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Pathogen Transmission

Pathogen Transmission is the process by which infectious microorganisms are spread from a source reservoir to a susceptible host, distinguished by the specific mechanisms and routes—such as direct contact, airborne, vector-borne, or fomite-mediated pathways—that enable microbial dissemination within populations.

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Heterogeneities in the transmission of infectious agents: Implications for the design of control programs

Mark Woolhouse, Christopher Dye, Jean-François Étard et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1997 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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How should pathogen transmission be modelled?

Hamish McCallum · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2001 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Mode of Communication of Cholera.

E.A. Parkes · PubMed · 1855 · 925 citations · Full text

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Evidence for several waves of global transmission in the seventh cholera pandemic

Ankur Mutreja, Dong Wook Kim, Nicholas R. Thomson et al. · Nature · 2011 · 789 citations

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Virology, transmission, and pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2

Müge Çevik, Krutika Kuppalli, Jason Kindrachuk et al. · BMJ · 2020 · 789 citations · Full text

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  1. MD
    M.C.M. de Jong

    Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

    13 publications · 837 citations

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  2. YL
    Yuguo Li

    University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    12 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. BJ
    B. Joseph Hinnebusch

    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, United States

    9 publications · 801 citations

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  4. CJ
    Curtis J. Donskey

    Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, United States

    9 publications · 346 citations

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  5. JL
    Jennifer L. Cadnum

    Case Western Reserve University, United States

    7 publications · 290 citations

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  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Atlanta, United States

    25 h-index

    117 publications

    6.7K citations

  2. University of Hong Kong

    Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    23 h-index

    64 publications

    6.3K citations

  3. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    22 h-index

    97 publications

    8.3K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    20 h-index

    64 publications

    3.1K citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    19 h-index

    63 publications

    4.5K citations

  6. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    19 h-index

    71 publications

    4.6K citations

  7. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    19 h-index

    62 publications

    5.2K citations

  8. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    47 publications

    2.8K citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 64 publications · 3.2K citations

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 25 publications · 4K citations

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  3. Journal of Hospital Infection

    29 publications · 1.5K citations

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  4. Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    AEM · 30 publications · 2K citations

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  5. The Journal of Infectious Diseases

    JID · 29 publications · 2.4K citations

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