| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Estimating the burden of SARS-CoV-2 in France | Science | 2020 | 880 |
| 2 | Association between Zika virus and microcephaly in French Polynesia, 2013–15: a retrospective study | Lancet, The | 2016 | 793 |
| 3 | COVID-19–related anosmia is associated with viral persistence and inflammation in human olfactory epithelium and brain infection in hamsters | Science Translational Medicine | 2021 | 322 |
| 4 | Hydroxychloroquine use against SARS-CoV-2 infection in non-human primates | Nature | 2020 | 287 |
| 5 | Modelling human-to-human transmission of monkeypox | Bulletin of the World Health Organization | 2020 | 169 |
| 6 | Association of SARS susceptibility with single nucleic acid polymorphisms of OAS1 and MxA genes: a case-control study | BMC Infectious Diseases | 2006 | 92 |
| 7 | SARS-CoV-2 infection in schools in a northern French city: a retrospective serological cohort study in an area of high transmission, France, January to April 2020 | Eurosurveillance | 2021 | 69 |
| 8 | Human plague: An old scourge that needs new answers | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases | 2020 | 50 |
| 9 | A modelling study investigating short and medium-term challenges for COVID-19 vaccination: From prioritisation to the relaxation of measures | EClinicalMedicine | 2021 | 45 |
| 10 | Comparative Analysis of Eleven Healthcare-Associated Outbreaks of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (Mers-Cov) from 2015 to 2017 | Scientific Reports | 2019 | 44 |
| 11 | SARS-CoV-2 population-based seroprevalence studies in Europe: a scoping review | BMJ Open | 2021 | 43 |
| 12 | Absence of Efficacy Of Nonviable Lactobacillus acidophilus for the Prevention of Traveler's Diarrhea: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Study | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2006 | 42 |
| 13 | Treatment of acute hepatitis C in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients: The HEPAIG study | Hepatology | 2010 | 42 |
| 14 | Rethinking Human–Nonhuman Primate Contact and Pathogenic Disease Spillover | EcoHealth | 2017 | 41 |
| 15 | SARS-CoV-2 viral dynamics in non-human primates | PLoS Computational Biology | 2021 | 41 |
| 16 | Implementation of a Self-Triage Web Application for Suspected COVID-19 and Its Impact on Emergency Call Centers: Observational Study | Journal of Medical Internet Research | 2020 | 41 |
| 17 | Causes and Determinants of Mortality in HIV-Infected Adults With Tuberculosis: An Analysis From the CAMELIA ANRS 1295-CIPRA KH001 Randomized Trial | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2014 | 39 |
| 18 | Comparison of liver biopsy and noninvasive techniques for liver fibrosis assessment in patients infected with HCV‐genotype 4 in Egypt | Journal of Viral Hepatitis | 2015 | 35 |
| 19 | Elimination versus mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 in the presence of effective vaccines | The Lancet Global Health | 2022 | 35 |
| 20 | The vulnerability of men to virologic failure during antiretroviral therapy in a public routine clinic in Burkina Faso | Journal of the International AIDS Society | 2014 | 34 |
| 21 | Epidemiological Observations on the Association Between Anosmia and COVID-19 Infection: Analysis of Data From a Self-Assessment Web Application | Journal of Medical Internet Research | 2020 | 33 |
| 22 | Multiple introductions and recent spread of the emerging human pathogen Mycobacterium ulcerans across Africa | Genome Biology and Evolution | 2017 | 32 |
| 23 | Imported Amoebic Liver Abscess in France | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases | 2013 | 31 |
| 24 | Impact of CD4 and CD8 dynamics and viral rebounds on loss of virological control in HIV controllers | PLoS ONE | 2017 | 30 |
| 25 | Findings in Patients From Benin With Osteomyelitis and Polymerase Chain Reaction–Confirmed Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2014 | 27 |
| 26 | Risk of yellow fever virus transmission in the Asia-Pacific region | Nature Communications | 2020 | 27 |
| 27 | Beta SARS-CoV-2 variant and BNT162b2 vaccine effectiveness in long-term care facilities in France | The Lancet Healthy Longevity | 2021 | 27 |
| 28 | In utero Zika virus exposure and neurodevelopment at 24 months in toddlers normocephalic at birth: a cohort study | BMC Medicine | 2021 | 27 |
| 29 | Frequent Transient Hepatitis C viremia without Seroconversion among Healthcare Workers in Cairo, Egypt | PLoS ONE | 2013 | 20 |
| 30 | Evaluation of Two Techniques for Viral Load Monitoring Using Dried Blood Spot in Routine Practice in Vietnam (French National Agency for AIDS and Hepatitis Research 12338) | Open Forum Infectious Diseases | 2016 | 19 |
| 31 | Placental infection by Zika virus in French Guiana | Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology | 2020 | 19 |
| 32 | The burden of hepatitis C virus in Cameroon: Spatial epidemiology and historical perspective | Journal of Viral Hepatitis | 2018 | 18 |
| 33 | Symptomatic Acute Hepatitis C in Egypt: Diagnosis, Spontaneous Viral Clearance, and Delayed Treatment with 12 Weeks of Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2a | PLoS ONE | 2008 | 17 |
| 34 | Evaluating Effectiveness of Mass and Continuous Long-lasting Insecticidal Net Distributions Over Time in Madagascar: A Sentinel Surveillance Based Epidemiological Study | EClinicalMedicine | 2018 | 17 |
| 35 | Activation of Toll-Like Receptors Differentially Modulates Inflammation in the Human Reproductive Tract: Preliminary Findings | Frontiers in Immunology | 2020 | 17 |
| 36 | SARS-CoV-2: Virology, epidemiology, immunology and vaccine development | Biologicals | 2020 | 17 |
| 37 | Impact of booster vaccination on the control of COVID-19 Delta wave in the context of waning immunity: application to France in the winter 2021/22 | Eurosurveillance | 2022 | 17 |
| 38 | Conditionality of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in European countries | Vaccine | 2022 | 17 |
| 39 | 199 Hepatitis C virus infection and risk factors in health-care workers at Ain Shams University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt | Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal | 2015 | 16 |
| 40 | A new social sciences network for infectious threats | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2019 | 14 |
| 41 | The epidemiology of hepatitis delta virus infection in Cameroon | Gut | 2020 | 14 |
| 42 | A Self-Assessment Web-Based App to Assess Trends of the COVID-19 Pandemic in France: Observational Study | Journal of Medical Internet Research | 2021 | 14 |
| 43 | First field evaluation of the optimized CE marked Abbott protocol for HIV RNA testing on dried blood spot in a routine clinical setting in Vietnam | PLoS ONE | 2018 | 14 |
| 44 | Epidemiology and control of SARS-CoV-2 epidemics in partially vaccinated populations: a modeling study applied to France | BMC Medicine | 2022 | 14 |
| 45 | SARS-CoV-2 exposures of healthcare workers from primary care, long-term care facilities and hospitals: a nationwide matched case-control study | Clinical Microbiology and Infection | 2022 | 14 |
| 46 | SARS-CoV-2 transmission across age groups in France and implications for control | Nature Communications | 2021 | 11 |
| 47 | Benefits and risks associated with different uses of the COVID-19 vaccine Vaxzevria: a modelling study, France, May to September 2021 | Eurosurveillance | 2021 | 10 |
| 48 | Hospitalization Criteria in Imported Falciparum Malaria | Journal of Travel Medicine | 2007 | 9 |
| 49 | Evaluation of response strategies against epidemics due to Neisseria meningitidis C in Niger | Tropical Medicine and International Health | 2017 | 8 |
| 50 | Vulnerability assessment tools for infectious threats and antimicrobial resistance: a scoping review protocol | BMJ Open | 2019 | 8 |
