| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | PCR inhibitors - occurrence, properties and removal | Journal of Applied Microbiology | 2012 | 1,405 |
| 2 | Case characteristics, resource use, and outcomes of 10 021 patients with COVID-19 admitted to 920 German hospitals: an observational study | Lancet Respiratory Medicine,the | 2020 | 628 |
| 3 | Risk Factors for Severe Outcomes following 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) Infection: A Global Pooled Analysis | PLoS Medicine | 2011 | 581 |
| 4 | Atypical Chikungunya virus infections: clinical manifestations, mortality and risk factors for severe disease during the 2005–2006 outbreak on Réunion | Epidemiology and Infection | 2009 | 435 |
| 5 | Neurological complications of dengue virus infection | Lancet Neurology, The | 2013 | 351 |
| 6 | Update of Clostridium difficile infection due to PCR ribotype 027 in Europe, 2008 | Eurosurveillance | 2008 | 214 |
| 7 | Assessment of an Optimized Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive- Unit-Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Typing System Combined with Spoligotyping for Population-Based Molecular Epidemiology Studies of Tuberculosis | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2007 | 198 |
| 8 | Global outbreak of severe Mycobacterium chimaera disease after cardiac surgery: a molecular epidemiological study | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2017 | 198 |
| 9 | Strategies to enhance rational use of antibiotics in hospital: a guideline by the German Society for Infectious Diseases | Infection | 2016 | 167 |
| 10 | Effectiveness of the 23-Valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (PPV23) against Pneumococcal Disease in the Elderly: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | PLoS ONE | 2017 | 166 |
| 11 | Transmission routes and risk factors for autochthonous hepatitis E virus infection in Europe: a systematic review | Epidemiology and Infection | 2010 | 161 |
| 12 | Large Listeriosis Outbreak Linked to Cheese Made from Pasteurized Milk, Germany, 2006–2007 | Foodborne Pathogens and Disease | 2010 | 122 |
| 13 | Detection of hepatitis E virus in wild boars of rural and urban regions in Germany and whole genome characterization of an endemic strain | Virology Journal | 2009 | 116 |
| 14 | Rapid emergence of secondary resistance to gentamicin and colistin following selective digestive decontamination in patients with KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: a single-centre experience | International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents | 2013 | 114 |
| 15 | Sexually transmitted infections and prostate cancer risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis | Cancer Epidemiology | 2014 | 108 |
| 16 | STI in times of PrEP: high prevalence of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and mycoplasma at different anatomic sites in men who have sex with men in Germany | BMC Infectious Diseases | 2020 | 108 |
| 17 | Effects of Infant Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccination on Serotype Distribution in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Children and Adults in Germany | PLoS ONE | 2015 | 105 |
| 18 | Large Q fever outbreak due to sheep farming near residential areas, Germany, 2005 | Epidemiology and Infection | 2008 | 103 |
| 19 | Prevalence of pharyngeal and rectalChlamydia trachomatisandNeisseria gonorrhoeaeinfections among men who have sex with men in Germany | Sexually Transmitted Infections | 2014 | 103 |
| 20 | Sharing More than Friendship — Nasal Colonization with Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci (CPS) and Co-Habitation Aspects of Dogs and Their Owners | PLoS ONE | 2012 | 101 |
| 21 | Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated non-pharmaceutical interventions on other notifiable infectious diseases in Germany: An analysis of national surveillance data during week 1–2016 – week 32–2020 | Lancet Regional Health - Europe, The | 2021 | 101 |
| 22 | Dengue virus infection in a traveller returning from Croatia to Germany | Eurosurveillance | 2010 | 98 |
| 23 | Resurgence of Field Fever in a Temperate Country: An Epidemic of Leptospirosis among Seasonal Strawberry Harvesters in Germany in 2007 | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2009 | 94 |
| 24 | I-MOVE multicentre case–control study 2010/11 to 2014/15: Is there within-season waning of influenza type/subtype vaccine effectiveness with increasing time since vaccination? | Eurosurveillance | 2016 | 91 |
| 25 | Strong Association Between Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157 and Virulence Genes stx 2 and eae as Possible Explanation for Predominance of Serogroup O157 in Patients with Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome | European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | 2003 | 86 |
| 26 | Long-term carriage of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase–2-producing K pneumoniae after a large single-center outbreak in Germany | American Journal of Infection Control | 2014 | 86 |
| 27 | Why are older adults and individuals with underlying chronic diseases in Germany not vaccinated against flu? A population-based study | BMC Public Health | 2015 | 81 |
| 28 | Drivers of airborne human-to-human pathogen transmission | Current Opinion in Virology | 2017 | 81 |
| 29 | Pandemic influenza A(H1N1) 2009 breakthrough infections and estimates of vaccine effectiveness in Germany 2009-2010 | Eurosurveillance | 2010 | 78 |
| 30 | Risk perception and information-seeking behaviour during the 2009/10 influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 pandemic in Germany | Eurosurveillance | 2012 | 77 |
| 31 | Cattle Density and Shiga Toxin-ProducingEscherichia coliInfection in Germany: Increased Risk for Most but Not All Serogroups | Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases | 2008 | 75 |
| 32 | Sexual transmission of Zika virus in Germany, April 2016 | Eurosurveillance | 2016 | 75 |
| 33 | Human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis C and hepatitis B infections among blood donors in Germany 2000-2002: risk of virus transmission and the impact of nucleic acid amplification testing | Eurosurveillance | 2005 | 74 |
| 34 | Exit and Entry Screening Practices for Infectious Diseases among Travelers at Points of Entry: Looking for Evidence on Public Health Impact | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 2019 | 72 |
| 35 | Exposure Patterns Driving Ebola Transmission in West Africa: A Retrospective Observational Study | PLoS Medicine | 2016 | 72 |
| 36 | Aetiology of community-acquired, acute gastroenteritis in hospitalised adults: a prospective cohort study | BMC Infectious Diseases | 2008 | 71 |
| 37 | Tuberculosis and latent tuberculous infection screening of migrants in Europe: comparative analysis of policies, surveillance systems and results | International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease | 2017 | 71 |
| 38 | Mortality of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) in Germany | Eurosurveillance | 2010 | 71 |
| 39 | Outbreak of leptospirosis among triathlon participants in Germany, 2006 | BMC Infectious Diseases | 2010 | 70 |
| 40 | Tularemia in Germany—A Re-emerging Zoonosis | Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology | 2018 | 68 |
| 41 | MRSA Transmission on a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Epidemiological and Genome-Based Phylogenetic Analyses | PLoS ONE | 2013 | 68 |
| 42 | Vaccine effectiveness in preventing laboratory-confirmed influenza in primary care patients in a season of co-circulation of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, B and drifted A(H3N2), I-MOVE Multicentre Case–Control Study, Europe 2014/15 | Eurosurveillance | 2016 | 66 |
| 43 | Large Measles Outbreak at a German Public School, 2006 | Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal | 2007 | 65 |
| 44 | Epidemiology and cost of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia in Germany | European Journal of Health Economics | 2013 | 65 |
| 45 | Bayesian nowcasting during the STEC O104:H4 outbreak in Germany, 2011 | Biometrics | 2014 | 65 |
| 46 | Successful Termination of a Furunculosis Outbreak Due to lukS-lukF-Positive, Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in a German Village by Stringent Decolonization, 2002-2005 | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2007 | 64 |
| 47 | Epidemiology of norovirus gastroenteritis in Germany 2001–2009: eight seasons of routine surveillance | Epidemiology and Infection | 2014 | 64 |
| 48 | Effectiveness of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines (PCV7 and PCV13) against Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Children under Two Years of Age in Germany | PLoS ONE | 2016 | 63 |
| 49 | Influenza A(H1N1)v in Germany: the first 10,000 cases | Eurosurveillance | 2009 | 63 |
| 50 | Update on the ongoing outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome due to Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) serotype O104, Germany, May 2011 | Eurosurveillance | 2011 | 63 |
