OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Pathogens is 55. 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
Impact of Treatment with Ustekinumab on Severe Infections in a Patient with Uncontrolled Psoriasis and Late-Onset Combined Primary Immunodeficiency: Case Report	300
HPV16 E6 and E7 Genetic Variability in Oral and Anal Samples from HIV-Positive MSM	147
HEV Infection in Beta-Thalassemia Patients	144
Review of Major and Minor Pathogens of Adult Pacific Salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) in Freshwater in the Pacific Northwest of North America	144
Cell Fractionation and the Identification of Host Proteins Involved in Plant–Virus Interactions	117
Transovarial Transmission of Anaplasma marginale in Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus Ticks Results in a Bottleneck for Strain Diversity	111
Detection of Brucella abortus Vaccine Strain RB51 in Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) Milk	109
Use of a Novel Feeding System to Assess the Survival of a Very Stable Mammalian Virus, Porcine Parvovirus, Within Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Larvae: A Comparison with Mealworm (Tenebrio mol	109
Iron Regulatory Mechanism IRE/IRP-like in Two Protozoa of Importance to Human Health, Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia duodenalis	108
Phenotypic and Genotypic Drug Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains Isolated from HIV-Infected Patients from a Third-Level Public Hospital in Mexico	108
Ex Vivo Drug Susceptibility of Plasmodium malariae Isolates to Antimalarial Drugs in Gabon	105
The Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases Meets AI: A Match Made in Heaven	99
Frequency of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Patients with Imminent Preterm Delivery on the Island of Curaçao	95
Characteristics of COVID-19 Infection in a Hospitalized Autoimmune Hepatitis Patient	92
Diagnostic Laboratory Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients Infected by Fomites: COVID-19 Outbreak in a South Korean Public Administrative Facility	92
Molecular Epidemiology of Group B Streptococci in Lithuania Identifies Multi-Drug Resistant Clones and Sporadic ST1 Serotypes Ia and Ib	86
rCsHscB Derived from Clonorchis sinensis: A Carcinogenic Liver Fluke Ameliorates LPS-Induced Acute Hepatic Injury by Repression of Inflammation	84
Clinical Evaluation of Three Commercial RT-PCR Kits for Routine COVID-19 Diagnosis	83
HepCare Plus: Enhancing Primary Care Identification and Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus in High-Risk Individuals	83
Characterization of the Pepper Virome in Oklahoma Reveals Emerging RNA and DNA Viruses	81
Application of Machine Learning Algorithms in Urinary Tract Infections Diagnosis Based on Non-Microbiological Parameters	80
Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation on Neuropeptide Transcript Levels in the Synganglion of Ixodes ricinus	78
Challenges and Opportunities in One Health: Google Trends Search Data	78
Ornithodoros sonrai Soft Ticks and Associated Bacteria in Senegal	75
From One Heath to One Sustainability: The Role of Contagious Mastitis Pathogens in Decreasing the Dairy Herd Sustainability	74

Modular Polymerase Synthesis and Internal Protein Domain Swapping via Dual Opposed Frameshifts in the Ebola Virus L Gene	72
Identifying the Impact of Chlamydia trachomatis Screening and Treatment on Mother-to-Child Transmission, and Respiratory Neonatal Outcomes in Mexico	72
Assessing the Operational Feasibility of Integrating Point-of-Care G6PD Testing into Plasmodium vivax Malaria Management in Vietnam	71
The Role of the Fusarium oxysporum FTF2 Transcription Factor in Host Colonization and Virulence in Common Bean Plants (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)	70
Evaluation of the Performance of the Novodiag® Stool Parasites Assay for the Detection of Intestinal Protozoa and Microsporidia	70
3-Bromopyruvate Impairs Mitochondrial Function in Trypanosoma cruzi	68
Gram-Negative Microbiota Derived from Trout Fished in Slovakian Water Sources and Their Relationship to Postbiotics	67
First Detection and Molecular Identification of Rhabditis (Rhabditella) axei from the Chinese Red Panda (Ailurus styani)	66
Morphometric and Molecular Insights into Hepatozoon spp. in Wild and Synanthropic Rodents from Southern and Southeastern Brazil	66
Multigene Typing of Croatian ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma Mali’ Strains	65
The Trimeric Autotransporter Adhesin EmaA and Infective Endocarditis	65
Modulation of Porcine Gut Microbiota and Microbiome: Hologenomic, Dietary, and Endogenous Factors	65
Complement Suppresses the Initial Type 1 Interferon Response to Ocular Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Infection in Mice	63
Syndrome of Transient Headache and Neurologic Deficits with Cerebrospinal Fluid Lymphocytosis (HaNDL): HHV-7 Finding in Cerebrospinal Fluid Challenges Diagnostic Criteria	63
Atypical Staphylococcal Septic Arthritis in a Native Hip: A Case Report and Review	62
Editorial on the Research Topic of the Special Issue “Current Status of Acinetobacter Infections”	61
The Symbiotic Bacteria—Xenorhabdus nematophila All and Photorhabdus luminescens H06 Strongly Affected the Phenoloxidase Activation of Nipa Palm Hispid, Octodonta nipae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Larv	61
COVID-19 among People Living with HTLV-1 Infection in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	61
Value of Verbal Autopsy in a Fragile Setting: Reported versus Estimated Community Deaths Associated with COVID-19, Banadir, Somalia	60
Molecular Survey of Parasitic Contamination of Frozen Berries	60
Differential Gene Expression Pattern of Importin β3 and NS5 in C6/36 Cells Acutely and Persistently Infected with Dengue Virus 2	60
Ticks Infesting Dogs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: Detailed Epidemiological and Molecular Report	60
First Genomic Evidence of California Hare Coltivirus from Natural Populations of Ixodes persulcatus Ticks in Northeast China	60
Adding Hyponatremia to the “Rule-of-6” Prediction Tool Improves Performance in Identifying Hospitalised Patients with COVID-19 at Risk of Adverse Clinical Outcomes	59
Baculovirus-Assisted Production of Bartonella bacilliformis Proteins: A Potential Strategy for Improving Serological Diagnosis of Carrion’s Disease	59
Evaluation of RNA Secondary Stem-Loop Structures in the UTRs of Mouse Hepatitis Virus as New Therapeutic Targets	58
Predictor Variables in the Spread of Chagas Disease in Rural Areas	57
Plasmodium Infection–Cure Cycles Increase the Capacity of Phagocytosis in Conventional Dendritic Cells	57
Host Cells of Leucocytozoon (Haemosporida, Leucocytozoidae) Gametocytes, with Remarks on the Phylogenetic Importance of This Character	56
Impact of Empirical and Definitive Antibiotics on Pediatric Febrile Urinary Tract Infection Caused by ESBL-Producing Enterobacterales	55
Iodobacter fluviatilis, a New Potential Opportunistic Pathogen Associated with Skin Lesions, First Report in Hypophthalmichthys nobilis in China	55
Serum Proteomics Reveals Systemic Responses in Didelphis aurita Naturally Infected with Hepatozoon sp.	55
Discovery of Novel Diagnostic Biomarkers for Common Pathogenic Nocardia Through Pan-Genome and Comparative Genome Analysis, with Preliminary Validation	55