OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Reviews in Medical Virology is 13. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Rational procedures for this and the next virus pandemic	398
Hospitalised Dengue Patients and Risk of Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis	267
Human Metapneumovirus: A Review of Its Epidemiology, Clinical Features, Public Health Implications and Treatment Options	145
SARS‐CoV‐2 in digital era: Diagnostic techniques and importance of nucleic acid quantification with digital PCRs	118
Role of Gut Microbiota in Dengue	83
Clinical performance of rapid antigen tests in comparison to RT‐PCR for SARS‐COV‐2 diagnosis in Omicron variant: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	82
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Duration of protective immunity following COVID‐19 vaccination of individuals with underlying health conditions: A rapid review	67
Insight into the Enterovirus A71: A review	63
Risk of kidney and liver diseases after COVID‐19 infection: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	62
COVID‐19 in hematopoietic stem‐cell transplant recipients: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of clinical characteristics and outcomes	61
The role of cytokines and their antagonists in the treatment of COVID‐19 patients	60
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Humoral immune response to two doses of COVID‐19 mRNA‐based vaccines in people living with HIV: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	57
Test accuracy of rapid diagnostic tests and reverse‐transcription polymerase chain reaction against virus isolation in cell culture for assessing SARS‐CoV‐2 infectivity: Systematic review and meta‐ana	56
Norovirus outbreaks in China, 2000–2018: A systematic review	50
Next Generation RNA/Protein‐Carrying Vector With Pleiotropic Activity	48
Epidemiology, biosafety, and biosecurity of Avian Influenza: Insights from the East Mediterranean region	45
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Long noncoding RNAs in respiratory viruses: A review	44
The Association Between Male Viral Infections and Infertility: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis	41
Issue Information	39
Maintaining an international response to zoonoses	39
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Virus‐Induced Host Chemokine CCL2 in COVID‐19 Pathogenesis: Potential Prognostic Marker and Target of Anti‐Inflammatory Strategy	39

Efficacy and safety of long‐acting cabotegravir versus oral tenofovir disoproxil fumarate‐emtricitabine as HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	38
Electroencephalographic findings post‐COVID‐19 vaccination: A systematic review of case reports and case series	37
Antioxidant/anti‐inflammatory effect of Mg²⁺ in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19)	36
Laboratory‐based testing for hepatitis C infection using dried blood spot samples: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of diagnostic accuracy	35
An annoying enteric virus: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of human astroviruses and gastrointestinal complications in children	33
Aedes mosquitoes in the emerging threat of urban yellow fever transmission	33
Potential intestinal infection and faecal‐oral transmission of human coronaviruses	32
Azvudine versus Paxlovid in COVID‐19: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	31
Role of Neurotropic Viruses in Brain Metastasis of Breast Cancer: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications	31
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The programed death‐1/programed death ligand‐1 axis and its potential as a therapeutic target for virus‐associated tumours	31
Cell death mechanisms involved in cell injury caused by SARS‐CoV‐2	31
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Long‐term side effects and lingering symptoms post COVID‐19 recovery	30
Potential therapeutic strategies to halt viral neuroinvasion	29
Reactivation of herpesviruses during COVID‐19: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	29
Impact of differentiated service delivery models on retention in HIV care and viral suppression among people living with HIV in sub‐Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomised	29
Issue Information	27
Crosstalk between RNA viruses and DNA sensors: Role of the cGAS‐STING signalling pathway	27
Global molecular prevalence and genotype distribution of Sapovirus in children with gastrointestinal complications: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	27
Revisiting H7N9 Case Fatality Rate and Pathogenicity of Non‐H5/H7 Avian Influenza Viruses	27
Megakaryopoiesis Dysregulation, Thrombocytopaenia, and Dengue Virus Pathogenesis: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Advances	27
Effect of Comorbidities on the Mortality of Patients With COVID‐19: A Systematic Review of Reviews and Meta‐Analyses	26
Systematic review of the efficacy, effectiveness and safety of cell‐based seasonal influenza vaccines for the prevention of laboratory‐confirmed influenza in individuals ≥18 years of age	25
Neurological manifestations of Flaviviridae, Togaviridae, and Peribunyaviridae as vector‐borne viruses	25
Systematic review of host genetic association with Covid‐19 prognosis and susceptibility: What have we learned in 2020?	25
Does dengue and COVID‐19 co‐infection have worse outcomes? A systematic review of current evidence	24
Sex affects immune response capacity against COVID‐19 infection	24
Effect of prior immunisation with smallpox vaccine for protection against human Mpox: A systematic review	23
Novel Human Polyomaviruses Discovered From 2007 to the Present: An Update of Current Knowledge	23
Tick‐borne encephalitis: A comprehensive review of the epidemiology, virology, and clinical picture	23
Increased risk of new‐onset cardiovascular disease after COVID‐19: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of 14 cohorts	22
Safety and immunogenicity of Zika virus vaccine: A systematic review of clinical trials	22
The impact of Parkinson's disease on manifestations and outcomes of Covid‐19 patients: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	22
mTOR Signalling in Arbovirus Infections: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Opportunities	21
Long non‐coding RNAs in virus‐related cancers	21
Isothermal amplification‐based assays for rapid and sensitive detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2: Opportunities and recent developments	20
The role of IL‐1β during human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection	20
Cumulative incidence and mortality rate of cardiovascular complications due to laboratory‐confirmed influenza virus infection: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	20
Dengue Virus Life Cycle and Host Protein Interactions: Focus on RNA Binding Proteins and Therapeutic Advances	20
Issue Information	19
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Passive immunotherapies for the next influenza pandemic	18
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Ethnicity as a risk factor for vitamin D deficiency and undesirable COVID‐19 outcomes	18
Caution should be exercised when assessing ivermectin for the treatment of COVID‐19 in systematic reviews	17
The Impact of HIV Upon the PCI Results: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis	17
Evaluating fluvoxamine for the outpatient treatment of COVID‐19: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	17
Nuclear factor erythroid 2‐related factor 2 in human papillomavirus‐related cancers	17
Comment on COVID‐19 vaccination during pregnancy, COVID and maternal and neonatal outcomes	17

Strongyloides coinfection in COVID‐19 patients treated with corticosteroids: A systematic review	17
Immune Evasion Mechanism of Neurotropic Viruses	16
An Overview on Disease Burden and Management of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in Older Adults in the Asia‐Pacific Region	16
Comprehensive adjusted outcome data are needed to assess the impact of immune checkpoint inhibitors in cancer patients with COVID‐19: Results of a systematic review and meta‐analysis	16
Crosstalk Between Innate Immunity and Autophagy in Viral Myocarditis Leading to Dilated Cardiomyopathy	16
Clinical Manifestation of Arboviruses in Paediatrics	16
The relationship between chikungunya virus and the kidneys: A scoping review	16
Prevalence and outcomes of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in COVID‐19: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	16
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Neuroinflammation in Post COVID‐19 Sequelae: Neuroinvasion and Neuroimmune Crosstalk	15
Nutritional Status as a Key Consideration in Dengue Vaccine Outcomes for Adolescents	15
Host and viral non‐coding RNAs in dengue pathogenesis	15
Seroprevalence of Viral Hepatitis B and Occult Hepatitis B Among Blood Donors in Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis	15
Role of Angiotensin II in Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis: Narrative Review	15
Prospects for developing an Hepatitis C virus E1E2‐based nanoparticle vaccine	15
The 2022 monkeypox outbreak 1 year on: The 5 Ws	15
Systematic review of the efficacy, effectiveness and safety of MF59^® adjuvanted seasonal influenza vaccines for the prevention of laboratory‐confirmed influenza in individuals ≥18 years of	14
Molecular Evolution of the H5 and H7 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus Haemagglutinin Cleavage Site Motif	14
Interleukin‐6 inhibitory effect of natural product naringenin compared to a synthesised monoclonal antibody against life‐threatening COVID‐19	13
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Diagnostic performance of hepatitis C core antigen assay to identify active infections: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	13
Modulation of various host cellular machinery during COVID‐19 infection	13
Role of the VEGF in virus‐associated cancers	13
Serum ferritin level as a prognostic biomarker for predicting dengue disease severity: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	13
Transmission and clearance of human papillomavirus infection in the oral cavity and its role in oropharyngeal carcinoma – A review	13
Estimating the key outcomes and hepatocellular carcinoma risk in patients in immune‐tolerant phase of chronic hepatitis B virus infection: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	13
Sphingosine‐1‐phosphate related signalling pathways manipulating virus replication	13