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Overview

Nigel Curtis is affiliated with the Royal Children's Hospital in Australia. Their research spans over multiple fields including Medicine, with 242 publications, and Immunology and Microbiology, with 98 publications. Their subfields of study focus on Infectious Diseases (90 publications), Immunology (81 publications), Epidemiology (50 publications), Health (27 publications), and Surgery (18 publications).

The primary topics of Nigel Curtis's work center on:

  • Immune responses and vaccinations
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction

Frequent collaborative efforts include coauthorship with Laure F. Pittet, Nicole L. Messina, Petra Zimmermann, Amanda Gwee, and Kaya Gardiner. Nigel Curtis has contributed to publishing extensively in several venues including:

  • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal (22 publications)
  • Journal of Infection (8 publications)
  • Archives of Disease in Childhood (7 publications)
  • Vaccine (6 publications)
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (6 publications)

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Coronavirus Infections in Children Including COVID-19," 2020, The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
  • "Why is COVID-19 less severe in children? A review of the proposed mechanisms underlying the age-related difference in severity of SARS-CoV-2 infections," 2020, Archives of Disease in Childhood
  • "Trained immunity, tolerance, priming and differentiation: distinct immunological processes," 2020, Nature Immunology
  • "Trained Immunity: a Tool for Reducing Susceptibility to and the Severity of SARS-CoV-2 Infection," 2020, Cell
  • "COVID-19 in Children, Pregnancy and Neonates: A Review of Epidemiologic and Clinical Features," 2020, The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Best Publications

  • Coronavirus Infections in Children Including COVID-19: An Overview of the Epidemiology, Clinical Features, Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention Options in Children.

    Petra Zimmermann;Nigel Curtis

  • Factors That Influence the Immune Response to Vaccination

    Petra Zimmermann;Nigel Curtis;Nigel Curtis

  • Sick and tired: does sleep have a vital role in the immune system?

    Penelope A. Bryant;John Trinder;Nigel Curtis

  • Trained immunity, tolerance, priming and differentiation: distinct immunological processes.

    Maziar Divangahi;Peter Aaby;Shabaana A. Khader;Luis B. Barreiro

  • Trained Immunity: a Tool for Reducing Susceptibility to and the Severity of SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

    Mihai G. Netea;Mihai G. Netea;Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis;Jorge Domínguez-Andrés;Nigel Curtis

  • Why is COVID-19 less severe in children? A review of the proposed mechanisms underlying the age-related difference in severity of SARS-CoV-2 infections.

    Petra Zimmermann;Nigel Curtis

  • How reliable is a negative blood culture result? Volume of blood submitted for culture in routine practice in a children's hospital.

    Thomas G. Connell;Mhisti Rele;Donna Cowley;Jim P. Buttery

  • COVID-19 in Children, Pregnancy and Neonates: A Review of Epidemiologic and Clinical Features.

    Petra Zimmermann;Nigel Curtis

  • BCG Vaccination in Humans Elicits Trained Immunity via the Hematopoietic Progenitor Compartment

    Branko Cirovic;L. Charlotte J. de Bree;L. Charlotte J. de Bree;L. Charlotte J. de Bree;Laszlo Groh;Bas A. Blok;Bas A. Blok;Bas A. Blok

  • 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

  • Considering BCG vaccination to reduce the impact of COVID-19.

    Nigel Curtis;Nigel Curtis;Annie Sparrow;Tedros A Ghebreyesus;Mihai G Netea;Mihai G Netea

  • The effect of antibiotics on the composition of the intestinal microbiota - a systematic review.

    Petra Zimmermann;Nigel Curtis

  • Chips with everything: DNA microarrays in infectious diseases

    Penelope A Bryant;Deon Venter;Roy Robins-Browne;Nigel Curtis

  • A systematic and functional classification of Streptococcus pyogenes that serves as a new tool for molecular typing and vaccine development

    Martina L Sanderson-Smith;David M P De Oliveira;Julien Guglielmini;David J McMillan

  • Invasive group a streptococcal disease: epidemiology, pathogenesis and management.

    Andrew Steer;Andrew Steer;Theresa Lamagni;Nigel Curtis;Jonathan Rhys Carapetis

  • The Immunomodulatory Effects of Macrolides-A Systematic Review of the Underlying Mechanisms.

    Petra Zimmermann;Victoria C Ziesenitz;Nigel Curtis;Nicole Ritz

  • Congenital Cytomegalovirus: A European Expert Consensus Statement on Diagnosis and Management.

    Suzanne E. Luck;Jantien W. Wieringa;Daniel Blázquez-Gamero;Philipp Henneke

  • A three-way comparison of tuberculin skin testing, QuantiFERON-TB gold and T-SPOT.TB in children.

    Tom G. Connell;Nicole Ritz;Georgia A. Paxton;Jim P. Buttery

  • Anti-TNF therapy inhibits fever in cerebral malaria

    Kwiatkowski D;Molyneux Me;Stephens S;Curtis N

  • Performance of a whole blood interferon gamma assay for detecting latent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in children

    Tom G Connell;Nigel Curtis;Nigel Curtis;Sarath C Ranganathan;Sarath C Ranganathan;Jim P Buttery;Jim P Buttery

Frequent Co-Authors

Roy M. Robins-Browne
Roy M. Robins-Browne University of Melbourne
Jonathan R. Carapetis
Jonathan R. Carapetis Telethon Kids Institute
Mihai G. Netea
Mihai G. Netea Radboud University
Andrew J. Pollard
Andrew J. Pollard University of Oxford
Susan Donath
Susan Donath University of Melbourne
Adam Finn
Adam Finn University of Bristol
Patricia M. Flynn
Patricia M. Flynn St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Katie L. Flanagan
Katie L. Flanagan RMIT University
Robert J. Wilkinson
Robert J. Wilkinson The Francis Crick Institute
Willem A. Hanekom
Willem A. Hanekom University College London

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