Publications 2024

Garcia Gomez E, Igunza KA, Madewell ZJ, Akelo V, Onyango D, El Arifeen S, Gurley ES, Hossain MZ, Chowdhury MAI, Islam KM, Assefa N, Scott JAG, Madrid L, Tilahun Y, Orlien S, Kotloff KL, Tapia MD, Keita AM, Mehta A, Magaço A, Torres-Fernandez D, Nhacolo A, Bassat Q, Mandomando I, Ogbuanu I et al. (2024)
Identifying delays in healthcare seeking and provision: The Three Delays-in-Healthcare and mortality among infants and children aged 1-59 months
PLOS Glob Public Health, 4 (2), e0002494
DOI 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002494, PubMed 38329969

Ismael NY, Usmael SA, Belay NB, Mekonen HD, Johannessen A, Orlien SM (2024)
Chronic hepatitis B virus infection in Eastern Ethiopia: Clinical characteristics and determinants of cirrhosis
World J Hepatol, 16 (7), 995-1008
DOI 10.4254/wjh.v16.i7.995, PubMed 39086536

Minier N, Guingané AN, Okeke E, Sinkala E, Johannessen A, Andersson MI, Davwar P, Desalegn H, Duguru M, Fall F, Mboup S, Maponga T, Matthews PC, Ramírez Mena A, Ndow G, Orlien SMS, Riches N, Seydi M, Sonderup M, Spearman CW, Stockdale AJ, Taljaard J, Vinikoor M, Wandeler G, Lemoine M et al. (2024)
Development and evaluation of a simple treatment eligibility score (HEPSANET) to decentralise hepatitis B care in Africa: a cross-sectional study
Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol, 9 (4), 323-332
DOI 10.1016/S2468-1253(23)00449-1, PubMed 38367633

Publications 2023

Desalegn H, Orlien SMS, Aberra H, Mamo E, Grude S, Hommersand K, Berhe N, Gundersen SG, Johannessen A (2023)
Five-year results of a treatment program for chronic hepatitis B in Ethiopia
BMC Med, 21 (1), 373
DOI 10.1186/s12916-023-03082-4, PubMed 37775742

Madrid L, Alemu A, Seale AC, Oundo J, Tesfaye T, Marami D, Yigzaw H, Ibrahim A, Degefa K, Dufera T, Teklemariam Z, Gure T, Leulseged H, Wittmann S, Abayneh M, Fentaw S, Temesgen F, Yeshi MM, Dubale M, Girma Z, Ackley C, Damisse B, Breines M, Orlien SMS, Blau DM et al. (2023)
Causes of stillbirth and death among children younger than 5 years in eastern Hararghe, Ethiopia: a population-based post-mortem study
Lancet Glob Health, 11 (7), e1032-e1040
DOI 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00211-5, PubMed 37271163

Publications 2020

Orlien SMS, Ahmed TA, Ismael NY, Berhe Belay N, Kran AB, Gundersen SG, Johannessen A (2020)
Field performance of HBsAg rapid diagnostic tests in rural Ethiopia
J Virol Methods, 289, 114061
DOI 10.1016/j.jviromet.2020.114061, PubMed 33388369

Publications 2019

Orlien SMS, Berhe NB, Morgan MY, Johannessen A (2019)
Khat-related liver disease in sub-Saharan Africa: neglected, yet important
Lancet Glob Health, 7 (3), e310
DOI 10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30527-8, PubMed 30784630

Publications 2018

Orlien SMS, Ahmed TA, Ismael NY, Berhe N, Lauritzen T, Gundersen SG, Johannessen A (2018)
High Seroprevalence of Autoantibodies Typical of Autoimmune Liver Disease in Eastern Ethiopia: Is Chewing of Khat (Catha edulis) a Triggering Factor?
Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol, 2018, 4980597
DOI 10.1155/2018/4980597, PubMed 30675469

Orlien SMS, Ismael NY, Ahmed TA, Berhe N, Lauritzen T, Roald B, Goldin RD, Stene-Johansen K, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Gundersen SG, Morgan MY, Johannessen A (2018)
Unexplained chronic liver disease in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
BMC Gastroenterol, 18 (1), 27
DOI 10.1186/s12876-018-0755-5, PubMed 29439653

Orlien SMS, Sandven I, Berhe NB, Ismael NY, Ahmed TA, Stene-Johansen K, Gundersen SG, Morgan MY, Johannessen A (2018)
Khat chewing increases the risk for developing chronic liver disease: A hospital-based case-control study
Hepatology, 68 (1), 248-257
DOI 10.1002/hep.29809, PubMed 29369368