SARS, lay epidemiology, and fear.

Comparative estimation of the reproduction number for pandemic influenza from daily case notification data. J R Soc Interface (2007) 2.83

Severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemic in Asia. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 1.39

SARS epidemiology modeling. Emerg Infect Dis (2004) 1.30

Real-time forecast of multiphase outbreak. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 1.29

2015 Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) nosocomial outbreak in South Korea: insights from modeling. PeerJ (2015) 0.86

Societal learning in epidemics: intervention effectiveness during the 2003 SARS outbreak in Singapore. PLoS One (2006) 0.80

Uncertainty in SARS epidemiology. Lancet (2003) 0.78

On Temporal Patterns and Circulation of Influenza Virus Strains in Taiwan, 2008-2014: Implications of 2009 pH1N1 Pandemic. PLoS One (2016) 0.76

Impact of a spreading epidemic on medical students. Malays J Med Sci (2006) 0.75

Impact of a spreading epidemic on medical students. Malays J Med Sci (2005) 0.75

Temporal patterns and geographic heterogeneity of Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreaks in French Polynesia and Central America. PeerJ (2017) 0.75

Novel coronavirus and severe acute respiratory syndrome. Lancet (2003) 2.93

Malaria morbidity, treatment-seeking behaviour, and mortality in a cohort of young children in rural Burkina Faso. Trop Med Int Health (2003) 3.07

Severe anaemia in west African children: malaria or malnutrition? Lancet (2003) 2.31

Intravenous artesunate for severe malaria in travelers, Europe. Emerg Infect Dis (2011) 1.99

Update on cystic hydatid disease. Curr Opin Infect Dis (2009) 1.94

Understanding enrolment in community health insurance in sub-Saharan Africa: a population-based case-control study in rural Burkina Faso. Bull World Health Organ (2006) 1.78

The effect of distance to health-care facilities on childhood mortality in rural Burkina Faso. Am J Epidemiol (2011) 1.78

Treatment response of cystic echinococcosis to benzimidazoles: a systematic review. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2009) 1.77

Widening disparity in survival between white and African-American patients with breast carcinoma treated in the U. S. Department of Defense Healthcare system. Cancer (2003) 1.66

Season of death and birth predict patterns of mortality in Burkina Faso. Int J Epidemiol (2005) 1.65

The Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) in Nouna, Burkina Faso, 1993-2007. Glob Health Action (2010) 1.64

Cystic echinococcosis: chronic, complex, and still neglected. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2011) 1.61

The association of gingivitis and periodontitis with ischemic stroke. J Clin Periodontol (2004) 1.56

Periodontal disease as a risk factor for ischemic stroke. Stroke (2004) 1.49

Risk factors for childhood mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. A comparison of data from a Demographic and Health Survey and from a Demographic Surveillance System. Acta Trop (2006) 1.46

Diagnosing and staging of cystic echinococcosis: how do CT and MRI perform in comparison to ultrasound? PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2012) 1.46

Diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer) at a treatment centre in Ghana: a retrospective analysis of laboratory results of clinically diagnosed cases. Trop Med Int Health (2008) 1.44

Metabolic viability assessment of cystic echinococcosis using high-field 1H MRS of cyst contents. NMR Biomed (2008) 1.41

Association of history of allergies and influenza-like infections with laryngeal cancer in a case-control study. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol (2015) 1.39

Methylene blue as an antimalarial agent. Redox Rep (2003) 1.39

Diesel motor emissions and lung cancer mortality--results of the second follow-up of a cohort study in potash miners. Int J Cancer (2009) 1.37

Pattern of cause-specific childhood mortality in a malaria endemic area of Burkina Faso. Malar J (2006) 1.35

Effects of insecticide-treated bednets during early infancy in an African area of intense malaria transmission: a randomized controlled trial. Bull World Health Organ (2006) 1.35

Seroprevalence of six different viruses among pregnant women and blood donors in rural and urban Burkina Faso: A comparative analysis. J Med Virol (2006) 1.34

Addressing research capacity for health equity and the social determinants of health in three African countries: the INTREC programme. Glob Health Action (2013) 1.25

Cause of death distribution with InterVA and physician coding in a rural area of Burkina Faso. Trop Med Int Health (2012) 1.21

Transmission dynamics of pulmonary tuberculosis between autochthonous and immigrant sub-populations. BMC Infect Dis (2009) 1.21

Effects of tumour stage, comorbidity and therapy on survival of laryngeal cancer patients: a systematic review and a meta-analysis. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol (2010) 1.21

Acute Zika virus infection after travel to Malaysian Borneo, September 2014. Emerg Infect Dis (2015) 1.18

Contiguous spread of Mycobacterium ulcerans in Buruli ulcer lesions analysed by histopathology and real-time PCR quantification of mycobacterial DNA. J Pathol (2006) 1.18

The association between protein-energy malnutrition, malaria morbidity and all-cause mortality in West African children. Trop Med Int Health (2003) 1.17

All-cause and cardiovascular mortality among ethnic German immigrants from the Former Soviet Union: a cohort study. BMC Public Health (2006) 1.17

Cancer risk diversity in non-western migrants to Europe: An overview of the literature. Eur J Cancer (2010) 1.16

Step-wedge cluster-randomised community-based trials: an application to the study of the impact of community health insurance. Health Res Policy Syst (2008) 1.15

Stillbirth differences according to regions of origin: an analysis of the German perinatal database, 2004-2007. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2011) 1.15

Distribution systems of insecticide-treated bed nets for malaria control in rural Burkina Faso: cluster-randomized controlled trial. PLoS One (2008) 1.13

Deteriorating health satisfaction among immigrants from Eastern Europe to Germany. Int J Equity Health (2004) 1.11

Laryngeal cancer risk associated with smoking and alcohol consumption is modified by genetic polymorphisms in ERCC5, ERCC6 and RAD23B but not by polymorphisms in five other nucleotide excision repair genes. Int J Cancer (2009) 1.11

MR imaging for diagnosing cysto-biliary fistulas in cystic echinococcosis. Eur J Radiol (2007) 1.11

Prevention among immigrants: the example of Germany. BMC Public Health (2010) 1.10

Is frequency of tooth brushing a risk factor for periodontitis? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol (2014) 1.08

Changes in smoking prevalence among first- and second-generation Turkish migrants in Germany - an analysis of the 2005 Microcensus. Int J Equity Health (2009) 1.07

Process and effects of a community intervention on malaria in rural Burkina Faso: randomized controlled trial. Malar J (2008) 1.07

[Evidence-based public health. Prevention and health promotion in the context of science, values and (vested) interests]. Med Klin (Munich) (2008) 1.07

Re: Negative Control Outcomes and the Analysis of Standardized Mortality Ratios. Epidemiology (2016) 1.07

What do we have to know from migrants' past exposures to understand their health status? a life course approach. Emerg Themes Epidemiol (2011) 1.06

The role of calcification for staging cystic echinococcosis (CE). Eur Radiol (2007) 1.05

Declining malaria parasite prevalence and trends of asymptomatic parasitaemia in a seasonal transmission setting in North-Western Burkina Faso between 2000 and 2009-2012. Malar J (2013) 1.03

Cancer incidence rate ratios of Turkish immigrants in Hamburg, Germany: A registry based study. Cancer Epidemiol (2009) 1.03

Intron 3 16 bp duplication polymorphism of p53 is associated with an increased risk for breast cancer by the age of 50 years. Pharmacogenetics (2002) 1.03

Dengue expansion in Africa-not recognized or not happening? Emerg Infect Dis (2014) 1.03

Community effectiveness of chloroquine and traditional remedies in the treatment of young children with falciparum malaria in rural Burkina Faso. Malar J (2004) 1.02

Comparison of all-cause and malaria-specific mortality from two West African countries with different malaria transmission patterns. Malar J (2008) 1.00

Editorial: drug development for neglected diseases: a public health challenge. Trop Med Int Health (2006) 0.99

Self-help: What future role in health care for low and middle-income countries? Int J Equity Health (2004) 0.99

Laryngeal cancer risk in Caucasians is associated with alcohol and tobacco consumption but not modified by genetic polymorphisms in class I alcohol dehydrogenases ADH1B and ADH1C, and glutathione-S-transferases GSTM1 and GSTT1. Pharmacogenetics (2003) 0.99

Language use in public health. Lancet (2004) 0.98

Decreasing childhood mortality and increasing proportion of malaria deaths in rural Burkina Faso. Glob Health Action (2009) 0.98

Exposure to cement dust, related occupational groups and laryngeal cancer risk: results of a population based case-control study. Int J Cancer (2004) 0.97

Cancer profile of migrants from the Former Soviet Union in Germany: incidence and mortality. Cancer Causes Control (2009) 0.97

Ovicidal efficacy of high concentration dimeticone: a new era of head lice treatment. J Am Acad Dermatol (2011) 0.96

Early treatment of imported falciparum malaria in the intermediate and intensive care unit setting: an 8-year single-center retrospective study. Crit Care (2008) 0.95

Expert Delphi survey on research and development into drugs for neglected diseases. BMC Health Serv Res (2011) 0.95

Cancer patterns among children of Turkish descent in Germany: a study at the German Childhood Cancer Registry. BMC Public Health (2008) 0.95

Factors predicting survival after diagnosis of laryngeal cancer. Oral Oncol (2011) 0.95

Health inequalities in Germany: do regional-level variables explain differentials in cardiovascular risk? BMC Public Health (2007) 0.93

Patterns of adult and old-age mortality in rural Burkina Faso. J Public Health Med (2003) 0.93

Germany and global health: an unfinished agenda? Lancet (2013) 0.93

Modelling continuous exposures with a 'spike' at zero: a new procedure based on fractional polynomials. Stat Med (2010) 0.93

A long story made too short: surrogate variables and the communication of HPV vaccine trial results. J Epidemiol Community Health (2010) 0.91

Utilization and effectiveness of medical rehabilitation in foreign nationals residing in Germany. Eur J Epidemiol (2010) 0.91

Response in individuals with and without foreign background and application to the National Cohort in Germany: which factors have an effect? Int J Public Health (2014) 0.91

Occupational wood dust exposure and the risk of laryngeal cancer: a population based case-control study in Germany. Am J Ind Med (2008) 0.91

Stomach cancer mortality in two large cohorts of migrants from the Former Soviet Union to Israel and Germany: are there implications for prevention? Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2009) 0.90

Stroke Incidence and Survival in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany: the Ludwigshafen Stroke Study (LuSSt). Stroke (2010) 0.90

Association of symptoms of chronic bronchitis and frequent flu-like illnesses with stroke. Stroke (2009) 0.90

Global public health mandates in a diverse world: the polio eradication initiative and the expanded programme on immunization in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Health Policy (2004) 0.90

Environmental tobacco smoke and laryngeal cancer: results from a population-based case-control study. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol (2008) 0.90

Pathways between perceived discrimination and health among immigrants: evidence from a large national panel survey in Germany. Ethn Health (2014) 0.90

Large-scale, population-based epidemiological studies with record linkage can be done in Germany. Eur J Epidemiol (2004) 0.89

Serologic vaccination response after solid organ transplantation: a systematic review. PLoS One (2013) 0.89

Dengue virus serotype 3 infection in traveler returning from West Africa to Germany. Emerg Infect Dis (2015) 0.89

Racial differences in breast cancer survival in women under age 60. Breast Cancer Res Treat (2007) 0.89

Mortality from cancer among ethnic German immigrants from the Former Soviet Union, in Germany. Eur J Cancer (2006) 0.89

Cardiovascular risk factor levels in a lower middle-class community in Ankara, Turkey. Trop Med Int Health (2003) 0.89

First case of typical Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis treated with miltefosine. Int J Dermatol (2007) 0.88

Predicting lung cancer death in Africa and Asia: differences with WHO estimates. Cancer Causes Control (2009) 0.88

Seasonal patterns of cardiovascular disease mortality of adults in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Trop Med Int Health (2010) 0.87

The impact of regional and neighbourhood deprivation on physical health in Germany: a multilevel study. BMC Public Health (2010) 0.87

Association between recent sports activity, sports activity in young adulthood, and stroke. Stroke (2008) 0.87

Reviewing the topic of migration and health as a new national health target for Germany. Int J Public Health (2014) 0.87

Participation in breast cancer screening among women of Turkish origin in Germany - a register-based study. BMC Womens Health (2014) 0.86

Multiple pregnancy in rural Burkina Faso: frequency, survival, and use of health services. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand (2006) 0.86

Reduced poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation in lymphocytes of laryngeal cancer patients: results of a case-control study. Int J Cancer (2002) 0.86