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Professor ved Pandemisenteret, Universitet i BergenTidligere avdelingsdirektør og overlege ved Folkehelseinstituttet og tidligere kommuneoverlege i Arendal og Froland.
Prosjekter og publikasjoner
- Lin Cathrine T. Brandal, Emily Ann Macdonald, Lamprini Veneti, Tine Ravlo, Heidi Lange, Mohammed Umaer Naseer, Siri Laura Feruglio, Karoline Bragstad, Olav Hungnes, Liz Ertzeid Ødeskaug, Frode Hagen, Kristian E. Hanch-Hansen, Andreas Lind, Sara Sofie Viksmoen Watle, Arne Michael Taxt, Mia Karoline Johansen, Line Vold, Preben Aavitsland, Karin Maria Nygård, Elisabeth Henie Madslien, (2021). Outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in Norway, November to December 2021. Eurosurveillance doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.50.2101147
- Marte Midttun Tobiassen, Anne Helene Kveim Lie, Preben Aavitsland, (2021). Hvorfor innreisekarantene. Michael s. 325-337.
- Susanne Hyllestad, Ettore Amato, Karin Maria Nygård, Line Vold, Preben Aavitsland, (2021). The effectiveness of syndromic surveillance for the early detection of waterborne outbreaks: a systematic review. BMC Infectious Diseases doi: 10.1186/s12879-021-06387-y
- Sherin Marie Jenness, Preben Aavitsland, Richard Aubrey White, Brita Askeland Winje, (2021). Measles vaccine coverage among children born to Somali immigrants in Norway. BMC Public Health doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10694-z
- Vidar Lund, Karin Maria Nygård, Line Vold, Preben Aavitsland, (2020). The establishment and first experiences of a crisis advisory service for water supplies in Norway. Journal of Water and Health doi: 10.2166/wh.2020.066
- Susanne Hyllestad, Vidar Lund, Karin Maria Nygård, Preben Aavitsland, Line Vold, (2020). The establishment and first experiences of a crisis advisory service for water supplies in Norway. Journal of Water and Health s. 545-555. doi: 10.2166/WH.2020.066
- Susanne Hyllestad, Heidi Lange, Herrador Bernardo Guzman, Emily Ann Macdonald, Preben Aavitsland, Line Vold, (2019). An outbreak of skin rash traced to a portable floating tank in Norway, May 2017. Eurosurveillance doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.38.1900134
- Susanne Hyllestad, Heidi Lange, Bernardo Rafael Guzmán Herrador, Emily Ann Macdonald, Vidar Lund, Preben Aavitsland, Line Vold, (2019). An outbreak of skin rash traced to a portable floating tank in Norway, May 2017 . Eurosurveillance doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.38.1900134
- Susanne Hyllestad, Lamprini Veneti, Annechen Bahr Bugge, Thea Grav Rosenberg, Karin Maria Nygård, Preben Aavitsland, (2019). Compliance with water advisories after water outages in Norway. BMC Public Health s. 1-9. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7504-8
- 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
- Julita Gil Cuesta, Preben Aavitsland, Hélène Englund, Ólafur Guðlaugsson, Siri Helene Hauge, Outi Lyytikäinen, Guðrún Sigmundsdóttir, A Tegnell, Mikko J. Virtanen, Tyra Grove Krause, (2016). Pandemic vaccination strategies and influenza severe outcomes during the influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 pandemic and the post-pandemic influenza season: The Nordic experience. Eurosurveillance doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.16.30208
- Hege Line Magnussen Løwer, Hanne-Merete Eriksen, Preben Aavitsland, Finn Egil Skjeldestad, (2015). The quality of denominator data in surgical site infection surveillance versus administrative data in Norway 2005-2010. BMC Infectious Diseases doi: 10.1186/s12879-015-1289-x
- Hilde Kløvstad, Preben Aavitsland, (2015). Denominators count: supplementing surveillance data for genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection with testing data, Norway, 2007 to 2013. Eurosurveillance doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2015.20.36.30012
- Hege Line Magnussen Løwer, Håvard Dale, Hanne-Merete Eriksen, Preben Aavitsland, Finn Egil Skjeldestad, (2015). Surgical site infections after hip arthroplasty in Norway, 2005-2011: Influence of duration and intensity of postdischarge surveillance. American Journal of Infection Control s. 323-328. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.12.013
- 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
- Jon Michael Gran, Oliver Kacelnik, Andrej Grjibovski, Preben Aavitsland, Bjørn Gunnar Iversen, (2013). Counting pandemic deaths: comparing reported numbers of death from influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 with estimated excess mortality. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses s. 1370-1379. doi: 10.1111/irv.12125
- Hege Line Magnussen Løwer, Hanne-Merete Eriksen, Preben Aavitsland, Finn Egil Skjeldestad, (2013). Methodology of the Norwegian Surveillance System for Healthcare-Associated Infections: The value of a mandatory system, automated data collection, and active postdischarge surveillance. American Journal of Infection Control s. 591-596. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.09.005
- Irena Jakopanec, Andrej Grjibovski, Øivind Jul Nilsen, Hans Henrik Blystad, Preben Aavitsland, (2013). Trends in HIV infection surveillance data among men who have sex with men in Norway, 1995-2011. BMC Public Health doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-144
- Hilde Kløvstad, Olav Bjarte Natås, Aage Tverdal, Preben Aavitsland, (2013). Systematic screening with information and home sampling for genital Chlamydia trachomatis infections in young men and women in Norway: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Infectious Diseases doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-30
- Siri Eldevik Håberg, Lill Trogstad, Nina Gunnes, AJ Wilcox, Håkon K. Gjessing, Sven Ove Samuelsen, Anders Skrondal, Inger Cappelen, Anders Engeland, Preben Aavitsland, Steinar Madsen, I Buajordet, Kari Furu, Per Nafstad, Stein Emil Vollset, Berit Feiring, Hanne Nøkleby, Per Magnus, Camilla Stoltenberg, (2013). Risk of Fetal Death after Pandemic Influenza Virus Infection or Vaccination. New England Journal of Medicine s. 333-340. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1207210
- Knut Erik Emberland, Karin Maria Nygård, Preben Aavitsland, (2012). Salmonellosis and charter tourism: epidemiology and trends of imported human cases to Norway from the Canary Islands and Thailand, 1994-2008. Epidemiology and Infection s. 1655-1662. doi: 10.1017/S0950268811002123
- Bernardo Guzman Herrador, Preben Aavitsland, Berit Feiring, Marianne A Riise Bergsaker, Katrine Borgen, (2012). Usefulness of health registries when estimating vaccine effectiveness during the influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 pandemic in Norway. BMC Infectious Diseases doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-63
- Hilde Kløvstad, Andrej Grjibovski, Preben Aavitsland, (2012). Population based study of genital Chlamydia trachomatis prevalence and associated factors in Norway: A cross sectional study. BMC Infectious Diseases doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-150
- Petter Elstrøm, Oliver Kacelnik, Tone Bruun, Bjørn Gunnar Iversen, Siri Helene Hauge, Preben Aavitsland, (2012). Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Norway, a low-incidence country, 2006-2010. Journal of Hospital Infection s. 36-40. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.10.004
- Emily MacDonald, Preben Aavitsland, Dounia Bitar, Katrine Borgen, (2011). Detection of events of public health importance under the international health regulations: a toolkit to improve reporting of unusual events by frontline healthcare workers. BMC Public Health doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-713
- Grazina Rimseliene, Øivind Jul Nilsen, Hilde Kløvstad, Hans Henrik Blystad, Preben Aavitsland, (2011). Epidemiology of acute and chronic hepatitis B virus infection in Norway, 1992-2009. BMC Infectious Diseases doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-153
- Agnes Hajdu, Hanne-Merete Eriksen, Nina Sorknes, Siri Helene Hauge, Hege Line Magnussen Løwer, Bjørn Gunnar Iversen, Preben Aavitsland, (2011). Evaluation of the national surveillance system for point-prevalence of healthcare-associated infections in hospitals and in long-term care facilities for elderly in Norway, 2002-2008. BMC Public Health doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-923
- Irena Jakopanec, Barbara Schimmer, Andrej Grjibovski, Elise Klouman, Preben Aavitsland, (2010). Self-reported sexually transmitted infections and their correlates among men who have sex with men in Norway: an Internet-based cross-sectional survey. BMC Infectious Diseases doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-261
- Irena Jakopanec, Andrej Grjibovski, Øivind Jul Nilsen, Preben Aavitsland, (2010). Syphilis epidemiology in Norway, 1992-2008: resurgence among men who have sex with men. BMC Infectious Diseases doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-105
- Siri Helene Hauge, Susanne Gjeruldsen Dudman, Katrine Borgen, Olav Hungnes, Arne Broch Brantsæter, Bjørn Gunnar Iversen, Preben Aavitsland, (2009). Sykdom forårsaket av nytt A(H1N1)-influensavirus. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening s. 1736-1739. doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.09.0748
- AM Koch, Hanne-Merete Eriksen, Petter Elstrøm, Preben Aavitsland, S Harthug, (2009). Severe consequences of healthcare-associated infections among residents of nursing homes: A cohort study. Journal of Hospital Infection s. 269-274. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2008.10.032
- Irena Jakopanec, Katrine Borgen, Preben Aavitsland, (2009). The epidemiology of gonorrhoea in Norway, 1993-2007: past victories, future challenges. BMC Infectious Diseases doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-33
- Hanne-Merete Eriksen, Anja Ramberg Sæther, Hege Line Magnussen Løwer, Siri Vangen, Reidar Hjetland, Hege Lundmark, Preben Aavitsland, (2009). Infeksjoner etter keisersnitt. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening s. 618-622. doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.09.24093
- Hilde Kløvstad, Preben Aavitsland, (2009). Chlamydia Trachomatis Infections in Norway, 1986 to 2006, Surveillance Data. Sexually Transmitted Diseases s. 17-21. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31818653b0
- G Krause, Preben Aavitsland, K Alpers, A Barrasa, V Bremer, B Helynck, A Perra, (2009). Differences and commonalities of national field epidemiology training programmes in Europe. Eurosurveillance s. 5-11.
- Elmira Flem, M Kirsti Vainio, Henrik Døllner, Cathrine Midgaard, Franziskus J Bosse, Anne-Gro Wesenberg Rognlien, Astrid Rojahn, Svein Arne Nordbø, Gunnar Størvold, Gro Njølstad, Karl-Olaf Wathne, Kirsten Konsmo, Preben Aavitsland, (2009). Rotavirus gastroenteritis in Norway: Analysis of prospective surveillance and hospital registry data. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases s. 753-759. doi: 10.1080/00365540903161515
- Siri Helene Hauge, Hege Salvesen Blix, Katrine Borgen, Olav Hungnes, Susanne Gjeruldsen Dudman, Preben Aavitsland, (2009). Sales of oseltamivir in Norway prior to the emergence of oseltamivir resistant influenza A(H1N1) viruses in 2007-08. Virology Journal doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-6-54
- Petter Elstrøm, Preben Aavitsland, (2008). Meticillinresistente gule stafylokokker i Norge. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening s. 2730-2733.
- Karin Maria Nygård, Øyvind Werner-Johansen, Svein Rønsen, Dominique A Caugant, Øystein Simonsen, Anita Kanestrøm, Eirik Ask, Jetmund Ringstad, Rune Ødegard, Tore Jensen, Truls Krogh, Ernst Arne Høiby, Eivind Ragnhildstveit, Ingeborg Aase S. Aaberge, Preben Aavitsland, (2008). An outbreak of legionnaires disease caused by long-distance spread from an industrial air scrubber in Sarpsborg, Norway. Clinical Infectious Diseases s. 61-69. doi: 10.1086/524016
- Petter Elstrøm, Bjørn Gunnar Iversen, Preben Aavitsland, (2008). Bør barn adoptert fra utlandet undersøkes for meticillinresistente stafylokokker?. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening s. 291-293.
- Karin Maria Nygård, Jørgen Fr Lassen, Line Vold, Yvonne Andersson, Ian Fisher, Sven Löfdahl, John Threlfall, Ida Luzzi, Tansy Peters, Michael Hampton, Mia Torpdahl, Georg Kapperud, Preben Aavitsland, (2008). Outbreak of Salmonella Thompson infections linked to imported rucola lettuce. Foodborne pathogens and disease s. 165-173. doi: 10.1089/fpd.2007.0053
- Bjørn Gunnar Iversen, Arne Broch Brantsæter, Preben Aavitsland, (2008). Nationwide study of invasive Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in Norway: Importance of underlying disease. Journal of Infection s. 139-146. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2008.05.010
- Hilde Kløvstad, Ernst Arne Høiby, Preben Aavitsland, (2008). Antibiotikabehandling av fødende med gruppe B-streptokokker?. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening s. 2467-2469.
- Bjørn Gunnar Iversen, Bjørn Hofmann, Preben Aavitsland, (2008). Questions on causality and responsibility arising from an outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in Norway. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology doi: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-22
- Barbara Schimmer, Karin Maria Nygård, Hanne-Merete Eriksen, Jørgen Fr Lassen, Bjørn Arne Lindstedt, Lin Thorstensen Brandal, Georg Kapperud, Preben Aavitsland, (2008). Outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome in Norway caused by stx(2)-positive Escherichia coli O103 : H25 traced to cured mutton sausages. BMC Infectious Diseases doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-41
- Hanne Nøkleby, Preben Aavitsland, J O'Hallahan, Berit Feiring, S Tilman, P Oster, (2007). Safety review: two outer membrane vesicle (OMV) vaccines against systemic Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B disease. Vaccine s. 3080-3084. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.01.022
- Bjørn Gunnar Iversen, Hanne-Merete Eriksen, Gjermund Bø, Kristian Hagestad, Trond Jacobsen, Eva Louise Engeset, Jørgen Fr Lassen, Preben Aavitsland, (2007). Pseudomonas aeruginosa contamination of mouth swabs during production causing a major outbreak. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials doi: 10.1186/1476-0711-6-3
- Bjørn Gunnar Iversen, Trond Jacobsen, Hanne-Merete Eriksen, Geir Bukholm, Kjetil K Melby, Kjetil K. Melby, Karin Maria Nygård, Preben Aavitsland, (2007). An outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection caused by contaminated mouth swabs. Clinical Infectious Diseases s. 794-801. doi: 10.1086/511644
- Hanne-Merete Eriksen, AM Koch, Petter Elstrøm, Roy M Nilsen, Stig Harthug, Preben Aavitsland, (2007). Healthcare-associated infection among residents of long-term care facilities: a cohort and nested case-control study. Journal of Hospital Infection s. 334-340. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2006.11.011
- Karin Maria Nygård, Erik Wahl, Truls Krogh, Odd Atle Tveit, Erik Bøhleng, Aage Tverdal, Preben Aavitsland, (2007). Breaks and maintenance work in the water distribution systems and gastrointestinal illness: a cohort study. International Journal of Epidemiology s. 873-880. doi: 10.1093/ije/dym029
- Preben Aavitsland, Øivind Jul Nilsen, (2006). Hivinfeksjon i Norge før 2006. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening s. 3125-3130.
- Camilla Stoltenberg, Line Vold, Karin Maria Nygård, Are Stuwitz Berg, Siri Laura Feruglio, Frode Forland, Preben Aavitsland, (2022). Risiko ved covid-19-epidemien og influensaepidemien i Norge. Folkehelseinstituttet 29. april 2022. Notat
- Camilla Stoltenberg, Line Vold, Karin Maria Nygård, Are Stuwitz Berg, Siri Laura Feruglio, Frode Forland, Preben Aavitsland, (2022). Risiko ved covid-19-epidemien, influensa, RSV-infeksjon og kikhoste i Norge. Folkehelseinstituttet 8. november 2022. Notat
- Camilla Stoltenberg, line vold, Line Vold, Karin Maria Nygård, Are Stuwitz Berg, Siri Laura Feruglio, Frode Forland, Preben Aavitsland, (2022). Risiko ved covid-19-epidemien, influensa og RSV-infeksjon i Norge. Folkehelseinstituttet 29. juni 2022. Notat.
- Camilla Stoltenberg, Line Vold, Karin Maria Nygård, Are Stuwitz Berg, Siri Laura Feruglio, Frode Forland, Preben Aavitsland, (2022). Risiko og strategi ved apekopper i Norge Folkehelseinstiuttet, 25. juli 2022. Notat
- Camilla Stoltenberg, Line Vold, Karin Maria Nygård, Are Stuwitz Berg, Siri Laura Feruglio, Frode Forland, Preben Aavitsland, (2020). Covid-19-epidemien: Kunnskap, situasjon, prognose, risiko og respons i Norge etter uke 14: Notat, 5. april 2020
- Steinar Holden, Hilde C Bjørnland, Thomas Rolf Lydersen Lystad von Brasch, Kjersti Næss Torstensen, Jon Magnussen, Erik Magnus Sæther, Preben Aavitsland, John-Arne Røttingen, Katrine Vellesen Løken, (2020). Covid-19 – samfunnsøkonomisk vurdering av smitteverntiltak – andre rapport
- Steinar Holden, Thomas Rolf Lydersen Lystad von Brasch, Kjersti Næss Torstensen, Jon Magnussen, Erik Magnus Sæther, Tone Evje, Vegard Hole Hirsch, Lars Fjell Hansson, Kjartan Sælensminde, Preben Aavitsland, John-Arne Røttingen, (2020). Samfunnsøkonomisk vurdering av smitteverntiltak – covid-19 – første rapport
- Aina Schiøtz, Gro Nylander, Anne Kveim Lie, Egil Andreas Fors, Finn Skårderud, Bjørn Godøy, Ellen Støkken Dahl, Hanne Magdalene Nøkleby, Camilla Stoltenberg, Mina Adampour, Espen Dietrichs, Ragnar Stien, Wasim Zahid, Anne Spurkland, Preben Aavitsland, Espen D Stueland, Hanne Brække Wullf, (2019). Blod og Bein.Lidelse, lindring og behandling i norsk medisinhistorie
- Hege Line Magnussen Løwer, Preben Aavitsland, Finn Egil Skjeldestad, Per Nafstad, (2016). Data Quality in Norwegian Surgical Site Infection Surveillance: Implementation and validation of a national system for surveillance of surgical site infections in Norway
- Preben Aavitsland, Berit Feiring, Kine Willbergh, Kjersti Margrethe Rydland, Hilde Kløvstad, Hanne Magdalene Nøkleby, (2013). Folkehelseinstituttet under influensapandemien 2009 – Delrapport: Vaksineforsyning
- Preben Aavitsland, Hans Henrik Blystad, Siri Helene Hauge, Katrine Borgen, Olav Hungnes, Berit Feiring, Marianne A Riise Bergsaker, Hilde Kløvstad, Hanne Magdalene Nøkleby, (2013). Folkehelseinstituttet under influensapandemien 2009 – Delrapport: Rådgivning
- Preben Aavitsland, Olav Hungnes, Berit Feiring, Marianne A Riise Bergsaker, Hilde Kløvstad, Hanne Magdalene Nøkleby, (2013). Folkehelseinstituttet under influensapandemien 2009. Delrapport: Overvåkning
- Hanne Eriksen, Preben Aavitsland, (2011). Epidemiological studies and surveillance of health care associated infections in Norwegian hospitals and long-term care facilities
- Elmira Flem, Roger Glass, Preben Aavitsland, (2010). Disease burden and the economic impact of rotavirus gastroenteritis in low- and high-income settings and the cost-effectiveness of new rotavirus vaccines
- Bjørn Lium, Magne Kaldhusdal, Ståle Sviland, Hans Petter Kjæstad, Kofitsyo S Cudjoe, Berit K Djønne, Inger Sofie Hamnes, Merete Hofshagen, Anne Margrete Urdahl, Gro Johannessen, Georg Kapperud, Karin Maria Nygård, Petter Elstrøm, Line Vold, Berit Tafjord Heier, Preben Aavitsland, (2007). Kunnskapsstatus knyttet til mattrygghet og smittespredning — Kjøtt og kjøttprodukter fra storfe, småfe, svin og fjørfe
- Thomas Paust, Gunnveig Grødeland, Espen Rostrup Nakstad, Preben Aavitsland, (2023). Ny rapport om korona-opphav: – Kan selvsagt være en plausibel forklaring.
- Eline Lurud Dahl, Gunnveig Grødeland, Preben Aavitsland, (2023). Flere kvinner har søkt erstatning etter vaksinen: – Sjokkert over hvor lite vi visste.
- Gunnveig Grødeland, Ole Alexander Saue, Preben Aavitsland, (2022). Årets influensavaksine gir dårlig beskyttelse mot smitte.
- Gunnveig Grødeland, Preben Aavitsland, Karen Oline Setten, (2022). – Det er en spesiell influensa vi står overfor.
- Gunnveig Grødeland, Espen Rostrup Nakstad, Karen Oline Setten, Preben Aavitsland, (2022). FHI skuffet over nye koronatall.
- Magnus Vollset, Preben Aavitsland, (2022). Pest eller kolera? Om pandemiske kriser og deres historiske kraft (Filosofisk Poliklinikk).
- Petter Gjersvik, Preben Aavitsland, (2022). Omikron? Hvorfor ikke epsilon?. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening s. 1-3. doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.21.0863
- Susanne Hyllestad, Ettore Amato, Karin Maria Nygård, Line Vold, Preben Aavitsland, (2022). Correction to: The effectiveness of syndromic surveillance for the early detection of waterborne outbreaks: a systematic review (BMC Infectious Diseases, (2021), 21, 1, (696), 10.1186/s12879-021-06387-y). BMC Infectious Diseases doi: 10.1186/s12879-021-06843-9
- Magnus Vollset, Esperanza Diaz, Preben Aavitsland, (2021). Akademisk lunsj: Hvordan slutter en pandemi?.
- Magnus Vollset, Esperanza Diaz, Preben Aavitsland, (2021). Slik tar en pandemi slutt. Bergens Tidende
- Camilla Stoltenberg, Preben Aavitsland, Gunnar Øyvind Isaksson Rø, Birgitte Freiesleben de Blasio, Arnoldo Frigessi Di Rattalma, Solveig Engebretsen, (2021). Aftenposten bommer om prognoser. Igjen og igjen. . Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.)
- Ragnhild Helen Austad, Elisabeth Sandbakken, Hanna Sandrib, Preben Aavitsland, Johan N Bruun, Frode Eick, Anne Helene Kveim Lie, (2020). Smittsomme sykdommer blant pasienter ved Helsesenter for papirløse migranter i Oslo. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.19.0074
- Preben Aavitsland, (2019). Under huden. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.19.0643
- Preben Aavitsland, (2019). Vaksinasjonsprogram for voksne. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.19.0281
- Hege Line Magnussen Løwer, Håvard Dale, Hanne-Merete Eriksen, Preben Aavitsland, Finn Egil Skjeldestad, (2015). Response to letter to the editor regarding: "Surgical site infections after hip arthroplasty in Norway, 2005-2011: Influence of duration and intensity of postdischarge surveillance". American Journal of Infection Control s. 1024-1025. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.06.011
- Preben Aavitsland, (2014). Re: Jakten på det utenomjordiske. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening s. 2021-2022. doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.14.1280
- Preben Aavitsland, Dag Berild, Andreas Emmert, Morten Andreas Horn, Guri Rørtveit, (2014). Vitenskapelighet og forsvarlighet. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening s. 138-139. doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.13.1682
- Siri Eldevik Håberg, Lill Trogstad, Nina Gunnes, Allen J Wilcox, Håkon K. Gjessing, Sven Ove Samuelsen, Anders Skrondal, Inger Cappelen, Anders Engeland, Preben Aavitsland, Steinar Madsen, Ingebjørg Buajordet, Kari Furu, Per Nafstad, Stein Emil Vollset, Berit Feiring, Hanne Nøkleby, Per Magnus, Camilla Stoltenberg, (2013). Risk of Fetal Death After Pandemic Influenza Virus Infection or Vaccination EDITORIAL COMMENT. Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey s. 348-349. doi: 10.1097/01.ogx.0000430377.29993.2b
- Siri Eldevik Håberg, Lill Trogstad, Nina Gunnes, Håkon K. Gjessing, Sven Ove Samuelsen, Inger Cappelen, Anders Engeland, Preben Aavitsland, Steinar Madsen, Ingebjørg Buajordet, Kari Furu, Per Nafstad, Stein Emil Vollset, Berit Feiring, Hanne Nøkleby, Per Magnus, Camilla Stoltenberg, (2012). The 2009 Influenza Pandemic, Vaccination during Pregnancy and Fetal Death: A National Registry-Based Study in Norway. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety s. 382-382.
- Per Helge Måseide, Preben Aavitsland, (2012). Skal ikke barnediaré forebygges?. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.) s. 4-5.
- Preben Aavitsland, (2009). Abortion and substance use: Cause or confounding?. Addiction s. 157-157. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02416.x
- Preben Aavitsland, (2009). Abortion and depression: Cause or confounding?. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health s. 327-328. doi: 10.1177/1403494808101836
- Preben Aavitsland, (2009). P. Aavitsland svarer:. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
- Preben Aavitsland, (2009). Er hepatitt C viktig for stoffmisbrukerne?. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.09.0904
- Irena Jakopanec, JJ Hassfjord, Øivind Jul Nilsen, A Larsen, Preben Aavitsland, (2008). A local outbreak of quinolone-resistant gonorrhoea in Norway, January 2008. Eurosurveillance
- Preben Aavitsland, (2008). Kritikk uten hemninger. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
- Preben Aavitsland, Åslaug Helland, (2008). De utvalgte smittestoffene. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
- Preben Aavitsland, (2008). Flåttsommer. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
- Preben Aavitsland, Olga Klimenko, Andrej Grjibovski, (2008). EPINORTH: a cooperation project on communicable diseases surveillance in nothern Europe.
- Øistein Løvoll, L Vonen, T Vevatne, E Sagvik, M. Kirsti Vainio, Preben Aavitsland, (2007). An outbreak of measles among a travelling community from England in Norway: a preliminary report. Eurosurveillance
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