Jørgen Kurtzhals

Jørgen Kurtzhals

Associate dean for education

  • Dean´s office

    Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 København N., 01 Bygning 1, Building: 01-2-15

    Phone: +4535326187Mobile: +4526290039

Member of:

  • DRUGS team


  1. 2017
  2. Published

    Binding of Plasmodium falciparum to CD36 can be shielded by the glycocalyx

    Hempel, C., Wang, Christian William, Kurtzhals, Jørgen & Staalsø, Trine, 10 May 2017, In: Malaria Journal. 16, 11 p., 193.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Dansk malariaforskning fra spæd begyndelse til international styrkeposition

    Jepsen, M. P. G., Jepsen, S., Kurtzhals, Jørgen & Hviid, Lars, 2017, In: Ugeskrift for Laeger. 179, 20, p. 866-869 V10160756.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Population pharmacokinetic characteristics of amikacin in suspected cases of neonatal sepsis in a low-resource African setting: A prospective nonrandomized single-site study

    Amponsah, S. K., Adjei, G. O., Enweronu-Laryea, C. C., Bugyei, K. A., Hadji-Popovski, K., Kurtzhals, Jørgen & Kristensen, K., 2017, In: Current Therapeutic Research. 84, p. e1-e6

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. 2016
  6. Published

    Glucagon-like peptide-1 analogue, liraglutide, in experimental cerebral malaria: implications for the role of oxidative stress in cerebral malaria

    Della Valle, B. W., Hempel, C., Staalsø, Trine, Johansen, F. F. & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, 24 Aug 2016, In: Malaria Journal. 15, 11 p., 427.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Endothelial glycocalyx: shedding light on malaria pathogenesis

    Hempel, C., Pasini, E. M. & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Jun 2016, In: Trends in Molecular Medicine. 22, 6, p. 453-457 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Editorial, launch of Parasite Epidemiology and Control

    Kurtzhals, Jørgen & Cowman, A. F., 1 Mar 2016, In: Parasite Epidemiology and Control. 1, 1, p. 1

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialResearch

  9. Published

    Orm i toilettet

    Hviid, Lars, Møller-Bisgaard, S. & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, 15 Feb 2016, In: Ugeskrift for Laeger. 178, 7, 1 p., V67428.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  10. Published

    Absence of Pneumocystis jirovecii colonization in human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals with and without airway obstruction and with undetectable viral load

    Ronit, A., Klitbo, D. M., Kildemoes, A. O., Benfield, Thomas, Gerstoft, Jan, Vestbo, J., Jensen, J. S., Kurtzhals, Jørgen & Nielsen, Susanne Dam, 2016, In: Open forum in Infectious Diseases. 3, 1, 4 p., ofw044.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. 2015
  12. Published

    New filtration system for efficient recovery of waterborne Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts

    Al-Sabi, M. N. S., Gad, J. A., Riber, U., Kurtzhals, Jørgen & Enemark, H. L., Sep 2015, In: Journal of Applied Microbiology. 119, 3, p. 894-903 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    An automated method for determining the cytoadhesion of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes to immobilized cells

    Hempel, C., Boisen, I. M., Efunshile, A., Kurtzhals, Jørgen & Staalsø, Trine, 2015, In: Malaria Journal. 14, 8 p., 112.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Epidemiological Study of the Association Between Malaria and Helminth Infections in Nigeria

    Efunshile, A. M., Olawale, T., Stensvold, C. R., Kurtzhals, Jørgen & König, B., 2015, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 92, 3, p. 578-82 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Kompendium i mikrobiologi og infektionsmedicin

    Høiby, N., Skinhøj, P., Andersen, Å. B., Andersen, Leif Percival, Arendrup, M. C., Christiansen, C. B., Ciofu, Oana, Gerstoft, Jan, Johansen, Helle Krogh, Kemp, M., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Nielsen, L. P., Lyngsøe Svejgaard, E., Theander, Thor Grundtvig & Thomsen, Allan Randrup, 2015, 1. ed. FADL's Forlag.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookEducation

  16. Published

    Molecular detection of the carriage rate of four intestinal protozoa with real-time polymerase chain reaction: Possible overdiagnosis of Entamoeba histolytica in Nigeria

    Efunshile, M. A., Ngwu, B. A. F., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Sahar, S., König, B. & Stensvold, C. R., 2015, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 93, 2, p. 257-62 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Polymorphisms in the Haem Oxygenase-1 promoter are not associated with severity of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Ghanaian children

    Hansson, Helle Smedegaard, Sørensen, L. M., Balle, C., Goka, B. Q., Luzon, E., Nkrumah, F. N., Schousboe, M. L., Rodrigues, O. P., Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Alifrangis, Michael & Hempel, C., 2015, In: Malaria Journal. 14, 9 p., 153.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. 2014
  19. Published

    Plasmodium falciparum avoids change in erythrocytic surface expression of phagocytosis markers during inhibition of nitric oxide synthase activity

    Hempel, C., Kohnke, H., Maretty, L., Jensen, Peter Østrup, Staalsø, Trine & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Nov 2014, In: Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 198, 1, p. 29-36 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    GLP-1 improves neuropathology after murine cold lesion brain trauma

    DellaValle, B., Hempel, C., Johansen, F. F. & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Sep 2014, In: Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 1, 9, p. 721-32 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis in the HIV population in Europe in the HAART era. Case report and literature review

    Martin-Iguacel, R., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Jouvion, G., Nielsen, S. D. & Llibre, J. M., Aug 2014, In: Infection: A Journal of Infectious Diseases. 42, 4, p. 611-20 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Individualisering af behandling af osteoartikulære infektioner hos børn kan afkorte behandlingsforløbet

    Kristensen, K., Andersen, J., Hansen, K. G., Hoffmann, T., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Nygaard, U. & Pedersen, F. K., 21 Jul 2014, In: Ugeskrift for Laeger. 176, 30

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Implementation of minimally invasive and objective humane endpoints in the study of murine Plasmodium infections

    Dellavalle, B., Kirchhoff, J., Maretty, L., Castberg, F. C. & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, 4 Jul 2014, In: Parasitology. 141, 12, p. 1621-1627 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Endothelial glycocalyx on brain endothelial cells is lost in experimental cerebral malaria

    Hempel, C., Hyttel, P. & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Jul 2014, In: Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism. 34, 7, p. 1107-10 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    A randomized trial of artesunate-amodiaquine versus artemether-lumefantrine in Ghanaian paediatric sickle cell and non-sickle cell disease patients with acute uncomplicated malaria

    Adjei, G. O., Goka, B. Q., Enweronu-Laryea, C. C., Rodrigues, O. P., Renner, L., Sulley, A. M., Alifrangis, Michael, Khalil, I. & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, 2014, In: Malaria Journal. 13, p. 369

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Effects of the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR-2) inhibitor SU5416 on in vitro cultures of Plasmodium falciparum

    Hempel, C., Hoyer, N., Staalsø, Trine & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, 2014, In: Malaria Journal. 13, 1, p. 201

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Systemic and cerebral vascular endothelial growth factor levels increase in murine cerebral malaria along with increased Calpain and caspase activity and can be reduced by erythropoietin treatment

    Hempel, C., Hoyer, N., Kildemoes, A., Jendresen, C. B. & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, 2014, In: Frontiers in Immunology. 5, p. 291

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. 2013
  29. Published

    Neonatal bloodstream infections in a pediatric hospital in Vietnam: A cohort study

    Kruse, Alexandra Yasmin Collin, Thieu Chuong, D. H., Phuong, C. N., Duc, T., Stensballe, Lone Graff, Prag, J., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Greisen, Gorm & Pedersen, F. K., Dec 2013, In: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. 59, 6, p. 483-8 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Outbreak of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Renal and Liver Transplant Patients Caused by Genotypically Distinct Strains of Pneumocystis jirovecii

    Rostved, A. A., Sassi, M., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Sørensen, Søren Schwartz, Rasmussen, A., Ross, C., Gogineni, E., Huber, C., Kutty, G., Kovacs, J. A. & Helweg-Larsen, J., 15 Nov 2013, In: Transplantation. 96, 9, p. 834-42 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    Human genetic polymorphisms in the Knops blood group are not associated with a protective advantage against Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Southern Ghana

    Hansson, Helle Smedegaard, Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Goka, B. Q., Rodriques, O. P., Nkrumah, F. N., Theander, Thor Grundtvig, Bygbjerg, Ib Christian & Alifrangis, Michael, 7 Nov 2013, In: Malaria Journal. 12, 1, p. 400

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    Brain mitochondrial function in a murine model of cerebral malaria and the therapeutic effects of rhEPO

    Karlsson, M., Hempel, C., Sjövall, F., Hansson, M. J., Kurtzhals, Jørgen & Elmér, E., 2013, In: International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 45, 1, p. 151-5 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Investigation of Hydrogen Sulfide Gas as a Treatment against P. falciparum, Murine Cerebral Malaria, and the Importance of Thiolation State in the Development of Cerebral Malaria

    Dellavalle, B., Staalsø, Trine, Kurtzhals, Jørgen & Hempel, C., 2013, In: P L o S One. 8, 3, p. e59271

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Reversible audiometric threshold changes in children with uncomplicated malaria

    Adjei, G. O., Goka, B. Q., Kitcher, E., Rodrigues, O. P., Badoe, E. & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, 2013, In: Journal of Tropical Medicine. 2013, p. 360540

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. 2012
  36. Published

    Electrocardiographic study in Ghanaian children with uncomplicated malaria, treated with artesunate-amodiaquine or artemether-lumefantrine

    Adjei, G. O., Oduro-Boatey, C., Rodrigues, O. P., Hoegberg, L. C., Alifrangis, Michael, Kurtzhals, Jørgen & Goka, B. Q., 2012, In: Malaria Journal. 11, p. 420

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Erythropoietin treatment alleviates ultrastructural myelin changes induced by murine cerebral malaria

    Hempel, C., Hyttel, P., Staalsø, Trine, Nyengaard, J. R. & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, 2012, In: Malaria Journal. 11, 1, p. 216

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Insights into deregulated TNF and IL-10 production in malaria: implications for understanding severe malarial anaemia

    Boeuf, P. S., Loizon, S., Awandare, G. A., Tetteh, J. K., Addae, M. M., Adjei, G. O., Goka, B., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Puijalon, O., Hviid, Lars, Akanmori, B. D. & Behr, C., 2012, In: Malaria Journal. 11, 1, p. 253

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Intravenous ferric carboxymaltose accelerates erythropoietic recovery from experimental malarial anemia

    Maretty, L., Sharp, R. E., Andersson, M. & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, 2012, In: Journal of Infectious Diseases. 205, 7, p. 1173-7 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. 2011
  41. Published

    CNS hypoxia is more pronounced in murine cerebral than noncerebral malaria and is reversed by erythropoietin

    Hempel, C., Combes, V., Hunt, N. H., Kurtzhals, Jørgen & Grau, G. E. R., 1 Oct 2011, In: American Journal of Pathology. 179, 4, p. 1939-50 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    Subconjunctival Dirofilaria repens Infestation: A Light and Scanning Electron Microscopy Study

    Melsom, H. A., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Qvortrup, Klaus, Bargum, R., Barfod, Toke Seierøe, la Cour, Morten & Heegaard, Steffen, 14 Apr 2011, In: Open Ophthalmology Journal. 5, p. 21-24 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    Plasmodium berghei ANKA: erythropoietin activates neural stem cells in an experimental cerebral malaria model

    Core, A., Hempel, C., Kurtzhals, Jørgen & Penkowa, M., 2011, In: Experimental Parasitology. 127, 2, p. 500-5 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Differential microRNA expression in experimental cerebral and noncerebral malaria

    El-Assaad, F., Hempel, C., Combes, V., Mitchell, A. J., Ball, H. J., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Hunt, N. H., Mathys, J. & Grau, G. E. R., 2011, In: Infection and Immunity. 79, 6, p. 2379-84 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    The effect of vitamin A supplementation and diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccination on parasitaemia in an experimental murine malaria model

    Jørgensen, M. J., Hein-Kristensen, L., Hempel, C., Ravn, H., Wiese, L., Kurtzhals, Jørgen & Benn, C. S., 2011, In: Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. Supplementum. 43, 4, p. 296-303 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  46. 2010
  47. Published

    Imported melioidosis in Danish travellers: a diagnostic challenge

    Badran, S., Pedersen, T. I., Roed, C., Lunding, S., Birk, N., Vestergaard, H., Røder, B., Lillelund, H. K., Kurtzhals, J., Kemp, M., Christensen, J. J., Badran, S., Pedersen, T. I., Roed, C., Lunding, S., Birk, N., Vestergaard, H. T., Røder, B., Lillelund, H. K., Kurtzhals, J. A. L. & 2 others, Kemp, M. & Christensen, J. J., 1 Jul 2010, In: Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 42, 6-7, p. 445-9 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    Artesunate plus amodiaquine combination - a review of the available evidence.

    Adjei, G. O., Kudzi, W., Dodoo, A. & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, 2010, In: Drug Development Research. 71, p. 33-43 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    In vivo expression of neuroglobin in reactive astrocytes during neuropathology in murine models of traumatic brain injury, cerebral malaria, and autoimmune encephalitis

    DellaValle, B., Hempel, C., Kurtzhals, Jørgen & Penkowa, M., 2010, In: Glia. 58, 10, p. 1220-7 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Retinopathy in severe malaria in Ghanaian children - overlap between fundus changes in cerebral and non-cerebral malaria

    Essuman, V. A., Ntim-Amponsah, C. T., Astrup, B. S., Adjei, G. O., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Ndanu, T. A. & Goka, B., 2010, In: Malaria Journal. 9, 1, p. 232

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  51. Published

    Simultaneous administration of vitamin A and DTP vaccine modulates the immune response in a murine cerebral malaria model

    Hein-Kristensen, L., Jørgensen, M. J., Ravn, H., Wiese, L., Kurtzhals, Jørgen & Benn, C. S., 2010, In: Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 72, 4, p. 302-8 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  52. 2009
  53. Published

    Amodiaquine-associated adverse effects after inadvertent overdose and after a standard therapeutic dose

    Adjei, G. O., Goka, B. Q., Rodrigues, O. P., Hoegberg, L. C. G., Alifrangis, Michael & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, 2009, In: Ghana Medical Journal. 43, 3, p. 135-8 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  54. Published

    Artemether-lumefantrine: an oral antimalarial for uncomplicated malaria in children

    Adjei, G. O., Goka, B. Q., Binka, F. & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, 2009, In: Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy. 7, 6, p. 669-81 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  55. Published

    In-depth validation of acridine orange staining for flow cytometric parasite and reticulocyte enumeration in an experimental model using Plasmodium berghei

    Hein-Kristensen, L., Wiese, L., Kurtzhals, Jørgen & Staalsoe, T., 2009, In: Experimental Parasitology. 123, 2, p. 152-7 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  56. Published

    Management of recurrent pacemaker-related bacteraemia with small colony variant Staphylococcus aureus in a haemodialysis patient

    Nielsen, X. C., Nielsen, F. T., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Moser, Claus Ernst, Christensen, J. J. E., Johansen, U. R. & Westh, H., 2009, In: BMJ Case Reports.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  57. Published

    Parents' perceptions, attitudes and acceptability of treatment of childhood malaria with artemisinin combination therapies in ghana

    Adjei, G. O., Darkwah, A. K., Goka, B. Q., Bart-Plange, C., Alifrangis, Michael, Kurtzhals, Jørgen & Rodrigues, O. P., 2009, In: Ghana Medical Journal. 43, 3, p. 99-106 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  58. Published

    Reproductive tract infections in women seeking abortion in Vietnam

    Nguyen, M. H., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Do, T. T. T. & Rasch, V., 2009, In: BMC Women's Health. 9, p. 1

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  59. 2008
  60. Published

    Amodiaquine-artesunate vs artemether-lumefantrine for uncomplicated malaria in Ghanaian children: a randomized efficacy and safety trial with one year follow-up

    Adjei, G. O., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Rodrigues, O. P., Alifrangis, Michael, Hoegberg, L. C. G., Kitcher, E. D., Badoe, E. V., Lamptey, R. & Goka, B. Q., 2008, In: Malaria Journal. 7, p. 127

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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