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17 December 2019
Statens Serum Institut is successful to obtain rights for the production and sale of antibodies.
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20 November 2019
The decline is seen mainly among men who have sex with men and who have become infected in Denmark
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20 November 2019
Due to the current whooping cough epidemic, the Danish Minister of Health has decided to introduce a temporary free vaccination offer of vaccination against whooping cough for pregnant women in their 3rd trimester. The vaccination offer comes into fo...
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30 October 2019
The results of the world’s largest population study of sexuality and sexual health are published on Monday.
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24 October 2019
The Lundbeck Foundation grants in total 100 million DKK from the programme “Ascending Investigators’ to support 20 researchers.
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23 October 2019
The Danish National Research Foundation has invited SSI for contract negotiations to establish a new, unique research center. The purpose of the center is to optimize the prevention and treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases.
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8 October 2019
Recent numbers from Statens Serum Institut (SSI) reveal that slightly more persons had chlamydia detected in 2018 than in 2017. This is due, in part, to the fact that slightly more people were tested in 2018 than the previous year, but the positive r...
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7 October 2019
SSI has developed a new test for diagnosing TB (C-Tb). The test can identify the large number of people around the world who are infected with TB and at risk of developing active disease. SSI has now entered into a partnership with Serum Institute of...
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4 October 2019
Statens Serum Institut (SSI) and an international consortium of scientists receive a major grant from the EDCTP. The funding will be used to test three promising malaria vaccines in four countries in Africa.
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23 September 2019
When a pregnant woman is vaccinated against influenza, the vaccine protects both her and her child from the disease.
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20 September 2019
A mouse study by SSI suggests that a class of pain-relieving drugs, such as ibuprofen, may exacerbate respiratory tuberculosis (TB) infections by affecting the immune system. It is now being investigated whether this is also the case in humans.
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20 September 2019
The number of notified tuberculosis (TB) cases remained in line with the level recorded in 2017. So far, it seems that the level will also remain unchanged in 2019, according to new figures from Statens Serum Institut (SSI).
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16 September 2019
The number of gonorrhea cases in Denmark has followed an increasing trend for a number of years, but has not increased since 2017. In 2018, a total of 3,251 gonorrhoea cases were recorded.
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13 September 2019
Through a research collaboration between Institute of Biology at University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Naturama and Statens Serum Institut, scientists have discovered, that Danish hedgehogs carry mecC-MRSA in their snouts.
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11 September 2019
A new Danish article in Eurosurveillance focuses on the challenges of combatting VRE bacteria at Danish hospitals, as subtypes of VRE are spreading across and within hospitals. One type is especially difficult to diagnose.
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6 September 2019
After nearly 18 years with an increasing trend, the number of syphilis cases among men who have sex with men decreased in 2018, while the rate stagnated for heterosexuals.
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2 September 2019
Large genetic study reveals new insights into pregnancy duration and the timing of delivery.
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15 August 2019
A woman’s risk of endometrial cancer is reduced regardless of whether her pregnancy ends shortly after conception or lasts 40 weeks. This is the discovery of a new study by researchers from Statens Serum Institut.
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13 August 2019
Statens Serum Institut has developed a new vaccine against Chlamydia. The first human tests show very promising results.
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4 July 2019
Senior Researcher Heather Boyd from Statens Serum Institut (SSI) has received almost 9.5 million kroner for a research project on the risks of heart and kidney disease in women who have had preeclampsia.
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26 June 2019
A new study from Statens Serum Institut (SSI) shows that vasectomised men have a 15% higher risk of developing prostate cancer.
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25 June 2019
Statens Serum Institut (SSI) has studied the degree of under-reporting of the 5-year vaccination in the Danish Vaccination Register (DVR), and the causes of missing registration/vaccination with vaccine among children living in the Municipality of Co...
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15 May 2019
A new study from Statistics Denmark and Statens Serum Institut reveals that nearly half of all Danish school children attend schools where 90-100% of the pupils have been vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella. Even so, relatively few schools ...
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15 May 2019
Overall, all vaccinations in the Danish childhood vaccination programme improved in terms of coverage in 2018 or remained at par with the levels observed in 2017. Additionally, a strong increase was observed in HPV vaccination among girls who turned ...
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15 May 2019
The level of laboratory-confirmed whooping cough observed in 2018 was very similar to the level recorded before and after the 2016 epidemic. More were tested and fewer tested positive.
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4 April 2019
To spread the word about the unique research opportunities in the Danish National Biobank, and help inspire future collaborations, we are now launching a podcast that invites listeners inside, right next to some of the research collaborations ta...
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11 March 2019
As from 18 March 2019, the Pentavac vaccine will be introduced as a new primary vaccine in the childhood vaccination programme. Pentavac is equivalent to the previously used primary vaccine DiTeKiPol/Hib from AJ Vaccines A/S (previously an SSI vaccin...
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11 March 2019
On Tuesday, Statens Serum Institut (SSI) published the results of a research study which denies any claims of association between the MMR vaccine and autism. The results were later mentioned in the media all over the world, and the article is the mos...
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4 March 2019
A study by researchers from Statens Serum Institut (SSI) once again invalidates the claim that the MMR vaccine increases children’s risk of developing autism. The study results are timely because Europe is currently witnessing a tripling of mea...
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15 February 2019
In a new study, research scientists from all around the world – including Statens Serum Institut (SSI) – have found 124 variants of genes that are often seen in people who are willing to take risks.
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8 February 2019
Compared with previous years, both 2017 and 2018 saw an increase in the number of patients who became infected by leptospira bacteria, which cause a rare but serious condition.
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7 February 2019
Statens Serum Institut reports on infections in 2018
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18 January 2019
DiTeKiPol/Hib to be replaced by Pentavac starting in March.