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M. Nicol — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 64
Works: 294
Citations: 18K

Most-cited papers

Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in children younger than 5 years in 2019: a systematic analysis
You Li, Xin Wang, D. Blau, M. Caballero +117 more
2022The Lancet1,588 citations Open access
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Global burden of respiratory infections associated with seasonal influenza in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling study
Xin Wang, You Li, K. O'Brien, S. Madhi +144 more
2020Lancet Global Health387 citations Open access
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Global burden of acute lower respiratory infection associated with human metapneumovirus in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling study
Xin Wang, You Li, Maria Deloria Knoll, S. Madhi +84 more
2020Lancet Global Health193 citations Open access
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Early-life respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory tract infection in a South African birth cohort: epidemiology and effect on lung health
H. Zar, Polite Nduru, J. A. Stadler, D. Gray +4 more
2020Lancet Global Health84 citations Open access
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Diagnostic accuracy of 3 urine lipoarabinomannan tuberculosis assays in HIV-negative outpatients
T. Broger, M. Nicol, G. Sigal, E. Gotuzzo +16 more
2020Journal of Clinical Investigation81 citations Open access
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The association between bacteria colonizing the upper respiratory tract and lower respiratory tract infection in young children: a systematic review and meta-analysis
S. Claassen-Weitz, Katherine Y. L. Lim, Christopher A. Mullally, H. Zar +1 more
2021Clinical Microbiology and Infection75 citations Open access
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Diagnostic accuracy of a novel tuberculosis point-of-care urine lipoarabinomannan assay for people living with HIV: A meta-analysis of individual in- and outpatient data
T. Broger, M. Nicol, R. Székely, S. Bjerrum +12 more
2020PLoS Medicine74 citations Open access
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Clinical, microbiologic, and immunologic determinants of mortality in hospitalized patients with HIV-associated tuberculosis: A prospective cohort study
C. Schutz, D. Barr, B. Andrade, M. Shey +10 more
2019PLoS Medicine74 citations Open access
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Human microbiota research in Africa: a systematic review reveals gaps and priorities for future research
Imane Allali, R. Abotsi, L. A. Tow, L. Thabane +3 more
2021Microbiome68 citations Open access
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Effect of Xpert MTB/RIF on clinical outcomes in routine care settings: individual patient data meta-analysis
G. D. Di Tanna, A. Khaki, G. Theron, K. McCarthy +20 more
2019Lancet Global Health63 citations Open access
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Multicenter Study of the Accuracy of the BD MAX Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis Assay for Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex and Mutations Associated With Resistance to Rifampin and Isoniazid
M. Shah, Sonia Paradis, J. Betz, N. Beylis +15 more
2019Clinical Infectious Diseases58 citations Open access
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The Long-Term Impact of Early-Life Tuberculosis Disease on Child Health: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study
L. Martinez, D. Gray, Maresa Botha, Michael Nel +5 more
2023American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine55 citations Open access
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The Determinants of the Human Milk Metabolome and Its Role in Infant Health
A. Ojo-Okunola, S. Cacciatore, M. Nicol, E. du Toit
2020Metabolites51 citations Open access
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Cytomegalovirus acquisition in infancy and the risk of tuberculosis disease in childhood: a longitudinal birth cohort study in Cape Town, South Africa
L. Martinez, M. Nicol, C. Wedderburn, A. Stadler +4 more
2021Lancet Global Health50 citations Open access
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Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Children in a Well-vaccinated South African Birth Cohort: Spectrum of Disease and Risk Factors.
D. L. le Roux, M. Nicol, L. Myer, A. Vanker +3 more
2019Clinical Infectious Diseases50 citations
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“A very humiliating illness”: a qualitative study of patient-centered Care for Rifampicin-Resistant Tuberculosis in South Africa
J. Furin, M. Loveday, S. Hlangu, L. Dickson-Hall +3 more
2020BMC Public Health46 citations Open access
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Early childhood wheezing phenotypes and determinants in a South African birth cohort: longitudinal analysis of the Drakenstein Child Health Study
Carlyle Mccready, S. Haider, F. Little, M. Nicol +6 more
2022The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health42 citations Open access
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Composition of Gut Microbiota of Children and Adolescents With Perinatal Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Taking Antiretroviral Therapy in Zimbabwe
T. T. Flygel, E. Sovershaeva, Shantelle Classen-Weitz, Erik Hjerde +8 more
2019Journal of Infectious Diseases42 citations Open access
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Diagnostic Advances in Childhood Tuberculosis—Improving Specimen Collection and Yield of Microbiological Diagnosis for Intrathoracic Tuberculosis
E. Wobudeya, M. Bonnet, E. Walters, P. Nabeta +8 more
2022Pathogens41 citations Open access
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An Unusual Resurgence of Human Metapneumovirus in Western Australia Following the Reduction of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Transmission
D. Foley, Chisha T. Sikazwe, C. Minney-Smith, Timo Ernst +5 more
2022Viruses41 citations Open access
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Diagnostic accuracy of the Xpert MTB/Rif Ultra for tuberculosis adenitis
Katherine Antel, J. Oosthuizen, F. Malherbe, V. Louw +3 more
2019BMC Infectious Diseases41 citations Open access
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Breath can discriminate tuberculosis from other lower respiratory illness in children
Carly A. Bobak, Lili Kang, L. Workman, L. Bateman +8 more
2021Scientific Reports40 citations Open access
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Development of treatment-decision algorithms for children evaluated for pulmonary tuberculosis: an individual participant data meta-analysis
K. Gunasekera, O. Marcy, Johanna Muñoz, E. López-Varela +46 more
2023The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health39 citations Open access
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Accuracy of a novel urine test, Fujifilm SILVAMP TB LAM, for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children.
M. Nicol, S. Schumacher, L. Workman, T. Broger +8 more
2020Clinical Infectious Diseases39 citations Open access
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Diagnosis of childhood febrile illness using a multi-class blood RNA molecular signature.
D. Habgood-Coote, Clare Wilson, C. Shimizu, A. M. Barendregt +34 more
2023i Medicina38 citations Open access
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Investigating resistance in clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates with genomic and phenotypic antimicrobial susceptibility testing: a multicentre observational study
Iris Finci, A. Albertini, M. Merker, S. Andres +26 more
2022The Lancet Microbe36 citations Open access
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Optimizing 16S rRNA gene profile analysis from low biomass nasopharyngeal and induced sputum specimens
S. Claassen-Weitz, S. Gardner-Lubbe, K. Mwaikono, E. du Toit +2 more
2020BMC Microbiology33 citations Open access
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Natural and hybrid immunity following four COVID-19 waves: A prospective cohort study of mothers in South Africa
H. Zar, R. MacGinty, L. Workman, Maresa Botha +7 more
2022EClinicalMedicine32 citations Open access
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Longitudinal Dynamics of a Blood Transcriptomic Signature of Tuberculosis
H. Mulenga, M. Musvosvi, S. Mendelsohn, A. Penn-Nicholson +29 more
2021American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine31 citations Open access
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Effect of Once-Weekly Azithromycin vs Placebo in Children With HIV-Associated Chronic Lung Disease
R. Ferrand, G. McHugh, A. Rehman, H. Mujuru +11 more
2020JAMA Network Open31 citations Open access
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Advances in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children
M. Nicol, H. Zar
2020Paediatric Respiratory Reviews29 citations Open access
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Diagnosis and management of community-acquired pneumonia in children: South African Thoracic Society guidelines
H. Zar, D. Moore, S. Andronikou, A. Argent +10 more
2020African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine29 citations Open access
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Xpert Ultra testing of blood in severe HIV-associated tuberculosis to detect and measure Mycobacterium tuberculosis blood stream infection: a diagnostic and disease biomarker cohort study
L. Boloko, C. Schutz, N. Sibiya, Avuyonke Balfour +8 more
2022The Lancet Microbe25 citations Open access
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Treatment Outcomes Among Pregnant Patients With Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
K. A. Alene, M. Murray, B. J. van de Water, M. Becerra +3 more
2022JAMA Network Open25 citations Open access
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The Influence of DNA Extraction and Lipid Removal on Human Milk Bacterial Profiles
A. Ojo-Okunola, S. Claassen-Weitz, K. Mwaikono, S. Gardner-Lubbe +3 more
2020Methods and Protocols24 citations Open access
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Laboratory development of a simple stool sample processing method diagnosis of pediatric tuberculosis using Xpert Ultra.
M. Lounnas, Abibatou Diack, M. Nicol, S. Eyangoh +4 more
2020Tuberculosis22 citations Open access
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Succession and determinants of the early life nasopharyngeal microbiota in a South African birth cohort
S. Claassen-Weitz, S. Gardner-Lubbe, Yao Xia, K. Mwaikono +5 more
2023Microbiome21 citations Open access
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Whole-Genome Sequencing Has the Potential To Improve Treatment for Rifampicin-Resistant Tuberculosis in High-Burden Settings: a Retrospective Cohort Study
H. Cox, G. Goig, Zubeida Salaam-Dreyer, A. Dippenaar +12 more
2022Journal of Clinical Microbiology21 citations Open access
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Potential contribution of HIV during first-line tuberculosis treatment to subsequent rifampicin-monoresistant tuberculosis and acquired tuberculosis drug resistance in South Africa: a retrospective molecular epidemiology study
H. Cox, Zubeida Salaam-Dreyer, G. Goig, M. Nicol +13 more
2021The Lancet Microbe21 citations Open access
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Rifampicin-Monoresistant Tuberculosis Is Not the Same as Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: a Descriptive Study from Khayelitsha, South Africa
Zubeida Salaam-Dreyer, E. Streicher, F. Sirgel, F. Menardo +11 more
2021medRxiv20 citations Open access
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Relationships between the Intakes of Human Milk Components and Body Composition of Breastfed Infants: A Systematic Review
Isabella Norrish, Azhar S. Sindi, V. Sakalidis, Ching T. Lai +6 more
2023Nutrients19 citations Open access
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‘We had to manage what we had on hand, in whatever way we could’: adaptive responses in policy for decentralized drug-resistant tuberculosis care in South Africa
K. Kielmann, L. Dickson-Hall, W. Jassat, Sacha Roxanne Le Roux +8 more
2021Health Policy and Planning19 citations Open access
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Factors associated with serious outcomes of pneumonia among children in a birth cohort in South Africa
D. L. le Roux, M. Nicol, A. Vanker, Polite Nduru +1 more
2021PLoS ONE19 citations Open access
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Cost-effectiveness of a Novel Lipoarabinomannan Test for Tuberculosis in Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Krishna P. Reddy, C. Denkinger, T. Broger, Nicole C. McCann +11 more
2020Clinical Infectious Diseases18 citations Open access
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Klebsiella pneumoniae Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in a South African Birth Cohort: a Longitudinal Study
H. Zar, R. MacGinty, L. Workman, T. Burd +4 more
2021International Journal of Infectious Diseases17 citations Open access
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Missing Piece Study protocol: prospective surveillance to determine the epidemiology of group A streptococcal pharyngitis and impetigo in remote Western Australia
D. Barth, M. Mullane, Claudia R. Sampson, Coco Chou +5 more
2022BMJ Open16 citations Open access
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Longitudinal changes in the nasopharyngeal resistome of South African infants using shotgun metagenomic sequencing
Rendani I Manenzhe, F. Dube, Meredith S. Wright, K. Lennard +5 more
2020PLoS ONE16 citations Open access
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Oral Swab Specimens Tested With Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra Assay for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Children: A Diagnostic Accuracy Study
H. Cox, L. Workman, L. Bateman, Z. Franckling-Smith +10 more
2022Clinical Infectious Diseases14 citations Open access
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Risk and rates of hospitalisation in young children: a prospective study of a South African birth cohort
C. Wedderburn, J. Bondar, Marilyn T. Lake, Raymond T Nhapi +4 more
2023medRxiv13 citations Open access
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A citywide, clonal outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
C. Opperman, Clinton Moodley, K. Lennard, Mariette Smith +9 more
2022International Journal of Infectious Diseases13 citations Open access
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