E. Rea

Most-cited papers

1. Clinical features and short-term outcomes of 144 patients with SARS in the greater Toronto area.

   C. Booth, L. Matukas, G. Tomlinson, A. Rachlis +17 more

   2003Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)1,324 citations

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2. Public health measures to control the spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome during the outbreak in Toronto.

   T. Svoboda, B. Henry, L. Shulman, Erin Kennedy +8 more

   2004New England Journal of Medicine253 citations

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3. The relationship between temperature and ambulance response calls for heat-related illness in Toronto, Ontario, 2005

   K. Bassil, D. Cole, R. Moineddin, W. Lou +3 more

   2010Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health83 citations

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4. Adverse Events Associated with High‐Dose Ribavirin: Evidence from the Toronto Outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

   M. Muller, L. Dresser, J. Raboud, A. McGeer +5 more

   2007Pharmacotherapy74 citations Open access

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5. Temporal and spatial variation of heat-related illness using 911 medical dispatch data.

   K. Bassil, D. Cole, R. Moineddin, A. Craig +3 more

   2009Environmental Research65 citations

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6. Public perceptions of quarantine: community-based telephone survey following an infectious disease outbreak

   C. Tracy, E. Rea, Ross Upshur

   2009BMC Public Health53 citations Open access

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7. Active Tuberculosis among Homeless Persons, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1998–2007

   K. Khan, E. Rea, C. McDermaid, R. Stuart +7 more

   2011Emerging Infectious Diseases52 citations Open access

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8. Unexplained Deterioration During Antituberculous Therapy in Children and Adolescents: Clinical Presentation and Risk Factors

   N. Thampi, D. Stephens, E. Rea, I. Kitai

   2012The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal48 citations

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9. Duration and distance of exposure are important predictors of transmission among community contacts of Ontario SARS cases

   E. Rea, J. Laflèche, S. Stalker, B. Guarda +6 more

   2007Epidemiology and Infection45 citations Open access

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10. Assessing secondary attack rates among household contacts at the beginning of the influenza A (H1N1) pandemic in Ontario, Canada, April-June 2009: A prospective, observational study

    R. Savage, M. Whelan, Ian Johnson, E. Rea +17 more

    2011BMC Public Health39 citations Open access

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11. Domestic impact of tuberculosis screening among new immigrants to Ontario, Canada

    K. Khan, M. Mustafa Hirji, Jennifer Miniota, Wei Hu +7 more

    2015Canadian Medical Association Journal36 citations Open access

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12. Marked Microevolution of a Unique Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strain in 17 Years of Ongoing Transmission in a High Risk Population

    C. Mehaffy, J. Guthrie, D. Alexander, R. Stuart +2 more

    2014PLoS ONE36 citations Open access

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13. Semmelweis revisited: the ethics of infection prevention among health care workers.

    E. Rea, Ross Upshur

    2001CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne36 citations

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14. Household transmission of SARS, 2003

    S. Wilson-Clark, S. Deeks, E. Gournis, K. Hay +8 more

    2006Canadian Medical Association Journal33 citations Open access

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15. The Use of Videophone for Directly Observed Therapy for the Treatment of Tuberculosis

    Margaret A. Gassanov, Linda Feldman, A. Sebastian, Marnie J. Kraguljac +2 more

    2013Canadian journal of public health30 citations Open access

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16. Outbreak of measles in a highly vaccinated secondary school population.

    P. Sutcliffe, E. Rea

    1996CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne28 citations

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17. COVID-19 Outbreak Associated with a SARS-CoV-2 P.1 Lineage in a Long-Term Care Home after Implementation of a Vaccination Program - Ontario, April-May 2021.

    Chantal Williams, D. Al-Bargash, Celeste Macalintal, R. Stuart +11 more

    2021Clinical Infectious Diseases26 citations Open access

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18. Relating Tuberculosis (TB) Contact Characteristics to QuantiFERON-TB-Gold and Tuberculin Skin Test Results in the Toronto Pediatric TB Clinic.

    W. Rose, S. Read, A. Bitnun, E. Rea +3 more

    2015Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society25 citations Open access

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19. A qualitative study of perspectives on access to tuberculosis health services in Xigaze, China

    V. Haldane, Zhitong Zhang, Q. Ma, T. Yin +8 more

    2021Infectious Diseases of Poverty23 citations Open access

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20. Low blood lead levels in Northern Ontario - what now?

    L. F. Smith, E. Rea

    1995Canadian journal of public health22 citations

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21. Quantifying the impact of community quarantine on SARS transmission in Ontario: estimation of secondary case count difference and number needed to quarantine

    S. Bondy, M. Russell, J. Laflèche, E. Rea

    2009BMC Public Health19 citations Open access

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22. A Longitudinal, Clinical, and Spatial Epidemiologic Analysis of a Large COVID-19 Long-Term Care Home Outbreak

    Dylan C. Kain, N. Stall, K. Brown, Liz Mccreight +6 more

    2021Journal of the American Medical Directors Association17 citations Open access

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23. Development of a surveillance case definition for heat-related illness using 911 medical dispatch data.

    K. Bassil, D. Cole, R. Moineddin, E. Gournis +4 more

    2008Canadian journal of public health17 citations

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24. Costs of Tuberculosis at 3 Treatment Centers, Canada, 2010–2016

    Jonathon R. Campbell, Placide Nsengiyumva, L. Chiang, F. Jamieson +12 more

    2022Emerging Infectious Diseases13 citations Open access

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25. Epidemiology, clinical features and outcomes of incident tuberculosis in children in Canada in 2013–2016: results of a national surveillance study

    S. Morris, R. Giroux, R. Consunji‐Araneta, Kristoffor Stewart +21 more

    2021Archives of Disease in Childhood13 citations Open access

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26. Genotypic characterization of tuberculosis transmission within Toronto's under-housed population, 1997-2008.

    H. Adam, J. Guthrie, S. Bolotin, D. Alexander +6 more

    2010The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease13 citations

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27. Technology and tuberculosis control: the OUT-TB Web experience

    J. Guthrie, D. Alexander, A. Marchand-Austin, K. Lam +9 more

    2017J. Am. Medical Informatics Assoc.10 citations Open access

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28. Diagnostic and public health investigation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a dog in Ontario, Canada

    Luke A. J. Haydock, A. Abrams-Ogg, J. S. Weese, Michael R. Goldstein +13 more

    2022Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation7 citations Open access

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29. Paediatric tuberculosis among the foreign-born: utility of the Canadian TB immigration medical surveillance programme.

    A. Yasseen, E. Rea, M. Hirji, C. Yang +3 more

    2019The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease6 citations

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30. Available from Available from A cluster of tuberculosis cases linked to smoking: An under-recognized challenge for tuberculosis elimination.

    E. Rea, T. Leung

    2018Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada6 citations Open access

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31. Mandatory vaccination of health care workers

    E. Rea, Ross Upshur

    20026 citations

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32. Prevalence of tuberculosis infection and disease in children referred for tuberculosis medical surveillance in Ontario: a single-cohort study.

    C. Yang, A. Yasseen, J. Stimec, E. Rea +4 more

    2018CMAJ Open5 citations Open access

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33. Chapter 11: Tuberculosis contact investigation and outbreak management

    E. Rea, Jessika Huard, Robyn S. Lee

    2022Canadian Journal of Respiratory Critical Care and Sleep Medicine4 citations Open access

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34. Time for Canada to align with global innovations in treatment for tuberculosis

    Adam R. Houston, E. Rea

    2023Canadian Medical Association Journal2 citations Open access

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35. Tuberculosis Exposure from a Healthcare Worker to Patients in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

    M. Casalino, T. Jegathesan, M. Sgro, E. Rea +2 more

    2022The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale2 citations Open access

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36. Diagnostic Sensitivity of Nasopharyngeal RT-PCR in a Long-Term Care Home Outbreak

    Dylan C. Kain, Elizabeth McCreight, T. Mazzulli, J. Gubbay +2 more

    2020Journal of the American Medical Directors Association2 citations Open access

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37. Analysis and Reporting of Tests for Tuberculosis Infection in Childhood Contacts of Infectious Source Cases.

    I. Kitai, E. Rea, W. Rose

    2019The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal2 citations Open access

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38. Latent Tuberculosis Infection Among Canada's Immigrants: Migration as a Social Determinant of Health

    Martyna A. Janjua, D. Gastaldo, A. Bender, E. Rea +1 more

    20152 citations

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39. Development of a Surveillance Case Definition for Heat-related Illness Using 911 Medical Dispatch Data

    K. Bassil, D. Cole, R. Moineddin, E. Gournis +4 more

    20082 citations Open access

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40. Utility of 911 Ambulance Dispatch Data for the Syndromic Surveillance of Heat-Related Illness in Toronto, Ontario, 2002-2005

    K. Bassil, E. Gournis, E. Rea, Fran Scott +1 more

    20072 citations

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41. Inclusion of non-medical interventions in model-based economic evaluations for tuberculosis: A scoping review

    L. Ramsay, Marina Richardson, Rafael N. Miranda, Marian Hassan +3 more

    2023PLoS ONE1 citations Open access

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42. Practice teaching in northern ireland – need of support for practice teachers

    E. Rea

    19961 citations

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43. Editorial TB in Ontario: Looking Under the Right Streetlamp

    E. Rea, D. Lana, J. Granton, V. Naraine +4 more

    20130 citations

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44. Use of GIS to Direct Public Health Interventions for Heat-Related Illness

    D. Cole, K. Bassil, R. Moineddin, W. Y. Wendy Lou +1 more

    20070 citations Open access

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45. 153: Effectiveness of Quarantine: Did it Prevent Transmission of Sars in the 2003 Toronto Area Outbreak?

    E. Rea, J. Laflèche, Sars Quarantine Evaluation

    20050 citations

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46. 391: Contact Patterns During the 2003 Greater Toronto Area SARS Outbreak

    J. Laflèche, E. Rea

    20050 citations

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