Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
1
|
Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls.
|
Nature
|
2007
|
144.95
|
2
|
Principal components analysis corrects for stratification in genome-wide association studies.
|
Nat Genet
|
2006
|
115.71
|
3
|
Probable person-to-person transmission of avian influenza A (H5N1).
|
N Engl J Med
|
2005
|
14.59
|
4
|
Avian influenza A (H5N1) infection in humans.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2005
|
12.95
|
5
|
Avian influenza A (H5N1) in 10 patients in Vietnam.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2004
|
11.31
|
6
|
Avian flu: influenza virus receptors in the human airway.
|
Nature
|
2006
|
11.28
|
7
|
Problems of reporting genetic associations with complex outcomes.
|
Lancet
|
2003
|
8.11
|
8
|
Avian influenza A (H5N1) infection in eastern Turkey in 2006.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2006
|
7.74
|
9
|
A mutation in the interferon-gamma-receptor gene and susceptibility to mycobacterial infection.
|
N Engl J Med
|
1996
|
7.66
|
10
|
Transmission of H7N7 avian influenza A virus to human beings during a large outbreak in commercial poultry farms in the Netherlands.
|
Lancet
|
2004
|
7.52
|
11
|
Human and avian influenza viruses target different cell types in cultures of human airway epithelium.
|
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
|
2004
|
7.18
|
12
|
Genomic analysis of increased host immune and cell death responses induced by 1918 influenza virus.
|
Nature
|
2006
|
6.46
|
13
|
H5N1 Virus Attachment to Lower Respiratory Tract.
|
Science
|
2006
|
6.34
|
14
|
Association of variants of the gene for mannose-binding lectin with susceptibility to meningococcal disease. Meningococcal Research Group.
|
Lancet
|
1999
|
6.02
|
15
|
Three Indonesian clusters of H5N1 virus infection in 2005.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2006
|
5.14
|
16
|
Antibody response in individuals infected with avian influenza A (H5N1) viruses and detection of anti-H5 antibody among household and social contacts.
|
J Infect Dis
|
1999
|
4.67
|
17
|
Role of host cytokine responses in the pathogenesis of avian H5N1 influenza viruses in mice.
|
J Virol
|
2006
|
4.00
|
18
|
Host species barriers to influenza virus infections.
|
Science
|
2006
|
3.94
|
19
|
Inefficient transmission of H5N1 influenza viruses in a ferret contact model.
|
J Virol
|
2007
|
3.79
|
20
|
Tropism of avian influenza A (H5N1) in the upper and lower respiratory tract.
|
Nat Med
|
2007
|
3.75
|
21
|
Risk of influenza A (H5N1) infection among health care workers exposed to patients with influenza A (H5N1), Hong Kong.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2000
|
3.63
|
22
|
Low frequency of poultry-to-human H5NI virus transmission, southern Cambodia, 2005.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2006
|
2.98
|
23
|
Evidence for a heritable predisposition to death due to influenza.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2008
|
2.94
|
24
|
Homozygous L-SIGN (CLEC4M) plays a protective role in SARS coronavirus infection.
|
Nat Genet
|
2005
|
2.82
|
25
|
Probable tiger-to-tiger transmission of avian influenza H5N1.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2005
|
2.79
|
26
|
Influenza A virus (H5N1) infection in cats causes systemic disease with potential novel routes of virus spread within and between hosts.
|
Am J Pathol
|
2006
|
2.77
|
27
|
Is exposure to sick or dead poultry associated with flulike illness?: a population-based study from a rural area in Vietnam with outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza.
|
Arch Intern Med
|
2006
|
2.60
|
28
|
Receptor binding specificity of recent human H3N2 influenza viruses.
|
Virol J
|
2007
|
2.45
|
29
|
Aspects of genetic susceptibility to human infectious diseases.
|
Annu Rev Genet
|
2006
|
2.23
|
30
|
Human-specific regulation of alpha 2-6-linked sialic acids.
|
J Biol Chem
|
2003
|
2.10
|
31
|
Family clustering of avian influenza A (H5N1).
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2005
|
2.04
|
32
|
Lack of evidence of avian-to-human transmission of avian influenza A (H5N1) virus among poultry workers, Kano, Nigeria, 2006.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2007
|
1.98
|
33
|
Dynamic patterns of avian and human influenza in east and southeast Asia.
|
Lancet Infect Dis
|
2007
|
1.97
|
34
|
Epidemiology of cases of H5N1 virus infection in Indonesia, July 2005-June 2006.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2007
|
1.95
|
35
|
Interaction between humans and poultry, rural Cambodia.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2007
|
1.75
|
36
|
Genetic susceptibility to respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis is predominantly associated with innate immune genes.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2007
|
1.71
|
37
|
Quantitative analysis of the bidirectional fetomaternal transfer of nucleated cells and plasma DNA.
|
Clin Chem
|
2000
|
1.60
|
38
|
Lack of H5N1 avian influenza transmission to hospital employees, Hanoi, 2004.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2005
|
1.58
|
39
|
Genetic susceptibility to infectious diseases: big is beautiful, but will bigger be even better?
|
Lancet Infect Dis
|
2006
|
1.56
|
40
|
Familial properdin deficiency and fatal meningococcemia. Correction of the bactericidal defect by vaccination.
|
N Engl J Med
|
1987
|
1.53
|
41
|
Association of severe respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis with interleukin-4 and interleukin-4 receptor alpha polymorphisms.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2002
|
1.38
|
42
|
Two clusters of human infection with influenza A/H5N1 virus in the Republic of Azerbaijan, February-March 2006.
|
Euro Surveill
|
2006
|
1.38
|
43
|
Key concepts in genetic epidemiology.
|
Lancet
|
2005
|
1.29
|
44
|
Seroprevalence of anti-H5 antibody among Thai health care workers after exposure to avian influenza (H5N1) in a tertiary care center.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2004
|
1.26
|
45
|
Duffy blood group and malaria.
|
Hematology
|
2006
|
1.22
|
46
|
Polymorphisms of interferon-inducible genes OAS-1 and MxA associated with SARS in the Vietnamese population.
|
Biochem Biophys Res Commun
|
2005
|
1.21
|
47
|
Avian influenza H5N1 and healthcare workers.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2005
|
1.20
|
48
|
Factor H, a regulator of complement activity, is a major determinant of meningococcal disease susceptibility in UK Caucasian patients.
|
Scand J Infect Dis
|
2006
|
1.20
|
49
|
Mannose-binding lectin in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2005
|
1.19
|
50
|
Little evidence for genetic susceptibility to influenza A (H5N1) from family clustering data.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2007
|
1.17
|
51
|
Effective replication of human influenza viruses in mice lacking a major alpha2,6 sialyltransferase.
|
Virus Res
|
2007
|
1.17
|
52
|
Association of SARS susceptibility with single nucleic acid polymorphisms of OAS1 and MxA genes: a case-control study.
|
BMC Infect Dis
|
2006
|
1.04
|
53
|
Inhibition of influenza viral neuraminidase activity by collectins.
|
Arch Virol
|
2007
|
0.96
|
54
|
Detection of maternal deoxyribonucleic acid in umbilical cord plasma by using fluorescent polymerase chain reaction amplification of short tandem repeat sequences.
|
Am J Obstet Gynecol
|
2002
|
0.82
|
55
|
Human genetic polymorphisms affecting HIV-1 diseases.
|
Int J Hematol
|
2006
|
0.81
|
56
|
Labor increases maternal DNA contamination in cord blood.
|
Clin Chem
|
2004
|
0.78
|