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Henrik Ullum is affiliated with Statens Serum Institut in Denmark. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a focus on Infectious Diseases, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Epidemiology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to several topics, notably:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Blood donation and transfusion practices
  • Migraine and Headache Studies

Henrik Ullum's recent publications include:

  • "Risk of COVID-19 in health-care workers in Denmark: an observational cohort study" (2020) published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "The sequences of 150,119 genomes in the UK Biobank" (2022) published in Nature
  • "Effectiveness of Adding a Mask Recommendation to Other Public Health Measures to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Danish Mask Wearers" (2020) published in Annals of Internal Medicine
  • "Genome-wide analysis of 102,084 migraine cases identifies 123 risk loci and subtype-specific risk alleles" (2022) published in Nature Genetics
  • "Risk of hospitalisation associated with infection with SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant versus delta variant in Denmark: an observational cohort study" (2022) published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Frequent coauthors in Henrik Ullum's collaborations include:

  • Ole Birger Pedersen
  • Christian Erikstrup
  • Sisse Rye Ostrowski
  • Erik Sørensen
  • Karina Banasik

Their publications are often featured in prominent scientific venues, with multiple works appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Genetics
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Transfusion

Henrik Ullum's research contains a strong emphasis on epidemiological and genetic studies related to infectious diseases and other health concerns such as migraines. Their work on SARS-CoV-2 includes investigations into infection risks in healthcare workers, public health measures such as mask usage, and comparative analysis of virus variants.

Best Publications

  • Multiple sclerosis genomic map implicates peripheral immune cells and microglia in susceptibility

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  • Risk of COVID-19 in health-care workers in Denmark: an observational cohort study.

    Kasper Iversen;Henning Bundgaard;Rasmus B Hasselbalch;Jonas H Kristensen

  • NK cell response to physical activity: possible mechanisms of action

    Bente Klarlund Pedersen;Henrik Ullum

  • Effectiveness of Adding a Mask Recommendation to Other Public Health Measures to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Danish Mask Wearers : A Randomized Controlled Trial.

    Henning Bundgaard;Johan Skov Bundgaard;Daniel Emil Tadeusz Raaschou-Pedersen;Christian von Buchwald

  • Effects of CCR5-Delta32, CCR2-64I, and SDF-1 3'A alleles on HIV-1 disease progression: An international meta-analysis of individual-patient data

    J. P.A. Ioannidis;P. S. Rosenberg;J. J. Goedert;L. J. Ashton

  • Risk of hospitalisation associated with infection with SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant versus delta variant in Denmark: an observational cohort study

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  • Bicycle exercise enhances plasma IL-6 but does not change IL-1 alpha, IL-1 beta, IL-6, or TNF-alpha pre-mRNA in BMNC

    H. Ullum;P. M. Haahr;M. Diamant;J. Palmo

  • International survey on NAT testing of blood donations: expanding implementation and yield from 1999 to 2009.

    W. K. Roth;M. P. Busch;A. Schuller;S. Ismay

  • Exercise-induced immunomodulation--possible roles of neuroendocrine and metabolic factors.

    B K Pedersen;H Bruunsgaard;M Klokker;M Kappel

  • Serum level of soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor is a strong and independent predictor of survival in human immunodeficiency virus infection.

    Nicolai Sidenius;Cornelis F. M. Sier;Henrik Ullum;Bente Klarlund Pedersen

  • Defective natural immunity: an early manifestation of human immunodeficiency virus infection.

    H Ullum;P C Gøtzsche;J Victor;E Dickmeiss

  • Infectivity of blood products from donors with occult hepatitis B virus infection

    Jean-Pierre Allain;Ivanka Mihaljevic;Maria Isabel Gonzalez-Fraile;Knut Gubbe

  • Large-scale study of Toxoplasma and Cytomegalovirus shows an association between infection and serious psychiatric disorders

    Kristoffer Sølvsten Burgdorf;Betina B. Trabjerg;Marianne Giørtz Pedersen;Janna Nissen

  • Duration of red blood cell storage and survival of transfused patients (CME).

    Gustaf Edgren;Mads Kamper-Jørgensen;Sandra Eloranta;Klaus Rostgaard

  • Production of β-Chemokines in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Evidence that High Levels of Macrophage Inflammatory Protein-1β Are Associated with a Decreased Risk of HIV Disease Progression

    Henrik Ullum;Alessandro Cozzi Lepri;Jette Victor;Hassan Aladdin

  • Estimation of SARS-CoV-2 infection fatality rate by real-time antibody screening of blood donors.

    Christian Erikstrup;Christian Erikstrup;Christoffer Egeberg Hother;Ole Birger Vestager Pedersen;Kåre Mølbak

  • Schistosomiasis and HIV-1 Infection in Rural Zimbabwe: Effect of Treatment of Schistosomiasis on CD4 Cell Count and Plasma HIV-1 RNA Load

    Per Kallestrup;Rutendo Zinyama;Exnevia Gomo;Anthony E. Butterworth;Anthony E. Butterworth

  • Risk of reinfection, vaccine protection, and severity of infection with the BA.5 omicron subvariant: a nation-wide population-based study in Denmark

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  • Predictors of iron levels in 14,737 Danish blood donors: results from the Danish Blood Donor Study

    Andreas Stribolt Rigas;Cecilie Juul Sørensen;Ole Birger Pedersen;Mikkel Steen Petersen

  • Primary Epstein-Barr virus infection with and without infectious mononucleosis.

    Klaus Rostgaard;Henry H. Balfour;Ruth Jarrett;Christian Erikstrup

  • Conflicting selective forces affect T cell receptor contacts in an immunodominant human immunodeficiency virus epitope

    Iversen Akn.;G Stewart-Jones;G H Learn;N Christie

  • Prevalence and prognostic significance of infection with TT virus in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus.

    Jens Kaae Christensen;Jesper Eugen-Olsen;Marie Sørensen;Henrik Ullum

  • Obesity and risk of infection: results from the Danish Blood Donor Study.

    Kathrine Agergård Kaspersen;Ole Birger Pedersen;Mikkel Steen Petersen;Henrik Hjalgrim

  • A randomized trial of an early measles vaccine at 4½ months of age in Guinea-Bissau: sex-differential immunological effects.

    Kristoffer Jarlov Jensen;Mia Søndergaard;Andreas Andersen;Erliyani Sartono

Frequent Co-Authors

Henrik Hjalgrim
Henrik Hjalgrim Statens Serum Institut
Jan Gerstoft
Jan Gerstoft Rigshospitalet
Bente Klarlund Pedersen
Bente Klarlund Pedersen University of Copenhagen
Thomas Hansen
Thomas Hansen Copenhagen University Hospital
Thomas Werge
Thomas Werge University of Copenhagen
Peter Skinhøj
Peter Skinhøj Copenhagen University Hospital
Mads Melbye
Mads Melbye University of Copenhagen
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Søren Brunak
Søren Brunak University of Copenhagen
Thomas Benfield
Thomas Benfield Copenhagen University Hospital

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