-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2011.00508.x
Eli Saastad, Brita Askeland Winje, Babill Stray-Pedersen, Jahn Frederik A. Frøen, (2011). Fetal movement counting improved identification of fetal growth restriction and perinatal outcomes - a multi-centre, randomized, controlled trial. PLOS ONE doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028482
Brita Askeland Winje, Eli Saastad, Nina Gunnes, Julie Victoria Holm Tveit, Babill Stray-Pedersen, V Flenady, Jahn Frederik A. Frøen, (2011). Analysis of 'count-to-ten' fetal movement charts: a prospective cohort study. BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology s. 1229-1238. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.02993.x
Gonzalo G Alvarez, Brian Gushulak, Khaled Abu Rumman, Ekkehardt Altpeter, Daniel Chemtob, Paul Douglas, Connie Erkens, Peter Helbling, Ingrid Hamilton, Jane Jones, Alberto Matteelli, Marie-Claire Paty, Drew L Posey, Daniel Sagebiel, Erika Slump, Anders Tegnell, Elena Rodriguez Valin, Brita Askeland Winje, Edward Ellis, (2011). A comparative examination of tuberculosis immigration medical screening programs from selected countries with high immigration and low tuberculosis incidence rates. BMC Infectious Diseases doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-3
Ingunn Harstad, Geir Wenberg Jacobsen, Einar Heldal, Brita Askeland Winje, Saeed Boroujeni Vahedi, Anne-Sofie Helvik, Sigurd Loe Steinshamn, Helge Garåsen, (2010). The role of entry screening in case finding of tuberculosis among asylum seekers in Norway. BMC Public Health doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-670
Ingunn Harstad, Einar Heldal, Sigurd L Steinshamn, Helge Garåsen, Brita Askeland Winje, Geir W Jacobsen, (2010). Screening and treatment of latent tuberculosis in a cohort of asylum seekers in Norway. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health s. 275-282. doi: 10.1177/1403494809353823
I Harstad, Brita Askeland Winje, Einar Heldal, Fredrik Oftung, GW Jacobsen, (2010). Predictive values of QuantiFERON (R)-TB Gold testing in screening for tuberculosis disease in asylum seekers. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease s. 1209-1211.
Brita Askeland Winje, Turid Mannsåker, Nina Langeland, Einar Heldal, (2008). Medikamentresistens ved tuberkulose. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening s. 2588-2592.
Brita Askeland Winje, Fredrik Oftung, Gro Ellen Korsvold, Turid Mannsåker, Ingvild Nesthus Ly, Ingunn Harstad, Anne Ma Dyrhol-Riise, Einar Heldal, (2008). School based screening for tuberculosis infection in Norway: comparison of positive tuberculin skin test with interferon-gamma release assay. BMC Infectious Diseases doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-140
Brita Askeland Winje, Fredrik Oftung, Gro Ellen Korsvold, Turid Mannsåker, Anette Skistad Jeppesen, Ingunn Harstad, Berit Tafjord Heier, Einar Heldal, (2008). Screening for tuberculosis infection among newly arrived asylum seekers: Comparison of QuantiFERON (R) TB Gold with tuberculin skin test. BMC Infectious Diseases doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-65
Brita Askeland Winje, Fredrik Oftung, Turid Mannsåker, Anne Ma Dyrhol Riise, (2007). Nye immunologiske blodtester for påvisning av tuberkulosesmitte. MSIS-rapport
Ulf R Dahle, Vegard Eldholm, Brita A Winje, Brita Askeland Winje, Turid Mannsåker, Einar Heldal, (2007). Impact of immigration on the molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a low-incidence country. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine s. 930-935. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200702-187OC
Ulf R Dahle, Sally G Nordtvedt, Brita Askeland Winje, Turid Mannsåker, Einar Heldal, Per Sandven, Harleen Grewal, Harleen Grewal, Dominique A Caugant, (2005). Tuberculosis in contacts need not indicate disease transmission. Thorax s. 136-137.

Reports and books

Brita Askeland Winje, Jacob Dag Berild, Didrik Frimann Vestrheim, Eva Marie-Louise Denison, Tiia Lepp, Adam Roth, Jann Storsæter, Palle Valentiner-Branth, Hans-Christian Slotved, (2019). Efficacy and effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccination in elderly – an update of the literature
Trude Margrete Arnesen, Kari Åse Eide, Gunnstein Norheim, ANNE TORUNN MENGSHOEL, Synne Sandbu, Brita Askeland Winje, (2014). Tuberkulose i Norge 2013 - med behandlingsresultater for 2012
Brita Askeland Winje, Frederik Frøen, Jo Røislien, Babill Stray-Pedersen, (2013). Fetal movement counts and fetal health