OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical is 2. 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
Health Care for the Population Deprived of Liberty: Overcoming Challenges and Promoting Citizenship	88
Gestational and congenital syphilis: gaps to be elucidated	38
Primary Bacterial Ventriculitis caused by Staphylococcus warneri	19
Pott’s puffy tumor secondary to frontal sinusitis	17
A Rare Factor in the Etiology of Loffler’s Pneumonia: Fasciola hepatica	16
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis secondary to neurocryptococcosis	16
New technologies for identification and surveillance of Chagas disease vectors	15
Trypanosoma cruzi (DTU TcI) in a fatal case of meningoencephalitis due to Chagas disease reactivation in a patient coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus: case report	15
First case of envenomation in humans caused by the banded cat-eyed snake Leptodeira annulata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Squamata: Dipsadidae) in Brazil	14
Tuberculosis suggesting lung cancer	13
Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium leprae in the state of São Paulo, an area of low-leprosy incidence in Brazil	12
Neutrophil extracellular traps and parasite load are associated with dermal matrix remodeling in Leishmania braziliensis infection	11
Brucellar Cervical Spondylodiscitis Complicated by Epidural Abscess and Neurobrucellosis	11
Leishmania (L.) amazonensis Lainson & Shaw, 1972: A cruel parasite causing a high-morbidity disease with severe physical deformities and, secondarily, even death	10
Post nirmatrelvir/ritonavir erythema multiforme in a patient with coronavirus disease infection	9
Multiple lung nodules with the halo sign due to syphilis	9
Klebsiella pneumoniae-induced liver and prostate abscesses	9
One Health Approach to Sporothrix brasiliensis: Disinfection Strategies for Control and Prevention	8
Alexandre da Costa Linhares (★1952 †2025)	8
Disseminated melioidosis with sternoclavicular joint abscesses	8
Erratum	8
Deadly Waters as Naegleria fowleri Emerges in Brazil - A Call for a One Health Approach to Address Climate Change-Fostered Increasing Threat	8
Occurrence of arbovirus infections in two riverine populations in the municipality of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil	8
Widespread Encephalitis Following Acute Sinusitis in a Pediatric Patient	7
Emphysematous Abdominal Aortitis	7

Serology for visceral leishmaniasis: How trusty is the accuracy reported by the manufacturers?	7
Humoral responses to the CoronoVac vaccine in healthcare workers	7
A Case of Doxycycline-Induced Esophagitis Accompanied by Oral Aphthous Ulcers and Laryngitis	7
Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis After Tooth Extraction	7
Morphometry of the wings of Anopheles aquasalis in simulated scenarios of climate change	7
Determinants of Delayed Leprosy Diagnosis in an Endemic Area of Northeast Brazil: A Cross-Sectional Study	6
“It’s not all about the disease”: do treatment and socioeconomic status affect perceived impact and satisfaction of patients treated for cutaneous leishmaniasis?	6
Cystic Lung and Hepatic Lesions in Hydatid Disease	6
Integrated surveillance of arboviruses in febrile patients from the Brazilian Amazon reveals complex co-circulation dynamics and hidden viral diversity	6
Erythema induratum of Bazin	6
Brazil accounts for nearly 90% of the leprosy cases in the Americas	6
A rare complication of brucellosis: Superinfection of a mature ovarian cystic teratoma	6
Cytokine Profile in Women Affected by Chikungunya: Analysis of a Prospective Cohort in Northeastern Brazil	6
Prolonged Evaluation of COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness in Healthcare Workers at a Public Tertiary Hospital: A Retrospective Cohort Study	6
Prediction of latent tuberculosis infection in Venezuelan immigrants: construction and validation of a surveillance model	6
Historical Trends and Epidemiological Indicators of Congenital Syphilis in São Paulo, Brazil: 1986-2023	6
Spondylodiscitis caused by the Burkholderia cepacia complex	5
Scorpion Stings: Epidemiological, Clinical, and Forensic Medical Evaluation Using University Hospital Data	5
Disseminated Multidrug Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoea infection in a patient with vasculitic skin rash	5
Testicular tuberculosis	5
Frontoethmoidal encephalocele as a cause of recurrent meningitis	5
Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Dengue Incidence in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, 2016-2022	5
Hepatic fascioliasis with metastasis appearance	5
Short-duration treatment for latent tuberculosis in migrants: VDOT monitoring in Manaus, AM.	5
Follow-up evaluation of long COVID syndrome in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection	5
Neurobrucellosis and Multiple Sclerosis: Cause, Confounder, or Coincidence?	5
Malaria in areas under mining activity in the Amazon: A review	5
Muscular and brain cysticercosis	4
Challenges to Schistosomiasis Control Program in Brazil: setbacks in the control program and critical analysis of the disease notification	4
Chylothorax and chylous ascites due to juvenile paracoccidioidomycosis: a case report	4
Dengue Burden and Factors Influencing Severity in Honduras: A Descriptive and Analytical Study	4
Pyrethroid Resistance in Anopheles gambiae s.l.: A Focus on Permethrin and Deltamethrin for Malaria Vector Control	4
Aspergillus encephalitis with microabscesses in an immunocompetent patient	4
Fritz Köberle: A Life Dedicated to Medicine	4
Risk Factors for Acute Rheumatic Disease: Exploring Factors at Individual and Collective Levels	4
Reversed halo sign in a patient with septic embolism	4
Advancements in Viral Genomics: Gated Recurrent Unit Modeling of SARS-CoV-2, SARS, MERS, and Ebola viruses	4
Persistent Cervical Infection with the Chikungunya Virus	4
Trypanosoma cruzi infection status in birthing individuals in three endemic provinces of Argentina: a descriptive cross-sectional study	4
Early-Onset Respiratory Muscle Paralysis in Crotalic Envenomation: A Case Study	3
Lea Ferreira Camillo-Coura (★1932 †2023) Always first	3
Inflammation, fibrosis and E1 glycoprotein persistence in joint tissue of patients with post-Chikungunya chronic articular disease	3
Giant pulmonary hydatid cyst causing a mediastinal shift in a child	3
A case of tuberculosis in the cavitary lesion suggestive of neoplasm	3
Panstrongylus guentheri Berg, 1879 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae): first record in Mato Grosso, Brazil	3
Ciguatera on the coast of Northeastern Brazil: report of an outbreak in Fernando de Noronha Archipelago	3
Elevated NS1 serum levels reduce CD119 expression and CXCL-10 synthesis in patients with dengue hemorrhagic fever	3
Pyomyositis in an immunocompetent man	3
Primary Alveolar Echinococcosis of the Kidney	3
The Rising Significance of Soft Skills in Postgraduate Education: Nurturing Well-Rounded Professionals for the Modern World	3

Case report: Mycetoma caused by Gordonia soli	3
Erratum	3
Cutaneous cryptococcosis resembling keratoacanthoma	3
Orbital cellulitis following acute sinusitis in a neonate	3
Triatomines in the city: A study of Rhodnius neglectus in Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil, and its epidemiological implications	3
Monitoring fluoroquinolone resistance among ESBL-positive and ESBL-negative Escherichia coli strains isolated from urinary tract infections: An alert for empirical treatment	3
Presence of Viable Bacilli in Multibacillary Leprosy After 12 Doses of Multidrug Therapy	3
Spotted fever diagnosis using molecular methods	3
Thrombosed umbilical vein varix in newborn with congenital syphilis	3
A Case of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease	3
Association of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α (-G308A) Polymorphism with risk of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding from Schistosomiasis in Pernambuco	3
Emphysematous osteomyelitis	3
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Morocco: A systematic review of observational studies	3
Temperature as a Climate Variable in Dengue Epidemiological Studies	3
AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma of the oral cavity	2
Massive invasion on a Triatominae insectarium (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) by Attagenus fasciatus (Thunberg, 1795) (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Attageninae)	2
Epidemiological indicators of Chagas disease in the metropolitan region of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil	2
Occurrence of Tungiasis in Ceará State, Northeast Brazil: Results of a Rapid Assessment Method	2
Dengue Mimickers: Which Clinical Conditions Can Resemble Dengue Fever?	2
Congenital cytomegalovirus infection-related thrombocytopenia	2
Human Activity Profile Questionnaire: functional assessment and screening for systolic dysfunction in patients with Chagas cardiomyopathy	2
Erratum	2
A systematic review of comparative accuracy studies of the Kato-Katz and spontaneous sedimentation methods for schistosomiasis diagnosis	2
Ecological Importance of Breeding Sites in Atlantic Forest Fragments: A Focus on Culicidae Diversity with Particular Attention to Vector Species	2
The CT target sign as a criterion for the differential diagnosis between tuberculosis and organizing pneumonia	2
Oral presentation of histoplasmosis in non-HIV immunocompromised patient after cardiac transplant: First Brazilian case report	2
Atypical manifestation of leprosy in a pediatric patient	2
A rare cause of portal vein thrombosis: Fascioliasis	2
Disseminated sporotrichosis with osteoarticular involvement in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: a case report	2
A Rare Cause of Fever of Unknown Origin: Amoebic Liver Abscess	2
Clinical spectrum of congenital Zika virus infection in Brazil: Update and issues for research development	2
Bedside ultrasonography for rapid detection of splenic abscess in melioidosis	2
Crusted Scabies	2
Paediatric Splenic Abscess Due to Salmonella	2
Nodular scabies on a boy’s scrotum	2
Pelvic tumoral actinomycosis	2
Sanitary Specialist Tadayasu Sakamoto (★ 1937 † 2021)	2
The greatest Dengue epidemic in Brazil: Surveillance, Prevention, and Control	2
Distribution of yellow fever vectors in a disease-free area of Northeast Brazil	2
Sabethes mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) associated with bamboo internodes in Pariquera-Açu and Cananeia, São Paulo State, Brazil	2
Increase in mucormycosis hospitalizations in southeastern Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic: a 2010-2021 time series	2
Evolution of the occurrence of Tityus serrulatus (LUTZ & MELLO, 1992) in the state of Santa Catarina	2
Chikungunya clusters in the state of Bahia: influence of environmental and social factors	2
Descriptive study on risk of increased morbidity of schistosomiasis and graft loss after liver transplantation	2
Chromoblastomycosis in Brazil: A review of 450 published cases	2
Entomological indicators and food sources of triatomines in the Brazilian semi-arid region	2
Paracoccidioidomycosis mimicking mycetoma	2
Brucellar Spondylitis with Epidural Abscess and Lumbosacral Radiculitis Mimicking Lumbar Disc Herniation	2
A Rare Case of Primary Musculoskeletal Hydatid Disease Involving the Deltoid Muscle and Humerus	2
Pericardial abscess: A rare complication of disseminated melioidosis in a patient with relapsed multiple myeloma	2
Bilateral oculomotor nerve palsy secondary to bacterial meningitis	2
Temporal Pattern and Spatial Distribution of Tuberculosis Prevalence Associated with Multimorbidity in Brazil	2
Detection of HPV DNA in vaginal samples self-collected by women living with HIV treated through the Brazilian public health system: Prevalence and analysis of risk factors	2
Diffuse cryptococcosis simulating lung and skin neoplasms	2
First report of mixed Trypanosoma cruzi discrete typing units infection in Triatoma phyllosoma in the peri-urban environment of Oaxaca, Mexico	2
Paracoccidioidomycosis manifested by sarcoid-like cutaneous lesions with severe systemic disease: a rare and challenging diagnosis	2
Investigating the association between yellow fever vaccination and symptomatic acute Zika virus infection: a case-control study	2
Brazil’s Path to Vaccine Recovery and Leadership	2
Surveillance Service of Yellow Fever in Non-Human Primates in the Federal District, Brazil, 2008-2022	2
Gamasoidosis (avian mite dermatitis) outbreak in a student dormitory	2
Enterobius vermicularis in Brazil: An integrative review	2
Information, Transparency, and Equity: Disaggregated Data by Race/Color as a Tool for Public Health Management	2
COVID-19-associated mucormycosis: the rise and fall of an epidemic within a pandemic - a systematic review of 1,482 cases (2019-2025)	2
The CXCL9/10/11-CXCR3 axis as a predictor of COVID-19 progression: a prospective, case-control study	2