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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Anxiety, depression, and quality of life in mothers of children with congenital Zika syndrome: Results of a 5-year follow-up study	36
Impact of a computer system as a triage tool in the management of pulmonary tuberculosis in a HIV reference center in Brazil	31
Septic embolism of the lung due to spondylodiscitis	26
COVID-19 epidemic in remote areas of the French Amazon, March 2020 to May 2021: Another reality	25
Pott’s puffy tumor secondary to frontal sinusitis	19
Primary Bacterial Ventriculitis caused by Staphylococcus warneri	16
Gestational and congenital syphilis: gaps to be elucidated	15
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis secondary to neurocryptococcosis	15
A Rare Factor in the Etiology of Loffler’s Pneumonia: Fasciola hepatica	15
First case of envenomation in humans caused by the banded cat-eyed snake Leptodeira annulata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Squamata: Dipsadidae) in Brazil	14
Prediction of malaria using deep learning models: A case study on city clusters in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, from 2003 to 2018	13
Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium leprae in the state of São Paulo, an area of low-leprosy incidence in Brazil	13
Health Care for the Population Deprived of Liberty: Overcoming Challenges and Promoting Citizenship	13
Reactivation of neurocysticercosis: calcified nodular lesion and perilesional edema	12
How to overcome the stagnation of the first dose vaccine coverage curve against coronavirus disease 2019 in Brazil?	12
The health-related quality of life in patients with post-COVID-19 after hospitalization: a systematic review	11
The role of free-living amoebae in the persistence of viruses in the era of severe acute respiratory syndrome 2, should we be concerned?	10
Assorted copper pennies on a scar - a case of chromoblastomycosis after knee transplant	10
Sensitivity comparison for the Leishmania spp. detection in different canine tissues using PCR-HRM	10
Asymptomatic Neurosyphilis in HIV infected patients at a Brazilian HIV and AIDS specialized service: a cross sectional study	9
Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecium isolated from pigeon droppings (Columba livia) in the external environment close to hospitals	9
Spatial and spatiotemporal patterns of human visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic southeastern area in countryside Brazil	9
In vitro and in silico assessment of new beta amino ketones with antiplasmodial activity	8
Brucellar Cervical Spondylodiscitis Complicated by Epidural Abscess and Neurobrucellosis	8
Serology for visceral leishmaniasis: How trusty is the accuracy reported by the manufacturers?	8

Disseminated melioidosis with sternoclavicular joint abscesses	8
Post nirmatrelvir/ritonavir erythema multiforme in a patient with coronavirus disease infection	8
Endophytic fungus Phomopsis sp. as a source of 3-nitropropionic acid with larvicidal activity against Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus 1762, Diptera: Culicidae)	7
Occurrence of arbovirus infections in two riverine populations in the municipality of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil	7
Morphometry of the wings of Anopheles aquasalis in simulated scenarios of climate change	7
The burden of mental disorders attributable by cocaine use: Global Burden of Diseases Study in Brazil, 1990 and 2019	7
Klebsiella pneumoniae-induced liver and prostate abscesses	7
Multiple lung nodules with the halo sign due to syphilis	7
Giant peritoneal hydatid cyst causing pelvic venous congestion	7
A Case of Doxycycline-Induced Esophagitis Accompanied by Oral Aphthous Ulcers and Laryngitis	7
Amoebic liver abscess	7
Humoral responses to the CoronoVac vaccine in healthcare workers	6
A rare complication of brucellosis: Superinfection of a mature ovarian cystic teratoma	6
Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Histopathological Aspects of Botryomycosis	6
Cryptosporidium diagnosis in different groups of children and characterization of parasite species	6
Characterization of insect-specific Culex flavivirus (Flaviviridae) nucleotide sequences in mosquitoes from urban parks in São Paulo, Brazil	6
Emphysematous Abdominal Aortitis	6
Erythema induratum of Bazin	6
Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis After Tooth Extraction	6
“It’s not all about the disease”: do treatment and socioeconomic status affect perceived impact and satisfaction of patients treated for cutaneous leishmaniasis?	6
Frontoethmoidal encephalocele as a cause of recurrent meningitis	6
Spondylodiscitis caused by the Burkholderia cepacia complex	5
Concurrent hospitalization of a married couple presenting with distinct symptoms but diagnosed with a life-threatening infectious disease	5
Incidence and mortality rates of lip, oral cavity, and pharynx cancers in Brazil: time-trend and age-period-cohort analysis from the last 30 years, Global Burden of Disease Study	5
A fatal rhino-orbit-cerebral mucormycosis infection aggravated by coronavirus disease-2019	5
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital admissions for cardiovascular diseases in a large Brazilian urban center	5
Reliability of point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen assay for diagnosing schistosomiasis mansoni in urine samples from an endemic area of Brazil after one year of storage at -20 degrees Celsius	5
Short-duration treatment for latent tuberculosis in migrants: VDOT monitoring in Manaus, AM.	5
Broad-Snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris) bite	5
Isolated amoebic brain abscess with excellent therapeutic response	5
Malaria in areas under mining activity in the Amazon: A review	5
Molecular characterization of nontuberculous Mycobacteria in a tuberculosis and HIV reference unit in the State of Amazonas, Brazil	5
Testicular tuberculosis	5
Oral and ocular manifestations in a patient with coronavirus disease-2019: Clinical presentation and management	5
Seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in blood donors in the extreme South of Brazil	5
The burden of suicide in Brazil: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019	4
Monitoring Rhodnius neglectus (Lent, 1954) populations’ susceptibility to insecticide used in controlling actions in urban areas northwest of São Paulo state	4
Advancements in Viral Genomics: Gated Recurrent Unit Modeling of SARS-CoV-2, SARS, MERS, and Ebola viruses	4
Genitourinary Tuberculosis, not Lupus	4
Profile of natural Trypanosoma cruzi infection among dogs from rural areas of southern Espírito Santo, Brazil	4
Aspergillus encephalitis with microabscesses in an immunocompetent patient	4
Challenges to Schistosomiasis Control Program in Brazil: setbacks in the control program and critical analysis of the disease notification	4
Excess Mortality due to natural causes among whites and blacks during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil	4
Multiple Streptococcus sanguinis brain abscesses misdiagnosed as cerebral manifestation of tuberculosis	4
Low eligibility for hepatitis B treatment in the Brazilian public health system	4
Hepatic fascioliasis with metastasis appearance	4
Reversed halo sign in a patient with septic embolism	4
Fritz Köberle: A Life Dedicated to Medicine	4
Paracoccidioidomycosis as an opportunistic manifestation of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome	4
A Case of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease	4

Dengue Burden and Factors Influencing Severity in Honduras: A Descriptive and Analytical Study	4
Glioblastoma misdiagnosed as acute disseminated encephalomyelitis following coronavirus disease vaccination	4
Disseminated Multidrug Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoea infection in a patient with vasculitic skin rash	4
Muscular and brain cysticercosis	4
Thrombosed umbilical vein varix in newborn with congenital syphilis	3
Inflammation, fibrosis and E1 glycoprotein persistence in joint tissue of patients with post-Chikungunya chronic articular disease	3
Giant pulmonary hydatid cyst causing a mediastinal shift in a child	3
Analysis of Three-Dimensional Scar Architecture and Conducting Channels by High-Resolution Contrast-Enhanced Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Chagas Heart Disease	3
Triatomines in the city: A study of Rhodnius neglectus in Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil, and its epidemiological implications	3
HIV incidence estimates by sex and age group in the population aged 15 years or over, Brazil, 1986-2018	3
Erratum	3
Phylogenetic relationships of the supercontig of sodium channel subunit I (NaV) in 17 species of Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae)	3
Early-Onset Respiratory Muscle Paralysis in Crotalic Envenomation: A Case Study	3
Epidemiological-clinical profile and mortality in patients coinfected with Trypanosoma cruzi/HIV: experience from a Brazilian reference center	3
Risk Factors for Acute Rheumatic Disease: Exploring Factors at Individual and Collective Levels	3
Case report: Mycetoma caused by Gordonia soli	3
Lea Ferreira Camillo-Coura (★1932 †2023) Always first	3
A rare cause of dyspnea and cough: Diffuse tracheal papillomatosis	3
In vitro and in vivo Anti-leishmanial Potential of [Ag (PTA) 4 ]BF 4 and [Ag(HBPz 3 )(PPh 3 )] Silver Complexes	3
Lionfish envenomation on the Brazilian coast: first report	3
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Morocco: A systematic review of observational studies	3
Ecological Importance of Breeding Sites in Atlantic Forest Fragments: A Focus on Culicidae Diversity with Particular Attention to Vector Species	3
Clinical characteristics and laboratory parameters associated with the risk of severe COVID-19 in patients from two hospitals in Northeast Brazil	3
Chylothorax and chylous ascites due to juvenile paracoccidioidomycosis: a case report	3
Panstrongylus guentheri Berg, 1879 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae): first record in Mato Grosso, Brazil	3
Spotted fever diagnosis using molecular methods	3
Association of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α (-G308A) Polymorphism with risk of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding from Schistosomiasis in Pernambuco	3
Pyomyositis in an immunocompetent man	3
Monitoring fluoroquinolone resistance among ESBL-positive and ESBL-negative Escherichia coli strains isolated from urinary tract infections: An alert for empirical treatment	3
Prevalence, incidence, and years-lived with disability due to oral disorders in Brazil: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019	3
Ciguatera on the coast of Northeastern Brazil: report of an outbreak in Fernando de Noronha Archipelago	3
Emphysematous osteomyelitis	3
Centipede envenomation (Chilopoda): Case report	3
The Rising Significance of Soft Skills in Postgraduate Education: Nurturing Well-Rounded Professionals for the Modern World	3
Persistent Cervical Infection with the Chikungunya Virus	3
Epidemiological indicators of Chagas disease in the metropolitan region of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil	2
High schistosomiasis-related mortality in Northeast Brazil: trends and spatial patterns	2
Nodular scabies on a boy’s scrotum	2
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection and Early Diagnosis of Macrophage Activation Syndrome: A Case Report of a 62-year-old man	2
Ruptured hepatic hydatid cyst causing cholangitis	2
A Rare Cause of Fever of Unknown Origin: Amoebic Liver Abscess	2
Seroprevalence of Chagas disease in urban and rural indigenous populations of the south of Gran Chaco	2
Bedside ultrasonography for rapid detection of splenic abscess in melioidosis	2
Acute hemorrhagic encephalitis in a pregnant woman with coronavirus disease-2019	2
Endobronchial actinomycosis	2
Severe disseminated clinical presentation of monkeypox virus infection in an immunosuppressed patient: first death report in Brazil	2
Acute micro-outbreak of Chagas disease in the southeastern Amazon: a report of five cases	2
Dengue Mimickers: Which Clinical Conditions Can Resemble Dengue Fever?	2
Elevated NS1 serum levels reduce CD119 expression and CXCL-10 synthesis in patients with dengue hemorrhagic fever	2
Growth Curve, Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Two Strains of Trypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastida, Trypanosomatidae) isolated from Triatoma sherlocki (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae)	2
Temporal Pattern and Spatial Distribution of Tuberculosis Prevalence Associated with Multimorbidity in Brazil	2
Diffuse cryptococcosis simulating lung and skin neoplasms	2
Evolution of the occurrence of Tityus serrulatus (LUTZ & MELLO, 1992) in the state of Santa Catarina	2
Paediatric Splenic Abscess Due to Salmonella	2
An unusual tumor mimicker in the iliac wing: A hydatid cyst	2
AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma of the oral cavity	2
A Case of Disseminated Alveolar Echinococcosis Mimicking Metastatic Malignant Disease with Cerebral Involvement	2
Chromoblastomycosis in Brazil: A review of 450 published cases	2
Disseminated sporotrichosis with osteoarticular involvement in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: a case report	2
First report of mixed Trypanosoma cruzi discrete typing units infection in Triatoma phyllosoma in the peri-urban environment of Oaxaca, Mexico	2
Paracoccidioidomycosis mimicking mycetoma	2
Erythema Nodosum - An atypical presentation of melioidosis	2
Snakebites caused by the genera Bothrops and Lachesis in the Brazilian Amazon: a study of factors associated with severe cases and death	2
Hydatid Cyst in the Hand	2
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: the challenge of opportunistic infections in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection	2
Clinical spectrum of congenital Zika virus infection in Brazil: Update and issues for research development	2
Massive invasion on a Triatominae insectarium (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) by Attagenus fasciatus (Thunberg, 1795) (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Attageninae)	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
Sanitary Specialist Tadayasu Sakamoto (★ 1937 † 2021)	2
Increase in mucormycosis hospitalizations in southeastern Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic: a 2010-2021 time series	2
Paracoccidioidomycosis manifested by sarcoid-like cutaneous lesions with severe systemic disease: a rare and challenging diagnosis	2
Epidemiology and control strategies for tuberculosis in countries with the largest prison populations	2
Factors associated with deaths from dengue in a city in a metropolitan region in Southeastern Brazil: a case-control study	2
Enterobius vermicularis in Brazil: An integrative review	2
Erratum	2
Initial report of Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus (Champion, 1899) Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Roraima, western Amazon state, Brazil	2
Congenital cytomegalovirus infection-related thrombocytopenia	2
The greatest Dengue epidemic in Brazil: Surveillance, Prevention, and Control	2
The burden of low back pain, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and gout and their respective attributable risk factors in Brazil: results of the GBD 2017 study	2
Bilateral oculomotor nerve palsy secondary to bacterial meningitis	2