Epidemiology and Infection

Article	Citations
The molecular epidemiology of hepatitis E virus genotype 3 in Canada	41
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	41
Sex and age differences in the proportion of experienced symptoms by SARS-CoV-2 serostatus in a community-based cross-sectional study	36
Response to: ‘Use of portable air purifiers to reduce aerosols in hospital settings and cut down the clinical backlog’	28
Association of current hepatitis B virus infection with mortality in adults with sepsis	24
Dientamoeba fragilis cases identified by molecular detection, Utah, United States, 2014–2024	23
Prospective study of peripartum group B streptococcus colonization in Japanese mothers and neonates	23
Bayesian spatio-temporal modelling of tuberculosis in Vietnam: Insights from a local-area analysis	23
Second reported outbreak of pneumococcal pneumonia among shipyard employees in Turku, Finland, August–October 2023: a case–control study	19
Impact of temperatures on malaria incidence in vulnerable regions of Pakistan: empirical evidence and future projections	19
Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in large university hospital cohort: the UnCoVER-Brazil project	17
The effectiveness of an extra-curricular lecture for STI prevention and sexual education	17
Geographical distribution of invasive meningococcal disease and carriage: A spatial analysis	17
The correlation between humoral immune responses and severity of clinical symptoms in COVID-19 patients	16
Active circulation of varicella zoster virus among different age groups in Sudan	16
Evaluation of the Queensland JEV vaccine program response to the 2022 Australian outbreak	16
Skin and soft tissue infection incidence before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	16
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	16
Superspreading of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.23 among vaccinated Finnish adults: symptomatic COVID-19 only contracted by those without recent infection	16
Case report: Hospital-acquired chickenpox in a healthcare setting	15
Prevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in people attending the two main Goma markets in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo	14
Characterisation of infection-induced SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence amongst children and adolescents in North Carolina	14
Outbreak of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in hospitalized patients: Who is concerned? Nord Franche-Comté Hospital, France, 2023–2024	14
Long-term health outcomes of Q-fever fatigue syndrome patients	14
Genomic characterization of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales isolated from abdominal surgical patients	14

Epidemiological characteristics of paediatric Omicron infection during the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 infection during March–May in 2022 in Shanghai, China	13
Development and external validation of a prognostic tool for nonsevere COVID-19 inpatients	13
Quantifying resistance to myxomatosis in wild rabbits produces novel evolutionary insights	13
Seroconversion and seroprevalence of TORCH infections in a pregnant women cohort study, Mombasa, Kenya, 2017–2019	13
Characteristics and biomarkers associated with mortality in COVID-19 patients presenting to the emergency department	13
An outbreak of hepatitis A virus infection in a secondary school in England with no undetected asymptomatic transmission among students	13
COVID-19 data reporting systems in Africa reveal insights for future pandemics	13
Seroprevalence and dynamics of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody among healthcare workers following ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccination	12
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	12
Burden of infectious disease studies in Europe and the United Kingdom: a review of methodological design choices	12
Burkholderia cepacia complex outbreak linked to a no-rinse cleansing foam product, United States – 2017–2018	12
The challenge of etiologic diagnosis of subacute and chronic meningitis: an analysis of 183 patients	12
COVID-19 preventive measures coincided with a marked decline in other infectious diseases in Denmark, spring 2020	12
Seroprevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 N antibodies between December 2021 and march 2023 in Japan	12
Large Shigella flexneri outbreak linked to a takeaway, South Wales: a case–control study	12
The performance of a new rapid interferon gamma release assay based on fluorescence immunochromatography for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection testing in village doctors in China	12
Enterococcus contamination of infant foods and implications for exposure to foodborne pathogens in peri-urban neighbourhoods of Kisumu, Kenya	12
Ambient PM2.5 exposure and tuberculosis reactivation: a cross-sectional study in an intermediate burden city	11
Global climate change and seasonal variation of cellulitis in hospitalized children: a 30 year retrospective study	11
Prospective spatial-temporal clusters of COVID-19 in local communities: case study of Kansas City, Missouri, United States	10
Seroprevalence of COVID-19 infection in a densely populated district in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo	10
Molecular detection of Histoplasma capsulatum in organ samples from bats randomly captured in urban areas of Araraquara, São Paulo state, Brazil	10
Identification and description of patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection using the Premier Healthcare Database	10
Serological follow-up after syphilis diagnosis in Israel	10
Reflections on a national public health emergency response to carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE)	10
Trust in the scientific research community predicts intent to comply with COVID-19 prevention measures: An analysis of a large-scale international survey dataset	10
Evaluation of a combined detection of SARS-CoV-2 and its variants using real-time allele-specific PCR strategy: an advantage for clinical practice	10
Epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus in hospitalized children before, during, and after the COVID-19 lockdown restriction measures in Greece	10
The 2023 fatal dengue outbreak in Bangladesh highlights a paradigm shift of geographical distribution of cases	10
Major errors in published Salmonella risk assessment model	10
Mathematical model and stability analysis on the transmission dynamics of skin sores	10
Evaluation of phase-adjusted interventions for COVID-19 using an improved SEIR model	10
Medical exemptions to mandatory vaccinations: The state of play in Australia and a pressure point to watch	10
Spatial–temporal distribution characteristics of pulmonary tuberculosis in eastern China from 2011 to 2021	9
Lizards as sentinels for the distribution of Angiostrongylus cantonensis	9
Spatiotemporal risk of human brucellosis under intensification of livestock keeping based on machine learning techniques in Shaanxi, China	9
Space scan statistics to identify clusters of neonatal mortality associated with bacterial sepsis	9
Combining antibody markers for serosurveillance of SARS-CoV-2 to estimate seroprevalence and time-since-infection	9
Circulating sex-steroids and Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in a general male population	9
Association between enterovirus infection and clinical type 1 diabetes mellitus: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies	9
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	9
Snapshot of COVID-19 superinfections in Marseille hospitals: where are the common pathogens?	8
Preceding anti-spike IgG levels predicted risk and severity of COVID-19 during the Omicron-dominant wave in Santa Fe city, Argentina	8
Inferring the proportion of undetected cholera infections from serological and clinical surveillance in an immunologically naive population	8
Time-to-hepatitis C treatment initiation among people who inject drugs in Melbourne, Australia	8
Transmission trends of the global COVID-19 pandemic with combined effects of adaptive behaviours and vaccination	8
A ten-year assessment of the epidemiological features and fatal risk factors of hospitalised severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in Eastern China	8
SARS-CoV-2 seroepidemiology in paediatric population during Delta and Omicron predominance	8
Can ship travel contain COVID-19 outbreak after re-opening: a Bayesian meta-analysis	8
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	8

Streptococcus bovis-bacteremia: subspecies distribution and association with colorectal cancer: a retrospective cohort study	7
Investigating association between inflammatory bowel disease and rotavirus vaccination in a paediatric cohort in the UK	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
Post-migration HIV acquisition: A systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Prevalence and prognosis of tinnitus in post-COVID-19 patients: a cross-sectional survey	7
Invasive pneumococcal surveillance to assess the potential benefits of extended spectrum conjugate vaccines (PCV15/PCV20) in older adults	7
High prevalence of asymptomatic malaria in Forest Guinea: Results from a rapid community survey	7
Multivariate phenomenological models for real-time short-term forecasts of hospital capacity for COVID-19 in Belgium from March to June 2020	7
Value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the differential diagnosis of ureteral tuberculosis from ureteral malignant tumour in women	7
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	7
Characteristics of patients with SARS-COV-2 PCR re-positivity after recovering from COVID-19	7
Long-term outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 variants and other respiratory infections: evidence from the Virus Watch prospective cohort in England	7
Epidemiological characteristics of mumps from 2004 to 2020 in Jiangsu, China: a flexible spatial and spatiotemporal analysis	7
Poliovirus outbreak in New York State, August 2022: qualitative assessment of immediate public health responses and priorities for improving vaccine coverage	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
Mycoplasma genitalium and Chlamydia trachomatis infection among women in Southwest China: a retrospective study	7
The impact of repeated vaccination on relative influenza vaccine effectiveness among vaccinated adults in the United Kingdom	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 scoping review on the community dividend resulting from testing and treating hepatitis C infection in people living in detention	6
Hepatitis B burden and population immunity in a high endemicity city – a geographically random household epidemiology study for evaluating achievability of elimination – ERRATUM	6
What effect might border screening have on preventing importation of COVID-19 compared with other infections?: considering the additional effect of post-arrival isolation	6
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	6
Omicron incidence and seroprevalence among children in Montreal, Canada, in early 2023: final results from the longitudinal EnCORE serology study	6
Temporal changes in the proportion ofSalmonellaoutbreaks associated with 12 food commodity groups in the United States	6
Interplay of missed opportunity for vaccination and poor response to the vaccine led to measles outbreak in a slum area of Eastern Mumbai, India	6
Epidemiology and antifungal susceptibilities of clinically isolated Aspergillus species in South China	6
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	6
The impact of meteorological factors and PM2.5 on COVID-19 transmission	6
Identification of risk areas for avian influenza outbreaks in domestic poultry in Mali using the GIS-MCDA approach	6
Molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from children with community-acquired pneumonia under 5 years in Chengdu, China – CORRIGENDUM	6
Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 prevalence from repeated pooled testing: application to Swiss routine data	6
SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination status in six ethnic groups in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May to November 2022 – CORRIGENDUM	6
Epidemiology of repeat influenza infection in Queensland, Australia, 2005–2017	6
TB index case tracing in the Roma community in the Czech Republic	6
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	6
Estimation of the incubation period and generation time of SARS-CoV-2 Alpha and Delta variants from contact tracing data	6
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	6
Association between age of paediatric index cases and household SARS-CoV-2 transmission	6
Decreased Neisseria gonorrhoeae genotypic diversity following COVID-19 restrictions in Queensland, Australia 2020	6
One health surveillance strategy for coronaviruses in Italian wildlife – CORRIGENDUM	6
Inferring SARS-CoV-2 RNA shedding into wastewater relative to the time of infection – CORRIGENDUM	6
Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 among children and staff in German daycare centres	6
Whole-genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for prediction of drug resistance	6
Foodborne illness outbreaks linked to unpasteurised milk and relationship to changes in state laws – United States, 1998–2018	6
Outbreak of STEC O157:H7 linked to a milk pasteurisation failure at a dairy farm in England, 2019	6
Risk factors for acute toxoplasmosis in the Netherlands	6
Development of a nomogram for high antibody titre of COVID-19 convalescent plasma	6
Risk-adjusted policies to minimise perioperative staffing shortages during a pandemic: An agent-based simulation study	5
Increasing incidence of invasive group A streptococcal (iGAS) outbreaks in England 2015-2019	5
Neonatal cross-infection due to Listeria monocytogenes	5
Modelling mass drug administration strategies for reducing scabies burden in Monrovia, Liberia	5
Molecular characterization ofChlamydiaspecies in commercial and backyard poultry farms in Costa Rica	5
Predictive model for genital tract infections among men and women in Ghana: An application of LASSO penalized cross-validation regression model	5
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	5
Maternal hepatitis B surface antigen carrier status and pregnancy outcome: a retrospective cohort study	5
Household clusters reveal household- and variant-specific properties of SARS-CoV-2	5
Clinical impact of COVID-19 in patients with carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii bacteraemia	5
COVID-19 cluster identification and support vector machine classifier model construction using global healthcare and socio-economic features	5
Eligibility criteria vs. need for pre-exposure prophylaxis: a reappraisal among men who have sex with men in Amsterdam, the Netherlands	5
Multistate nontyphoidal Salmonella and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli outbreaks linked to international travel—United States, 2017–2020	5
Factors associated with the formation of SARS-CoV-2 case-clusters in Danish schools: a nationwide register-based observational study	5
Synchronicity of viral shedding in molossid bat maternity colonies	5
Developing a risk management framework to improve public health outcomes by enumerating and serotyping Salmonella in ground turkey	5
Hepatitis B in Africa Collaborative Network: cohort profile and analysis of baseline data	5
Epidemiology of tuberculosis among children in Beijing, China, 2012–2021	5
Recruiting controls from an online panel for a case–control study enabled a timely and reliable foodborne Salmonella outbreak investigation, Germany 2021	5
Winning during a pandemic: epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 during EURO2020 in Italy	5
Influenza hospitalisations in Spain between the last influenza and COVID-19 pandemic (2009–2019)	5
Risk of severe outcomes among Omicron sub-lineages BA.4.6, BA.2.75, and BQ.1 compared to BA.5 in England	4
Immune response to SARS-CoV-2 variants after immunization with different vaccines in Mexico	4
Assessment of early and post COVID-19 vaccination antibody response in healthcare workers: a critical review	4
Are we ready for the next anthrax outbreak? Lessons from a simulation exercise in a rural-based district in Uganda	4
Innate immunity to SARS-CoV-2 infection: a review	4
One health: Coming of age and antimicrobial resistance	4
Zoonotic pathogens identified in rodents and shrews from four provinces, China, 2015–2022	4
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	4
The determinants of the changing speed of spread of COVID-19 across Italy	4
Incidence and risk factors of hospitalisations for respiratory syncytial virus among children aged less than 2 years	4
Case-only analysis of routine surveillance data: detection of increased vaccine breakthrough infections with SARS-CoV-2 variants in Europe	4
Estimation of the incidence of hospitalisation for non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia in the Norwegian population aged 50 years and older	4

Dynamic changes of SARS-CoV-2 specific IgM and IgG among population vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccine	4
Epidemiological characteristics and spatiotemporal analysis of mumps at township level in Wuhan, China, 2005–2019	4
Two multistate outbreaks of a reoccurring Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strain associated with romaine lettuce: USA, 2018–2019	4
Temporal trend analysis of acute hepatitis B virus infection in China, 1990–2019	4
Optimising rabies vaccination of dogs in India	4
Time-discrete SIR model for COVID-19 in Fiji	4
An outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium associated with the consumption of raw liver at an Eid al-Adha celebration in Wales (UK), July 2021	4
Surge of human astrovirus type 1 infection in summer 2022 in Korea	4
Real-time evaluation of a multi-agency TB-screening event for persons experiencing homelessness in a town with a low incidence of TB in England	4
Factors associated with return of home oral fluid kits by suspected cases of measles, cohort study, London and South East of England, 2016–2018	4
Attribution of nosocomial seeding to long-term care facility COVID-19 outbreaks	4
Dynamics of specific antibodies in COVID-19 patients after recovery	4
Association between face mask use and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection: Cross-sectional study	4
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	4
Coronavirus vaccination rates in cultural areas in Germany	4