Epidemiology and Infection

Article	Citations
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among medical students in India	125
Surviving COVID-19 in Bergamo province: a post-acute outpatient re-evaluation	119
Review of infective dose, routes of transmission and outcome of COVID-19 caused by the SARS-COV-2: comparison with other respiratory viruses	87
SARS-CoV-2 mutations: the biological trackway towards viral fitness	54
SARS-CoV-2 variants and effectiveness of vaccines: a review of current evidence	42
A machine learning algorithm to analyse the effects of vaccination on COVID-19 mortality	41
Depression and anxiety in healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic	40
A meta-analysis of the association between obesity and COVID-19	40
Determinants of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among health care workers in Amhara region referral hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study	38
Spatial dynamics of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil	35
Large increase of vertebral osteomyelitis in France: a 2010–2019 cross-sectional study	35
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among university students in Lebanon	35
Correlation of population mortality of COVID-19 and testing coverage: a comparison among 36 OECD countries	34
High seroprevalence of COVID-19 infection in a large slum in South India; what does it tell us about managing a pandemic and beyond?	34
SARS-CoV-2 re-infection: development of an epidemiological definition from India	31
Vitamin D levels in children with COVID-19: a report from Turkey	31
Thrombocytopenia as a prognostic marker in COVID-19 patients: diagnostic test accuracy meta-analysis	30
Obesity is a strong risk factor for short-term mortality and adverse outcomes in Mexican patients with COVID-19: a national observational study	30
Comparative transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B.1.1.529) and Delta (B.1.617.2) variants and the impact of vaccination: national cohort study, England	30
Serious complications in COVID-19 ARDS cases: pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, subcutaneous emphysema and haemothorax	29
Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae urinary tract infections	27
Infection prevention and control during COVID-19 pandemic: realities from health care workers in a north central state in Nigeria	26
Seasonal shift in epidemics of respiratory syncytial virus infection in Japan	25
The spatio-temporal distribution of COVID-19 infection in England between January and June 2020	25
Behavioural intention of receiving COVID-19 vaccination, social media exposures and peer discussions in China	24

Review of infective dose, routes of transmission and outcome of COVID-19 caused by the SARS-COV-2: comparison with other respiratory viruses– CORRIGENDUM	24
Development and validation of a clinical and genetic model for predicting risk of severe COVID-19	24
Persisting gastrointestinal symptoms and post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome following SARS-CoV-2 infection: results from the Arizona CoVHORT	24
Assessing a fossil fuels externality with a new neural networks and image optimisation algorithm: the case of atmospheric pollutants as confounders to COVID-19 lethality	24
Public health impact of mass sporting and cultural events in a rising COVID-19 prevalence in England	23
Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine in preventing infection and disease severity: a case-control study from an Eastern State of India	23
Prevalence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in Irish hospital healthcare workers	23
Risk factors for antibiotic resistance development in healthcare settings in China: a systematic review	22
Temperature and humidity associated with increases in tuberculosis notifications: a time-series study in Hong Kong	22
Hantavirus–Leptospira coinfections in small mammals from central Germany	22
Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Bhubaneswar, India: findings from three rounds of community surveys	22
Presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA on playground surfaces and water fountains	21
Covid-19, non-Covid-19 and excess mortality rates not comparable across countries	20
Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in educational institutions, August to December 2020, Germany	20
High but slightly declining COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and reasons for vaccine acceptance, Finland April to December 2020	20
Impact of population density and weather on COVID-19 pandemic and SARS-CoV-2 mutation frequency in Bangladesh	20
COVID-19 preventive measures coincided with a marked decline in other infectious diseases in Denmark, spring 2020	19
Investigation of US Cyclospora cayetanensis outbreaks in 2019 and evaluation of an improved Cyclospora genotyping system against 2019 cyclosporiasis outbreak clusters	19
Predicting respiratory failure for COVID-19 patients in Japan: a simple clinical score for evaluating the need for hospitalisation	19
Epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease worldwide from 2010–2019: a literature review	19
Nervous system diseases are associated with the severity and mortality of patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis	19
Why does the spread of COVID-19 vary greatly in different countries? Revealing the efficacy of face masks in epidemic prevention	18
Design of a new multi-epitope vaccine against Brucella based on T and B cell epitopes using bioinformatics methods	18
Obesity is associated with severe COVID-19 but not death: a dose−response meta-analysis	17
SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA load dynamics in the nasopharynx of infected children	17
Trust in the scientific research community predicts intent to comply with COVID-19 prevention measures: An analysis of a large-scale international survey dataset	17
COVID-19 in Brazil: spatial risk, social vulnerability, human development, clinical manifestations and predictors of mortality – a retrospective study with data from 59 695 individuals	17
Whole-genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for prediction of drug resistance	17
Two multistate outbreaks of a reoccurring Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strain associated with romaine lettuce: USA, 2018–2019	16
Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 among children and staff in German daycare centres	16
High rate of loss to follow-up and virological non-suppression in HIV-infected children on antiretroviral therapy highlights the need to improve quality of care in South Africa	16
COVID-19 re-infection in Shahroud, Iran: a follow-up study	16
Analysis of the early COVID-19 epidemic curve in Germany by regression models with change points	16
Response to COVID-19 in Lebanon: update, challenges and lessons learned	15
The first 8 months of COVID-19 pandemic in three West African countries: leveraging lessons learned from responses to the 2014–2016 Ebola virus disease outbreak	15
Comparative symptomatology of infection with SARS-CoV-2 variants Omicron (B.1.1.529) and Delta (B.1.617.2) from routine contact tracing data in England	15
Hepatitis B virus infection in EU/EEA and United Kingdom prisons: a descriptive analysis	15
Association betweenSalmonellainfection and colon cancer: a nationwide registry-based cohort study	15
Vibrio cholerae was found in cultured bullfrog	15
Food recalls associated with foodborne disease outbreaks, United States, 2006–2016	14
Estimation of the incubation period and generation time of SARS-CoV-2 Alpha and Delta variants from contact tracing data	14
The challenging task to select Salmonella target serovars in poultry: the Italian point of view	14
COVID-19 pandemic as a risk factor for the reactivation of herpes viruses	14
Incidence and risk factors of hospitalisations for respiratory syncytial virus among children aged less than 2 years	14
Determinants of risky sexual behaviour among undergraduate students at the University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia	13
The epidemiology of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli serogroup O157 in England, 2009–2019	13
Early detection of local SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks by wastewater surveillance: a feasibility study	13
The influence of pre-existing hypertension on coronavirus disease 2019 patients	13
Societal activities associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a case-control study in Denmark, November 2020	13
Challenge of forecasting demand of medical resources and supplies during a pandemic: A comparative evaluation of three surge calculators for COVID-19	13

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on human salmonellosis in the Netherlands	13
Impact of COVID-19 on the indigenous population of Brazil: a geo-epidemiological study	13
Risk factors associated with the incidence of self-reported COVID-19-like illness: data from a web-based syndromic surveillance system in the Netherlands	12
Validity testing of the conspiratorial thinking and anti-expert sentiment scales during the COVID-19 pandemic across 24 languages from a large-scale global dataset	12
Serum lactate level predicts 6-months mortality in patients with hepatitis B virus-related decompensated cirrhosis: a retrospective study	12
The COVID-19 pandemic in the WHO African region: the first year (February 2020 to February 2021)	12
Risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthcare workers following an identified nosocomial COVID-19 exposure during waves 1–3 of the pandemic in Ireland	12
Species identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of non-tuberculous mycobacteria isolated in Chongqing, Southwest China	12
COVID-19 vaccination rollout in the World Health Organization African region: status at end June 2022 and way forward	12
Return to normal pre-COVID-19 life is delayed by inequitable vaccine allocation and SARS-CoV-2 variants	12
Tuberculosis amidst COVID-19 in Pakistan: a massive threat of overlapping crises for the fragile healthcare systems	12
Antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella from poultry meat in Brazil: results of a nationwide survey	12
Comparison of ARIMA, ES, GRNN and ARIMA–GRNN hybrid models to forecast the second wave of COVID-19 in India and the United States	12
Implementing epidemic intelligence in the WHO African region for early detection and response to acute public health events	12
High pathogenicity avian influenza: targeted active surveillance of wild birds to enable early detection of emerging disease threats	12
Plasma glucose levels and diabetes are independent predictors for mortality in patients with COVID-19	12
Effect of selective removal of badgers (Meles meles) on ranging behaviour during a ‘Test and Vaccinate or Remove’ intervention in Northern Ireland	12
An evaluation of COVID-19 transmission control in Wenzhou using a modified SEIR model	12
Incursion of H5N8 high pathogenicity avian influenza virus (HPAIV) into gamebirds in England	12
Immunogenicity and safety of a quadrivalent meningococcal tetanus toxoid-conjugate vaccine (MenACYW-TT)vs. a licensed quadrivalent meningococcal tetanus toxoid-conjugate vaccine in meningococca	12
Determinants of the acceptance and adoption of a digital contact tracing tool during the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore	11
Monitoring and evaluation of COVID-19 response in the WHO African region: challenges and lessons learned	11
Transmission roles of symptomatic and asymptomatic COVID-19 cases: a modelling study	11
Estimation of case-fatality rate in COVID-19 patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus in the New York state: a preliminary report	11
Epidemiology and transmission characteristics of early COVID-19 cases, 20 January–19 March 2020, in Bavaria, Germany	11
Serial interval in households infected with SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.529 (Omicron) is even shorter compared to Delta	11
Epidemiology of herpes simplex virus type 1 and genital herpes in Australia and New Zealand: systematic review, meta-analyses and meta-regressions	11
An outbreak of food poisoning due toEscherichia coliserotype O7:H4 carryingastAfor enteroaggregativeE. coliheat-stable enterotoxin1 (EAST1)	11
Reciprocal circulation pattern of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses during the influenza seasons 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 in the Bavarian Influenza Sentinel (Germany)	11
Inferring SARS-CoV-2 RNA shedding into wastewater relative to the time of infection	11
Assessing Government Policies’ Impact on the COVID-19 Pandemic and Elderly Deaths in East Asia	11
Risk factors for acute toxoplasmosis in the Netherlands	11
Persistently high SARS-CoV-2 positivity rate and incidence for Hispanic/Latinos during state reopening in an urban setting: a retrospective cohort study	10
COVID-19 data reporting systems in Africa reveal insights for future pandemics	10
Mumps outbreak among fully vaccinated school-age children and young adults, Portugal 2019/2020	10
Improved diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 by using nucleoprotein and spike protein fragment 2 in quantitative dual ELISA tests	10
Impact of meteorological parameters and population density on variants of SARS-CoV-2 and outcome of COVID-19 pandemic in Japan	10
Connection between two historical tuberculosis outbreak sites in Japan, Honshu, by a new ancestral Mycobacterium tuberculosis L2 sublineage	10
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence survey among health care providers in a Belgian public multiple-site hospital	10
Risk factors for rabid animal bites: a study in domestic ruminants in Mymensingh district, Bangladesh	10
Temporal changes in the proportion ofSalmonellaoutbreaks associated with 12 food commodity groups in the United States	10
Closing lower secondary schools had no impact on COVID-19 incidence in 13–15-year-olds in Finland	10
Drug resistance characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates obtained between 2018 and 2020 in Sichuan, China	10
Biosecurity and antimicrobial use in broiler farms across nine European countries: toward identifying farm-specific options for reducing antimicrobial usage	10
What effect might border screening have on preventing the importation of COVID-19 compared with other infections? A modelling study	10
Identification and description of patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection using the Premier Healthcare Database	10
Symptoms and laboratory manifestations of mild COVID-19 in a repatriated cruise ship cohort	10
Immunogenicity and safety of a quadrivalent meningococcal tetanus toxoid-conjugate vaccine administered concomitantly with other paediatric vaccines in toddlers: a phase III randomised study	10
Salmonella illness outbreaks linked to backyard poultry purchasing during the COVID-19 pandemic: United States, 2020	10
COVID-19 research priorities for non-pharmaceutical public health and social measures	10
Interleukin-18 and COVID-19	10
Risk factors for death in tuberculosis patients requiring ICU care	10
Innate immunity to SARS-CoV-2 infection: a review	10
Association between the dynamics of the COVID-19 epidemic and ABO blood type distribution	9
Estimating lengths-of-stay of hospitalised COVID-19 patients using a non-parametric model: a case study in Galicia (Spain)	9
A scoping review of the detection, epidemiology and control ofCyclospora cayetanensiswith an emphasis on produce, water and soil	9
Association between live childhood vaccines and COVID-19 outcomes: a national-level analysis	9
Risky business in Georgia's wild birds: contact rates between wild birds and backyard chickens is influenced by supplemental feed	9
The impact of meteorological factors and PM2.5 on COVID-19 transmission	9
Serological and molecular detection of pathogenic Leptospira in domestic and stray cats on Reunion Island, French Indies	9
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in children: update and new insights from the second report of an Iranian referral hospital	9
Subcutaneous emphysema and pneumomediastinum in patients with COVID-19 disease; case series from a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan	9
Factors influencing SARS-CoV-2 infection rate in Belgian nursing home residents during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic	9
Charting elimination in the pandemic: a SARS-CoV-2 serosurvey of blood donors in New Zealand	9
The genomic distribution map of human papillomavirus in Western China	9
Association of human papillomavirus genotype distribution and cervical cytology: a cross-sectional study	9
Public health response to an outbreak of SARS-CoV2 infection in a Barcelona prison	9
Geospatial analysis of a COVID-19 outbreak at the University of Wisconsin–Madison: potential role of a cluster of local bars	9
The prevalence of Cyclospora cayetanensis in water: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Phylogenetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 lineage development across the first and second waves in Eastern Germany in 2020: insights into the cause of the second wave	9
A cluster of Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 highlights raw pet food as an emerging potential source of infection in humans	9
Estimating the case fatality ratio for COVID-19 using a time-shifted distribution analysis	9
Multistate outbreak of Salmonella Mbandaka infections linked to sweetened puffed wheat cereal – United States, 2018	8
Burden of multidrug and extensively drug-resistant ESKAPEE pathogens in a secondary hospital care setting in Greece	8
Prevalence and persistence of Neisseria meningitidis carriage in Swedish university students	8
Prevalence of Coxiella burnetii seropositivity and shedding in farm, pet and feral cats and associated risk factors in farm cats in Quebec, Canada	8
Plasmid profile analysis ofEscherichia coliandSalmonella entericaisolated from pigs, pork and humans	8
Clinical and economic burden of pneumococcal disease among individuals aged 16 years and older in Germany	8
SARS-CoV-2 seroepidemiology in paediatric population during Delta and Omicron predominance	8
Association between enterovirus infection and clinical type 1 diabetes mellitus: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies	8

A network meta-analysis of secondary attack rates of COVID-19 in different contact environments	8
A discussion on implementing pooling detection tests of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) for a large population	8
Spatial analysis of the incidence of Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya and socioeconomic determinants in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	8
The prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection in Bangladesh: a systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Results of the enhanced COVID-19 surveillance during UEFA EURO 2020 in Germany	8
COVID-19 patients with increasing age experience differential time to initial medical care and severity of symptoms	8
Outbreak of STEC O157:H7 linked to a milk pasteurisation failure at a dairy farm in England, 2019	8
Fourier analysis using the number of COVID-19 daily deaths in the US	8
Evaluation of the frequency of mutation genes in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) strains in Beijing, China	8
Utility of whole-genome sequencing during an investigation of multiple foodborne outbreaks of Shigella sonnei	8
Associations of genetic variants at TAP1 and TAP2 with pulmonary tuberculosis risk among the Chinese population	8
Soccer in the time of COVID-19: 1 year report from an Italian top league club, March 2020–February 2021	8
Statistical analysis between 2006 and 2019 and forecast of rabies in cattle from 2020 to 2022 in Tocantins State (Brazil), by using the R Studio software	8
Rabies post-exposure prophylaxis in Germany − What are the challenges?	8
Epidemiological investigation of recurrent outbreaks of haemolytic uraemic syndrome caused by Shiga toxin-producingEscherichia coliserotype O55:H7 in England, 2014–2018	8
Prevalence and determinants of serum antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in the general population of the Gardena valley	8
COVID-19 symptoms: a case–control study, Portugal, March–April 2020	8
HIV epidemic amidst COVID-19 pandemic in India: a conundrum for the country's healthcare system	7
Protective effect of a first SARS-CoV-2 infection from reinfection: a matched retrospective cohort study using PCR testing data in England	7
Atypical presentation of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W disease is associated with the introduction of the 2013 strain	7
Replacement dynamics and the pathogenesis of the Alpha, Delta and Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2	7
Winning during a pandemic: epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 during EURO2020 in Italy	7
Bridging the gaps in test interpretation of SARS-CoV-2 through Bayesian network modelling	7
Epidemiological investigations identified an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli serotype O26:H11 associated with pre-packed sandwiches	7
Developing a sentinel syndromic surveillance system using school-absenteeism data, example monitoring absences over the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic	7
A ten-year assessment of the epidemiological features and fatal risk factors of hospitalised severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in Eastern China	7
Protective effect of oral contraceptive against Helicobacter pylori infection in US adult females: NHANES 1999–2000	7
Social, demographic and behavioural determinants of SARS-CoV-2 infection: a case-control study carried out during mass community testing of asymptomatic individuals in South Wales, December 2020	7
Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in slaughtered pigs in England	7
Hepatitis B in Africa Collaborative Network: cohort profile and analysis of baseline data	7
Characteristics of transmission routes of COVID-19 cluster infections in Gangwon Province, Korea	7
OASIS evaluation of the French surveillance network for antimicrobial resistance in diseased animals (RESAPATH): success factors underpinning a well-performing voluntary system	7
Housing, sanitation and living conditions affecting SARS-CoV-2 prevention interventions in 54 African countries	7
Evaluation of the Point of Care Molecular Diagnostic Genedrive HCV ID Kit for the detection of HCV RNA in clinical samples	7
Risk factors for sporadic listeriosis in Beijing, China: a matched case–control study	7
Time-discrete SIR model for COVID-19 in Fiji	7
Carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli from shrimp and salmon available for purchase by consumers in Canada: a risk profile using the Codex framework	7
Saliva detection of SARS-CoV-2 for mitigating company outbreaks: a surveillance experience, Milan, Italy, March 2021	7
Circulation and colonisation ofBlastocystissubtypes in schoolchildren of various ethnicities in rural northern Thailand	6
The quality of systematic reviews and other synthesis in the time of COVID-19	6
Epidemiological characteristics of extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients with or without pulmonary tuberculosis	6
Cumulative and undiagnosed SARS-CoV-2 infection among the staff of a medical research centre in Tokyo after the emergence of variants	6
Bi-national outbreak of Salmonella Newport infections linked to onions: the United States experience	6
Household transmission of the Delta COVID-19 variant in Queensland, Australia: a case series	6
Economic burden attributable to healthcare-associated infections in tertiary public hospitals of Central China: a multi-centre case-control study	6
Molecular characterization ofChlamydiaspecies in commercial and backyard poultry farms in Costa Rica	6
Burkholderia cepacia complex outbreak linked to a no-rinse cleansing foam product, United States – 2017–2018	6
Comparison of clinical and imaging features between pulmonary tuberculosis complicated with lung cancer and simple pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Prevalence and surveillance of tuberculosis in Yemen from 2006 to 2018	6
Uncertainty in illness and the coping styles of severe patients with COVID-19: current status and correlation	6
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	6
Changes in COVID-19-related outcomes, potential risk factors and disparities over time	6
Comorbid conditions as risk factors for West Nile neuroinvasive disease in Ontario, Canada: a population-based cohort study	6
Pre-vaccination SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among staff and residents of nursing homes in Flanders (Belgium) in fall 2020	6
Detection and viral RNA shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in respiratory specimens relative to symptom onset among COVID-19 patients in Bavaria, Germany	6
‘Evidence for waterborne origin of an extended mixed gastroenteritis outbreak in a town in Northern Greece, 2019’	6
Relationship between changes in the course of COVID-19 and ratio of neutrophils-to-lymphocytes and related parameters in patients with severe vs. common disease	6
A simple model for the total number of SARS-CoV-2 infections on a national level	6
Transmission of COVID-19 among healthcare workers-an epidemiological study during the first phase of the pandemic in Sweden	6
A simple transmission dynamics model for predicting the evolution of COVID-19 under control measures in China	6
Effectiveness of inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (CoronaVac) on intensive care unit survival	6
Comparing Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission reconstruction models from whole genome sequence data	6
Time to death and risk factors associated with mortality among COVID-19 cases in countries within the WHO African region in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Neonatal cross-infection due to Listeria monocytogenes	6
Evidence of on-going transmission of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 following a foodborne outbreak	6