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and Ingileif Jonsdottir. Immunization of mice with pneum-

ococcal conjugate vaccines induces carrier-specific T cells

that provide comparable help to carrier-specific and

polysaccharide-specific B cells. 33rd SSI Meeting, 24-28

May 2002, Bergen, Norway, Scand. J. Immunol. April 2002. 

Håvard Jakobsen, Stefania Bjarnarson, Giuseppe Del Giudice,

Monique Moreau, Claire-Anne Siegrist, and Ingileif Jons-

dottir. Intranasal immunization with pneumococcal

conjugate vaccines, PncTT, and LT-K63, rapidly induces pro-

tective immunity against lethal pneumococcal infections in

neonatal mice. 3rd ISPPD, Anchorage, Alaska, 5-9th May 2002.

S. T. Sigurdardottir, K. G. Kristinsson, G. Ingolfsdottir, T. Gudna-

son, K. Davidsdottir, S. Kjartansson, M. Yaich, and I. Jons-

dottir. Nasopharyngeal carriage of vaccine serotypes is

more common in children who respond poorly to the 11-

valent pneumococcal conjugate (Pnc). 3rd ISPPD,

Anchorage, Alaska, 5-9th May 2002.

I. Jonsdottir, V. D. Sigurdsson, S. Th. Sigurdardottir, D. Schulz

and H. Jakobsen. Pneumococcal polysaccharide tetanus

toxoid conjugate vaccine of serotype 19F induces cross-

protective antibodies to serotype 19A. Presented at the 3rd

International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneum-

ococcal Diseases, Anchorage, Alaska, May 5-9, 2002.

Bjarnarson SP, I Jónsdóttir, M Clausen, Á Pálsdóttir, I Ágústs-

dóttir, Th Árnadóttir, G Wennergren, Á Haraldsson, S Krist-

jánsson. Inflammatory Responses in Respiratory Syncytial

Virus Infection in Infants; Cytokines, Chemokines,

Eosinopilic Cationic Protein and Eosinophil-derived

Neurotoxin AAAAI, Denver, March 2002. 

Sigurveig Th. Sigurdardottir, Gunnhildur Ingolfsdottir, Ingileif

Jonsdottir and Thordur Thorkelsson Pneumococcal anti-

bodies in relation to two invasive serotype 33F infections

and vaccinations with 23-valent pneumococcal poly-

saccharide and pneumococcal protein conjugate vaccine in a

patient with asplenia. 10th meeting of The European Society

of Immunodeficiencies, Weimar, Germany, Oct. 17-20. 2002. 

STh Sigurdardottir, Th Gudnason, K Davidsdottir, S Kjartansson,

KG Kristinsson, M Yaich, I Jonsdottir. pneumococcal

conjugate vaccine reduces otitis media and antibiotic use in

children between 18 and 24 months. 3rd World Congress on

Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Santiago, Chile, Nov. 19-23,

2002.

H. Sigmundsdóttir, J. E. Gudjónsson, I. Jónsdóttir and H. Valdi-

marsson. Superantigen induce CLA expression by

lymphocytes incubated in medium with fetal calf serum but

not human serum, even when enriched with IL-12.

Psoriasis: From Gene to Clinic Third International Congress.

The Royal College of Physicians, London, UK. 21-23 Nov-

ember, 2002. British Journal of Dermatology, 147: 1047-

1078, 2002.

Margrét Y. Richter, Håvard Jakobsen, Alda Birgisdóttir, Jean-

François Haeuw, Ultan F. Power, Giuseppe del Giudice and

Ingileif Jonsdottir. Immunization of female mice with

conjugate vaccines protects the offsprings against

encapsulated bacteria. Protection of Newborns through

Maternal Immunization, 8.-11. December 2002, Les

Pensières, Annecy, France.

Håvard Jakobsen, Solveig Hannesdottir, Stefania P. Bjarnarson,

Emmanuelle Trannoy, Giuseppe Del Giudice, Claire-Anne

Siegrist and Ingileif Jonsdottir. Age-dependent T-cell

responses to pneumococcal conjugate vaccines: A weak

and Th2-biased response in neonates can be circumvented

by the adjuvant LT-K63. 3rd Plenary Meeting of Neovac-EC,

Antibes, 11-13th September 2002.

Håvard Jakobsen, Brenda C. Adarna, Giuseppe Del Giudice,

Emmanuelle Trannoy, Claire-Anne Siegrist and Ingileif

Jonsdottir. Effect of immunization routes and adjuvants on

the immunogenicity of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in

neonatal mice. 3rd Plenary Meeting of Neovac-EC, Antibes,

11-13th September 2002.

Stefania P. Bjarnarson, Håvard Jakobsen, Giuseppe Del Giudice,

Emmanuelle Trannoy, Claire-Anne Siegrist and Ingileif

Jonsdottir. Generation of pneumococcal polysaccharide

specific memory B cells in infant and neonatal mice imm-

unized with conjugate vaccine. 3rd Plenary Meeting of

Neovac-EC, Antibes, 11-13th September 2002.

Sýkla- og veirufræði

Karl G. Kristinsson prófessor

Greinar í ritrýndum fræðiritum

Miragaia M, Couto I, Pereira SF, Kristinsson KG, Westh H, Jarlov

JO, Carrico J, Almeida J, Santos-Sanches I, de Lencastre H.

Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant

Staphylococcus epidermidis clones: evidence of geographic

dissemination. J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Feb;40(2):430-8.

Sa-Leao R, Vilhelmsson SE, de Lencastre H, Kristinsson KG,

Tomasz A. Diversity of penicillin-nonsusceptible

Streptococcus pneumoniae circulating in Iceland after the

introduction of penicillin-resistant clone Spain(6B)-2. J

Infect Dis. 2002 Oct 1;186(7):966-75.

Sigurdardottir ST, Ingolfsdottir G, Davidsdottir K, Gudnason Th,

Kjartansson S, Kristinsson KG, Bailleux F, Leroy O, Jons-

dottir I. Immune response to octavalent diphtheria- and

tetanus-conjugated pneumococcal vaccines is serotyp- and

carrier-specific: the choice for a mixec carrier vaccine. Ped-

iatr Infect Dis J. 2002 Jun;21(6):548-54.

Arason VA, Gunnlaugsson A, Sigurdsson JA, Erlendsdottir H,

Gudmundsson S, Kristinsson KG. Clonal Spread of

Resistant Pneumococci Despite Diminished Antimicrobial

Use. Microbial Drug Resistance. 2002 Fall;8(3):187-92.

Arason VA, Sigurdsson JA, Kristinsson KG, Gudmundsson S.

Tympanostomy tube placements, sociodemographic factors

and parental expectations for management of acute otitis

media in Iceland. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2002 Dec;21(12):1110-

5.

Hjaltested EK, Gudmundsdottir S, Jonsdottir K, Kristinsson KG,

Steingrimsson O, Kristjansson M. Listeriosis in Iceland,

1978-2000: a description of cases and molecular

epidemiology. Scand J Infect Dis. 2002;34(10):735-41.

Fyrirlestrar

Gottfredsson M, Erlendsdottir H, Hardardottir H, Kristinsson KG.

Invasive meningococcal disease in Iceland, epidemiology

1978-2001. XVth. Congress of the Assoc. of Icelandic

Physicians in Internal Medicine, Isafjordur, 7.-9. June 2002,

The Icelandic Medical Journal, Suppl. 44, 2002, abstract E-

46, p. 38-39.

Einarsdottir H, Erlendsdottir H, Kristinsson KG, Gottfredsson M.

Recurrent invasive pneumococcal disease in Iceland. [in

Icelandic] XVth. Congress of the Assoc. of Icelandic

Physicians in Internal Medicine, Isafjordur, 7.-9. June 2002,

The Icelandic Medical Journal, Suppl. 44, 2002, abstract E-

47, p. 39.

Gottfredsson M, Erlendsdottir H, Hardardottir H, Kristinsson KG.

Invasive meningococcal infections ? a nationwide

epidemiological study in Iceland 1975-2001. 42nd

Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and

Chemotherapy, San Diego, 27-30th Sept 2002, abstract L-

1592, page 361.

Loftvegasýkingar ? greining og nýjungar. Erindi á læknadögum,

Reykjavík 16. janúar 2002. 

Nýjar greiningaraðferðir í sýklafræði? Erindi á fundi Félags um

sýklafræði og smitsjúkdóma, Reykjavík, 9. janúar 2002.