Published in CMAJ on February 24, 2010
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Establishment of public health security in Saudi Arabia for the 2009 Hajj in response to pandemic influenza A H1N1. Lancet (2009) 3.15
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Global public health implications of a mass gathering in Mecca, Saudi Arabia during the midst of an influenza pandemic. J Travel Med (2010) 2.00
International travels and fever screening during epidemics: a literature review on the effectiveness and potential use of non-contact infrared thermometers. Euro Surveill (2009) 1.50
An outbreak of measles at an international sporting event with airborne transmission in a domed stadium. J Infect Dis (1995) 0.96
SOAP: short oligonucleotide alignment program. Bioinformatics (2008) 68.13
De novo assembly of human genomes with massively parallel short read sequencing. Genome Res (2009) 45.91
A human gut microbial gene catalogue established by metagenomic sequencing. Nature (2010) 43.63
A draft sequence of the rice genome (Oryza sativa L. ssp. indica). Science (2002) 42.78
SOAP2: an improved ultrafast tool for short read alignment. Bioinformatics (2009) 39.47
The global distribution and burden of dengue. Nature (2013) 27.92
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SOAPdenovo2: an empirically improved memory-efficient short-read de novo assembler. Gigascience (2012) 20.89
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Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny. Nature (2007) 18.01
SNP detection for massively parallel whole-genome resequencing. Genome Res (2009) 15.96
The sequence and de novo assembly of the giant panda genome. Nature (2009) 15.76
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Mapping copy number variation by population-scale genome sequencing. Nature (2011) 12.55
A systematic survey of loss-of-function variants in human protein-coding genes. Science (2012) 12.25
A metagenome-wide association study of gut microbiota in type 2 diabetes. Nature (2012) 11.68
Sequencing of 50 human exomes reveals adaptation to high altitude. Science (2010) 11.27
TreeFam: a curated database of phylogenetic trees of animal gene families. Nucleic Acids Res (2006) 8.83
The genome of the mesopolyploid crop species Brassica rapa. Nat Genet (2011) 8.23
Emerging fungal threats to animal, plant and ecosystem health. Nature (2012) 8.20
The genome of the cucumber, Cucumis sativus L. Nat Genet (2009) 8.19
An abundance of rare functional variants in 202 drug target genes sequenced in 14,002 people. Science (2012) 7.94
Genome sequence and analysis of the tuber crop potato. Nature (2011) 7.77
The Genomes of Oryza sativa: a history of duplications. PLoS Biol (2005) 7.67
Ancient human genome sequence of an extinct Palaeo-Eskimo. Nature (2010) 7.51
A double-negative feedback loop between ZEB1-SIP1 and the microRNA-200 family regulates epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Cancer Res (2008) 7.45
Electric-field control of local ferromagnetism using a magnetoelectric multiferroic. Nat Mater (2008) 7.23
Open-source genomic analysis of Shiga-toxin-producing E. coli O104:H4. N Engl J Med (2011) 7.11
Richness of human gut microbiome correlates with metabolic markers. Nature (2013) 6.93
Surveillance Sans Frontières: Internet-based emerging infectious disease intelligence and the HealthMap project. PLoS Med (2008) 6.84
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TreeFam: 2008 Update. Nucleic Acids Res (2007) 6.63
A draft sequence for the genome of the domesticated silkworm (Bombyx mori). Science (2004) 6.62
Aberrant excitatory neuronal activity and compensatory remodeling of inhibitory hippocampal circuits in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. Neuron (2007) 6.60
Tracking the rise in popularity of electronic nicotine delivery systems (electronic cigarettes) using search query surveillance. Am J Prev Med (2011) 6.45
HealthMap: global infectious disease monitoring through automated classification and visualization of Internet media reports. J Am Med Inform Assoc (2007) 6.33
Frequent mutations of chromatin remodeling genes in transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. Nat Genet (2011) 5.73
Single-cell exome sequencing reveals single-nucleotide mutation characteristics of a kidney tumor. Cell (2012) 5.62
Analyses of pig genomes provide insight into porcine demography and evolution. Nature (2012) 5.58
Building the sequence map of the human pan-genome. Nat Biotechnol (2009) 5.53
Resequencing of 200 human exomes identifies an excess of low-frequency non-synonymous coding variants. Nat Genet (2010) 5.44
The oyster genome reveals stress adaptation and complexity of shell formation. Nature (2012) 5.30
Refining the global spatial limits of dengue virus transmission by evidence-based consensus. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2012) 5.29
A genetic variation map for chicken with 2.8 million single-nucleotide polymorphisms. Nature (2004) 5.24
Resequencing of 31 wild and cultivated soybean genomes identifies patterns of genetic diversity and selection. Nat Genet (2010) 5.20
Single-cell exome sequencing and monoclonal evolution of a JAK2-negative myeloproliferative neoplasm. Cell (2012) 5.16
Resequencing 50 accessions of cultivated and wild rice yields markers for identifying agronomically important genes. Nat Biotechnol (2011) 4.84
An Aboriginal Australian genome reveals separate human dispersals into Asia. Science (2011) 4.84
Hippo pathway inhibits Wnt signaling to restrain cardiomyocyte proliferation and heart size. Science (2011) 4.76
Social and news media enable estimation of epidemiological patterns early in the 2010 Haitian cholera outbreak. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2012) 4.74
Non-invasive prenatal assessment of trisomy 21 by multiplexed maternal plasma DNA sequencing: large scale validity study. BMJ (2011) 4.50
Distinct DNA methylomes of newborns and centenarians. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 4.26
The DNA methylome of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. PLoS Biol (2010) 4.25
Regression of castrate-recurrent prostate cancer by a small-molecule inhibitor of the amino-terminus domain of the androgen receptor. Cancer Cell (2010) 4.16
KaKs_Calculator: calculating Ka and Ks through model selection and model averaging. Genomics Proteomics Bioinformatics (2006) 4.15
Assemblathon 2: evaluating de novo methods of genome assembly in three vertebrate species. Gigascience (2013) 4.11
Dynamic T cell migration program provides resident memory within intestinal epithelium. J Exp Med (2010) 4.09
Genome-wide survey of recurrent HBV integration in hepatocellular carcinoma. Nat Genet (2012) 4.07
Genome-wide patterns of genetic variation among elite maize inbred lines. Nat Genet (2010) 4.06
Whole-genome sequencing in autism identifies hot spots for de novo germline mutation. Cell (2012) 4.03
Structure of the amantadine binding site of influenza M2 proton channels in lipid bilayers. Nature (2010) 3.95
Measuring vaccine confidence: analysis of data obtained by a media surveillance system used to analyse public concerns about vaccines. Lancet Infect Dis (2013) 3.90
Whole-genome and whole-exome sequencing of bladder cancer identifies frequent alterations in genes involved in sister chromatid cohesion and segregation. Nat Genet (2013) 3.87
Comprehensive analysis of RNA-Seq data reveals extensive RNA editing in a human transcriptome. Nat Biotechnol (2012) 3.83
Spread of a novel influenza A (H1N1) virus via global airline transportation. N Engl J Med (2009) 3.80
Comparative population genomics of maize domestication and improvement. Nat Genet (2012) 3.78
Two Dobzhansky-Muller genes interact to cause hybrid lethality in Drosophila. Science (2006) 3.77
Maize HapMap2 identifies extant variation from a genome in flux. Nat Genet (2012) 3.74
Sclerostin mediates bone response to mechanical unloading through antagonizing Wnt/beta-catenin signaling. J Bone Miner Res (2009) 3.69
Epidemiological evidence for the link between sleep duration and high blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sleep Med (2013) 3.68
Frequent mutations of genes encoding ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis pathway components in clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Nat Genet (2011) 3.66
TGM6 identified as a novel causative gene of spinocerebellar ataxias using exome sequencing. Brain (2010) 3.66
Early detection of disease outbreaks using the Internet. CMAJ (2009) 3.54
Paraneoplastic thrombocytosis in ovarian cancer. N Engl J Med (2012) 3.54
Clinical application of massively parallel sequencing-based prenatal noninvasive fetal trisomy test for trisomies 21 and 18 in 11,105 pregnancies with mixed risk factors. Prenat Diagn (2012) 3.54
Draft genome sequence of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan), an orphan legume crop of resource-poor farmers. Nat Biotechnol (2011) 3.51
Recalibrating Equus evolution using the genome sequence of an early Middle Pleistocene horse. Nature (2013) 3.45
Draft genome sequence of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) provides a resource for trait improvement. Nat Biotechnol (2013) 3.41
Aegilops tauschii draft genome sequence reveals a gene repertoire for wheat adaptation. Nature (2013) 3.40
Neuronal SIRT1 activation as a novel mechanism underlying the prevention of Alzheimer disease amyloid neuropathology by calorie restriction. J Biol Chem (2006) 3.40
GeoSentinel surveillance of illness in returned travelers, 2007-2011. Ann Intern Med (2013) 3.37
Deep RNA sequencing at single base-pair resolution reveals high complexity of the rice transcriptome. Genome Res (2010) 3.34
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Use of unstructured event-based reports for global infectious disease surveillance. Emerg Infect Dis (2009) 3.20
Genome sequencing reveals insights into physiology and longevity of the naked mole rat. Nature (2011) 3.19
The draft genome of a diploid cotton Gossypium raimondii. Nat Genet (2012) 3.18
Using web search query data to monitor dengue epidemics: a new model for neglected tropical disease surveillance. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2011) 3.14
Regulation of tumor angiogenesis by EZH2. Cancer Cell (2010) 3.10
BioMart Central Portal: an open database network for the biological community. Database (Oxford) (2011) 3.03
Snap: an integrated SNP annotation platform. Nucleic Acids Res (2006) 2.99