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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Combined effects of older age and HIV disease on changes in everyday functioning over one year	113
Exacerbation of diabetic neuropathy can mimic SARS-CoV-2 associated pure dysautonomic Guillain–Barre syndrome	100
Risk factors of herpes simplex virus reactivation after surgery for primary trigeminal neuralgia	43
Difference in the neurocognitive functions of WLWH and MLWH in an Italian cohort of people living with HIV	37
HIV-related drivers of sexual compulsivity and sexuality in sexual minority men who use methamphetamine	30
Main lymphocyte subpopulations in cerebrospinal fluid and peripheral blood in HIV-1 subtypes C and B	29
Herpesvirus encephalitis diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction at the National Institute of Neurology of Mexico	27
Possible role of CNS microRNAs in Human Mpox virus encephalitis—a mini-review	25
Metagenomic search of viral coinfections in herpes simplex encephalitis patients	21
Cytomegalovirus infection induces Alzheimer’s disease-associated alterations in tau	18
Unexpected worsening of progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy following COVID-19 pneumonia	16
Psychometric utility of the international HIV dementia scale and Montreal Cognitive Assessment in HIV-associated asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment	16
Differences in neuroinflammation in people who started antiretroviral treatment during primary versus chronic HIV infection: an 18kDa Translocator protein (TSPO) positron emission tomography (PET) stu	15
Detection of SARS-coronavirus-2 in the central nervous system of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome and seizures	15
Detection of human neurotropic JCPyV DNA sequence in pediatric anaplastic xanthoastrocytoma	15
Implications of vascular depression for successful cognitive aging in HIV Disease	14
Catastrophic tumefactive acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in patient with dengue virus: a case report	14
Correction to: The anti-cancer drug Sunitinib promotes autophagy and protects from neurotoxicity in an HIV-1 Tat model of neurodegeneration. Journal of NeuroVirology 2017	13
Monitoring of HTLV-1-associated diseases by proviral load quantification using multiplex real-time PCR	13
A fulminant case of Epstein-Barr Virus encephalitis with multiorgan dysfunction	13
Substance use moderates relationships between apolipoprotein E genotype, hepatitis C, cognition, and depression in Miami Adult Studies on HIV (MASH) participants	13
Limited evidence for a moderating effect of HIV status on brain age in heavy episodic drinkers	13
Characterizing Epstein-Barr virus infection of the central nervous system in Zambian adults living with HIV	12
Is there a connection between neurocognitive profile in treatment naïve non-cirrhotic HCV patients and level of systemic inflammation?	12
Does antiretroviral therapy alter the course of Parkinson’s disease in people living with HIV?	11

Mitochondrial DNA haplogroups and domain-specific neurocognitive performance in adults with HIV	11
MicroRNA expression profiling of cerebrospinal fluid/serum exosomes in children with human herpesvirus 6-associated encephalitis/encephalopathy by high-throughput sequencing	11
HIV-1 mRNA knockdown with CRISPR/CAS9 enhances neurocognitive function	10
Altered white matter microstructure and neurocognitive function of HIV-infected patients with low nadir CD4	10
Reactivation of varicella zoster virus following trigeminal schwannoma resection	10
Opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia syndrome in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2	10
Zika virus infection of retinal cells and the developing mouse eye induces host responses that contrasts to the brain and dengue virus infection	10
Generating fair, reliable, and accurate neuropsychological test norms for people with HIV in a low- or middle-income country	9
Meningitis associated with HHV-7 in an Iranian immunocompetent adolescent girl	9
Innate immune memory in chronic HIV and HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND): potential mechanisms and clinical implications	9
Chronic SSRI treatment reverses HIV-1 protein-mediated synaptodendritic damage	9
Successful treatment of HIV-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) with mirtazapine, mefloquine, and IVIG combination therapy: a case report	8
Neuropathies and neurological dysfunction induced by coronaviruses	8
Human endogenous retrovirus W in multiple sclerosis: transcriptional activity is associated with decline in oligodendrocyte proportions in the white matter of the brain	8
Post-COVID-19 olfactory dysfunction: carbamazepine as a treatment option in a series of cases	8
Varicella zoster virus infection in neurological patients in Bulgaria	8
Correction to: Plasma extracellular vesicles and cell-free mitochondrial DNA are associated with cognitive dysfunction in treated older adults with HIV	7
A frantic confusion: beyond rabies and anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate encephalitis	7
iPSC-derived three-dimensional brain organoid models and neurotropic viral infections	7
Correlation between cerebrospinal fluid and plasma neurofilament light protein in treated HIV infection: results from the COBRA study	7
A pilot study of cognition and creativity among persons with HIV disease referred for neuropsychological evaluation	7
Relationship of the balloon analog risk task to neurocognitive impairment differs by HIV serostatus and history of major depressive disorder	7
Caffeine upregulates SIRT3 expression to ameliorate astrocytes-mediated HIV-1 Tat neurotoxicity via suppression of EGR1 signaling pathway	7
Cortico-striatal networking deficits associated with advanced HIV disease and cocaine use	7
TCA cycle metabolic compromise due to an aberrant S-nitrosoproteome in HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder with methamphetamine use	7
Rapid-progressing progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in two patients newly diagnosed with HIV: case series and review of literature	6
Dengue fever presenting as acute cerebellar ataxia: Case report and literature review	6
Untreated herpes simplex virus encephalitis without a fatal outcome	6
Longitudinal, virological, and serological assessment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients	6
Additive cortical gray matter deficits in people living with HIV who use cocaine	6
Serum mir-142-3p release in children with viral encephalitis and its relationship with nerve injury and inflammatory response	6
Plasma anti-CD4 IgG is associated with brain abnormalities in people with HIV on antiretroviral therapy	6
Improved neurocognitive performance in FIV infected cats following treatment with the p75 neurotrophin receptor ligand LM11A-31	6
Effects of cocaine and HIV on decision-making abilities	6
SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 display limited neuronal infection and lack the ability to transmit within synaptically connected axons in stem cell–derived human neurons	6
Associations of alcohol use, HIV infection, and age with brain white matter microstructure	6
Viruses, SUMO, and immunity: the interplay between viruses and the host SUMOylation system	6
Assessment, prevalence, and correlates of frailty among middle-aged adults with HIV in rural Uganda	6
The incidence of symptomatic CSF viral escape in patients on antiretroviral therapy in western India: a retrospective cohort study	6
Mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion associated with respiratory syncytial virus infection in infants	5
Notes from guest editor Dr. Fatah Kashanchi	5
HIV peripheral neuropathy‐related degeneration of white matter tracts to sensorimotor cortex	5
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: a retrospective study of the last 12 years in a tertiary-care hospital	5
Ependymal restricted diffusion and injury to the olfactory system on a ventriculoencephalitis associated with COVID-19	5
Neurological soft signs and brain morphology in people living with HIV	5
Microglia proliferation underlies synaptic dysfunction in the prefrontal cortex: implications for the pathogenesis of HIV-1-associated neurocognitive and affective alterations	5
Using plasma proteomics to investigate viral infections of the central nervous system including patients with HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders	5
Neuropsychological profile of patients with infectious disease: characterization and comparison of patients with HIV, HTLV, and HCV	5
Evaluation of the effects of the Zika Virus-Immunoglobulin G+ complex on murine microglial cells	5
HSV-1 latency-associated transcript miR-H3 and miR-H4 target STXBP1 and GABBR2 genes	5

Undetectable JC virus CSF PCR in patients with JC virus-induced progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy	5
Stroke risk after varicella-zoster virus infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Persistent COVID-19-associated neurocognitive symptoms in non-hospitalized patients	4
Altered expression of fractalkine in HIV-1-infected astrocytes and consequences for the virus-related neurotoxicity	4
Cognitive function and impact on driving after SARS-COV-2 infection in a man with long-standing HIV infection: a case report	4
MRI negative myelopathy post mild SARS-CoV-2 infection: vasculopathy or inflammatory myelitis?	4
“Anosmia” the mysterious collateral damage of COVID-19	4
Understanding the link between neurotropic viruses, BBB permeability, and MS pathogenesis	4
Regulation of voltage-gated sodium channels by TNF-α during herpes simplex virus latency establishment	4
Coronavirus infection in chemosensory cells	4
Molecular epidemiology of enteroviruses and predominance of echovirus 30 in an Iranian population with aseptic meningitis	4
Cerebral vasculitis caused by Talaromyces marneffei and Aspergillus niger in a HIV-positive patient: a case report and literature review	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
Clinical use of steroids in viral central nervous system (CNS) infections: three challenging cases	4
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) complicated by rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis presenting with neurovascular thrombosis: a case report and review of literature	4