OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium leprae in the state of São Paulo, an area of low-leprosy incidence in Brazil	71
Health Care for the Population Deprived of Liberty: Overcoming Challenges and Promoting Citizenship	36
Trypanosoma cruzi (DTU TcI) in a fatal case of meningoencephalitis due to Chagas disease reactivation in a patient coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus: case report	18
Gestational and congenital syphilis: gaps to be elucidated	15
Primary Bacterial Ventriculitis caused by Staphylococcus warneri	15
Pott’s puffy tumor secondary to frontal sinusitis	14
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis secondary to neurocryptococcosis	13
A Rare Factor in the Etiology of Loffler’s Pneumonia: Fasciola hepatica	13
New technologies for identification and surveillance of Chagas disease vectors	12
Tuberculosis suggesting lung cancer	11
Deadly Waters as Naegleria fowleri Emerges in Brazil - A Call for a One Health Approach to Address Climate Change-Fostered Increasing Threat	10
First case of envenomation in humans caused by the banded cat-eyed snake Leptodeira annulata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Squamata: Dipsadidae) in Brazil	10
Post nirmatrelvir/ritonavir erythema multiforme in a patient with coronavirus disease infection	9
One Health Approach to Sporothrix brasiliensis: Disinfection Strategies for Control and Prevention	9
Serology for visceral leishmaniasis: How trusty is the accuracy reported by the manufacturers?	8
Multiple lung nodules with the halo sign due to syphilis	8
Morphometry of the wings of Anopheles aquasalis in simulated scenarios of climate change	8
Klebsiella pneumoniae-induced liver and prostate abscesses	8
Alexandre da Costa Linhares (★1952 †2025)	8
Erratum	8
Brucellar Cervical Spondylodiscitis Complicated by Epidural Abscess and Neurobrucellosis	7
Disseminated melioidosis with sternoclavicular joint abscesses	7
Leishmania (L.) amazonensis Lainson & Shaw, 1972: A cruel parasite causing a high-morbidity disease with severe physical deformities and, secondarily, even death	7
A Case of Doxycycline-Induced Esophagitis Accompanied by Oral Aphthous Ulcers and Laryngitis	7
Occurrence of arbovirus infections in two riverine populations in the municipality of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil	7

Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis After Tooth Extraction	6
A rare complication of brucellosis: Superinfection of a mature ovarian cystic teratoma	6
Cystic Lung and Hepatic Lesions in Hydatid Disease	6
Widespread Encephalitis Following Acute Sinusitis in a Pediatric Patient	6
Historical Trends and Epidemiological Indicators of Congenital Syphilis in São Paulo, Brazil: 1986-2023	6
Brazil accounts for nearly 90% of the leprosy cases in the Americas	6
Humoral responses to the CoronoVac vaccine in healthcare workers	6
Emphysematous Abdominal Aortitis	6
Prediction of latent tuberculosis infection in Venezuelan immigrants: construction and validation of a surveillance model	6
Erythema induratum of Bazin	5
Prolonged Evaluation of COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness in Healthcare Workers at a Public Tertiary Hospital: A Retrospective Cohort Study	5
Scorpion Stings: Epidemiological, Clinical, and Forensic Medical Evaluation Using University Hospital Data	5
“It’s not all about the disease”: do treatment and socioeconomic status affect perceived impact and satisfaction of patients treated for cutaneous leishmaniasis?	5
Determinants of Delayed Leprosy Diagnosis in an Endemic Area of Northeast Brazil: A Cross-Sectional Study	5
Cytokine Profile in Women Affected by Chikungunya: Analysis of a Prospective Cohort in Northeastern Brazil	5
Testicular tuberculosis	4
Frontoethmoidal encephalocele as a cause of recurrent meningitis	4
Disseminated Multidrug Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoea infection in a patient with vasculitic skin rash	4
Muscular and brain cysticercosis	4
Pyrethroid Resistance in Anopheles gambiae s.l.: A Focus on Permethrin and Deltamethrin for Malaria Vector Control	4
Hepatic fascioliasis with metastasis appearance	4
Short-duration treatment for latent tuberculosis in migrants: VDOT monitoring in Manaus, AM.	4
Follow-up evaluation of long COVID syndrome in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection	4
Neurobrucellosis and Multiple Sclerosis: Cause, Confounder, or Coincidence?	4
Aspergillus encephalitis with microabscesses in an immunocompetent patient	4
Dengue Burden and Factors Influencing Severity in Honduras: A Descriptive and Analytical Study	4
Advancements in Viral Genomics: Gated Recurrent Unit Modeling of SARS-CoV-2, SARS, MERS, and Ebola viruses	4
Spondylodiscitis caused by the Burkholderia cepacia complex	4
Malaria in areas under mining activity in the Amazon: A review	4
Reversed halo sign in a patient with septic embolism	4
Fritz Köberle: A Life Dedicated to Medicine	4
Challenges to Schistosomiasis Control Program in Brazil: setbacks in the control program and critical analysis of the disease notification	4
Persistent Cervical Infection with the Chikungunya Virus	3
Inflammation, fibrosis and E1 glycoprotein persistence in joint tissue of patients with post-Chikungunya chronic articular disease	3
Presence of Viable Bacilli in Multibacillary Leprosy After 12 Doses of Multidrug Therapy	3
Pyomyositis in an immunocompetent man	3
Risk Factors for Acute Rheumatic Disease: Exploring Factors at Individual and Collective Levels	3
Erratum	3
The Rising Significance of Soft Skills in Postgraduate Education: Nurturing Well-Rounded Professionals for the Modern World	3
Case report: Mycetoma caused by Gordonia soli	3
Association of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α (-G308A) Polymorphism with risk of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding from Schistosomiasis in Pernambuco	3
Orbital cellulitis following acute sinusitis in a neonate	3
Trypanosoma cruzi infection status in birthing individuals in three endemic provinces of Argentina: a descriptive cross-sectional study	3
Lea Ferreira Camillo-Coura (★1932 †2023) Always first	3
Cutaneous cryptococcosis resembling keratoacanthoma	3
A Case of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease	3
Spotted fever diagnosis using molecular methods	3
Thrombosed umbilical vein varix in newborn with congenital syphilis	3
Chylothorax and chylous ascites due to juvenile paracoccidioidomycosis: a case report	3
Giant pulmonary hydatid cyst causing a mediastinal shift in a child	3

Primary Alveolar Echinococcosis of the Kidney	3
A case of tuberculosis in the cavitary lesion suggestive of neoplasm	3
Panstrongylus guentheri Berg, 1879 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae): first record in Mato Grosso, Brazil	3
Human Activity Profile Questionnaire: functional assessment and screening for systolic dysfunction in patients with Chagas cardiomyopathy	2
Sabethes mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) associated with bamboo internodes in Pariquera-Açu and Cananeia, São Paulo State, Brazil	2
A Rare Case of Primary Musculoskeletal Hydatid Disease Involving the Deltoid Muscle and Humerus	2
Ciguatera on the coast of Northeastern Brazil: report of an outbreak in Fernando de Noronha Archipelago	2
The CT target sign as a criterion for the differential diagnosis between tuberculosis and organizing pneumonia	2
Temperature as a Climate Variable in Dengue Epidemiological Studies	2
Paracoccidioidomycosis mimicking mycetoma	2
Bilateral oculomotor nerve palsy secondary to bacterial meningitis	2
A rare cause of portal vein thrombosis: Fascioliasis	2
Information, Transparency, and Equity: Disaggregated Data by Race/Color as a Tool for Public Health Management	2
AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma of the oral cavity	2
Erratum	2
Distribution of yellow fever vectors in a disease-free area of Northeast Brazil	2
Dengue Mimickers: Which Clinical Conditions Can Resemble Dengue Fever?	2
Investigating the association between yellow fever vaccination and symptomatic acute Zika virus infection: a case-control study	2
A systematic review of comparative accuracy studies of the Kato-Katz and spontaneous sedimentation methods for schistosomiasis diagnosis	2
Monitoring fluoroquinolone resistance among ESBL-positive and ESBL-negative Escherichia coli strains isolated from urinary tract infections: An alert for empirical treatment	2
Bedside ultrasonography for rapid detection of splenic abscess in melioidosis	2
Emphysematous osteomyelitis	2
Paediatric Splenic Abscess Due to Salmonella	2
The greatest Dengue epidemic in Brazil: Surveillance, Prevention, and Control	2
Chromoblastomycosis in Brazil: A review of 450 published cases	2
Detection of HPV DNA in vaginal samples self-collected by women living with HIV treated through the Brazilian public health system: Prevalence and analysis of risk factors	2
Surveillance Service of Yellow Fever in Non-Human Primates in the Federal District, Brazil, 2008-2022	2
Epidemiological indicators of Chagas disease in the metropolitan region of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil	2
Elevated NS1 serum levels reduce CD119 expression and CXCL-10 synthesis in patients with dengue hemorrhagic fever	2
First report of mixed Trypanosoma cruzi discrete typing units infection in Triatoma phyllosoma in the peri-urban environment of Oaxaca, Mexico	2
Ecological Importance of Breeding Sites in Atlantic Forest Fragments: A Focus on Culicidae Diversity with Particular Attention to Vector Species	2
Early-Onset Respiratory Muscle Paralysis in Crotalic Envenomation: A Case Study	2
Triatomines in the city: A study of Rhodnius neglectus in Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil, and its epidemiological implications	2
Increase in mucormycosis hospitalizations in southeastern Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic: a 2010-2021 time series	2
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Morocco: A systematic review of observational studies	2
A Rare Cause of Fever of Unknown Origin: Amoebic Liver Abscess	2
Pelvic tumoral actinomycosis	2
Enterobius vermicularis in Brazil: An integrative review	2
Diffuse cryptococcosis simulating lung and skin neoplasms	2
Brazil’s Path to Vaccine Recovery and Leadership	2