Stefan Flasche

22.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
102 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Stefan Flasche is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Modeling and Simulation and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Flasche has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Epidemiology, 35 papers in Modeling and Simulation and 33 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Stefan Flasche's work include Respiratory viral infections research (45 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (41 papers) and COVID-19 epidemiological studies (35 papers). Stefan Flasche is often cited by papers focused on Respiratory viral infections research (45 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (41 papers) and COVID-19 epidemiological studies (35 papers). Stefan Flasche collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Stefan Flasche's co-authors include Mark Jit, W. John Edmunds, Marc Baguelin, Elizabeth Miller, Rosalind M. Eggo, Albert Jan van Hoek, Anton Camacho, Kevin van Zandvoort, Adam J. Kucharski and W. John Edmunds and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Flasche

97 papers receiving 3.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Protecting infants against RSV disease: an impact and cost-effectiveness comparison of long-acting monoclonal antibodies and maternal vaccination

2024 39 citations David Hodgson, Edwin van Leeuwen et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stefan Flasche United Kingdom	32	1.7k	1.3k	1.2k	559	392	102	3.5k
Małgorzata Sadkowska-Todys Poland	12	1.0k 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	842 0.7×	376 0.7×	292 0.7×	108	2.7k
Ashleigh R. Tuite Canada	29	990 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	498 0.9×	277 0.7×	124	3.3k
Magdalena Rosińska Poland	17	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	1.0k 0.8×	381 0.7×	317 0.8×	147	2.9k
Joël Mossong Luxembourg	31	2.1k 1.2×	1.9k 1.5×	1.7k 1.4×	468 0.8×	561 1.4×	84	4.8k
Kari Auranen Finland	28	2.4k 1.4×	1.5k 1.1×	720 0.6×	447 0.8×	367 0.9×	99	3.8k
Gianpaolo Scalia Tomba Italy	16	1.4k 0.8×	1.9k 1.4×	706 0.6×	421 0.8×	319 0.8×	45	2.8k
Janneke C. M. Heijne Netherlands	23	1.5k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	427 0.8×	370 0.9×	75	3.2k
M. Elizabeth Halloran United States	27	1.2k 0.7×	874 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	515 0.9×	483 1.2×	75	3.1k
Jodie McVernon Australia	35	2.6k 1.5×	1.0k 0.8×	977 0.8×	394 0.7×	297 0.8×	177	3.9k
Meagan C. Fitzpatrick United States	26	606 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	346 0.6×	475 1.2×	66	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Stefan Flasche

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Flasche

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Zandvoort, Kevin van, Jane Bruce, Rasheed Salaudeen, et al.. (2025). Effect of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on pneumococcal carriage in rural Gambia 10 years after its introduction: A population-based cross-sectional study. Vaccine. 56. 127181–127181.

Zandvoort, Kevin van, Nuredin Mohammed, Jane Bruce, et al.. (2025). Social contacts and mixing patterns in rural Gambia. BMC Infectious Diseases. 25(1). 243–243. 1 indexed citations

Zar, Heather J., Lesley Workman, Rae MacGinty, et al.. (2024). Natural immunity and protection against variants in South African children through five COVID-19 waves: A prospective study. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 150. 107300–107300.

Muhsen, Khitam, Pauline A. Waight, Freja Kirsebom, et al.. (2024). Association between COVID-19 Vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 Infection among Household Contacts of Infected Individuals: A Prospective Household Study in England. Vaccines. 12(2). 113–113. 1 indexed citations

Yoshida, Lay‐Myint, Michiko Toizumi, Hien Anh Thi Nguyen, et al.. (2024). Effect of a Reduced PCV10 Dose Schedule on Pneumococcal Carriage in Vietnam. New England Journal of Medicine. 391(21). 1992–2002. 1 indexed citations

Krauer, Fabienne, Marina Treskova, Mihály Koltai, et al.. (2024). Effectiveness and efficiency of immunisation strategies to prevent RSV among infants and older adults in Germany: a modelling study. BMC Medicine. 22(1). 478–478. 2 indexed citations

Thindwa, Deus, Samuel Clifford, Jackie Kleynhans, et al.. (2023). Optimal age targeting for pneumococcal vaccination in older adults; a modelling study. Nature Communications. 14(1). 888–888. 7 indexed citations

Thindwa, Deus, Thandie S. Mwalukomo, Kondwani Jambo, et al.. (2022). Risk factors for pneumococcal carriage in adults living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in the infant pneumococcal vaccine era in Malawi. AIDS. 36(14). 2045–2055. 3 indexed citations

Mackenzie, Grant, Arto A. Palmu, Jukka Jokinen, et al.. (2022). Pneumococcal vaccine schedules (PVS) study: a cluster-randomised, non-inferiority trial of an alternative versus standard schedule for pneumococcal conjugate vaccination—statistical analysis plan. Trials. 23(1). 1058–1058. 1 indexed citations

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Mackenzie, Grant, Rasheed Salaudeen, Ilias Hossain, et al.. (2022). A cluster-randomised, non-inferiority trial of the impact of a two-dose compared to three-dose schedule of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in rural Gambia: the PVS trial. Trials. 23(1). 71–71. 11 indexed citations

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Waterlow, Naomi R., et al.. (2021). How immunity from and interaction with seasonal coronaviruses can shape SARS-CoV-2 epidemiology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(49). 18 indexed citations

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Thindwa, Deus, Nicole Wolter, Amy Pinsent, et al.. (2021). Estimating the contribution of HIV-infected adults to household pneumococcal transmission in South Africa, 2016–2018: A hidden Markov modelling study. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(12). e1009680–e1009680. 11 indexed citations

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Jombart, Thibaut, Quentin J. Leclerc, Mark Jit, et al.. (2021). Real-time monitoring of COVID-19 dynamics using automated trend fitting and anomaly detection. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 376(1829). 20200266–20200266. 12 indexed citations

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Zandvoort, Kevin van, Sam Abbott, Katharine Sherratt, et al.. (2021). The impact of population-wide rapid antigen testing on SARS-CoV-2 prevalence in Slovakia. Science. 372(6542). 635–641. 110 indexed citations

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Ojal, John, Ulla Griffiths, Laura L. Hammitt, et al.. (2019). Sustaining pneumococcal vaccination after transitioning from Gavi support: a modelling and cost-effectiveness study in Kenya. The Lancet Global Health. 7(5). e644–e654. 11 indexed citations

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Davies, Nicholas G., Stefan Flasche, Mark Jit, & Katherine E. Atkins. (2019). Within-host dynamics shape antibiotic resistance in commensal bacteria. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3(3). 440–449. 57 indexed citations

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Althouse, Benjamin M., Stefan Flasche, Vũ Đình Thiểm, et al.. (2018). Seasonality of respiratory viruses causing hospitalizations for acute respiratory infections in children in Nha Trang, Vietnam. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 75. 18–25. 32 indexed citations

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Watson, Conall, Stefan Flasche, Adam J. Kucharski, et al.. (2017). Social mixing in Fiji: Who-eats-with-whom contact patterns and the implications of age and ethnic heterogeneity for disease dynamics in the Pacific Islands. PLoS ONE. 12(12). e0186911–e0186911. 5 indexed citations

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Flasche, Stefan, Albert Jan van Hoek, Pauline Waight, et al.. (2011). Effect of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccination on Serotype-Specific Carriage and Invasive Disease in England: A Cross-Sectional Study. PLoS Medicine. 8(4). e1001017–e1001017. 227 indexed citations

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Baguelin, Marc, Albert Jan van Hoek, Mark Jit, et al.. (2010). Vaccination against pandemic influenza A/H1N1v in England: A real-time economic evaluation. Vaccine. 28(12). 2370–2384. 150 indexed citations

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