OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical is 3. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium leprae in the state of São Paulo, an area of low-leprosy incidence in Brazil	36
Reactivation of neurocysticercosis: calcified nodular lesion and perilesional edema	35
Health Care for the Population Deprived of Liberty: Overcoming Challenges and Promoting Citizenship	34
The health-related quality of life in patients with post-COVID-19 after hospitalization: a systematic review	32
Gestational and congenital syphilis: gaps to be elucidated	29
First case of envenomation in humans caused by the banded cat-eyed snake Leptodeira annulata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Squamata: Dipsadidae) in Brazil	23
Impact of a computer system as a triage tool in the management of pulmonary tuberculosis in a HIV reference center in Brazil	22
Primary Bacterial Ventriculitis caused by Staphylococcus warneri	21
Pott’s puffy tumor secondary to frontal sinusitis	20
Septic embolism of the lung due to spondylodiscitis	16
A Rare Factor in the Etiology of Loffler’s Pneumonia: Fasciola hepatica	15
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis secondary to neurocryptococcosis	15
How to overcome the stagnation of the first dose vaccine coverage curve against coronavirus disease 2019 in Brazil?	15
Anxiety, depression, and quality of life in mothers of children with congenital Zika syndrome: Results of a 5-year follow-up study	14
Prediction of malaria using deep learning models: A case study on city clusters in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, from 2003 to 2018	14
The role of free-living amoebae in the persistence of viruses in the era of severe acute respiratory syndrome 2, should we be concerned?	13
COVID-19 epidemic in remote areas of the French Amazon, March 2020 to May 2021: Another reality	13
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	13
Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecium isolated from pigeon droppings (Columba livia) in the external environment close to hospitals	12
Occurrence of arbovirus infections in two riverine populations in the municipality of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil	11
Leishmania (L.) amazonensis Lainson & Shaw, 1972: A cruel parasite causing a high-morbidity disease with severe physical deformities and, secondarily, even death	11
Asymptomatic Neurosyphilis in HIV infected patients at a Brazilian HIV and AIDS specialized service: a cross sectional study	10
Post nirmatrelvir/ritonavir erythema multiforme in a patient with coronavirus disease infection	10
Amoebic liver abscess	10
Klebsiella pneumoniae-induced liver and prostate abscesses	10

Assorted copper pennies on a scar - a case of chromoblastomycosis after knee transplant	9
Multiple lung nodules with the halo sign due to syphilis	9
Erratum	9
Serology for visceral leishmaniasis: How trusty is the accuracy reported by the manufacturers?	9
Spatial and spatiotemporal patterns of human visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic southeastern area in countryside Brazil	8
A Case of Doxycycline-Induced Esophagitis Accompanied by Oral Aphthous Ulcers and Laryngitis	8
Characterization of insect-specific Culex flavivirus (Flaviviridae) nucleotide sequences in mosquitoes from urban parks in São Paulo, Brazil	8
Disseminated melioidosis with sternoclavicular joint abscesses	8
Morphometry of the wings of Anopheles aquasalis in simulated scenarios of climate change	8
Emphysematous Abdominal Aortitis	8
Sensitivity comparison for the Leishmania spp. detection in different canine tissues using PCR-HRM	8
Brucellar Cervical Spondylodiscitis Complicated by Epidural Abscess and Neurobrucellosis	8
In vitro and in silico assessment of new beta amino ketones with antiplasmodial activity	8
Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis After Tooth Extraction	8
Humoral responses to the CoronoVac vaccine in healthcare workers	7
Cryptosporidium diagnosis in different groups of children and characterization of parasite species	7
Prediction of latent tuberculosis infection in Venezuelan immigrants: construction and validation of a surveillance model	7
Testicular tuberculosis	7
Endophytic fungus Phomopsis sp. as a source of 3-nitropropionic acid with larvicidal activity against Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus 1762, Diptera: Culicidae)	7
A rare complication of brucellosis: Superinfection of a mature ovarian cystic teratoma	7
“It’s not all about the disease”: do treatment and socioeconomic status affect perceived impact and satisfaction of patients treated for cutaneous leishmaniasis?	7
Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Histopathological Aspects of Botryomycosis	7
Widespread Encephalitis Following Acute Sinusitis in a Pediatric Patient	7
The burden of mental disorders attributable by cocaine use: Global Burden of Diseases Study in Brazil, 1990 and 2019	7
Erythema induratum of Bazin	7
Giant peritoneal hydatid cyst causing pelvic venous congestion	7
Follow-up evaluation of long COVID syndrome in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection	6
Short-duration treatment for latent tuberculosis in migrants: VDOT monitoring in Manaus, AM.	6
Malaria in areas under mining activity in the Amazon: A review	6
Concurrent hospitalization of a married couple presenting with distinct symptoms but diagnosed with a life-threatening infectious disease	6
Frontoethmoidal encephalocele as a cause of recurrent meningitis	6
Reliability of point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen assay for diagnosing schistosomiasis mansoni in urine samples from an endemic area of Brazil after one year of storage at -20 degrees Celsius	6
Incidence and mortality rates of lip, oral cavity, and pharynx cancers in Brazil: time-trend and age-period-cohort analysis from the last 30 years, Global Burden of Disease Study	6
Spondylodiscitis caused by the Burkholderia cepacia complex	6
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital admissions for cardiovascular diseases in a large Brazilian urban center	6
Molecular characterization of nontuberculous Mycobacteria in a tuberculosis and HIV reference unit in the State of Amazonas, Brazil	6
Seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in blood donors in the extreme South of Brazil	6
Isolated amoebic brain abscess with excellent therapeutic response	5
Profile of natural Trypanosoma cruzi infection among dogs from rural areas of southern Espírito Santo, Brazil	5
Muscular and brain cysticercosis	5
The burden of suicide in Brazil: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019	5
Disseminated Multidrug Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoea infection in a patient with vasculitic skin rash	5
Hepatic fascioliasis with metastasis appearance	5
Oral and ocular manifestations in a patient with coronavirus disease-2019: Clinical presentation and management	5
Fritz Köberle: A Life Dedicated to Medicine	5
Challenges to Schistosomiasis Control Program in Brazil: setbacks in the control program and critical analysis of the disease notification	5
Genitourinary Tuberculosis, not Lupus	5
Neurobrucellosis and Multiple Sclerosis: Cause, Confounder, or Coincidence?	5
A fatal rhino-orbit-cerebral mucormycosis infection aggravated by coronavirus disease-2019	5
Reversed halo sign in a patient with septic embolism	5

Aspergillus encephalitis with microabscesses in an immunocompetent patient	5
Dengue Burden and Factors Influencing Severity in Honduras: A Descriptive and Analytical Study	5
Cutaneous cryptococcosis resembling keratoacanthoma	5
Advancements in Viral Genomics: Gated Recurrent Unit Modeling of SARS-CoV-2, SARS, MERS, and Ebola viruses	5
Low eligibility for hepatitis B treatment in the Brazilian public health system	5
Broad-Snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris) bite	5
Glioblastoma misdiagnosed as acute disseminated encephalomyelitis following coronavirus disease vaccination	5
Thrombosed umbilical vein varix in newborn with congenital syphilis	4
The Rising Significance of Soft Skills in Postgraduate Education: Nurturing Well-Rounded Professionals for the Modern World	4
A Case of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease	4
Orbital cellulitis following acute sinusitis in a neonate	4
Phylogenetic relationships of the supercontig of sodium channel subunit I (NaV) in 17 species of Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae)	4
Erratum	4
A rare cause of dyspnea and cough: Diffuse tracheal papillomatosis	4
Persistent Cervical Infection with the Chikungunya Virus	4
Risk Factors for Acute Rheumatic Disease: Exploring Factors at Individual and Collective Levels	4
Case report: Mycetoma caused by Gordonia soli	4
Monitoring Rhodnius neglectus (Lent, 1954) populations’ susceptibility to insecticide used in controlling actions in urban areas northwest of São Paulo state	4
Multiple Streptococcus sanguinis brain abscesses misdiagnosed as cerebral manifestation of tuberculosis	4
Lea Ferreira Camillo-Coura (★1932 †2023) Always first	4
Erratum	4
Early-Onset Respiratory Muscle Paralysis in Crotalic Envenomation: A Case Study	4
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Morocco: A systematic review of observational studies	4
Pyomyositis in an immunocompetent man	4
Excess Mortality due to natural causes among whites and blacks during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil	4
Inflammation, fibrosis and E1 glycoprotein persistence in joint tissue of patients with post-Chikungunya chronic articular disease	4
Paracoccidioidomycosis as an opportunistic manifestation of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome	4
Spotted fever diagnosis using molecular methods	4
Panstrongylus guentheri Berg, 1879 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae): first record in Mato Grosso, Brazil	4
A case of tuberculosis in the cavitary lesion suggestive of neoplasm	4
Association of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α (-G308A) Polymorphism with risk of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding from Schistosomiasis in Pernambuco	4
Giant pulmonary hydatid cyst causing a mediastinal shift in a child	4
Emphysematous osteomyelitis	4
Clinical characteristics and laboratory parameters associated with the risk of severe COVID-19 in patients from two hospitals in Northeast Brazil	4
Chylothorax and chylous ascites due to juvenile paracoccidioidomycosis: a case report	4
Epidemiological-clinical profile and mortality in patients coinfected with Trypanosoma cruzi/HIV: experience from a Brazilian reference center	4
Ciguatera on the coast of Northeastern Brazil: report of an outbreak in Fernando de Noronha Archipelago	3
The burden of low back pain, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and gout and their respective attributable risk factors in Brazil: results of the GBD 2017 study	3
Chromoblastomycosis in Brazil: A review of 450 published cases	3
High schistosomiasis-related mortality in Northeast Brazil: trends and spatial patterns	3
Paediatric Splenic Abscess Due to Salmonella	3
A Rare Cause of Fever of Unknown Origin: Amoebic Liver Abscess	3
Endobronchial actinomycosis	3
Bilateral oculomotor nerve palsy secondary to bacterial meningitis	3
Investigating the association between yellow fever vaccination and symptomatic acute Zika virus infection: a case-control study	3
Prevalence, incidence, and years-lived with disability due to oral disorders in Brazil: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019	3
First report of mixed Trypanosoma cruzi discrete typing units infection in Triatoma phyllosoma in the peri-urban environment of Oaxaca, Mexico	3
Dengue Mimickers: Which Clinical Conditions Can Resemble Dengue Fever?	3
The greatest Dengue epidemic in Brazil: Surveillance, Prevention, and Control	3
Snakebites caused by the genera Bothrops and Lachesis in the Brazilian Amazon: a study of factors associated with severe cases and death	3
Growth Curve, Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Two Strains of Trypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastida, Trypanosomatidae) isolated from Triatoma sherlocki (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae)	3
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection and Early Diagnosis of Macrophage Activation Syndrome: A Case Report of a 62-year-old man	3
Human Activity Profile Questionnaire: functional assessment and screening for systolic dysfunction in patients with Chagas cardiomyopathy	3
Initial report of Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus (Champion, 1899) Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Roraima, western Amazon state, Brazil	3
Ecological Importance of Breeding Sites in Atlantic Forest Fragments: A Focus on Culicidae Diversity with Particular Attention to Vector Species	3
Acute micro-outbreak of Chagas disease in the southeastern Amazon: a report of five cases	3
Monitoring fluoroquinolone resistance among ESBL-positive and ESBL-negative Escherichia coli strains isolated from urinary tract infections: An alert for empirical treatment	3
Lionfish envenomation on the Brazilian coast: first report	3
Analysis of Three-Dimensional Scar Architecture and Conducting Channels by High-Resolution Contrast-Enhanced Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Chagas Heart Disease	3
Triatomines in the city: A study of Rhodnius neglectus in Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil, and its epidemiological implications	3
Elevated NS1 serum levels reduce CD119 expression and CXCL-10 synthesis in patients with dengue hemorrhagic fever	3
Enterobius vermicularis in Brazil: An integrative review	3
Paracoccidioidomycosis mimicking mycetoma	3
Epidemiological indicators of Chagas disease in the metropolitan region of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil	3
A Rare Case of Primary Musculoskeletal Hydatid Disease Involving the Deltoid Muscle and Humerus	3
Erythema Nodosum - An atypical presentation of melioidosis	3
HIV incidence estimates by sex and age group in the population aged 15 years or over, Brazil, 1986-2018	3
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	3
Centipede envenomation (Chilopoda): Case report	3
In vitro and in vivo Anti-leishmanial Potential of [Ag (PTA) 4 ]BF 4 and [Ag(HBPz 3 )(PPh 3 )] Silver Complexes	3