| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | An interactive web-based dashboard to track COVID-19 in real time | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2020 | 8,302 |
| 2 | Emergence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mechanism MCR-1 in animals and human beings in China: a microbiological and molecular biological study | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2016 | 4,130 |
| 3 | Discovery, research, and development of new antibiotics: the WHO priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and tuberculosis | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2018 | 3,672 |
| 4 | Antibiotic resistance—the need for global solutions | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2013 | 3,184 |
| 5 | Estimates of the severity of coronavirus disease 2019: a model-based analysis | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2020 | 3,036 |
| 6 | Radiological findings from 81 patients with COVID-19 pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2020 | 2,881 |
| 7 | Temporal profiles of viral load in posterior oropharyngeal saliva samples and serum antibody responses during infection by SARS-CoV-2: an observational cohort study | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2020 | 2,704 |
| 8 | Emergence of a new antibiotic resistance mechanism in India, Pakistan, and the UK: a molecular, biological, and epidemiological study | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2010 | 2,485 |
| 9 | The global burden of group A streptococcal diseases | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2005 | 2,384 |
| 10 | Global epidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2005 | 2,349 |
| 11 | The role of nasal carriage in Staphylococcus aureus infections | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2005 | 2,037 |
| 12 | Early dynamics of transmission and control of COVID-19: a mathematical modelling study | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2020 | 1,999 |
| 13 | Attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years caused by infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the EU and the European Economic Area in 2015: a population-level modelling analysis | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2019 | 1,908 |
| 14 | Leptospirosis: a zoonotic disease of global importance | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2003 | 1,828 |
| 15 | Schistosomiasis and water resources development: systematic review, meta-analysis, and estimates of people at risk | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2006 | 1,800 |
| 16 | Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae: an emerging public-health concern | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2008 | 1,756 |
| 17 | Global antibiotic consumption 2000 to 2010: an analysis of national pharmaceutical sales data | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2014 | 1,719 |
| 18 | The new global map of human brucellosis | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2006 | 1,714 |
| 19 | Streptococcus pneumoniae colonisation: the key to pneumococcal disease | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2004 | 1,614 |
| 20 | Global burden of disease of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis: an updated analysis | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2017 | 1,559 |
| 21 | Epidemiology and transmission of COVID-19 in 391 cases and 1286 of their close contacts in Shenzhen, China: a retrospective cohort study | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2020 | 1,550 |
| 22 | Efficacy and effectiveness of influenza vaccines: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2012 | 1,534 |
| 23 | Viral dynamics in mild and severe cases of COVID-19 | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2020 | 1,421 |
| 24 | Viral load of SARS-CoV-2 in clinical samples | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2020 | 1,385 |
| 25 | The real threat of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing bacteria | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2009 | 1,334 |
| 26 | Clinical epidemiology of the global expansion of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2013 | 1,328 |
| 27 | Worldwide prevalence and genotype distribution of cervical human papillomavirus DNA in women with normal cytology: a meta-analysis | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2007 | 1,277 |
| 28 | Water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions to reduce diarrhoea in less developed countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2005 | 1,243 |
| 29 | Worldwide burden of HIV in transgender women: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2013 | 1,212 |
| 30 | Epidemiological, demographic, and clinical characteristics of 47 cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus disease from Saudi Arabia: a descriptive study | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2013 | 1,191 |
| 31 | Colistin: the re-emerging antibiotic for multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2006 | 1,170 |
| 32 | A minimal common outcome measure set for COVID-19 clinical research | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2020 | 1,165 |
| 33 | Immunosuppression in sepsis: a novel understanding of the disorder and a new therapeutic approach | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2013 | 1,138 |
| 34 | Cutaneous leishmaniasis | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2007 | 1,130 |
| 35 | Causes of encephalitis and differences in their clinical presentations in England: a multicentre, population-based prospective study | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2010 | 1,107 |
| 36 | Safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in healthy adults aged 18–59 years: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 1/2 clinical trial | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2021 | 1,104 |
| 37 | Virology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, and control of enterovirus 71 | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2010 | 1,086 |
| 38 | Estimates of the global, regional, and national morbidity, mortality, and aetiologies of lower respiratory infections in 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2018 | 1,084 |
| 39 | Epidemiology and burden of malaria in pregnancy | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2007 | 1,081 |
| 40 | Pulmonary post-mortem findings in a series of COVID-19 cases from northern Italy: a two-centre descriptive study | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2020 | 1,078 |
| 41 | A clinical case definition of post-COVID-19 condition by a Delphi consensus | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2022 | 1,068 |
| 42 | 2008 estimate of worldwide rotavirus-associated mortality in children younger than 5 years before the introduction of universal rotavirus vaccination programmes: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2012 | 1,061 |
| 43 | Estimated global mortality associated with the first 12 months of 2009 pandemic influenza A H1N1 virus circulation: a modelling study | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2012 | 1,047 |
| 44 | Dissemination of NDM-1 positive bacteria in the New Delhi environment and its implications for human health: an environmental point prevalence study | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2011 | 1,045 |
| 45 | Uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis, sexual practices, and HIV incidence in men and transgender women who have sex with men: a cohort study | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2014 | 1,039 |
| 46 | Effects of chloroquine on viral infections: an old drug against today's diseases | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2003 | 1,022 |
| 47 | Burden of HIV among female sex workers in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2012 | 996 |
| 48 | Comparing SARS-CoV-2 with SARS-CoV and influenza pandemics | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2020 | 989 |
| 49 | Real estimates of mortality following COVID-19 infection | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2020 | 988 |
| 50 | Procalcitonin as a diagnostic marker for sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2013 | 981 |
