Steen Ethelberg

Senior researcher in the epidemiology of zoonotic infections.
Head of the Section of Food- and Waterborne and Zoonotic Infections.
Supervisor for the EPIET field epidemiology training for Denmark
Professor, Global Health Section, University of Copenhagen.

Research area

Research into the epidemiology of food- and waterborne and zoonotic infections. Our research aim to improve our understanding of how and to which degree these diseases are transmitted to people and cause outbreaks – with the overall aim of hopefully being able to devise ways to reduce the infection pressure. The methods are analyses of surveillance data, register data, questionnaire data, data from outbreaks in addition to geographical and microbiological data. We try to be active within most of the many diseases we work with – but with a particular focus on the very frequent (Campylobacter and Salmonella) and serious (Listeria and STEC). From 2019 also research into various aspects of COVID-19.

Pubmed link

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Ethelberg%2C+S%5BAuthor%5D&sort=date&size=100

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include:

• Analysis and dissemination of epidemiological surveillance data for foodborne and Zoonotic Infections
• To find and investigate disease outbreaks (foodborne outbreaks in particular)
• Danish supervisor of the European EPIET training programme, Focal Point for training towards ECDC
• Organise and perform research activities with the aim of improving the understanding of the epidemiology of Food- and Waterborne and Zoonotic Infections – with the aim of obtaining better prevention.
• Since the beginning of 2019, I’ve almost exclusively been working on COVID-19

5 Publications

Espenhain L, Tribler S, Sværke Jørgensen C, Holm Hansen C, Wolff Sönksen U & Ethelberg S: Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in Denmark: nationwide, population-based seroepidemiological study. 2021, European journal of Epidemiology, 36(7): 715-725. LINK

Munch PK, Espenhain L, Holm Hansen C, Müller L, Krause TG & Ethelberg S: Societal activities associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection – a case-control study in Denmark, November 2020. 2021, Epidemiology and Infection, In Press. LINK (as Preprint)

Bager P, Wohlfahrt J, Fonager J, Rasmussen M, Albertsen M, Michaelsen TY, The Danish Covid-19 Genome Consortium, Møller CH, Ethelberg S, Legarth R, Button MSF, Gubbels S, Voldstedlund M, Mølbak K, Skov RL, Fomsgaard A & Krause TG: Increased risk of hospitalisation associated with infection with SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in Denmark: An observational cohort study. 2021, Lancet Infectious Diseases, S1473-3099(21)00290-5. LINK

Hansen CH, Michlmayr D, Gubbels SM, Mølbak K & Ethelberg S: Assessment of protection against reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 among 4 million PCR-tested individuals in Denmark in 2020: a population-level observational study. 2021, The Lancet, 397(10280):1204-1212. LINK

Kuhn KG, Hvass AK, Christiansen AH, Ethelberg S & Cowan SC: Identification of sexual contact as a new risk factor for Campylobacter infection. 2021, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27(4):1133-1140. LINK.