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Knud Poulsen is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily within Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The scientist's work includes notable subfields such as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Insect Science, Biomedical Engineering, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Epidemiology.

Their research topics cover areas including Insect Pheromone Research and Control, Streptococcal Infections and Treatments, Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Neonatal and Maternal Infections, Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections, as well as Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior.

Knud Poulsen has contributed to several publications, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Klas Rydhmer
  • Emily Bick
  • Laurence Still
  • Alfred Strand
  • Rubens Monteiro Luciano

The scientist's recent papers include:

  • "Automating insect monitoring using unsupervised near-infrared sensors", 2022, Scientific Reports
  • "Neonatal invasive disease caused by Streptococcus agalactiae in Europe: the DEVANI multi-center study", 2022, Infection
  • "Automating insect monitoring using unsupervised near-infrared sensors", 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Model-based capacity assessment of centralisation strategies in urban water infrastructures", 2025, SSRN Electronic Journal

Knud Poulsen publishes regularly in the following venues:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Infection
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • A second serine protease associated with mannan-binding lectin that activates complement

    Steffen Thiel;Thomas Vorup-Jensen;Cordula M. Stover;Wilhelm Schwaeble

  • Risk of aggressive periodontitis in adolescent carriers of the JP2 clone of Aggregatibacter (Actinobacillus) actinomycetemcomitans in Morocco: a prospective longitudinal cohort study

    Dorte Haubek;Oum-Keltoum Ennibi;Knud Poulsen;Michael Væth

  • Biological significance of IgA1 proteases in bacterial colonization and pathogenesis: critical evaluation of experimental evidence*

    Mogens Kilian;Jesper Reinholdt;Hans Lomholt;Knud Poulsen

  • Evolution of Streptococcus pneumoniae and its close commensal relatives.

    Mogens Kilian;Knud Poulsen;Trinelise Blomqvist;Leiv S. Håvarstein

  • Distinct pathways of mannan-binding lectin (MBL)- and C1-complex autoactivation revealed by reconstitution of MBL with recombinant MBL-associated serine protease-2.

    Thomas Vorup-Jensen;Steen V. Petersen;Annette G. Hansen;Knud Poulsen

  • Highly toxic clone of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans in geographically widespread cases of juvenile periodontitis in adolescents of African origin.

    D Haubek;K Poulsen;J Westergaard;G Dahlèn

  • Racial tropism of a highly toxic clone of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans associated with juvenile periodontitis

    Dorte Haubek;Joseph M. Dirienzo;Eduardo M.B. Tinoco;Jytte Westergaard

  • Epidemic Population Structure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Evidence for a Clone That Is Pathogenic to the Eye and That Has a Distinct Combination of Virulence Factors

    Jeanet A. Lomholt;Knud Poulsen;Mogens Kilian

  • Emergence and Global Dissemination of Host-Specific Streptococcus agalactiae Clones

    Uffe B. Skov Sørensen;Knud Poulsen;Claudia Ghezzo;Immaculada Margarit

  • Evidence for absence in northern Europe of especially virulent clonal types of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans.

    D Haubek;K Poulsen;S Asikainen;M Kilian

  • Early-onset Periodontitis in Morocco is Associated with the Highly Leukotoxic Clone of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

    D. Haubek;O.-K. Ennibi;K. Poulsen;S. Poulsen

  • The etiology of periodontal disease revisited by population genetic analysis.

    Mogens Kilian;Ellen V. G. Frandsen;Dorte Haubek;Knud Poulsen

  • Population structure of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans: a framework for studies of disease-associated properties

    Knud Poulsen;Else Theilade;Edward T. Lally;Donald R. Demuth

  • IgA nephropathy and Henoch-Schoenlein purpura nephritis: aberrant glycosylation of IgA1, formation of IgA1-containing immune complexes, and activation of mesangial cells.

    Jan Novak;Zina Moldoveanu;Matthew B Renfrow;Takeshi Yanagihara

  • Cloning and sequencing of the immunoglobulin A1 protease gene (iga) of Haemophilus influenzae serotype b.

    K Poulsen;J Brandt;J P Hjorth;H C Thøgersen

  • Microevolution and patterns of dissemination of the JP2 clone of Aggregatibacter (Actinobacillus) actinomycetemcomitans

    Dorte Haubek;Knud Poulsen;Mogens Kilian

  • Resident aerobic microbiota of the adult human nasal cavity.

    T. Tang Rasmussen;L. P. Kirkeby;K. Poulsen;J. Reinholdt

  • Reactivities of N-acetylgalactosamine-specific lectins with human IgA1 proteins

    Jennifer S. Moore;Rose Kulhavy;Milan Tomana;Zina Moldoveanu

  • Clustered O-Glycans of IgA1 DEFINING MACRO- AND MICROHETEROGENEITY BY USE OF ELECTRON CAPTURE/TRANSFER DISSOCIATION

    Kazuo Takahashi;Stephanie B. Wall;Hitoshi Suzuki;Hitoshi Suzuki;Archer D. Smith

  • A comprehensive genetic study of streptococcal immunoglobulin A1 proteases: evidence for recombination within and between species.

    Knud Poulsen;Jesper Reinholdt;Christina Jespersgaard;Kit Boye

Frequent Co-Authors

Mogens Kilian
Mogens Kilian Aarhus University
Bruce A. Julian
Bruce A. Julian University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jiri Mestecky
Jiri Mestecky University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jan Novak
Jan Novak University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jan Potempa
Jan Potempa University of Louisville
Wilhelm J. Schwaeble
Wilhelm J. Schwaeble University of Leicester
Zina Moldoveanu
Zina Moldoveanu University of Alabama at Birmingham
Eija Könönen
Eija Könönen University of Turku
Steffen Thiel
Steffen Thiel Aarhus University
Hervé Tettelin
Hervé Tettelin University of Maryland, Baltimore

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