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D-Index
65
Citations
12043
World Ranking
2550
National Ranking
62

David Nadal publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Nadal sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 277 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

David Nadal D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Nadal sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

David Nadal is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their primary areas of research focus on medicine with significant contributions in immunology and microbiology.

Their scholarly output spans several subfields that include epidemiology, infectious diseases, public health, environmental and occupational health, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, as well as immunology.

The research topics covered by David Nadal reflect a concentration on viral infections and immune responses. These topics include:

  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Parvovirus B19 infection studies
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Family and patient care in intensive care units
  • Viral infections and vectors
  • Herpesvirus infections and treatments
  • Immunodeficiency and autoimmune disorders

David Nadal has published papers in several peer-reviewed venues where their works appear multiple times, including Swiss Medical Weekly, Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy, and Patient Experience Journal, among others.

Some notable research articles authored include:

  • "A highly virulent variant of HIV-1 circulating in the Netherlands" (2022) published in Science
  • "S2k-Leitlinie Management der ambulant erworbenen Pneumonie bei Kindern und Jugendlichen (pädiatrische ambulant erworbene Pneumonie, pCAP)" (2020) published in Pneumologie
  • "39·0°C versus 38·5°C ear temperature as fever limit in children with neutropenia undergoing chemotherapy for cancer: a multicentre, cluster-randomised, multiple-crossover, non-inferiority trial" (2020) published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
  • "Deficiencies in paediatric research applications delaying ethics committee approval" (2020) published in Swiss Medical Weekly
  • "CD4 + T cells are found within endemic Burkitt lymphoma and modulate Burkitt lymphoma precursor cell viability and expression of pathogenically relevant Epstein-Barr virus genes" (2021) published in Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy

Their frequent coauthors demonstrate collaboration with peers in related fields, including Felix Niggli, Mercedes Jabalera, Christoph Berger, Jacques Fellay, and Huldrych F. Günthard.

Best Publications

  • Mutations in STAT3 and IL12RB1 impair the development of human IL-17–producing T cells

    Ludovic de Beaucoudrey;Ludovic de Beaucoudrey;Anne Puel;Anne Puel;Orchidée Filipe-Santos;Orchidée Filipe-Santos;Aurélie Cobat;Aurélie Cobat

  • Revisiting Human IL-12Rβ1 Deficiency: A Survey of 141 Patients From 30 Countries

    Ludovic de Beaucoudrey;Arina Samarina;Arina Samarina;Arina Samarina;Jacinta Bustamante;Jacinta Bustamante;Aurélie Cobat;Aurélie Cobat

  • Low Penetrance, Broad Resistance, and Favorable Outcome of Interleukin 12 Receptor β1 Deficiency Medical and Immunological Implications

    Claire Fieschi;Stéphanie Dupuis;Emilie Catherinot;Jacqueline Feinberg

  • Prevention of vertical HIV transmission: additive protective effect of elective Cesarean section and zidovudine prophylaxis. Swiss Neonatal HIV Study Group.

    Christian Kind;Christoph Rudin;Claire-Anne Siegrist;Claire-Anne Wyler

  • Burden and Timeline of Infectious Diseases in the First Year After Solid Organ Transplantation in the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study

    Christian van Delden;Susanne Stampf;Hans H Hirsch;Hans H Hirsch;Oriol Manuel

  • Deletions within the LMP1 oncogene of Epstein-Barr virus are clustered in Hodgkin's disease and identical to those observed in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

    Hans Knecht;Edith Bachmann;Pierre Brousset;Kristian Sandvej

  • Role for early-differentiated natural killer cells in infectious mononucleosis

    Tarik Azzi;Tarik Azzi;Anna Lünemann;Anna Lünemann;Anita Murer;Seigo Ueda;Seigo Ueda;Seigo Ueda

  • C-X-C and C-C chemokines are expressed in the cerebrospinal fluid in bacterial meningitis and mediate chemotactic activity on peripheral blood-derived polymorphonuclear and mononuclear cells in vitro.

    K S Spanaus;D Nadal;H W Pfister;J Seebach

  • Successful treatment of invasive aspergillosis in chronic granulomatous disease by bone marrow transplantation, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor-mobilized granulocytes, and liposomal amphotericin-B.

    Hülya Ozsahin;Hülya Ozsahin;Hülya Ozsahin;Maya von Planta;Maya von Planta;Maya von Planta;Irene Müller;Irene Müller;Irene Müller;Hans C. Steinert;Hans C. Steinert;Hans C. Steinert

  • Infective endocarditis in congenital heart disease

    Walter Knirsch;David Nadal

  • Antiretroviral therapy, fat redistribution and hyperlipidaemia in HIV-infected children in Europe

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  • Infection with and Carriage of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Children.

    Patrick M. Meyer Sauteur;Wendy W. J. Unger;David Nadal;Christoph Berger

  • First-line antiretroviral therapy with a protease inhibitor versus non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor and switch at higher versus low viral load in HIV-infected children: an open-label, randomised phase 2/3 trial.

    Linda Harrison;Abdel Babiker;Hannah Castro;Alexandra Compagnucci

  • Rapid detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in clinical samples by real-time PCR.

    Daniel Hardegger;David Nadal;Walter Bossart;Martin Altwegg

  • Sex and gender differences in travel-associated disease.

    Patricia Schlagenhauf;Lin H. Chen;Lin H. Chen;Mary E. Wilson;Mary E. Wilson;David O. Freedman

  • Low-frequency drug-resistant HIV-1 and risk of virological failure to first-line NNRTI-based ART: a multicohort European case–control study using centralized ultrasensitive 454 pyrosequencing

    Alessandro Cozzi-Lepri;Marc Noguera-Julian;Francesca Di Giallonardo;Rob Schuurman

  • Chemotactic activity on mononuclear cells in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with viral meningitis is mediated by interferon‐γ inducible protein‐10 and monocyte chemotactic protein‐1

    Fritz Lahrtz;Luca Piali;David Nadal;Hans-Walter Pfister

  • Prospective surveillance of hospitalisations associated with varicella-zoster virus infections in children and adolescents

    Jan Bonhoeffer;Gurli Baer;Beda Muehleisen;Christoph Aebi

  • Use of Simple Heuristics to Target Macrolide Prescription in Children With Community-Acquired Pneumonia

    Joachim E Fischer;Felicitas Steiner;Franziska Zucol;Christoph Berger

  • Quantitative Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Nasopharyngeal Secretions by Real-Time PCR

    Oliver Greiner;Philip J. R. Day;Philipp P. Bosshard;Fatime Imeri

  • Late intrauterine Cytomegalovirus infection: Clinical and neuroimaging findings

    Maja I. Steinlin;David Nadal;Georg F. Eich;Ernst Martin

  • Matrix metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases in viral meningitis: upregulation of MMP-9 and TIMP-1 in cerebrospinal fluid

    Stefan A Kolb;Fritz Lahrtz;Robert Paul;David Leppert

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrich Heininger
Ulrich Heininger University of Basel
Michael Borte
Michael Borte Leipzig University
Hans H. Hirsch
Hans H. Hirsch University Hospital of Basel
Jörg Schüpbach
Jörg Schüpbach University of Zurich
Reinhard Seger
Reinhard Seger University of Zurich
Eugen Boltshauser
Eugen Boltshauser University of Zurich
Rainer Weber
Rainer Weber University of Zurich
Pietro Vernazza
Pietro Vernazza University of St. Gallen
Martin Altwegg
Martin Altwegg University of Zurich
Jürg Böni
Jürg Böni University of Zurich

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