Published in J R Soc Interface on April 14, 2010
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Exposure of California kindergartners to students with personal belief exemptions from mandated school entry vaccinations. Am J Public Health (2012) 1.07
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Effectiveness and timing of vaccination during school measles outbreak. Emerg Infect Dis (2012) 0.85
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A microneedle patch containing measles vaccine is immunogenic in non-human primates. Vaccine (2015) 0.83
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Vaccinations in prisons: A shot in the arm for community health. Hum Vaccin Immunother (2015) 0.77
Factors affecting the seroconversion rate of 12-month-old babies after the first injection of measles vaccine in the southeast of Iran. Hum Vaccin Immunother (2016) 0.75
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Complete Genome Sequence of a Wild-Type Measles Virus Isolated during a 2016 Winter Outbreak in a Refugee Settlement in Calais, France. Genome Announc (2017) 0.75
Measles Vaccination Coverage and Cases among Vaccinated Persons. Emerg Infect Dis (2015) 0.75
Improved coverage and timing of childhood vaccinations in two post-Soviet countries, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan. BMC Public Health (2015) 0.75
Local measles vaccination gaps in Germany and the role of vaccination providers. BMC Public Health (2017) 0.75
Measles Outbreak with Unique Virus Genotyping, Ontario, Canada, 2015. Emerg Infect Dis (2017) 0.75
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Measles in Europe: an epidemiological assessment. Lancet (2009) 3.49
Plug-and-play inference for disease dynamics: measles in large and small populations as a case study. J R Soc Interface (2009) 2.44
Estimating influenza vaccine efficacy from challenge and community-based study data. Am J Epidemiol (2008) 2.07
Outbreak of measles in a highly vaccinated secondary school population. CMAJ (1996) 1.62
Large measles outbreak at a German public school, 2006. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2007) 1.60
A measles epidemic threshold in a highly vaccinated population. PLoS Med (2005) 1.51
Detecting emerging transmissibility of avian influenza virus in human households. PLoS Comput Biol (2007) 1.27
Further efforts needed to achieve measles elimination in Germany: results of an outbreak investigation. Bull World Health Organ (2009) 1.18
Estimating vaccine effects on transmission of infection from household outbreak data. Biometrics (2003) 1.17
A limited measles outbreak in a highly vaccinated US boarding school. Pediatrics (2005) 1.16
Reconstruction of measles dynamics in a vaccinated population. Vaccine (2003) 1.13
Explosive school-based measles outbreak: intense exposure may have resulted in high risk, even among revaccinees. Am J Epidemiol (1998) 1.10
Incremental effectiveness of 2 doses of measles-containing vaccine compared with 1 dose among high school students during an outbreak. J Infect Dis (2004) 0.87
Outbreak of measles in primary school students with high first dose MMR vaccination coverage. Singapore Med J (2007) 0.86
Social contacts and mixing patterns relevant to the spread of infectious diseases. PLoS Med (2008) 13.35
Estimated global mortality associated with the first 12 months of 2009 pandemic influenza A H1N1 virus circulation: a modelling study. Lancet Infect Dis (2012) 8.02
Using data on social contacts to estimate age-specific transmission parameters for respiratory-spread infectious agents. Am J Epidemiol (2006) 7.39
Estimation of the reproductive number and the serial interval in early phase of the 2009 influenza A/H1N1 pandemic in the USA. Influenza Other Respir Viruses (2009) 4.02
Health economics of dengue: a systematic literature review and expert panel's assessment. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2011) 2.05
Dengue incidence in urban and rural Cambodia: results from population-based active fever surveillance, 2006-2008. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2010) 1.98
The contribution of steady and casual partnerships to the incidence of HIV infection among homosexual men in Amsterdam. AIDS (2003) 1.93
Outbreak of serogroup W135 meningococcal disease after the Hajj pilgrimage, Europe, 2000. Emerg Infect Dis (2002) 1.92
Waning of maternal antibodies against measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella in communities with contrasting vaccination coverage. J Infect Dis (2013) 1.91
Mortality attributable to 9 common infections: significant effect of influenza A, respiratory syncytial virus, influenza B, norovirus, and parainfluenza in elderly persons. J Infect Dis (2012) 1.90
Ring vaccination and smallpox control. Emerg Infect Dis (2004) 1.88
Studies needed to address public health challenges of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic: insights from modeling. PLoS Med (2010) 1.83
Primary HIV infection as source of HIV transmission within steady and casual partnerships among homosexual men. AIDS (2004) 1.82
The epidemiology of varicella and herpes zoster in The Netherlands: implications for varicella zoster virus vaccination. Vaccine (2006) 1.71
Comparing pandemic to seasonal influenza mortality: moderate impact overall but high mortality in young children. PLoS One (2012) 1.64
The incidence of Bordetella pertussis infections estimated in the population from a combination of serological surveys. J Infect (2005) 1.64
Determinants of malaria prophylaxis among German travelers to Kenya, Senegal, and Thailand. J Travel Med (2008) 1.62
A simple explanation for the low impact of border control as a countermeasure to the spread of an infectious disease. Math Biosci (2008) 1.53
Age-dependent patterns of infection and severity explaining the low impact of 2009 influenza A (H1N1): evidence from serial serologic surveys in the Netherlands. Am J Epidemiol (2011) 1.52
A measles epidemic threshold in a highly vaccinated population. PLoS Med (2005) 1.51
Relating phylogenetic trees to transmission trees of infectious disease outbreaks. Genetics (2013) 1.49
Communicable diseases prioritized for surveillance and epidemiological research: results of a standardized prioritization procedure in Germany, 2011. PLoS One (2011) 1.45
Patient referral patterns and the spread of hospital-acquired infections through national health care networks. PLoS Comput Biol (2010) 1.44
The effects of influenza vaccination of health care workers in nursing homes: insights from a mathematical model. PLoS Med (2008) 1.40
Optimal allocation of pandemic influenza vaccine depends on age, risk and timing. Vaccine (2008) 1.39
The ideal reporting interval for an epidemic to objectively interpret the epidemiological time course. J R Soc Interface (2009) 1.39
Dynamic transmission modeling: a report of the ISPOR-SMDM Modeling Good Research Practices Task Force--5. Value Health (2012) 1.38
Frequency of adverse events after vaccination with different vaccinia strains. PLoS Med (2006) 1.34
Use of cumulative incidence of novel influenza A/H1N1 in foreign travelers to estimate lower bounds on cumulative incidence in Mexico. PLoS One (2009) 1.33
Can hepatitis C virus prevalence be used as a measure of injection-related human immunodeficiency virus risk in populations of injecting drug users? An ecological analysis. Addiction (2009) 1.30
Cost of dengue and other febrile illnesses to households in rural Cambodia: a prospective community-based case-control study. BMC Public Health (2009) 1.27
The efficacy and duration of vaccine protection against human papillomavirus: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Dtsch Arztebl Int (2014) 1.26
Pathogen adaptation under imperfect vaccination: implications for pertussis. Proc Biol Sci (2005) 1.24
Timeliness of vaccination and its effects on fraction of vaccinated population. Vaccine (2008) 1.23
Towards an integrated approach in surveillance of vector-borne diseases in Europe. Parasit Vectors (2011) 1.21
Monitoring pandemic influenza A(H1N1) vaccination coverage in Germany 2009/10 - results from thirteen consecutive cross-sectional surveys. Vaccine (2011) 1.21
Hospital networks and the dispersal of hospital-acquired pathogens by patient transfer. PLoS One (2012) 1.20
Enhanced hygiene measures and norovirus transmission during an outbreak. Emerg Infect Dis (2009) 1.17
Estimating vaccine effects on transmission of infection from household outbreak data. Biometrics (2003) 1.17
Costs and effects of chlamydial screening: dynamic versus static modeling. Sex Transm Dis (2005) 1.14
Concurrency is more complex than it seems. AIDS (2010) 1.14
Model-based estimation of viral transmissibility and infection-induced resistance from the age-dependent prevalence of infection for 14 high-risk types of human papillomavirus. Am J Epidemiol (2010) 1.13
Driving factors of influenza transmission in the Netherlands. Am J Epidemiol (2013) 1.12
Robust reconstruction and analysis of outbreak data: influenza A(H1N1)v transmission in a school-based population. Am J Epidemiol (2012) 1.12
Human Papillomavirus prevalence and probable first effects of vaccination in 20 to 25 year-old women in Germany: a population-based cross-sectional study via home-based self-sampling. BMC Infect Dis (2014) 1.12
Transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis through sexual partnerships: a comparison between three individual-based models and empirical data. J R Soc Interface (2011) 1.12
Sex-specific immunization for sexually transmitted infections such as human papillomavirus: insights from mathematical models. PLoS Med (2011) 1.10
Long-term impact of human papillomavirus vaccination on infection rates, cervical abnormalities, and cancer incidence. Epidemiology (2011) 1.10
Antenatal screening for HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis in the Netherlands is effective. BMC Infect Dis (2011) 1.10
Nurses' contacts and potential for infectious disease transmission. Emerg Infect Dis (2009) 1.10
Different transmission patterns in the early stages of the influenza A(H1N1)v pandemic: a comparative analysis of 12 European countries. Epidemics (2011) 1.10
Serial intervals of respiratory infectious diseases: a systematic review and analysis. Am J Epidemiol (2014) 1.09
Barriers to pandemic influenza vaccination and uptake of seasonal influenza vaccine in the post-pandemic season in Germany. BMC Public Health (2012) 1.09
Mumps outbreak among vaccinated university students associated with a large party, the Netherlands, 2010. Vaccine (2012) 1.09
Seasonal influenza vaccine uptake in Germany 2007/2008 and 2008/2009: results from a national health update survey. Vaccine (2011) 1.09
High impact of migration on the prevalence of chronic hepatitis B in the Netherlands. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2008) 1.08
Utilizing syndromic surveillance data for estimating levels of influenza circulation. Am J Epidemiol (2014) 1.05
Prediction of costs, effectiveness, and disease control of a population-based program using home sampling for diagnosis of urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis Infections. Sex Transm Dis (2006) 1.05
Epidemiology and cost of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia in Germany. Eur J Health Econ (2012) 1.05
Molecular surveillance of drug resistance through imported isolates of Plasmodium falciparum in Europe. Malar J (2002) 1.04
Identical genotype B3 sequences from measles patients in 4 countries, 2005. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 1.04
Time trends and regional differences in the prevalence of HIV infection among women attending antenatal clinics in 2 provinces in Cameroon. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2009) 1.04
Quantifying transmission of norovirus during an outbreak. Epidemiology (2012) 1.04
Assessing the role of undetected colonization and isolation precautions in reducing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission in intensive care units. BMC Infect Dis (2010) 1.02
Epidemic of mumps among vaccinated persons, The Netherlands, 2009-2012. Emerg Infect Dis (2014) 1.02
The role of reinfection and partner notification in the efficacy of Chlamydia screening programs. J Infect Dis (2010) 1.02
Determinants of tetanus and seasonal influenza vaccine uptake in adults living in Germany. Hum Vaccin (2011) 1.02
Closer to the goal: efforts in measles elimination in Germany 2010. J Infect Dis (2011) 1.01
Transmission of novel influenza A(H1N1) in households with post-exposure antiviral prophylaxis. PLoS One (2010) 1.01
Herpes zoster in Germany: quantifying the burden of disease. BMC Infect Dis (2011) 0.99
Molecular sequence data of hepatitis B virus and genetic diversity after vaccination. Am J Epidemiol (2009) 0.98
Cost-effectiveness of adolescent pertussis vaccination for the Netherlands: using an individual-based dynamic model. PLoS One (2010) 0.98
Genetic data provide evidence for wind-mediated transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza. J Infect Dis (2012) 0.97
Dynamic transmission modeling: a report of the ISPOR-SMDM Modeling Good Research Practices Task Force Working Group-5. Med Decis Making (2012) 0.97
Seroprevalence of mumps in The Netherlands: dynamics over a decade with high vaccination coverage and recent outbreaks. PLoS One (2013) 0.97
Toward an endgame: finding and engaging people unaware of their HIV-1 infection in treatment and prevention. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses (2014) 0.96
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
Estimating the effectiveness of isolation and decolonization measures in reducing transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospital general wards. Am J Epidemiol (2013) 0.94
Rate-difference method proved satisfactory in estimating the influenza burden in primary care visits. J Clin Epidemiol (2008) 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
A model-based assessment of oseltamivir prophylaxis strategies to prevent influenza in nursing homes. Emerg Infect Dis (2009) 0.93
Cost effectiveness of vaccination against pandemic influenza in European countries: mathematical modelling analysis. BMJ (2012) 0.93
A unique measles B3 cluster in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands linked to air travel and transit at a large international airport, February to April 2014. Euro Surveill (2016) 0.92
Molecular surveillance of circulating dengue genotypes through European travelers. J Travel Med (2011) 0.92
Molecular and serologic markers of acute dengue infection in naive and flavivirus-vaccinated travelers. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2009) 0.92
Human papillomavirus vaccine uptake, knowledge and attitude among 10th grade students in Berlin, Germany, 2010. Hum Vaccin Immunother (2012) 0.91
Will dengue vaccines be used in the public sector and if so, how? Findings from an 8-country survey of policymakers and opinion leaders. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2013) 0.91
Infectious disease transmission as a forensic problem: who infected whom? J R Soc Interface (2013) 0.90
Rotavirus vaccine effectiveness and case-control study on risk factors for breakthrough infections in Germany, 2010-2011. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2013) 0.90
Assessment of serological evidence for mumps virus infection in vaccinated children. Vaccine (2011) 0.89
Health economic evaluation of vaccination strategies for the prevention of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia in Germany. BMC Health Serv Res (2013) 0.89
Nowcasting pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009 hospitalizations in the Netherlands. Eur J Epidemiol (2011) 0.89