N Low

Summary

Affiliation: University of Bern
Country: Switzerland

Publications

  1. ncbi Does population screening for Chlamydia trachomatis raise anxiety among those tested? Findings from a population based chlamydia screening study
    Rona Campbell
    Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK
    BMC Public Health 6:106. 2006
  2. ncbi Repeat chlamydia screening among adolescents: cohort study in a school-based programme in New Orleans
    Nicola Low
    Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    Sex Transm Infect 89:20-4. 2013
  3. ncbi Chlamydia control activities in Europe: cross-sectional survey
    Nicola Low
    Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    Eur J Public Health 22:556-61. 2012
  4. ncbi Perioperative antibiotics to prevent infection after first-trimester abortion
    Nicola Low
    Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev 3:CD005217. 2012
  5. ncbi Testing for sexually transmitted infections in general practice: cross-sectional study
    Katharine E Sadler
    Research Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London, London, UK
    BMC Public Health 10:667. 2010
  6. ncbi Sexual health of ethnic minority MSM in Britain (MESH project): design and methods
    Jonathan Elford
    School of Community and Health Sciences, City University London, 20 Bartholomew Close, London EC1A 7QN, UK
    BMC Public Health 10:419. 2010
  7. ncbi Mapping HIV/STI behavioural surveillance in Europe
    Françoise Dubois-Arber
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine IUMSP, University Hospital Center and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
    BMC Infect Dis 10:290. 2010
  8. ncbi Effectiveness of chlamydia screening: systematic review
    Nicola Low
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Finkenhubelweg 11, Bern, CH 3012, Switzerland
    Int J Epidemiol 38:435-48. 2009
  9. ncbi Incidence of severe reproductive tract complications associated with diagnosed genital chlamydial infection: the Uppsala Women's Cohort Study
    N Low
    Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Finkenhubelweg 11, Bern, CH 3012, Switzerland
    Sex Transm Infect 82:212-8. 2006
  10. ncbi Screening programmes for chlamydial infection: when will we ever learn?
    Nicola Low
    Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, CH 3012, Switzerland
    BMJ 334:725-8. 2007

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Publications56

  1. ncbi Does population screening for Chlamydia trachomatis raise anxiety among those tested? Findings from a population based chlamydia screening study
    Rona Campbell
    Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK
    BMC Public Health 6:106. 2006
    ..The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an invitation to be screened for chlamydia and of receiving a negative result on levels of anxiety, depression and self-esteem...
  2. ncbi Repeat chlamydia screening among adolescents: cohort study in a school-based programme in New Orleans
    Nicola Low
    Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    Sex Transm Infect 89:20-4. 2013
    ..To describe uptake of chlamydia screening, determine rates of repeated yearly screening and investigate determinants of repeated participation in an organised school-based screening programme...
  3. ncbi Chlamydia control activities in Europe: cross-sectional survey
    Nicola Low
    Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    Eur J Public Health 22:556-61. 2012
    ..Chlamydia is the most commonly reported bacterial sexually transmitted infection in Europe. The objective of the Screening for Chlamydia in Europe (SCREen) project was to describe current and planned chlamydia control activities in Europe...
  4. ncbi Perioperative antibiotics to prevent infection after first-trimester abortion
    Nicola Low
    Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev 3:CD005217. 2012
    ....
  5. ncbi Testing for sexually transmitted infections in general practice: cross-sectional study
    Katharine E Sadler
    Research Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London, London, UK
    BMC Public Health 10:667. 2010
    ..We sought to explore the extent of testing for chlamydia and HIV in general practice and its relation to associated measures of sexual health in two contrasting geographical settings...
  6. ncbi Sexual health of ethnic minority MSM in Britain (MESH project): design and methods
    Jonathan Elford
    School of Community and Health Sciences, City University London, 20 Bartholomew Close, London EC1A 7QN, UK
    BMC Public Health 10:419. 2010
    ..The aim of the MESH project was to examine in detail the sexual health of ethnic minority MSM living in Britain...
  7. ncbi Mapping HIV/STI behavioural surveillance in Europe
    Françoise Dubois-Arber
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine IUMSP, University Hospital Center and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
    BMC Infect Dis 10:290. 2010
    ..In 2008, mapping of behavioural surveillance in EU/EFTA countries was performed on behalf of the European Centre for Disease prevention and Control...
  8. ncbi Effectiveness of chlamydia screening: systematic review
    Nicola Low
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Finkenhubelweg 11, Bern, CH 3012, Switzerland
    Int J Epidemiol 38:435-48. 2009
    ..The objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of register-based and opportunistic chlamydia screening interventions...
  9. ncbi Incidence of severe reproductive tract complications associated with diagnosed genital chlamydial infection: the Uppsala Women's Cohort Study
    N Low
    Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Finkenhubelweg 11, Bern, CH 3012, Switzerland
    Sex Transm Infect 82:212-8. 2006
    ..To estimate the cumulative incidence of severe complications associated with genital chlamydia infection in the general female population...
  10. ncbi Screening programmes for chlamydial infection: when will we ever learn?
    Nicola Low
    Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, CH 3012, Switzerland
    BMJ 334:725-8. 2007
  11. ncbi Immunogenicity and safety of aerosolized measles vaccine: systematic review and meta-analysis
    Nicola Low
    Insititute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    Vaccine 26:383-98. 2008
    ..Large randomized trials are needed to establish the efficacy and safety of aerosolized measles vaccine as primary and booster doses...
  12. ncbi Partner notification of chlamydia infection in primary care: randomised controlled trial and analysis of resource use
    Nicola Low
    Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PR
    BMJ 332:14-9. 2006
    ..To evaluate the effectiveness of a practice nurse led strategy to improve the notification and treatment of partners of people with chlamydia infection...
  13. ncbi Intravaginal practices, bacterial vaginosis, and HIV infection in women: individual participant data meta-analysis
    Nicola Low
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    PLoS Med 8:e1000416. 2011
    ..Secondary objectives were to investigate associations between intravaginal practices and disrupted vaginal flora; and between disrupted vaginal flora and HIV acquisition...
  14. ncbi Global control of sexually transmitted infections
    Nicola Low
    Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    Lancet 368:2001-16. 2006
    ..We must not allow stigma, prejudice, and moral opposition to obstruct the goals of infectious disease control...
  15. ncbi Chlamydia infection, pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy and infertility: cross-national study
    Nicole Bender
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern CH 3012, Switzerland
    Sex Transm Infect 87:601-8. 2011
    ....
  16. ncbi Epidemiological, social, diagnostic and economic evaluation of population screening for genital chlamydial infection
    N Low
    Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Bristol, UK
    Health Technol Assess 11:iii-iv, ix-xii, 1-165. 2007
    ..To investigate epidemiological, social, diagnostic and economic aspects of chlamydia screening in non-genitourinary medicine settings...
  17. ncbi Wheeze and asthma prevalence and related health-service use in white and south Asian pre-schoolchildren in the United Kingdom
    C E Kuehni
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Swiss Paediatric Respiratory Research Group, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    Clin Exp Allergy 37:1738-46. 2007
    ..These studies have not distinguished different asthma phenotypes or controlled for varying environmental exposures...
  18. ncbi Screening for chlamydial infections and the risk of ectopic pregnancy in a county in Sweden: ecological analysis
    M Egger
    Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PR
    BMJ 316:1776-80. 1998
    ..To analyse trends in rates of genital chlamydial infection and ectopic pregnancy between 1985 and 1995 in a county in Sweden...
  19. ncbi Investigating ethnic inequalities in the incidence of sexually transmitted infections: mathematical modelling study
    K M E Turner
    Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 80:379-85. 2004
    ..To investigate ethnic differences in rates of gonorrhoea using empirical sexual behaviour data in a simple mathematical model. To explore the impact of different intervention strategies in this simulated population...
  20. ncbi Inequalities in rates of gonorrhoea and chlamydia between black ethnic groups in south east London: cross sectional study
    N Low
    Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 77:15-20. 2001
    ..To examine differences in population based rates of gonorrhoea and chlamydia between black ethnic groups in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham Health Authority...
  21. ncbi The chlamydia screening studies: rationale and design
    N Low
    Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 80:342-8. 2004
    ..Screening has been recommended to reduce the prevalence and morbidity associated with genital chlamydia infection in the United Kingdom...
  22. ncbi Risk factors for tuberculosis in patients with AIDS in London: a case-control study
    J del Amo
    MRC UK Centre for Co ordinating Epidemiological Studies of HIV and AIDS, Department of STD, Mortimer Market Centre, London, UK
    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 3:12-7. 1999
    ..To identify risk factors for the acquired immune-deficiency syndrome (AIDS) associated with tuberculosis, in patients with AIDS attending 11 of the largest human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS Units in London...
  23. ncbi Developing national outcome standards for the management of gonorrhoea and genital chlamydia in genitourinary medicine clinics
    N Low
    Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 80:223-9. 2004
    ..We describe an approach to the development of national standards for measuring outcomes of care for gonorrhoea and genital chlamydia in genitourinary medicine clinics...
  24. ncbi Sleepless night, the moon is bright: longitudinal study of lunar phase and sleep
    Martin Röösli
    Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
    J Sleep Res 15:149-53. 2006
    ..027) at full moon. The study was designed for other purposes and the association between lunar cycle and sleep duration will need to be confirmed in further studies...
  25. ncbi Population based screening - the difficulty of how to do more good than harm and how to achieve it
    Marcel Zwahlen
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    Swiss Med Wkly 140:w13061. 2010
    ..Without explicit processes there is a danger that beneficial screening programmes could be neglected and that ineffective, and potentially harmful, screening procedures could be introduced...
  26. ncbi The role of reinfection and partner notification in the efficacy of Chlamydia screening programs
    Janneke C M Heijne
    Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    J Infect Dis 203:372-7. 2011
    ..Effective management of sex partners to prevent reinfection might need to be strengthened in chlamydia control programs...
  27. ncbi Asthma in young south Asian women living in the United Kingdom: the importance of early life
    C E Kuehni
    Swiss Paediatric Respiratory Research Group, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
    Clin Exp Allergy 37:47-53. 2007
    ..Little is known about the importance of the timing of the exposure in the host country and whether migrants might be especially vulnerable in certain age windows...
  28. ncbi 'You can't tell by looking': pilot study of a community-based intervention to detect asymptomatic sexually transmitted infections
    N Low
    MRC Health Service Research Collaboration, Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Rd, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK
    Int J STD AIDS 14:830-4. 2003
    ..Only 7% of those tested found it embarrassing. The intervention was both feasible and acceptable to young people. It could be tested in a wider variety of non-clinical settings and evaluated in a cluster randomized trial...
  29. ncbi Changing epidemiology of HIV anonymous testing in Switzerland for 1996-2006
    L R Prasad
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    Swiss Med Wkly 139:256-63. 2009
    ....
  30. ncbi Prioritising prevention strategies for patients in antiretroviral treatment programmes in resource-limited settings
    A Spaar
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland
    AIDS Care 22:775-83. 2010
    ..Strategies that might be equally or more important in this setting, including partner notification, prompt diagnosis and treatment of STI and reduction of stigma in the community, have not been implemented widely...
  31. ncbi Investigating ethnic differences in sexual health: focus groups with young people
    P Connell
    Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 80:300-5. 2004
    ..The low priority given to sexually transmitted infections by young people from all ethnic groups needs to be addressed if they are to be tackled successfully...
  32. ncbi Gender inequity in the provision of care for hip disease: population-based cross-sectional study
    P Juni
    Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 18:640-5. 2010
    ..To examine gender differences along the care pathway to total hip replacement...
  33. ncbi Uptake of regular chlamydia testing by U.S. women: a longitudinal study
    Janneke C M Heijne
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    Am J Prev Med 39:243-50. 2010
    ..Routine chlamydia screening is a recommended preventive intervention for sexually active women aged </=25 years in the U.S. but rates of regular uptake are not known...
  34. ncbi Surveillance systems for sexually transmitted diseases in Switzerland
    Marcel Zwahlen
    Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    Sex Transm Dis 34:76-80. 2007
    ..In Switzerland (population 7.4 million), 3 different systems contribute to surveillance for sexually transmitted infections...
  35. ncbi Trends in primary care consultations for asthma in Switzerland, 1989-2002
    Ueli Bollag
    Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Berne, Switzerland
    Int J Epidemiol 34:1012-8. 2005
    ..This is more likely to be owing to an increase in the use of home medication than to a shift in care to hospital settings. The incidence of diagnosed asthma might also be decreasing...
  36. ncbi Improved effectiveness of partner notification for patients with sexually transmitted infections: systematic review
    Sven Trelle
    Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Finkenhubelweg 11, Bern, CH 3012, Switzerland
    BMJ 334:354. 2007
    ..To examine the effectiveness of methods to improve partner notification by patient referral (index patient has responsibility for informing sex partners of their exposure to a sexually transmitted infection)...
  37. ncbi What can be gained from comprehensive disaggregate surveillance? The Avon Surveillance System for Sexually Transmitted Infections
    Wendi Slater
    Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    Sex Transm Infect 83:411-5. 2007
    ..To describe a new disaggregate surveillance system covering key diagnosed sexually transmitted infections in a UK locality...
  38. ncbi Phase specific strategies for the prevention, control, and elimination of sexually transmitted infections: case study in Lambeth, Southwark, and Lewisham, London, UK
    N Low
    Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 78:i133-8. 2002
    ..There is, however, insufficient empirical evidence about whether particular interventions introduced at different epidemic stages are effective...
  39. ncbi Variation in partner notification outcomes for chlamydia in UK genitourinary medicine clinics: multilevel study
    Sereina A Herzog
    Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Finkenhubelweg 11, Bern 3012, Switzerland
    Sex Transm Infect 87:420-5. 2011
    ....
  40. ncbi Opportunistic and systematic screening for chlamydia: a study of consultations by young adults in general practice
    Chris Salisbury
    Academic Unit of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol, Cotham House, Cotham Hill, Bristol BS6 6JL, UK
    Br J Gen Pract 56:99-103. 2006
    ..There are insufficient data about young peoples' use of primary care services to determine the potential coverage of opportunistic screening in comparison with a systematic population-based approach...
  41. ncbi Screening for chlamydia
    Nicola Low
    Lancet 365:1539. 2005
  42. ncbi Healthcare and patient costs of a proactive chlamydia screening programme: the Chlamydia Screening Studies project
    Suzanne Robinson
    Health Economics Facility, Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, 40 Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 83:276-81. 2007
    ....
  43. ncbi Screening for chlamydia
    John Macleod
    Lancet 365:1539-40. 2005
  44. ncbi Cost effectiveness of home based population screening for Chlamydia trachomatis in the UK: economic evaluation of chlamydia screening studies (ClaSS) project
    Tracy E Roberts
    Health Economics Facility, HSMC, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, Switzerland
    BMJ 335:291. 2007
    ..To investigate the cost effectiveness of screening for Chlamydia trachomatis compared with a policy of no organised screening in the United Kingdom...
  45. ncbi Coverage and uptake of systematic postal screening for genital Chlamydia trachomatis and prevalence of infection in the United Kingdom general population: cross sectional study
    John Macleod
    Department of Primary Care and General Practice, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT
    BMJ 330:940. 2005
    ..To measure the coverage and uptake of systematic postal screening for genital Chlamydia trachomatis and the prevalence of infection in the general population in the United Kingdom. To investigate factors associated with these measures...
  46. ncbi Co-infection with gonorrhoea and chlamydia: how much is there and what does it mean?
    Sarah Creighton
    Department opf Sexually Transmitted Diseases, King s College Hospital, Caldecot Centre, London, UK
    Int J STD AIDS 14:109-13. 2003
    ..The high proportion of cases of gonorrhoea that also have chlamydia justifies the policy of epidemiological treatment for chlamydia...
  47. ncbi What should we do about screening for genital chlamydia?
    Nicola Low
    Int J Epidemiol 31:891-3. 2002
  48. ncbi Bias in chlamydia prevalence surveys
    Nicola Low
    Lancet 362:1157-8. 2003
  49. ncbi Enhanced enzyme immunoassay with negative-gray-zone testing compared to a single nucleic Acid amplification technique for community-based chlamydial screening of men
    Paddy Horner
    The Milne Centre, United Bristol Healthcare Trust, Bristol BS2 8HW, United Kingdom
    J Clin Microbiol 43:2065-9. 2005
    ..In addition, positive nucleic acid amplification test results should be confirmed and an inhibition control should be used...
  50. ncbi Quantifying leukocytes in first catch urine provides new insights into our understanding of symptomatic and asymptomatic urethritis
    Rebecca C Wiggins
    Department of Clinical Sciences at South Bristol, University of Bristol, Bristol BS2 8AE, UK
    Int J STD AIDS 17:289-95. 2006
    ..This would explain why men with asymptomatic urethritis are less likely to have a sexually transmitted infection detected than those with discharge and/or dysuria...
  51. ncbi Caution: chlamydia surveillance data ahead
    Nicola Low
    Sex Transm Infect 84:80-1. 2008
  52. ncbi Vulvovaginal-swab or first-catch urine specimen to detect Chlamydia trachomatis in women in a community setting?
    Sue Skidmore
    Public Health Laboratory Service, Birmingham Laboratory, Birmingham, UK
    J Clin Microbiol 44:4389-94. 2006
    ....
  53. ncbi Focus on Chlamydia
    Nicola Low
    Sex Transm Infect 83:251-2. 2007
  54. ncbi Direct transmission: introducing a new feature in STI
    Helen Ward
    Sex Transm Infect 83:425. 2007
  55. ncbi Travelling far but staying close to home
    Nicola Low
    Sex Transm Infect 83:501-2. 2007
  56. ncbi Global issues in medical education
    Nicola Low
    Lancet 359:713-4. 2002