Hester E. de Melker

860 total citations
25 papers, 502 citations indexed

About

Hester E. de Melker is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Hester E. de Melker has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 502 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Infectious Diseases, 12 papers in Epidemiology and 9 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Hester E. de Melker's work include Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (9 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (7 papers) and Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (7 papers). Hester E. de Melker is often cited by papers focused on Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (9 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (7 papers) and Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (7 papers). Hester E. de Melker collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Sweden. Hester E. de Melker's co-authors include Mirjam Kretzschmar, Brechje de Gier, Mirjam J. Knol, Marie‐Josée J. Mangen, Susan Hahné, Frits R. Mooi, J. F. P. Schellekens, Joop Schellekens, Susan van den Hof and Stijn P. Andeweg and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Hester E. de Melker

24 papers receiving 491 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hester E. de Melker Netherlands	13	266	189	116	102	97	25	502
A. Angelica Trujillo United States	7	446 1.7×	365 1.9×	86 0.7×	70 0.7×	79 0.8×	8	799
Núria Soldevila Spain	17	173 0.7×	587 3.1×	111 1.0×	90 0.9×	49 0.5×	63	724
Ana Navascués Spain	18	438 1.6×	503 2.7×	158 1.4×	32 0.3×	143 1.5×	67	911
Ian D. Plumb United States	12	322 1.2×	166 0.9×	107 0.9×	38 0.4×	96 1.0×	42	596
Sophy Goren Israel	15	393 1.5×	129 0.7×	103 0.9×	69 0.7×	30 0.3×	33	688
Emilia Lupulescu Romania	12	243 0.9×	532 2.8×	118 1.0×	31 0.3×	66 0.7×	28	711
Jane Gidudu United States	13	233 0.9×	252 1.3×	197 1.7×	97 1.0×	14 0.1×	30	570
Masayoshi Shinjoh Japan	16	280 1.1×	545 2.9×	52 0.4×	110 1.1×	37 0.4×	57	711
Adrienne Guignard Belgium	12	124 0.5×	310 1.6×	108 0.9×	81 0.8×	29 0.3×	34	569
Martine Sabbe Belgium	14	242 0.9×	293 1.6×	136 1.2×	49 0.5×	29 0.3×	25	504

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Eilers, Renske, Floris H. Groenendijk, Nynke Y. Rots, et al.. (2025). Influence of perceived influenza-like symptoms on intention to receive seasonal influenza vaccination. BMC Public Health. 25(1). 1124–1124. 2 indexed citations

Andeweg, Stijn P., Maarten Schipper, Hester E. de Melker, et al.. (2025). Prospective cohort study of fatigue before and after SARS-CoV-2 infection in the Netherlands. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1923–1923. 1 indexed citations

Andeweg, Stijn P., Maarten Schipper, Diederick E. Grobbee, et al.. (2025). Post-COVID-19 condition in individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 in autumn 2023 in the Netherlands: a prospective cohort study with pre- and post-infection data. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 59. 101472–101472.

Gier, Brechje de, Jan van de Kassteele, Liselotte van Asten, et al.. (2024). Attribution of invasive group A streptococcal infections (iGAS) to predisposing viral infections, the Netherlands, 2010 to 2023. Eurosurveillance. 29(40). 3 indexed citations

Bekker, Mireille N., Hester E. de Melker, Gerco den Hartog, et al.. (2024). Maternal Pertussis Immunization and Immunoglobulin G Levels in Early- to Late-Term and Preterm Infants. JAMA Network Open. 7(7). e2424608–e2424608. 4 indexed citations

Gier, Brechje de, Hester E. de Melker, Susan Hahné, et al.. (2023). Effectiveness of bivalent mRNA booster vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection, the Netherlands, September to December 2022. Eurosurveillance. 28(7). 18 indexed citations

Gier, Brechje de, Stijn P. Andeweg, Jantien A. Backer, et al.. (2021). Vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 transmission to household contacts during dominance of Delta variant (B.1.617.2), the Netherlands, August to September 2021. Eurosurveillance. 26(44). 52 indexed citations

Verberk, Janneke D. M., Jan van de Kassteele, Nick Andrews, et al.. (2021). Impact analysis of rotavirus vaccination in various geographic regions in Western Europe. Vaccine. 39(45). 6671–6681. 8 indexed citations

Bekker, Mireille N., et al.. (2021). Study protocol of the PIMPI-project, a cohort study on acceptance, tolerability and immunogenicity of second trimester maternal pertussis immunization in relation to term and preterm infants. BMC Infectious Diseases. 21(1). 897–897. 4 indexed citations

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Gier, Brechje de, Stijn P. Andeweg, Ronald ter Schegget, et al.. (2021). Vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 transmission and infections among household and other close contacts of confirmed cases, the Netherlands, February to May 2021. Eurosurveillance. 26(31). 51 indexed citations

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Maas, Nicoline van der, et al.. (2019). Pertussis hospitalizations among term and preterm infants: clinical course and vaccine effectiveness. BMC Infectious Diseases. 19(1). 919–919. 14 indexed citations

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Lier, Alies van, Scott McDonald, Martijn Bouwknegt, et al.. (2016). Disease Burden of 32 Infectious Diseases in the Netherlands, 2007-2011. PLoS ONE. 11(4). e0153106–e0153106. 64 indexed citations

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Greeff, Sabine C. de, Peter Teunis, Hester E. de Melker, et al.. (2012). Two-Component Cluster Analysis of a Large Serodiagnostic Database for Specificity of Increases of IgG Antibodies against Pertussis Toxin in Paired Serum Samples and of Absolute Values in Single Serum Samples. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 19(9). 1452–1456. 12 indexed citations

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Zomer, Tizza P., Y. T. H. P. VAN DUYNHOVEN, Marie‐Josée J. Mangen, et al.. (2008). Assessing the introduction of universal rotavirus vaccination in the Netherlands. Vaccine. 26(29-30). 3757–3764. 27 indexed citations

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Boot, Hein J., Iris Wallenburg, Hester E. de Melker, et al.. (2007). Assessing the introduction of universal human papillomavirus vaccination for preadolescent girls in The Netherlands. Vaccine. 25(33). 6245–6256. 38 indexed citations

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Boven, Michiel van, Frits R. Mooi, Joop Schellekens, Hester E. de Melker, & Mirjam Kretzschmar. (2005). Pathogen adaptation under imperfect vaccination: implications for pertussis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 272(1572). 1617–1624. 41 indexed citations

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Greeff, Sabine C. de, J. F. P. Schellekens, Frits R. Mooi, & Hester E. de Melker. (2005). [Effect of vaccination against pertussis on the incidence of pertussis in The Netherlands, 1996-2003].. PubMed. 149(17). 937–43. 13 indexed citations

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Nagelkerke, Nico, et al.. (2003). Estimating the incidence of subclinical infections withLegionella Pneumoniausing data augmentation: analysis of an outbreak in The Netherlands. Statistics in Medicine. 22(24). 3713–3724. 12 indexed citations

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Teunis, Peter, et al.. (2002). Kinetics of the IgG antibody response to pertussis toxin after infection with B. pertussis. Epidemiology and Infection. 129(3). 479–489. 50 indexed citations

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Spaendonck, M.A.E. Conyn-van, et al.. (2001). Immunity to Poliomyelitis in the Netherlands. American Journal of Epidemiology. 153(3). 207–214. 41 indexed citations

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