Søren Alexandersen

Ansvarsområder

Faglig direktør for det diagnostiske infektionsberedskab omfattende afdelingerne for Virus og Mikrobiologisk Specialdiagnostik; Bakterier, Parasitter og Svampe; Tuberkulose og Mykobakterier samt Prædiagnostik og Service. Arbejdet foregår som et integreret One Health samarbejde og omfatter således laboratoriediagnostik af infektioner hos både mennesker og dyr. Er tillige Affiliate Professor ved Deakin University, Victoria, Australien. 

Forskningsområder

Mine forskningsinteresser spænder vidt inden for specielt virus detektion, karakterisering og patobiologi, molekylær epidemiology, One Health, samt udvikling og brug af molekylær-biologiske metoder herunder sekventering. 

Afdelinger

Virus & Mikrobiologisk Specialdiagnostik
Bakterier, Parasitter & Svampe
Tuberkulose & Mykobakterier
Prædiagnostik & Service
Campus

Priser

• C. O. Jensens Mindefonds Pris 1986
• Ulrik and Marie Brinch’s Mindelegat 1994

Pubmed link

Alexandersen S - Search Results - PubMed (nih.gov)

ORCID link

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Publikationer

• Neonatal parechovirus infection: Possibility of in-utero transmission. Hilbig A, Liew KC, Foster C, Fuller DG, Chamings A, Alexandersen S. J Paediatr Child Health. 2021 Oct 4. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15763. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34605587 No abstract available. 
  
  
• Diverse Bacterial Resistance Genes Detected in Fecal Samples From Clinically Healthy Women and Infants in Australia-A Descriptive Pilot Study. Guernier-Cambert V, Chamings A, Collier F, Alexandersen S. Front Microbiol. 2021 Sep 17;12:596984. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.596984. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34603219 Free PMC article. 
  
  
• Exploring the Cause of Diarrhoea and Poor Growth in 8-11-Week-Old Pigs from an Australian Pig Herd Using Metagenomic Sequencing. Bhatta TR, Chamings A, Alexandersen S. Viruses. 2021 Aug 13;13(8):1608. doi: 10.3390/v13081608. PMID: 34452472 Free PMC article. 
  
  
• Metagenomic characterisation of additional and novel avian viruses from Australian wild ducks. Vibin J, Chamings A, Klaassen M, Alexandersen S. Sci Rep. 2020 Dec 17;10(1):22284. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-79413-9. PMID: 33335272 Free PMC article. 
  
  
• SARS-CoV-2 genomic and subgenomic RNAs in diagnostic samples are not an indicator of active replication. Alexandersen S, Chamings A, Bhatta TR. Nat Commun. 2020 Nov 27;11(1):6059. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19883-7. PMID: 33247099 Free PMC article. 
  
  
• Infection Dynamics of Swine Influenza Virus in a Danish Pig Herd Reveals Recurrent Infections with Different Variants of the H1N2 Swine Influenza A Virus Subtype. Bhatta TR, Ryt-Hansen P, Nielsen JP, Larsen LE, Larsen I, Chamings A, Goecke NB, Alexandersen S. Viruses. 2020 Sep 10;12(9):1013. doi: 10.3390/v12091013. PMID: 32927910 Free PMC article. 
  
  
• Metagenomic characterisation of avian parvoviruses and picornaviruses from Australian wild ducks. Vibin J, Chamings A, Klaassen M, Bhatta TR, Alexandersen S. Sci Rep. 2020 Jul 30;10(1):12800. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-69557-z. PMID: 32733035 Free PMC article. 
  
  
• Epidemic and Inter-epidemic Burden of Pediatric Human Parechovirus Infection in New South Wales, Australia, 2017-2018. Khatami A, Burrell R, McMullan BJ, Rawlinson W, Givney RC, Kok J, Alexandersen S, Jones CA, Macartney KK, Britton PN. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 Jun;39(6):507-511. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002615. PMID: 32118855 
  
  
• Detection of a Reassortant H9N2 Avian Influenza Virus with Intercontinental Gene Segments in a Resident Australian Chestnut Teal. Bhatta TR, Chamings A, Vibin J, Klaassen M, Alexandersen S. Viruses. 2020 Jan 13;12(1):88. doi: 10.3390/v12010088. PMID: 31940999 Free PMC article.
  
  
• An Emerging Human Parechovirus Type 5 Causing Sepsis-Like Illness in Infants in Australia. Chamings A, Liew KC, Reid E, Athan E, Raditsis A, Vuillermin P, Yoga Y, Caly L, Druce J, Alexandersen S. Viruses. 2019 Oct 3;11(10):913. doi: 10.3390/v11100913. PMID: 31623340 Free PMC article.