OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene is 4. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Evaluation of the immunogenicity of a DNA vaccine for Leishmania major based on the Leishmania-activated C kinase antigen using calcium phosphate and chitosan adjuvants	77
Human–snake conflict and snakebite envenoming: a planetary health perspective	32
A multimodal neuroimaging approach evaluation of emotional response and anxiety symptoms in leprosy patients	31
Determinants of zinc utilisation in the management of diarrhoea among under-five children in Nigeria: a population-based, cross-sectional study	24
A neglected among the neglected: a review of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Guatemala	18
Rapid diagnostic test-based algorithms for Chagas disease diagnosis: a cost–utility and budget impact analysis in Colombia	17
Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infection in blood donors in a population from the northwestern region of São Paulo state, Brazil	15
Underweight among returned adults after internal displacement in Gezira, Central Sudan: a community-based cross-sectional study	15
Effects of heparin on venom-induced consumption coagulopathy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	15
Characterization of hepatitis B virus surface gene mutations from Huzhou, eastern China	15
Cost, health impacts and cost effectiveness of iceless refrigeration in India's last-mile vaccine cold chain delivery	14
Vector incrimination studies of lymphatic filariasis in rural areas of endemic Datia district of Madhya Pradesh, India	13
Prevalence of and factors associated with childhood anaemia in remote villages of the Peruvian Amazon: a cross-sectional study and geospatial analysis	12
‘My feet cannot stand on their own’: podoconiosis patient healthcare expenditures and income impacts in Rwanda	12
Newly detected paediatric melioidosis cases in a single referral children's hospital in Ho Chi Minh City indicate the probable underrecognition of melioidosis in South Vietnam	12
Lepromatous leprosy masquerading as lichenoid infiltrated rash – A diagnostic predicament	12
Healthcare practitioners' knowledge of snakebite management and associated factors in high-burden, low-resource settings in Uganda	12
Stigma experienced by people with drug-resistant tuberculosis in Lagos, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study	11
A 14-year follow-up of ultrasound-detected urinary tract pathology associated with urogenital schistosomiasis in women living in the Msambweni region of coastal Kenya	11
Social inequalities as effect modifiers of active case-finding strategies for tuberculosis in Brazil: an ecological study	11
Unlocking the potential of blood-stage vaccines for malaria elimination	11
Typhoid knowledge, prevention practices, and vaccine awareness in high-risk communities of Lilongwe, Malawi	10
Impact of geo-climatic factors on the prevalence and diversity of tick fauna in Achai cattle of the northern Hindukush Mountains, Khyber pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan	10
Primary healthcare service delivery for older people with progressive multimorbidity in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review	10
A retrospective study of clinical and epidemiological characteristics of snakebite in Napo Province, Ecuadorian Amazon	9

A tale of 141 municipalities: the spatial distribution of dengue in Mato Grosso, Brazil	9
Antimicrobial resistance patterns of Salmonella spp. identified from retail pork and raw side salads from Busia County, Kenya	9
Risk of human leptospirosis in Colombia: spatiotemporal analysis and related hydroclimatic factors	9
Snakebite envenomation through a gender intersectionality lens in low- and middle-income countries	9
Integrating zooprophylaxis, insecticide-treated livestock and mosquito nets for malaria control: a One Health proposal	9
Urban heat island intensity and chikungunya incidence: a multi-city time-series analysis in Brazil	9
What is new in the treatment of snakebite envenoming? Opportunities and challenges	9
Science–policy translation for Lassa fever control in West Africa: a qualitative synthesis of regional evidence	8
Quality of life in Indian people affected by leprosy? A systematic review from the country with the highest burden of leprosy cases	8
Impact of lamivudine treatment in late pregnancy on the development of the foetal immune response to hepatitis B virus: a meta-analysis in R with the metafor package	8
Ocular outcomes of toxoplasmosis in the Amazon–Cerrado transition zone, Brazil: a population-based study	8
Diagnostics and the 100-day mission: why preparedness cannot wait	8
Analysis of the availability, effectiveness and equity of deployment of resources in the health system response to COVID-19 in Nigeria	8
Decomplexation proteomic analysis and purity assessment of a biologic for snakebite envenoming: Philippine Cobra Antivenom	8
Erratum to: Podoconiosis in Uganda: prevalence, geographical distribution and risk factors	8
Armadillo meat consumption and Hansen’s disease (leprosy): a case–control study in Brazil	8
Studying the health benefits of improved housing in rural Tanzania: challenges and progress	7
Epidemiology of malaria in Chhattisgarh, India: a surveillance data analysis, 2015–2023	7
Dengue molecular dynamics: viral load and serotype shifts predict severity and death in Kolkata, Eastern India	7
Trend of zoonotic diseases outbreaks in India: a secondary data analysis of Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme data, 2010–2023	7
Antenatal care and adherence to intermittent preventive treatment for malaria during pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in Gambia: an examination of Demographic and Health Survey data 2019–2020	7
Correction to: Haemotoxicity of snakes: a review of pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, novel diagnostics and challenges in management	7
Knowledge and approach towards Helicobacter pylori diagnosis and management among primary care physicians in Cameroon: a cross-sectional study	7
Phylogenetic analysis of Acanthamoeba isolated from soil samples and nasal cavities of patients with malignancy: a public health concern in the northwest of Iran	7
A comparison of DNA extraction methods used in the direct molecular detection of Burkholderia pseudomallei from blood	7
Value of whole-body MRI for the assessment of response to albendazole in disseminated neurocysticercosis: a prospective follow-up study	7
Cohort study of human infection by Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi in southern Honduras, Central America	7
Malaria microscopy: a challenge in malaria elimination	7
Chagas disease: host responses, parasite evasion and vaccine advances	7
Recovery ofBrucellain raw milk Minas artisanal cheese approved for consumption by official inspection agency in Brazil: assessment of prevalence and risk factors through One Health integrated a	7
Effects of selected blood-derived factors on innate immunity in the human body louse	7
From neglect to empowerment: impact of vocational rehabilitation on quality of life among disabled filarial lymphoedema patients in a brugian-endemic region of South India—a mixed methods evaluation	7
Clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized due to heart failure with Chagas disease vs other etiologies in the USA	7
Special Issue Editorial: Sustainably reducing snakebite burden by prioritising research(ers) in high-risk areas	7
Scrub typhus in Indonesia: A cross-sectional analysis of archived fever studies samples	7
A comparison of changes in venous lactate and haematocrit during fluid resuscitation of dengue haemorrhagic fever	7
Profile of snakebite cases admitted to the Poison Control Center of Bach Mai Hospital in northern Vietnam from 2008 to 2020	6
Challenges in assessing the impact of infection and disease control interventions over the past decade based on the Expanded Special Project for the Elimination of Neglected Topical Diseases (ESPEN) d	6
Insights into the factors contributing to artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum	6
Zika virus knowledge, attitudes and prevention behaviors among pregnant women in the ZEN cohort study, Colombia, 2017–2018	6
The use of residual serum samples to perform serological surveillance of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in Dili and regional areas of Timor-Leste	6
The first insight into Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates in the lower northern region in Thailand	6
Low CD4+ T-cell count and haematological parameters in patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study	6
Risk of transmission of sleeping sickness in the four historical epicentre villages of the Bipindi focus, Cameroon	6
Snake envenomation in Florida: a 20-year analysis of epidemiology and clinical outcomes at a tertiary medical centre	6
Rectal carriage of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriales among neonates admitted into a special care baby unit, southwest Nigeria	6
The dynamics of household sanitation services and faeco-oral diseases externalities in Osun State, southwest Nigeria	6
Microscopic and molecular identification of diarrhoea-causing intestinal protozoa among children in Guinea-Bissau	6
Haemoconcentration in diagnosing dengue haemorrhagic fever: evidence from a rural Sri Lankan observational study	6
The One Health approach to Strongyloides stercoralis	6

Health-seeking behaviours and traditional healer practices for snakebite in rural and tribal communities in southern India	6
The incidence of snakebite in South Africa and the challenges associated with lack of reporting	5
The prevalence of anemia and its association with body mass index and obesity in adults: a community-based cross-sectional study	5
A cohort study of the duration of immunity to yellow fever after 4 years of primary vaccination in children and adults	5
First report on the enzootic maintenance of Dirofilaria sp. hongkongensis in the canine hosts and mosquito vector Armigeres subalbatus (Coquillet) in Puducherry	5
A single-center experience of early administration of tocilizumab and corticosteroids in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia	5
A disfiguring neglected tropical disease sweeps war-torn Yemen: a community-based study of prevalence and risk factors of cutaneous leishmaniasis among rural communities in the western highlands	5
Risk factors for malaria among children under five living in net-owning households in Mozambique from the 2022–3 Demographic and Health Survey	5
Responding to the cuts in UK AID to neglected tropical diseases control programmes in Africa	5
Correction to: Clinico-epidemiological study of snakebite: an audit of 13 years of data from a community-based treatment centre in eastern Nepal	5
Clinical features and risk factors for death in acute undifferentiated fever: A prospective observational study in rural community hospitals in six states of India	5
The association of intraleucocytic malaria pigment and disease severity in Papua New Guinean children with severe P. falciparum malaria	5
Snakebite-associated acute kidney injury in South Asia: narrative review on epidemiology, pathogenesis and management	5
Temporal trends and spatial and spatiotemporal distribution of schistosomiasis mansoni in northeast Brazil between 2005 and 2016	5
A global spatial analysis of factors associated with case and mortality rates for coronavirus disease 2019 during the first year of the pandemic	5
Comment on: Impact of Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti on dengue incidence in endemic regions	5
Waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio are better predictors of body mass index changes in adolescents in Ho Chi Minh City	5
Ethno-etiology meets virology: land leeches (family: Haemadipsidae ) as potential disease vectors	5
Mediating effects of resilience on frailty and depression among older Chinese people living with HIV/AIDS: a cross-sectional study in Hunan	5
Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis triggered by Rickettsia conorii	5
Integrated and sustainable community approach to malaria prevention in Gulu District, Northern Uganda	5
Diseases of ‘warm temperaments’: a modern perspective on Dr Hother McCormack Hanschell’s ‘On the influence of race in venereal disease’ and the legacies of colonialism and scientific racism in tropica	5
Profile of loiasis infection through clinical and laboratory diagnostics: the importance of biomarkers	5
Serological evidence of hantavirus infection in neotropical bats in an urban area of São Paulo State, Brazil	5
Primary health system strengthening and system-level interventions for tackling snakebite envenoming in India	5
Investigating outcomes of female genital schistosomiasis in communities in Ogun State, Nigeria: a pilot cross-sectional study	5
Local attitudes towards malarial disease in a high-burden area of rural Ghana: a cross-sectional household survey	4
Snakebite in Nicoadala District, central Mozambique: a first assessment based on hospital records	4
Utility of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra and digital chest radiography for the diagnosis and treatment of TB in people living with HIV: a randomised controlled trial (XACT-TB)	4
Drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes among Saharia: a marginalized community of Madhya Pradesh, India	4
Spatiotemporal dynamics and determinants of yellow fever outbreaks in 21st century Brazil: an ecological study	4
Comprehensive analysis of multivariable models for predicting severe dengue prognosis: systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Distribution of the schistosome intermediate snail host Biomphalaria pfeifferi in East Africa's river systems and the prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni infection	4
Mycetoma in Ecuador	4
Scrub typhus outbreak during the Battles of Imphal and Kohima, 1944–45	4
Knowledge and perception of asymptomatic malaria in the Volta region of Ghana	4
Research priorities to support the development of integrated national strategies to control skin-neglected tropical diseases	4
Corrigendum to: Patterns of individual compliance with anthelmintic treatment for soil-transmitted helminth infections in southern Ethiopia over six rounds of community-wide mass drug administration	4
Male sex is associated with a higher risk of multibacillary leprosy and leprosy-associated disability in northeast Brazil	4
Antivenom ineffectiveness in Echis carinatus sochureki envenoming: a five-year, single-centre experience from India	4
Lifetime prevalence and knowledge of snakebite among graduates in Nigeria	4
Strongyloidiasis in end-stage renal disease in Sri Lanka: urging research, improved diagnostics and access to ivermectin	4
Phototherapy in lymphoproliferative and inflammatory diseases associated with human T-lymphotropic virus	4
Insights into parasites and COVID-19 co-infections in Iran: a systematic review	4
Uniting against the snakebite challenge: are we there yet?	4
Assessing the knowledge, training and capacity of health workers in the diagnosis and management of soil-transmitted helminths and schistosomiasis in eastern Uganda	4
Detection of subpatent malaria among febrile mobile and migratory population individuals: a strategy for malaria elimination	4
Painful mycetoma: a study to understand the risk factors in patients visiting the Mycetoma Research Centre (MRC) in Khartoum, Sudan	4
Environmental factors and building conditions for risk of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the northeast of Iran: a population-based case–control study	4
Accuracy of commercial ELISA and ICT for screening schistosomiasis infections at a low endemicity area in Brazil	4
A qualitative study assessing the acceptability of a multi-agent AI Chatbot for providing HIV and mental health support among men who have sex with men and transgender women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Af	4
False-positive dengue non-structural protein 1 in pregnancy	4
Molecular diagnosis and duration of eschar swab sample positivity post-doxycycline therapy in scrub typhus patients	4
Real-time PCR-HRM assay for precise identification of Entamoeba species in diarrheal samples: clinical validation in tropical health settings	4
T-cell depletion and oral candidiasis in Kyasanur Forest disease: a case series	4
Individual, socioeconomic and healthcare access factors influencing the delays in leprosy presentation, diagnosis and treatment: a qualitative study	4
Health literacy among the rural Bangladeshi population on first aid measures and prevention of snakebite	4
Family quality of life and associated factors among people with leprosy or podoconiosis/lymphatic filariasis with visible disabilities and their family members in Ethiopia: a baseline study for a rand	4
Lack of controlled studies on snakebite prevention: a rapid review	4
Mpox awareness and vaccination willingness among a household cohort in Matlab, Bangladesh	4
The seroprevalence of toxocariasis and related risk factors in children in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: results from a school-based cross-sectional study	4
A prospective study of snakebite in a tertiary care hospital in south-western Nepal	4
Genomic surveillance of Salmonella spp. in the Philippines during 2013–2014	4
BCG is protective against death in male but not female patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Guinea-Bissau	4
Cryptosporidium infection in Zambian adults: prevalence, risk factors and molecular characterization	4
Evaluating imatinib in severe COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Hydroxynaphthol blue–based loop-mediated isothermal amplification for the rapid detection of Burkholderia pseudomallei	4
Pilot assessment of point-of-care differential white blood cell count analysers in schoolchildren with schistosomiasis	4
Comment on: What is new in the treatment of snakebite envenoming? Opportunities and challenges	4
Corrigendum to: Case report: recurrence of Plasmodium vivax malaria due to defective cytochrome P450 2D6 function in Pos Lenjang, Pahang, Malaysia	4
Artesunate-mefloquine therapy for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of efficacy and safety	4
Molecular detection of Rickettsia species in Laelaps mites in North India	4
Severe strongyloidiasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 339 cases	4
Orthohantavirus seoulense as a cause of acute, dengue-negative febrile illness in southern Vietnam	4