OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Viruses-Basel is 67. 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
Using an In Vivo Mouse Model to Determine the Exclusion Criteria of Preexisting Anti-AAV9 Neutralizing Antibody Titer of Pompe Disease Patients in Clinical Trials	304
Fatal Bluetongue Virus Serotype 3 Infection in Female Dogs: A Case Report from Alentejo, Portugal, 2024	258
Evaluation of Cognitive Functions in People Living with HIV Before and After COVID-19 Infection	225
Crimean–Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Mimicking HELLP Syndrome in a Pregnant Woman and Her Infant in Kosovo: A Case Report	184
New Bacteriophage Pseudomonas Phage Ka2 from a Tributary Stream of Lake Baikal	172
Multiple Respiratory Virus Detection in Acute Respiratory Infection Patients in Mie Prefecture, Japan, 2021–2023	160
Neurobiological Alterations Induced by SARS-CoV-2: Insights from Variant-Specific Host Gene Expression Patterns in hACE2-Expressing Mice	159
Hepatitis B Hospitalizations in Brazil: Temporal and Regional Patterns from 2008 to 2023	140
Challenges in Elucidating HIV-1 Genetic Diversity in the Middle East and North Africa: A Review Based on a Systematic Search	135
Therapeutic Impact of Gardasil® in Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis: A Retrospective Study on RRP Patients	134
RETRACTED: PERK Is Critical for Alphavirus Nonstructural Protein Translation	127
Influence of Distinct Maternal Cytomegalovirus-Specific Neutralizing and Fc Receptor-Binding Responses on Congenital Cytomegalovirus Transmission in HIV-Exposed Neonates	126
Transcriptome Profiling Reveals That the African Swine Fever Virus C315R Exploits the IL-6 STAT3 Signaling Axis to Facilitate Virus Replication	122
Retrospective Screening for Zoonotic Viruses in Encephalitis Cases in Austria, 2019–2023, Reveals Infection with Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus but Not with Rustrela Virus or Tahyna Virus	117
Lineage B Genotype III of Dengue Virus Serotype 3 (DENV-3III_B) Is Responsible for Dengue Outbreak in Dire Dawa City, Ethiopia, 2023	116
Development and Application of a Multiplex PCR Assay for Simultaneous Detection of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus and Tomato Leaf Curl New Delhi Virus	115
Genetic Diversity and Molecular Evolution of Hepatitis E Virus Within the Genus Chirohepevirus in Bats	114
Neutralizing Antibody Screening Using NanoBiT-Based Virus-like Particles of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Type Asia1 Enhances Biosafety and Sensitivity	114
Epidemiological Characteristics of the African Swine Fever Genotype II Epidemic in Domestic Pigs in Lombardy (Northern Italy) in 2023 and 2024	104
Presence of Soybean Vein Necrosis Orthotospovirus (Tospoviridae: Orthotospovirus) in Pakistan, Pakistani Scientists’ and Farmers’ Perception of Disease Dynamics and Management, and Policy Recommendati	102
Caulobacter Strains Code for Novel Restriction Endonucleases That Protect Them from Bacteriophage Infections	102
Dynamics of a Panzootic: Genomic Insights, Host Range, and Epidemiology of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Clade 2.3.4.4b in the United States	98
Modulation of Ire1-Xbp1 Defense Pathway in Encephalomyocarditis Virus-Infected HeLa Cells	98
Vaccines Against Urban Epidemic Arboviruses: The State of the Art	95
Whole-Genome Analysis of G2P[4] Rotavirus Strains in China in 2022 and Comparison of Their Antigenic Epitopes with Vaccine Strains	93

High-Yield and Quantitative Purification Method for HIV Which Minimizes Forces Applied to Virions Utilized to Investigate Maturation of HIV-1 via Cryo-Electron Tomography	91
Histopathological Changes and Immune Response Profile in the Brains of Non-Human Primates Naturally Infected with Yellow Fever Virus	90
Correction: Fan et al. A Human DPP4-Knockin Mouse’s Susceptibility to Infection by Authentic and Pseudotyped MERS-CoV. Viruses 2018, 10, 448	90
Deep Sequencing and Molecular Characterisation of BK Virus and JC Virus WHO International Reference Materials for Clinical Diagnostic Use	89
Simultaneous Detection of RIG-1, MDA5, and IFIT-1 Expression Is a Convenient Tool for Evaluation of the Interferon-Mediated Response	86
Patients with Hematological Malignancies Treated with T-Cell or B-Cell Immunotherapy Remain at High Risk of Severe Forms of COVID-19 in the Omicron Era	86
G-Quadruplexes in the Viral Genome: Unlocking Targets for Therapeutic Interventions and Antiviral Strategies	85
No Time to Die: How Cytomegaloviruses Suppress Apoptosis, Necroptosis, and Pyroptosis	84
Influenza and Universal Vaccine Research in China	84
Full-Length Genomic RNA of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Is Infectious for Cattle by Injection	83
Safety, Immunogenicity, and Mechanism of a Rotavirus mRNA-LNP Vaccine in Mice	82
Molecular Analysis of the Avian H7 Influenza Viruses Circulating in South Korea during 2018–2019: Evolutionary Significance and Associated Zoonotic Threats	81
Broad-Spectrum Salmonella Phages PSE-D1 and PST-H1 Controls Salmonella in Foods	80
Prevalence and Risk Factors for Poor Sleep Quality in People Living with HIV: Preliminary Observations from an HIV Outpatient Clinic	80
Two Novel Yersinia pestis Bacteriophages with a Broad Host Range: Potential as Biocontrol Agents in Plague Natural Foci	79
Spanish HCMV Seroprevalence in the 21st Century	79
Heterologous Immunity of Virus-Specific T Cells Leading to Alloreactivity: Possible Implications for Solid Organ Transplantation	79
Special Issue “Host Targeted Therapeutics Against Virus Infections”	79
ZIKV Infection and miRNA Network in Pathogenesis and Immune Response	78
Enzootic Circulation, Massive Gull Mortality and Poultry Outbreaks during the 2022/2023 High-Pathogenicity Avian Influenza H5N1 Season in the Czech Republic	78
Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Viral Infections in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients and Impact on Outcome	78
Fraternal Twins: The Enigmatic Role of the Immune System in Alphaherpesvirus Pathogenesis and Latency and Its Impacts on Vaccine Efficacy	78
A Single-Step Method for Harvesting Influenza Viral Particles from MDCK Cell Culture Supernatant with High Yield and Effective Impurity Removal	77
Novel Oronasal Drainage for Long COVID: Proposed Mechanisms—Case Report	76
Integration of Cellular and Humoral Immune Responses as an Immunomonitoring Tool for SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination in Healthy and Fragile Subjects	75
Phage Therapy as a Rescue Treatment for Recurrent Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bentall Infection	73
Genetic and Molecular Characterization of Avian Influenza A(H9N2) Viruses from Live Bird Markets (LBM) in Senegal	73
Inovirus-Encoded Peptides Induce Specific Toxicity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	72
SARS-CoV-2 Structural Proteins Modulated Blood-Testis Barrier-Related Proteins through Autophagy in the Primary Sertoli Cells	72
SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Adverse Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes: Time-to-Event Analysis of a Hospital-Based Cohort Study of Pregnant Women in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	71
In Vitro Evaluation of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Involvement in Feline Coronavirus Infection	71
Diagnostic Assays for Avian Influenza Virus Surveillance and Monitoring in Poultry	71
Tobacco Mosaic Virus Movement: From Capsid Disassembly to Transport Through Plasmodesmata	70
The Effect of Herpes Simplex Virus-Type-1 (HSV-1) Oncolytic Immunotherapy on the Tumor Microenvironment	69
Evolutionary Insight into the Association between New Jersey Polyomavirus and Humans	69
HBsAg Loss as a Treatment Endpoint for Chronic HBV Infection: HBV Cure	68
Crossroads between Autoimmunity and COVID-19 in Lung Transplant Recipients	68
Robert B. Sim—Tribute	68
A Distinct Anti-EBV DNase Profile in Patients with Undifferentiated Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Compared to Classical Antigens	68
Functional Importance of the Hydrophobic Residue 362 in Influenza A PB1 Subunit	68
Transaminase Elevations during Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B Infection: Safety Considerations and Role in Achieving Functional Cure	68
Clonal Expansion of Infected CD4+ T Cells in People Living with HIV	68
Transovarial Transmission of Cell-Fusing Agent Virus in Naturally Infected Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes	67
Dancing with the Devil: A Review of the Importance of Host RNA-Binding Proteins to Alphaviral RNAs during Infection	67