BANDIM HEALTH PROJECT

BANDIM HEALTH PROJECT: PUBLICATIONS

2004

1. Which children come to the health centre for treatment of malaria.
Kofoed PE, Rodrigues A, Co F, Hedegaard K, Rombo L, Aaby P.
Acta Tropica 2004;90:17-22

2. Vet vi vad vi gör när vi vaccinerar?
Aaby P.
Läkartidningen 2004;101:294-7

3. No benefits from combining chloroquine with artesunate for three days for treatment of Plasmodium falciparum in Guinea-Bissau.
Kofoed PE, Poulsen A, Co F, Hedegaard K, Aaby P, Rombo L.
Trans Roy Soc Trop Med Hyg 2003; 97:429-33

4. Divergent female-male mortality ratios associated with different routine vaccinations among female-male twin pairs.
Aaby P, Jensen H, Rodrigues A, Garly ML, Benn CS, Lisse IM, Simondon F.
Int J Epidemiol 2004;33:367-73

5. The introduction of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine and child mortality in rural Guinea-Bissau: An observational study.
Aaby P, Jensen H, Gomes J, Fernandes M, Lisse IM.
Int J Epidemiol 2004;33:374-80

6. Oral polio vaccination and low case fatality at the paediatric ward in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.
Aaby P, Rodrigues A, Biai S, Martins C, Veirum JE, Benn CS, Jensen H.
Vaccine 2004;22:3014-7

7. Season of birth is not associated with risk of early adult death in rural Senegal.
Simondon KB, Elguero E, Marra A, Diallo A, Aaby P, Simondon F.
Int J Epidemiol 2004;33:130-6

8. Life long morbidity among Danes with poliomyelitis.
Nielsen NM, Rostgaard K, Askgaard D, Skinhøj O, Aaby P.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2004;85:385-91

9. Survival among motherless children in rural and urban areas in Guinea-Bissau.
Masmas TN, Jensen H, da Silva D, Co A, Høj L, Sandström A, Aaby A.
Acta Paediatr 2004;93:99-105

10. The social situation of motherless children in rural and urban areas in Guinea-Bissau.
Masmas TN, Jensen H, da Silva D, Høj L, Sandström A, Aaby P.
Soc Sci Med 2004;59:1231-9

11. Tuberculosis in Bissau: Incidence and risk factors in an urban community in sub-Saharan Africa.
Gustafson P, Gomes VF, Vieira CS, Rabna P, Seng R, Johansson P, Sandström A, Norberg R, Lisse IM, Samb B, Aaby P, Nauclér A.
Int J Epidemiol 2004;33:163-72

12. Being wrong in the right direction?
Aaby P. Uses of error:
Lancet 2004;364:984

13. Genetic markers of resistance to pyrimethamine and sulphonamides in Plasmodium falciparum, parasites compared to the resistance patterns in isolates of E. coli from the same children in Guinea-Bissau.
Kofoed PE, Alifrangis M, Poulsen A, Rodrigues A, Gjedde SB, Rønn A, Rombo L.
J Trop Med Int Hlth 2004;9:171-7

14. Reduced case fatality among hospitalised children during a war in Guinea-Bissau: a lesson in equity. Sodemann M, Veirum J, Biai S, Nielsen J, Bale C, Jakobsen MS, Gustafson P, Aaby P.
Acta Pædiatr 2004;93:959-64

15. Benn CS, Melbye M, Wohlfahrt J, Björkstén B, Aaby P. Cohort study of sibling effect, infectious diseases, and risk of atopic dermatitis during the first 18 months of life.
BMJ 2004;1223

16. Lizeng Q, Nilsson C, Sourial S, Andersson S, Larsen O, Aaby P, Ehnlund M, Björling E. Potent neutralizing serum immunoglobulin A (IgA) in human immunodefiency virus type-2-exposed IgG-seronegative individuals.
J Virol 2004;78:7016-22

17. Micronutrient supplementation and other predictors of birth size and perinatal mortality in Guinea-Bissau.
Kæstel P.
The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark, 2004 [PhD Thesis]

18. Benn CS, Wohlfahrt J, Aaby P, Westergaard T, Benfeldt E, Michaelsen KF, Björkstén B, Melbye M. Breastfeeding and Risk of Atopic Dermatitis During The First 18 Months of Life by Parental History of Allergy.
Am J Epidemiol 2004;160:217-23

19. Roth A, Jensen H, Garly ML, Djana Q, Martins CL, Sodemann M, Rodrigues A, Aaby P. Should low birth weight infants receive BCG vaccination at birth? Community study from Guinea-Bissau
PIDJ 2004;23:544-50

20. Benn CS, Böttcher MF, Pedersen BV, Filtau SM, Duchén K. Mammary epithelial paracellular permeability in atopic and non-atopic mothers versus childhood atopy. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2004;15:123-6

21. Stensballe L, Poulsen A, Nante E, Jensen IP, Kofoed PE, Jensen H, Aaby P. Mothers may transmit RSV infection more easily or severely to sons than daughters: Community study from Guinea-Bissau.
Scan J Inf Dis 2004;36:291-5

22. Nielsen J, Valentiner-Branth P, Martins C, Cabral F, Aaby P. Malnourished children and supplementary feeding during war-emergency in Guinea-Bissau 1998-99. Am J Clin Nut 2004; 80:1036-42

23. Steinsland H, Valentiner-Branth P, Aaby P, Mølbak K, Sommerfelt H. Clonal relatedness of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strains isolated from a cohort of young children in Guinea-Bissau. JCM 2004;42:3100-7

24. Newport MJ, Goetghebuer T, Weiss HA, The MRC Gambia Twin Study Group, Whittle H, Siegrist C-A, Marchant A. Genetic regulation of immune responses to vaccines in early life. Genes and Immunity 2004:1-8

25. Jeppesen DL, Hasselbalch H, Lisse IM, Ersbøll AK, Engelmann MDM. T-lymphocyte subsets, thymic size and breastfeeding in infancy. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2004;13:127-32

26. Garly ML, Jensen H, Martins CL, Balé C, Balde MA, Lisse IM, Aaby P Hepatitis B vaccination associated with higher female than male mortality in Guinea-Bissau: an observational study. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2004;23:1086-92

27. Bornmann L, Campbell SJ, Fielding K, Bah B, Sillah J, Gustafson P, Manneh K, Lisse I, Allen A, Sirugo G, Sylla A, Aaby P, McAdam KPWJ, Bah-Sow O, Bennett S, Lienhardt C, Hill AVS. Vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and susceptibility to tuberculosis in West Africa: a case-control and family study. JID 2004;190:1631-41

28. Perch M, Kofoed PE, Fischer TK, Co F, Rombo L, Aaby P, Eugen-Olsen J. The level of soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor is elevated in children with acute Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection. Parasite Immunol 2004;26:207-11

29. Adam Roth: Specific and non-specific effects of BCG vaccínation. University of Copenhagen, 2004 (PhD-thesis)

30. Jensen H., Brookmeyer R, Aaby P, Andersen PK. Shared Frailty Model
for Left-Truncated Multivariate Survival Data. Research Report 2,
2004, Department of Biostatistics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

31. Dræbel TA. Public health response in a complex political emergency and its aftermath: the role of national health professionals in conflict and health system change in Guinea-Bissau. University of Copenhagen, 2004 (PhD-thesis)

32. Steinsland H, Valentiner-Branth P, Gjessing HK, Aaby P, Sommerfelt H, Mølbak K. Beskyttelse mod infektioner med enterotoksigene Escherichia coli. Ugeskr Læg 2004;166:4051-3

33. Linneberg A, Petersen J, Gronbaek M, Benn CS. Alcohol during pregnancy and atopic dermatitis in the offspring. Clin Exp Allergy. 2004 Nov;34(11):1678-83.

34. Aaby P, Benn CS, Lisse IM, Jensen H. Replicating findings from Guinea-Bissau? BMJ, Rapid responses, November 25, 2004

35. Jensen H, Benn CS, Lisse IM, Aaby P. Non-specific beneficial effects of vaccinations in Burkina Faso: Survival bias? BMJ, Rapid responses, November 25, 2004

36. Aaby P, Benn CS, Lisse IM, Jensen H. Sex-differential “non-effects” of vaccination. BMJ, Rapid responses, December 21, 2004

2003

37. The challenge of improving the efficacy of measles vaccine.
Garly ML, Aaby P.
Acta Trop 2003;85:1-17

38. Termination of breastfeeding after 12 months of age due to a new pregnancy and other causes is associated with increased mortality in Guinea-Bissau.
Jakobsen MS, Sodemann S, Mølbak K, Alvarenga IJ, Nielsen J, Aaby P.
Int J Epidemiol 2003;32:92-6

39. The survival benefit of measles immunisation may not be explained entirely by the prevention of measles disease.
Aaby P, Bhuyia A, Nahar L, Knudsen K, Francisco A, Strong M.
Int J Epidemiol 2003;32: 106-115

40 Dual infections of HIV-1, HIV-2, and HTLV-I are more common in older women than men in Guinea-Bissau.
Holmgren B, da Silva Z, Larsen O, Vastrup P, Andersson S, Aaby P.
AIDS 2003;17:241-53

41. Genetic Variation of Varicella-Zoster Virus: Evidence for Geographical Separation of Strains.
Marret-Muir W, Scott FT, Aaby P, John J, Matando P, Chaudhry QL, Siqueira M, Poulsen A, Yaminishi K, Breuer J

J Med Vir 2003, 70:S42-S47.

42. Respiratory Syncytical virus epidemics: the ups and downs of a seasonal virus.
Stensballe L,G, Devasundaram JK, Simoes EAF.
Pediatr Inf Dis J 2003; 22:S21-32

43. BCG scar and positive tuberculin reaction associated with reduced child mortality: A non-specific beneficial effect of BCG?
Garly ML, Martins CL, Balé C, Baldé MA, Hedegaard KL, Gustafson P, Lisse IM, Whittle HC, Aaby P.
Vaccine 2003;21:2782-90

44. Smallpox vaccination and risk of atopy, allergic rhinitis and asthma.
Bager P, Westergaard T, Rostgaard K, Nielsen NM, Melbye M, Aaby P.
J Allergy Clin Immunol 2003;111:1227-31

45. High-titre measles vaccination before 9 months of age and increased female mortality: Do we have an explanation?
Aaby P, Jensen H, Simondon F, Whittle H.
Semin Pediat Inf Dis 2003;14: 220-32

46. Can mothers be trusted in giving malaria treatment to their children at home?
KofoedPE, Lopes F, Aaby P, Hedegaard K Rombo L
Acta Tropica 2003;86:67-70

47. Differences in female-male mortality after high-titre measles vaccine and association with subsequent vaccination with diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis and inactivated poliovirus: a re-analysis of the West African studies.
Aaby P,Jensen H, Samb B, Cisse B, Sodeman M, Jakobsen M, Poulsen A, Rodrigues A, Lisse IM, Simondon F, Whittle H.
Lancet 2003;361: 2183-88

48. Development and evaluation of genotypic assays for the detection and characterization of enterotoxigenic Escherischia coli.
Steinsland H, Valentiner-Branth P, Grewal HMS, Gaastra W, Mølbak K, Sommerfelt H.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2002;45:97-105.

49. Long-term mortality following hospitalisation for poliomyelitis: A Danish cohort study.
Nielsen NM, Petersen KR, Juel K, Askgaard D, Aaby P.
Epidemiology 2003;14:355-60

50. Protection from natural infections with enterotoxigenic Esherichia coli: longitudinal study.
Steinsland H, Valentiner-Branth P, Gjessing HK, Aaby P, Mølbak K, Sommerfelt H.
Lancet 2003; 362: 286-91.

51. Cohort study of Guinean Children: incidence, pathogenicity, conferred protection, and attributable risk for enteropathogens in the first 2 years of life.
Valentiner-Branth P, Steinsland H, Fischer TK, Perch M, Scheutz F, Dias F, Aaby P, Mølbak K, Sommerfelt H.
J Clin Microbiol 2003; 41: 4238-45

52. High-titre measles vaccine and female mortality.
Aaby P, Jensen H, Whittle H.
Lancet 2003;362:1765-6

53. Epidemiological studies of rotavirus infection in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa.
Fischer TK.
Dan Med Bull 2003;50:103-17

54. Rotavirus typing methods and algorithms.
Fischer TK, Gentsch JR.
Rev Med Virol 2003;13:1-13

55. HIV-2 in West Africa. Epidemiological studies.
Maarten Schim van der Loeff.
University of Amsterdam 2003,[Thesis]

56. Mobility and the spread of human immunodeficiency virus into rural areas of West Africa.
Lagarde E, Schim M, Enel C, Holmgren B, Spira, Pison G, Piau, Delaunay V, Mboup, Ndoye, Coeuret-Pellicier M, Whittle H, Aaby P.
Int J Epidemiol 2003;32: 744-52

57. Breastfeeding status as a long-term predictor of mortality among refugee children in an emergency in Guinea-Bissau.
Jakobsen MS, Nylén G, Balé C, Martins C, Nielsen J, Sodemann M, Lisse IM, Aaby P.
Int Hlth Trop Med 2003;8:992-6

58. Variants of the CD40 ligand gene are not associated with increased susceptibility to tuberculosis in West Africa.
Campbell SJ, Sabeti P, Fielding K, Sillah J, Bah B, Gustafson P, Manneh K, Lisse I, Sirugo G, Bellamy R, Bennett S, Aaby P, McAdam KPWJ, Lienhardt C, Hill AVS.
Immunogenetics 2003:55:502-7

59. Vitamin A supplementation and childhood mortality: Amplification of the non-specific effects of vaccines?
Benn CS, Bale C, Sommerfelt H, Friis H, Aaby P.
Int J Epidemiol 2003:32:822-8

60. Bandim Health Project 1978-2003: Improving child health?
Sodemann M, Aaby P.
Århus: Bandim Health Project, 2003

61. Quantification of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type (HTLV-1) proviral load in rural West Africa population: no enhancement of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-2 pathogenesis but HTLV-1 proviral load relates to mortality.
Ariyoshi K, Berry N, Cham F, Jaffar S, Schim van der Loeff M, Jobe O, N´Gom PT, Larsen O, Andersson S, Aaby P, Whittle H.
JID 2003;188:1648-51

62. Maternal mortality and access to obstetric services.
Ronsmans C, Etard JF, Walraven G, Høj L, Dumont A, Bernis Ld, Kodio B.
Trop Med Int Hlth 2003;8:940-8

63. In-depth studies of incompletely typed rotavirus strains from Guinea-Bissau.
Fischer TK, Page AN, Griffin DD, Eugen-Olsen J, Pedersen AG, Steinsland H, Valentiner-Branth P, Mølbak K, Sommerfelt H, Nielsen NM.
Virology 2003;311:125-33

64. Survival of previously measles-vaccinated and measles-unvaccinated children in an emergency situation: An unplanned study.
Aaby P, Garly ML, Balé C, Martins C, Jensen H, Lisse IM, Whittle H.
PIDJ 2003 (in press)

65. Maternal mortality: Only 42 days?
Høj L, da Silva D, Hedegaard K, Sandström A, Aaby P.
Br J Obstet Gynaecol 2003;110:995-1000

66. The impact of monitoring case management on mortality during and after hospitalization among children admitted to the pediatric ward, Hospital Simao Mendes, Guinea-Bissau.
Jens Erik Veirum.
University of Copenhagen, 2003 [PhD]

67. Epidemiological studies based on Danish birth cohorts.
Benn CS. Early life exposures and risk of allergy.
University of Copenhagen, 2003 [PhD thesis]

68. Epidemiological aspects of tuberculosis in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa.
Gustafson P.
Lund University, 2003 (Med. Dr. Thesis)

69. Vigh H. Navigating terrains of war: youth and soldiering in Guinea Bissau. Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen 2003 [PhD thesis]

70. The epidemiology of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infections and diarrhea in early childhood.
Steinsland H.
University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, 2003 (PhD thesis)

2002

71. Community study of the relative impact of HIV1 and HIV2 on intrathoracic tuberculosis.
Seng R, Gustafson P, Gomes VF, Vieira C, Rabna P, Larsen O, Larouzé B, Norberg R, Lisse IM, Samb B.
AIDS 2002;16:1059-66

72. Effect of vitamin A supplementation on measles-specific antibody levels in Guinea-Bissau.
Benn CS, Balde A, George E, Kidd M, Whittle H, Lisse IM, Aaby P.
Lancet 2002;359:1313-14

73. Does cross-sex transmission increase severity of polio infection? A study of multiple family cases.
Nielsen NM, Wohlfahrt J, Melbye M, Mølbak K, Aaby P.
Scand J Infect Dis 2002;34:273-77

74. Treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria with quinine in children in Guinea-Bissau: one daily dose is sufficient.
Kofoed PE, Cabral F, Poulsen A, Cabral C, Hedegaard KL, Aaby P, Rombo L.
Trans Roy Soc Trop Med Hyg 2002;96:185-88

75. The Polio Model. Does it apply to polio?
Nielsen NM, Aaby P, Wohlfahrt J, Mølbak K, Melbye M.
Int J Epidemiol 2002;31:181-186

76. Poliomyelitis. Statusartikel.
Nielsen NM.
Ugeskr Læg 2002;164/21:2743-45

77. Investigation of environmental and host-related risk factors for tuberculosis in Africa. I. Methodological aspects of a combined design.
Lienhardt C, Bennett S, Del Prete G, Bah-Sow O, Newport M, Gustafson P, Manneh K, Gomes V, Hill A, McAdam K.
Am J Epidermiol 2002;155:1066-1073

78. Investigation of environmental and host-related risk factors for tuberculosis in Africa. II. Investigation of host genetic factors.
Bennett S, Lienhardt C, Bah-Sow O, Gustafson P, Manneh K, Del Prete G, Gomes V, Newport M, McAdam K, Hill A.
Am J Epidemiol 2002;155:1074-79

79 Population and health in developing countries.
Sodemann M, Jensen H, Rodrigues A, Ca T, Aaby P. Bandim DSS, Guinea-Bissau.
In Indepth Network (ed): Vol I: Population, health, and survival at Indepth Sites. Ottawa: International Development Research Centre. 2002; pp 257-62.

80. Poliomyelitis and Parkinson’s disease.
Nielsen NM, Rostgaard K, Hjalgrim H, Askgaard D, Aaby P.
JAMA 2002;287:1650-51

81. Sexual habits and behaviour among adolescents in Bissau – results from a study of reproductive health.
Jakobsen M, Kæstel P, Ca T, Rodrigues A, Aaby P.
FNUAP, Bissau 2002

82. Increased prevalence of HTLV-1 among HIV-2 infected women but not HIV-2 infected men in rural Guinea-Bissau.
Holmgren B, Andersson S, Schimm van der Loeff M, Aaby P, Ariyoshi K, Whittle H.
J AIDS 2002;30:342-50

83. Neonatal immunisation with Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin promotes immune responses to unrelated vaccine antigens.
Ota M, VekemansJ, Schlegel S, Fielding K, KiddM, Newport M, Aaby P, WhittleH, Lambert PH, McAdam K, Siegrist CA, MarchantA.
J Immunol 2002;168:919-25

84. Thymus size at birth is associated with infant mortality: A community study from Guinea-Bissau.
Aaby P, Marx C, Trautner S, Rudaa D, Hasselbalch H, Jensen H, Lisse IM.
Acta Pediatr 2002:91:698-703

85. The serum level of soluble urokinase receptor is elevated in tuberculosis patients and predicts mortality during treatment. A community stydu from Guinea-Bissau.Eugen-Olsen J, Gustafson P, Sidenius N, Fischer TK, Parner J, Aaby P, Gomes VF, Lisse IM.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2002;6:686-92

86. Low Th1/Th2 balance in HIV negative tuberculosis patients in West Africa: Association with active disease and poor clinical outcome.
Lienhardt C, Azzurri A, Amedeo A, Sow OB, Benagiano M, Sillah J, Fielding K, Manneh K, Gustafson P, D´Elios MM, McAdam KPWJ, Del Prete G.
Eur J Immunol 2002;32:1605-12

87. Comparison of nasopharyngeal aspirate and nasal swab specimens for detection of respiratory syncytial virus in different settings in a developing country.
Stensballe LG, Trautner S, Kofoed PE, Nante E, Hedegaard K, Jensen IP, Aaby P.
Trop Med Internat Health 2002; 7: 317-21

88. An epidemiological study of RSV-associated hospitalisations in Denmark.
Stensballe LG.
Respir Res 2002, 3 (Suppl 1): S34-39

89. Respiratorisk syncytial virus.
Stensballe LG, Kristensen K:
EPI-NYT, Statens Serum Institut uge 24, 2002

90. Protective immunity after natural rotavirus infection. A community cohort study of newborn children in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. Fischer TK, Valentiner-Branth P, Steinsland H, Perch M, Santos G,Aaby P, Mølbak K, Sommerfelt H
JID 2002;186:593-7

91. Maternal vaginal microflora during pregnancy and risk of asthma hospitalisation and anti-asthma medication in early childhood.
Benn CS, Thorsen P, Jensen JS, Kjær BB, Bisgaard H, Andersen M, Rostgaard K, Björkstén B, Melbye M.
J Allergy Clin Immunol 2002; 110 (1): 72-77

92. Benn CS, Bendixen M, Krause TG, Olesen, AB.
Questionable coexistence of Th1 and Th2-related diseases.
J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2002; 110 (2 pt. 1): 328-29

2001

93. Community-based controlled trial of dietary management of children with persistent diarrhea: sustained beneficial effect on ponderal and linear growth.
Valentiner-Branth P, Steinsland H, Santos G, Perch M, Begstrup K, Bhan MK, Dias F, Aaby P, Sommerfelt H, Mølbak K.
Am J Clin Nut 2001;73:968-74

94. Intensive exposure as a risk factor for severe polio: A study of multiple family cases.
Nielsen NM, Aaby P, Wohlfahrt J, Pedersen JB, Melbye M, Mølbak K.
Scan J Inf Dis 2001;33:301-5

95. Measles antibody responses after early two dose trials in Guinea-Bissau with Edmonston-Zagreb and Schwarz standard-titre measles vaccine: better antibody increase from booster dose of the Edmonston-Zagreb vaccine.
Garly ML, Balé C, Martins C, Monteiro M, George E, Kidd M, Dias F, Aaby P, Whittle H..
Vaccine 2001;19:1951-9

96. Cancer risk in a cohort of polio patients.
Nielsen NM, Wohlfahrt J, Aaby P, Hjalgrim H, Pedersen CB, Askgaard DS, Melbye M.
Int J Cancer 2001;92:605-8

97. Long term effect of preventive therapy for tuberculosis in a cohort of HIV-infected Zambian adults.
Quigley MA, Mwinga A, Hosp M, Lisse I, Fuchs D, Porter JDH, Godfrey-Faussett P.
AIDS 2001;15:215-22

98. Thymic size and head circumference at birth and the development of allergic diseases.
Benn CS, Jeppesen DL, Hasselbalch H, Olesen AB, Nielsen J, Björkstén B, Lisse I, Aaby P.
Clin Exp Allergy 2001;31:1862-66

99. Routine vaccination and child survival in Guinea-Bissau. Authors’ reply to Commentary.
Aaby P, Jensen H.
BMJ 2001;322:360

100. Non-specific effects of vaccinations: lacking gradient, strength, and coherence?
Aaby P, Jensen H.
Bmj.com (www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/321/7274/1435#EL19

101. Response to WHO.
Aaby P, Jensen H.
Bmj.com (www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/321/7274/1435#EL19

102. Authors’ response.
Aaby P, Jensen H.
Bmj.com (www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/321/7274/1435#EL19

103. Routine vaccination and child survival in Guinea-Bissau. Authors’ reply.
Aaby P, Jensen H.
BMJ 2001;322:360

104. Tuberculosis mortality during a civil war in Guinea-Bissau.
Gustafson P, Gomes VF, Vieira CS, Seng R, Samb B, Nauclér A, Aaby P.
JAMA 2001;286:599-603

105. Measles and atopy - rash on rash?
Benn CB, Bager P, Lisse I, Jensen H, Aaby P.
Allergy 2001;56:800-1

106. Seven years’ experience with Cryptosporidium parvum in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. Perch M, Sodemann M, Jakobsen M, Valentiner-Branth P, Steinsland H, Fischer TK, Lopes DD, Aaby P, Mølbak K.
Ann Trop Pediatr 2001;21:313-18

107. HIV-2 does not protect against HIV-1 infection in a rural community in Guinea-Bissau.
Schim van der Loeff MF, Aaby P, Aryioshi K, Vincent T, Awasana AA, da Costa C, Penbrey L, Dias F, Harding E, Weiss HA, Whittle HC.
AIDS 2001;15:2303-10

108. BCG vaccination among West African infants is associated with less anergy to tuberculin and diptheria-tetanus antigens.
Garly ML, Balé C, Martins CL, Baldé MA, Hedegaard KL, Whittle H, Aaby P.
Vaccine 2001;20:468-74

109. Nielsen NM, Hedegaard K, Aaby P.
Intensity of exposure and severity of whooping cough.
J Infect 2001;43:177-81

110. Aaby P, Whittle H, Cisse B, Jensen H, Samb B, Simondon F.
The frailty hypothesis revisited: mainly weak children die of measles:
Vaccine 2001; 20: 949-53

111. Olsen J, Melbye M, Olsen SF, Sørensen TIA, Aaby P, Andersen AMN, Taxbøl D, Hansen KD, Juhl M, Schow TB, Sørensen HT, Andresen J, Mortensen EL, Olsen AW, Søndergaard C.
The Danish National Birth Cohort – its background, structure and aim.
Scan J Pub Health 2001;29:300-7

2000

112. Stensballe LG, Kofoed PE, Nante JE, Sambo M, Jensen IP, Aaby P.
Duration of secretory IgM and IgA antibodies to respiratory syncytial virus in a community study in Guinea-Bissau.
Acta Pediatr 2000;89:421-5

113. Hosp M, Lisse IM, Quigley M, Mwinga AM, Godfrey-Faussett P, Porter JDH, Luo N, Pobee J, Wachter H, McAdam KPWJ, Fuchs D.
An evaluation of low-cost progression markers in HIV-1 seropositive Zambians.
HIV Medicine 2000;1:125-7

114. Measles.
Whittle H, Aaby P.
In: Ledingham JGG, Warrell DA. Concise Oxford Textbook of Medicine, 3rd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2000;1517-21

115. Early Bcg vaccination and reduction in atopy in Guinea-Bissau.
Aaby P, Shaheen S, Heyes C, Goudiaby A, Shiell A, Jensen H, Marchant A.
Clin Exp Allergy 2000;30:644-50

116. Prevalences of HTLV-1 infection and associated risk determinants in an urban population in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa.
Larsen O, Andersson S, da Silva Z, Hedegaard K, Sandström A, Nauclér A, Dias F, Melbye M, Aaby P.
J AIDS 2000;25:157-63

117. Risk factors for HIV-2 seropositivity among older people in Guinea-Bissau. A search for the early history of HIV-2 infection.
Poulsen AG, Aaby P, Jensen H, Dias F.
Scan J Inf Dis 2000;32:169-75

118. Measles immunisation and confounding.
Shann F, Aaby P.
BMJ. http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/319/7201/4#EL7

119. Genotype profiles of rotavirus strains from children in a suburban community in Guinea-Bissau, Western Africa.
Fischer T, Steinsland H, Mølbak K, Ca R, Gentsch JR, Valentiner-Branth P, Aaby P, Sommerfeldt H.
J Clin Microbiol 2000;38: 264-7

120. Routine vaccinations and child survival: follow up study in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa.
Kristensen I, Aaby P, Jensen H.
Br Med J 2000;321:1435-8

121. Protection from cholera by adding lime juice to food - results from community and laboratory studies in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa
Rodrigues A, Sandström A, Cá T, Steinsland H, Jensen H, Aaby P.
Trop Med Int Health 2000;5:418-22

122. Multiple sclerosis and poliomyelitis. A Danish historical cohort study.
Nielsen NM, Wohlfahrt J, Melbye M, Rasmussen S, Mølbak K, Askgaard DS, Aaby P.
Acta Neurol Scand 2000;101:384-7

123. Unexpected beneficial effects of measles immunisation.
Shann F, Aaby P.
BMJ 2000;320:938-40

124. Class 1 integron-borne, multiple-antibiotic resistsnace encoded by a 150-kb conjugative plasmid in epidemic Vibrio cholerae O1 strains isolated in Guinea-Bissau.
Dahlsgaard A, Forslund A, Petersen A, Brown DJ, Dias F, Monteiro S, Mølbak K, Aaby P, Rodrigues A, Sandström A.
J Clin Microbiol 2000:3774-79

125. No long-term effect of vitamin A supplementation in infancy on CD4 and CD8 T-cell subsets. A community study from Guinea-Bissau.
Benn CS, Lisse IM, Balé C, Michaelsen KF, Olsen J, Hedegaard K, Aaby P.
Ann Trop Pediatr 2000;20:259-64

126. The estimation of mortality due to rotavirus infections in subsaharan Africa.
Mølbak K, Fischer TK, Mikkelsen CS.
Vaccine 2000;19:393-5

127. The epidemiology of diarrhoeal diseases in early childhood. A review of community studies in Guinea-Bissau.
Mølbak K.
Dan Med Bull 2000;47:340-58

128. Three-year follow-up of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa.
Winqvist N, Naucler A, Gomes V, Djamanca I, Koivula T, Jensen H, Dias F, Biberfeld G, Källenius G, Norberg R.
Int J Tub Lung Dis 2000;4:845-852

1999

129. Management of childhood diarrhoea and use of ORS in a sub-urban West African community.
Sodemann M, Jakobsen M, Mølbak K, Martins C, Aaby P.
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1999;60:167-71

130. Maternal mortality in Guinea-Bissau: the use of verbal autopsy in a multi-ethnic population.
Høj L, Stensballe J, Aaby P.
Int J Epidemiol 1999;28:70-76

131. Promoting breastfeeding through health education at the time of immunizations: a randomized trial from Guinea-Bissau.
Jakobsen MS, Sodemann M, Mølbak K, Alvarenga I, Aaby P.
Acta Paediatr 1999; 88:741-7

132. Early two-dose measles vaccination schedule in Guinea-Bissau: Good protection and coverage in infancy.
Garly ML, Martins CL, Balé C, da Costa F, Dias F, Whittle H, Aaby P.
Int J Epidemiol 1999; 28:347-52

133. Seroconversions in unvaccinated infants: further evidence for subclinical measles from vaccine trials in Niakhar, Senegal.
Bennett J, Whittle H, Samb B, Cisse B, Simondon F, Aaby P.
Int J Epidemiol 1999;28:147-51

134. Serological responses 5-7 years after immunization with high titre measles vaccines in early infancy.
Whittle H, Aaby P, Samb B, Cisse B, Kanteh F, Soumaré M, Jensen H, Bennett J, Simondon F.
Pediatr Inf Dis J 1999;18:53-57

135. Effect of sub-clinical infection on maintaining immunity against measles in vaccinated children in West Africa.
Whittle H, Aaby P, Samb B, Jensen H, Bennett J, Simondon F.
Lancet 1999;353:98-101

136. Increased long-term mortality associated with rash after early measles vaccination in rural Senegal
Seng R, Samb B, Simondon F, Cisse B, Soumaré M, Jensen H, Bennett J, Whittle H, Aaby P.
Pediatr Inf Dis J 1999;18:48-52

137. Role of schools in the transmission of measles in rural Senegal: Implications for measles control in developing countries.
Cisse B, Aaby P, Simondon F, Samb B, Soumaré M, Whittle H.
Am J Epidemiol 1999;149:295-301

138. Malaria parasitaemia and childhood diarrhoea in a peri-urban area of Guinea-Bissau.
Sodemann M, Jakobsen M, Mølbak K, Alvarenga IC, Martins C, Aaby P.
Am J Hyg Trop Med 1999;61:336-8

139. What can evolutionary biology contribute to understanding virulence?
Read AF, Aaby P, Antia R, Ebert D, Ewald PW, Gupta S, Holmes EC, Sasaki A, Shields D, Taddei F, Moxon R.
IN: Stearns S (ed): Evolution in Health and disease. Oxford University Press 1999:205-215

140. Forskning i International Sundhed: Lokal forankring og internationale konsekvenser eller omvendt.
Aaby P.
In: Andersen D, Havsteen B, Riis P, Almind G, Bock E, Hørder M(eds): Sundhedsvidenskabelig Forskning. 5. Udgave. København: FADL, 1999, pp 645-59

141. Waning of vaccine-induced immunity: Is it a problem in Africa?
Aaby P, Cisse B, Simondon F, Samb B, Soumaré M, Bennett J, Whittle H.
Am J Epidemiol 1999;149:304-5

142. Episode specific risk factors for progression of acute diarrhoea to persistent diarrhoea in West African children.
Sodemann M, Jakobsen M, Mølbak K, Martins C, Aaby P.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1999;93;65-68

143. Towards a better understanding of the epidemiology of HIV-2.
Schim van der Loeff MF, Aaby P.
AIDS 1999;13 (suppl A):S69-S84

144. Community-based randomized controlled trial of reduced osmolarity oral rehydration solution in acute childhood diarrhea.
Valentiner-Branth P, Steinsland H, Gjessing HK, Santos G, Bhan MK, Dias F, Aaby P, Sommerfelt H, Mølbak K.
Pediatr Infect Dis J 1999;18:789-96

145. Andersen PK, Aaby P, Pedersen BN, Melbye M.
Risk factors for Parvovirus B19 infection in pregnancy .
Jensen AKV, Pedersen C, Westergaard T, Jensen IP, Lebech M, JAMA 1999;281:1099-1105

146. Low dose quinine for treatment of Plasmodium falciparum in Guinea-Bissau.
Kofoed PE, Lopes F, Johansson P, Dias F, Sandström A, Aaby P, Rombo L.
Trans Roy Soc Trop Med Hyg 1999;93:547-9

147. Nutritional status and mortality of refugee and resident children in a non-camp setting during conflict: follow up study in Guinea-Bissau.
Aaby P, Gomes J, Fernandes M, Djana Q, Lisse I, Jensen H.
BMJ 1999;319:878-81

148. Serum levels of measles IgG antibody activity in children under five years in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
Lyamuya EF, Matee MIN, Aaby P, Scheutz F.
Ann Trop Pediatr 1999;19:175-83

149. Cryptosporidium parvum. Incidence and mortality in childhood. A community study from Bissau, West Africa.
Perch M.
OSVAL II, 1999

150. Newborns develop a Th1-type immune response to Mycobacterium Bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination.
Marchant A, Goetghebuer T, Ota M, Wolfe I, Ceesay S, De Groote D, Corrah T, Bennett S, Wheeler J, Huygen K, Aaby P, McAdam K, Newport M.
J Immunol 1999;163:2249-2255

151. Increased prevalence of retrovirus infections among older women in Africa.
Holmgren B, Aaby P, Jensen H, Larsen O, da Silva Z, Lisse I.
Scan J Inf Dis 1999;31:459-66

152. Village women as town prostitutes: cultural factors relevant to prostitution and HIV epidemiology in Guinea-Bissau.
Buckner M.
In: Becker C, Dozon JP, Obbo C, Touré M (eds). Vivre et penser la sida en Afrique. Paris, Karthala 1999, pp 389-404

1998

153 Basu AM, Aaby P
Introduction: Approaches to Anthropological Demography
In: AM Basu, P Aaby (eds): The Methods and Uses of Anthropological Demography. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998:1-21

154. AM Basu, P Aaby (eds)
The Methods and Uses of Anthropological Demography.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998:1-322

155. Aaby P.
Are men weaker or do their sisters talk too much?
In: AM Basu, P Aaby (eds): The Methods and Uses of Anthropological Demography. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998:223-245

156. Pison G, Aaby P.
Pourquoi la rougeole tue encore en Afrique.
Pour la Science 1998; Avril:40-47

157. Melbye M, Poulsen AG, Gallo D, Pedersen JB, Biggar RJ, Larsen O, Dias F, Aaby P.
HTLV-1 infection in a population-based cohort of older persons in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa: Risk factors and impact on survival.
Int J Cancer 1998;76:293-98

158. Lisse I, Samb B, Whittle B, Jensen H, Soumaré M, Simondon F, Aaby P.
Acute and long-term changes in T-lymphocyte subsets in response to clinical and subclinical measles. A community study from rural Senegal.
Scand J Inf Dis 1998;30:17-21

159. Nielsen LLW, Nielsen NM, Melbye M, Sodemann M, Jacobsen M, Aaby P.
In-utero measles exposure and Crohn's Disease. A Danish Register study.
Br Med J 1998;316:196-7

160. Larsen O, da Silva Z, Sandström A, Andersen PK, Andersson S, Poulsen AG, Melbye M, Dias F, Nauclér A, Aaby P.
Declining HIV-2 prevalence and incidence among men in a community study from Guinea-Bissau.
AIDS 1998; 12:1707-14

161. Kofoed PEL, Dias F, Lopes F, Rombo L.
Diagnosis of fever in Africa.
Lancet 1998;351:373

162. Grassly NC, Xiang Z, Ariyoshi K, Aaby P, Jensen H, van der Loeff MS, Dias F, Whittle H, Breuer J.
Mortality among Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2-positive villagers in rural Guinea-Bissau is correlated with viral genotype.
J Virol 1998;72:7895-99

163. Aaby P, Martins C, Balé C, Lisse I.
Assessing measles vaccination coverage by maternal recall in Guinea-Bissau.
Lancet 1998;352:1229

164. Stensballe J.
Hvorfor studere kvindedødsfald?
OSVAL II, 1998

165. Cissé B, Simondon F, Aaby P. Rougeole. Delaunay V (ed).
La situation démographique et épidémiologigique dans la zone de Niakhar au Sénégal 1984-1996.
Dakar, ORSTOM 1998, pp 91-96

1997

166. Mølbak K, Andersen M, Aaby P, Højlyng N, Jakobsen M, Sodemann M, da Silva APJ.
Cryptosporidium infection in infancy as a cause of malnutrition: a community study from Guinea-Bissau, West Africa.
Am J Clin Nut 1997;65:149-52

167. M. Das Gupta, Aaby P, Pison G, Garenne M (eds):
Prospective community studies in developing countries.
Oxford University Press. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1997

168. M. Garenne, Das Gupta M, Pison G, Aaby P:
Introduction.In: M. Das Gupta, Aaby P, Pison G, Garenne M (eds.): Prospective community studies in developing countries.
Oxford University Press. Oxford: Clarendo