Scientific Publications

Lab dissection of a rodent during an Orthopox investigation in Georgia during 2013.

Lab dissection of a rodent during a 2013 Orthopox investigation in Georgia.

Featured DGHP Publications

Dokubo EK et al. Persistence of Ebola virus after the end of widespread transmission in Liberia: an outbreak reportexternal icon. Lancet (2018), https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30417-1.

Most Cited Publications, 2017-2019

DGHP’s most cited publications from 2017 to 2019 were collected through Scopusexternal icon, a source-neutral abstract and citation database.

180 citations
Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015: a systematic review and modelling studyexternal icon. Lancet. 2017 Sep 2;390(10098):946-958. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30938-8. Epub 2017 Jul 7

137 citations
Estimates of global, regional, and national morbidity, mortality, and aetiologies of diarrhoeal diseases: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015external icon Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 Sep;17(9):909-948. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30276-1. Epub 2017 Jun 1.

121 citations
Estimates of global seasonal influenza-associated respiratory mortality: a modelling studyexternal icon Lancet. 2018 Mar 31;391(10127):1285-1300. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)33293-2. Epub 2017 Dec 14.

24 citations
Association of acute toxic encephalopathy with litchi consumption in an outbreak in Muzaffarpur, India, 2014: a case-control studyexternal icon Lancet Glob Health. 2017 Apr;5(4):e458-e466. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30035-9. Epub 2017 Jan 31.

23 citations
Ebola virus persistence in breast milk after no reported illness: A likely source of virus transmission from mother to childexternal icon Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Feb 15; 64(4): 513–516. Published online 2017 Jan 7. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw793

16 citations
Is higher viral load in the upper respiratory tract associated with severe pneumonia? Findings from the PERCH studyexternal icon Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Jun 15;64(suppl_3):S337-S346. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix148.

16 citations
Density of upper respiratory colonization with Streptococcus pneumoniae and its role in the diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia among children aged <5 years in the PERCH studyexternal icon Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Jun 15;64(suppl_3):S317-S327. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix100.

16 citations
Chest radiograph findings in childhood pneumonia cases from the multisite PERCH studyexternal icon Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Jun 15;64(suppl_3):S262-S270. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix089.

15 citations
Molecular epidemiology of candida auris in Colombia Reveals a Highly Related, Countrywide Colonization with Regional Patterns in Amphotericin B Resistanceexternal icon Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Jan 1;68(1):15-21. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy411.

15 citations
World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on use of medically important antimicrobials in food-producing animalsexternal icon Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2018 Jan 17;7:7. doi: 10.1186/s13756-017-0294-9. eCollection 2018.