Nina Langeland

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Klinisk institutt 2

Universitetet i Bergen

Nasjonal kompetansetjeneste for tropiske infeksjonssykdommer

Haukeland universitetssjukehus

Hun har bidratt med innsamling og tolkning av data, revisjon og godkjenning av innsendte manusversjon.

Nina Langeland er spesialist i infeksjonssykdommer og professor i infeksjonsmedisin.

Articles by Nina Langeland

Leishmaniasis in Norway

Karl Erik Müller,
Bjørn Blomberg,
Marit Gjerde Tellevik,
Mogens Jensenius,
Cathrine Fladeby,
Tore Lier,
Geir Sand,
Raisa Hannula,
Nina Langeland,
Kristine Mørch

22.02.2021: Leishmaniasis is caused by the protozoan Leishmania, which belongs to the class Kinetoplastida, the order Tryanosomatida and the family Trypanosomatidae. Leishmania is transmitted by sandfly bites, and depending on the species, dogs, rodents and humans are common reservoirs (1). The manifestation...

Dogs as the source of Giardia in Bergen in 2004 – barking up the wrong tree?

Lucy J. Robertson,
Kristoffer Relling Tysnes,
Kurt Hanevik,
Nina Langeland,
Kristine Mørch,
Trygve Hausken,
Karin Nygård

20.10.2015: In an article published in this journal on the outbreak of giardiasis in Bergen, dog faeces were suggested as a more probable source of infection than sewage leakage. In our opinion this is unlikely and this hypothesis could create unnecessary worry. Based on available knowledge, Giardia infection...

Drug resistance in tuberculosis

Brita Askeland Winje,
Turid Mannsåker,
Nina Langeland,
Einar Heldal

20.11.2008: A majority of tuberculosis cases are caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, but in rare cases other bacteria belonging to the M tuberculosis complex could be the cause of disease. Pulmonary tuberculosis is often distinguished from extra.pulmonary tuberculosis. From an epidemiological viewpoint, it is...