Maria Wessman

Forskningsområder

Infektionsepidemiologi. Seksuelt overførte infektioner, herunder hiv og gonorré. Har tidligere klinisk erfaring og ph.d. i infektionsmedicin fra Københavns universitet.

PubMed link

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=maria+wessman

Ansvarsområder

Sektionsleder i sektion for blod- og seksuelt overførte infektioner og digitalisering af sygdomsovervågningen i afdeling for infektionsepidemiologi og forebyggelse. Nationalt ansvarlig for overvågningen af hiv, gonorré, syfilis, hepatitis b, hepatitis c, tuberkulose, lepra samt for gravidscreeningen og bloddonorscreeningen. Nationalt ansvarlig for rådgivning omkring rabies-eksposition. Ansvarlig for driften af den danske hivkohorte.

Publikationer

Epidemic of parvovirus B19 and disease severity in pregnant people, Denmark, January to March 2024
Nordholm AC, Trier Møller F, Fischer Ravn S, Flink Sørensen L, Moltke-Prehn A, Elskær Mollerup J, Funk T, Sperling L, Jeyaratnam U, Træholt Franck K, Hjort-Pedersen K, Hjørnet Kamper C, Thoft Nielsen R, Jokelainen P, Wessman M. Euro Surveill. 2024 Jun;29(24):2400299. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.24.2400299. PMID: 38873795 Free PMC article.

Gonorrhoea on the rise in Denmark since 2022: distinct clones drive increase in heterosexual individuals
Pedersen TR, Wessman M, Lindegaard M, Hallstrøm S, Westergaard C, Brock I, Dzajic E, Holmgaard DB, Jensen CS, Justesen US, Kornum JB, Søndergaard TS, Thomsen MK, Westh H, Østergaard C, Hoffmann S, Stegger M. Euro Surveill. 2024 Feb;29(7):2400059. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.7.2400059. PMID: 38362625 Free PMC article.

Increasing prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus infection and low linkage to care in Denmark on 31 December 2016 – an update based on nationwide registers
Bollerup S, Wessman M, Hansen JF, Nielsen S, Hay G, Cowan S, Krarup H, Omland L, Jepsen P, Weis N, Christensen PB.Infect Dis (Lond). 2023 Jan;55(1):17-26. doi: 10.1080/23744235.2022.2125065. Epub 2022 Oct 11.PMID: 36221255

Prevalence of low bone mineral density among people living with HIV
Katzenstein TL, Wessman M, Moseholm E, Sandholdt HE, Eg Hansen A-B, Lebech A-M, Jørgensen NR, Weis N. Cogent Medicine. 2021 April; 8 (1). https://doi.org/10.1080/2331205X.2021.1920667

Syphilitic hepatitis and neurosyphilis: an observational study of Danish HIV-infected individuals during a 13-year period
Salado-Rasmussen K, Wessman M, Cowan SA, Gerstoft J, Katzenstein TL. Sex Transm Infect. 2019 Sep;95(6):416-418. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2018-053921. Epub 2019 Mar 28. PMID: 30923165

Anti-müllerian hormone levels are reduced in women living with human immunodeficiency virus compared to control women: a case-control study from Copenhagen, Denmark
Wessman M, Korsholm AS, Bentzen JG, Andersen AN, Ahlström MG, Katzenstein TL, Weis N.
J Virus Erad. 2018 Apr 1;4(2):123-127. PMID: 29682306 Free PMC article.