OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases is 6. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
A Critical Needs Assessment for Research in Companion Animals and Livestock Following the Pandemic of COVID-19 in Humans	69
Toward the Definition of Efficacy and Safety Criteria for Advancing Gene Drive-Modified Mosquitoes to Field Testing	60
Clinical Characteristics of Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 in Sofia, Bulgaria	37
Assessment of the Pathogenicity of Rickettsia amblyommatis, Rickettsia bellii, and Rickettsia montanensis in a Guinea Pig Model	35
Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus: A Scoping Review of the Global Evidence	34
SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibodies in White-Tailed Deer from Texas	27
Seroprevalence of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Domesticated Animals in Northwestern Senegal	25
Emerging Mosquito-Borne Viruses Linked toAedes aegyptiandAedes albopictus: Global Status and Preventive Strategies	24
Pasteurella multocidaInfections with Unusual Modes of Transmission from Animals to Humans: A Study of 79 Cases with 34 Nonbite Transmissions	23
A Review of Zoonotic Disease Threats to Pet Owners: A Compendium of Measures to Prevent Zoonotic Diseases Associated with Non-Traditional Pets Such as Rodents and Other Small Mammals, Reptiles, Amphib	23
Isolation of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus from Various Tick Species in Area with Human Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Cases	23
Zoonotic Diseases from Horses: A Systematic Review	18
Increased Incidence of Ehrlichia chaffeensis Infections in the United States, 2012 Through 2016	18
Schizophrenia and Bartonella spp. Infection: A Pilot Case–Control Study	17
The Role of Peridomestic Rodents as Reservoirs for Zoonotic Foodborne Pathogens	17
Sero-Epidemiological Study of Selected Zoonotic and Abortifacient Pathogens in Cattle at a Wildlife-Livestock Interface in South Africa	17
Detection of Babesia, Borrelia, Anaplasma, and Rickettsia spp. in Adult Black-Legged Ticks (Ixodes scapularis) from Pennsylvania, United States, with a Luminex Multiplex Bead Assa	16
Occurrence and Genotyping ofCoxiella burnetiiin Hedgehogs in China	15
Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Associated with Manual De-Ticking of Domestic Dogs	15
Identification of Zoonotic Tick-Borne Pathogens from Korean Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis argyropus)	15
Japanese Encephalitis Virus Emergence in Australia: Public Health Importance and Implications for Future Surveillance	15
Anaplasma platys-Like Infection in Goats, Beijing, China	15
Molecular Characterization of Echinococcus multilocularis and Echinococcus granulosus from Cysts and Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Tissue Samples of Human Isolates in Northeastern Tur	14
Seroprevalence and Risk Factors of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Pregnant Women from Western Romania	14
Incidence of Lyme Borreliosis in Europe: A Systematic Review (2005–2020)	14

Seroprevalence of Hepatitis E Virus Infection Among Wild Boars in Western Bulgaria	13
The Nasal Carriage of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Among Animals and Its Public Health Implication	13
The Insect-Specific Parramatta River Virus Is Vertically Transmitted by Aedes vigilax Mosquitoes and Suppresses Replication of Pathogenic Flaviviruses In Vitro	13
Investigation of Leptospira Infection in Stray Animals in Songkhla, Thailand: Leptospirosis Risk Reduction in Human	12
Exposure to Toxoplasma gondii Through Consumption of Raw or Undercooked Meat: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	12
Ixodesspp. from Dogs and Cats in the United States: Diversity, Seasonality, and Prevalence ofBorrelia burgdorferiandAnaplasma phagocytophilum	12
Established Populations of Rickettsia parkeri-Infected Amblyomma maculatum Ticks in New York City, New York, USA	11
Epizootic Plague in Prairie Dogs: Correlates and Control with Deltamethrin	11
Raccoons (Procyon lotor) and Striped Skunks (Mephitis mephitis) as Potential Reservoirs of Leptospira spp. in California	11
The Zoonotic Parasite Dirofilaria repens Emerged in the Baltic Countries Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in 2008–2012 and Became Established and Endemic in a Decade	11
Increasing Incidence of Anaplasmosis in the United States, 2012 Through 2016	11
Sindbis Virus Strains of Divergent Origin Isolated from Humans and Mosquitoes During a Recent Outbreak in Finland	11
Genomic Characterization of the NovelBartonella refiksaydamiisp. Isolated from the Blood of aCrocidura suaveolens(Pallas, 1811)	11
Statewide Passive Surveillance of Ixodes scapularis and Associated Pathogens in Maine	10
Arboviruses and Blood Meal Sources in Zoophilic Mosquitoes at Human-Wildlife Interfaces in Kenya	10
A Review on Emerging Infectious Diseases Prioritized Under the 2018 WHO Research and Development Blueprint: Lessons from the Indian Context	10
Seroprevalence and Risk Factors for Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Owned Domestic Cats in Australia	10
West Nile Virus: An Emerging Threat in Transplant Population	10
Parturient Cat As a Potential Reservoir for Coxiella burnetii: A Hidden Threat to Pet Owners	10
Plague Exposure in Mammalian Wildlife Across the Western United States	10
Raccoons As an Important Reservoir for Trypanosoma cruzi: A Prevalence Study from Two Metropolitan Areas in Louisiana	10
Species Traits and Hotspots Associated with Ross River Virus Infection in Nonhuman Vertebrates in South East Queensland	9
Passive Tick Surveillance and Detection of Borrelia Species in Ticks from British Columbia, Canada: 2002–2018	9
Livestock Presence Influences the Seroprevalence of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus on Sympatric Wildlife in Kenya	9
The Prevalence of Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in Small Wild Rodents in Poland	9
Epidemiology of Vector-Borne Pathogens Among U.S. Government Working Dogs	9
Ecology and Management of Plague in Diverse Communities of Rodents and Fleas	9
Characterization and Host-Feeding Patterns of Culex pipiens s.l. Taxa in a West Nile Virus-Endemic Area in Southeastern Romania	9
Development of a Quantitative Real-Time PCR Assay for Detection of Cryptosporidium spp. Infection and Threatening Caused by Cryptosporidium parvum Subtype IIdA19G1 in Diarrhea Calves fro	9
Increasing Incidence of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses in the United States, 2010–2018	9
Identification ofRickettsiaspp. andBabesia conradaeinDermacentorspp. Collected from Dogs and Cats Across the United States	9
Longitudinal Study of Bacterial Infectious Agents in a Community of Small Mammals in New Mexico	9
Current Status and a Perspective of Mosquito-Borne Diseases in the Republic of Korea	8
Serological Evidence of Hepatitis E Virus Circulation Among Reindeer and Reindeer Herders	8
Cystic Echinococcosis in Three Locations in the Middle Atlas, Morocco: Estimation of the Infection Rate in the Dog Reservoir	8
Seroepidemiological Investigation of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Sheep and Camels of Inner Mongolia of China	8
Incidence of Lyme Borreliosis in Europe from National Surveillance Systems (2005–2020)	8
Molecular and Serological Investigation of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus in Cats	8
Oral Sylvatic Plague Vaccine Does Not Adequately Protect Prairie Dogs (Cynomys spp.) for Endangered Black-Footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes) Conservation	8
Isothermal Recombinase Polymerase Amplification-Lateral Flow Point-of-Care Diagnostic Test for Heartland Virus	8
Impacts Over Time of Neighborhood-Scale Interventions to Control Ticks and Tick-Borne Disease Incidence	8
Effect of Environmental Temperature on the Ability of Culex tarsalis and Aedes taeniorhynchus (Diptera: Culicidae) to Transmit Rift Valley Fever Virus	8
Isolation of Culicoides- and Mosquito-Borne Orbiviruses in the Southwestern Islands of Japan Between 2014 and 2019	8
The New Face of Human Rabies in Mexico, What's Next After Eradicating Rabies in Dogs	8
The Lyme Disease Polymerase Chain Reaction Test Has Low Sensitivity	8
Molecular Detection and Genetic Characterization of Orientia tsutsugamushi from Hospitalized Acute Encephalitis Syndrome Cases During Two Consecutive Outbreaks in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India	8
Infectious Disease Risks and Vulnerabilities in the Aftermath of an Environmental Disaster in Minas Gerais, Brazil	8
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus Seropositive Bactrian Camels, Mongolia	8
Diagnostic Efficacy of Recombinase-Polymerase-Amplification Coupled with Lateral Flow Strip Reading in Patients with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis from the Amazonas Rainforest of Perú	8
Application of Viral Metagenomics for Study of Emerging and Reemerging Tick-Borne Viruses	8

Spatial Distribution of Bat Shelters and Livestock Rabies in Southern Brazil	8
Prevalence of Multiple Tick-Borne Pathogens in Various Tick Vectors in Northeastern China	8
Molecular Detection ofLeptospira interrogansandBorrelia burgdorferiin Wild Rodents from Mexico	7
Administration of an Orally Delivered Substrate Targeting a Mammalian Zoonotic Pathogen Reservoir Population: Novel Application and Biomarker Analysis	7
Detection of Rickettsia spp. in Fleas Collected from Small Mammals in Slovakia, Central Europe	7
Isolation and Characterization of Wuxiang Virus from Sandflies Collected in Yangquan County, Shanxi Province, China	7
Serological Evidence for Influenza A Viruses Among Domestic Dogs and Cats in Kyiv, Ukraine	7
Considerations for Human Blood-Feeding and Arthropod Exposure in Vector Biology Research: An Essential Tool for Investigations and Disease Control	7
Associations Between Ross River Virus Infection in Humans and Vector-Vertebrate Community Ecology in Brisbane, Australia	7
The Landscape of Lyme Borreliosis Surveillance in Europe	7
The Prevalence of Different Human Pathogenic Microorganisms Transmitted by Ixodes Tick Vectors in Belarus	7
Integrated Approaches for the Identification of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Volcanoes of Central America Physiographic Subprovince of the State of Chiapas, Mexico	7
Detection of Rickettsia amblyommatis and Ehrlichia chaffeensis in Amblyomma americanum Inhabiting Two Urban Parks in Oklahoma	7
Evidence of Low-Level Dengue Virus Circulation in the South Region of Cameroon in 2018	7
Using Stochastic Modeling to Predict the Effect of Culling and Colony Dispersal of Bats on Zoonotic Viral Epidemics	7
Pathogen Coinfections Harbored by AdultIxodes scapularisfrom White-Tailed Deer Compared with Questing Adults Across Sites in Maryland, USA	7
Several Tick-Borne Pathogenic Viruses in Circulation in Anatolia, Turkey	7
Integrated Approaches in Support of Taxonomic Identification of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Vector Surveillance in Spain	7
Molecular Detection and Phylogenetic Analysis of Anaplasma and Borrelia Species in Ticks Collected from Migratory Birds at Heuksan, Hong, and Nan Islands, Republic of Korea	7
Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern 202012/01 (U.K. Variant) and D614G Variant Transmission by Different Routes in Syrian Hamsters	6
Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Infection of Cats and Cat Fleas in Northeast Thailand	6
Comparison of Flea Sampling Methods and Yersinia pestis Detection on Prairie Dog Colonies	6
Human Brucellosis in Greece, 2005–2020: A Persistent Public Health Problem	6
A Seroepidemiological Survey of Toxoplasma gondii and Chlamydia Infection in Chickens, Ducks, and Geese in Jilin Province, Northeastern China	6
Leptospira spp. in Cats in Estonia: Seroprevalence and Risk Factors for Seropositivity	6
Potential Vector Competence of Mosquitoes to Transmit Baiyangdian Virus, a New Tembusu-Related Virus in China	6
Ticks and Tick-Borne Infections of Dogs in Two Jordanian Shelters	6
Application of Moxidectin and Ultrasound-Aided Injection of Melarsomine During the American Heartworm Society Recommended Treatment Protocol in Dirofilaria immitis Infected Dogs	6
Human Encephalitis Caused by Pseudorabies Virus in China: A Case Report and Systematic Review	6
Wuxiang Virus Is a Virus Circulated Naturally in Wuxiang County, China	6
Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis in Shandong Province, China, 1957–2015	6
Plague Outbreak of a Marmota himalayana Family Emerging from Hibernation	6
Antimicrobial Resistance and Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Production in Enterobacteria Isolated from Free-Living Primates	6
Drivers of African Filovirus (Ebola and Marburg) Outbreaks	6
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Antibodies toAnaplasmaspp. in Chile: A Household-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Healthy Adults and Domestic Dogs	6
Detection of Rickettsia Species, and Coxiella-Like and Francisella-Like Endosymbionts in Amblyomma americanum and Amblyomma maculatum from a Shared Field Site in Geo	6
Detection ofLeptospira interrogansin Hedgehogs from Central China	6
Molecular Detection of Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana in Sandflies from the State of Yucatan, Mexico	6
Patchy Occurrence of Cowpox Virus in Voles from Germany	6
Vector Competence and Vertical Transmission of Zika Virus in Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)	6
What We Need to Consider During and After the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic	6
Effect of the Rural and Urban Microclimate on Mosquito Richness and Abundance in Yucatan State, Mexico	6
Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Ixodid Ticks from Southeastern Ukraine	6