• Durable immune responses after BNT162b2 vaccination in home-dwelling old adults 

      Hansen, Lena; Brokstad, Karl Albert; Bansal, Amit; Zhou, Fan; Bredholt, Geir; Onyango, Therese Bredholt; Sandnes, Helene Heitmann; Elyanow, Rebecca; Madsen, Anders; Trieu, Mai Chi; Sævik, Marianne; Søyland, Hanne; Olofsson, Jan Stefan; Vahokoski, Juha; Ertesvåg, Nina Urke; Fjelltveit, Elisabeth Berg; Shafiani, Shahin; Tøndel, Camilla; Chapman, Heidi; Kaplan, Ian; Mohn, Kristin Greve-Isdahl; Langeland, Nina; Cox, Rebecca Jane (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Objectives Elderly are an understudied, high-risk group vulnerable to severe COVID-19. We comprehensively analyzed the durability of humoral and cellular immune responses after BNT162b2 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection ...
    • Durable T-cellular and humoral responses in SARS-CoV-2 hospitalized and community patients 

      Mohn, Kristin Greve-Isdahl; Bredholt, Geir; Zhou, Fan; Madsen, Anders Aasgaard; Onyango, Therese Bredholt; Fjelltveit, Elisabeth Berg; Jalloh, Sarah Larteley Lartey; Brokstad, Karl Albert; Cantoni, Diego; Mayora-Neto, Martin; Temperton, Nigel; Langeland, Nina; Cox, Rebecca Jane (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background Neutralizing antibodies are important for protection against the pandemic SARS-CoV-2 virus, and long-term memory responses determine the risk of re-infection or boosting after vaccination. T-cellular responses ...
    • Long COVID in a prospective cohort of home-isolated patients 

      Blomberg, Bjørn; Mohn, Kristin Greve-Isdahl; Brokstad, Karl Albert; Zhou, Fan; Linchausen, Dagrunn Waag; Hansen, Bernt-Are; Lartey, Sarah; Onyango, Therese Bredholt; Kuwelker, Kanika; Sævik, Marianne; Bartsch, Hauke; Tøndel, Camilla; Kittang, Bård Reiakvam; Cox, Rebecca Jane; Langeland, Nina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Long-term complications after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are common in hospitalized patients, but the spectrum of symptoms in milder cases needs further investigation. We conducted a long-term follow-up in a ...
    • A rapid antibody screening haemagglutination test for predicting immunity to SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern 

      Ertesvåg, Nina Urke; Xiao, Julie; Zhou, Fan; Ljostveit, Sonja; Sandnes, Helene Heitmann; Lartey, Sarah; Sævik, Marianne; Hansen, Lena; Madsen, Anders; Mohn, Kristin Greve-Isdahl; Fjelltveit, Elisabeth Berg; Olofsson, Jan Stefan; Tan, Tiong Kit; Rijal, Pramilia; Schimanski, Lisa; Øyen, Siri; Brokstad, Karl Albert; Dunachie, Susanna; Jämsén, Anni; James, William S.; Harding, Adam C.; Harvala, Heli; Nguyen, Dung; Roberts, David; Patel, Monika; Gopal, Robin; Zambon, Maria; Wei, Leiyan; Gilbert-Jaramillo, Javier; Knight, Michael L.; Vaughan-Jackson, Alun; Dupont, Maeva; Lamikanra, Abigail A.; Klennerman, Paul; Townsend, Alain; Tøndel, Camilla; Kuwelker, Kanika; Blomberg, Bjørn; Bredholt, Geir; Onyango, Therese Bredholt; Vahokoski, Juha; Bansal, Amit; Trieu, Mai Chi; Amdam, Håkon; Akselsen, Per Espen; Skorge, Trude Duelien; Okkenhaug, Liv Heiberg; Linchausen, Dagrun Waag; Langeland, Nina; Cox Brokstad, Rebecca Jane (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The aim of this study was to rapidly investigate the immune responses after SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination of younger adults and the elderly. Antibodies are proteins produced by the immune system that are released ...
    • Risk assessment and antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in healthcare workers 

      Bansal, Amit; Trieu, Mai Chi; Mohn, Kristin Greve-Isdahl; Madsen, Anders; Olofsson, Jan Stefan; Sandnes, Helene Heitmann; Sævik, Marianne; Søyland, Hanne; Hansen, Lena; Onyango, Therese Bredholt; Tøndel, Camilla; Brokstad, Karl Albert; Syre, Heidi; Riis, Åse Garløv; Langeland, Nina; Cox, Rebecca Jane (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background: Preventing infection in healthcare workers (HCWs) is crucial for protecting healthcare systems during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, we investigated the seroepidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in HCWs in Norway with ...
    • SARS-CoV-2 specific immune responses in overweight and obese COVID-19 patients 

      Onyango, Therese Bredholt; Zhou, Fan; Bredholt, Geir; Brokstad, Karl Albert; Jalloh, Sarah Larteley Lartey; Mohn, Kristin Greve-Isdahl; Özgümüs, Türküler; Kittang, Bård Reiakvam; Linchausen, Dagrun Waag; Shafiani, Shahin; Elyanow, Rebecca; Blomberg, Bjørn; Langeland, Nina; Cox, Rebecca Jane (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Obesity is a known risk factor for severe respiratory tract infections. In this prospective study, we assessed the impact of being obese or overweight on longitudinal SARS-CoV-2 humoral and cellular responses up to 18 ...
    • Symptom burden and immune dynamics 6 to 18 months following mild SARS-CoV-2 infection -a case-control study 

      Fjelltveit, Elisabeth Berg; Blomberg, Bjørn; Kuwelker, Kanika; Zhou, Fan; Onyango, Therese Bredholt; Brokstad, Karl Albert; Elyanow, Rebecca G; Kaplan, Ian; Tøndel, Camilla; Mohn, Kristin Greve-Isdahl; Özgümüs, Türküler; Cox, Rebecca Jane; Langeland, Nina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background The burden and duration of persistent symptoms after nonsevere coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains uncertain. This study aimed to assess postinfection symptom trajectories in home-isolated COVID-19 cases ...