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Avdeling for mikrobiologi og smittevern
Universitetssykehuset Nord-Norge, Tromsø
Tore Lier er ph.d., spesialist i medisinsk mikrobiologi, overlege og leder for Nasjonal referansefunksjon for serologisk parasittdiagnostikk.
Articles by Tore Lier
Multimorbid woman in her sixties with abdominal pain and dark stools
- Ingeborg Langåsdalen,
- Karl Erik Müller,
- Steen Villumsen,
- Tore Lier,
- Frank Olav Dahler Pettersen
02.02.2026:
A woman was admitted to hospital on repeated occasions with various medical issues. The underlying cause turned out to be a potentially life-threatening complication of a disease that is likely to be underdiagnosed in Norway. A woman in her sixties was admitted to hospital as an emergency with...
Correction: Alveolar echinococcosis
- Mogens Jensenius,
- Kristine Mørch,
- Sheraz Yaqub,
- Dag Seeger Halvorsen,
- Henrik Mikael Reims,
- Ida Gabriella Björk,
- Bård Ingvald Røsok,
- Gunnar Oltmanns,
- Kirsti Helbak,
- Øivind Øines,
- Tore Lier
17.09.2024:
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen 2024; 144. doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.24.0121 In Tidsskriftet no. 10/2024 the author information on page 815 should say: Øivind Øines, senior researcher. We apologise for the error, which has been corrected online.
Alveolar echinococcosis
- Mogens Jensenius,
- Kristine Mørch,
- Sheraz Yaqub,
- Dag Seeger Halvorsen,
- Henrik Mikael Reims,
- Ida Gabriella Björk,
- Bård Ingvald Røsok,
- Gunnar Oltmanns,
- Kirsti Helbak,
- Øivind Øines,
- Tore Lier
09.09.2024:
Alveolar echinococcosis is a much-feared parasitic zoonosis caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus multilocularis. Mainland Norway is free from infection, but alveolar echinococcosis is, on rare occasions, imported from endemic regions. Those infected develop slow-growing, multicystic tumours...
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...
Schistosomiasis in Norwegian students after travel to Africa
- Trygve Kristiansen,
- Frank Olav Pettersen,
- Tore Lier,
- Sven Gudmund Hinderaker,
- Gottfried Greve,
- Kristine Mørch
15.02.2021:
Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma (1). The six main species that cause disease in humans are S. haematobium, S. mansoni, S. japonicum, S. intercalatum, S. guineensis and S. mekongi. Humans become infected through contact with freshwater containing...