OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Pathogens is 52. 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
Staphylococci, Reptiles, Amphibians, and Humans: What Are Their Relations?	730
Barriers with Valve Mechanisms Are Predicted to Protect Crops from Slug Carriers of Rat Lungworm Disease	406
Discovery of Novel Diagnostic Biomarkers for Common Pathogenic Nocardia Through Pan-Genome and Comparative Genome Analysis, with Preliminary Validation	274
Biological Control of Verticillium Wilt and Growth Promotion in Tomato by Rhizospheric Soil-Derived Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Oj-2.16	209
The Body of Chagas Disease Vectors	206
Optimization of Enterovirus-like Particle Production and Purification Using Design of Experiments	147
Prevalence of T. rubrum and T. interdigitale Exhibiting High MICs to Terbinafine in Clinical Samples Analyzed in the Portuguese Mycology Reference Laboratory	138
Genotypic Characterization of Human Parvovirus B19 Circulating in the 2024 Outbreak in Tuscany, Italy	125
The “New” Disease in Congo: Lessons Learned Compared to Previous Human and Animal Epidemics	121
High-Throughput Sequencing Enables Rapid Analyses of Nematode Mitochondrial Genomes from an Environmental Sample	118
Comparative In Vitro Drug Susceptibility Study of Five Oxazolidinones Against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Hainan, China	115
Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Salmonella in Retail Meat Collected from Different Markets in Sichuan, China	106
Cross-Sectional Study: Assessing the Presence of Stx2e-Producing E. coli Virotypes in Samples of Oral Fluid of Growers and Fatteners	91
Isolation, Identification, and Characteristics of Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. masoucida from Diseased Starry Flounder (Platichthys stellatus)	91
The Prevalence of Toxoplasmosis in Bulgaria for the Period 2014–2023, with a Focus on Pregnant Women	87
FungID: Innovative Fungi Identification Method with Chromogenic Profiling of Colony Color Patterns	86
Rapid Detection of Panton–Valentine Leukocidin Production in Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from Saxony and Brandenburg and Their Molecular Characterisation	85
Overview of North American Isolates of Chronic Wasting Disease Used for Strain Research	83
Clinical, Immunological and Pathological Characteristics of Ischemic Dermatopathy in Dogs with Leishmaniosis	83
Prevalence, Risk Factors and Genotypes of Giardia duodenalis in Sheltered Dogs in Tuscany (Central Italy)	79
Microeukaryotic Communities on the Fruit of Gardenia thunbergia Thunb. with a Focus on Pathogenic Fungi	77
Occurrence of Listeria monocytogenes in Artisanal Cheeses from Poland and Its Identification by MALDI-TOF MS	77
Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence Characterization of Listeria monocytogenes Strains Isolated from Food and Food Processing Environments	76
Exploring the Potential of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation as a Therapy in Tuberculosis and Inflammatory Bowel Disease	75
Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease: Highlighting the Role of Group A Streptococcus in the Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease	75

Octaarginine Improves the Efficacy of Nitazoxanide against Cryptosporidium parvum	74
Perceived Risk of Mosquito-Borne Arboviruses in the Continental United States	69
Antimicrobial and Anti-Biofilm Activity of Polymyxin E Alone and in Combination with Probiotic Strains of Bacillus subtilis KATMIRA1933 and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens B-1895 against Clinical Isolates	67
Characterization of Salmonella enterica Contamination in Pork and Poultry Meat from São Paulo/Brazil: Serotypes, Genotypes and Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles	65
Antimicrobial Treatment Options for Multidrug Resistant Gram-Negative Pathogens in Bone and Joint Infections	64
Indian Herb-Derived Phytoconstituent-Based Antiviral, Antimicrobial and Antifungal Formulation: An Oral Rinse Candidate for Oral Hygiene and the Potential Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreaks	64
Repurposing COVID-19 Compounds (via MMV COVID Box): Almitrine and Bortezomib Induce Programmed Cell Death in Trypanosoma cruzi	62
Novel Strategies for Preventing Fungal Infections—Outline	61
Correction: Beristain-Ruiz et al. Possible Association between Selected Tick-Borne Pathogen Prevalence and Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato Infestation in Dogs from Juarez City (Chihuahua), Northwe	60
Retrospective Case-Control Study of Risk Factors for Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection in Children in China	59
Chlamydia trachomatis Serovars from the C-Complex and the B- and C-Related Complexes Are Significantly More Pathogenic than Those from the B-Complex in C3H/HeN but Not in BALB/c Mice	57
Epidemiological Analysis of Fungal Infection Disease in Pediatric Population: Focus on Hospitalization from 2007 to 2022 in Veneto Region in Italy	56
SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Guillain-Barré Syndrome	56
Parasitic Infections in Internationally Adopted Children: A Twelve-Year Retrospective Study	55
New Insights into Bacterial Pathogenesis	55
HAM/TSP Pathogenesis: The Transmigration Activity of HTLV-1-Infected T Cells into Tissues	55
Human Co-Infections between Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. and Other Ixodes-Borne Microorganisms: A Systematic Review	54
Risks of Brucella spp. Infection in Dogs	54
Genetic Diversity of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus for a Global Scenario: A Comprehensive Review	54
Characterizing the Virome of Apple Orchards Affected by Rapid Decline in the Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys of British Columbia (Canada)	54
Mapping the Spatial Distribution of the Rumen Fluke Calicophoron daubneyi in a Mediterranean Area	53
Direct Detection of Streptococcus suis from Cerebrospinal Fluid, Positive Hemoculture, and Simultaneous Differentiation of Serotypes 1, 1/2, 2, and 14 within Single Reaction	53
High Predictive Value of the Soluble ZEBRA Antigen (Epstein-Barr Virus Trans-Activator Zta) in Transplant Patients with PTLD	52
High Burden of Co-Infection with Multiple Enteric Pathogens in Children Suffering with Diarrhoea from Rural and Peri-Urban Communities in South Africa	52
Analysis of Sanitizer Rotation on the Susceptibility, Biofilm Forming Ability and Caco-2 Cell Adhesion and Invasion of Listeria	52
A New Comestible Formulation of Parasiticide Fungi to Reduce the Risk of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections in a Canine Shelter	52
Prophylactic Catechin-Rich Green Tea Extract Treatment Ameliorates Pathogenic Enterotoxic Escherichia coli-Induced Colitis	52
Polyamine Metabolism for Drug Intervention in Trypanosomatids	52
Treatment Reducing Endothelial Activation Protects against Experimental Cerebral Malaria	52