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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Cost, health impacts and cost effectiveness of iceless refrigeration in India's last-mile vaccine cold chain delivery	74
Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infection in blood donors in a population from the northwestern region of São Paulo state, Brazil	65
A multimodal neuroimaging approach evaluation of emotional response and anxiety symptoms in leprosy patients	31
Vector incrimination studies of lymphatic filariasis in rural areas of endemic Datia district of Madhya Pradesh, India	29
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	22
Determinants of zinc utilisation in the management of diarrhoea among under-five children in Nigeria: a population-based, cross-sectional study	18
Effects of heparin on venom-induced consumption coagulopathy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	18
Human–snake conflict and snakebite envenoming: a planetary health perspective	17
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	16
Characterization of hepatitis B virus surface gene mutations from Huzhou, eastern China	15
Healthcare practitioners' knowledge of snakebite management and associated factors in high-burden, low-resource settings in Uganda	15
A neglected among the neglected: a review of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Guatemala	13
A tale of 141 municipalities: the spatial distribution of dengue in Mato Grosso, Brazil	13
Rapid diagnostic test-based algorithms for Chagas disease diagnosis: a cost–utility and budget impact analysis in Colombia	13
Prevalence of and factors associated with childhood anaemia in remote villages of the Peruvian Amazon: a cross-sectional study and geospatial analysis	13
Underweight among returned adults after internal displacement in Gezira, Central Sudan: a community-based cross-sectional study	13
‘My feet cannot stand on their own’: podoconiosis patient healthcare expenditures and income impacts in Rwanda	12
Lepromatous leprosy masquerading as lichenoid infiltrated rash – A diagnostic predicament	12
A retrospective study of clinical and epidemiological characteristics of snakebite in Napo Province, Ecuadorian Amazon	11
Primary healthcare service delivery for older people with progressive multimorbidity in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review	11
Malaria diagnosis in an emergency department before and after the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective 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	10
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
Ocular outcomes of toxoplasmosis in the Amazon–Cerrado transition zone, Brazil: a population-based study	9

Unlocking the potential of blood-stage vaccines for malaria elimination	9
Stigma experienced by people with drug-resistant tuberculosis in Lagos, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study	9
Decomplexation proteomic analysis and purity assessment of a biologic for snakebite envenoming: Philippine Cobra Antivenom	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
Social inequalities as effect modifiers of active case-finding strategies for tuberculosis in Brazil: an ecological study	9
Erratum to: Podoconiosis in Uganda: prevalence, geographical distribution and risk factors	8
Analysis of the availability, effectiveness and equity of deployment of resources in the health system response to COVID-19 in Nigeria	8
Antimicrobial resistance patterns of Salmonella spp. identified from retail pork and raw side salads from Busia County, Kenya	8
Malaria microscopy: a challenge in malaria elimination	8
A comparison of changes in venous lactate and haematocrit during fluid resuscitation of dengue haemorrhagic fever	8
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	8
Scrub typhus in Indonesia: A cross-sectional analysis of archived fever studies samples	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
Chagas disease: host responses, parasite evasion and vaccine advances	8
Quality of life in Indian people affected by leprosy? A systematic review from the country with the highest burden of leprosy cases	8
What is new in the treatment of snakebite envenoming? Opportunities and challenges	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
Correction to: Haemotoxicity of snakes: a review of pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, novel diagnostics and challenges in management	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
Effects of selected blood-derived factors on innate immunity in the human body louse	7
Special Issue Editorial: Sustainably reducing snakebite burden by prioritising research(ers) in high-risk areas	7
Integrating zooprophylaxis, insecticide-treated livestock and mosquito nets for malaria control: a One Health proposal	7
Knowledge and approach towards Helicobacter pylori diagnosis and management among primary care physicians in Cameroon: a cross-sectional study	7
Epidemiology of malaria in Chhattisgarh, India: a surveillance data analysis, 2015–2023	7
Studying the health benefits of improved housing in rural Tanzania: challenges and progress	7
Trend of zoonotic diseases outbreaks in India: a secondary data analysis of Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme data, 2010–2023	6
Dengue molecular dynamics: viral load and serotype shifts predict severity and death in Kolkata, Eastern India	6
Value of whole-body MRI for the assessment of response to albendazole in disseminated neurocysticercosis: a prospective follow-up study	6
Low CD4+ T-cell count and haematological parameters in patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study	6
Rectal carriage of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriales among neonates admitted into a special care baby unit, southwest Nigeria	6
Clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized due to heart failure with Chagas disease vs other etiologies in the USA	6
Profile of snakebite cases admitted to the Poison Control Center of Bach Mai Hospital in northern Vietnam from 2008 to 2020	6
Risk of transmission of sleeping sickness in the four historical epicentre villages of the Bipindi focus, Cameroon	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
The first insight into Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates in the lower northern region in Thailand	6
Cohort study of human infection by Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi in southern Honduras, Central America	6
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	6
The Bayelsa Health Summit: strategizing for health at a subnational level in Nigeria	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
Haemoconcentration in diagnosing dengue haemorrhagic fever: evidence from a rural Sri Lankan observational study	6
Risk factors for malaria among children under five living in net-owning households in Mozambique from the 2022–3 Demographic and Health Survey	5
Investigating outcomes of female genital schistosomiasis in communities in Ogun State, Nigeria: a pilot cross-sectional study	5
Male sex is associated with a higher risk of multibacillary leprosy and leprosy-associated disability in northeast Brazil	5
Mediating effects of resilience on frailty and depression among older Chinese people living with HIV/AIDS: a cross-sectional study in Hunan	5
Molecular and clinical characteristics of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae isolates collected at a tertiary hospital in northern China	5
A cohort study of the duration of immunity to yellow fever after 4 years of primary vaccination in children and adults	5
Snake envenomation in Florida: a 20-year analysis of epidemiology and clinical outcomes at a tertiary medical centre	5

Health-seeking behaviours and traditional healer practices for snakebite in rural and tribal communities in southern India	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
A global spatial analysis of factors associated with case and mortality rates for coronavirus disease 2019 during the first year of the pandemic	5
First report on the enzootic maintenance of Dirofilaria sp. hongkongensis in the canine hosts and mosquito vector Armigeres subalbatus (Coquillet) in Puducherry	5
Waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio are better predictors of body mass index changes in adolescents in Ho Chi Minh City	5
Temporal trends and spatial and spatiotemporal distribution of schistosomiasis mansoni in northeast Brazil between 2005 and 2016	5
Profile of loiasis infection through clinical and laboratory diagnostics: the importance of biomarkers	5
The One Health approach to Strongyloides stercoralis	5
Impact of climate change on West Nile virus distribution in South America	5
A single-center experience of early administration of tocilizumab and corticosteroids in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia	5
Primary health system strengthening and system-level interventions for tackling snakebite envenoming in India	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
Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis triggered by Rickettsia conorii	5
Pretreatment attrition and treatment initiation delay among rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis patients in Lagos, Nigeria: a retrospective cohort study	5
Zika virus knowledge, attitudes and prevention behaviors among pregnant women in the ZEN cohort study, Colombia, 2017–2018	5
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	5
Insights into the factors contributing to artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum	5
Artesunate-mefloquine therapy for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of efficacy and safety	4
T-cell depletion and oral candidiasis in Kyasanur Forest disease: a case series	4
Uniting against the snakebite challenge: are we there yet?	4
Strongyloidiasis in end-stage renal disease in Sri Lanka: urging research, improved diagnostics and access to ivermectin	4
Insights into parasites and COVID-19 co-infections in Iran: a systematic review	4
Antivenom ineffectiveness in Echis carinatus sochureki envenoming: a five-year, single-centre experience from India	4
Snakebite-associated acute kidney injury in South Asia: narrative review on epidemiology, pathogenesis and management	4
Responding to the cuts in UK AID to neglected tropical diseases control programmes in Africa	4
The association of intraleucocytic malaria pigment and disease severity in Papua New Guinean children with severe P. falciparum malaria	4
Accuracy of commercial ELISA and ICT for screening schistosomiasis infections at a low endemicity area in Brazil	4
Epidemiological and clinical features of the 2016–2018 Zika virus outbreak in northern Argentina	4
Real-time PCR-HRM assay for precise identification of Entamoeba species in diarrheal samples: clinical validation in tropical health settings	4
Local attitudes towards malarial disease in a high-burden area of rural Ghana: a cross-sectional household survey	4
Corrigendum to: Case report: recurrence of Plasmodium vivax malaria due to defective cytochrome P450 2D6 function in Pos Lenjang, Pahang, Malaysia	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
Effectiveness of stand-alone anti-adult mosquito control strategies against Aedes -borne diseases: scoping review with 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
False-positive dengue non-structural protein 1 in pregnancy	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
Drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes among Saharia: a marginalized community of Madhya Pradesh, India	4
Mpox awareness and vaccination willingness among a household cohort in Matlab, Bangladesh	4
Molecular detection of Rickettsia species in Laelaps mites in North India	4
The incidence of snakebite in South Africa and the challenges associated with lack of reporting	4
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	4
Phototherapy in lymphoproliferative and inflammatory diseases associated with human T-lymphotropic virus	4
Scrub typhus outbreak during the Battles of Imphal and Kohima, 1944–45	4
Screening adults with tuberculosis for severe illness at notification: programme experience from Gujarat, India	4
Comprehensive analysis of multivariable models for predicting severe dengue prognosis: systematic review and meta-analysis	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
Severe strongyloidiasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 339 cases	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
Painful mycetoma: a study to understand the risk factors in patients visiting the Mycetoma Research Centre (MRC) in Khartoum, Sudan	4
Comment on: What is new in the treatment of snakebite envenoming? Opportunities and challenges	4
Lifetime prevalence and knowledge of snakebite among graduates in Nigeria	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
Snakebite in Nicoadala District, central Mozambique: a first assessment based on hospital records	4
Orthohantavirus seoulense as a cause of acute, dengue-negative febrile illness in southern Vietnam	4
Serological evidence of hantavirus infection in neotropical bats in an urban area of São Paulo State, Brazil	4
The prevalence of anemia and its association with body mass index and obesity in adults: a community-based cross-sectional study	4
Hydroxynaphthol blue–based loop-mediated isothermal amplification for the rapid detection of Burkholderia pseudomallei	4
Lack of controlled studies on snakebite prevention: a rapid review	4
Knowledge and perception of asymptomatic malaria in the Volta region of Ghana	4
Molecular diagnosis and duration of eschar swab sample positivity post-doxycycline therapy in scrub typhus patients	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