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Hongjie Yu

Hongjie Yu

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Medicine

D-Index
91
Citations
46430
World Ranking
11536
National Ranking
129

Overview

Hongjie Yu is affiliated with Fudan University in China and specializes primarily in the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Infectious Diseases, Modeling and Simulation, Epidemiology, Health, and Clinical Psychology. Their scholarly contributions encompass research into viral infections and public health, particularly relating to COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses.

Their research topics include:

  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research

Among the notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Hongjie Yu are:

  • The effect of travel restrictions on the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, 2020, Science
  • Association of Public Health Interventions With the Epidemiology of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Wuhan, China, 2020, JAMA
  • Effect of non-pharmaceutical interventions to contain COVID-19 in China, 2020, Nature
  • Changes in contact patterns shape the dynamics of the COVID-19 outbreak in China, 2020, Science
  • Detection of Covid-19 in Children in Early January 2020 in Wuhan, China, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine

Hongjie Yu frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors whose partnerships have resulted in substantial joint outputs. Key collaborators include:

  • Marco Ajelli
  • Juan Yang
  • Qianhui Wu
  • Cécile Viboud
  • Xiaowei Deng

The venues where Hongjie Yu has published extensively reflect their focus on high-impact journals and widespread dissemination of pre-publication research, such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Communications
  • BMC Medicine
  • PubMed

Their subfields of study illustrate an interdisciplinary approach to understanding and modeling infectious diseases and their societal impacts, with particular attention to epidemiological patterns and clinical manifestations.

Best Publications

  • The effect of travel restrictions on the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

    Matteo Chinazzi;Jessica T. Davis;Marco Ajelli;Corrado Gioannini

  • Human Infection with a Novel Avian-Origin Influenza A (H7N9) Virus

    Rongbao Gao;Bin Cao;Yunwen Hu;Zijian Feng

  • Estimates of global seasonal influenza-associated respiratory mortality: a modelling study

    A Danielle Iuliano;Katherine M Roguski;Howard H Chang;David J Muscatello

  • Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015: a systematic review and modelling study

    Ting Shi;David A. McAllister;Katherine L. O'Brien;Eric A. F. Simoes

  • Association of Public Health Interventions With the Epidemiology of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Wuhan, China.

    An Pan;Li Liu;Chaolong Wang;Huan Guo

  • Estimated global mortality associated with the first 12 months of 2009 pandemic influenza A H1N1 virus circulation: a modelling study

    Fatimah S. Dawood;A. Danielle Iuliano;Carrie Reed;Martin I. Meltzer

  • Effect of non-pharmaceutical interventions to contain COVID-19 in China.

    Shengjie Lai;Shengjie Lai;Nick W. Ruktanonchai;Nick W. Ruktanonchai;Liangcai Zhou;Olivia Prosper

  • Past and future spread of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus.

    Moritz U. G. Kraemer;Moritz U. G. Kraemer;Moritz U. G. Kraemer;Robert C. Reiner;Oliver J. Brady;Jane P. Messina

  • Changes in contact patterns shape the dynamics of the COVID-19 outbreak in China.

    Juanjuan Zhang;Maria Litvinova;Yuxia Liang;Yan Wang

  • Hand, foot, and mouth disease in China, 2008–12: an epidemiological study

    Weijia Xing;Qiaohong Liao;Cécile Viboud;Jing Zhang

  • Detection of Covid-19 in Children in Early January 2020 in Wuhan, China.

    Weiyong Liu;Qi Zhang;Junbo Chen;Rong Xiang

  • Evolving epidemiology and transmission dynamics of coronavirus disease 2019 outside Hubei province, China: a descriptive and modelling study.

    Juanjuan Zhang;Maria Litvinova;Wei Wang;Yan Wang

  • Epidemiology of Human Infections with Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus in China

    Qun Li;Lei Zhou;Minghao Zhou;Zhiping Chen

  • Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome caused by Streptococcus suis serotype 2.

    Jiaqi Tang;Changjun Wang;Youjun Feng;Weizhong Yang

  • Human Streptococcus suis Outbreak, Sichuan, China

    Hongjie Yu;Huaiqi Jing;Zhihai Chen;Han Zheng

  • Probable limited person-to-person transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus in China

    Hua Wang;Zijian Feng;Yuelong Shu;Hongjie Yu

  • Comparative epidemiology of human infections with avian influenza A H7N9 and H5N1 viruses in China: a population-based study of laboratory-confirmed cases

    Benjamin J Cowling;Lianmei Jin;Eric H Y Lau;Qiaohong Liao

  • Transmission heterogeneities, kinetics, and controllability of SARS-CoV-2.

    Kaiyuan Sun;Wei Wang;Lidong Gao;Yan Wang

  • Preliminary Report: Epidemiology of the Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Outbreak in China

    Qun Li;Lei Zhou;Minghao Zhou;Zhiping Chen

  • The effect of travel restrictions on the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak.

    Matteo Chinazzi;Jessica T. Davis;Marco Ajelli;Corrado Gioannini

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin J. Cowling
Benjamin J. Cowling University of Hong Kong
Yuelong Shu
Yuelong Shu Sun Yat-sen University
Alessandro Vespignani
Alessandro Vespignani Northeastern University
Gabriel M. Leung
Gabriel M. Leung University of Hong Kong
Cécile Viboud
Cécile Viboud National Institutes of Health
Timothy M. Uyeki
Timothy M. Uyeki Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
George F. Gao
George F. Gao Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention
Mark Jit
Mark Jit New York University
Andrew J. Tatem
Andrew J. Tatem University of Southampton
Wei Wang
Wei Wang Harbin Institute of Technology

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