OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Infectious Diseases of Poverty is 35. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Area-level socioeconomic variables associated with territorial disparities in tuberculosis notification rates in metropolitan France: a Bayesian ecological analysis	156
Enhancing regional disease burden estimates: insights from the comparison of Global Burden of Disease and China’s notifiable infectious diseases data with policy implications (2010–2020)	134
Discrepancies between self-reported medication in adherence and indirect measurement adherence among patients undergoing antiretroviral therapy: a systematic review	120
Accelerating Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine introductions in Indonesia: key learnings from 2017 to 2022	109
Molecular epidemiology and phylogenetic analysis of influenza viruses A (H3N2) and B/Victoria during the COVID-19 pandemic in Guangdong, China	96
Prevalence and correlations of schistosomiasis mansoni and schistosomiasis haematobium among humans and intermediate snail hosts: a systematic review and meta-analysis	86
Optimisation of the DNA dipstick as a rapid extraction method for Schistosoma japonicum in infected mice samples and spiked human clinical samples	85
Development of a new wealth index for South Sudan: association between household wealth and malaria prevention practices in the context of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Northern Bahr el Ghazal,	84
The social determinants of tuberculosis: a case-control study characterising pathways to equitable intervention in Peru	81
Key immunity characteristics of diverse stages of brucellosis in rural population from Inner Mongolia, China	60
Coverage of community-wide mass drug administration platforms for soil-transmitted helminths in Benin, India, and Malawi: findings from the DeWorm3 project	59
Increased clonal dissemination of OXA-232-producing ST15 Klebsiella pneumoniae in Zhejiang, China from 2018 to 2021	58
Are there differences in efficacy and safety between local and imported direct-acting antiviral agents for hepatitis C in China?	57
COVID-19 vaccines in patients with decompensated cirrhosis: a retrospective cohort on safety data and risk factors associated with unvaccinated status	54
Impact of 1,7-malaria reactive community-based testing and response (1,7-mRCTR) approach on malaria prevalence in Tanzania	53
Patterns of human social contact and mask wearing in high-risk groups in China	50
Uptake of hepatitis C direct-acting antiviral treatment in China: a retrospective study from 2017 to 2021	49
Mitigating host microRNA interference to enhance mRNA vaccine efficacy in public health interventions	49
Access to praziquantel in Italy: persistent gaps and ongoing responses amid a Europe-wide shortage	48
The rapid and efficient strategy for SARS-CoV-2 Omicron transmission control: analysis of outbreaks at the city level	46
Tuberculous mastitis, the great imitator in breast disease: a case report with diagnostic and therapeutic challenges	45
Social protection as a right of people affected by tuberculosis: a scoping review and conceptual framework	43
Slide positivity, trends, and risk factors of febrile Plasmodium vivax malaria along the Thailand-Myanmar border, 2018–2023	43
Immediate and long-term outcomes after treat-all among people living with HIV in China: an interrupted time series analysis	42
Wildlife hunting and the increased risk of leprosy transmission in the tropical Americas: a pathogeographical study	40

Patient experiences of tuberculosis treatment deferral after a trace Xpert Ultra result: a prospective cohort study	39
Zoonotic human liver flukes, a type 1 biocarcinogen, in freshwater fishes: genetic analysis and confirmation of molluscan vectors and reservoir hosts in Bangladesh	39
Whole-genome sequencing of Lassa virus from dry blood spots: a comparative evaluation	39
Theodor Bilharz’ 200th birthday	39
Test accuracy of loop-mediated isothermal amplification for schistosomiasis in low endemicity areas: a systematic review and meta-analysis	38
Treatment and prevention of epilepsy in onchocerciasis-endemic areas is urgently needed	38
Determining the spatial distribution of environmental and socio-economic suitability for human leptospirosis in the face of limited epidemiological data	37
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy of patients with advanced schistosomiasis in Hunan Province, China	37
Prevalence of fever of unidentified aetiology in East African adolescents and adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis	36
Best practices for engaging with affected communities: chronic hepatitis B as a case study	35