| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | A newly discovered human pneumovirus isolated from young children with respiratory tract disease | Nature Medicine | 2001 | 1,821 |
| 2 | Global Patterns of Influenza A Virus in Wild Birds | Science | 2006 | 1,619 |
| 3 | Airborne Transmission of Influenza A/H5N1 Virus Between Ferrets | Science | 2012 | 1,416 |
| 4 | Characterization of a Novel Influenza A Virus Hemagglutinin Subtype (H16) Obtained from Black-Headed Gulls | Journal of Virology | 2005 | 1,274 |
| 5 | Pegylated interferon alfa-2b alone or in combination with lamivudine for HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B: a randomised trial | Lancet, The | 2005 | 1,105 |
| 6 | Drug Resistance Mutations for Surveillance of Transmitted HIV-1 Drug-Resistance: 2009 Update | PLoS ONE | 2009 | 823 |
| 7 | Koch's postulates fulfilled for SARS virus | Nature | 2003 | 726 |
| 8 | Dengue Virus Pathogenesis: an Integrated View | Clinical Microbiology Reviews | 2009 | 705 |
| 9 | The Global Circulation of Seasonal Influenza A (H3N2) Viruses | Science | 2008 | 628 |
| 10 | Spatial, Temporal, and Species Variation in Prevalence of Influenza A Viruses in Wild Migratory Birds | PLoS Pathogens | 2007 | 591 |
| 11 | Human and Avian Influenza Viruses Target Different Cells in the Lower Respiratory Tract of Humans and Other Mammals | American Journal of Pathology | 2007 | 473 |
| 12 | Prevalence and Clinical Symptoms of Human Metapneumovirus Infection in Hospitalized Patients | Journal of Infectious Diseases | 2003 | 370 |
| 13 | Severe respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus, in a patient transferred to the United Kingdom from the Middle East, September 2012 | Eurosurveillance | 2012 | 357 |
| 14 | Tertiary lymphoid organs in infection and autoimmunity | Trends in Immunology | 2012 | 311 |
| 15 | The challenges of eliciting neutralizing antibodies to HIV-1 and to influenza virus | Nature Reviews Microbiology | 2008 | 298 |
| 16 | Exacerbated Innate Host Response to SARS-CoV in Aged Non-Human Primates | PLoS Pathogens | 2010 | 286 |
| 17 | Metapneumovirus and acute wheezing in children | Lancet, The | 2002 | 271 |
| 18 | Immune responses to influenza virus infection | Virus Research | 2011 | 270 |
| 19 | Human monoclonal antibody as prophylaxis for SARS coronavirus infection in ferrets | Lancet, The | 2004 | 252 |
| 20 | Influenza A Virus (H5N1) Infection in Cats Causes Systemic Disease with Potential Novel Routes of Virus Spread within and between Hosts | American Journal of Pathology | 2006 | 252 |
| 21 | Clinical impact and diagnosis of human metapneumovirus infection | Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal | 2004 | 251 |
| 22 | Diagnosing Herpesvirus Infections by Real-Time Amplification and Rapid Culture | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2003 | 247 |
| 23 | Prevalence and Clinical Presentation of Health Care Workers With Symptoms of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in 2 Dutch Hospitals During an Early Phase of the Pandemic | JAMA Network Open | 2020 | 227 |
| 24 | Predominant Infection of CD150+ Lymphocytes and Dendritic Cells during Measles Virus Infection of Macaques | PLoS Pathogens | 2007 | 226 |
| 25 | European guidelines on the clinical management of HIV-1 tropism testing | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2011 | 218 |
| 26 | Carriage of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in the Upper Respiratory Tract of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Children: An Observational Study | PLoS Medicine | 2013 | 218 |
| 27 | PUBLIC HEALTH: Pathogen Surveillance in Animals | Science | 2005 | 210 |
| 28 | Influenza vaccine strain selection and recent studies on the global migration of seasonal influenza viruses | Vaccine | 2008 | 208 |
| 29 | Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara Protects Macaques against Respiratory Challenge with Monkeypox Virus | Journal of Virology | 2005 | 202 |
| 30 | Clinical virology in real time | Journal of Clinical Virology | 2002 | 199 |
| 31 | Virulence-Associated Substitution D222G in the Hemagglutinin of 2009 Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1) Virus Affects Receptor Binding | Journal of Virology | 2010 | 197 |
| 32 | Hampered Foraging and Migratory Performance in Swans Infected with Low-Pathogenic Avian Influenza A Virus | PLoS ONE | 2007 | 195 |
| 33 | IP-10 predicts viral response and therapeutic outcome in difficult-to-treat patients with HCV genotype 1 infection | Hepatology | 2006 | 193 |
| 34 | Btk levels set the threshold for B-cell activation and negative selection of autoreactive B cells in mice | Blood | 2012 | 189 |
| 35 | Health benefits, costs, and cost-effectiveness of earlier eligibility for adult antiretroviral therapy and expanded treatment coverage: a combined analysis of 12 mathematical models | The Lancet Global Health | 2014 | 188 |
| 36 | Mallards and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Ancestral Viruses, Northern Europe | Emerging Infectious Diseases | 2005 | 187 |
| 37 | Early Target Cells of Measles Virus after Aerosol Infection of Non-Human Primates | PLoS Pathogens | 2011 | 181 |
| 38 | Antiviral treatment is more effective than smallpox vaccination upon lethal monkeypox virus infection | Nature | 2006 | 180 |
| 39 | Efficient generation and growth of influenza virus A/PR/8/34 from eight cDNA fragments | Virus Research | 2004 | 171 |
| 40 | Antigenic and Genetic Evolution of Swine Influenza A (H3N2) Viruses in Europe | Journal of Virology | 2007 | 169 |
| 41 | Canine Mammary Tumours, an Overview | Reproduction in Domestic Animals | 2011 | 164 |
| 42 | Early Upregulation of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome-Associated Cytokines Promotes Lethal Disease in an Aged-Mouse Model of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection | Journal of Virology | 2009 | 156 |
| 43 | Haemagglutination-inhibiting antibody to influenza virus | Developments in Biologicals | 2003 | 155 |
| 44 | Seasonal and Pandemic Human Influenza Viruses Attach Better to Human Upper Respiratory Tract Epithelium than Avian Influenza Viruses | American Journal of Pathology | 2010 | 146 |
| 45 | Experimental Human Metapneumovirus Infection of Cynomolgus Macaques (Macaca fascicularis) Results in Virus Replication in Ciliated Epithelial Cells and Pneumocytes with Associated Lesions throughout the Respiratory Tract | American Journal of Pathology | 2004 | 145 |
| 46 | Influenza Vaccination Is Efficacious and Safe in Renal Transplant Recipients | American Journal of Transplantation | 2008 | 139 |
| 47 | Multiple introductions of H5N1 in Nigeria | Nature | 2006 | 137 |
| 48 | Acyclovir‐Resistant Corneal HSV‐1 Isolates from Patients with Herpetic Keratitis | Journal of Infectious Diseases | 2008 | 137 |
| 49 | Human metapneumovirus in a haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient with fatal lower respiratory tract disease | Bone Marrow Transplantation | 2003 | 134 |
| 50 | Impact of human metapneumovirus in childhood: Comparison with respiratory syncytial virus and influenza viruses | Journal of Medical Virology | 2005 | 134 |
