OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Neurovirology 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Risk factors of herpes simplex virus reactivation after surgery for primary trigeminal neuralgia	46
Herpesvirus encephalitis diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction at the National Institute of Neurology of Mexico	45
Catastrophic tumefactive acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in patient with dengue virus: a case report	30
Neuropathies and neurological dysfunction induced by coronaviruses	29
Post-COVID-19 olfactory dysfunction: carbamazepine as a treatment option in a series of cases	21
Correction to: The anti-cancer drug Sunitinib promotes autophagy and protects from neurotoxicity in an HIV-1 Tat model of neurodegeneration. Journal of NeuroVirology 2017	19
Innate immune memory in chronic HIV and HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND): potential mechanisms and clinical implications	17
Substance use moderates relationships between apolipoprotein E genotype, hepatitis C, cognition, and depression in Miami Adult Studies on HIV (MASH) participants	17
Differences in neuroinflammation in people who started antiretroviral treatment during primary versus chronic HIV infection: an 18kDa Translocator protein (TSPO) positron emission tomography (PET) stu	16
Chronic SSRI treatment reverses HIV-1 protein-mediated synaptodendritic damage	16
MicroRNA expression profiling of cerebrospinal fluid/serum exosomes in children with human herpesvirus 6-associated encephalitis/encephalopathy by high-throughput sequencing	15
Zika virus infection of retinal cells and the developing mouse eye induces host responses that contrasts to the brain and dengue virus infection	15
Cytomegalovirus infection induces Alzheimer’s disease-associated alterations in tau	15
Characterizing Epstein-Barr virus infection of the central nervous system in Zambian adults living with HIV	14
Reactivation of varicella zoster virus following trigeminal schwannoma resection	14
Main lymphocyte subpopulations in cerebrospinal fluid and peripheral blood in HIV-1 subtypes C and B	13
Difference in the neurocognitive functions of WLWH and MLWH in an Italian cohort of people living with HIV	13
Detection of human neurotropic JCPyV DNA sequence in pediatric anaplastic xanthoastrocytoma	13
Possible role of CNS microRNAs in Human Mpox virus encephalitis—a mini-review	13
Unexpected worsening of progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy following COVID-19 pneumonia	11
Generating fair, reliable, and accurate neuropsychological test norms for people with HIV in a low- or middle-income country	11
Human endogenous retrovirus W in multiple sclerosis: transcriptional activity is associated with decline in oligodendrocyte proportions in the white matter of the brain	11
Relationship of the balloon analog risk task to neurocognitive impairment differs by HIV serostatus and history of major depressive disorder	11
TCA cycle metabolic compromise due to an aberrant S-nitrosoproteome in HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder with methamphetamine use	11
Limited evidence for a moderating effect of HIV status on brain age in heavy episodic drinkers	11

Psychometric utility of the international HIV dementia scale and Montreal Cognitive Assessment in HIV-associated asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment	11
Altered white matter microstructure and neurocognitive function of HIV-infected patients with low nadir CD4	10
Combined effects of older age and HIV disease on changes in everyday functioning over one year	10
HIV-related drivers of sexual compulsivity and sexuality in sexual minority men who use methamphetamine	9
Is there a connection between neurocognitive profile in treatment naïve non-cirrhotic HCV patients and level of systemic inflammation?	9
A fulminant case of Epstein-Barr Virus encephalitis with multiorgan dysfunction	9
Monitoring of HTLV-1-associated diseases by proviral load quantification using multiplex real-time PCR	9
Exacerbation of diabetic neuropathy can mimic SARS-CoV-2 associated pure dysautonomic Guillain–Barre syndrome	9
Correction to: Plasma extracellular vesicles and cell-free mitochondrial DNA are associated with cognitive dysfunction in treated older adults with HIV	9
Successful treatment of HIV-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) with mirtazapine, mefloquine, and IVIG combination therapy: a case report	8
Mitochondrial DNA haplogroups and domain-specific neurocognitive performance in adults with HIV	8
Meningitis associated with HHV-7 in an Iranian immunocompetent adolescent girl	8
iPSC-derived three-dimensional brain organoid models and neurotropic viral infections	8
Implications of vascular depression for successful cognitive aging in HIV Disease	8
HIV-1 mRNA knockdown with CRISPR/CAS9 enhances neurocognitive function	8
Regulation of voltage-gated sodium channels by TNF-α during herpes simplex virus latency establishment	7
Metagenomic search of viral coinfections in herpes simplex encephalitis patients	7
Serum mir-142-3p release in children with viral encephalitis and its relationship with nerve injury and inflammatory response	7
Evaluation of the effects of the Zika Virus-Immunoglobulin G+ complex on murine microglial cells	7
The OLR1/NF-κB feedback loop exacerbates HIV-1 Tat-induced microglial inflammatory response and neuronal apoptosis	7
Notes from guest editor Dr. Fatah Kashanchi	7
The incidence of symptomatic CSF viral escape in patients on antiretroviral therapy in western India: a retrospective cohort study	7
Does antiretroviral therapy alter the course of Parkinson’s disease in people living with HIV?	7
Caffeine upregulates SIRT3 expression to ameliorate astrocytes-mediated HIV-1 Tat neurotoxicity via suppression of EGR1 signaling pathway	7
Cognitive function and impact on driving after SARS-COV-2 infection in a man with long-standing HIV infection: a case report	6
Longitudinal, virological, and serological assessment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients	6
HSV-1 latency-associated transcript miR-H3 and miR-H4 target STXBP1 and GABBR2 genes	6
Myelin regulatory factor is a target of individual and interactive effects of HIV-1 Tat and morphine in the striatum and pre-frontal cortex	6
Correction: Tat expression led to increased histone 3 tri-methylation at lysine 27 and contributed to HIV latency in astrocytes through regulation of MeCP2 and Ezh2 expression	6
Undetectable JC virus CSF PCR in patients with JC virus-induced progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy	6
Compassionate-use pocapavir and immunoglobulin therapy for treatment of rituximab-associated enterovirus meningoencephalitis	6
Ependymal restricted diffusion and injury to the olfactory system on a ventriculoencephalitis associated with COVID-19	6
A frantic confusion: beyond rabies and anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate encephalitis	6
Associations of alcohol use, HIV infection, and age with brain white matter microstructure	6
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: a retrospective study of the last 12 years in a tertiary-care hospital	6
Stroke risk after varicella-zoster virus infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 display limited neuronal infection and lack the ability to transmit within synaptically connected axons in stem cell–derived human neurons	6
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in sarcoidosis successfully treated with pembrolizumab	6
Rapid-progressing progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in two patients newly diagnosed with HIV: case series and review of literature	5
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) complicated by rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis presenting with neurovascular thrombosis: a case report and review of literature	5
Neuropsychological profile of patients with infectious disease: characterization and comparison of patients with HIV, HTLV, and HCV	5
A pilot study of cognition and creativity among persons with HIV disease referred for neuropsychological evaluation	5
Correction: Role of inflammatory cytokine burst in neuro-invasion of Japanese Encephalitis virus infection: an immunotherapeutic approaches	5
Suppression of HIV-TAT and cocaine-induced neurotoxicity and inflammation by cell penetrable itaconate esters	5
Dengue fever presenting as acute cerebellar ataxia: Case report and literature review	5
“Anosmia” the mysterious collateral damage of COVID-19	5
Cortico-striatal networking deficits associated with advanced HIV disease and cocaine use	5
Clinical use of steroids in viral central nervous system (CNS) infections: three challenging cases	5
HIV peripheral neuropathy‐related degeneration of white matter tracts to sensorimotor cortex	5
Additive cortical gray matter deficits in people living with HIV who use cocaine	5

Differential expression of cellular prion protein (PrPC) in mouse hepatitis virus induced neuroinflammation	4
Microglia proliferation underlies synaptic dysfunction in the prefrontal cortex: implications for the pathogenesis of HIV-1-associated neurocognitive and affective alterations	4
Correction: Interaction of declined handgrip strength and HIV infection on neurocognitive impairment	4
Mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion associated with respiratory syncytial virus infection in infants	4
Neurological soft signs and brain morphology in people living with HIV	4
Using plasma proteomics to investigate viral infections of the central nervous system including patients with HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders	4
Coronavirus infection in chemosensory cells	4
Correlation between cerebrospinal fluid and plasma neurofilament light protein in treated HIV infection: results from the COBRA study	4
Effects of cocaine and HIV on decision-making abilities	4
MRI negative myelopathy post mild SARS-CoV-2 infection: vasculopathy or inflammatory myelitis?	4
HIV associated motor neuron disease (MND): A case series with systematic review of literature	4
CD4 nadir and neurocognitive trajectories in people living with HIV	4
Cerebral vasculitis caused by Talaromyces marneffei and Aspergillus niger in a HIV-positive patient: a case report and literature review	4
Understanding the link between neurotropic viruses, BBB permeability, and MS pathogenesis	4
Clinical and magnetic resonance imaging patterns of extensive Chikungunya virus–associated myelitis	4
Longitudinal telomere length profile does not reflect HIV and childhood trauma impacts on cognitive function in South African women	3
Circulating endothelial and angiogenic cells predict hippocampal volume as a function of HIV status	3
A case of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy with hypogammaglobulinemia and a TCF3 mutation	3
RNA-Seq time-course analysis of neural precursor cell transcriptome in response to herpes simplex Virus-1 infection	3
Long-term sequelae of herpes simplex virus encephalitis–related white matter injury: correlation of neuropsychological outcome and diffusion tensor imaging	3
Higher buccal mitochondrial DNA and mitochondrial common deletion number are associated with markers of neurodegeneration and inflammation in cerebrospinal fluid	3
Delayed post-hypoxic leukoencephalopathy in an adult with COVID-19	3
Risk factors for neurological complications in children with Flavivirus infection	3
Endolysosome iron restricts Tat-mediated HIV-1 LTR transactivation by increasing HIV-1 Tat oligomerization and β-catenin expression	3
Response to “a fatal case of Guillain-Barré syndrome after infection with COVID-19”	3
Immune-mediated cerebellitis following SARS-CoV-2 infection—a case report and review of the literature	3
Detection of disease-associated microglia among various microglia phenotypes induced by West Nile virus infection in mice	3
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, advanced ductal breast carcinoma, systemic sclerosis, and checkpoint inhibitors: a therapeutic dilemma	3
Systematic post-mortem analysis of brain tissue from an HIV-1 subtype C viremic decedent revealed a paucity of infection and pathology	3
Varicella-zoster virus meningitis coincident with bacteremia caused by liver abscess: a case report	3
T-lymphocyte activation markers in patients with HIV-1-associated neurocognitive disorder	3
Multiple demyelinating sensory and motor mononeuropathy associated with COVID-19: a case report	3
Bidirectional relationship between human herpes virus reactivation and depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy associated with systemic lupus erythematosus: longitudinal observation of lymphocytes, JC virus in cerebrospinal fluid, and brain magnetic resonance imaging	3
The relationship between vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and amnestic mild cognitive impairment among older adults living with HIV	3
Serum of COVID-19 patients changes neuroinflammation and mitochondrial homeostasis markers in hippocampus of aged rats	3
Effects of unhealthy alcohol use on brain morphometry and neurocognitive function among people with HIV	3
HIV-1 and methamphetamine alter galectins -1, -3, and -9 in human monocyte-derived macrophages	3
The relationship between synaptodendritic neuropathology and HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders is moderated by cognitive reserve	3
Pembrolizumab for the treatment of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in China	3
Pembrolizumab treatment of inflammatory progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: a report of two cases	3
Acute vestibular neuritis: A rare complication after the adenoviral vector-based COVID-19 vaccine	3
SARS-CoV-2–associated Guillain–Barre syndrome requires extensive pre- and post-mortem examinations	3
Advances in HIV therapeutics and cure strategies: findings obtained through non-human primate studies	3
The prevalence and outcomes of depression in older HIV-positive adults in Northern Tanzania: a longitudinal study	3
The impacts of HIV infection, age, and education on functional brain networks in adults with HIV	3
Revisiting JC virus and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy	3
Viruses, SUMO, and immunity: the interplay between viruses and the host SUMOylation system	3
Monkeypox virus replication underlying circadian rhythm networks	3
Mapping ACE2 and TMPRSS2 co-expression in human brain tissue: implications for SARS-CoV-2 neurological manifestations	3
Cognitive screening in HTLV-1–infected people using a self-perceived memory score and auditory P300	3
A viral attack on brain tumors: the potential of oncolytic virus therapy	2
Cooperative interactions between neurotrophin receptors and CXCR4 regulate macrophage phenotype and susceptibility to activation by HIV	2
Extensive longitudinal myelitis due to cytomegalovirus infection	2
Correction to: Characteristics of taste dysfunction in COVID‑19 subjects coming from two different countries	2
Unveiling the impact of simulated microgravity on HSV-1 infection, neuroinflammation, and endogenous retroviral activation in SH-SY5Y cells	2
Cerebrospinal fluid levels of 5-HIAA and dopamine in people with HIV and depression	2
The synergistic effect of insomnia and depression on risk of herpes zoster	2
Upregulation of microRNAs correlates with downregulation of HERV-K expression in Parkinson’s disease	2
MicroRNA in neuroexosome as a potential biomarker for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders	2
Limited HIV-associated neuropathologies and lack of immune activation in sub-saharan African individuals with late-stage subtype C HIV-1 infection	2
Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers of Symptomatic Neurosyphilis in People With HIV Compared with Uninfected Individuals	2
Cognitive dysfunction following COVID-19 infection	2
Encephalomyelitis in a patient with monkeypox: an unusual complication	2
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19-associated encephalopathy in children	2
Modeling HIV-1 infection and NeuroHIV in hiPSCs-derived cerebral organoid cultures	2
Correction to: TCA cycle metabolic compromise due to an aberrant S‑nitrosoproteome in HIV‑associated neurocognitive disorder with methamphetamine use	2
Assessing cognitive impairment in HIV-infected: a comparative study of international HIV Dementia Scale, HIV Dementia Scale Italian version and Montreal cognitive assessment in clinical practice	2
Incidence of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in the pediatric population at the University Hospitals of Strasbourg (HUS) and characterization of confirmed cases	2
Abstracts of the 19th International Symposium on NeuroVirology October 2–5, 2023 Montreal, Quebec, Canada	2
Amebic infections of the central nervous system	2
Tryptophan-kynurenine metabolic pathway and daytime dysfunction in women with HIV	2
Elevated Galectin-9 across the human brain correlates with HIV neuropathology and detrimental cognitive states	2
Correction to: Reduced neuronal population in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in infant macaques infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)	2
Central nervous system vasculopathy associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): a novel case report from Iran	2
Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with COVID-19: a case report study	2
Nanoparticles and nanoformulated drugs as promising delivery system in treatment of microbial-induced CNS infection: a systematic review of literature	2
A case report of encephalitis induced by SARS-CoV-2 confirmed by etiology: first case in Qingdao, China	2