Publications by authors named "A L Bruu"
Objectives: To assess the association between maternal parvovirus B19 infection and fetal death, birthweight and length of gestation.
Design: Case-control study.
Setting: Population based.
Background: Yersiniosis is a zoonosis that is transmitted from pigs to humans. In January 2006 more cases of Yersinia enterocolitica enterocolitis than expected were reported in Norway. The fact that the isolates belonged to the O:9 serogroup, which is rare in Norway, and the geographical and temporal clustering of the cases, pointed to an outbreak.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: To register hospitalizations for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections and estimate costs of prophylaxis with humanized monoclonal antibodies (palivizumab) against RSV, compared to hospital care, in cases with congenital heart defects (CHDs).
Methods: Population based study with prospective registration of CHDs. Costs for hospital treatment of RSV-infections in CHD-patients calculated by means of the Norwegian Diagnosis Related Groups system.
Objectives: To study the association between Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) antibody status in early pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes including fetal death, length of gestation and fetal weight and length at birth.
Design: Nested control study.
Setting: Population based health registers.
Maternal antibodies against cytomegalovirus in pregnancy and the risk of fetal death and low birth weight.
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand
November 2005
Background: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of maternal cytomegalovirus (CMV) antibody status in pregnancy on the risk of fetal death and of low birth weight.
Methods: The study of fetal death risk was a nested case-control study. Cases were all women within a cohort of 35,940 pregnant women in Norway 1992--94, who experienced fetal death after 16th week of gestation (n=281).