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Vivian Kjelland

Vivian Kjelland

Associate Professor

Associate professor

Department of Natural Sciences >

 

+47 38 14 22 47

+47 932 04 562

Office:
J1061 ( Universitetsveien 25, Kristiansand )

Educational background:

University pedagogy (UniPed), University of Agder

Educational theory and practice (PPU), Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Ph.D., molecular biology and gene technology, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science

Cand. Scient., molecular biology and gene technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Academic interests

Academic interests lie within molecular biology and gene technology, ticks, tick-borne pathogens and tick-borne human and animal diseases, as well as human anatomy and physiology, and teaching- and learning techniques to raise student achivement. 

 

Current courses

Currently teaching or co-teaching the following courses at UiA:

BIO104, Human Physiology and Anatomy

BIO406, Scientific Writing and Communication

BIO300-1, Bachelor’s Thesis, Biology

ML-312-1, Bachelor’s Thesis, Biomedical Laboratory Science

ML-302-1, Medical Microbiology

Projects

Participates in several research projects with emphasis on ticks and tick-borne pathogens. One of the projects is ScandTick Innovation: www.scandtick.com.

 

Networks

2015 -   : ScandTick Innovation (role: project managment). ScandTick Innovation (STI) (www.scandtick.com) is a project supported by the EU programme Interreg Öresund-Kattegat-Skagerrak. STI is a collaborative project between Norway, Sweden and Denmark. The project aims to reduce the number of tick borne disease cases through the joint efforts of specialists in veterinary medicine, ecology, molecular biology, microbiology, medicine, health economy and environmental modelling.   

2014 -   : National Advisory Unit for tick-borne diseases (NKFS) (role: member of the regional and the national reference group)

2012 – 2014: ScandTick (role: project management): ScandTick was an Interreg IV A project in the Øresund, Kattegat and Skagerrak (ØKS) region, and was a collaborative project between Norway, Sweden and Denmark. The background for the project was the increasing problems related to ticks and tick-borne diseases in the Scandinavian countries, especially within the ØKS-region.

2012 -   : ESGBOR (role: member of planning group): ESGBOR is a European network for researchers, and a study group under «the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases» (ESCMID). ESGBOR consists of two subgroups; «Ecological risk and prevention» and «Diagnostics and treatment».

2011 -   : NorTick (role: member of the organizing committee): NorTick is a Norwegian network for researchers covering all aspects of ticks and tick-borne pathogens and diseases.

 

 

Scientific publications

  • Lamsal, Alaka; Edgar, Kristin Skarsfjord; Jenkins, Andrew; Renssen, Hans; Kjær, Lene Jung; Alfsnes, Kristian; Bastakoti, Srijana; Dieseth, Malene Strøm; Klitgaard, Kirstine; Lindstedt, Heidi Elisabeth Heggen; Paulsen, Katrine Mørk; Vikse, Rose; Korslund, Lars; Kjelland, Vivian; Stuen, Snorre; Kjellander, Petter; Christensson, Madeleine; Teräväinen, Malin; Jensen, Laura Mark; Regmi, Manoj; Giri, Dhiraj; Marsteen, Leif; Bødker, René; Soleng, Arnulf; Andreassen, Åshild Kristine (2023). Prevalence of tick-borne encephalitis virus in questing Ixodes ricinus nymphs in southern Scandinavia and the possible influence of meteorological factors. Zoonoses and Public Health. ISSN: 1863-1959. 70 (6). s 473 - 484. doi:10.1111/zph.13049.
  • Kjelland, Vivian; Stamberg, Paul; Andreassen, Åshild Kristine; Kloster, Hanne; Vikse, Rose; Csango, Peter A. (2021). Borrelia spp. i skogflått samlet fra katter og hunder i Norge. Norsk veterinærtidsskrift. ISSN: 0332-5741. 5s 284 - 289.
  • Kjær, Lene Jung; Klitgaard, Kristine; Soleng, Arnulf; Edgar, Kristin Skarsfjord; Lindstedt, Heidi Elisabeth Heggen; Paulsen, Katrine Mørk; Andreassen, Åshild Kristine; Korslund, Lars; Kjelland, Vivian; Slettan, Audun; Stuen, Snorre; Kjellander, Petter; Christensson, Madeleine; Teräväinen, Malin; Baum, Andreas; Jensen, Laura Mark; Bødker, Rene (2020). Spatial data of Ixodes ricinus instar abundance and nymph pathogen prevalence, Scandinavia, 2016–2017. Scientific Data. ISSN: 2052-4463. 7doi:10.1038/s41597-020-00579-y.
  • Kjær, Lene Jung; Klitgaard, Kirstine; Soleng, Arnulf; Edgar, Kristin Skarsfjord; Lindstedt, Heidi Elisabeth Heggen; Paulsen, Katrine Mørk; Andreassen, Åshild Kristine; Korslund, Lars; Kjelland, Vivian; Slettan, Audun; Stuen, Snorre; Kjellander, Petter; Christensson, Madeleine; Teräväinen, Malin; Baum, Andreas; Jensen, Laura Mark; Bødker, René (2020). Spatial patterns of pathogen prevalence in questing Ixodes ricinus nymphs in southern Scandinavia, 2016. Scientific Reports. ISSN: 2045-2322. 10s 1 - 14. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-76334-5.
  • Pedersen, Benedikte Nevjen; Jenkins, Andrew; Kjelland, Vivian (2020). Tick-borne pathogens in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected from migratory birds in southern Norway. PLOS ONE. ISSN: 1932-6203. 15 (4). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0230579.
  • Jenkins, Andrew; Raasok, Cecilie; Pedersen, Benedikte Nevjen; Jensen, Kristine; Andreassen, Åshild Kristine; Soleng, Arnulf; Edgar, Kristin Skarsfjord; Lindstedt, Heidi Elisabeth H.; Kjelland, Vivian; Stuen, Snorre; Hvidsten, Dag; Kristiansen, Bjørn Erik (2019). Detection of Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis in Norway up to the northern limit of Ixodes ricinus distribution using a novel real time PCR test targeting the groEL gene. BMC Microbiology. ISSN: 1471-2180. 19doi:10.1186/s12866-019-1502-y.
  • Kjær, Lene Jung; Soleng, Arnulf; Edgar, Kristin Skarsfjord; Lindstedt, Heidi Elisabeth H.; Paulsen, Katrine Mørk; Andreassen, Åshild Kristine; Korslund, Lars; Kjelland, Vivian; Slettan, Audun; Stuen, Snorre; Kjellander, Petter; Christensson, Madeleine; Teräväinen, Malin; Baum, Andreas; Klitgaard, Kirstine; Bødker, René (2019). Predicting and mapping human risk of exposure to ixodes ricinus nymphs using climatic and environmental data, Denmark, Norway and Sweden, 2016. Eurosurveillance. ISSN: 1025-496X. 24 (9). doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.9.1800101.
  • Jung Kjær, Lene; Soleng, Arnulf; Edgar, Kristin Skarsfjord; Lindstedt, Heidi Elisabeth Heggen; Paulsen, Katrine Mørk; Andreassen, Åshild Kristine; Korslund, Lars; Kjelland, Vivian; Slettan, Audun; Stuen, Snorre; Kjellander, Petter; Christensson, Madeleine; Teräväinen, Malin; Baum, Andreas; Klitgaard, Kirstine; Bødker, René (2019). Predicting the spatial abundance of Ixodes ricinus ticks in southern Scandinavia using environmental and climatic data. Scientific Reports. ISSN: 2045-2322. 9 (1). doi:10.1038/s41598-019-54496-1.
  • Kjelland, Vivian; Paulsen, Katrine Mørk; Rollum, Rikke; Jenkins, Andrew; Stuen, Snorre; Soleng, Arnulf; Edgar, Kristin Skarsfjord; Lindstedt, Heidi Elisabeth H.; Vainio, Kirsti; Gibory, Moustafa; Andreassen, Åshild Kristine (2018). Tick-borne encephalitis virus, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Borrelia miyamotoi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected from recreational islands in southern Norway. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. ISSN: 1877-959X. 9 (5). s 1098 - 1102. doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.04.005.
  • Quarsten, Hanne; Grankvist, Anna; Høyvoll, Liv Ragnhild; Myre, Ingvild Bakken; Skarpaas, Tone; Kjelland, Vivian; Wenneras, Christine; Noraas, Sølvi (2017). Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato detected in the blood of Norwegian patients with erythema migrans. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. ISSN: 1877-959X. 8 (5). s 715 - 720. doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2017.05.004.
  • Forselv, Kristine Johanne Nordstrøm; Lorentzen, Åslaug Rudjord; Ljøstad, Unn; Mygland, Åse; Eikeland, Randi; Kjelland, Vivian; Noraas, Sølvi; Quarsten, Hanne (2017). Does more favourable handling of the cerebrospinal fluid increase the diagnostic sensitivity of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato-specific PCR in Lyme neuroborreliosis?. Infectious Diseases. ISSN: 2374-4235. 50 (4). s 297 - 302. doi:10.1080/23744235.2017.1399315.
  • Lager, Malin; Faller, Maximilian; Wilhelmsson, Peter; Kjelland, Vivian; Andreassen, Åshild Kristine; Dargis, Rimtas; Quarsten, Hanne; Dessau, Ram; Fingerie, Volker; Margos, Gabriele; Noraas, Sølvi; Ornstein, Katharina; Petersson, Ann-Cathrine; Matussek, Andreas; Lindgren, Per-Eric; Henningsson, Anna J (2017). Molecular detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato - An analytical comparison of real-time PCR protocols from five different Scandinavian laboratories. PLOS ONE. ISSN: 1932-6203. 12:e0185434 (9). s 1 - 17. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0185434.
  • Aase, Audun; Hajdusek, Ondrej; Øines, Øivind; Quarsten, Hanne; Wilhelmsson, Peter; Herstad, Tove Karin; Kjelland, Vivian; Sima, Radek; Jalovecka, Marie; Lindgren, Per-Eric; Aaberge, Ingeborg Sundsvalen (2016). Validate or falsify: Lessons learned from a microscopy method claimed to be useful for detecting Borrelia and Babesia organisms in human blood. Infectious Diseases. ISSN: 2374-4235. 48 (6). s 411 - 419. doi:10.3109/23744235.2016.1144931.
  • Kjelland, Vivian; Rollum, Rikke; Korslund, Lars; Slettan, Audun; Tveitnes, Dag (2015). Borrelia miyamotoi is widespread in Ixodes ricinus ticks in southern Norway. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. ISSN: 1877-959X. 6 (4). s 516 - 521. doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.04.004.
  • Quarsten, Hanne; Skarpaas, Tone; Fajs, Luka; Noraas, Sølvi; Kjelland, Vivian (2015). Tick-borne bacteria in Ixodes ricinus collected in southern Norway evaluated by a commercial kit and established real-time PCR protocols. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. ISSN: 1877-959X. 6 (4). s 538 - 544. doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.04.008.
  • Haugeberg, Glenn; Hansen, Inger Johanne Widding; Skarpaas, Tone; Noraas, Sølvi; Kjelland, Vivian (2014). Lyme arthritis in Southern Norway - an endemic area for Lyme Borreliosis. BMC Infectious Diseases. ISSN: 1471-2334. 14 (1). doi:10.1186/1471-2334-14-185.
  • Kjelland, Vivian; Ytrehus, Bjørnar; Vikøren, Turid; Stuen, Snorre; Skarpaas, Tone; Slettan, Audun (2011). Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato detected in skin of Norwegian mountain hares (Lepus timidus) without signs of dissemination. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. ISSN: 0090-3558. 47 (2). s 293 - 299. doi:10.7589/0090-3558-47.2.293.
  • Kjelland, Vivian; Ytrehus, Bjørnar; Stuen, Snorre; Skarpaas, Tone; Slettan, Audun (2011). Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected from moose (Alces alces) and roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in southern Norway. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. ISSN: 1877-959X. 2s 99 - 103. doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2010.12.002.
  • Kjelland, Vivian; Stuen, Snorre; Skarpaas, Tone; Slettan, Audun (2010). Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected from migratory birds in Southern Norway. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica (AVS). ISSN: 0044-605X. 52doi:10.1186/1751-0147-52-59.
  • Kjelland, Vivian; Stuen, Snorre; Skarpaas, Tone; Slettan, Audun (2010). Prevalence and genotypes of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato infection in Ixodes ricinus ticks in southern Norway. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. ISSN: 0036-5548. 42 (8). s 579 - 585. doi:10.3109/00365541003716526.
  • Kjelland, Vivian (2023). Studer smartere - studieteknikker som faktisk virker!. ISBN: 9788202766016. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. s 150.
  • Kjelland, Vivian; Korslund, Lars; Slettan, Audun (2014). Fakta om flått. ISBN: 978-82-489-1414-3. Kagge Forlag AS. s 126.
  • Grindaker, Eirik; Odden, Ingvill; Kjelland, Vivian (2024). Akademisk viten: Studieteknikker del 3: Ulike veier til gode resultater.
  • Grindaker, Eirik; Odden, Ingvill; Kjelland, Vivian (2024). Akademisk viten: Studieteknikker del 2: Gode studieteknikker.
  • Grindaker, Eirik; Odden, Ingvill; Kjelland, Vivian (2024). Akademisk viten: Studieteknikker del 1: Målsetning og motivasjon som studieteknikk.
  • Kjelland, Vivian (2024). Høysesongen er i gang: -Ikke bli kjemperedd. De fleste blir ikke syke..
  • Kjelland, Vivian (2024). Studer smartere - studieteknikker som faktisk virker!.
  • Kjelland, Vivian (2024). Studer smartere - studieteknikker som faktisk virker!.
  • Kjelland, Vivian (2024). Studer smartere - studieteknikker som faktisk virker!.
  • Kjelland, Vivian (2024). Studer smartere - studieteknikker som faktisk virker!.
  • Kjelland, Vivian (2024). Studer smartere - studieteknikker som faktisk virker!.
  • Kjelland, Vivian (2023). Ny forsking overraskar: – Me hugsar meir av å lytta enn å notera.

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