| Sex and virulence in Escherichia coli: an evolutionary perspective T Wirth, D Falush, R Lan, F Colles, P Mensa, LH Wieler, H Karch, ... Molecular microbiology 60 (5), 1136-1151, 2006 | 2247 | 2006 |
| Traces of human migrations in Helicobacter pylori populations D Falush, T Wirth, B Linz, JK Pritchard, M Stephens, M Kidd, MJ Blaser, ... science 299 (5612), 1582-1585, 2003 | 1241 | 2003 |
| Microevolution and history of the plague bacillus, Yersinia pestis M Achtman, G Morelli, P Zhu, T Wirth, I Diehl, B Kusecek, AJ Vogler, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101 (51), 17837-17842, 2004 | 688 | 2004 |
| Yersinia pestis genome sequencing identifies patterns of global phylogenetic diversity G Morelli, Y Song, CJ Mazzoni, M Eppinger, P Roumagnac, DM Wagner, ... Nature genetics 42 (12), 1140-1143, 2010 | 685 | 2010 |
| Origin, Spread and Demography of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex T Wirth, F Hildebrand, C Allix-Béguec, F Wölbeling, T Kubica, K Kremer, ... PLoS pathogens 4 (9), e1000160, 2008 | 682 | 2008 |
| A New Perspective on Listeria monocytogenes Evolution M Ragon, T Wirth, F Hollandt, R Lavenir, M Lecuit, A Le Monnier, S Brisse PLoS Pathogens 4 (9), e1000146, 2008 | 651 | 2008 |
| Evolutionary history and global spread of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing lineage M Merker, C Blin, S Mona, N Duforet-Frebourg, S Lecher, E Willery, ... Nature genetics 47 (3), 242-249, 2015 | 599 | 2015 |
| Whole Genome Sequencing versus Traditional Genotyping for Investigation of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Outbreak: A Longitudinal Molecular Epidemiological … A Roetzer, R Diel, TA Kohl, C Rückert, U Nübel, J Blom, T Wirth, ... PLoS medicine 10 (2), e1001387, 2013 | 599 | 2013 |
| Genetic evidence against panmixia in the European eel T Wirth, L Bernatchez Nature 409 (6823), 1037-1040, 2001 | 373 | 2001 |
| Comparative Microsatellite Typing of New World Leishmania infantum Reveals Low Heterogeneity among Populations and Its Recent Old World Origin K Kuhls, MZ Alam, E Cupolillo, GEM Ferreira, IL Mauricio, R Oddone, ... PLoS neglected tropical diseases 5 (6), e1155, 2011 | 251 | 2011 |
| A Timescale for Evolution, Population Expansion, and Spatial Spread of an Emerging Clone of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus U Nübel, J Dordel, K Kurt, B Strommenger, H Westh, SK Shukla, ... PLoS pathogens 6 (4), e1000855, 2010 | 223 | 2010 |
| Decline of North Atlantic eels: a fatal synergy? T Wirth, L Bernatchez Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2003 | 220 | 2003 |
| Distinguishing human ethnic groups by means of sequences from Helicobacter pylori: lessons from Ladakh T Wirth, X Wang, B Linz, RP Novick, JK Lum, M Blaser, G Morelli, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101 (14), 4746-4751, 2004 | 210 | 2004 |
| Population genetics of microbial pathogens estimated from multilocus sequence typing (MLST) data M Pérez-Losada, EB Browne, A Madsen, T Wirth, RP Viscidi, KA Crandall Infection, Genetics and Evolution 6 (2), 97-112, 2006 | 199 | 2006 |
| Microsatellite analysis reveals genetic structure of Leishmania tropica JM Schwenkenbecher, T Wirth, LF Schnur, CL Jaffe, H Schallig, ... International journal for parasitology 36 (2), 237-246, 2006 | 173 | 2006 |
| Prospective Study of a Serogroup X Neisseria meningitidis Outbreak in Northern Ghana SP Gagneux, A Hodgson, TA Smith, T Wirth, I Ehrhard, G Morelli, ... The Journal of infectious diseases 185 (5), 618-626, 2002 | 158 | 2002 |
| “Epidemic clones” of Listeria monocytogenes are widespread and ancient clonal groups T Cantinelli, V Chenal-Francisque, L Diancourt, L Frezal, A Leclercq, ... Journal of clinical microbiology 51 (11), 3770-3779, 2013 | 145 | 2013 |
| Compensatory evolution drives multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Central Asia NS Merker M, Barbier M, Cox H, Rasigade JP, Feuerriegel S, Kohl TA, Diel R ... Elife 7, e38200, 2018 | 128 | 2018 |
| Origin and evolution of European community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus M Stegger, T Wirth, PS Andersen, RL Skov, A De Grassi, PM Simões, ... MBio 5 (5), 10.1128/mbio. 01044-14, 2014 | 123 | 2014 |
| Deciphering host migrations and origins by means of their microbes T Wirth, A Meyer, M Achtman Molecular Ecology 14 (11), 3289-3306, 2005 | 120 | 2005 |
