Kåre Mølbak

Kåre Mølbak

Kontakt

Kåre Mølbak, Professor, Ekspert, Direktionen / Epidemiologisk Infektionsberedskab
T. 32683157 @. krm@ssi.dk

 

Professor ved det Sundhedsvidenskabelige fakultet, Institut for Veterinær- og Husdyrvidenskab, Københavns Universitet. 

Priser

Kauffmann prisen, 2001

PubMed link

Mølbak K.

Forskningsområder

Mine forskningsinteresser spænder vidt indenfor infektionsepidemiologi og folkesundhed, herunder epidemikontrol, sygdomsovervågning, betydning af antibiotikaresistens for folkesundheden, zoonoser, fødevarebårne sygdomme, international sundhed samt vaccinologi.

Udvalgte publikationer (2020-2021) 

  1. Bediako-Bowan A, Owusu E, Debrah S, Kjerulf A, Newman MJ, Kurtzhals JAL, Mølbak K. Surveillance of surgical site infection in a teaching hospital in Ghana: a prospective cohort study. J Hosp Infect. 2020 Mar;104(3):321-327. doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2020.01.004
  2. Ohland J, Warren-Gash C, Blackburn R, Mølbak K, Valentiner-Branth P, Nielsen J, Emborg HD. Acute myocardial infarctions and stroke triggered by laboratory-confirmed respiratory infections in Denmark, 2010 to 2016. Euro Surveill. 2020 Apr;25(17):1900199. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.17.1900199
  3. Bediako-Bowan AAA, Mølbak K, Kurtzhals JAL, Owusu E, Debrah S, Newman MJ. Risk factors for surgical site infections in abdominal surgeries in Ghana: emphasis on the impact of operating rooms door openings. Epidemiol Infect. 2020 Jul 1;148:e147. doi: 10.1017/S0950268820001454
  4. Vestergaard LS, Nielsen J, Richter L, Schmid D, Bustos N, Braeye T, Denissov G, Veideman T, Luomala O, Möttönen T, Fouillet A, Caserio-Schönemann C, An der Heiden M, Uphoff H, Lytras T, Gkolfinopoulou K, Paldy A, Domegan L, O'Donnell J, De' Donato F, Noccioli F, Hoffmann P, Velez T, England K, van Asten L, White RA, Tønnessen R, da Silva SP, Rodrigues AP, Larrauri A, Delgado-Sanz C, Farah A, Galanis I, Junker C, Perisa D, Sinnathamby M, Andrews N, O'Doherty M, Marquess DF, Kennedy S, Olsen SJ, Pebody R; ECDC Public Health Emergency Team for COVID-19, Krause TG, Mølbak K. Excess all-cause mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe - preliminary pooled estimates from the EuroMOMO network, March to April 2020. Euro Surveill. 2020 Jul;25(26):2001214. doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.26.2001214
  5. Krogsgaard LW, Helmuth IG, Bech BH, Plana-Ripoll O, Lützen TH, Vestergaard HT, Bjerre KD, Thomsen RW, Mølbak K, Rytter D. Are unexplained adverse health events following HPV vaccination associated with infectious mononucleosis? – A Danish nationwide matched case-control study. Vaccine. 2020 Jul 31;38(35):5678-5684. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.06.057
  6. Vestergaard LS, Mølbak K. Timely monitoring of total mortality associated with COVID-19: informing public health and the public. Euro Surveill. 2020 Aug;25(34):2001591. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.34.2001591
  7. Hviid A, Thorsen NM, Valentiner-Branth P, Frisch M, Mølbak K. Association between quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccination and selected syndromes with autonomic dysfunction in Danish females: population based, self-controlled, case series analysis. BMJ. 2020 Sep 2;370:m2930. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m2930
  8. Reilev M, Kristensen KB, Pottegård A, Lund LC, Hallas J, Ernst MT, Christiansen CF, Sørensen HT, Johansen NB, Brun NC, Voldstedlund M, Støvring H, Thomsen MK, Christensen S, Gubbels S, Krause TG, Mølbak K, Thomsen RW. Characteristics and predictors of hospitalization and death in the first 11 122 cases with a positive RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 in Denmark: a nationwide cohort. Int J Epidemiol. 2020 Oct 1;49(5):1468-1481. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyaa140
  9. Pedersen OB, Nissen J, Dinh KM, Schwinn M, Kaspersen KA, Boldsen JK, Didriksen M, Dowsett J, Sørensen E, Thørner LW, Larsen MAH, Grum-Schwensen B, Sækmose S, Paulsen IW, Frisk NLS, Brodersen T, Vestergaard LS, Rostgaard K, Mølbak K, Skov RL, Erikstrup C, Ullum H, Hjalgrim H. SARS-CoV-2 infection fatality rate among elderly retired Danish blood donors - A cross-sectional study. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Oct 26:ciaa1627. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1627
  10. Grandjean P, Timmermann CAG, Kruse M, Nielsen F, Vinholt PJ, Boding L, Heilmann C, Mølbak K. Severity of COVID-19 at elevated exposure to perfluorinated alkylates. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2020 Oct 26:2020.10.22.20217562. doi: 10.1101/2020.10.22.20217562. Update in: PLoS One. 2020 Dec 31;15(12):e0244815
  11. Holten Møller C, Andersson M, Rhod Larsen A, Petersen A, Mølbak K, Koch A. Risk of hospitalization and death within 2 years after methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) diagnosis in persons colonized or infected with livestock and non-livestock-associated MRSA-A nationwide register-based cohort study. Zoonoses Public Health. 2020 Nov;67(7):814-822. doi: 10.1111/zph.12765
  12. McGough SF, MacFadden DR, Hattab MW, Mølbak K, Santillana M. Rates of increase of antibiotic resistance and ambient temperature in Europe: a cross-national analysis of 28 countries between 2000 and 2016. Euro Surveill. 2020 Nov;25(45):1900414. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.45.1900414. Erratum in:Euro Surveill. 2020 Nov;25(46)
  13. Bediako-Bowan AAA, Kurtzhals JAL, Mølbak K, Labi AK, Owusu E, Newman MJ. High rates of multi-drug resistant gram-negative organisms associated with surgical site infections in a teaching hospital in Ghana. BMC Infect Dis. 2020 Nov 25;20(1):890. doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-05631-1
  14. Braae UC, Møller FT, Ibsen R, Ethelberg S, Kjellberg J, Mølbak K. The Economic Burden of <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> in Denmark: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Front Public Health. 2020 Nov 26;8:562957. Doi:10.3389/fpubh.2020.562957
  15. Grandjean P, Timmermann CAG, Kruse M, Nielsen F, Vinholt PJ, Boding L, Heilmann C, Mølbak K. Severity of COVID-19 at elevated exposure to perfluorinated alkylates. PLoS One. 2020 Dec 31;15(12):e0244815. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0244815
  16. Nørgaard SK, Vestergaard LS, Nielsen J, Richter L, Schmid D, Bustos N, Braye T, Athanasiadou M, Lytras T, Denissov G, Veideman T, Luomala O, Möttönen T, Fouillet A, Caserio-Schönemann C, An der Heiden M, Uphoff H, Gkolfinopoulou K, Bobvos J, Paldy A, Rotem N, Kornilenko I, Domegan L, O'Donnell J, Donato F, Scortichini M, Hoffmann P, Velez T, England K, Calleja N, van Asten L,
  17. Stoeldraijer L, White RA, Paulsen TH, da Silva SP, Rodrigues AP, Klepac P, Zaletel M, Fafangel M, Larrauri A, León I, Farah A, Galanis I, Junker C, Perisa D, Sinnathamby M, Andrews N, O'Doherty MG, Irwin D, Kennedy S, McMenamin J, Adlhoch C, Bundle N, Penttinen P, Pukkila J, Pebody R, Krause TG, Mølbak K. Real-time monitoring shows substantial excess all-cause mortality during second wave of COVID-19 in Europe, October to December 2020. Euro Surveill. 2021 Jan;26(2):2002023. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.1.2002023
  18. Erikstrup C, Hother CE, Pedersen OBV, Mølbak K, Skov RL, Holm DK, Sækmose SG, Nilsson AC, Brooks PT, Boldsen JK, Mikkelsen C, Gybel-Brask M, Sørensen E, Dinh KM, Mikkelsen S, Møller BK, Haunstrup T, Harritshøj L, Jensen BA, Hjalgrim H, Lillevang ST, Ullum H. Estimation of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Fatality Rate by Real-time Antibody Screening of Blood Donors. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Jan 27;72(2):249-253. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa849
  19. Larsen HD, Fonager J, Lomholt FK, Dalby T, Benedetti G, Kristensen B, Urth TR, Rasmussen M, Lassaunière R, Rasmussen TB, Strandbygaard B, Lohse L, Chaine M, Møller KL, Berthelsen AN, Nørgaard SK, Sönksen UW, Boklund AE, Hammer AS, Belsham GJ, Krause TG, Mortensen S, Bøtner A, Fomsgaard A, Mølbak K. Preliminary report of an outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in mink and mink farmers associated with community spread, Denmark, June to November 2020. Euro Surveill. 2021 Feb;26(5):2100009. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.5.210009
  20. Vestergaard LS, Nørgaard SK, Nielsen J, Krause TG, Mølbak K. Authors' response: Excess all-cause mortality during second wave of COVID-19 - the Polish perspective. Euro Surveill. 2021 Feb;26(7):2100191. doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.7.2100191
  21. Hansen CH, Michlmayr D, Gubbels SM, Mølbak K, Ethelberg S. Assessment of protection against reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 among 4 million PCR-tested individuals in Denmark in 2020: a population-level observational study. Lancet. 2021 Mar 27;397(10280):1204-1212. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00575-4
  22. Hviid A, Thorsen NM, Thomsen LN, Møller FT, Wiwe A, Frisch M, Valentiner-Branth P, Rytter D, Mølbak K. Human papillomavirus vaccination and all-cause morbidity in adolescent girls: a cohort study of absence from school due to illness. Int J Epidemiol. 2021 May 17;50(2):518-526. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab003
  23. Inghammar M, Svanström H, Voldstedlund M, Melbye M, Hviid A, Mølbak K, Pasternak B. Proton-Pump Inhibitor Use and the Risk of Community-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Jun 15;72(12):e1084-e1089. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1857
  24. Bager P, Wohlfahrt J, Fonager J, Rasmussen M, Albertsen M, Michaelsen TY, Møller CH, Ethelberg S, Legarth R, Button MSF, Gubbels S, Voldstedlund M, Mølbak K, Skov RL, Fomsgaard A, Krause TG; Danish Covid-19 Genome Consortium. Risk of hospitalisation associated with infection with SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in Denmark: an observational cohort study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2021 Jun 22:S1473-3099(21)00290-5. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00290-5
  25. Lassaunière R, Fonager J, Rasmussen M, Frische A, Polacek C, Rasmussen TB, Lohse L, Belsham GJ, Underwood A, Winckelmann AA, Bollerup S, Bukh J, Weis N, Sækmose SG, Aagaard B, Alfaro-Núñez A, Mølbak K, Bøtner A, Fomsgaard A. In vitro Characterization of Fitness and Convalescent Antibody Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Cluster 5 Variant Emerging in Mink at Danish Farms. Front Microbiol. 2021 Jun 25;12:698944. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.698944
  26. Schønning K, Dessau RB, Jensen TG, Thorsen NM, Wiuff C, Nielsen L, Gubbels S, Denwood M, Thygesen UH, Christensen LE, Møller CH, Møller JK, Ellermann-Eriksen S, Østergaard C, Lam JUH, Abushalleeh N, Meaidi M, Olsen S, Mølbak K, Voldstedlund M. Electronic reporting of diagnostic laboratory test results from all healthcare sectors is a cornerstone of national preparedness and control of COVID-19 in Denmark. APMIS. 2021 Jul;129(7):438-451. doi: 10.1111/apm.13140

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