List of works - Halvor Sommerfelt

Burden and aetiology of diarrhoeal disease in infants and young children in developing countries (the Global Enteric Multicenter Study, GEMS): a prospective, case-control study

scientific article

The Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) of Diarrheal Disease in Infants and Young Children in Developing Countries: Epidemiologic and Clinical Methods of the Case/Control Study

scientific article published on December 1, 2012

Exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa (PROMISE-EBF): a cluster-randomised trial

scientific article published on July 2011

A comparative genomic analysis of diverse clonal types of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli reveals pathovar-specific conservation

scientific article published on 15 November 2010

The Burden of Cryptosporidium Diarrheal Disease among Children < 24 Months of Age in Moderate/High Mortality Regions of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, Utilizing Data from the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS)

scientific article

Effect of implementation of Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness (IMNCI) programme on neonatal and infant mortality: cluster randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 21 March 2012

Protective immunity after natural rotavirus infection: a community cohort study of newborn children in Guinea-Bissau, west Africa

scientific article

Substantial reduction in severe diarrheal morbidity by daily zinc supplementation in young north Indian children

scientific article published on June 2002

Is vaccination coverage a good indicator of age-appropriate vaccination? A prospective study from Uganda

scientific article published on March 12, 2011

Hypothesis: Vitamin A supplementation and childhood mortality: amplification of the non-specific effects of vaccines?

scientific article

Protection from natural infections with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli: longitudinal study

scientific article

Vaccination coverage and timeliness in three South African areas: a prospective study

scientific article

Effect of routine zinc supplementation on pneumonia in children aged 6 months to 3 years: randomised controlled trial in an urban slum

scientific article published on June 2002

EnterotoxigenicEscherichia coliInfections and Diarrhea in a Cohort of Young Children in Guinea‐Bissau

scientific article published in 2002

Cohort study of Guinean children: incidence, pathogenicity, conferred protection, and attributable risk for enteropathogens during the first 2 years of life

scientific article published in September 2003

Colonization factors of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolated from children in north India

scientific article

Statistical methods in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS).

scientific article

Heat-Stable Enterotoxin of EnterotoxigenicEscherichia colias a Vaccine Target

scientific article published on March 15, 2010

Effectiveness and efficacy of zinc for the treatment of acute diarrhea in young children

scientific article published in May 2002

Quantitative PCR for detection of Shigella improves ascertainment of Shigella burden in children with moderate-to-severe diarrhea in low-income countries

scientific article

Perinatal mortality in eastern Uganda: a community based prospective cohort study

scientific article

Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli and Salmonella associated with nondysenteric persistent diarrhea

scientific article published in August 1989

Maternal education is associated with vaccination status of infants less than 6 months in Eastern Uganda: a cohort study

scientific article

RNA viruses in community-acquired childhood pneumonia in semi-urban Nepal; a cross-sectional study

scientific article

Effect of withholding breastfeeding on the immune response to a live oral rotavirus vaccine in North Indian infants

scientific article published on August 2014

Cobalamin and folate status predicts mental development scores in North Indian children 12-18 mo of age.

scientific article published on 2 January 2013

Cobalamin and folate status in infants and young children in a low-to-middle income community in India

scientific article published in November 2007

Distribution of Classical and Nonclassical Virulence Genes in Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Isolates from Chilean Children and tRNA Gene Screening for Putative Insertion Sites for Genomic Islands

scientific article published on July 20, 2011

Perinatal mortality in rural Burkina Faso: a prospective community-based cohort study

scientific article

Characterization of incompletely typed rotavirus strains from Guinea-Bissau: identification of G8 and G9 types and a high frequency of mixed infections

scientific article published in June 2003

Ancestral lineages of human enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

scientific article

Development and evaluation of genotypic assays for the detection and characterization of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

article

Efficacy of zinc-fortified oral rehydration solution in 6- to 35-month-old children with acute diarrhea

scientific article published on November 2002

Extended pre-exposure prophylaxis with lopinavir-ritonavir versus lamivudine to prevent HIV-1 transmission through breastfeeding up to 50 weeks in infants in Africa (ANRS 12174): a randomised controlled trial

scientific article

A randomized controlled trial of the effect of zinc as adjuvant therapy in children 2–35 mo of age with severe or nonsevere pneumonia in Bhaktapur, Nepal

scholarly article by Palle Valentiner-Branth et al published 7 April 2010 in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Respiratory viruses in nepalese children with and without pneumonia: a case-control study

scientific article published in August 2010

Clinical presentation and severity of viral community-acquired pneumonia in young Nepalese children

scientific article

Cloned polynucleotide and synthetic oligonucleotide probes used in colony hybridization are equally efficient in the identification of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

scientific article

A new putative fimbrial colonization factor, CS19, of human enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

scientific article

Intestinal and systemic immune responses to an oral cholera toxoid B subunit whole-cell vaccine administered during zinc supplementation

scientific article

Comparative study of colony hybridization with synthetic oligonucleotide probes and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for identification of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

scientific article published on March 1988

The incidence, aetiology, and adverse clinical consequences of less severe diarrhoeal episodes among infants and children residing in low-income and middle-income countries: a 12-month case-control study as a follow-on to the Global Enteric Multicent

article by Karen L Kotloff et al published May 2019 in The Lancet Global Health

Antigenic variation within the subunit protein of members of the colonization factor antigen I group of fimbrial proteins in human enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

Growth effects of exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa: the cluster-randomised PROMISE EBF trial

scientific article

Cobalamin and folate status in 6 to 35 months old children presenting with acute diarrhea in Bhaktapur, Nepal

scientific article

Effects of zinc deficiency and pneumococcal surface protein a immunization on zinc status and the risk of severe infection in mice

scientific article

Simplified and accurate nonradioactive polynucleotide gene probe assay for identification of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

scientific article published on January 1990

Pneumococcal pulmonary infection, septicaemia and survival in young zinc-depleted mice

scientific article published in August 2001

Lopinavir/Ritonavir versus Lamivudine peri-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV-1 transmission by breastfeeding: the PROMISE-PEP trial Protocol ANRS 12174.

scientific article

Risk factors for extended duration of acute diarrhea in young children

scientific article

List of works by Halvor Sommerfelt

Burden and aetiology of diarrhoeal disease in infants and young children in developing countries (the Global Enteric Multicenter Study, GEMS): a prospective, case-control study

The Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) of Diarrheal Disease in Infants and Young Children in Developing Countries: Epidemiologic and Clinical Methods of the Case/Control Study

Exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa (PROMISE-EBF): a cluster-randomised trial

A comparative genomic analysis of diverse clonal types of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli reveals pathovar-specific conservation

The Burden of Cryptosporidium Diarrheal Disease among Children < 24 Months of Age in Moderate/High Mortality Regions of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, Utilizing Data from the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS)

Effect of implementation of Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness (IMNCI) programme on neonatal and infant mortality: cluster randomised controlled trial

Protective immunity after natural rotavirus infection: a community cohort study of newborn children in Guinea-Bissau, west Africa

Substantial reduction in severe diarrheal morbidity by daily zinc supplementation in young north Indian children

Is vaccination coverage a good indicator of age-appropriate vaccination? A prospective study from Uganda

Hypothesis: Vitamin A supplementation and childhood mortality: amplification of the non-specific effects of vaccines?

Protection from natural infections with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli: longitudinal study

Vaccination coverage and timeliness in three South African areas: a prospective study

Effect of routine zinc supplementation on pneumonia in children aged 6 months to 3 years: randomised controlled trial in an urban slum

EnterotoxigenicEscherichia coliInfections and Diarrhea in a Cohort of Young Children in Guinea‐Bissau

Cohort study of Guinean children: incidence, pathogenicity, conferred protection, and attributable risk for enteropathogens during the first 2 years of life

Colonization factors of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolated from children in north India

Statistical methods in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS).

Heat-Stable Enterotoxin of EnterotoxigenicEscherichia colias a Vaccine Target

Effectiveness and efficacy of zinc for the treatment of acute diarrhea in young children

Quantitative PCR for detection of Shigella improves ascertainment of Shigella burden in children with moderate-to-severe diarrhea in low-income countries

Perinatal mortality in eastern Uganda: a community based prospective cohort study

Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli and Salmonella associated with nondysenteric persistent diarrhea

Maternal education is associated with vaccination status of infants less than 6 months in Eastern Uganda: a cohort study

RNA viruses in community-acquired childhood pneumonia in semi-urban Nepal; a cross-sectional study

Effect of withholding breastfeeding on the immune response to a live oral rotavirus vaccine in North Indian infants

Cobalamin and folate status predicts mental development scores in North Indian children 12-18 mo of age.

Cobalamin and folate status in infants and young children in a low-to-middle income community in India

Distribution of Classical and Nonclassical Virulence Genes in Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Isolates from Chilean Children and tRNA Gene Screening for Putative Insertion Sites for Genomic Islands

Perinatal mortality in rural Burkina Faso: a prospective community-based cohort study

Characterization of incompletely typed rotavirus strains from Guinea-Bissau: identification of G8 and G9 types and a high frequency of mixed infections

Ancestral lineages of human enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Development and evaluation of genotypic assays for the detection and characterization of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Efficacy of zinc-fortified oral rehydration solution in 6- to 35-month-old children with acute diarrhea

Extended pre-exposure prophylaxis with lopinavir-ritonavir versus lamivudine to prevent HIV-1 transmission through breastfeeding up to 50 weeks in infants in Africa (ANRS 12174): a randomised controlled trial

A randomized controlled trial of the effect of zinc as adjuvant therapy in children 2–35 mo of age with severe or nonsevere pneumonia in Bhaktapur, Nepal

Respiratory viruses in nepalese children with and without pneumonia: a case-control study

Clinical presentation and severity of viral community-acquired pneumonia in young Nepalese children

Cloned polynucleotide and synthetic oligonucleotide probes used in colony hybridization are equally efficient in the identification of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

A new putative fimbrial colonization factor, CS19, of human enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Intestinal and systemic immune responses to an oral cholera toxoid B subunit whole-cell vaccine administered during zinc supplementation

Comparative study of colony hybridization with synthetic oligonucleotide probes and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for identification of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

The incidence, aetiology, and adverse clinical consequences of less severe diarrhoeal episodes among infants and children residing in low-income and middle-income countries: a 12-month case-control study as a follow-on to the Global Enteric Multicent

Antigenic variation within the subunit protein of members of the colonization factor antigen I group of fimbrial proteins in human enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Growth effects of exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa: the cluster-randomised PROMISE EBF trial

Cobalamin and folate status in 6 to 35 months old children presenting with acute diarrhea in Bhaktapur, Nepal

Effects of zinc deficiency and pneumococcal surface protein a immunization on zinc status and the risk of severe infection in mice

Simplified and accurate nonradioactive polynucleotide gene probe assay for identification of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Pneumococcal pulmonary infection, septicaemia and survival in young zinc-depleted mice

Lopinavir/Ritonavir versus Lamivudine peri-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV-1 transmission by breastfeeding: the PROMISE-PEP trial Protocol ANRS 12174.

Risk factors for extended duration of acute diarrhea in young children