Microbes and Infection

Article	Citations
Pathogenicity and transmissibility of 2019-nCoV—A quick overview and comparison with other emerging viruses	516
Is COVID-19 receiving ADE from other coronaviruses?	319
The epidemic of 2019-novel-coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pneumonia and insights for emerging infectious diseases in the future	250
Measures for diagnosing and treating infections by a novel coronavirus responsible for a pneumonia outbreak originating in Wuhan, China	240
Predicting the angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) utilizing capability as the receptor of SARS-CoV-2	147
Clinical features of COVID-19 and influenza: a comparative study on Nord Franche-Comte cluster	142
Bioinformatic analysis and identification of single-stranded RNA sequences recognized by TLR7/8 in the SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV genomes	135
Viral load of SARS-CoV-2 across patients and compared to other respiratory viruses	126
Comparative computational analysis of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein epitopes in taxonomically related coronaviruses	106
The potential role of Th17 immune responses in coronavirus immunopathology and vaccine-induced immune enhancement	93
A preliminary study on serological assay for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in 238 admitted hospital patients	93
Clinical characteristics and co-infections of 354 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a retrospective cohort study	92
Covid-19 accelerates endothelial dysfunction and nitric oxide deficiency	81
Lessons learned from the 2019-nCoV epidemic on prevention of future infectious diseases	77
Could nasal nitric oxide help to mitigate the severity of COVID-19?	67
Arbidol/IFN-α2b therapy for patients with corona virus disease 2019: a retrospective multicenter cohort study	66
Comparative review of respiratory diseases caused by coronaviruses and influenza A viruses during epidemic season	62
Molecular basis of COVID-19 relationships in different species: a one health perspective	54
Improved binding of SARS-CoV-2 Envelope protein to tight junction-associated PALS1 could play a key role in COVID-19 pathogenesis	53
Bacterial and fungal co-infections among COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit	51
Anti-science extremism in America: escalating and globalizing	41
Immunoinformatic analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 envelope protein as a strategy to assess cross-protection against COVID-19	40
Characteristics of asymptomatic patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection in Jinan, China	39
COVID19 meets the antivaccine movement	37
Current development of COVID-19 diagnostics, vaccines and therapeutics	37

From SARS-CoV to SARS-CoV-2: safety and broad-spectrum are important for coronavirus vaccine development	36
Non-synonymous mutations of SARS-CoV-2 leads epitope loss and segregates its variants	35
Coxiella burnetii: international pathogen of mystery	30
Pneumonia caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis	29
Nasopharyngeal microbiome reveals the prevalence of opportunistic pathogens in SARS-CoV-2 infected individuals and their association with host types	29
NLRP3 inflammasome activation in COVID-19: an interlink between risk factors and disease severity	26
Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic on common childhood respiratory viruses – An epidemiological study based on hospital data	22
Vaccines for COVID-19: perspectives from nucleic acid vaccines to BCG as delivery vector system	22
Prolonged viral shedding and antibody persistence in patients with COVID-19	21
Does the hygiene hypothesis apply to COVID-19 susceptibility?	19
Metformin promotes Mycobacterium tuberculosis killing and increases the production of human β-defensins in lung epithelial cells and macrophages	19
Chloroquine paradox may cause more damage than help fight COVID-19	17
Management of COVID-19: current status and future prospects	17
Detection of Mayaro virus in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes circulating in Goiânia-Goiás-Brazil	17
Cause or effect? The spatial organization of pathogens and the gut microbiota in disease	17
The Pseudomonas aeruginosa HSP90-like protein HtpG regulates IL-8 expression through NF-κB/p38 MAPK and CYLD signaling triggered by TLR4 and CD91	16
Digging the rabbit hole, COVID-19 edition: anti-vaccine themes and the discourse around COVID-19	16
Therapeutic approaches for combating Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections	16
The metaeffector MesI regulates the activity of the Legionella effector SidI through direct protein–protein interactions	15
It is too soon to attribute ADE to COVID-19	15
Porphyromonas gingivalis is a risk factor for the development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease via ferroptosis	15
Coronavirus vaccine-associated lung immunopathology-what is the significance?	14
Predictive factors of mortality in patients treated with tocilizumab for acute respiratory distress syndrome related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)	14
Out of the frying pan and into the fire? Due diligence warranted for ADE in COVID-19	14
Unraveling Ascaris suum experimental infection in humans	13
Transcriptional ups and downs: patterns of gene expression in the life cycle of Toxoplasma gondii	13
Combination of colistin and tobramycin inhibits persistence of Acinetobacter baumannii by membrane hyperpolarization and down-regulation of efflux pumps	13
COVID-19 vaccine decisions: considering the choices and opportunities	13
The intestinal microbiota: from health to disease, and back	13
Increased susceptibility to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a diet-induced murine model of type 2 diabetes	12
Intranasal immunization with chitosan microparticles enhances LACK-DNA vaccine protection and induces specific long-lasting immunity against visceral leishmaniasis	12
Characterization of reduced susceptibility to chlorhexidine among Gram-negative bacteria	12
The synergistic triad between microcin, colibactin, and salmochelin gene clusters in uropathogenic Escherichia coli	12
Pathogenesis and immune response in Brucella infection acquired by the respiratory route	12
Retrograde axonal transport property of adeno-associated virus and its possible application in future	12
The fate of house cats during the COVID-19 pandemic	11
Patient-derived Enterococcus mundtii and its capsular polysaccharides cause depression through the downregulation of NF-κB-involved serotonin and BDNF expression	11
Comparative proteomics in the three major human pathogenic species of the genus Sporothrix	11
Anti-malarial humoral immunity: the long and short of it	11
Increased IL-8 levels in HIV-infected individuals who initiated ART with CD4+ T cell counts <350 cells/mm3 – A potential hallmark of chronic inflammation	11
Dihydromyricetin is a new inhibitor of influenza polymerase PB2 subunit and influenza-induced inflammation	10
The COVID-19 epidemic and other notifiable infectious diseases in China	10
Enhanced expression of NLRP3 inflammasome components by monocytes of patients with pulmonary paracoccidioidomycosis is associated with smoking and intracellular hypoxemia	10
The Forrest Gump approach to preventing severe COVID-19 – reverse the predisposing pro-inflammatory state with exercise	10
Direct and indirect effects of microbiota-derived metabolites on neuroinflammation in multiple sclerosis	10
Porphyromonas gingivalis in oral squamous cell carcinoma: a review	10
BFRF1 protein is involved in EBV-mediated autophagy manipulation	9
Novel serological biomarker panel using protein microarray can distinguish active TB from latent TB infection	9
Recurrence of COVID-19 after recovery ? A case series in health care workers, France	9
Anti-tuberculosis (TB) chemotherapy dynamically rescues Th1 and CD8+ T effector levels in Han Chinese pulmonary TB patients	9

COVID-19: comparative clinical features and outcome in 114 patients with or without pneumonia (Nord Franche-Comte Hospital, France)	9
Human mesenchymal stem cell based intracellular dormancy model of Mycobacterium tuberculosis	9
COVID-19 and Fungal infections: a double debacle	9
Chlamydia psittaci in fulmars on the Faroe Islands: a causative link to South American psittacines eight decades after a severe epidemic	9
SARS-CoV-2 testing in low- and middle-income countries: availability and affordability in the private health sector	9
N-acetyl-cysteine mediates protection against Mycobacterium avium through induction of human β-defensin-2 in a mouse lung infection model	9
Phytomelatonin: a potential phytotherapeutic intervention on COVID-19-exposed individuals	8
The immunopathogenesis of tuberculous pericarditis	8
Substantial induction of non-apoptotic CD4 T-cell death during the early phase of HIV-1 infection in a humanized mouse model	8
Time dependent decline of neutralizing antibody titers in COVID-19 patients from Pune, India and evidence of reinfection	8
Could targeting immunometabolism be a way to control the burden of COVID-19 infection?	8
Staphylococcus epidermidis small colony variants, clinically significant quiescent threats for patients with prosthetic joint infection	8
Machine learning-based investigation of the relationship between gut microbiome and obesity status	8
The microbiota protects against Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia via γδ T cell-neutrophil axis in mice	8
Factors influencing neutralizing antibody titers elicited by coronavirus disease 2019 vaccines	7
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine modulates macrophage-mediated innate immunity in pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae following influenza	7
Effects of IgG and IgM autoantibodies on non-infected erythrocytes is related to ABO blood group in Plasmodium vivax malaria and is associated with anemia	7
Comparative immunogenicity analysis of intradermal versus intramuscular administration of SARS-CoV-2 RBD epitope peptide-based immunogen In vivo	7
Modulation of human endogenous retroviruses –H, -W and -K transcription by microbes	7
Application experience of a rapid nucleic acid detection system for COVID-19	7
COVID-19: disease, or no disease? - that is the question. It’s the dose stupid!	7
The prebiotic effect of human milk oligosaccharides 3′- and 6′-sialyllactose on adhesion and biofilm formation by Clostridioides difficile – pilot study	7
Characterization of Brucella abortus S19 as a challenge strain for use in a mouse model of brucellosis	7
Galactosaminogalactan secreted from Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillus flavus induces platelet activation	7
Low-impact social distancing interventions to mitigate local epidemics of SARS-CoV-2	7
Airborne infection with Covid-19? A historical look at a current controversy	7
Transient plasma cell dyscrasia in COVID-19 patients linked to IL-6 triggering	7
Deceiving the big eaters: Salmonella Typhimurium SopB subverts host cell xenophagy in macrophages via dual mechanisms	6
Sendai virus V protein decreases nitric oxide production by inhibiting RIG-I signaling in infected RAW264.7 macrophages	6
CD38 deficiency up-regulated IL-1β and MCP-1 through TLR4/ERK/NF-κB pathway in sepsis pulmonary injury	6
The attenuation of Th1 and Th17 responses via autophagy protects against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-induced sepsis	6
Novel H7N7 avian influenza viruses detected in migratory wild birds in eastern China between 2018 and 2020	6
Availability of essential diagnostics at primary care public clinics in Peru	6
Messages from the Fourth International Conference on Clinical Metagenomics	6
Clinical and genomic data of sars-cov-2 detected in maternal–fetal interface during the first wave of infection in Brazil	6
Humoral immune response to Comirnaty (BNT162b2) SARS-Cov2 mRNA vaccine in Thalassemia Major patients	6
Xanthenedione (and intermediates involved in their synthesis) inhibit Zika virus migration to the central nervous system in murine neonatal models	6
Defined gut microbial communities: promising tools to understand and combat disease	6
A metagenomic study of the gut microbiome in PTB’S disease	6
Characteristics of in vitro infection of human monocytes, by Rickettsia helvetica	6
Lycopene attenuates Staphylococcus aureus-induced inflammation via inhibiting α-hemolysin expression	6
TREM-1 enhances Mycobacterium tuberculosis-induced inflammatory responses in macrophages	6
The role of sexual dimorphism in susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection, disease severity, and mortality: facts, controversies and future perspectives	5
Nanomotion technology in combination with machine learning: a new approach for a rapid antibiotic susceptibility test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis	5
Potential genes associated with survival of Acinetobacter baumannii under ciprofloxacin stress	5
Heterologous chimpanzee adenovirus vector immunizations for SARS-CoV-2 spike and nucleocapsid protect hamsters against COVID-19	5
A tetravalent Shigella outer membrane vesicles based candidate vaccine offered cross-protection against all the serogroups of Shigella in adult mice	5
Sending signals – The microbiota’s contribution to intestinal epithelial homeostasis	5
Schistosoma antigens as activators of inflammasome pathway: from an unexpected stimulus to an intriguing role	5
Association of complement pathways with COVID-19 severity and outcomes	5
OmpA of Klebsiella pneumoniae ATCC 13883 induces pyroptosis in HEp-2 cells, leading to cell-cycle arrest and apoptosis	5
Cross-reactivity and immunotherapeutic potential of BamA recombinant protein from Acinetobacter baumannii	5
SNW1 interacts with IKKγ to positively regulate antiviral innate immune responses against influenza A virus infection	5
Impacts of clofazimine on the treatment outcomes of drug-resistant tuberculosis	5
Therapeutic potential of kaempferol on Streptococcus pneumoniae infection	5
Emergency response to the outbreak of COVID-19: the Korean case	5
Biogenic silver nanoparticles reduce Toxoplasma gondii infection and proliferation in RAW 264.7 macrophages by inducing tumor necrosis factor-alpha and reactive oxygen species production in the cells	5
Therapeutic interventions and mechanisms associated with gut microbiota-mediated modulation of immune checkpoint inhibitor responses	5
The role of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (gpi) anchored proteins in Cryptococcus neoformans	5
Regulatory T cells in acute and chronic human Chikungunya infection	5
Hypoxia promotes Chlamydia trachomatis L2/434/Bu growth in immortal human epithelial cells via activation of the PI3K-AKT pathway and maintenance of a balanced NAD+/NADH ratio	5
Changes of avian influenza virus subtypes before and after vaccination in live poultry in Nanchang, China from 2016 to 2019	4
Evaluation of the relative expression of genes associated with adherence after different hours of co-culture between Streptococcus uberis and MAC-T cells	4
Developing and validating a modified enzyme linked immunosorbent assay method for detecting HEV IgG antibody from dried blood spot (DBS) samples in endemic settings	4
Coinfection and circulation of chikungunya virus and dengue virus in pediatric patients in Myanmar, 2019	4
Uncovering the morphological differences between SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV based on transmission electron microscopy images	4
pspK acquisition contributes to the loss of capsule in pneumococci: molecular characterisation of non-encapsulated pneumococci	4
Correlation of adhesion molecules and non-typeable haemophilus influenzae growth in a mice coinfected model of acute inflammation	4
Bioluminescence imaging in Paracoccidioides spp.: a tool to monitor the infectious processes	4
Interactions between Cryptosporidium parvum and bovine corona virus during sequential and simultaneous infection of HCT-8 cells	4
Proteins produced by Streptococcus species in the lower respiratory tract can modify antiviral responses against influenza virus in respiratory epithelial cells	4
USP13-mediated IRAK4 deubiquitination disrupts the pathological symptoms of lipopolysaccharides-induced sepsis	4
Clostridioides difficile from Brazilian hospitals: characterization of virulence genes by whole genome sequencing	4
Deficiency in indoleamine-2, 3-dioxygenase induces upregulation of guanylate binding protein 1 and inducible nitric oxide synthase expression in the brain during cerebral infection with Toxoplasma gon	4
Miller–Fisher syndrome associated with SARS-CoV-2: a case report	4
AroC, a chorismate synthase, is required for the formation of Edwardsiella tarda biofilms	4
Combination of baloxavir and oseltamivir for treatment of severe influenza infection in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients: a novel treatment strategy for a high-risk population	4
COVID19 in America: an October plan	4
IL-21 is associated with natural resistance to HIV-1 infection in a Colombian HIV exposed seronegative cohort	4
Dirty mice join the immunologist's toolkit	4

Inhibitory effect of hederagenin on Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumolysin in vitro	4
Helicobacter pylori acquisition rates and the associated risk factors amongst newlywed couples; a prospective cohort study in Tehran, Iran	4
Investigating immune responses of the house cricket, Acheta domesticus to pathogenic Escherichia coli K1	4
Corrigendum to “Leptospira interrogans infection leads to IL-1β and IL-18 secretion from a human macrophage cell line through reactive oxygen species and cathepsin B mediated-NLRP3 inflammasome activa	4
TonB systems are required for Aeromonas hydrophila motility by controlling the secretion of flagellin	3
The Role of MicroRNA-155 in Chlamydia muridarum Infected lungs	3
Extracellular vesicle-derived miR-1249–5p regulates influenza A virus-induced acute lung injury in RAW246.7 cells through targeting SLC4A1	3
Antibiotic susceptibility of human gut-derived facultative anaerobic bacteria is different under aerobic versus anaerobic test conditions	3
Is there a role for herpes simplex virus type 1 in multiple sclerosis?	3
Salmonella-mediated oral delivery of multiple-target vaccine constructs with conserved and variable regions of SARS-CoV-2 protect against the Delta and Omicron variants in hamster	3
Staphylococcus aureus triggers a protective inflammatory response against secondary Cryptococcus gattii infection in a murine model	3
Influenza virus glycoprotein-reactive human monoclonal antibodies	3
Ketogenic diet restrains herpes simplex encephalitis via gut microbes	3
Salmonella Typhimurium infection causes defects and fastening of Caenorhabditis elegans developmental stages	3
Comparative virulence of the worldwide ST19 and emergent ST213 genotypes of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium strains isolated from food	3
Antigenic diversity of MASP gene family of Trypanosoma cruzi	3
BjussuLAAO-II, an l-amino acid oxidase from Bothrops jararacussu snake venom, impairs Toxoplasma gondii infection in human trophoblast cells and villous explants from the third trimester of pregnancy	3
Talaromyces stipitatus, a novel agent causing superficial mycosis in a diabetic patient from North India	3
Invasion of Serratia proteamaculans is regulated by the sprI gene encoding AHL synthase	3
COVID-19 patients with high TNF/IFN-γ levels show hallmarks of PANoptosis, an inflammatory cell death	3
Prognostic and pathogenic role of CXC motif ligand 16 in sepsis	3
Saccharomyces boulardii prophylaxis for targeted antibiotics and infectious indications to reduce healthcare facility-onset Clostridioides difficile infection	3
Characterization and proteome profiling of extracellular vesicles in a murine model of Staphylococcus aureus endophthalmitis	3
Epigenetic reprogramming mechanisms of immunity during influenza A virus infection	3
Contribution of Complement System pathways to the killing of Leptospira spp.	3
Complement killing of clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates is serum concentration dependent	3
Interplay between a bacterial pathogen and its host in rainbow trout isogenic lines with contrasted susceptibility to cold water disease	3
Propionibacterium acnes contributes to low back pain via upregulation of NGF in TLR2-NF-κB/JNK or ROS pathway	3
Label-free quantitative proteomics reveals the Steap3-Gm2a axis inhibiting the phagosomal escape of Listeria monocytogenes	3
Tim-3 expression is induced by mycobacterial antigens and identifies tissue-resident subsets of MAIT cells from patients with tuberculosis	3
Trypanosoma cruzi extracellular amastigotes engage Rac1 and Cdc42 to invade RAW macrophages	3
Psittacosis contagion in 1930: an old story in a new era of zoonotic disease	3
Inaugural nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease education and research conference, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, February 1–2, 2020	2
Genotype 4 HEV infection triggers the initiation and development of acute pancreatitis	2
Protective effects of tanshinone IIA on Porphyromonas gingivalis-induced atherosclerosis via the downregulation of the NOX2/NOX4-ROS mediation of NF-κB signaling pathway	2
Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia increases surfactant proteins SP-A, SP-B, and SP-D levels, while decreasing SP-C level in bronchoalveolar lavage in rats	2
A massive systematic infection of Encephalitozoon cuniculi genotype III in mice does not cause clinical signs	2
HSP-27 and HSP-70 negatively regulate protective defence responses from macrophages during mycobacterial infection	2
Reduced vitamin D receptor (VDR) and cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide (CAMP) gene expression contribute to the maintenance of inflammatory immune response in leprosy patients	2
Headlines and hashtags: communicating science during an outbreak	2
Trypanosoma cruzi down-regulates adiponectin expression in mouse adipocytes via the NFAT signaling pathway	2
Immunization with the basic membrane protein (BMP) family ABC transporter elicits protection against Enterococcus faecium in a murine infection model	2
Mycobacterium tuberculosis ketol-acid reductoisomerase down-regulation affects its ability to persist, and its survival in macrophages and in mice	2
Genetic recombination of Orientia tsutsugamushi strains from scrub typhus patients in Guangxi, Southwest China, and the analysis of clinical features	2
Effects of chronic Helicobacter pylori strain PMSS1 infection on whole brain and gastric iron homeostasis in male INS-GAS mice	2
Lipopeptide-based pan-CoV fusion inhibitors potently inhibit HIV-1 infection	2
Vitamin D3 affects the gut microbiota in an LPS-stimulated systemic inflammation mouse model	2
Had COVID-19 spread in the community before the first confirmed case in Nagasaki, Japan?	2
Autoantibodies against red blood cell antigens are common in a malaria endemic area	2
One drug to cure them all	2
Melatonin improves the homeostasis of mice gut microbiota rhythm caused by sleep restriction	2
Chlamydia trachomatis relies on the scavenger role of aryl hydrocarbon receptor with detyrosinated tubulin for its intracellular growth, but this is impaired by excess indole	2
Lessons from an ally: learning from Israel to vaccinate the American people	2
Pretreatment of outer membrane vesicle and subsequent infection with influenza virus induces a long-lasting adaptive immune response against broad subtypes of influenza virus	2
The mechanism of immune dysregulation caused by porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV)	2
Syndecan-4 assists Mycobacterium tuberculosis entry into lung epithelial cells by regulating the Cdc42, N-WASP, and Arp2/3 signaling pathways	2
Glycolytic stress deteriorates 229E virulence to improve host defense response	2
Characterization of peripheral blood mononuclear cells gene expression profiles of pediatric Staphylococcus aureus persistent and non-carriers using a targeted assay	2
Bioaccessibility and oral immunization efficacy of a chimeric protein vaccine against Ascaris suum	2
Ivermectin-induced bacterial gut dysbiosis does not increase susceptibility to Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection but exacerbates liver damage	2
Enteric pathogens modulate metabolic homeostasis in the Drosophila melanogaster host	2
Fighting Acinetobacter baumannii infections with the acylase PvdQ	2
Protective efficacy of mucosal and subcutaneous immunization with DnaJ-ΔA146Ply against influenza and Streptococcus pneumoniae co-infection in mice	2
Pterostilbene effectively inhibits influenza A virus infection by promoting the type I interferon production	2
Arbovirus detection in synanthropic mosquitoes from the Brazilian Amazon and in mosquito saliva using Flinders Technology Associates cards	2
Live Mycobacterium paragordonae induces heterologous immunity of natural killer cells by eliciting type I interferons from dendritic cells via STING-dependent sensing of cyclic-di-GMP	2
IFNL4 rs12979860 polymorphism influences HBV DNA viral loads but not the outcome of HBV infection in Moroccan patients	2
Topical application of Lactobacilli successfully eradicates Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms and promotes wound healing in chronic wounds	2
The amino-terminal region of dense granule protein 6 of Toxoplasma gondii stimulates IFN-γ production by microglia	2
SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody response in vaccinated and non-vaccinated hospital healthcare workers with or without history of infection	2
Adverse effect of VEGFR-2 (rs1870377) polymorphism on the clinical course of COVID-19 in females and males in an age-dependent manner	2