Epidemiology and Infection

Article	Citations
A scoping review on the community dividend resulting from testing and treating hepatitis C infection in people living in detention	95
Long-term health outcomes of Q-fever fatigue syndrome patients	50
Historical reconstruction of the earliest enterovirus A71 epidemics in Japan in the 1960s	38
The molecular epidemiology of hepatitis E virus genotype 3 in Canada	37
Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 prevalence from repeated pooled testing: application to Swiss routine data	35
Risk factors for infection with SARS-CoV-2 in a cohort of Canadian healthcare workers: 2020–2023	32
Lizards as sentinels for the distribution of Angiostrongylus cantonensis	29
The performance of a new rapid interferon gamma release assay based on fluorescence immunochromatography for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection testing in village doctors in China	27
The predictive values of C-reactive protein-neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio for the risk of refractory Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children: a retrospective cohort study	25
Seroconversion and seroprevalence of TORCH infections in a pregnant women cohort study, Mombasa, Kenya, 2017–2019	25
Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection and associated risk factors among staff and residents at homeless shelters in King County, Washington: an active surveillance study	23
Decreased Neisseria gonorrhoeae genotypic diversity following COVID-19 restrictions in Queensland, Australia 2020	20
Recruiting controls from an online panel for a case–control study enabled a timely and reliable foodborne Salmonella outbreak investigation, Germany 2021	20
A 24-year longitudinal study of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from patients with bacteraemia and urinary tract infections reveals the association between capsular serotypes, antibiotic resista	20
Multistate nontyphoidal Salmonella and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli outbreaks linked to international travel—United States, 2017–2020	19
Factors associated with return of home oral fluid kits by suspected cases of measles, cohort study, London and South East of England, 2016–2018	19
Predictive model for genital tract infections among men and women in Ghana: An application of LASSO penalized cross-validation regression model	19
Influenza hospitalisations in Spain between the last influenza and COVID-19 pandemic (2009–2019)	19
Hepatitis B susceptibility and subsequent vaccination in priority populations across an Australian sentinel surveillance network, 2017–2023	17
Risk-adjusted policies to minimise perioperative staffing shortages during a pandemic: An agent-based simulation study	17
Shift from a Zero-COVID strategy to a New-normal strategy for controlling SARS-COV-2 infections in Vietnam	17
Factors associated with the formation of SARS-CoV-2 case-clusters in Danish schools: a nationwide register-based observational study	17
Adenovirus 41 diversity in Arizona (USA) using wastewater-based epidemiology, long-range PCR, and pathogen sequencing between October 2019 and March 2020	17
Quantifying the direct and indirect components of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness during the Delta variant era	16
Incidence of parvovirus B19 among Hungarian blood donor population during COVID-19 restrictions and the subsequent B19 epidemic of 2024	16

Risk of severe outcomes among Omicron sub-lineages BA.4.6, BA.2.75, and BQ.1 compared to BA.5 in England	16
Post-COVID-19 neuropsychiatric manifestations: a suggested therapeutic approach to ‘long COVID’ with azithromycin	15
Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on epidemiological features of viral respiratory tract infections in children: a single-centre study	15
Assessment of early and post COVID-19 vaccination antibody response in healthcare workers: a multicentre cross-sectional study on inactivated, mRNA and vector-based vaccines	15
COVID-19 passenger screening to reduce travel risk and translocation of disease	15
Should we ignore SARS-CoV-2 disease?	15
Risk factors associated with acquiring gastrointestinal infections in UK international travellers: a case–control study	14
Recurring bacterial strains, subclusters, and the importance of practising lessons learned	14
How valid is the 2- to 10-day incubation period for cases of Legionnaires’ disease?: A reappraisal in the context of the German LeTriWa study; Berlin, 2016–2020	14
Group A streptococcal infections in Alberta, Canada 2018–2023	14
Epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales infections in Tennessee, 2016–2022	13
Evaluation of diagnostic practices surrounding foodborne disease in a large university-based healthcare system	13
Hepatitis E virus seroprevalence among employees in catering and public place industries in Nanjing, China	13
Assessing Government Policies’ Impact on the COVID-19 Pandemic and Elderly Deaths in East Asia	13
Epidemiology of herpes simplex virus type 1 and genital herpes in Australia and New Zealand: systematic review, meta-analyses and meta-regressions	13
Endemic potential of Chagas disease in the U.S. southwest: updated surveillance of infected Triatomines from the U.S.-Mexico border region	13
Comparative epidemiology of bacteraemia in two ageing populations: Singapore and Denmark	13
Epidemiological characteristics, spatial clusters and monthly incidence prediction of hand, foot and mouth disease from 2017 to 2022 in Shanxi Province, China	12
Mandatory and seasonal vaccination against COVID-19: Attitudes of the vaccinated people in Serbia	12
Identification of post-COVID-19 condition phenotypes, and differences in health-related quality of life and healthcare use: a cluster analysis	12
A genetically related cluster of Salmonella Typhimurium cases in humans associated with ruminant livestock and related food chains, United Kingdom, August 2021–December 2022	12
High all-cause mortality and increasing proportion of older adults with tuberculosis in Texas, 2008–2020	12
Comparing Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission reconstruction models from whole genome sequence data	12
Letter to the Editor: “Modelling the risk of foodborne transmission of Toxocara spp. to humans” by Healy et al. (2025)	12
An outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli serotype O103:H2 associated with unpasteurized soft cheese, England and Wales, 2022	11
Will COVID-19 become mild, like a cold?	11
Circulation and colonisation of Blastocystis subtypes in schoolchildren of various ethnicities in rural northern Thailand – Erratum	11
Paediatric infection hospital admissions in England before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic	11
Associations between reported post-COVID-19 symptoms and subjective well-being, Israel, July 2021 – April 2022	11
The epidemiology and healthcare costs of pregnancy-related listeriosis in British Columbia, Canada, 2005–2014	11
Quantifying the direct and indirect components of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness during the Delta variant era – ERRATUM	11
Oro-faecal transmission of SARS-CoV-2: A systematic review of studies employing viral culture from gastrointestinal and other potential oro-faecal sources and evidence for transmission to humans	10
Epidemiology of scarlet fever in Victoria, Australia, 2007–2017	10
Large outbreak of Salmonella Muenchen linked to dried coconut pieces, September 2020 to July 2021, Germany	10
International travel as a risk factor for gastrointestinal infections in residents of North East England	10
Non-Hospital Occupational Blood Exposure Accidents: A Nine-Year Retrospective Analysis of post-exposure HIV, Hepatitis B and C Risk Management in the Netherlands	10
A multi-provincial outbreak of Salmonella Newport infections associated with red onions: A report of the largest Salmonella	10
Superspreading of SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and meta-analysis of event attack rates and individual transmission patterns	10
Trend and forecast analysis of the changing disease burden of tuberculosis in China, 1990–2021	10
Impact of airline network on the global importation risk of mpox, 2022	10
A retrospective global study of the prevalence of O-serotypes of invasive Escherichia coli disease in patients admitted to tertiary care hospitals	9
Evaluation of a rapid diagnostic test for measles IgM detection; accuracy and the reliability of visual reading using sera from the measles surveillance programme in Brazil, 2015	9
Antibiotic resistance among ICU patients during the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated factors: a retrospective study using electronic medical records in two Vietnamese hospitals	9
Mapping the bird risk index for West Nile virus in Europe and its relationship with disease occurrence in humans	9
Genomic analysis of an outbreak of toxin gene bearing Corynebacterium diphtheriae in Northern Queensland, Australia reveals high level of genetic similarity	9
Impacts of environmental factors on the aetiological diagnosis and disease severity of community-acquired pneumonia in China: a multicentre, hospital-based, observational study	9
The impact of COVID-19 status and vaccine type following the first dose on acute heart disease: A nationwide retrospective cohort study in South Korea	9
Excess mortality in Mainland China after the end of the Zero COVID policy: A systematic review	9
The effect of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy on neonatal outcomes	9
Assessing antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli and its association with antimicrobial use in Canadian turkey flocks	9

Spatio-temporal distributions of COVID-19 vaccine doses uptake in the Netherlands: a Bayesian ecological modelling analysis	9
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome in children England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Ireland: A prospective cohort study	9
A diagnostic model based on routine blood examination for serious bacterial infections in neonates–a cross-sectional study	9
Invasive group a streptococcal infection associated with community healthcare services delivered at home, South East England, December 2021–2023: Descriptive epidemiological study	9
Cost-effectiveness of interferon-γ release assay for screening of latent tuberculosis infection in individuals with schizophrenia	8
Modeling the Influences of Climate Conditions on Measles Transmission in China – ERRATUM	8
Global and local evolutionary dynamics of Dengue virus serotypes 1, 3, and 4	8
Spatio-temporal clustering and meteorological factors influencing HFRS incidence in mainland China, 2004–2021	8
Extreme mortality during a historical measles outbreak on Rotuma is consistent with measles immunosuppression	8
High pathogenicity avian influenza: targeted active surveillance of wild birds to enable early detection of emerging disease threats	8
Estimating the national seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women, France 2021	8
Author response to: Recurring bacterial strains, subclusters, and the importance of practising lessons learned	8
SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination status in six ethnic groups in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May to November 2022	8
Investigating the cause of a 2021 winter wave of COVID-19 in a border region in eastern Germany: a mixed-methods study, August to November 2021	8
Data for action – description of the automated COVID-19 surveillance system in Denmark and lessons learnt, January 2020 to June 2024 – CORRIGENDUM	8
Decreased risk of non-influenza respiratory infection after influenza B virus infection in children	8
Decrease in overdispersed secondary transmission of COVID-19 over time in Japan	8
Severe COVID-19 classified by simple covid risk index is associated with higher levels of advanced oxidation protein products and 8-hydroxy 2 deoxyguanosine	7
Mask wearing by COVID-19 index cases reduces SARS-CoV-2 transmission to household contacts	7
Predictors of mpox infectious periods: findings from a fine and gray sub-distribution hazard model using Vietnamese national mpox data	7
Transporting monovalent rotavirus vaccine efficacy estimates to an external target population: a secondary analysis of data from a randomised controlled trial in Malawi	7
Global epidemiology of serogroup Y invasive meningococcal disease: a literature review	7
Genomic characterization of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales isolated from abdominal surgical patients	7
Developing a risk management framework to improve public health outcomes by enumerating and serotyping Salmonella in ground turkey	7
COVID-19 outbreaks in care homes: How does size influence transmission dynamics? A cross-sectional study with implications for outbreak management in small care homes	7
Hepatitis B burden and population immunity in a high endemicity city – a geographically random household epidemiology study for evaluating achievability of elimination – ERRATUM	7
Epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus in hospitalized children before, during, and after the COVID-19 lockdown restriction measures in Greece	7
Can ship travel contain COVID-19 outbreak after re-opening: a Bayesian meta-analysis	7
Cost-effectiveness of excluding children with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) from childcare settings until microbiological clearance compared to return to childcare settings befo	7
Protection from second booster vaccines and natural immunity against SARS-CoV-2 infections, 2022–2023	7
Post-migration HIV acquisition: A systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Performance and functional assessment of the Kimera P-IV point-of-care plasmonic qPCR prototype for ultra rapid pathogen detection of chlamydia trachomatis	7
A six-year epidemiological study of selected zoonotic abortifacient agents in ovine and caprine foetuses in Türkiye	7
Risk factors for coagulase-negative staphylococcal surgical site infections	7
SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination status in six ethnic groups in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May to November 2022 – CORRIGENDUM	7
Evaluation of a combined detection of SARS-CoV-2 and its variants using real-time allele-specific PCR strategy: an advantage for clinical practice	7
Characteristics and biomarkers associated with mortality in COVID-19 patients presenting to the emergency department	7
Molecular epidemiological surveillance of monkeypox virus in Indonesia from 2023 to 2024	7
A cross-sectional survey of knowledge and attitudes towards scabies control in Australian aged care facilities	7
Understanding the disease and economic impact of avirulent avian paramyxovirus type 1 (APMV-1) infection in Great Britain	7
The impact of HBV infection on clinical outcomes of COVID‐19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Retrospective evaluation of an integrated molecular-epidemiological approach to cyclosporiasis outbreak investigations – United States, 2021	6
Association between socioeconomic deprivation and incidence of infectious intestinal disease by pathogen and linked transmission route: An ecological analysis in the UK	6
Cell-free plasma next-generation sequencing assists in the evaluation of secondary pneumonia in patients with COVID-19: a case series	6
Prevalence and shared risk factors of HIV in three key populations in Vietnam: A systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Investigating Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever virus seropositivity in camels and human behavioural risks in an abattoir in Nigeria	6
Socioeconomic and ethnic inequalities in incidence and severity of enteric fever in England 2015–2019: analysis of a national enhanced surveillance system	6
From the field - a case of zoonotic transmission of Giardia duodenalis from wild reindeer?	6
A new approach to define the optimal immunization strategy against pneumococcal disease: the example of Canada	6
Personalized risk score prediction and testing policy adaptations of a COVID-19 population-based contact tracing network	6
Emergence of bla NDM-5 Enterobacterales in Swedish wastewater effluent	6
Proteins associated with environmental survival of the pathogen Neisseria meningitidis	6
Concerns, perceived risk, and hesitancy on COVID-19 vaccine: a qualitative exploration among university students living in the West Bank	6
Risk and prognosis of colorectal cancer following bacteraemia with Streptococcus bovis – Streptococcus equinus	6
Author response to: Letter to Editor in Response to Assessment of early and post COVID-19 vaccination antibody response in healthcare workers: a multicentre cross-sectional study on inactivated, mRNA	6
Prevalence of Mollicutes in pregnant women undergoing high-risk prenatal care at a maternal and child reference unit in Bahia, Brazil	6
Outbreak of the novel Cryptosporidium parvum IIγA11 linked to salad bars in Sweden, December 2023	6
Application of ultrasound multimodal imaging in the prediction of cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis rupture	6
Response to letter to editor from Rattanapitoon, N. & Rattanapitoon, S	6
An outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26:H11 associated with dried fruit, UK 2023	6
Hepatitis B in Africa Collaborative Network: cohort profile and analysis of baseline data	6
Effectiveness of ultraviolet-C disinfection systems for reduction of multi-drug resistant organism infections in healthcare settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Trends in shigellosis notifications in England, January 2016 to March 2023	6
Are children and adolescents living with HIV in Europe and South Africa at higher risk of SARS-CoV-2 and poor COVID-19 outcomes?	6
Evidence of within-facility patient–patient Clostridiodes difficile infection spread across diverse settings	6
Retrospective estimate of COVID-19 infections in nine Colombian cities in 2020	6
One health surveillance strategy for coronaviruses in Italian wildlife	5
Factors associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes of maternal syphilis in Henan, China, 2016–2022	5
Risk factors associated with antibiotic prescriptions for cases of enteric pathogens in Canada, 2015–2019	5
Cross-language validation of COVID-19 Compliance Scale in 28 languages	5
Factors associated with urinary diversion and fatality of hospitalised acute pyelonephritis patients in France: a national cross-sectional study (FUrTIHF-2)	5
Candidemia in the Dominican Republic: species distribution, resistance, clinical characteristics, and outcomes at a tertiary care hospital	5
Near-source passive sampling for monitoring viral outbreaks within a university residential setting	5
First nationwide case – case study on factors associated with emerging methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus spa type t4549 in Denmark, 2022–2023	5
Spatiotemporal trends in tetracycline- and trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole-resistant S. aureus among veteran outpatients in the eastern United States	5
Rapid assessment of data systems for COVID-19 vaccination in the WHO African Region	5
Drivers of human Leptospira infection in the Pacific Islands: A systematic review	5
A web-based dynamic nomogram for estimating talaromycosis risk in hospitalized HIV-positive patients	5
Varicella vaccine effectiveness evaluation in Wuxi, China: A retrospective cohort study	5
Mortality associated with Omicron and influenza infections in France before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	5

The evolution and epidemiology of H3N2 canine influenza virus after 20 years in dogs	5
Increased detection of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O26: Environmental exposures and clinical outcomes, England, 2014–2023	5
Predictive modelling of Ross River virus using climate data in the Darling Downs	5
Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa perichondritis associated with ear piercings and a contaminated water system	5
Clinical isolate characteristics and demographics of patients with C.jejuni and C.coli infections in Northern Israel, 2015–2021	5
Adapting the Flexible Farrington Algorithm for daily situational awareness and alert system to support public health decision-making during the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in England	5
The health and demographic impacts of the “Russian flu” pandemic in Switzerland in 1889/1890 and in the years thereafter	5
Adherence to oral zinc supplementation in the management of acute diarrhoeal disease among under-5 children: A systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in four prisons in Colombia	5
Usefulness of linked data for infectious disease events: a systematic review	5
Intra-serotypic antigenic diversity of dengue virus serotype 3 in Thailand 2004-2015	5
Using SNP addresses for Salmonella Typhimurium DT104 in routine veterinary outbreak detection	5
Spillover Benefit of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention: Evaluating the Importance of Effect Modification using an Agent-Based Model	5
Comparative analysis of inflight transmission of SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and SARS-CoV-1	5
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Turkey: A systematic review and meta-analysis	5