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Birgitta Henriques-Normark

Birgitta Henriques-Normark

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Microbiology

D-Index
69
Citations
16087
World Ranking
2062
National Ranking
37

Overview

Birgitta Henriques-Normark is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology. Their scientific work focuses on subfields such as Epidemiology, Microbiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main research topics covered by Henriques-Normark include:

  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria

Henriques-Normark's recent scholarly publications include:

  • "Changes in the incidence of invasive disease due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Neisseria meningitidis during the COVID-19 pandemic in 26 countries and territories in the Invasive Respiratory Infection Surveillance Initiative: a prospective analysis of surveillance data" (2021, The Lancet Digital Health)
  • "Serotype Replacement after Introduction of 10-Valent and 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines in 10 Countries, Europe" (2021, Emerging Infectious Diseases)
  • "Trends in invasive bacterial diseases during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic: analyses of prospective surveillance data from 30 countries and territories in the IRIS Consortium" (2023, The Lancet Digital Health)
  • "Key considerations on the potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on antimicrobial resistance research and surveillance" (2021, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
  • "Virus-Induced Changes of the Respiratory Tract Environment Promote Secondary Infections With Streptococcus pneumoniae" (2021, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Staffan Normark
  • Eva Morfeldt
  • Mary Corcoran
  • Tine Dalby
  • Jana Kozáková

Henriques-Normark has published multiple articles in several scientific journals, with notable frequency in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • The Lancet Digital Health
  • mBio

Best Publications

  • An Endonuclease Allows Streptococcus pneumoniae to Escape from Neutrophil Extracellular Traps

    Katharina Beiter;Florian Wartha;Barbara Albiger;Staffan Normark

  • Bacterial adhesins in host-microbe interactions.

    Kimberly A. Kline;Kimberly A. Kline;Stefan Fälker;Sofia Dahlberg;Staffan Normark

  • A pneumococcal pilus influences virulence and host inflammatory responses

    M A Barocchi;J Ries;X Zogaj;C Hemsley

  • The Pneumococcus: Epidemiology, Microbiology, and Pathogenesis

    Birgitta Henriques-Normark;Elaine I. Tuomanen

  • Epidemiology of Severe Streptococcus pyogenes Disease in Europe

    Theresa L. Lamagni;Jessica Darenberg;Bogdan Luca-Harari;Tuula Siljander

  • Changes in the incidence of invasive disease due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Neisseria meningitidis during the COVID-19 pandemic in 26 countries and territories in the Invasive Respiratory Infection Surveillance Initiative: a prospective analysis of surveillance data.

    Angela B. Brueggemann;Melissa J. Jansen van Rensburg;David Shaw;Noel D. McCarthy

  • Capsule and D-alanylated lipoteichoic acids protect Streptococcus pneumoniae against neutrophil extracellular traps

    Florian Wartha;Katharina Beiter;Barbara Albiger;Jenny Fernebro

  • Secreted enteric antimicrobial activity localises to the mucus surface layer

    Ulf Meyer-Hoffert;Mathias W Hornef;Birgitta Henriques-Normark;Lars-Göran Axelsson

  • Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics of Severe Streptococcus pyogenes Disease in Europe

    Bogdan Luca-Harari;Jessica Darenberg;Shona Neal;Tuula Siljander

  • Discovery of a novel class of highly conserved vaccine antigens using genomic scale antigenic fingerprinting of pneumococcus with human antibodies.

    Carmen Giefing;Andreas L. Meinke;Markus Hanner;Tamás Henics

  • Evolutionary pathway to increased virulence and epidemic group A Streptococcus disease derived from 3,615 genome sequences.

    Waleed Nasser;Stephen B. Beres;Randall J. Olsen;Melissa A. Dean

  • Neutrophil extracellular traps: casting the NET over pathogenesis.

    Florian Wartha;Katharina Beiter;Staffan Normark;Birgitta Henriques-Normark

  • Toll-like receptor 9 acts at an early stage in host defence against pneumococcal infection

    Barbara Albiger;Sofia Dahlberg;Andreas Sandgren;Florian Wartha

  • Clinical Efficacy of Polyspecific Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy in Patients With Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome: A Comparative Observational Study

    Anna Linnér;Jessica Darenberg;Jan Sjölin;Birgitta Henriques-Normark

  • A small-molecule inhibitor of type III secretion inhibits different stages of the infectious cycle of Chlamydia trachomatis

    Sandra Muschiol;Leslie Bailey;Åsa Gylfe;Charlotta Sundin

  • Role of the innate immune system in host defence against bacterial infections: focus on the Toll-like receptors.

    Barbara Albiger;S Dahlberg;B Henriques-Normark;S Normark

  • RrgA is a pilus-associated adhesin in Streptococcus pneumoniae.

    A. L. Nelson;J. Ries;F. Bagnoli;S. Dahlberg

  • ETosis: A Novel Cell Death Pathway

    Florian Wartha;Birgitta Henriques-Normark

  • Clinical Utility of PCR for Common Viruses in Acute Respiratory Illness

    Samuel Rhedin;Ann Lindstrand;Maria Rotzén-Östlund;Thomas Tolfvenstam

  • Serotype Replacement after Introduction of 10-Valent and 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines in 10 Countries, Europe

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  • Developmental switch of intestinal antimicrobial peptide expression.

    Sandrine Ménard;Sandrine Ménard;Valentina Förster;Michael Lotz;Michael Lotz;Dominique Gütle;Dominique Gütle

Frequent Co-Authors

Staffan Normark
Staffan Normark Karolinska Institute
Mathias W. Hornef
Mathias W. Hornef RWTH Aachen University
Herman Goossens
Herman Goossens University of Antwerp
Michael G. Caparon
Michael G. Caparon Washington University in St. Louis
Scott J. Hultgren
Scott J. Hultgren Washington University in St. Louis
Kjell Hultenby
Kjell Hultenby Karolinska Institute
Dmitri I. Svergun
Dmitri I. Svergun European Bioinformatics Institute
Jan-Willem Veening
Jan-Willem Veening University of Lausanne
Per-Åke Nygren
Per-Åke Nygren Royal Institute of Technology
Rino Rappuoli
Rino Rappuoli Imperial College London

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