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	109
The performance of a new rapid interferon gamma release assay based on fluorescence immunochromatography for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection testing in village doctors in China	50
Risk factors for infection with SARS-CoV-2 in a cohort of Canadian healthcare workers: 2020–2023	42
Seroconversion and seroprevalence of TORCH infections in a pregnant women cohort study, Mombasa, Kenya, 2017–2019	41
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	37
Decreased Neisseria gonorrhoeae genotypic diversity following COVID-19 restrictions in Queensland, Australia 2020	33
Long-term health outcomes of Q-fever fatigue syndrome patients	33
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	32
Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 prevalence from repeated pooled testing: application to Swiss routine data	32
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	30
The molecular epidemiology of hepatitis E virus genotype 3 in Canada	27
Lizards as sentinels for the distribution of Angiostrongylus cantonensis	25
Maternal and congenital syphilis in Fiji 2019–2022: a secondary analysis of clinical trial data	25
Historical reconstruction of the earliest enterovirus A71 epidemics in Japan in the 1960s	21
Predictive model for genital tract infections among men and women in Ghana: An application of LASSO penalized cross-validation regression model	21
Association between introduction of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and burden of hospitalized adult pneumococcal disease in Taiwan – a retrospective database study	21
Factors associated with return of home oral fluid kits by suspected cases of measles, cohort study, London and South East of England, 2016–2018	21
Seasonal Dynamics and Structural Changes in Dengue Transmission in Eastern Northeast of Brazil: A Time-Series Decomposition Using SSA and Pre- vs Post-COVID Comparative Analysis	20
Multistate nontyphoidal Salmonella and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli outbreaks linked to international travel—United States, 2017–2020	20
Adenovirus 41 diversity in Arizona (USA) using wastewater-based epidemiology, long-range PCR, and pathogen sequencing between October 2019 and March 2020	20
Factors associated with the formation of SARS-CoV-2 case-clusters in Danish schools: a nationwide register-based observational study	20
Shift from a Zero-COVID strategy to a New-normal strategy for controlling SARS-COV-2 infections in Vietnam	19
Risk of severe outcomes among Omicron sub-lineages BA.4.6, BA.2.75, and BQ.1 compared to BA.5 in England	19
Influenza hospitalisations in Spain between the last influenza and COVID-19 pandemic (2009–2019)	18
Quantifying the direct and indirect components of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness during the Delta variant era	18

Recruiting controls from an online panel for a case–control study enabled a timely and reliable foodborne Salmonella outbreak investigation, Germany 2021	17
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
Evaluation of diagnostic practices surrounding foodborne disease in a large university-based healthcare system	16
A comparison of frequentist and Bayesian methods for meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies	16
Post-COVID-19 neuropsychiatric manifestations: a suggested therapeutic approach to ‘long COVID’ with azithromycin	16
Recurring bacterial strains, subclusters, and the importance of practising lessons learned	16
Incidence of parvovirus B19 among Hungarian blood donor population during COVID-19 restrictions and the subsequent B19 epidemic of 2024	16
Assessing Government Policies’ Impact on the COVID-19 Pandemic and Elderly Deaths in East Asia	15
Epidemiology of herpes simplex virus type 1 and genital herpes in Australia and New Zealand: systematic review, meta-analyses and meta-regressions	15
Comparative epidemiology of bacteraemia in two ageing populations: Singapore and Denmark	15
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	15
Group A streptococcal infections in Alberta, Canada 2018–2023	15
Hepatitis E virus seroprevalence among employees in catering and public place industries in Nanjing, China	15
COVID-19 passenger screening to reduce travel risk and translocation of disease	14
Should we ignore SARS-CoV-2 disease?	14
Endemic potential of Chagas disease in the U.S. southwest: updated surveillance of infected Triatomines from the U.S.-Mexico border region	14
Epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales infections in Tennessee, 2016–2022	13
A genetically related cluster of Salmonella Typhimurium cases in humans associated with ruminant livestock and related food chains, United Kingdom, August 2021–December 2022	13
Risk factors associated with acquiring gastrointestinal infections in UK international travellers: a case–control study	13
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	13
High all-cause mortality and increasing proportion of older adults with tuberculosis in Texas, 2008–2020	13
Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on epidemiological features of viral respiratory tract infections in children: a single-centre study	13
Letter to the Editor: “Modelling the risk of foodborne transmission of Toxocara spp. to humans” by Healy et al. (2025)	13
Quantifying the direct and indirect components of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness during the Delta variant era – ERRATUM	12
The epidemiology and healthcare costs of pregnancy-related listeriosis in British Columbia, Canada, 2005–2014	12
Epidemiological characteristics, spatial clusters and monthly incidence prediction of hand, foot and mouth disease from 2017 to 2022 in Shanxi Province, China	12
Associations between reported post-COVID-19 symptoms and subjective well-being, Israel, July 2021 – April 2022	12
Circulation and colonisation of Blastocystis subtypes in schoolchildren of various ethnicities in rural northern Thailand – Erratum	12
Identification of post-COVID-19 condition phenotypes, and differences in health-related quality of life and healthcare use: a cluster analysis	12
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	12
Will COVID-19 become mild, like a cold?	12
Comparing Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission reconstruction models from whole genome sequence data	12
Efficacy of Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine to Prevent Malaria and Complication-related Malaria during Pregnancy Compared to Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine: A Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, and Meta-regr	11
Large outbreak of Salmonella Muenchen linked to dried coconut pieces, September 2020 to July 2021, Germany	11
Paediatric infection hospital admissions in England before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic	11
Mandatory and seasonal vaccination against COVID-19: Attitudes of the vaccinated people in Serbia	11
International travel as a risk factor for gastrointestinal infections in residents of North East England	11
Trend and forecast analysis of the changing disease burden of tuberculosis in China, 1990–2021	11
Epidemiology of scarlet fever in Victoria, Australia, 2007–2017	11
An outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli serotype O103:H2 associated with unpasteurized soft cheese, England and Wales, 2022	11
Non-hospital occupational blood exposure accidents: A nine-year retrospective analysis of post-exposure HIV, hepatitis B and C risk management in the Netherlands	11
A multi-provincial outbreak of Salmonella Newport infections associated with red onions: A report of the largest Salmonella	11
Superspreading of SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and meta-analysis of event attack rates and individual transmission patterns	11
Invasive group a streptococcal infection associated with community healthcare services delivered at home, South East England, December 2021–2023: Descriptive epidemiological study	10
A diagnostic model based on routine blood examination for serious bacterial infections in neonates–a cross-sectional study	10
A retrospective global study of the prevalence of O-serotypes of invasive Escherichia coli disease in patients admitted to tertiary care hospitals	10
Epidemiologic and economic impact of introducing a National Immunization Program for herpes zoster vaccination on the prevention of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia in South Korea, an ageing s	10
Spatio-temporal distributions of COVID-19 vaccine doses uptake in the Netherlands: a Bayesian ecological modelling analysis	10
Impacts of environmental factors on the aetiological diagnosis and disease severity of community-acquired pneumonia in China: a multicentre, hospital-based, observational study	10

Assessing antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli and its association with antimicrobial use in Canadian turkey flocks	10
Incidence of skin and soft-tissue infections in England: 11-year retrospective study	10
The effect of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy on neonatal outcomes	10
Genomic analysis of an outbreak of toxin gene bearing Corynebacterium diphtheriae in Northern Queensland, Australia reveals high level of genetic similarity	10
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	10
Mapping the bird risk index for West Nile virus in Europe and its relationship with disease occurrence in humans	10
Author response to: Recurring bacterial strains, subclusters, and the importance of practising lessons learned	9
Cost-effectiveness of interferon-γ release assay for screening of latent tuberculosis infection in individuals with schizophrenia	9
Extreme mortality during a historical measles outbreak on Rotuma is consistent with measles immunosuppression	9
Risk factors and outcomes associated with difficult-to-treat resistance in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia : A clinical and microbiological hospital-based c	9
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome in children England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Ireland: A prospective cohort study	9
Decrease in overdispersed secondary transmission of COVID-19 over time in Japan	9
SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination status in six ethnic groups in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May to November 2022	9
Incidence of Treponema pallidum in donors from a blood centre in Colombia, 2012–2024	9
Impact of airline network on the global importation risk of mpox, 2022	9
Decreased risk of non-influenza respiratory infection after influenza B virus infection in children	9
Data for action – description of the automated COVID-19 surveillance system in Denmark and lessons learnt, January 2020 to June 2024 – CORRIGENDUM	9
Excess mortality in Mainland China after the end of the Zero COVID policy: A systematic review	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
Global and local evolutionary dynamics of Dengue virus serotypes 1, 3, and 4	8
Estimating the national seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women, France 2021	8
Transporting monovalent rotavirus vaccine efficacy estimates to an external target population: a secondary analysis of data from a randomised controlled trial in Malawi	8
SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination status in six ethnic groups in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May to November 2022 – CORRIGENDUM	8
Spatio-temporal clustering and meteorological factors influencing HFRS incidence in mainland China, 2004–2021	8
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	8
Modeling the Influences of Climate Conditions on Measles Transmission in China – ERRATUM	8
Evaluation of a combined detection of SARS-CoV-2 and its variants using real-time allele-specific PCR strategy: an advantage for clinical practice	8
Genomic characterization of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales isolated from abdominal surgical patients	8
High pathogenicity avian influenza: targeted active surveillance of wild birds to enable early detection of emerging disease threats	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
Can ship travel contain COVID-19 outbreak after re-opening: a Bayesian meta-analysis	8
Hepatitis B burden and population immunity in a high endemicity city – a geographically random household epidemiology study for evaluating achievability of elimination – ERRATUM	8
Mapping malaria risk using geospatial and AHP approaches in Nsanje District, Malawi	8
Understanding the disease and economic impact of avirulent avian paramyxovirus type 1 (APMV-1) infection in Great Britain	7
Hepatitis B in Africa Collaborative Network: cohort profile and analysis of baseline data	7
Cell-free plasma next-generation sequencing assists in the evaluation of secondary pneumonia in patients with COVID-19: a case series	7
Molecular epidemiological surveillance of monkeypox virus in Indonesia from 2023 to 2024	7
Protection from second booster vaccines and natural immunity against SARS-CoV-2 infections, 2022–2023	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
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
A cross-sectional survey of knowledge and attitudes towards scabies control in Australian aged care facilities	7
Retrospective evaluation of an integrated molecular-epidemiological approach to cyclosporiasis outbreak investigations – United States, 2021	7
Emergence of bla NDM-5 Enterobacterales in Swedish wastewater effluent	7
Global epidemiology of serogroup Y invasive meningococcal disease: a literature review	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
Published Salmonella risk assessment model contains major errors and inconsistencies	7
Epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus in hospitalized children before, during, and after the COVID-19 lockdown restriction measures in Greece	7
Predictors of mpox infectious periods: findings from a fine and gray sub-distribution hazard model using Vietnamese national mpox data	7
Association between socioeconomic deprivation and incidence of infectious intestinal disease by pathogen and linked transmission route: An ecological analysis in the UK	7
A new approach to define the optimal immunization strategy against pneumococcal disease: the example of Canada	7
An outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26:H11 associated with dried fruit, UK 2023	7
A six-year epidemiological study of selected zoonotic abortifacient agents in ovine and caprine foetuses in Türkiye	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 retrospective cohort data-linkage study of secondary healthcare use prior to late Blood-Borne Virus diagnosis in Scotland – a missed opportunity for earlier diagnosis?	7
Risk factors for coagulase-negative staphylococcal surgical site infections	7
Post-migration HIV acquisition: A systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Mask wearing by COVID-19 index cases reduces SARS-CoV-2 transmission to household contacts	7
Characteristics and biomarkers associated with mortality in COVID-19 patients presenting to the emergency department	7
Proteins associated with environmental survival of the pathogen Neisseria meningitidis	7
Effectiveness of ultraviolet-C disinfection systems for reduction of multi-drug resistant organism infections in healthcare settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Factors associated with urinary diversion and fatality of hospitalised acute pyelonephritis patients in France: a national cross-sectional study (FUrTIHF-2)	6
Near-source passive sampling for monitoring viral outbreaks within a university residential setting	6
Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in four prisons in Colombia	6
Varicella vaccine effectiveness evaluation in Wuxi, China: A retrospective cohort study	6
Risk and prognosis of colorectal cancer following bacteraemia with Streptococcus bovis – Streptococcus equinus	6
Outbreak of the novel Cryptosporidium parvum IIγA11 linked to salad bars in Sweden, December 2023	6
Investigating Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever virus seropositivity in camels and human behavioural risks in an abattoir in Nigeria	6
Prevalence of Mollicutes in pregnant women undergoing high-risk prenatal care at a maternal and child reference unit in Bahia, Brazil	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
Spillover Benefit of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention: Evaluating the Importance of Effect Modification using an Agent-Based Model	6
Mortality associated with Omicron and influenza infections in France before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Socioeconomic and ethnic inequalities in incidence and severity of enteric fever in England 2015–2019: analysis of a national enhanced surveillance system	6
Response to letter to editor from Rattanapitoon, N. & Rattanapitoon, S	6
The impact of HBV infection on clinical outcomes of COVID‐19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Prevalence and shared risk factors of HIV in three key populations in Vietnam: A systematic review and meta-analysis	6
From the field: a case of zoonotic transmission of Giardia duodenalis from wild reindeer?	6
Evidence of within-facility patient–patient Clostridiodes difficile infection spread across diverse settings	6
The evolution and epidemiology of H3N2 canine influenza virus after 20 years in dogs	6
Cross-language validation of COVID-19 Compliance Scale in 28 languages	6

Intra-serotypic antigenic diversity of dengue virus serotype 3 in Thailand 2004-2015	6
Personalized risk score prediction and testing policy adaptations of a COVID-19 population-based contact tracing network	6
Application of ultrasound multimodal imaging in the prediction of cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis rupture	6
Concerns, perceived risk, and hesitancy on COVID-19 vaccine: a qualitative exploration among university students living in the West Bank	6
Retrospective estimate of COVID-19 infections in nine Colombian cities in 2020	6
Using SNP addresses for Salmonella Typhimurium DT104 in routine veterinary outbreak detection	5
Clinical isolate characteristics and demographics of patients with C.jejuni and C.coli infections in Northern Israel, 2015–2021	5
Role of latent tuberculosis infection on elevated risk of cardiovascular disease: a population-based cohort study of immigrants in British Columbia, Canada, 1985–2019	5
A SARS-CoV-2 outbreak associated with five air force bases and a nightclub following the lifting of COVID-19-related social restrictions, United Kingdom, July-to-September 2021	5
Spatiotemporal trends in tetracycline- and trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole-resistant S. aureus among veteran outpatients in the eastern United States	5
Adherence to oral zinc supplementation in the management of acute diarrhoeal disease among under-5 children: A systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Post-pandemic immunity debt for paediatric infectious diseases in Japan between 2014 and 2024	5
Comparative analysis of inflight transmission of SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and SARS-CoV-1	5
The health and demographic impacts of the “Russian flu” pandemic in Switzerland in 1889/1890 and in the years thereafter	5
Estimated incidence and transmission intensity of rubella infection in Zambia pre-vaccine era 2005–2016	5
Increased detection of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O26: Environmental exposures and clinical outcomes, England, 2014–2023	5
Trends in shigellosis notifications in England, January 2016 to March 2023	5
Rapid assessment of data systems for COVID-19 vaccination in the WHO African Region	5
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Turkey: A systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Health insurance’s contribution to reducing the financial burden of tuberculosis in Guizhou Province, China	5
Characteristics, treatment and care of pregnant women living with hepatitis B in England: findings from a national audit	5
Seabirds’ mortalities in Antarctica caused by HPAIV: skuas as a sentinel species	5
Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa perichondritis associated with ear piercings and a contaminated water system	5
A web-based dynamic nomogram for estimating talaromycosis risk in hospitalized HIV-positive patients	5
Factors associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes of maternal syphilis in Henan, China, 2016–2022	5
Epidemiological characteristics of paediatric COVID-19 and influenza co-infections in the United States, 2020–2024	5
Usefulness of linked data for infectious disease events: a systematic review	5
One health surveillance strategy for coronaviruses in Italian wildlife	5
Candidemia in the Dominican Republic: species distribution, resistance, clinical characteristics, and outcomes at a tertiary care hospital	5
Monitoring effectiveness of nirsevimab immunization against RSV hospitalization using surveillance data: a test-negative case–control study, Spain, October 2024–March 2025	5
Investigating oral human papillomavirus co-infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis	5
Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic response on GI infection surveillance trends in England, January 2020–April 2022	5
Prevalence and distribution of non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica serogroups and serovars isolated from normally sterile sites: A global systematic review	5
Predictive modelling of Ross River virus using climate data in the Darling Downs	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
Drivers of human Leptospira infection in the Pacific Islands: A systematic review	5
First nationwide case – case study on factors associated with emerging methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus spa type t4549 in Denmark, 2022–2023	5
Risk factors associated with antibiotic prescriptions for cases of enteric pathogens in Canada, 2015–2019	5
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	5