Anna-Sofie Stensgaard

Anna-Sofie Stensgaard

Guest researcher, Associate Professor


  1. 2023
  2. Published

    Både læge- og dyrlægestudiet bør undervise i klimaforandringer og sundhed

    Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Thamsborg, Stig Milan & Vennervald, Birgitte J, 2023, In: Ugeskrift for Laeger. 185, 6, p. 554-555 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateCommunication

  3. Published

    Climate-driven ‘species-on-the-move’ provide tangible anchors to engage the public on climate change

    Pecl, G. T., Kelly, R., Lucas, C., van Putten, I., Badhe, R., Champion, C., Chen, I-C., Defeo, O., Gaitan-Espitia, J. D., Evengård, B., Fordham, D. A., Guo, F., Henriques, R., Henry, S., Lenoir, J., McGhie, H., Mustonen, T., Oliver, S., Pettorelli, N., Pinsky, M. L. & 6 others, Potts, W., Santana-Garcon, J., Sauer, W., Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Tingley, M. W. & Verges, A., 2023, In: People and Nature . 5, 5, p. 1384-1402 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Update on the Geographic Distribution of the Intermediate Host Snails of Schistosoma mansoni on St. Lucia: A Step Toward Confirming the Interruption of Transmission of Human Schistosomiasis

    Mukaratirwa, S., Laidemitt, M. R., Hewitt, R., Sengupta, Mita Eva, Marchi, S., Polius, C., Belmar, S., Scholte, R. G. C., Perez, F., Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Vennervald, Birgitte J, Willingham, A. L. & Loker, E. S., 2023, In: The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 109, 4, p. 811-819

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. 2022
  6. Published

    Environmental DNA in human and veterinary parasitology - Current applications and future prospects for monitoring and control

    Sengupta, Mita Eva, Lynggaard, Christina Islas, Mukaratirwa, S., Vennervald, Birgitte J & Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, 2022, In: Food and Waterborne Parasitology. 29, 17 p., e00183.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Potential Hybridization of Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica in Africa — A Scoping Review

    Nukeri, S., Malatji, M. P., Sengupta, Mita Eva, Vennervald, Birgitte J, Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Chaisi, M. & Mukaratirwa, S., 2022, In: Pathogens. 11, 11, 25 p., 1303.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Sero-prevalence and risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii infection in wild cervids in Denmark

    Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Sengupta, Mita Eva, Chriel, M., Nielsen, S. T. & Petersen, H. H., 2022, In: International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 17, p. 288-294 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. 2021
  10. Published

    Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Cryptosporidium in Feral and Farmed American Mink (Neovison vison) in Denmark

    Sengupta, Mita Eva, Pagh, S., Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Chriel, M. & Petersen, H. H., 2021, In: Acta Parasitologica. 66, p. 1285–1291

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    The conservation status of the world's freshwater molluscs

    Böhm, M., Dewhurst-Richman, N. I., Seddon, M., Ledger, S. E. H., Albrecht, C., Allen, D., Bogan, A. E., Cordeiro, J., Cummings, K. S., Cuttelod, A., Darrigran, G., Darwall, W., Fehér, Z., Gibson, C., Graf, D. L., Köhler, F., Lopes-Lima, M., Pastorino, G., Perez, K. E., Smith, K. & 31 others, van Damme, D., Vinarski, M. V., von Proschwitz, T., von Rintelen, T., Aldridge, D. C., Aravind, N. A., Budha, P. B., Clavijo, C., Van Tu, D., Gargominy, O., Ghamizi, M., Haase, M., Hilton-Taylor, C., Johnson, P. D., Kebapçı, Ü., Lajtner, J., Lange, C. N., Lepitzki, D. A. W., Martínez-Ortí, A., Moorkens, E. A., Neubert, E., Pollock, C. M., Prié, V., Radea, C., Ramirez, R., Ramos, M. A., Santos, S. B., Slapnik, R., Son, M. O., Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie & Collen, B., 2021, In: Hydrobiologia. 848, 12/13, p. 3231-3254

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. 2020
  13. Published

    Covid-19: End of the beginning?

    Bergquist, R. & Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, 2020, In: Geospatial Health. 15, 1, p. 1-10 10 p., 897.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Schistosomiasis and climate change

    De Leo, G. A., Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Sokolow, S. H., N'Goran, E. K., Chamberlin, A. J., Yang, G. J., Utzinger, J. & De Leo, G. A., 2020, In: The BMJ. 371, 8 p., m4324.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. 2019
  16. Published

    Bayesian conditional autoregressive models to assess spatial patterns of diarrhoea risk among children under the age of 5 years in Mbour, Senegal

    Thiam, S., Cisse, G., Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Niang-Diene, A., Utzinger, J. & Vounatsou, P., 2019, In: Geospatial Health. 14, 2, p. 321-328

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Environmental DNA for improved detection and environmental surveillance of schistosomiasis

    Sengupta, Mita Eva, Hellstrom, M., Kariuki, H. C., Olsen, A., Thomsen, P. F., Mejer, Helena, Willerslev, Eske, Mwanje, M. T., Madsen, Henry, Kristensen, T. K., Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie & Vennervald, Birgitte J, 2019, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 116, 18, p. 8931-8940

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Schistosomes, snails and climate change: Current trends and future expectations

    Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Vounatsou, P., Sengupta, Mita Eva & Utzinger, J., 2019, In: Acta Tropica. 190, p. 257-268

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    The future is now: New United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals report provides a perspective on vector-borne diseases

    Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Rinaldi, L. & Bergquist, R., 2019, In: Geospatial Health. 14, 2, p. 179-181

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Towards improved, cost-effective surveillance of Ixodes ricinus ticks and associated pathogens using species distribution modelling

    Signorini, M., Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Drigo, M., Simonato, G., Mercer, F., Montarsi, F., Martini, M. & Cassini, R., 2019, In: Geospatial Health. 14, 1, p. 46-52 745 .

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. 2018
  22. Published

    Patterns of Fasciola hepatica infection in Danish dairy cattle: implications for on-farm control of the parasite based on different diagnostic methods

    Takeuchi-Storm, N., Denwood, Matt, Petersen, H. H., Enemark, H. L., Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Sengupta, Mita Eva, Beesley, N. J., Hodgkinson, J., Williams, D. & Thamsborg, Stig Milan, 2018, In: Parasites & Vectors. 11, 18 p., 674.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Vector-borne diseases in a warmer world: Will they stay or will they go?

    Bergquist, R., Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie & Rinaldi, L., 2018, In: Geospatial Health. 13, 1, 2 p., 699.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialResearchpeer-review

  24. 2017
  25. Published

    Climate change and schistosomiasis: a global synthesis of research findings, knowledge gaps and new research directions

    Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Vounatsou, P. & Utzinger, J., 2017, p. 304. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterResearch

  26. Published

    Comparison of the spatial patterns of schistosomiasis in Zimbabwe at two points in time, spaced twenty-nine years apart: is climate variability of importance?

    Pedersen, U. B., Karagiannis-Voules, D., Midzi, N., Mduluza, T., Mukaratirwa, S., Fensholt, Rasmus, Vennervald, Birgitte J, Kristensen, T. K., Vounatsou, P. & Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, 2017, In: Geospatial Health. 12, 1, p. 59-66 8 p., 505.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    The neglected geography of human pathogens and diseases

    Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Dunn, Rob, Vennervald, Birgitte J & Rahbek, Carsten, 2017, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1, 7, 2 p., 0190.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearchpeer-review

  28. 2016
  29. Published

    Associations between patterns of human intestinal schistosomiasis and snail and mammal species richness in Uganda: can we detect a decoy effect?

    Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Kristensen, T. K., Jørgensen, Aslak, B. Kabatereine, N. & Rahbek, Carsten, 2016, In: Frontiers of Biogeography. 8, 3, 10 p., e21748.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Combining process-based and correlative models improves predictions of climate change effects on Schistosoma mansoni transmission in eastern Africa

    Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Booth, M., Nikulin, G. & McCreesh, N., 2016, In: Geospatial Health. 11, 1s, p. 94-101 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    Ecological drivers of Mansonella perstans infection in Uganda and patterns of coendemicity with lymphatic filariasis and malaria

    Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Vounatsou, P., Onapa, A. W., Utzinger, J., Pedersen, E. M., Kristensen, T. K. & Simonsen, P. E., 2016, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases . 10, 1, 16 p., e0004319.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. 2015
  33. Published

    Combining a process-based and correlative approach to predict the impacts of climate change on schistosomiasis in eastern Africa

    Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Booth, M., Nikulin, G. & Mccreesh, N., 2015, In: Tropical Medicine & International Health. 20, S1, p. 436 1 p., PS2.353.LB.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearchpeer-review

  34. 2014
  35. Published

    Ecological niche model of Phlebotomus perniciosus, the main vector of canine leishmaniasis in north-eastern Italy

    Signorini, M., Cassini, R., Drigo, M., di Regalbono, A. F., Pietrobelli, M., Montarsi, F. & Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, 2014, In: Geospatial Health. 9, 1, p. 193-201 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Lymphatic filariasis control in Tanga Region, Tanzania: status after eight rounds of mass drug administration

    Simonsen, P. E., Derua, Y. A., Magesa, S. M., Pedersen, E. M., Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Malecela, M. N. & Kisinza, W. N., 2014, In: Parasites & Vectors. 7, 19 p., 507.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Mapping the geographical distribution of lymphatic filariasis in Zambia

    Mwase, E. T., Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Nsakashalo-Senkwe, M., Mubila, L., Mwansa, J., Songolo, P., Shawa, S. T. & Simonsen, P. E., 2014, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 8, 2, 13 p., e2714.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Modelling climate change impact on the spatial distribution of fresh water snails hosting trematodes in Zimbabwe

    Pedersen, U. B., Stendel, M., Midzi, N., Mduluza, T., Soko, W., Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Vennervald, Birgitte J, Mukaratirwa, S. & Kristensen, T. K., 2014, In: Parasites & Vectors. 7, 12 p., 536.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Modelling spatial distribution of snails transmitting parasitic worms with importance to human and animal health and analysis of distributional changes in relation to climate

    Pedersen, U. B., Midzi, N., Mduluza, T., Soko, W., Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Vennervald, Birgitte J, Mukaratirwa, S. & Kristensen, T. K., 2014, In: Geospatial Health. 8, 2, p. 335-343 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. 2013
  41. Published

    Emerging risk for leishmaniosis in north-eastern Italy: preliminary results of a 12-years entomological survey

    Signorini, M., Pietrobelli, M., Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Babiker, A., Marcer, F., Montarsi, F. & Cassini, R., Sep 2013, In: Tropical Medicine & International Health. 18, Supplement s1, p. 136-136 1 p., P.1.4.9.018 (B).

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    Exploring patterns and distributions of parasite intermediate host snails in Africa using climate-based species distribution modelling

    Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie & Kristensen, T. K., Sep 2013, In: Tropical Medicine & International Health. 18, s1, p. 104-105 2 p., O.6.8.1.001.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    Large-scale determinants of intestinal schistosomiasis and intermediate host snail distribution across Africa: does climate matter?

    Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Utzinger, J., Vounatsou, P., Hürlimann, E., Schur, N., Saarnak, C., Simoonga, C., Mubita, P., Kabatereine, N. B., Tchuenté, L. T., Rahbek, Carsten & Kristensen, T. K., 2013, In: Acta Tropica. 128, 2, p. 378-390 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Spatially explicit Schistosoma infection risk in eastern Africa using Bayesian geostatistical modelling

    Schur, N., Hürlimann, E., Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Chimfwembe, K., Mushinge, G., Simoonga, C., Kabatereine, N. B., Kristensen, T. K., Utzinger, J. & Vounatsou, P., 2013, In: Acta Tropica. 128, 2, p. 365-377 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    Virtual globes and geospatial health

    Saarnak, C., Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Bergquist, R., Zhou, X. & Utzinger, J., 2013, Geographic health data: fundamental techniques for analysis. Boscoe, F. P. (ed.). Wallingford: CABI International, p. 31-50 20 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  46. 2011
  47. Published

    Bayesian geostatistical modelling of malaria and lymphatic filariasis infections in Uganda: predictors of risk and geographical patterns of co-endemicity

    Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Vounatsou, P., Onapa, A. W., Simonsen, P. E., Pedersen, E. M., Rahbek, Carsten & Kristensen, T. K., 2011, In: Malaria Journal. 10, 298, 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    The ecology of infectious diseases: Patterns, determinants and distributions of parasitic infections in Africa

    Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, 2011, University of Copenhagen.

    Research output: Book/ReportPh.D. thesisResearch

  49. Published

    Toward an open-access global database for mapping, control, and surveillance of neglected tropical diseases

    Hürlimann, E., Schur, N., Boutsika, K., Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, de Himpsl, M. L., Ziegelbauer, K., Laizer, N., Camenzind, L., Pasquale, A. D., Ekpo, U. F., Simoonga, C., Mushinge, G., Saarnak, C. F. L., Utzinger, J., Kristensen, T. K. & Vounatsou, P., 2011, In: P L o S Neglected Tropical Diseases. 5, 12, 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. 2010
  51. Published

    Modeling the distribution of four parasite intermediate host snails in Zimbabwe using three different environmental data sources/models: the influence of climate layer quality/accuracy

    Kristensen, T. K., Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, McCarroll, J. & Mukarartirwa, S., 2010, Congress handbook: the XIIth international congress of parasitology: Australia, 2010. Australian Society for Parasitology, 1 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference abstract in proceedingsResearch

  52. 2009
  53. Published

    Remote sensing, geographical information system and spatial analysis for schistosomiasis epidemiology and ecology in Africa

    Simoonga, C., Utzinger, J., Brooker, S., Vounatsou, P., Appleton, C. C., Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Olsen, A. & Kristensen, T. K., 2009, In: Parasitology. 136, 13, p. 1683-1693 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  54. Published

    The status and distribution of freshwater molluscs: chapter 4

    Kristensen, T. K., Appleton, C. C., Curtis, B. & Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, 2009, The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in Southern Africa. Darwall, W. R. T., Smith, K. G., Tweddle, D. & Skelton, P. (eds.). IUCN, p. 38-47 10 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  55. Published

    The status and distribution of freshwater molluscs (Mollusca)

    Kristensen, T. K., Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Seddon, M. B. & McIvor, A., 2009, The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in Western Africa. Smith, K. G., Diop, M. D., Niane, M. & Darwall, W. R. T. (eds.). IUCN, p. 33- 40 8 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  56. Published

    Virtual globes and geospatial health: the potential of new tools in the management and contol of vector-borne diseases

    Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Saarnak, C. F. L., Utzinger, J., Vounatsou, P., Simoonga, C., Mushinge, G., Rahbek, Carsten, Møhlenberg, F. & Kristensen, T. K., 2009, In: Geospatial Health. 3, 2, p. 127-141 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  57. Published

    Virtual globes and geospatial health: the potential of new tools in the management and control of vector-borne diseases

    Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Saarnak, C. F. L., Utzinger, J., Vounatsou, P., Simoonga, C., Mushinge, G., Rahbek, Carsten, Møhlenberg, F. & Kristensen, T., 2009, In: Geospatial Health. 3, 2, p. 127-141

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  58. 2007
  59. Published

    Freshwater snail diversity, climate and snail borne diseases in Zimbabwe: a study utilizing GIS and remote sensing

    Kristensen, T. K., Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Solander, K. & Mukarartirwa, S., 2007. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  60. 2006
  61. Published

    Modeling freshwater snail habitat suitability and areas of potential snail-borne disease transmission in Uganda

    Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Jørgensen, Aslak, Kabatereine, N. B., Rahbek, Carsten & Kristensen, T. K., 2006, In: Geospatial Health. 1, 1, p. 93-104 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  62. 2005
  63. Published

    Modeling the distribution of Schistosoma mansoni and host snails in Uganda using satellite sensor data and Geographical Information Systems

    Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Jørgensen, Aslak, Kabatereine, N. B., Malone, J. B. & Kristensen, T. K., Mar 2005, In: Parassitologia. 47, 1, p. 115-25 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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