Leo Larsen is a PhD candidate Section for General Practice in the research group SMIL, at the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care. He is a medical doctor from the University of Bergen and holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry.

His PhD work concerns the use of antimicrobial agents for respiratory tract infections in a primary care setting, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a registry based project under COVID-19 outbreak in Norway – Epidemiology, health care utilization and primary care management – CONOPRI.

Academic article

• Knut Erik Emberland; Knut-Arne Wensaas; Sverre Litleskare et al. (2021). Antibiotics for gastroenteritis in general practice and out-of-hours services in Norway 2006-15. (external link)
• Leo Larsen; Knut-Arne Wensaas; Knut Erik Emberland et al. (2022). Respiratory tract infections in Norwegian primary care 2006–2015: a registry-based study. (external link)

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