OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Medical and Veterinary Entomology is 4. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Molecular detection of Leishmania (Sauroleishmania) tarentolae in human blood and Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum in Sergentomyia minuta: unexpected host‐parasite contacts	26
Beyond taxonomy: species complexes in New World phlebotomine sand flies	19
Hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting domestic animals in Egypt: diagnostic characters and a taxonomic key to the collected species	19
A nationwide study on Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. infection rates in questing Ixodes ricinus: a six‐year snapshot study in protected recreational areas in England and Wales	17
Habitat and microclimate affect the resting site selection of mosquitoes	16
Distribution of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. and Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes tick populations in Northern Germany, co‐infections with Rickettsiales and assessment of potential influ	16
Prevalence and distribution of pathogen infection and permethrin resistance in tropical and temperate populations of Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l. collected worldwide	16
High chromosomal mobility of rDNA clusters in holocentric chromosomes of Triatominae, vectors of Chagas disease (Hemiptera‐Reduviidae)	15
Multiple insecticide resistance and first evidence of V410L kdr mutation in Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus) from Burkina Faso	14
Geometric morphometrics to distinguish the cryptic species Anopheles minimus and An. harrisoni in malaria hot spot villages, western Thailand	13
The effect of Lucilia sericata larval excretion/secretion (ES) products on cellular responses in wound healing	13
Plant sugar feeding patterns of wild‐caught Aedes aegypti from dengue endemic and non‐endemic areas of Kenya	13
Seasonal variation of microbiota composition in Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii in two different eco‐geographical localities in Cameroon	13
Domestic host availability modifies human‐triatomine contact and host shifts of the Chagas disease vector Triatoma infestans in the humid Argentine Chaco	12
Temperature and photoperiod effects on dormancy status and life cycle parameters in Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti from subtropical Argentina	12
Abundance, diversity and temporal activity of adult Culicoides spp. associated with cattle in West Bengal, India	12
Early evidence of establishment of the tropical bedbug (Cimex hemipterus) in Central Europe	11
The contribution of insects to African swine fever virus dispersal: data from domestic pig farms in Lithuania	11
The mosquitoes of Finland: updated distributions and bionomics	11
Climate and the seasonal abundance of the tick Dermacentor reticulatus	11
DNA identification of species of the Anopheles maculipennis complex and first record of An. daciae in Belgium	10
High prevalence and low diversity of chigger infestation in small mammals found in Bangkok Metropolitan parks	10
Evolutionary adaptations in four hippoboscid fly species belonging to three different subfamilies	10
Putative roles of mosquitoes (Culicidae) and biting midges (Culicoides spp.) as mechanical or biological vectors of lumpy skin disease virus	10
Single‐locus DNA barcoding and species delimitation of the sandfly subgenus Evandromyia (Aldamyia)	10

The impact of body size on Aedes [Stegomyia] aegypti wingbeat frequency: implications for mosquito identification	9
Molecular detection of zoonotic filarioids in Culex spp. from Portugal	9
Major differences in the larval anatomy of the digestive and excretory systems of three Oestridae species revealed by micro‐CT	8
Internal morphological changes during metamorphosis in the sheep nasal bot fly, Oestrus ovis	8
Blood deprivation and heat stress increase mortality in bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) exposed to insect pathogenic fungi or desiccant dust	8
Marked host association and molecular evidence of limited transmission of ticks and fleas between sympatric wild foxes and rural dogs	8
Pattern of climate connectivity and equivalent niche of Triatominae species of the Phyllosoma complex	7
Molecular identification of Rickettsia spp. in chigger mites in Taiwan	7
Demographic and environmental factors associated with the distribution of Aedes albopictus in Cameroon	7
Sandfly surveillance and investigation of Leishmania spp. DNA in sandflies in Kosovo	7
Development and lifespan of Culicoides obsoletus s.s. (Meigen) and other livestock‐associated species reared at different temperatures under laboratory conditions	7
Molecular detection and identification of piroplasms (Babesia spp. and Theileria spp.) and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in questing ticks from northwest Spain	7
Fleas infesting cats and dogs in Great Britain: spatial distribution of infestation risk and its relation to treatment	7
Preferential attraction of different colours of light emitting diodes for Culicoides species in West Bengal, India	6
Sensory features of the human louse antenna: new contributions and comparisons between ecotypes	6
Vector‐borne protozoan and bacterial pathogen occurrence and diversity in ectoparasites of the Egyptian Rousette bat	6
Bioactive phytocompounds against specific target proteins of Borrelia recurrentis responsible for louse‐borne relapsing fever: Genomics and structural bioinformatics evidence	6
Impact of visual features on capture of Aedes aegypti with host decoy traps (HDT)	6
Species distribution and ecological suitability analysis for potential tick vectors of Kyasanur forest disease in the Western Ghats of Kerala	6
Blood meal analysis of Culicoides species associated with livestock in West Bengal, India	6
New thinking for filth fly control: residual, non‐chemical wall spray from volcanic glass	6
Lack of robust evidence for a Wolbachia infection in Anopheles gambiae from Burkina Faso	5
Molecular detection and identification of spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks collected from horses in Cuba	5
Mosquito oviposition and larvae development in response to kairomones originated by different fish	5
Control of pyrethroid‐resistant populations of Triatoma infestans, the main vector of Trypanosoma cruzi, by treating dogs with fluralaner in the Argentine Chaco	5
Museum material of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu Roberts (1965) collected in 1902–1964 from Australia is identical to R. sanguineus sensu lat	5
New materials for improving catches of horseflies (Diptera: Tabanidae) in Nzi traps	5
Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genomes of two Ixodes ticks, I. nipponensis and Ixodes (Pholeoixodes) sp.	5
Culicoides biting midges and mosquito fauna at three dog and cat shelters in rural and periurban areas in Northern Spain	5
Evaluation of large volume yeast interfering RNA lure‐and‐kill ovitraps for attraction and control of Aedes mosquitoes	5
The initial detection of Toscana virus in phlebotomine sandflies from Turkey	5
Molecular detection of Candidatus Rickettsia asembonensis in fleas collected from pets and domestic animals in Puducherry, India	5
D‐limonene nanoemulsion: lousicidal activity, stability, and effect on the cuticle of Columbicola columbae	5
Traumatic myiasis by Wohlfahrtia magnifica in sheep flocks from southeastern Spain: prevalence and risk factors	5
Bioecological aspects of triatomines and marsupials as wild Trypanosoma cruzi reservoirs in urban, peri‐urban and rural areas in the Western Brazilian Amazon	5
Experimental infection of bed bugs (Cimex lectularius L.) with Burkholderia multivorans	4
Mapping and monitoring tick (Acari, Ixodida) distribution, seasonality, and host associations in the United Kingdom between 2017 and 2020	4
Improved estimates of abortion rates in tsetse (Glossina spp.)	4
Artificial resting sites: An alternative sampling method for adult mosquitoes	4
Ecology and spatial distribution of sand fly species in low endemic areas for American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis in the municipality of Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	4
Revisiting the cave‐dwelling sand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) from Brazil: Diversity and potential role in the transmission of Leishmania Ross, 1903 (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosoma	4
Evaluation of environmental and local factors on urban sarcosaprophagous Diptera: a case study with Sarcophagidae	4
Assessment of the Hemotek® system for the in vitro feeding of field‐collected Culicoides imicola (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in South Africa	4
First evidence of pyrethroid resistance in Italian populations of West Nile virus vector Culex pipiens	4
Molecular detection of the reptile‐associated Borrelia group in Amblyomma dissimile, Mexico	4
Migration and season explain tick prevalence in Brazilian birds	4
Environmental mutations in the Campo focus challenge elimination of sleeping sickness transmission in Cameroon	4
Ecology of fleas and their hosts in the trifinio of north‐east Argentina: first detection of Rickettsia asembonensis in Ctenocephalides felis felis in Argentina	4
Detection of Candidatus Bartonella odocoilei n. sp. in Lipoptena mazamae associated with white‐tailed deer in Campeche, Mexico	4
Micro‐CT imaging of Onchocerca infection of Simulium damnosum s.l. blackflies and comparison of the peritrophic membrane thickness of forest and savannah flies	4

Seasonality and other risk factors for fleas infestations in domestic dogs and cats