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Michael D. Nissen is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia, focusing their research on medicine with significant attention to immunology and microbiology. Their work encompasses key subfields such as epidemiology, microbiology, infectious diseases, health, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The primary topics of Michael D. Nissen's research include bacterial infections and vaccines, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, pneumonia and respiratory infections, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, influenza virus research studies, respiratory viral infections research, and vector-borne infectious diseases.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Michael D. Nissen in the last few years demonstrate a focus on infectious diseases and vaccine-related studies. These include:

  • Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in the era of conjugate vaccines: critical factors for successful eradication (2020, Expert Review of Vaccines)
  • COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned from more than a century of pandemics and current vaccine development for pandemic control (2021, International Journal of Infectious Diseases)
  • The decline of invasive meningococcal disease and influenza in the time of COVID-19: the silver linings of the pandemic playbook (2022, The Medical Journal of Australia)
  • Perceptions of vaccine preventable diseases in Australian healthcare: focus on pertussis (2020, Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics)
  • High coverage of diverse invasive meningococcal serogroup B strains by the 4-component vaccine 4CMenB in Australia, 2007-2011: Concordant predictions between MATS and genetic MATS (2021, Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael D. Nissen include:

  • Theo P. Sloots
  • Kyu-Bin Oh
  • Philippe Buchy
  • Sarah Tozer
  • Stephen B. Lambert

Michael D. Nissen's research has been published primarily in the following venues:

  • Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
  • Expert Review of Vaccines
  • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Communicable Diseases Intelligence
  • The Medical Journal of Australia

Best Publications

  • Identification of a novel polyomavirus from patients with acute respiratory tract infections.

    Anne M Gaynor;Michael D Nissen;David M Whiley;Ian M Mackay

  • Evidence of human coronavirus HKU1 and human bocavirus in Australian children

    Theo P. Sloots;Peter McErlean;Peter McErlean;David J. Speicher;David J. Speicher;Katherine E. Arden;Katherine E. Arden

  • Frequent detection of human rhinoviruses, paramyxoviruses, coronaviruses, and bocavirus during acute respiratory tract infections

    Katherine E. Arden;Peter McErlean;Peter McErlean;Michael D. Nissen;Theo P. Sloots

  • Genome-wide association study identifies FCGR2A as a susceptibility locus for Kawasaki disease.

    Chiea Chuen Khor;Chiea Chuen Khor;Sonia Davila;Sonia Davila;Willemijn B. Breunis;Yi Ching Lee

  • Incidence, Etiology, and Symptomatology of Upper Respiratory Illness in Elite Athletes

    Luke Spence;Wendy J. Brown;David B. Pyne;Michael D. Nissen;Michael D. Nissen;Michael D. Nissen

  • Reduction in rotavirus-associated acute gastroenteritis following introduction of rotavirus vaccine into Australia's National Childhood vaccine schedule.

    Jim P. Buttery;Jim P. Buttery;Stephen B. Lambert;Stephen B. Lambert;Keith Grimwood;Keith Grimwood;Michael D. Nissen;Michael D. Nissen

  • Evidence of human metapneumovirus in Australian children.

    Michael D Nissen;David J Siebert;Ian M Mackay;Theo P Sloots

  • New human coronavirus, HCoV-NL63, associated with severe lower respiratory tract disease in australia

    Katherine E. Arden;Michael D. Nissen;Theo P. Sloots;Ian M. Mackay;Ian M. Mackay

  • Characterisation of a newly identified human rhinovirus, HRV-QPM, discovered in infants with bronchiolitis.

    P. McErlean;P. McErlean;L.A. Shackelton;S.B. Lambert;S.B. Lambert;M.D. Nissen

  • Immunogenicity of a monovalent 2009 influenza A(H1N1) vaccine in infants and children: a randomized trial

    Terry Nolan;Jodie McVernon;Maryanne Skeljo;Peter Richmond

  • Molecular Assays for Detection of Human Metapneumovirus

    Ian M. Mackay;Kevin C. Jacob;Daniel Woolhouse;Katharine Waller

  • A Sensitive, Specific, and Cost-Effective Multiplex Reverse Transcriptase-PCR Assay for the Detection of Seven Common Respiratory Viruses in Respiratory Samples

    Melanie W. Syrmis;Melanie W. Syrmis;David M. Whiley;David M. Whiley;Marion Thomas;Ian M. Mackay;Ian M. Mackay

  • Single-Cell Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Disease-Defining T-cell Subsets in the Tumor Microenvironment of Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma

    Tomohiro Aoki;Lauren C Chong;Katsuyoshi Takata;Katy Milne

  • Do rhinoviruses reduce the probability of viral co-detection during acute respiratory tract infections?

    R.M. Greer;P. McErlean;P. McErlean;K.E. Arden;K.E. Arden;C.E. Faux;C.E. Faux

  • Congenital and neonatal pneumonia

    Michael D. Nissen

  • Comparing nose-throat swabs and nasopharyngeal aspirates collected from children with symptoms for respiratory virus identification using real-time polymerase chain reaction.

    Stephen B. Lambert;David M. Whiley;Nicholas T. O'Neill;Emily C. Andrews

  • Safety, Immunogenicity, and Tolerability of Meningococcal Serogroup B Bivalent Recombinant Lipoprotein 2086 Vaccine in Healthy Adolescents: A Randomised, Single-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 2 Trial

    Peter C Richmond;Helen S Marshall;Michael D Nissen;Qin Jiang

  • Distinguishing molecular features and clinical characteristics of a putative new rhinovirus species, human rhinovirus C (HRV C).

    Peter McErlean;Peter McErlean;Laura A. Shackelton;Emily Andrews;Emily Andrews;Dale R. Webster

  • Rapid genotyping of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates harboured by adult and paediatric patients with cystic fibrosis using repetitive-element-based PCR assays.

    Melanie W Syrmis;Mark R O'Carroll;Theo P Sloots;Chris Coulter

  • Immunogenicity and safety of two live-attenuated tetravalent dengue vaccine formulations in healthy Australian adults.

    Scott Kitchener;Michael Nissen;Peter Nasveld;Remi Forrat

  • Community Epidemiology of Human Metapneumovirus, Human Coronavirus NL63, and Other Respiratory Viruses in Healthy Preschool-Aged Children Using Parent-Collected Specimens

    Stephen B. Lambert;Kelly M. Allen;Julian D. Druce;Chris J. Birch

Frequent Co-Authors

Theo P. Sloots
Theo P. Sloots University of Queensland
David M. Whiley
David M. Whiley University of Queensland
Stephen B. Lambert
Stephen B. Lambert Australian National University
Ian M. Mackay
Ian M. Mackay University of Queensland
Keith Grimwood
Keith Grimwood Griffith University
Peter Richmond
Peter Richmond University of Western Australia
Claire E. Wainwright
Claire E. Wainwright University of Queensland
Robert Booy
Robert Booy University of Sydney
Scott C. Bell
Scott C. Bell University of Queensland
Graeme R. Nimmo
Graeme R. Nimmo Griffith University

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