Nele Sigurs

5.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
27 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Nele Sigurs is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Physiology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Nele Sigurs has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Epidemiology, 15 papers in Physiology and 11 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Nele Sigurs's work include Asthma and respiratory diseases (15 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (13 papers) and Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research (6 papers). Nele Sigurs is often cited by papers focused on Asthma and respiratory diseases (15 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (13 papers) and Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research (6 papers). Nele Sigurs collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Australia and Iceland. Nele Sigurs's co-authors include Bengt Kjellman, Ragnar Bjarnason, Per Gustafsson, Bengt Björkstén, Gunnar Hattevig, Susanne M. Schmidt, Fredrik Lundberg, Fatma Aljassim, Paul D. Robinson and Lennart Nilsson and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, PEDIATRICS and Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Nele Sigurs

27 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis in Infancy Is an Important Risk Factor for Asthma and Allergy at Age 7

2000 873 citations Nele Sigurs, Ragnar Bjarnason et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis in Infancy and Asthma and Allergy at Age 13

2004 699 citations Nele Sigurs, Per Gustafsson et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
Asthma and allergy patterns over 18 years after severe RSV bronchiolitis in the first year of life

2010 530 citations Nele Sigurs, Fatma Aljassim et al. Thorax profile →
Asthma and Immunoglobulin E Antibodies After Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis: A Prospective Cohort Study With Matched Controls

1995 507 citations Nele Sigurs, Ragnar Bjarnason et al. profile →

Peers

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Tatiana Kebadze United Kingdom

A. Deschildre France

K.A. Roberg United States

Merja Kajosaari Finland

Simon Message United Kingdom

Cara Bossley United Kingdom

Jill A. Warner United Kingdom

Peter Shult United States

Ingrid A. Laing Australia

G Sanderson United Kingdom

Tatiana Kebadze United Kingdom

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20 of 20 papers shown

Berg, Karin van den, et al.. (2015). Incidence, risk factors and hospital burden in children under five years of age hospitalised with respiratory syncytial virus infections. Acta Paediatrica. 104(9). 922–926. 24 indexed citations

Sigurs, Nele, Fatma Aljassim, Bengt Kjellman, et al.. (2010). Asthma and allergy patterns over 18 years after severe RSV bronchiolitis in the first year of life. Thorax. 65(12). 1045–1052. 530 indexed citations breakdown →

Aljassim, Fatma, Paul D. Robinson, Nele Sigurs, & Per Gustafsson. (2009). A whisper from the silent lung zone. Pediatric Pulmonology. 44(8). 829–832. 6 indexed citations

Sigurs, Nele, Per Gustafsson, Ragnar Bjarnason, et al.. (2004). Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis in Infancy and Asthma and Allergy at Age 13. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 171(2). 137–141. 699 indexed citations breakdown →

Sigurs, Nele. (2002). A cohort of children hospitalised with acute RSV bronchiolitis: impact on later respiratory disease. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews. 3(3). 177–183. 48 indexed citations

Sigurs, Nele. (2002). Clinical perspectives on the association between respiratory syncytial virus and reactive airway disease. Respiratory Research. 3(S1). S8–14. 37 indexed citations

Pala, Pietro, et al.. (2002). Enhanced IL‐4 responses in children with a history of respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis in infancy. European Respiratory Journal. 20(2). 376–382. 68 indexed citations

Sigurs, Nele. (2001). Epidemiologic and Clinical Evidence of a Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Reactive Airway Disease Link. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 163(Supplement_1). S2–S6. 100 indexed citations

Sigurs, Nele, et al.. (2000). Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis in Infancy Is an Important Risk Factor for Asthma and Allergy at Age 7. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 161(5). 1501–1507. 873 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hattevig, Gunnar, Nele Sigurs, & Bengt Kjellman. (1999). Effects of maternal dietary avoidance during lactation on allergy in children at 10 years of age. Acta Paediatrica. 88(1). 7–12. 64 indexed citations

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Strannegård, Ö., et al.. (1997). Association between pronounced IgA response in RSV bronchiolitis and development of allergic sensitization. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. 8(1). 1–6. 32 indexed citations

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Nilsson, Lennart, et al.. (1997). Season of birth as predictor of atopic manifestations. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 76(4). 341–344. 64 indexed citations

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Sigurs, Nele, Gunnar Hattevig, Bengt Kjellman, et al.. (1994). Appearance of atopic disease in relation to serum IgE antibodies in children followed up from birth for 4 to 15 years. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 94(4). 757–763. 134 indexed citations

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Sigurs, Nele, et al.. (1994). Eosinophil cationic protein in nasal secretion and in serum and myeloperoxidase in serum in respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis: relation to asthma and atopy. Acta Paediatrica. 83(11). 1151–1155. 63 indexed citations

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Sigurs, Nele, et al.. (1993). Prevalence of coeliac disease in diabetic children and adolescents in Sweden. Acta Paediatrica. 82(10). 748–751. 78 indexed citations

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Hattevig, Gunnar, Bengt Kjellman, Nele Sigurs, et al.. (1990). The effect of maternal avoidance of eggs, cow's milk, and fish during lactation on the development of IgE, IgG, and IgA antibodies in infants. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 85(1). 108–115. 74 indexed citations

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Hattevig, Gunnar, Bengt Kjellman, Nele Sigurs, Bengt Björkstén, & N.‐I. M. Kjellman. (1989). Effect of maternal avoidance of eggs, cow's milk and fish during lactation upon allergic manifestations in infants. Clinical & Experimental Allergy. 19(1). 27–32. 165 indexed citations

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Zackrisson, Gunilla, Ingela Krantz, Teresa Lagergård, et al.. (1988). Antibody response to pertussis toxin in patients with clinical pertussis measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 7(2). 149–154. 27 indexed citations

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Zackrisson, Gunilla, Ingela Krantz, Teresa Lagergård, et al.. (1988). Serum antibody response to filamentous hemagglutinin in patients with clinical pertussis measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 7(6). 764–770. 27 indexed citations

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Trollfors, Birger, Ingela Krantz, Nele Sigurs, et al.. (1988). Toxin-Neutralizing Antibodies in Patients with Pertussis, as Determined by an Assay Using Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 158(5). 991–995. 18 indexed citations

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