OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Pathogens and Global Health is 5. 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
Trachoma elimination in Togo: lessons and recommendations for African countries	51
A comprehensive approach to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: telemanagement	41
When and how: a plausible airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 – WHO needs to update its recommendations	39
Hepatic schistosomiasis as a determining factor in the development of hepatic granulomas and liver fibrosis: a review of the current literature	37
Combatting extensively drug-resistant Salmonella : a global perspective on outbreaks, impacts, and control strategies	36
Prevalence of antibiotics prescription amongst patients with and without COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis	36
High burden of soil-transmitted helminth infections, schistosomiasis, undernutrition, and poor sanitation in two Typhoon Haiyan-stricken provinces in Eastern Philippines	28
Evaluation of mono and combined nitrofurantoin therapy for toxoplasmosis in vivo using murine model	26
Genes drive organisms and slippery slopes	24
Human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells as a potential therapy for schistosomal hepatic fibrosis: an experimental study	23
“The blinding disease”. The history of trachoma in Italians between the 19th and 20th centuries: colonial or national blindness?	22
Distinct inflammatory markers in primary and secondary dengue infection: can cytokines CXCL5, CXCL9, and CCL17 act as surrogate markers?	20
Immunization of laboratory animal workers: occupational health and safety aspects	18
Prospective epidemiological, molecular, and genetic characterization of a novel coronavirus disease in the Val Venosta/Vinschgau: the CHRIS COVID-19 study protocol	17
The importance of rapid and robust availability of epidemiological data for real-time mapping of the risk of avian influenza A (H5N1) spread	16
Undernutrition and malaria among under-five children: findings from the 2018 Nigeria demographic and health survey	14
‘Why Should I Take the COVID-19 Vaccine after Recovering from the Disease?’ A Mixed-methods Study of Correlates of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptability among Health Workers in Northern Nigeria	14
Hydroxychloroquine and mortality in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and a meta-analysis of observational studies and randomized controlled trials	12
West Nile virus in Italy: the reports of its disappearance were greatly exaggerated	12
Evaluating the dual reactivity on SD bioline malaria rapid diagnosis tests as a potential indicator of high parasitemia due to Plasmodium falciparum	11
Can anti-PGL-I antibody isotypes differentiate leprosy contacts and leprosy patients?	11
Genetic diversity and evolutionary dynamics of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Morocco	11
Association of toll like receptors polymorphism ( TLR 1–rs4833095, TLR 1–rs5743611, TLR 6-rs5743810,	11
Identification of potential vectors of Dirofilaria immitis and Brugia pahangi (Spirurida: Filariidae): First observation of infective third-stage larva of B. pahangi in Culex q	10
How relevant are in vitro culture models for study of tick-pathogen interactions?	10

COVID-19 transmission risk factors	10
Circulating markers of neutrophil activation and lung injury in pediatric pneumonia in low-resource settings	10
Comprehensive characterization of a transgene insertion in a highly repetitive, centromeric region of Anopheles mosquitoes	10
Enhancing efficacy of existing antibacterials against selected multiple drug resistant bacteria using cinnamic acid-coated magnetic iron oxide and mesoporous silica nanoparticles	10
In vivo activity and atom pair fingerprint analysis of MMV665941 against the apicomplexan parasite Babesia microti, the causative agent of babesiosis in humans and rodents	10
Nasopharyngeal epithelial cells from patients with coronavirus disease 2019 express abnormal levels of Toll-like receptors	10
Continued dominance of dengue virus serotype 2 during the recent Central India outbreaks (2019-2021) with evidence of genetic divergence	9
‘Distant socializing,’ not ‘social distancing’ as a public health strategy for COVID-19	9
Whole genome analysis revealed the role of bla _OXA-23 and bla _OXA-66 genes in carbapenem res	8
Global spread and evolutionary convergence of multidrug-resistant and hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae high-risk clones	8
A mysterious disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: the crucial role of the global health approach	8
Which scoring system is effective in predicting mortality in patients with Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever? A validation study	8
High genetic complexity but low relatedness in Plasmodium falciparum infections from Western Savannah Highlands and coastal equatorial Lowlands of Cameroon	8
Intermittent preventive treatment with Sulfadoxine pyrimethamine for malaria: a global overview and challenges affecting optimal drug uptake in pregnant women	8
New insights on the Taenia solium tapeworm using molecular tools: age-based human definitive host prevalence and deliberation on parasite life span	7
Evolution of COVID-19 infection characteristics in a Lebanese cohort of inpatients during different pandemic periods	7
A tentative assessment of the changes in transmissibility and fatality risk associated with Beta SARS-CoV-2 variants in South Africa: an ecological study	7
Genomic and serological assessment of asymptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections in child labor	7
Prevalence of cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the Middle East: a systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Evolutionary trajectories of beta-lactamase NDM and DLST cluster in Pseudomonas aeruginosa : finding the putative ancestor	7
Neurological manifestations due to dengue virus infection in children: clinical follow-up	7
Prevalence and relative risk of Rotavirus Gastroenteritis in children under five years in Nigeria: a systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Determination of genetic diversity of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in Turkey using 15 locus MIRU-VNTR and spoligotyping methods	7
Dengue fever on the rise in Southeast Asia	6
Customized molecular diagnostics of bacterial bloodstream infections for carbapenem resistance: A convenient and affordable approach	6
Malaria diagnosis challenges and pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 gene deletions using pregnant women as sentinel population in Nanoro region, Burkina Fa	6
The increasing antimicrobial resistance of Shigella species among Iranian pediatrics: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Sequential dysregulated plasma levels of angiopoietins (ANG-2 and ratios of ANG-2/ANG-1) are associated with malaria severity and mortality among hospital admitted cases in South Bastar Region of Chha	6
The Relationship between COVID-19 Severity and Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)/ Mycobacterium tuberculosis exposure history in healthcare workers: a multi-center study	5
Drug resistant White fungus: another catastrophic fungus emergence amidst COVID-19 in India	5
Rethinking development agenda on post-COVID era: a case study on Bangladesh	5
Urinary schistosomiasis and anemia among school-aged children from southwestern Nigeria	5
Vitamin D modulates inflammatory response of DENV-2-infected macrophages by inhibiting the expression of inflammatory-liked miRNAs	5
Routine blood parameters of dengue infected children and adults. A meta-analysis	5
Prevalence of Bordetella pertussis among children aged 4 years and above presenting with acute respiratory tract infection: a cross-sectional study	5
Modeling the health impact of increasing vaccine coverage and nonpharmaceutical interventions against coronavirus disease 2019 in Ghana	5
Evaluation of the antileishmanial effect of polyclonal antibodies and cationic antimicrobial peptides	5
Dengue virus infection in Saudi Arabia from 2003 to 2023: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Asymptomatic and low-density Plasmodium infections in India: an unexplored link	5
Prevalence of carbapenem-resistant E. coli and Klebsiella spp : a systematic review and meta-analysis of non-clinical isolates from Nigeri	5
Cryptosporidium sp. infection in solid organ transplant recipients: A systematic review and meta-analysis	5