Published in Emerg Infect Dis on January 01, 2009
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High impact of migration on the prevalence of chronic hepatitis B in the Netherlands. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2008) 1.08
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The role of reinfection and partner notification in the efficacy of Chlamydia screening programs. J Infect Dis (2010) 1.02
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Molecular sequence data of hepatitis B virus and genetic diversity after vaccination. Am J Epidemiol (2009) 0.98
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Targeted vaccination programme successful in reducing acute hepatitis B in men having sex with men in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. J Hepatol (2013) 0.96
A sign of superspreading in tuberculosis: highly skewed distribution of genotypic cluster sizes. Epidemiology (2013) 0.95
Unspecified gastroenteritis illness and deaths in the elderly associated with norovirus epidemics. Epidemiology (2011) 0.94
A model-based assessment of oseltamivir prophylaxis strategies to prevent influenza in nursing homes. Emerg Infect Dis (2009) 0.93
Dynamic versus static models in cost-effectiveness analyses of anti-viral drug therapy to mitigate an influenza pandemic. Health Econ (2010) 0.93
Rate-difference method proved satisfactory in estimating the influenza burden in primary care visits. J Clin Epidemiol (2008) 0.93
Cost effectiveness of vaccination against pandemic influenza in European countries: mathematical modelling analysis. BMJ (2012) 0.93
Two-component cluster analysis of a large serodiagnostic database for specificity of increases of IgG antibodies against pertussis toxin in paired serum samples and of absolute values in single serum samples. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2012) 0.92
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Nowcasting pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009 hospitalizations in the Netherlands. Eur J Epidemiol (2011) 0.89
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How hepatitis D virus can hinder the control of hepatitis B virus. PLoS One (2009) 0.88
New challenges for mathematical and statistical modeling of HIV and hepatitis C virus in injecting drug users. AIDS (2008) 0.87
The KIzSS network, a sentinel surveillance system for infectious diseases in day care centers: study protocol. BMC Infect Dis (2012) 0.87
Estimating the generation interval of influenza A (H1N1) in a range of social settings. Epidemiology (2013) 0.86