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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Adaora “Ada” Alise Adimora1515
A bedaquiline, pretomanid, moxifloxacin, and pyrazinamide regimen for drug-susceptible and drug-resistant tuberculosis1227
Highlights from the sixth ESCMID Conference on Vaccines1016
DNDi receives Dutch funding boost567
HIV vaccine trial failure549
Research in brief481
Malaria outbreak in Laos caused by formerly rare artemisinin resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum438
COVID-19 vaccination protects children and adolescents414
A patient with secondary syphilis following incomplete treatment of primary infection372
Environment and infectious diseases365
Promoting diversity and equity in publishing344
A step forward in the journey towards hookworm vaccines306
Correction to Lancet Infect Dis 2024; published online April 3. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00142-7292
Listeria monocytogenes: a rare, deadly cause of peritonitis285
Chikungunya vaccine VLA1553 induces sustained protective antibody concentrations279
Updated criteria for paediatric sepsis and septic shock277
Correction to Lancet Infect Dis 2025; 25: e280–93265
Infectious disease surveillance update257
Evaluating improved inactivated oral cholera vaccines for use in ending endemic cholera by 2030: opportunities and challenges253
Resistance of SARS-CoV-2 omicron subvariant BA.4.6 to antibody neutralisation252
Host cell entry and neutralisation sensitivity of the emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant LP.8.1241
Surge of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Pakistan240
Reflecting on lessons from the 2014–16 Ebola virus outbreak238
Effectiveness of bivalent mRNA booster vaccines against COVID-19: methodological and public health considerations230
Selection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae ceftriaxone resistance using doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis224
Diagnostic accuracy of a three-gene Mycobacterium tuberculosis host response cartridge using fingerstick blood for childhood tuberculosis: a multicentre prospective study in low-income and middle-inco224
Safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy of the mRNA vaccine CS-2034 as a heterologous booster versus homologous booster with BBIBP-CorV in adults aged ≥18 years: a randomised, double-blind, phase 2b tria214
Measles immunity gaps and outbreak risk in a shifting landscape213
The next chapter for Africa's genomic initiatives205
Bebtelovimab: considerations for global access to treatments during a rapidly evolving pandemic201
The lasting lessons of mpox: infection, vaccination, and immune memory191
Attention to skin-related neglected tropical diseases185
Shaping opportunities for future clinical trials in tuberculosis182
Ivan Hirsch181
Humoral immune responses to the monovalent XBB.1.5-adapted BNT162b2 mRNA booster in Sweden172
Relaxation of anti-COVID-19 measures reveals new challenges for infectious disease outbreak forecasting172
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 C167
Threat of HIV and tuberculosis drug resistance after US funding cuts166
Efficacy and immunogenicity following dengue virus-1 human challenge after a tetravalent prime-boost dengue vaccine regimen: an open-label, phase 1 trial164
The superiority of bivalent over monovalent booster vaccines163
Efficacies of artemether–lumefantrine, artesunate–amodiaquine, dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine, and artesunate–pyronaridine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children 159
Dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine versus chloroquine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax malaria with concurrent or delayed high-dose primaquine in Brazil (Curavivax): an open-label, sing157
Oral treatment of Whipple's disease with doxycycline and hydroxychloroquine versus intravenous therapy with ceftriaxone followed by oral trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole in Germany: a phase 2/3, prospect157
Circulation of avian Chlamydia abortus in the Netherlands and community-acquired pneumonia: an outbreak investigation and retrospective cohort study155
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 study152
Neuropathology, pathomechanism, and transmission in zoonotic Borna disease virus 1 infection: a systematic review148
Kyasanur Forest disease: an emerging arboviral threat146
Best practice guidelines for viral hepatitis service delivery in prisons145
Safety and immunogenicity of VPM1002 versus BCG in South African newborn babies: a randomised, phase 2 non-inferiority double-blind controlled trial145
Human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 and type 18 antibody concentrations after a single dose of bivalent HPV vaccine in girls aged 9–14 years compared with three doses of quadrivalent HPV vaccine in wom145
Below-knee amputation following osteomyelitis from multidrug-resistant Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in a diabetic foot ulcer143
GoGoVax dispels hopes for gonorrhoea vaccination142
Rosuvastatin adjunctive therapy for rifampicin-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis: a phase 2b, randomised, open-label, multicentre trial141
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 trial141
Mpox in people with past infection or a complete vaccination course: a global case series140
Effectiveness of ceftazidime–avibactam versus ceftolozane–tazobactam for multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in the USA (CACTUS): a multicentre, retrospective, observational study140
Research in brief139
Research in brief139
New flavours of tuberculosis treatment for children138
We need estimates of gonorrhoea vaccine protection and symptomaticity by sex and anatomical site137
Global cholera resurgence—a preventable tragedy137
A new monoclonal in the arMAMentarium against malaria137
BNT162b2 antigen dose and SARS-CoV-2 omicron infection in adolescents137
An observer-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 1, single ascending dose study of dengue monoclonal antibody in healthy adults in Australia136
Dynamics of endemic virus re-emergence in children in the USA following the COVID-19 pandemic (2022–23): a prospective, multicentre, longitudinal, immunoepidemiological surveillance study136
The implications of mpox breakthrough infections on future vaccination strategies135
Theresa Ochoa—staying on top of infectious diseases in Peru133
Research in brief128
RSV prevention: public health lessons from the southern hemisphere122
Full-dose NSAIDs at the first sign of respiratory infection?121
Tuberculosis recovery in Georgia: implementing more by 24121
Election of Regional Director for the Western Pacific119
Emil Gotschlich117
Supporting healthcare access for refugees and migrants116
Interplay of infection and vaccination in long-term protection from COVID-19114
Serpiginous-like choroiditis in ocular tuberculosis114
Effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in the post-natural infection world114
Infectious disease surveillance update113
Correction to Lancet Infect Dis 2026; published online March 23. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(26)00058-7113
Neutralisation activity of mucosal IgA against XBB sublineages and BA.2.86111
COVID-19 mortality in Africa and Asia – Authors' reply110
High-dose primaquine reduces vivax relapses: time for change108
Elisabeth Presterl—always looking forward107
Research in brief105
The response of mpox-associated inflammatory syndrome to steroid therapy105
Immune evasiveness of SARS-CoV-2 variants and vaccine selection104
Guidelines adherence as a major protective aspect to increase survival rate in patients with candidaemia in Europe102
Long-term risk of tuberculosis among individuals with Xpert Ultra trace screening results in Uganda: a longitudinal follow-up study101
Pre-emptively tackling vaccine misinformation for a successful large-scale roll-out of malaria vaccines in Africa99
Addressing the shortage of cholera vaccines99
12-month persistence of immune responses to self-amplifying mRNA COVID-19 vaccines: ARCT-154 versus BNT162b2 vaccine98
Are we underestimating the annual risk of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in high-burden settings?98
Twin threats: climate change and zoonoses98
The global burden of cryptococcosis—a neglected tropical disease?96
Curing chronic hepatitis B virus infection95
Post-viral sequelae of COVID-19 and influenza94
Evaluating H56:IC31 vaccine in tuberculosis recurrence prevention94
Patient-centred approaches for drug-resistant tuberculosis94
WHO publishes update on global antibiotic resistance94
What can be learnt from the world's first national vaccination programme against gonorrhoea92
Studies of post-exposure prophylaxis with doxycycline should consider population-level selection for antimicrobial resistance90
Precision diagnostics for MBLs: the true game changer in treating antimicrobial resistance – Authors' reply90
Children deserve simple, short, safe, and effective treatment for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis89
Correction to Lancet Infect Dis 2022; published online Aug 31. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00434-087
Correction to Lancet Infect Dis 2023; published online Dec 15. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00744-286
Correction to Lancet Infect Dis 2023; 23: e46986
Correction to Lancet Infect Dis 2024; published online Feb 1. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00706-585
Correction to Lancet Infect Dis 2025; 25: e62284
Correction to Lancet Infect Dis 2025; 25: e47–5884
WHO Pathogen X conference83
Malaria vaccine development in Mali: a step towards transmission-blocking strategies83
Vaccine and surveillance implications of dengue underdetection83
When mpox is not mpox: varicella and measles in DR Congo82
First data of a quabodepistat containing novel regimen for drug-susceptible tuberculosis82
Super-spreaders: a historical review81
WHO's first global infection prevention and control report80
The KP.2-adapted COVID-19 vaccine improves neutralising activity against the XEC variant79
Safety and efficacy of bulevirtide in combination with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in patients with hepatitis B virus and hepatitis D virus coinfection (MYR202): a multicentre, randomised, parallel-79
Incidence of infection with multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria and vancomycin-resistant enterococci in carriers: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis79
Respiratory syncytial virus prevention within reach: the vaccine and monoclonal antibody landscape79
Spreading awareness on lymphatic filariasis77
Imprinted hybrid immunity against XBB reinfection77
Infectious disease surveillance update77
A step closer to elimination of meningococcal disease77
Lessons learnt from conducting a randomised clinical trial in eumycetoma77
Need for inclusion of high-risk populations and standardisation of immunogenicity outcomes in adult pneumococcal vaccine trials77
Neutralisation sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 lineages EG.5.1 and XBB.2.375
Gender and geographical representation at infectious diseases and clinical microbiology conferences75
doxyPEP: a controversial new tool against STIs75
Effect of mass campaigns with full and fractional doses of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (Pneumosil) on the reduction of nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage in Niger: a three-arm, open-label, cluste75
Pui-Ying Iroh Tam72
Community-based mpox and sexually transmitted disease surveillance using discarded condoms in the global south72
Eligibility of patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia for early oral switch72
Correction to Lancet Infect Dis 2024; published online Dec 17. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00588-771
Correction to Lancet Infect Dis 2023; 23: e259–6571
A tale of potential mpox reinfection71
Correction to Lancet Infect Dis 2023; published online Aug 3. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00344-471
Effectiveness of BNT162b2 booster after CoronaVac primary regimen in pregnant people during omicron period in Brazil70
Evolution of respiratory syncytial virus burden in young children following the COVID-19 pandemic: influence of concomitant changes in testing practices70
Vaccine pragmatism in the 21st century70
On the frontline during the COVID-19 pandemic70
Is the end of gonorrhoea in sight?70
Amal Saif Al-Maani—fighting antimicrobial resistance69
Highlights from ECCMID 202269
The urgent need to scale-up fungal diagnostics in Africa69
Sir Michael Anthony Epstein69
Moxidectin versus ivermectin for strongyloidiasis control68
Child-friendly rifapentine formulation is a game changer68
Social workers and neglected tropical diseases68
Statistical concerns for meta-analysis of rare events and small sample sizes – Authors' reply68
Advancing integration: progress reported for skin NTDs67
Research in brief67
RH5.1/Matrix-M: highlighting blood-stage malaria vaccines67
Next-generation malaria subunit vaccines to reduce disease burden in African children65
Human ocular thelaziosis—a zoonosis of the eye65
Unexpected finding in a 17-year-old female undergoing screening colonoscopy65
Sleeping sickness: time for dreaming65
Access to flucytosine for the treatment of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis in Africa64
Effectiveness of pyriproxyfen-pyrethroid and chlorfenapyr-pyrethroid long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) compared with pyrethroid-only LLINs for malaria control in the third year post-distribution:64
DoxyPEP: thinking towards implementation63
Bangladesh launches measles vaccine drive amid outbreak63
Efficacy and safety of a single dose of casirivimab and imdevimab for the prevention of COVID-19 over an 8-month period: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial63
Efficacy of ETVAX, a vaccine against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli-positive diarrhoea in Gambian children: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 2b trial63
Incidence and risk factors of tuberculosis among 420 854 household contacts of patients with tuberculosis in the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort (2004–18): a cohort study63
Venous or arterial thrombosis and deaths among COVID-19 cases: a European network cohort study62
Re-emergence of Oropouche virus in Brazil and Latin America61
COVID-19 mortality in Africa and Asia61
A rare case of rabies-like Australian bat lyssavirus infection60
Antiviral efficacy of molnupiravir versus ritonavir-boosted nirmatrelvir in patients with early symptomatic COVID-19 (PLATCOV): an open-label, phase 2, randomised, controlled, adaptive trial60
The spatiotemporal ecology of Oropouche virus across Latin America: a multidisciplinary, laboratory-based, modelling study60
Prevention of non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia in Switzerland: a type 2 hybrid effectiveness–implementation trial60
Lassa fever research priorities: towards effective medical countermeasures by the end of the decade60
National case series of group A streptococcus pleural empyema in children: clinical and microbiological features60
Outbreaks compound Brazil's flooding disaster60
Antifungal susceptibility testing: applicability of methods and strategies for improving access in resource-constrained settings59
Evaluating culture-free targeted next-generation sequencing for diagnosing drug-resistant tuberculosis: a multicentre clinical study of two end-to-end commercial workflows59
SARS-CoV-2 neutralising antibodies after bivalent versus monovalent booster58
Immunogenicity and safety of fractional doses of 17D-213 yellow fever vaccine in children (YEFE): a randomised, double-blind, non-inferiority substudy of a phase 4 trial58
Effect of primaquine dose on the risk of recurrence in patients with uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis58
Tafenoquine co-administered with dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine for the radical cure of Plasmodium vivax malaria (INSPECTOR): a randomised, placebo-controlled, efficacy and safety study58
Re-emergence of Oropouche virus between 2023 and 2024 in Brazil: an observational epidemiological study58
Understanding the immunogenicity of RTS,S in infants58
Randomised controlled trials for mpox in endemic countries57
A step forward for Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission-blocking vaccines57
Learning and confirming in publicly funded antiviral trials57
A shared history57
A vanquished threat or a cautionary tale?56
Experts react to SAGO's preliminary report56
Monkeypox trial to begin in DR Congo56
Deaths of unknown cause in DR Congo55
Azithromycin mass drug administration: balancing survival benefits and risks in children55
Antiblackness in the Ebola response in Sierra Leone55
Lyda Osorio—tackling South America's infectious diseases55
Reporting of deaths during cholera outbreaks: case fatality ratio and community deaths55
COVID-19 versus influenza: the need to align policies with COVID-19 realities55
Global measles cases up 20% in 202355
Sleeper frameworks for Pathogen X: surveillance, risk stratification, and the effectiveness and safety of therapeutic interventions54
Risk of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection and COVID-19 hospitalisation in individuals with natural and hybrid immunity: a retrospective, total population cohort study in Sweden54
Hospital admissions for group A streptococcal infections in England: current rates and historical perspective54
Lessons from the English primary care sentinel network's response to the COVID-19 pandemic54
Correction to Lancet Infect Dis 2025; 25: 764–7453
Correction to Lancet Infect Dis 2023; 23: 78953
Correction to Lancet Infect Dis 2025; 25: e11–1253
Developing the EAVE III platform for future health crises53
Correction to Lancet Infect Dis 2024; published online Feb 9. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00731-453
Mpox control strategies: using behaviour change to complement, not replace, vaccination52
Successful use of interferon alfa-2a for persistent parvovirus B19 infection52
Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak linked to chocolate52
Candida albicans fungal ball in the eyeball52
Humanitarian crisis in Tigray amidst civil war52
Na-GST-1 adsorbed on Alhydrogel co-administered with different Toll-like receptor agonists in hookworm-naive adults using a controlled human infection model in the USA: a phase 2, double-blind, random51
A new formulation of praziquantel to achieve schistosomiasis elimination51
Revisiting oral antivirals for COVID-19 in the hospital setting51
A new key-player for onchocerciasis elimination51
Correction to Lancet Infect Dis 2025; published online Feb 13. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00749-750
H5N1 avian influenza: tracking outbreaks with real-time epidemiological data50
Effect of single-dose, live, attenuated dengue vaccine in children with or without previous dengue on risk of subsequent, virologically confirmed dengue in Cebu, the Philippines: a longitudinal, prosp50
What is the pandemic potential of avian influenza A(H5N1)?50
Artificial intelligence to transform public health in Africa49
Struggling with a new dengue epidemic in Nepal49
Measuring population immunity against influenza using individual antibody titres: a multicountry, retrospective observational study49
Disseminated Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection presenting with polyarthritis and endocarditis49
Sense and susceptibility: predicting influenza dynamics from immune landscapes49
Outbreak of sexually transmitted, extensively drug-resistant Shigella sonnei in the UK, 2021–22: a descriptive epidemiological study48
Correction to Lancet Infect Dis 2025; published online Oct 29. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00466-948
Meningococcal disease, meningococcal vaccines, and the recent meningococcal outbreak in Kent, UK47
Effect of hybrid immunity and bivalent booster vaccination on omicron sublineage neutralisation46
Understanding vancomycin nephrotoxicity augmented by β-lactams: a synthesis of endosymbiosis, proximal renal tubule mitochondrial metabolism, and β-lactam chemistry46
Mycobacterial infections in adults with haematological malignancies and haematopoietic stem cell transplants: guidelines from the 8th European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia46
Immunogenicity and safety of an 18-month booster dose of the VLA15 Lyme borreliosis vaccine candidate after primary immunisation in healthy adults in the USA: results of the booster phase of a randomi45
Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum haplotypes associated with resistance to sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine and amodiaquine before and after upscaling of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in seven African c44
Limited progress towards immunisation targets in 202344
Safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of a 21-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, V116, in healthy adults: phase 1/2, randomised, double-blind, active comparator-controlled, multicentre, US-base44
The global alarm bell is ringing due to the threat of potential severe cases and deaths caused by clade I of monkeypox virus44
A combined ELISA for infection-induced and vaccine-induced mpox antibodies during the clade Ib outbreak in Rwanda: an observational, cross-sectional, clinical validation study44
Highlights from ASTMH 202444
Navigating treatment duration in osteoarticular Candida infections – Authors' reply43
Mallika Imwong—championing malaria genomics43
GLASS report on antibiotic use data for 202243
Infectious diseases in the COVID-19 era: gaps between countries43
Ana Gligić43
Duration of protection of ancestral-strain monovalent vaccines and effectiveness of bivalent BA.1 boosters against COVID-19 hospitalisation in England: a test-negative case-control study42
Correction to Lancet Infect Dis 2022; published online May 17. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00149-942
Ophthalmic manifestation of monkeypox infection42
Correction to Lancet Infect Dis 2024; published online May 31. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00221-442
Spend wisely to eliminate malaria42
Real-world use of nirmatrelvir–ritonavir: who benefits?42
Multinational consensus antimicrobial stewardship recommendations for children managed in hospital settings41
Determining force of infection for chikungunya to support vaccine policy development41
The dignity of Indian female sex workers41
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