Epidemiology and Infection

Article	Citations
Interplay of missed opportunity for vaccination and poor response to the vaccine led to measles outbreak in a slum area of Eastern Mumbai, India	41
The molecular epidemiology of hepatitis E virus genotype 3 in Canada	30
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	26
Response to: ‘Use of portable air purifiers to reduce aerosols in hospital settings and cut down the clinical backlog’	24
Sex and age differences in the proportion of experienced symptoms by SARS-CoV-2 serostatus in a community-based cross-sectional study	24
Association of current hepatitis B virus infection with mortality in adults with sepsis	23
Can ship travel contain COVID-19 outbreak after re-opening: a Bayesian meta-analysis	21
Prospective study of peripartum group B streptococcus colonization in Japanese mothers and neonates	17
Preceding anti-spike IgG levels predicted risk and severity of COVID-19 during the Omicron-dominant wave in Santa Fe city, Argentina	17
Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in large university hospital cohort: the UnCoVER-Brazil project	16
Multivariate phenomenological models for real-time short-term forecasts of hospital capacity for COVID-19 in Belgium from March to June 2020	16
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	16
The effectiveness of an extra-curricular lecture for STI prevention and sexual education	16
Geographical distribution of invasive meningococcal disease and carriage: A spatial analysis	15
Transmission trends of the global COVID-19 pandemic with combined effects of adaptive behaviours and vaccination	15
Time-to-hepatitis C treatment initiation among people who inject drugs in Melbourne, Australia	15
The correlation between humoral immune responses and severity of clinical symptoms in COVID-19 patients	14
Production of a functionally active recombinant SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) 3C-like protease and a soluble inactive 3C-like protease-RBD chimeric in a prokaryotic expression system	13
Investigating association between inflammatory bowel disease and rotavirus vaccination in a paediatric cohort in the UK	13
Integrated surveillance of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Salmonella and Escherichia coli from humans and animal species raised for human consumption in Canada from 20	13
Transporting monovalent rotavirus vaccine efficacy estimates to an external target population: a secondary analysis of data from a randomised controlled trial in Malawi	12
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies during phased access to vaccination: results from a population-based survey in New York City, September 2020–March 2021	12
Superspreading of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.23 among vaccinated Finnish adults: symptomatic COVID-19 only contracted by those without recent infection	12
The impact of repeated vaccination on relative influenza vaccine effectiveness among vaccinated adults in the United Kingdom	12
Characterisation of infection-induced SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence amongst children and adolescents in North Carolina	12

Active circulation of varicella zoster virus among different age groups in Sudan	12
Genomic characterization of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales isolated from abdominal surgical patients	12
Case report: Hospital-acquired chickenpox in a healthcare setting	12
Whole-genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for prediction of drug resistance	11
Long-term health outcomes of Q-fever fatigue syndrome patients	11
Characteristics of patients with SARS-COV-2 PCR re-positivity after recovering from COVID-19	11
Quantifying resistance to myxomatosis in wild rabbits produces novel evolutionary insights	11
Association between enterovirus infection and clinical type 1 diabetes mellitus: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies	11
Epidemiology and antifungal susceptibilities of clinically isolated Aspergillus species in South China	11
Prevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in people attending the two main Goma markets in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo	11
Development and external validation of a prognostic tool for nonsevere COVID-19 inpatients	10
Temporal changes in the proportion ofSalmonellaoutbreaks associated with 12 food commodity groups in the United States	10
Circulating sex-steroids and Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in a general male population	10
Invasive pneumococcal surveillance to assess the potential benefits of extended spectrum conjugate vaccines (PCV15/PCV20) in older adults	10
Characteristics and biomarkers associated with mortality in COVID-19 patients presenting to the emergency department	10
Mycoplasma genitalium and Chlamydia trachomatis infection among women in Southwest China: a retrospective study	10
An outbreak of hepatitis A virus infection in a secondary school in England with no undetected asymptomatic transmission among students	10
COVID-19 data reporting systems in Africa reveal insights for future pandemics	10
Epidemiology of repeat influenza infection in Queensland, Australia, 2005–2017	10
Epidemiological characteristics of paediatric Omicron infection during the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 infection during March–May in 2022 in Shanghai, China	10
Enterococcus contamination of infant foods and implications for exposure to foodborne pathogens in peri-urban neighbourhoods of Kisumu, Kenya	9
Burkholderia cepacia complex outbreak linked to a no-rinse cleansing foam product, United States – 2017–2018	9
Seroprevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 N antibodies between December 2021 and march 2023 in Japan	9
Seroprevalence and dynamics of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody among healthcare workers following ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccination	9
Spatiotemporal risk of human brucellosis under intensification of livestock keeping based on machine learning techniques in Shaanxi, China	8
Skin and soft tissue infection incidence before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Seroconversion and seroprevalence of TORCH infections in a pregnant women cohort study, Mombasa, Kenya, 2017–2019	8
Snapshot of COVID-19 superinfections in Marseille hospitals: where are the common pathogens?	8
The challenge of etiologic diagnosis of subacute and chronic meningitis: an analysis of 183 patients	8
Foodborne illness outbreaks linked to unpasteurised milk and relationship to changes in state laws – United States, 1998–2018	8
Value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the differential diagnosis of ureteral tuberculosis from ureteral malignant tumour in women	8
Risk factors for acute toxoplasmosis in the Netherlands	8
Burden of infectious disease studies in Europe and the United Kingdom: a review of methodological design choices	8
Nosocomial outbreak in a respiratory ward caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA 5.2.1 subvariant associated with non-severe illness in vaccinated patients	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	8
Major errors in published Salmonella risk assessment model	7
Prospective spatial-temporal clusters of COVID-19 in local communities: case study of Kansas City, Missouri, United States	7
Mathematical model and stability analysis on the transmission dynamics of skin sores	7
Epidemiological characteristics of mumps from 2004 to 2020 in Jiangsu, China: a flexible spatial and spatiotemporal analysis	7
Seroprevalence of COVID-19 infection in a densely populated district in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo	7
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	7
Maternal hepatitis B surface antigen carrier status and pregnancy outcome: a retrospective cohort study	7
Outbreak of STEC O157:H7 linked to a milk pasteurisation failure at a dairy farm in England, 2019	7
High prevalence of asymptomatic malaria in Forest Guinea: Results from a rapid community survey	7
Serological follow-up after syphilis diagnosis in Israel	7
Synchronicity of viral shedding in molossid bat maternity colonies	7
Reflections on a national public health emergency response to carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE)	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	6
SARS-CoV-2 seroepidemiology in paediatric population during Delta and Omicron predominance	6
Trust in the scientific research community predicts intent to comply with COVID-19 prevention measures: An analysis of a large-scale international survey dataset	6

Omicron incidence and seroprevalence among children in Montreal, Canada, in early 2023: final results from the longitudinal EnCORE serology study	6
Prevalence and prognosis of tinnitus in post-COVID-19 patients: a cross-sectional survey	6
Medical exemptions to mandatory vaccinations: The state of play in Australia and a pressure point to watch	6
Molecular detection of Histoplasma capsulatum in organ samples from bats randomly captured in urban areas of Araraquara, São Paulo state, Brazil	6
Evaluation of phase-adjusted interventions for COVID-19 using an improved SEIR model	6
Outbreak of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in hospitalized patients: Who is concerned? Nord Franche-Comté Hospital, France, 2023–2024	6
Identification and description of patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection using the Premier Healthcare Database	6
Long-term outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 variants and other respiratory infections: evidence from the Virus Watch prospective cohort in England	6
Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 prevalence from repeated pooled testing: application to Swiss routine data	6
Spatial–temporal distribution characteristics of pulmonary tuberculosis in eastern China from 2011 to 2021	6
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	6
Space scan statistics to identify clusters of neonatal mortality associated with bacterial sepsis	6
Lizards as sentinels for the distribution of Angiostrongylus cantonensis	6
Epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus in hospitalized children before, during, and after the COVID-19 lockdown restriction measures in Greece	6
Poliovirus outbreak in New York State, August 2022: qualitative assessment of immediate public health responses and priorities for improving vaccine coverage	6
TB index case tracing in the Roma community in the Czech Republic	6
Decreased Neisseria gonorrhoeae genotypic diversity following COVID-19 restrictions in Queensland, Australia 2020	5
Association between age of paediatric index cases and household SARS-CoV-2 transmission	5
Impact of temperatures on Malaria Incidence in vulnerable regions of Pakistan: Empirical Evidence and Future Projections	5
The performance of a new rapid interferon gamma release assay based on fluorescence immunochromatography for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection testing in village doctors in China	5
A scoping review on the community dividend resulting from testing and treating hepatitis C infection in people living in detention	5
The impact of meteorological factors and PM2.5 on COVID-19 transmission	5
Hepatitis B burden and population immunity in a high endemicity city – a geographically random household epidemiology study for evaluating achievability of elimination – ERRATUM	5
Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 among children and staff in German daycare centres	5
What effect might border screening have on preventing importation of COVID-19 compared with other infections?: considering the additional effect of post-arrival isolation	5
Post-migration HIV acquisition: A systematic review and meta-analysis	5
The 2023 fatal dengue outbreak in Bangladesh highlights a paradigm shift of geographical distribution of cases	5
Assessment and comparison of model estimated and directly observed weather data for prediction of diarrhoea aetiology	5
Evaluation of the Queensland JEV vaccine program response to the 2022 Australian outbreak	5
Global climate change and seasonal variation of cellulitis in hospitalized children: A 30 year retrospective study	5
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	5
Molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from children with community-acquired pneumonia under 5 years in Chengdu, China – CORRIGENDUM	5
COVID-19 preventive measures coincided with a marked decline in other infectious diseases in Denmark, spring 2020	5
Identification of risk areas for avian influenza outbreaks in domestic poultry in Mali using the GIS-MCDA approach	5
Streptococcus bovis-bacteremia: subspecies distribution and association with colorectal cancer: a retrospective cohort study	5
Inferring the proportion of undetected cholera infections from serological and clinical surveillance in an immunologically naive population	5
Estimation of the incubation period and generation time of SARS-CoV-2 Alpha and Delta variants from contact tracing data	5
Development of a nomogram for high antibody titre of COVID-19 convalescent plasma	5
Combining antibody markers for serosurveillance of SARS-CoV-2 to estimate seroprevalence and time-since-infection	5
A multi-provincial outbreak of Salmonella Newport infections associated with red onions: A report of the largest Salmonella outbreak in Canada in over 20 years	5
Inferring SARS-CoV-2 RNA shedding into wastewater relative to the time of infection – CORRIGENDUM	5
One health surveillance strategy for coronaviruses in Italian wildlife – CORRIGENDUM	5
A ten-year assessment of the epidemiological features and fatal risk factors of hospitalised severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in Eastern China	5
Ambient PM2.5 exposure and tuberculosis reactivation: a cross-sectional study in an intermediate burden city	5
Determinants of incomplete childhood hepatitis B vaccination in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea: Analysis of national surveys (2018–2020)	4
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on racial and ethnic minorities in Japan	4
Developing a risk management framework to improve public health outcomes by enumerating and serotyping Salmonella in ground turkey	4
Genetic and epidemiological analyses of infection load and its relationship with psychiatric disorders	4
Multistate nontyphoidal Salmonella and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli outbreaks linked to international travel—United States, 2017–2020	4
Eligibility criteria vs. need for pre-exposure prophylaxis: a reappraisal among men who have sex with men in Amsterdam, the Netherlands	4
Patterns of enteric infections in a population-wide cohort study of sequelae, British Columbia, Canada	4
COVID-19 cluster identification and support vector machine classifier model construction using global healthcare and socio-economic features	4
Public health interventions successfully mitigated multiple incursions of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in the Australian Capital Territory	4
A scoping review of factors potentially linked with antimicrobial-resistant bacteria from turkeys (iAM.AMR Project)	4
Household clusters reveal household- and variant-specific properties of SARS-CoV-2	4
Predictive model for genital tract infections among men and women in Ghana: An application of LASSO penalized cross-validation regression model	4
Modelling mass drug administration strategies for reducing scabies burden in Monrovia, Liberia	4
Hepatitis B in Africa Collaborative Network: cohort profile and analysis of baseline data	4
Risk-adjusted policies to minimise perioperative staffing shortages during a pandemic: An agent-based simulation study	4
Faecal carriage of Clostridioides difficile is low among veterinary healthcare workers in the Netherlands	4
Clinical impact of COVID-19 in patients with carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii bacteraemia	4
Influenza hospitalisations in Spain between the last influenza and COVID-19 pandemic (2009–2019)	4
Recruiting controls from an online panel for a case–control study enabled a timely and reliable foodborne Salmonella outbreak investigation, Germany 2021	4
Molecular characterization ofChlamydiaspecies in commercial and backyard poultry farms in Costa Rica	4
Factors associated with the formation of SARS-CoV-2 case-clusters in Danish schools: a nationwide register-based observational study	3
Neonatal cross-infection due to Listeria monocytogenes	3
Epidemiology of tuberculosis among children in Beijing, China, 2012–2021	3
Innate immunity to SARS-CoV-2 infection: a review	3
An outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium associated with the consumption of raw liver at an Eid al-Adha celebration in Wales (UK), July 2021	3
Network analysis of England's single parent household COVID-19 control policy impact: a proof-of-concept study	3
Decisions to attend holiday gatherings during COVID-19 and engagement in key prevention strategies: United States, January 2021	3
Rainfall anomalies and typhoid fever in Blantyre, Malawi	3
Atypical diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli in milk related to a large foodborne outbreak	3
Effectiveness of ultraviolet-C disinfection systems for reduction of multi-drug resistant organism infections in healthcare settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Zoonotic pathogens identified in rodents and shrews from four provinces, China, 2015–2022	3
Exposure dynamics of Ross River virus in horses – Horses as potential sentinels (a One Health approach)	3
Association between socioeconomic deprivation and incidence of infectious intestinal disease by pathogen and linked transmission route: An ecological analysis in the UK	3
Incidence and risk factors of hospitalisations for respiratory syncytial virus among children aged less than 2 years	3
Epidemiological characteristics and spatiotemporal analysis of mumps at township level in Wuhan, China, 2005–2019	3
Association between physical activity status and severity of COVID-19 in older adults	3

HIV sero-status of healthcare workers in Addis Ababa public hospitals post exposure to infected blood and body fluids: A cross-sectional study, October 2022	3
Immune response to SARS-CoV-2 variants after immunization with different vaccines in Mexico	3
Temporal trend analysis of acute hepatitis B virus infection in China, 1990–2019	3
Severe weather events and cryptosporidiosis in Aotearoa New Zealand: A case series of space–time clusters	3
Risk of severe outcomes among Omicron sub-lineages BA.4.6, BA.2.75, and BQ.1 compared to BA.5 in England	3
ABO blood groups and nosocomial infection	3
Factors associated with COVID-19 in-hospital death and COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 hospitalization in the Philippines during pre-omicron and omicron period: A case-control study (M	3
COVID-19 second wave and clinical characteristics of cases in Uganda: A retrospective cross-sectional survey of confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases, March–June 2021	3
Time-discrete SIR model for COVID-19 in Fiji	3
Attribution of nosocomial seeding to long-term care facility COVID-19 outbreaks	3
Surge of human astrovirus type 1 infection in summer 2022 in Korea	3
Association between face mask use and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection: Cross-sectional study	3
Coronavirus vaccination rates in cultural areas in Germany	3
Winning during a pandemic: epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 during EURO2020 in Italy	3
Clinical parameter-based prediction model for neurosyphilis risk stratification	3
Case-only analysis of routine surveillance data: detection of increased vaccine breakthrough infections with SARS-CoV-2 variants in Europe	3
Dynamics of specific antibodies in COVID-19 patients after recovery	3
Geographical variation in hepatitis C-related severe liver disease and patient risk factors: a multicentre cross-sectional study	3
Clinical characteristics of 1279 patients with hepatitis E in Tianjin	3
Optimising rabies vaccination of dogs in India	3
Dynamic changes of SARS-CoV-2 specific IgM and IgG among population vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccine	3
The determinants of the changing speed of spread of COVID-19 across Italy	3
Molecular Epidemiology of Paediatric Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Andalusia, Spain	3
Northern Ireland farm-level management factors for recurrent bovine tuberculosis herd breakdowns	3
HIV care continuum outcomes among recently diagnosed people with HIV (PWH) in Washington, DC	3
Modelling the impact of COVID-19 and routine MenACWY vaccination on meningococcal carriage and disease in the UK	3