Nicola Low

59.4k total citations · 10 hit papers
265 papers, 14.3k citations indexed

About

Nicola Low is a scholar working on Microbiology, General Health Professions and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicola Low has authored 265 papers receiving a total of 14.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 130 papers in Microbiology, 97 papers in General Health Professions and 97 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Nicola Low's work include Reproductive tract infections research (127 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (78 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (39 papers). Nicola Low is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive tract infections research (127 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (78 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (39 papers). Nicola Low collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States. Nicola Low's co-authors include Matthias Egger, Magnus Unemo, Sami L. Gottlieb, Christian L. Althaus, Nathalie Broutet, Lori M. Newman, Marcel Zwahlen, Stephen Vander Hoorn, Jane Rowley and Mónika Müller and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Nicola Low

257 papers receiving 13.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Global Estimates of the Prevalence and Incidence of Four Curable Sexually Transmitted Infections in 2012 Based on Systematic Review and Global Reporting

2015 1.2k citations Magnus Unemo, Nicola Low et al. profile →
Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis and syphilis: global prevalence and incidence estimates, 2016

2019 1.0k citations Nicola Low, Magnus Unemo et al. profile →
Sexual transmission of HIV according to viral load and antiretroviral therapy: systematic review and meta-analysis

2009 751 citations Matthias Egger, Nicola Low et al. profile →
Occurrence and transmission potential of asymptomatic and presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections: A living systematic review and meta-analysis

2020 621 citations Diana Buitrago‐García, Dianne Egli-Gany et al. PLoS Medicine profile →
Sexually transmitted infections: challenges ahead

2017 479 citations Magnus Unemo, Catriona S. Bradshaw et al. profile →
Risk of Sequelae afterChlamydia trachomatisGenital Infection in Women

2010 468 citations Nicola Low et al. profile →
False-negative results of initial RT-PCR assays for COVID-19: A systematic review

2020 449 citations Ingrid Arévalo-Rodríguez, Diana Buitrago‐García et al. profile →
Zika Virus Infection as a Cause of Congenital Brain Abnormalities and Guillain–Barré Syndrome: Systematic Review

2017 336 citations Nathalie Broutet, Nicola Low et al. PLoS Medicine profile →
COVID-19 epidemic in Switzerland: on the importance of testing, contact tracing and isolation

2020 334 citations Christian L. Althaus, Silvia Stringhini et al. profile →
Prevalence of mutations associated with resistance to macrolides and fluoroquinolones in Mycoplasma genitalium: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2020 174 citations Dorothy A. Machalek, Jørgen Skov Jensen et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia progression and regression among women living with HIV in Zambia 2025 ·HIV Medicine ·(unknown), Katayoun Taghavi, (unknown), Partha Basu, (unknown), Mulindi Mwanahamuntu, Nicola Low, Albert Manasyan, Eliane Rohner	0
2	Anal Cancer Incidence Rates Among Men and Women With and Without HIV in South Africa 2025 ·Open Forum Infectious Diseases ·(unknown), Yann Ruffieux, (unknown), Andreas D. Haas, Nicola Low, Matthias Egger, (unknown), Gary Maartens, Naomi Folb, Eliane Rohner	0
3	Evolving patterns of macrolide and fluoroquinolone resistance in Mycoplasma genitalium: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis 2025 ·The Lancet Microbe ·(unknown), Lenka A. Vodstrcil, Gerald L. Murray, Erica L. Plummer, Jørgen Skov Jensen, Magnus Unemo, Eric P. F. Chow, Nicola Low, David M. Whiley, Emma L. Sweeney, Jane S. Hocking, Jennifer Danielewski, Suzanne M. Garland, Christopher K. Fairley, Lei Zhang, Catriona S. Bradshaw, Dorothy A. Machalek	7
4	Characteristics and completeness of reporting of systematic reviews of prevalence studies in adult populations: a metaresearch study 2024 ·Journal of Clinical Epidemiology ·Diana Buitrago‐García, (unknown), Javier Eslava‐Schmalbach, Georgia Salanti, Nicola Low	0
5	Socio-demographic characteristics associated with COVID-19 vaccination uptake in Switzerland: longitudinal analysis of the CoMix study 2023 ·BMC Public Health ·Martina L. Reichmuth, (unknown), Julien Riou, André Moser, Anthony Hauser, Nicola Low, Christian L. Althaus	9
6	Tool to assess risk of bias in studies estimating the prevalence of mental health disorders (RoB-PrevMH) 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Thomy Tonia, Diana Buitrago‐García, Natalie Peter, Cristina Mesa-Vieira, Tianjing Li, Toshi A. Furukawa, Andrea Cipriani, Stefan Leucht, Nicola Low, Georgia Salanti	12
7	The use of newborn foot length to identify low birth weight and preterm babies in Papua New Guinea: A diagnostic accuracy study 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Lisa M. Vallely, Moses Laman, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nicola Low, Michaela A. Riddell	2
8	Occurrence and transmission potential of asymptomatic and presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections: Update of a living systematic review and meta-analysis 2022 ·PLoS Medicine ·Diana Buitrago‐García, Aziz Mert Ipekci, (unknown), Hira Imeri, (unknown), Ingrid Arévalo-Rodríguez, Agustín Ciapponi, Müge Çevik, Anthony Hauser, (unknown), (unknown), Eric A. Meyerowitz, (unknown), Xueting Qiu, Aaron Richterman, (unknown), (unknown), I. Zhelyazkov, Georgia Salanti, Nicola Low	41
9	Where to go to in chlamydia control? From infection control towards infectious disease control 2021 ·Sexually Transmitted Infections ·Jan van Bergen, Bernice M. Hoenderboom, Silke David, (unknown), Janneke C. M. Heijne, Fleur van Aar, Christian J. P. A. Hoebe, (unknown), Nicole H. T. M. Dukers–Muijrers, Hannelore M Götz, Nicola Low, Servaas A. Morré, Björn Herrmann, Marianne A. B. van der Sande, Henry J.C. de Vries, Helen Ward, Birgit van Benthem	28
10	Rotavirus disease and health care utilisation among children under 5 years of age in highly developed countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis 2021 ·Vaccine ·Cristina Ardura‐Garcia, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nicola Low, Claudia E. Kuehni	13
11	Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies, risk factors for infection and associated symptoms in Geneva, Switzerland: a population-based study 2021 ·Scandinavian Journal of Public Health ·Aude Richard, Ania Wisniak, Javier Perez‐Saez, Henri M. Garrison‐Desany, Dušan Petrović, Giovanni Piumatti, Hélène Baysson, A. Picazio, Francesco Pennacchio, David De Ridder, François Chappuis, Nicolas Vuilleumier, Nicola Low, Samia Hurst, Isabella Eckerle, Antoine Flahault, Laurent Kaiser, Andrew S. Azman, Idris Guessous, Silvia Stringhini	20
12	Rotavirus disease and health care utilisation among children under 5 years of age in highly developed countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis 2020 ·medRxiv ·Cristina Ardura‐Garcia, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nicola Low, Claudia E. Kuehni	1
13	Occurrence and transmission potential of asymptomatic and presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections: A living systematic review and meta-analysis breakdown → 2020 ·PLoS Medicine ·Diana Buitrago‐García, Dianne Egli-Gany, Michel Jacques Counotte, Stefanie Hossmann, Hira Imeri, Aziz Mert Ipekci, Georgia Salanti, Nicola Low	621
14	Sexual transmission of Zika virus and other flaviviruses: A living systematic review 2018 ·PLoS Medicine ·Michel Jacques Counotte, Caron Rahn Kim, Jingying Wang, Kyle Bernstein, Carolyn Deal, Nathalie Broutet, Nicola Low	118
15	Rates of pelvic inflammatory disease and ectopic pregnancy in Australia, 2009–2014: ecological analysis of hospital data 2018 ·Sexually Transmitted Infections ·Jane L. Goller, Alysha De Livera, Rebecca Guy, Nicola Low, Basil Donovan, Matthew Law, John Kaldor, Christopher K. Fairley, Jane S. Hocking	16
16	Re-emerging and newly recognized sexually transmitted infections: Can prior experiences shed light on future identification and control? 2017 ·PLoS Medicine ·Kyle Bernstein, Virginia B. Bowen, Caron Kim, Michel Jacques Counotte, Robert D. Kirkcaldy, Edna Kara, Gail Bolan, Nicola Low, Nathalie Broutet	8
17	Real-Time Quantitative PCR To Determine Chlamydial Load in Men and Women in a Community Setting 2009 ·Journal of Clinical Microbiology ·Rebecca Wiggins, (unknown), Nicola Low, Paddy Horner	26
18	What can be gained from comprehensive disaggregate surveillance? The Avon Surveillance System for Sexually Transmitted Infections 2007 ·Sexually Transmitted Infections ·(unknown), Katharine Sadler, Jackie Cassell, Paddy Horner, Nicola Low	17
19	Mädchenbeschneidung in der Schweiz: Umfrage von UNICEF Schweiz und der Universität Bern 2005 ·Schweizerische Ärztezeitung ·Nicola Low, (unknown), Matthias Egger, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	4
20	Genital chlamydia infection 2000 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Nicola Low, (unknown)	1

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