OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Neurovirology 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
Successful treatment of HIV-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) with mirtazapine, mefloquine, and IVIG combination therapy: a case report	62
Possible role of CNS microRNAs in Human Mpox virus encephalitis—a mini-review	33
Zika virus infection of retinal cells and the developing mouse eye induces host responses that contrasts to the brain and dengue virus infection	24
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in sarcoidosis successfully treated with pembrolizumab	22
Correction: The presence of human polyomavirus JC (JCPyV) in pediatric brain tumors: a plausible trigger in Wnt/β-catenin pathway	21
Serum mir-142-3p release in children with viral encephalitis and its relationship with nerve injury and inflammatory response	21
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a young adult with DOCK8 deficiency: a case of JC virus reactivation in primary immunodeficiency	19
Sex-specific mitochondrial DNA changes in neuron-derived extracellular vesicles of African American adults: impact of HIV infection and smoking	19
HIV associated motor neuron disease (MND): A case series with systematic review of literature	19
Cognitive function and impact on driving after SARS-COV-2 infection in a man with long-standing HIV infection: a case report	19
Serum of COVID-19 patients changes neuroinflammation and mitochondrial homeostasis markers in hippocampus of aged rats	17
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, advanced ductal breast carcinoma, systemic sclerosis, and checkpoint inhibitors: a therapeutic dilemma	14
Varicella-zoster virus meningitis coincident with bacteremia caused by liver abscess: a case report	14
A case of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy with hypogammaglobulinemia and a TCF3 mutation	13
Serum but not cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers are associated with domain-specific cognitive performance in PWH	13
Time since HIV diagnosis is linked to amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in older adults with HIV	13
MicroRNA biomarkers for JC virus reactivation and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in natalizumab-treated multiple sclerosis patients: a systematic review	12
Long-term survival from progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in living-donor liver transplant recipient with preformed donor-specific antibody	11
Genetic polymorphisms in innate immunity genes influence predisposition to tick-borne encephalitis	10
Effect of coinfections on neurocognitive functioning among people with clade C HIV infection in Zambia	10
Seropositivity and reactivations of HSV-1, but not of HSV-2 nor VZV, associate with altered blood–brain barrier, beta amyloid, and tau proteins in people living with HIV	10
Neurological manifestations of COVID-19 in pregnancy: a cross-sectional study	10
Incidence of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in the pediatric population at the University Hospitals of Strasbourg (HUS) and characterization of confirmed cases	9
HIV-1 Tat drives the Fabp4/NF-κB feedback loop in microglia to mediate inflammatory response and neuronal apoptosis	9
Journal of neurovirology	8

Simian varicella virus infection and reactivation in rhesus macaques trigger cytokine and Aβ40/42 alterations in serum and cerebrospinal fluid	8
Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers of Symptomatic Neurosyphilis in People With HIV Compared with Uninfected Individuals	8
HIV-associated multiple intracranial aneurysms and stroke in an adult patient: successful treatment with a combination of glucocorticoid and antiviral agents	8
Increased expression of PD-1 in CD8 + CD3 + T cells correlates with EBV viral load in MS patients	8
Fentanyl dysregulates neuroinflammation and disrupts blood-brain barrier integrity in HIV-1 Tat transgenic mice	8
Low incidence of advanced neurological burden but high incidence of age-related conditions that are dementia risk factors in aging people living with HIV: a data-linkage 10-year follow-up study	8
Herpesviruses, polyomaviruses, parvoviruses, papillomaviruses, and anelloviruses in vestibular schwannoma	8
Refining the risk of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy in people living with HTLV-1: identification of a HAM-like phenotype in a proportion of asymptomatic carriers	8
Upregulation of microRNAs correlates with downregulation of HERV-K expression in Parkinson’s disease	8
In vitro characterization of the antiviral activity of Bat Interferon-Induced protein with tetratricopeptide repeats 5 (bat IFIT5) against bat-associated rabies virus	8
Designing a cellular MicroRNA-based approach to silence bat-borne Nipah virus genes	7
Differential effects of fentanyl compared to morphine on neuroinflammatory signaling in the brain in EcoHIV-infected mice	7
Evolving etiologies, comorbidities, survival, and costs of care in adult encephalitis	7
Correction to: Antiretroviral drugs induce oxidative stress and neuronal damage in the central nervous system	7
Influence of plasma exosomes from women living with HIV Stratified by HAND on monocyte subpopulations from healthy women without HIV	7
Expression in skin biopsies supports genetic evidence linking CAMKK2, P2X7R and P2X4R with HIV-associated sensory neuropathy	6
Retraction Note: The anticancer drug sunitinib promotes autophagy and protects from neurotoxicity in an HIV-1 Tat model of neurodegeneration	6
Catastrophic tumefactive acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in patient with dengue virus: a case report	6
Comment on “Limited HIV-associated neuropathologies and lack of immune activation in sub-saharan African individuals with late-stage subtype C HIV-1 infection”	6
Characterizing Epstein-Barr virus infection of the central nervous system in Zambian adults living with HIV	6
Cognitive deficits in HTLV-1 patients	6
A rare kind of Guillain-Barre syndrome triggered by acute hepatitis A infection in a pediatric patient: a case report and review of literature	6
Generating fair, reliable, and accurate neuropsychological test norms for people with HIV in a low- or middle-income country	6
Cytomegalovirus infection induces Alzheimer’s disease-associated alterations in tau	5
Maintaining the battle against vaccine-preventable neurological diseases in the United States	5
Cortico-striatal networking deficits associated with advanced HIV disease and cocaine use	5
Detection of human neurotropic JCPyV DNA sequence in pediatric anaplastic xanthoastrocytoma	5
Implications of vascular depression for successful cognitive aging in HIV Disease	5
Rapid-progressing progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in two patients newly diagnosed with HIV: case series and review of literature	5
Unmasking HAM/TSP: understanding HTLV-1-driven neurological disease	5
Metformin promotes PEN2 expression to attenuate microglia-mediated neurotoxicity induced by HIV-1 Tat	5
Innate immune memory in chronic HIV and HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND): potential mechanisms and clinical implications	5
Evaluation of the effects of the Zika Virus-Immunoglobulin G+ complex on murine microglial cells	5
Clinical features of varicella-zoster virus meningitis diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction without abnormal routine cerebrospinal fluid analysis	4
A pilot study of cognition and creativity among persons with HIV disease referred for neuropsychological evaluation	4
Stroke risk after varicella-zoster virus infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Response to “a fatal case of Guillain-Barré syndrome after infection with COVID-19”	4
T-lymphocyte activation markers in patients with HIV-1-associated neurocognitive disorder	4
A viral attack on brain tumors: the potential of oncolytic virus therapy	4
Plasma extracellular vesicles and cell-free mitochondrial DNA are associated with cognitive dysfunction in treated older adults with HIV	4
Differential expression of cellular prion protein (PrPC) in mouse hepatitis virus induced neuroinflammation	4
Beyond accuracy: facial emotion perception bias in people with HIV in Uganda	4
Encephalomyelitis in a patient with monkeypox: an unusual complication	4
Monkeypox virus replication underlying circadian rhythm networks	4
Single nucleotide polymorphisms in aquaporin-4 associate with cognitive impairment status in people with HIV	4
Cooperative interactions between neurotrophin receptors and CXCR4 regulate macrophage phenotype and susceptibility to activation by HIV	4
Mapping ACE2 and TMPRSS2 co-expression in human brain tissue: implications for SARS-CoV-2 neurological manifestations	4
Myelin regulatory factor is a target of individual and interactive effects of HIV-1 Tat and morphine in the striatum and pre-frontal cortex	4
The incidence of symptomatic CSF viral escape in patients on antiretroviral therapy in western India: a retrospective cohort study	4
HSV-1 latency-associated transcript miR-H3 and miR-H4 target STXBP1 and GABBR2 genes	4

Systematic post-mortem analysis of brain tissue from an HIV-1 subtype C viremic decedent revealed a paucity of infection and pathology	4
Comparison of clinical, radiological and outcome parameters in patients with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) with and without HIV infection: a cohort study	4