- E-mailKurt.Hanevik@uib.no
- Phone+47 55 97 30 79
- Visitor AddressHaukeland universitetssykehus, Laboratoriebygget
- Postal AddressPostboks 78045020 Bergen
Medical doctor and specialist in infectious diseases. Interest and experience in international humanitarian aid and global health. PhD research into long term sequels after Giardia infection. Involved in research on Giardia and Cryptosporidium diagnostics, epidemiology and immunology. Coordinating a human ETEC challenge model and characterizing immune responses against ETEC.
Web: Bergen Giardia Research Group - http://bgrg.uib.no
January 2019: Giardiasis Linked With Prolonged Alteration of Lymphocytes in Duodenal Mucosa, Clinical Advisor
Februar 2018: De lar seg frivillig smitte med E.coli - Nettsak NRK
Februar 2018: Menneskemodell for testing av ETEC vaksine - NRK dagsrevyen 21
November 2017: Studenter pådro seg diare frivillig - StudVest
August 2014: Giardia infections related to IBS, fatigue 6 years later – Healio Infectious Disease News
August 2014: Giardia infection may lead to persistent IBS, chronic fatigue – Healthy Living magazine
August 2014: Halvparten av Giardia-syke plages seks år etter - Bergens Tidende
Januar 2012: PhD grad - pressemelding
Januar 2012: Giardia parasitten stresser immunforsvaret - Bergens Tidende
Januar 2008: Fikk kronisk mageinfeksjon etter Giardia-smitte – Aftenposten
Januar 2008: Fekk kronisk mageinfeksjon - NRK-Hordaland
Mars 2007: Giardia-parasitten gav irritabel tarm - Dagens Medisin
Main publications
Sakkestad ST, Steinsland H, Skrede S, Lillebø K, Skutlaberg DH, Guttormsen AB, Zavialov A, Paavilainen S, Søyland H, Sævik M, Heien AR, Tellevik MG, Barry E, Langeland N, Sommerfelt H, Hanevik K. A new human challenge model for testing heat-stable toxin-based vaccine candidates for enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli diarrhea - dose optimization, clinical outcomes, and CD4+ T cell responses. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 Oct 30;13(10):e0007823.
Sakkestad ST, Skavland J, Hanevik K. Whole blood preservation methods alter chemokine receptor detection in mass cytometry experiments. J Immunol Methods. 2019 Oct 17:112673
Zangenberg M, Johansen ØH, Abdissa A, Eshetu B, Kurtzhals JAL, Friis H, Sommerfelt H, Langeland N, Hanevik K. Prolonged and persistent diarrhoea is not restricted to children with acute malnutrition: an observational study in Ethiopia. Trop Med Int Health. 2019 Jul 20
Dizdar V, Hausken T, Larum OD, Gilja OH, Langeland N, Hanevik K. Prolonged duodenal mucosal lymphocyte alterations in patients with and without post infectious functional gastrointestinal disorders after Giardia infection. J Infect Dis. 2018 Nov 30
Hanevik K, Kristoffersen E, Mørch K, Rye KP, Sørnes S, Svärd S, Bruserud Ø, Langeland N. Giardia-specific cellular immune responses in post-giardiasis chronic fatigue syndrome. BMC Immunol. 2017 Jan 28;18(1):5.
Hjøllo T, Bratland E, Steinsland H, Radunovic M, Langeland N, Hanevik K. Longitudinal cohort study of serum antibody responses towards Giardia lamblia variant-specific surface proteins in a non-endemic area. Exp Parasitol. 2018 Jun 14.
Saghaug CS, Sørnes S, Peirasmaki D, Svärd S, Langeland N, Hanevik K. Human Memory CD4+ T Cell Immune Responses against Giardia lamblia. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2015 Sep 16;23(1):11-8.
Tellevik MG, Moyo SJ, Blomberg B, Hjøllo T, Maselle SY, Langeland N, Hanevik K. Prevalence of Cryptosporidium parvum/hominis, Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia lamblia among Young Children with and without Diarrhea in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Oct 9;9(10):e0004125.
Hanevik K, Bakken R, Brattbakk HR, Saghaug CS, Langeland N. Whole genome sequencing of clinical isolates of Giardia lamblia. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015 Feb;21(2):192.e1-3.
Hanevik K, Wensaas KA, Rortveit G, Eide GE, Mørch K, Langeland N. Irritable bowel syndrome and chronic fatigue six years after Giardia infection: a controlled prospective cohort study. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Nov 15;59(10):1394-400.
Haanshuus CG, Mohn SC, Mørch K, Langeland N, Blomberg B, Hanevik K. A novel, single-amplification PCR targeting mitochondrial genome highly sensitive and specific in diagnosing malaria among returned travellers in Bergen, Norway. Malar J. 2013 Jan 22;12:26.
- 2020. Giardiasis treatment: an update with a focus on refractory disease. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. 355-364.
More information in national current research information system (CRIStin)
GIFF - Giardia lamblia indcued chronic fatigue syndrome and functional gastrointestinal disorders - biomarkers, risik factors and effects of intervention
GSI - Metronidazole resistant Giardia infection and Giardia immune responses in humans
ETECvac - Experimental infection of volunteers with heat-stable toxin (ST)-only producing enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)
GENIEUR- pan-Europeisk interdisiplinært nettverk for å identifiserte genetiske faktorer som bidrar til utvikling av irritabel tarm syndrom
Euro-FBP - European Network for Foodborne Parasites
Combo Shigella-ETEC vaccine - collaboration with prof Eileen Barry at Center for Vaccine development, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA