OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Medical Microbiology and Immunology 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Correction: Severe enterovirus A71 pathogenesis and immune responses in human nucleolin transgenic mice	40
In vitro and in vivo therapeutic antileishmanial potential of ellagic acid against Leishmania donovani in murine model	29
Picking up speed: cell cycle regulation during effector CD8+ T cell differentiation	22
Serotype distribution, antibiotic resistance, multilocus sequence typing, and virulence factors of invasive and non-invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae in Northeast China from 2000 to 2021	22
Dissemination of arr-2 and arr-3 is associated with class 1 integrons in Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates from Portugal	20
Unique molecular profiling of monocyte responses to a high dose of DENV-NS1 reflected the effect of NS1 on hemostasis	19
Cellular immunity to nucleoproteins (NP) of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) and Hazara Virus (HAZV)	17
Targeting phospholipase A2 with arachidonyl trifluoromethyl ketone modulates macrophage activation during Japanese encephalitis virus infection	17
Isohemagglutinins exhibit synergistic polyreactivity toward Streptococcus pneumoniae surface antigens: implications for broad-spectrum reactivity of human antibodies	16
Profiling the nasopharyngeal Microbiome in patients with community-acquired pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae: diagnostic challenges and ecological insights	16
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) long-term shedding and HCMV-specific immune response in pregnant women with primary HCMV infection	14
Obituary Prof. Ulrich Vogel, MD 1964–2022: a scientific mentor and expert in infection prevention and control	14
The small GTPase Rab5 inhibits actin polymerization mediated by the Legionella pneumophila effector VipA	14
Cytokine-mediated inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus adherence and invasion into nonphagocytic cells	14
Identification of homologs of the Chlamydia trachomatis effector CteG reveals a family of Chlamydiaceae type III secreted proteins that can be delivered into host cells	13
Association of IFIH1 and DDX58 genes polymorphism with susceptibility to COVID-19	13
Alteration of β-glucan in the emerging fungal pathogen Candida auris leads to immune evasion and increased virulence	12
Child type 1 diabetes associated with mother vaginal bacteriome and mycobiome	12
Lipopolysaccharide with long O-antigen is crucial for Salmonella Enteritidis to evade complement activity and to facilitate bacterial survival in vivo in the Galleria mellonella infection model	12
Effect of controlled human Plasmodium falciparum infection on B cell subsets in individuals with different levels of malaria immunity	12
Histone methyltransferase SETD2 inhibits M1 macrophage polarization and glycolysis by suppressing HIF-1α in sepsis-induced acute lung injury	11
Intrauterine exposure to HBsAg attenuates the immune response to hepatitis B vaccine via the miR-155-5p/MyD88 axis of DCs in mouse pups	11
A novel TamA + LtgC bivalent vaccine induces potent immunogenic and bactericidal antibodies against Neisseria gonorrhoeae	11
Epitope mapping and conservation of antigens from the Multi-Cruzi immunoassay platform	11
Eicosapentaenoic acid influences the pathogenesis of Candida albicans in Caenorhabditis elegans via inhibition of hyphal formation and stimulation of the host immune response	10

Immune complexes as culprits of immunopathology in severe COVID-19	10
Antibody Fc-binding profiles and ACE2 affinity to SARS-CoV-2 RBD variants	10
Correction: Deciphering long-term immune effects of HIV-1/SARS-CoV-2 co-infection: a longitudinal study	9
SARS-CoV-2 herd immunity of the Kyrgyz population in 2021	9
Acinetobacter baumannii reinforces the pathogenesis by promoting IL-17 production in a mouse pneumonia model	8
CD146 deficiency promotes inflammatory type 2 responses in pulmonary cryptococcosis	8
MPXV infection impairs IFN response but is partially sensitive to IFN-γ antiviral effect	7
Streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin a induces regulatory T cells via TNF-α-TNFR2 signaling	7
Deciphering long-term immune effects of HIV-1/SARS-CoV-2 co-infection: a longitudinal study	7
Genotypic investigation of Mycobacterium leprae in patients with relapsing leprosy in Mato Grosso, Brazil	7
The quantity and quality of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies show contrariwise association with COVID-19 severity: lessons learned from IgG avidity	6
Dose-dependent M2 macrophage polarization induced by Talaromyces marneffei promotes lung cancer cell growth via arginine-ornithine-cycle activation	6
Variable detection of Omicron-BA.1 and -BA.2 by SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen tests	6
Exploration of compounds to inhibit the Panton-Valentine leukocidin of Staphylococcus aureus	6
Analytical and clinical evaluation of a novel real-time PCR-based detection kit for Mpox virus	6
Pentraxin 3, a serum biomarker in human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1-associated myelopathy patients and asymptomatic carriers	5
Fighting biofilm: bacteriophages eliminate biofilm formed by multidrug-resistant Enterobacter hormaechei on urological catheters	5
Rapid tests should be used with caution for HIV-1 primary infection screening	5
Severe enterovirus A71 pathogenesis and immune responses in human nucleolin transgenic mice	5
Blood and saliva SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels in self-collected dried spot samples	5
Understanding host–pathogen interaction: paving the path for individualized anti-infective therapy	4
Reduced neutralization against Delta, Gamma, Mu, and Omicron BA.1 variants of SARS-CoV-2 from previous non-Omicron infection	4
Echinacoside, a promising sortase A inhibitor, combined with vancomycin against murine models of MRSA-induced pneumonia	4
Antibiotic-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii can be killed by a combination of bacteriophages and complement	4
A high CMV-specific T cell response associates with SARS-CoV-2-specific IL-17 T cell production	4
In silico identification and ex vivo evaluation of Toxoplasma gondii peptides restricted to HLA-A02, HLA-A24 and HLA-B*35 alleles in human PBMC from a Colombian population	4
Detection of human antibody responses to tick-borne Neoehrlichia mikurensis	4
Safety and efficacy of an intramuscular bivalent vaccine against influenza and Streptococcus pneumoniae infections in mice	3
Inflammation, the kynurenines, and mucosal injury during human experimental enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection	3
Prediction of outcome using CD14++CD16−, CD14++CD16+ and CD14+CD16++ monocyte subpopulations in patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections	3
Characterizing tuberculous meningitis in a South African pediatric cohort using GCxGC-TOFMS metabolomics	3
Resistance to fosfomycin is increasing and is significantly associated with extended-spectrum β-lactamase-production in urinary isolates of Escherichia coli	3
One-dose intradermal rabies booster enhances rabies antibody production and avidity maturation	3
miRNome analysis reveals mir-155-5p as a protective factor to dengue infection in a resistant Thai cohort	3
Adaptation and validation of a gastrointestinal panel to detect diarrheal virus pathogens on a high-throughput qPCR system	3
SARS-CoV-2 infection in the context of Kawasaki disease and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children	3
Simultaneous quantification of anti-Spike IgG subclasses against various SARS-CoV-2 variants using a multiplex serological assay	3
A comparative study of IL-33 and its receptor ST2 in a C57BL/6 J mouse model of pulmonary Cryptococcus neoformans infection	3
Microbiome therapeutic PMC101 inhibits the translocation of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella while enhancing eubiosis in antibiotic-induced dysbiosis mice	3
Therapeutic potential of Bacillus sonorensis PMC204 membrane vesicles against drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis	3
Schistosoma mansoni infection decreases IL-33-mRNA expression and increases CXCL9 and CXCL10 production by peripheral blood cells	3
Response of dendritic cells and T cells to virus-like particles formed from norovirus viral protein-1 (VP1N) or chimeric molecules containing a fragment of VP1N and polypeptides of echovirus 30	2
Production of recombinant electron transfer flavoprotein beta subunit protein and its application in a lateral flow assay for early diagnosis of leptospirosis	2
Dasatinib inhibits betacoronavirus replication in macrophages and attenuates pro-inflammatory mediators via SRC-MAPK pathway modulation	2
Regulated expression of galectins 1 and 3 IS associated with dysregulated T cell responses in pulmonary and pleural tuberculosis	2
Protective antibodies against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli are generated from heat-labile toxoid vaccination and exhibit subject- and vaccine-specific diversity	2
Impact of Staphylococcus aureus colonization and skin abscesses on formation of human anti-αGal antibodies	2
Construction and evaluation of glycoprotein-based nucleic acid vaccines for Marburg virus	2
Fungal infection monitoring on corneal epithelium ex vivo model and its collection over polyethersulfone membrane for detecting Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigatus	2
Engineered bispecific antibodies with enhanced breadth and potency against SARS-CoV-2 variants and SARS-related coronaviruses	2

Proportions of IgA antibodies targeting glycosylated epitopes of secreted Escherichia coli mucinase YghJ in initial plasmablast response differ from salivary and intestinally secreted IgA	2
Ten rapid antigen tests for SARS-CoV-2 widely differ in their ability to detect Omicron-BA.4 and -BA.5	2