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Arne Broch Brantsæter er ph.d., spesialist i indremedisin og i infeksjonssykdommer og overlege ved Infeksjonsmedisinsk avdeling og Nasjonal behandlingstjeneste for CBRNE-medisin, Oslo universitetssykehus.
Articles by Arne Broch Brantsæter
When should we be concerned about Andes virus in Norway?
- Joakim Øverbø,
- Helena Niemi Eide,
- Frank Olav Dahler Pettersen,
- Arne Broch Brantsæter,
- Tone Kristin Bjordal Johansen,
- Marte Petrikke Grenersen,
- Heidi Sjursen Konestabo,
- Siri Laura Feruglio,
- Kristian Tonby
24.06.2026:
The outbreak of Andes virus on a cruise ship has attracted international attention. Crew members, passengers and other travellers may have introduced the infection into their home countries. Given the long incubation period, preparedness should be strengthened while monitoring the situation. The...
Doctors should not shake the hands of patients
- Arne Broch Brantsæter
19.08.2024:
It was common practice for doctors to greet patients with a handshake until March 2020, when Norway was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. There are still good reasons to avoid handshaking in healthcare settings. Art and literature dating back several thousand years illustrate the practice of sealing a...
Investigational treatment of COVID-19
- Arne Broch Brantsæter
24.08.2020:
What to do in the absence of drugs with proven effect? In 2003, the world stood on the brink of a pandemic of a severe respiratory infection caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV. The virus succeeded in spreading from China to 28 countries before it was defeated in only a few of months under the...
Non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infections
- Hallgeir Tveiten,
- Arne Broch Brantsæter,
- Anne Torunn Mengshoel
26.11.2018:
Mycobacteria are aerobic, non-spore-forming rod bacteria, are non-motile and acid-fast, i.e. they cannot be decolourised by acid-alcohol in special staining. Their growth rate is generally low, but varies. This forms the basis for their subdivision into fast- and slow-growing species, defined as...
Hepatitis E – a neglected disease in Norway
- Arne Broch Brantsæter
25.10.2016:
One in seven Norwegians is infected, but little is being done to prevent it. Hepatitis E is a major global public health problem. Each year, at least 20 million people are infected, more than three million become ill (1) and around 50 000 die (2). The existence of a new virus with many of the...