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David R. Murdoch

David R. Murdoch

David R. Murdoch publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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

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101 publications 1,796+

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

David R. Murdoch D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

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70 D-Index 217+

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Overview

David R. Murdoch is affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand. Their primary area of research falls within the broad field of Medicine, with a focus on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Endocrinology, Microbiology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Murdoch's work addresses various topics, including:

  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Legionella and Acanthamoeba research
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
  • Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Their recent notable papers include:

  • "Clinical course and mortality risk of severe COVID-19" (2020) published in The Lancet
  • "Changes in the incidence of invasive disease due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Neisseria meningitidis during the COVID-19 pandemic in 26 countries and territories in the Invasive Respiratory Infection Surveillance Initiative: a prospective analysis of surveillance data" (2021) published in The Lancet Digital Health
  • "Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis of aggregate data from randomised controlled trials" (2021) published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • "Trends in invasive bacterial diseases during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic: analyses of prospective surveillance data from 30 countries and territories in the IRIS Consortium" (2023) published in The Lancet Digital Health
  • "Genomic epidemiology reveals transmission patterns and dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in Aotearoa New Zealand" (2020) published in Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Murdoch include Katherine L. O'Brien, Maria Deloria Knoll, Christine Prosperi, Daniel R. Feikin, and Laura L. Hammitt.

Murdoch commonly publishes in venues such as The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Lancet Digital Health, Scientific Reports, and Letters in Applied Microbiology.

Best Publications

  • Clinical Presentation, Etiology, and Outcome of Infective Endocarditis in the 21st Century: The International Collaboration on Endocarditis-Prospective Cohort Study

    David R. Murdoch;G. Ralph Corey;Bruno Hoen;José M. Miró

  • Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory tract infections: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data

    Adrian R Martineau;David A Jolliffe;Richard L Hooper;Lauren Greenberg

  • Causes of severe pneumonia requiring hospital admission in children without HIV infection from Africa and Asia: the PERCH multi-country case-control study

    Katherine L. O'Brien;Henry C. Baggett;W. Abdullah Brooks;Daniel R. Feikin

  • Clinical course and mortality risk of severe COVID-19.

    Paul Weiss;David R Murdoch

  • High-altitude illness

    Buddha Basnyat;David R Murdoch

  • Randomised controlled trial of specialist nurse intervention in heart failure

    Lynda Blue;Elanor Lang;John J V McMurray;Andrew P Davie

  • Incidence and characteristics of viral community-acquired pneumonia in adults

    Lance C Jennings;Trevor P Anderson;Kirsten A Beynon;Alvin Chua

  • Changes in the incidence of invasive disease due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Neisseria meningitidis during the COVID-19 pandemic in 26 countries and territories in the Invasive Respiratory Infection Surveillance Initiative: a prospective analysis of surveillance data.

    Angela B. Brueggemann;Melissa J. Jansen van Rensburg;David Shaw;Noel D. McCarthy

  • Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis of aggregate data from randomised controlled trials.

    David A Jolliffe;Carlos A Camargo;John D Sluyter;Mary Aglipay

  • Economics of chronic heart failure.

    Colin Berry;David R. Murdoch;John J.V. McMurray

  • Diagnosis of Legionella Infection

    David R Murdoch

  • Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory infections: individual participant data meta-analysis

    Adrian R Martineau;David A Jolliffe;Lauren Greenberg;John F Aloia

  • Evaluation of a Rapid Immunochromatographic Test for Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae Antigen in Urine Samples from Adults with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

    David R. Murdoch;Richard T. R. Laing;Graham D. Mills;Noel C. Karalus

  • Infection of Orthopedic Prostheses after Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

    David R. Murdoch;Sally A. Roberts;Vance G. Fowler;Manish A. Shah

  • Current features of infective endocarditis in elderly patients: results of the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Prospective Cohort Study

    Emanuele Durante-Mangoni;Suzanne Bradley;Christine Selton-Suty;Marie Françoise Tripodi

  • Non-HACEK gram-negative bacillus endocarditis.

    Susan Morpeth;David Murdoch;Christopher H. Cabell;Adolf W. Karchmer

  • Effect of Vitamin D3 Supplementation on Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Healthy Adults: The VIDARIS Randomized Controlled Trial

    David R. Murdoch;Sandy Slow;Stephen T. Chambers;Lance C. Jennings

  • Association Between Valvular Surgery and Mortality Among Patients With Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Heart Failure

    Todd Kiefer;Lawrence Park;Christophe Tribouilloy;Claudia Cortes

  • The Definition of Pneumonia, the Assessment of Severity, and Clinical Standardization in the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health Study

    J. Anthony G. Scott;J. Anthony G. Scott;Chizoba Wonodi;Jennifer C. Moïsi;Jennifer C. Moïsi;Maria Deloria-Knoll

  • The etiology of febrile illness in adults presenting to Patan hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal.

    David R. Murdoch;Christopher W. Woods;Mark D. Zimmerman;Peter M. Dull

Frequent Co-Authors

Shabir A. Madhi
Shabir A. Madhi University of the Witwatersrand
Katherine L. O’Brien
Katherine L. O’Brien Johns Hopkins University
Daniel R. Feikin
Daniel R. Feikin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ruth A. Karron
Ruth A. Karron Johns Hopkins University
Karen L. Kotloff
Karen L. Kotloff University of Maryland, Baltimore
Martin Antonio
Martin Antonio London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Andrew J. Pollard
Andrew J. Pollard University of Oxford
Christopher W. Woods
Christopher W. Woods Duke University
Peter V. Adrian
Peter V. Adrian University of the Witwatersrand
Nigel P. French
Nigel P. French Massey University

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