Lancet Infectious Diseases

Papers
(The TQCC of Lancet Infectious Diseases is 13. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Infectious disease surveillance update1561
Margaret Keller1184
Research in brief875
Effectiveness of bivalent mRNA booster vaccines against COVID-19: methodological and public health considerations792
DNDi receives Dutch funding boost659
Infectious disease surveillance update649
Annelies Zinkernagel—Current ESCMID President590
Increased choices of pneumococcal vaccines for policy makers586
Pragmatic trials to inform policy decisions and planning470
Malaria outbreak in Laos caused by formerly rare artemisinin resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum437
Towards a marketplace for Vi polysaccharide-conjugate typhoid vaccines433
Reflecting on lessons from the 2014–16 Ebola virus outbreak364
Sharing the road during the COVID-19 pandemic364
DREAMS celebrates 10 years and looks to the future352
Dengue: a hidden threat in blood transfusions amidst Brazil's largest outbreak?348
Diane Edmund Griffin337
Global health and pandemic preparedness at a crossroads308
Using big data and mobile health to manage diarrhoeal disease in children in low-income and middle-income countries: societal barriers and ethical implications306
Zika virus vaccines and monoclonal antibodies: a priority agenda for research and development301
Longevity of modified standard short treatment regimens for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis272
Correction to Lancet Infect Dis 2024; published online Oct 10. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00507-3266
Tracking the spread of avian influenza A(H5N1) with alternative surveillance methods: the example of wastewater data262
Development of the Mycetoma Activity and Severity clinical Scale (MASS): an international Delphi study256
Correction to Lancet Infect Dis 2024; 24: 1045–58254
Sipavibart: when a success changes into a failure252
Inactivated COVID-19 vaccines to make a global impact248
Reducing public health risks associated with wet markets246
Tuberculosis services disrupted by war in Ukraine239
Exploring parvovirus B19 pathogenesis and therapy among kidney transplant recipients: case report and review of literature235
Antiviral humoral immunity against SARS-CoV-2 omicron subvariants induced by XBB.1.5 monovalent vaccine in infection-naive and XBB-infected individuals232
Thank you to The Lancet Infectious Diseases statistical and peer reviewers in 2023231
Carissa Etienne229
Peer review at The Lancet Infectious Diseases in 2023213
The next chapter for Africa's genomic initiatives212
Looking beyond the individual205
Adaora “Ada” Alise Adimora203
Evaluating improved inactivated oral cholera vaccines for use in ending endemic cholera by 2030: opportunities and challenges200
Breakthrough treatments for Ebola virus disease, but no access—what went wrong, and how can we do better?199
Quantifying Plasmodium vivax radical cure efficacy: a modelling study integrating clinical trial data and transmission dynamics197
QT effects of bedaquiline, delamanid, or both in patients with rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis: a phase 2, open-label, randomised, controlled trial195
Serum neutralising activity against SARS-CoV-2 variants elicited by CoronaVac193
Balancing adjunctive therapy for tuberculosis treatment190
Lessons about COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among minority ethnic people in the UK190
Endemic mycoses: geographical distribution is still a work in progress – Authors’ reply188
The replenishment of the Global Fund183
Global alliance to tackle HIV in children183
Effectiveness of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine during the delta (B.1.617.2) variant surge in India173
Wolfgang Preiser—co-discoverer of SARS-CoV-2 variants172
Introducing our cover artist for 2025: Lillian Li168
Maria Eugenia Toledo-Romani—doing a lot with the least161
Engaging pose and gaze in global health research160
Patrick de Marie Katoto—championing African public health158
Persistence of Oropouche virus in body fluids among imported cases in France, 2024157
Vaccination in Africa—no hesitancy without access157
WHO reports gaps in global IPC programmes153
Additional questions regarding transfusion-transmitted dengue virus in Brazil – Authors' reply152
Infectious disease surveillance update152
MMV533, a promising new antimalarial on the horizon150
Expanding seasonal malaria chemoprevention beyond the Sahel region148
Research in brief146
14th Neglected Tropical Disease NGO Network conference143
Nipah virus: an ever-present threat143
Research in brief141
Effectiveness of rotavirus vaccine in preventing transmission of rotavirus from children to household contacts in Malawi139
Estimates of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence in Iran137
Estimates of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence in Iran – Authors' reply136
The persistence of HIV stigma in Kenya135
Vanishing evidence of the non-blanching rash?135
World Microbe Forum 2021135
COVID-19 vaccination protects children and adolescents134
Time for noma to enter the global health stage133
Entering a labyrinth of COVID-19 stories133
Crisis as a political ally: the unexpected power of AIDS133
UK guidelines and testing for invasive meningococcal disease133
Rajendra Kapila132
The eternal cycle of pandemics129
Old politics in pandemic management127
Khorshed Pavri126
Pandemic diaries under the lens126
Triage of patients with Ebola virus disease126
Updates on management of STIs124
Strengthening the maternal and child health responses to Ebola outbreaks in Uganda124
Promoting diversity and equity in publishing124
IDWeek 2022123
Buddha Basnyat—tackling typhoid and other infections in Nepal122
Placing in-vitro heteroresistance in the context of clinical results121
Infectious diseases surveillance update121
Dengue outbreak in Peru affects adults and children121
Research in brief120
Risk of omicron infection for high-risk older adults in long-term care facilities118
Transaminases and serum albumin as early predictors of severe dengue – Authors' reply118
Lowering SARS-CoV-2 viral load might affect transmission but not disease severity in secondary cases117
Infectious disease surveillance update117
Research in brief117
COVID-19 vaccine: what are we doing and what should we do?117
Chronicling PEPFAR's work in Africa116
Tackling the politicisation of COVID-19 data reporting through open access data sharing115
Is triple artemisinin-based combination therapy necessary for uncomplicated malaria?115
The wrongful indictment of pre-referral rectal artesunate further delays the roll-out of this lifesaving drug113
Time to redefine a primary vaccination series?113
The superiority of bivalent over monovalent booster vaccines112
Dengue fever: working towards global control considering biological, social, and planetary determinants112
Laos eliminates lymphatic filariasis109
Is ceftriaxone similarly effective to benzylpenicillin in neurosyphilis? – Authors' reply108
Role of the G20 in safe reopening of international travel108
What is the role of science academies in Africa?108
COVID-19 in the MENA region103
Adjuvantation helps to optimise COVID-19 vaccine candidate102
Karamojong people embrace malaria chemoprevention102
Minoarisoa Rajerison—fighting plague in Madagascar101
Treating carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections100
The incalculable debts of South Africa's gold mines98
Questioning bedaquiline availability97
Infectious disease surveillance update96
BCG: new life for a centenarian vaccine95
A new network for pathogen surveillance93
Infectious disease surveillance update92
Bell's palsy and SARS-CoV-2 vaccines—an unfolding story – Authors' reply88
Chickenpox vaccination recommended in the UK87
Highlights from ASTMH 202387
COVID-19 and sexual health rights in Africa86
High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance 202486
Nathan Lo—translating infectious disease models into policy86
Boosting immunity to protect from tickborne Lyme disease86
Rare presentation of rapidly progressive tertiary syphilis in AIDS: a case report of syphilitic gumma85
Spinal epidural abscess caused by Aspergillus spp masquerading as spinal tuberculosis in a person with HIV83
Relaxation of anti-COVID-19 measures reveals new challenges for infectious disease outbreak forecasting83
Desideratum: a developmentalist view of Zika virus infection83
Revaccination with BCG: does it work?82
Protein-based vaccine as the booster dose for adults: evidence and beyond80
Excess mortality from COVID-19 in an English sentinel network population80
Health-care provision for displaced populations arriving from Ukraine80
Effectiveness of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine during the delta (B.1.617.2) variant surge in India – Authors' reply80
Bebtelovimab: considerations for global access to treatments during a rapidly evolving pandemic79
Updated criteria for paediatric sepsis and septic shock78
A glimmer of hope beyond the spring for Europe78
Surge of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Pakistan78
Doxycycline PEP for prevention of STIs78
Research in brief78
Behind Cuba's successful pandemic response77
A new global health hub in Germany77
Hecolin vaccination strategies for hepatitis E outbreak control in resource-constrained settings77
A patient with secondary syphilis following incomplete treatment of primary infection77
Repurposing antibiotics to treat syphilis77
Antibiotic de-escalation: finally, some action and not only words77
Ivermectin and albendazole coadministration: opportunities for strongyloidiasis control75
Environment and infectious diseases74
Mobile laboratory donations to African countries74
COVID-19 in South Asia73
The role of chemoprophylaxis in eliminating forest malaria and preventing simian malaria in humans73
Two pandemics, a shared lesson73
Serious threat of antimicrobial resistance in Ukraine72
Chikungunya vaccine VLA1553 induces sustained protective antibody concentrations72
The promising prospects of a new yellow fever vaccine72
Once-daily tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in treatment-naive Taiwanese patients with chronic hepatitis B and minimally raised alanine aminotransferase (TORCH-B): a multicentre, double-blind, placebo-co72
Infectious disease surveillance update72
Local communities71
Albendazole and ivermectin co-formulation for soil-transmitted helminthiases71
Immunogenicity and safety of a monovalent omicron XBB.1.5 SARS-CoV-2 recombinant spike protein vaccine as a heterologous booster dose in US adults: interim analysis of a single-arm phase 2/3 study71
Ordinary people in extraordinary times69
Emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants: shooting the messenger69
Global emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants: new foresight needed for improved vaccine efficacy69
Infectious diseases compensation in the USA: the relative value69
Timing is everything when it comes to pertussis vaccination68
Efficacy and safety of co-administered ivermectin and albendazole in school-aged children and adults infected with Trichuris trichiura in Côte d'Ivoire, Laos, and Pemba Island, Tanzania: a double-blin67
Survival sex: “I have no option left”67
Safety and immunogenicity of a trivalent virus-like particle vaccine against western, eastern, and Venezuelan equine encephalitis viruses: a phase 1, open-label, dose-escalation, randomised clinical t67
Understanding the drivers of transmission of SARS-CoV-267
Evolving ethics of COVID-19 challenge trials66
Availability of oral antivirals against SARS-CoV-2 infection and the requirement for an ethical prescribing approach66
Attention to skin-related neglected tropical diseases66
The first reactive vaccination campaign against hepatitis E66
Mass doses of fractional pneumococcal vaccine in humanitarian settings66
Alternatives to conventional hospitalisation that enhance health systems' capacity to treat COVID-1965
Safety of age-dosed, single low-dose primaquine in children with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency who are infected with Plasmodium falciparum in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the C65
Immunogenicity and reactogenicity of an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (BBV152) in children aged 2–18 years: interim data from an open-label, non-randomised, age de-escalation phase 2/3 study65
Potential for improvement in governance and national action plans to overcome antimicrobial resistance65
Unveiling the viral aetiologies of lower respiratory infections64
Leveraging the positives from the pandemic to strengthen infectious disease care in low-income and middle-income countries64
Rapid diagnostic tests for Lassa fever: what do we aim for?64
Barriers and enablers to implementing tuberculosis control strategies in EU and European Economic Area countries: a systematic review64
Correction to Lancet Infect Dis 2022; 22: 265–7363
The effect of Plasmodium falciparum exposure and maternal anti-circumsporozoite protein antibodies on responses to RTS,S/AS01E vaccination in infants and children: an ancillary observational immunolog63
A bedaquiline, pretomanid, moxifloxacin, and pyrazinamide regimen for drug-susceptible and drug-resistant tuberculosis63
Immunogenicity of a booster dose of a bivalent (Asp614Gly and omicron BA.4/5 variant) self-amplifying mRNA SARS-CoV-2 booster vaccine versus the BNT162b2 omicron BA.4/5 mRNA vaccine: a randomised phas63
Where are the long COVID trials?63
Is the next generation of mosquito nets surviving expectations?62
WHO's 2024 guidelines to combat hepatitis B62
Threat of HIV and tuberculosis drug resistance after US funding cuts62
Research in brief61
The era of SARS-CoV-2 variants calls for an urgent strategy for COVID-19 vaccination in children61
A step forward in the journey towards hookworm vaccines61
The Enhanced Gonococcal Surveillance Programme, Cambodia61
Regulatory approval of COVID-19 vaccine for restricted use in clinical trial mode60
Listeria monocytogenes: a rare, deadly cause of peritonitis60
Antimicrobial resistance among refugees and asylum seekers: a global systematic review and meta-analysis60
Engaging pharmacists and medicine vendors in antimicrobial stewardship in LMICs60
New project to tackle visceral leishmaniasis in Kenya60
Circulation of avian Chlamydia abortus in the Netherlands and community-acquired pneumonia: an outbreak investigation and retrospective cohort study60
COVID-19 pandemic more than a century after the Spanish flu60
Safety and immunogenicity of the co-administered Na-APR-1 and Na-GST-1 hookworm vaccines in school-aged children in Gabon: a randomised, controlled, observer-blind, phase 1, dose-escalation trial59
Prevention of long COVID: progress and challenges59
Improving measurement of tuberculosis care cascades to enhance people-centred care59
Field evaluation of validity and feasibility of Pan-Lassa rapid diagnostic test for Lassa fever in Abakaliki, Nigeria: a prospective diagnostic accuracy study58
Access to respiratory syncytial virus preventive tools for neonates and infants in Europe58
Oral linezolid compared with benzathine penicillin G for treatment of early syphilis in adults (Trep-AB Study) in Spain: a prospective, open-label, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial58
Efficacy and immunogenicity following dengue virus-1 human challenge after a tetravalent prime-boost dengue vaccine regimen: an open-label, phase 1 trial58
Combining vaccines, optimised supportive care, and therapeutics for Ebola virus disease increases survival58
Optimising vaccine immunogenicity in ageing populations: key strategies58
Oriol Mitja—the beginning of the end for yaws58
Non-COVID-19 hospitalisation as a negative control outcome in COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness studies58
Why development of outbreak analytics tools should be valued, supported, and funded57
Effect of indoor residual spraying on sandfly abundance and incidence of visceral leishmaniasis in India, 2016–22: an interrupted time-series analysis and modelling study57
Structured serological testing is an essential component to investigating SARS-CoV-2 reinfection57
Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 transmission during a large, live, indoor gathering (SPRING): a non-inferiority, randomised, controlled trial57
Specificity and cross-reactivity of a test for anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies – Authors' reply57
The clinical and microbiological efficacy of temocillin versus cefotaxime in adults with febrile urinary tract infection, and its effects on the intestinal microbiota: a randomised multicentre clinica56
A case of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection in Ecuador56
Fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B and minimally raised ALT during tenofovir therapy56
Sexually acquired enteric infections among men who have sex with men56
Efficacy of ertapenem, gentamicin, fosfomycin, and ceftriaxone for the treatment of anogenital gonorrhoea (NABOGO): a randomised, non-inferiority trial56
Implications of bedaquiline-resistant tuberculosis56
Summary of evidence to reduce the two-dose infant priming schedule to a single dose of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the national immunisation programme in the UK55
Limitations of using mobile phone data to model COVID-19 transmission in the USA55
SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 spike variants bind human ACE2 with increased affinity54
Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and risk factors for susceptibility and infectivity in Wuhan: a retrospective observational study54
The interplay between COVID-19 restrictions and vaccination54
Standard dose raltegravir or efavirenz-based antiretroviral treatment for patients co-infected with HIV and tuberculosis (ANRS 12 300 Reflate TB 2): an open-label, non-inferiority, randomised, phase 354
SARS-CoV-2 incidence and vaccine escape53
Lowering SARS-CoV-2 viral load might affect transmission but not disease severity in secondary cases – Authors' reply53
A public health ethic should inform policies on COVID-19 immunity passports – Authors' reply53
Risk of hospitalisation associated with infection with SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in Denmark: an observational cohort study53
Bold measures to accelerate malaria elimination52
Routine asymptomatic testing strategies for airline travel during the COVID-19 pandemic: a simulation study52
Can the USA return to pre-COVID-19 normal by July 4?52
Is oropharyngeal sampling a reliable test to detect SARS-CoV-2?51
Post-acute conditions of patients with COVID-19 not requiring hospital admission51
Effectiveness of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 infection during the delta (B.1.617.2) variant surge in India: a test-negative, case-control study and a mechanistic study of post-vaccinati51
Adjunctive clindamycin therapy in invasive β-haemolytic streptococcal infections – Authors' reply51
Comparison of three tests for latent tuberculosis infection in high-risk people in the USA: an observational cohort study51
Sexually transmitted outbreaks and genomic surveillance50
Discordant results of tests for tuberculosis reconsidered – Authors' reply50
How can patients with Clostridioides difficile infection on concomitant antibiotic treatment be best managed?50
Mass drug administration of ivermectin, diethylcarbamazine, plus albendazole compared with diethylcarbamazine plus albendazole for reduction of lymphatic filariasis endemicity in Papua New Guinea: a c50
The effect of cilgavimab and neutralisation by vaccine-induced antibodies in emerging SARS-CoV-2 BA.4 and BA.5 sublineages49
Transitioning to endemicity with COVID-19 research49
Safety and immunogenicity of a ChAdOx1 vaccine against Rift Valley fever in UK adults: an open-label, non-randomised, first-in-human phase 1 clinical trial49
John Sever49
International platform trials: as diseases cross borders, so should trials49
Effect of novel antimalarial ZY-19489 on Plasmodium falciparum viability in a volunteer infection study49
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