Name: Madelaine Norström
Sex: Female
Year of birth: 1963
Nationality: Swedish
Present position: Senior scientist, section of epidemiology, Norwegian Veterinary Institute
Previous academic positions:
2000- 2005: Senior scientist at the Norwegian Zoonosis Centre, NorwegianVeterinary Institute
1992-2000: PhD student, section of epidemiology, Norwegian Veterinary Institute
Academic degree (university and year):
Cand. Vet. Med., Norges Veterinærhøgskole 1990
PhD, Norges Veterinærhøgskole 2001
Affiliation in academic and professional committees, awards, scientific review work including
peer-review, dissemination activities, and other professional merits the last 10 years:
 Main coordinator in developing a transmission model of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus
aureus ST 398 (LA-MRSA) in the swine production sector in Norway at request from the
Norwegian Food Safety Authority.
 Norwegian MC member of COST TD 08003 Detection evolutionary hot spots of antibiotic
resistances in Europe (2009-2013).
 Task leader and collaborator in the Baseline study "Selection and improving of fit-for purpose
sampling procedures for specific foods and risks" Grant Agreement Number 222738, 7th
Framework Programme in EU, finalised.
 Main responsible or participated in writing the NORM/NORM-VET reports 2002-2008
Supervision of PhD-students
- Number of supervised PhD students: 2
Publications for the period 1.1.2009 - 1.03.2015
- Number of publications in peer-reviewed journals or peer-reviewed monographs: 12
- Number of review articles and book chapters: 1
Total career publications
- Number of publications in peer-reviewed journals or peer-reviewed monographs: 25
- Number of review articles and book chapters: 0
1. Whist C. Liland K.H., Jonsson M. E., Sæbø S., Sviland S. Østerås O., Norström M. and
Hopp P. 2014. Designing a Risk-based Surveillance Program for Mycobacterium avium
ssp. paratuberculosis in Norwegian Dairy Herds Using Multivariate Statistical Process
Control Analysis.2014 J Dairy Sci. 2014 ;Volum 97.(11) s.6835-6849
2. Norström M, Jonsson .M.E, Åkerstedt J., Whist A-C, Kristoffersen A.B, Sviland S., Hopp
P., Wahlström H. Estimation of the probability of freedom from Bovine Virus Diarrhoea
Virus in Norway using scenario tree modeling. Prev Vet Med Vol 116. (1-2)s. 37-46
3. Mo SS, Norström M, Slettemeås JS, Løvland A, Urdahl AM, Sunde M. 2014
Emergence of AmpC-producing Escherichia coli in the broiler production chain in a
country with a low antimicrobial usage profile. Vet Microbiol. 2014 Feb 20. S03781135(14)00076-5. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.02.002.
4. Kvaale MK, Grave K, Kristoffersen AB, Norström M. 2013
The prescription rate of antibacterial agents in dogs in Norway - geographical patterns and
trends during the period 2004-2008. J Vet Pharmacol Ther. 2013 Jun;36(3):285-91.
5. Jonsson ME, Chriél M, Norström M, Hofshagen M. 2012. Effect of climate and farm
environment on Campylobacter spp. colonisation in Norwegian broiler flocks. Prev Vet
Med. 2012 Nov 1; 107(1-2):95-104.
6. Kvaale, Mari Kristiansen; Grave, Kari; Bangen, Marit; Norström, Madelaine.
Forskrivning av antibakterielle midler til hund og katt i Norge i perioden 2005-2008..
Norsk Veterinærtidsskrift 2011 (02) s. 76-79
7. Sunde, Marianne; Fanuelsen, Hanne; Marstein, Lillian; Haugum, Magne; Norström,
Madelaine; Jacobsen, Trond; Lium, Bjørn.
Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 8 in pigs,
production environment, and human beings. JVet Diagn Invest. 2011 ;Volum 23.(2) s.
348-350
8. Jonsson ME., Norström M., Sandberg M., Ersbøll AK, Hofshagen M. 2010.
Space-time patterns of Campylobacter spp. in broiler flocks in Norway, 2002-2006.
Epidemiol. Infect. 138 (9): 1336-1345
9. Klevar S., Norström M., Tharaldsen T., Clausen T., Bjorkman C. 2010.
The prevalence and spatial clustering of Neospora caninum in dairy herds in Norway. Vet
Parasitol. 170 (1-2): 153-157
10. Helgesen K.O., Sævik B.K., Morgan N.A., Sunde M., Norström M., Berge C.K.,
Kovacevic B., Sørum H. 2008. Pyodermi hos hund - forekomst av antibiotikaresistens hos
β-toksiske stafylokokker og norske veterinærers behandlingsrutiner. Nor. Vet. Tidsskr. (1)
p. 5-15.
11. Norström M., Sunde M., Tharaldsen H., Mørk T., Bergsjø B., and Kruse H. 2009
Antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in the Norwegian dog
population. Microb Drug Resist 15(1): 55-59
12. Sunde, Marianne; Fanuelsen, Hanne; Slettemeas, JS; Norström, Madelaine; Carattoli,
Alessandra; Bjorland, Jostein. Escherichia coli of animal origin in Norway contains a
blaTEM-20-carrying plasmid closely related to blaTEM-20 and blaTEM-52 plasmids
from other European countries. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2009 s. 215-216