OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 500 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-11-01 to 2023-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Clinical, laboratory and imaging features of COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis	1500
Clinical and microbiological effect of a combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin in 80 COVID-19 patients with at least a six-day follow up: A pilot observational study	512
COVID-19 in Latin America: The implications of the first confirmed case in Brazil	318
Early treatment of COVID-19 patients with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin: A retrospective analysis of 1061 cases in Marseille, France	313
Efficacy of face mask in preventing respiratory virus transmission: A systematic review and meta-analysis	290
Remdesivir as a possible therapeutic option for the COVID-19	206
COVID-19 social distancing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Bold measures in the face of political, economic, social and religious challenges	205
Remdesivir for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 causing COVID-19: An evaluation of the evidence	202
Going global – Travel and the 2019 novel coronavirus	199
Outcomes of 3,737 COVID-19 patients treated with hydroxychloroquine/azithromycin and other regimens in Marseille, France: A retrospective analysis	191
Sars-Cov-2: Underestimated damage to nervous system	183
A search for medications to treat COVID-19 via in silico molecular docking models of the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein and 3CL protease	182
Spatial transmission of COVID-19 via public and private transportation in China	163
SARS-CoV-2 jumping the species barrier: Zoonotic lessons from SARS, MERS and recent advances to combat this pandemic virus	147
Asymptomatic coronavirus infection: MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)	141
Time series modelling to forecast the confirmed and recovered cases of COVID-19	137
Detection and analysis of nucleic acid in various biological samples of COVID-19 patients	135
Clinical characteristics of laboratory confirmed positive cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Wuhan, China: A retrospective single center analysis	133
The association between domestic train transportation and novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in China from 2019 to 2020: A data-driven correlational report	121
The next big threat to global health? 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV): What advice can we give to travellers? – Interim recommendations January 2020, from the Latin-American society for Travel Medi	111
COVID-19 – the role of mass gatherings	110
An update on SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 with particular reference to its clinical pathology, pathogenesis, immunopathology and mitigation strategies	110
Phylogenomic analysis of the monkeypox virus (MPXV) 2022 outbreak: Emergence of a novel viral lineage?	105
Mapping the incidence of the COVID-19 hotspot in Iran – Implications for Travellers	105
Comorbidities, clinical signs and symptoms, laboratory findings, imaging features, treatment strategies, and outcomes in adult and pediatric patients with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analys	101

Cross-sectional analysis of COVID-19 vaccine intention, perceptions and hesitancy across Latin America and the Caribbean	99
COVID-19: Zoonotic aspects	99
Rapid viral diagnosis and ambulatory management of suspected COVID-19 cases presenting at the infectious diseases referral hospital in Marseille, France, - January 31st to March 1st, 2020: A respirato	98
WITHDRAWN: Mortality of a pregnant patient diagnosed with COVID-19: A case report with clinical, radiological, and histopathological findings	93
COVID-19 and dengue fever: A dangerous combination for the health system in Brazil	89
COVID-19 sequelae in adults aged less than 50 years: A systematic review	88
COVID-19 disparity among racial and ethnic minorities in the US: A cross sectional analysis	86
New challenges in human monkeypox outside Africa: A review and case report from Italy	84
YouTube as source of information on 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak: a cross sectional study of English and Mandarin content	83
COVID-19 and dengue, co-epidemics in Ecuador and other countries in Latin America: Pushing strained health care systems over the edge	78
SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV and now the 2019-novel CoV: Have we investigated enough about coronaviruses? – A bibliometric analysis	78
Therapeutic use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 and other viral infections: A narrative review	77
Air travel and COVID-19 prevention in the pandemic and peri-pandemic period: A narrative review	77
Clinical features of the first cases and a cluster of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Bolivia imported from Italy and Spain	71
A pregnant woman with COVID-19 in Central America	71
The never-ending global emergence of viral zoonoses after COVID-19? The rising concern of monkeypox in Europe, North America and beyond	71
Antimalarial drugs inhibit the replication of SARS-CoV-2: An in vitro evaluation	70
Highly mutated SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant sparks significant concern among global experts – What is known so far?	68
Coinfection of syphilis and monkeypox in HIV positive man in Prague, Czech Republic	67
Positive result of Sars-Cov-2 in sputum from a cured patient with COVID-19	66
Diagnosis of monkeypox virus – An overview	64
The COVID-19 outbreak and implications for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games	64
Aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2: The unresolved paradox	62
The cancellation of mass gatherings (MGs)? Decision making in the time of COVID-19	61
COVID-19-associated mucormycosis: Case report and systematic review	60
MERS-CoV as an emerging respiratory illness: A review of prevention methods	58
Clinical diagnostic value of CT imaging in COVID-19 with multiple negative RT-PCR testing	57
COVID-19 pandemic and economic cost; impact on forcibly displaced people	56
Launching COVID-19 vaccination in Saudi Arabia: Lessons learned, and the way forward	56
Mobile phones represent a pathway for microbial transmission: A scoping review	55
COVID-19: Facemask use prevalence in international airports in Asia, Europe and the Americas, March 2020	54
Potential transmission of SARS-CoV-2 on a flight from Singapore to Hangzhou, China: An epidemiological investigation	52
A cross-sectional comparison of epidemiological and clinical features of patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Wuhan and outside Wuhan, China	50
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis complicating SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia: A diagnostic challenge	50
Fractional dose of intradermal compared to intramuscular and subcutaneous vaccination - A systematic review and meta-analysis	49
The emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variant (Omicron) and increasing calls for COVID-19 vaccine boosters-The debate continues	49
Monkeypox virus neurological manifestations in comparison to other orthopoxviruses	48
Saliva as a possible tool for the SARS-CoV-2 detection: A review	48
Variants, vaccines and vaccination passports: Challenges and chances for travel medicine in 2021	46
Prevalence and fatality rates of COVID-19: What are the reasons for the wide variations worldwide?	44
Online learning in the time of COVID-19	44
Probable aircraft transmission of Covid-19 in-flight from the Central African Republic to France	43
AZD1222 (Covishield) vaccination for COVID-19: Experiences, challenges, and solutions in Nepal	43
Can Google® trends predict COVID-19 incidence and help preparedness? The situation in Colombia	42
Coronavirus infections reported by ProMED, February 2000–January 2020	41
Summary of the COVID-19 outbreak in Vietnam – Lessons and suggestions	41
Comparative evaluation of four rapid SARS-CoV-2 antigen detection tests using universal transport medium	41
Practical management plan for invasive mosquito species in Europe: I. Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus)	41
Monkeypox virus: A novel sexually transmitted disease? A case report from France	40
Recently spreading human monkeypox virus infection and its transmission during COVID-19 pandemic period: A travelers' prospective	37

Positive impact of lockdown on COVID-19 outbreak in Thailand	37
Monkeypox caused less worry than COVID-19 among the general population during the first month of the WHO Monkeypox alert: Experience from Saudi Arabia	37
In-flight transmission of COVID-19 on flights to Greece: An epidemiological analysis	36
Repurposing antimalarials and other drugs for COVID-19	36
Incidence of COVID-19 among returning travelers in quarantine facilities: A longitudinal study and lessons learned	35
Testing the repatriated for SARS-Cov2: Should laboratory-based quarantine replace traditional quarantine?	35
Establishing a model for predicting the outcome of COVID-19 based on combination of laboratory tests	33
Spatiotemporal ecological study of COVID-19 mortality in the city of São Paulo, Brazil: Shifting of the high mortality risk from areas with the best to those with the worst socio-economic conditions	32
A deadly feast: Elucidating the burden of orally acquired acute Chagas disease in Latin America – Public health and travel medicine importance	32
False negative rate of COVID-19 is eliminated by using nasal swab test	31
Second wave of COVID-19 in India: Dissection of the causes and lessons learnt	30
Importing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) into China after international air travel	29
The role of high-speed rail and air travel in the spread of COVID-19 in China	29
Maternal clinical characteristics and perinatal outcomes among pregnant women with coronavirus disease 2019. A systematic review	29
Correspondence: Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 coated nanoparticles containing respiratory masks, chewing gums and nasal filters may be used for protection against COVID-19 infection	29
Mask wearing in pre-symptomatic patients prevents SARS-CoV-2 transmission: An epidemiological analysis	28
Clinical features of fatal cases of Chapare virus hemorrhagic fever originating from rural La Paz, Bolivia, 2019: A cluster analysis	28
Introduction into the Marseille geographical area of a mild SARS-CoV-2 variant originating from sub-Saharan Africa: An investigational study	28
Reprint of: Air travel and COVID-19 prevention in the pandemic and peri-pandemic period: A narrative review	28
Ocular manifestations in COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis	27
Strengthening screening for infectious diseases and vaccination among migrants in Europe: What is needed to close the implementation gaps?	27
Epidemiology of 2019 novel coronavirus in Jiangsu Province, China after wartime control measures: A population-level retrospective study	27
Protective immunity against COVID-19: Unravelling the evidences for humoral vs. cellular components	27
Challenges of managing the asymptomatic carriers of SARS-CoV-2	27
International outbreaks of Monkeypox virus infection with no established travel: A public health concern with significant knowledge gap	27
Russo-Ukrainian war: An unexpected event during the COVID-19 pandemic	27
Hospitalisation for monkeypox in Milan, Italy	26
Risk of hospitalization for Covid-19 outpatients treated with various drug regimens in Brazil: Comparative analysis	26
Dexamethasone: A boon for critically ill COVID-19 patients?	26
First report of monkeypox in a patient living with HIV from Romania	26
The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 epidemic on notifiable infectious diseases in Taiwan: A database analysis	26
The early preclinical and clinical development of cipargamin (KAE609), a novel antimalarial compound	25
Tracking and controlling the spatiotemporal spread of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in South Africa	24
Comparison of clinical and epidemiological characteristics of asymptomatic and symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection: A multi-center study in Sichuan Province, China	24
Refugees besieged: The lurking threat of COVID-19 in Syrian war refugee camps	24
Imported SARS-CoV-2 V501Y.V2 variant (B.1.351) detected in travelers from South Africa and Tanzania to India	24
Testing Dilemmas: Post negative, positive SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR – is it a reinfection?	24
First report of the plasmid-borne colistin resistance gene (mcr-1) in Proteus mirabilis isolated from domestic and sewer waters in Syrian refugee camps	24
Body temperature screening to identify SARS-CoV-2 infected young adult travellers is ineffective	24
Risk of Strongyloides Hyperinfection Syndrome when prescribing dexamethasone in severe COVID-19	23
The kidney and COVID-19 patients – Important considerations	23
Spatial and temporal variation of dengue incidence in the island of Bali, Indonesia: An ecological study	23
Potential repurposing of Favipiravir in COVID-19 outbreak based on current evidence	23
Masks and medical care: Two keys to Taiwan's success in preventing COVID-19 spread	23
Histamine release theory and roles of antihistamine in the treatment of cytokines storm of COVID-19	23
Corona virus infection in Syria, Libya and Yemen; an alarming devastating threat	22
Systematic review of COVID-19 and autoimmune thyroiditis	22
COVID-19: Active measures to support community-dwelling older adults	22
Anosmia in a healthcare worker with COVID-19 in Madrid, Spain	21
Rising temperature and its impact on receptivity to malaria transmission in Europe: A systematic review	21
SARS-CoV-2 infections among healthcare workers at Helsinki University Hospital, Finland, spring 2020: Serosurvey, symptoms and risk factors	21
Emergence of monkeypox: Risk assessment and containment measures	21
COVID 19: Will the 2020 Hajj pilgrimage and Tokyo Olympic Games be cancelled?	21
A review on insights and lessons from COVID-19 to the prevent of monkeypox pandemic	20
Self-reported symptoms from exposure to Covid-19 provide support to clinical diagnosis, triage and prognosis: An exploratory analysis	20
Corona's new coat: SARS-CoV-2 in Danish minks and implications for travel medicine	20
Omicron N501Y mutation among SARS-CoV-2 lineages: In silico analysis of potent binding to tyrosine kinase and hypothetical repurposed medicine	20
COVID-19 is not just a flu. Learn from Italy and act now	20
Is Omicron the end of pandemic or start of a new innings?	20
Hydroxychloroquine safety: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	19
The emerging tick-borne Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus: A narrative review	19
The vulnerability of low-and middle-income countries facing the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of Haiti	19
Acceptance towards COVID-19 vaccination in Latin America and the Caribbean: A systematic review and meta-analysis	19
Prognostic value of apolipoproteins in COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis	19
COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Nepal, emerging UK variant and futuristic vaccination strategies to combat the ongoing pandemic	19
Religious tourism and mass religious gatherings — The potential link in the spread of COVID-19. Current perspective and future implications	19
Evaluation of a duplex real-time PCR in human serum for simultaneous detection and differentiation of Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium infections – cross-sectional study	19
Tocilizumab: A new opportunity in the possible therapeutic arsenal against COVID-19	19
Severe complications of imported schistosomiasis, Spain: A retrospective observational study	18
Respiratory and gastrointestinal infections at the 2017 Grand Magal de Touba, Senegal: A prospective cohort survey	18
COVID-19 in children: More than meets the eye	18
Nosocomial outbreak of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus: A phylogenetic, epidemiological, clinical and infection control analysis	18
Pausing superspreader events for COVID-19 mitigation: International Hajj pilgrimage cancellation	18
Comparison of five commercial real-time PCRs for in-vitro diagnosis of Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia duodenalis, Cryptosporidium spp., Cyclospora cayetanensis, and Dientamoeba fragilis in human stool	18
Chikungunya and arthritis: An overview	18
Spatial distribution of dengue in Honduras during 2016–2019 using a geographic information systems (GIS)–Dengue epidemic implications for public health and travel medicine	18
The reproductive number R0 of COVID-19 in Peru: An opportunity for effective changes	18
Unilesional monkeypox: A report of two cases from Italy	18
Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the first 557 successive patients with COVID-19 in Pernambuco state, Northeast Brazil	18
Efficacy of directly-observed chloroquine-primaquine treatment for uncomplicated acute Plasmodium vivax malaria in northeast Myanmar: A prospective open-label efficacy trial	17

COVID-19 in Brazil: Historical cases, disease milestones, and estimated outbreak peak	17
Laboratory diagnostics for monkeypox: An overview of sensitivities from various published tests	17
Household infection: The predominant risk factor for close contacts of patients with COVID-19	17
Epidemiology of rabies cases among international travellers, 2013–2019: A retrospective analysis of published reports	17
Controlling the COVID-19 pandemic: Useful lessons from Vietnam	17
Comparison of clinical characteristics of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) as experienced in Taiwan	17
Estimating chagas disease prevalence and number of underdiagnosed, and undertreated individuals in Spain	17
The epidemiology of reverse transmission of COVID-19 in Gansu Province, China	17
Psychosocial impact of COVID-19 outbreak on international students living in Hubei province, China	17
What concerns the general public the most about monkeypox virus? – A text analytics study based on Natural Language Processing (NLP)	17
Can influenza vaccine modify COVID-19 clinical course?	17
COVID-19 and the impact on malaria	16
Typhoid fever infection – Antibiotic resistance and vaccination strategies: A narrative review	16
Hepatitis A vaccine immunogenicity in patients using immunosuppressive drugs: A systematic review and meta-analysis	16
Monkeypox and human transmission: Are we on the verge of another pandemic?	16
Change in outbreak epicentre and its impact on the importation risks of COVID-19 progression: A modelling study	16
Sustainable border control policy in the COVID-19 pandemic: A math modeling study	16
COVID-19 infection during the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020	15
Probability and estimated risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the air travel system	15
Bacterial travellers’ diarrhoea: A narrative review of literature published over the past 10 years	15
Buffer areas in emergency department to handle potential COVID-19 community infection in Taiwan	15
What goes on board aircraft? Passengers include Aedes, Anopheles, 2019-nCoV, dengue, Salmonella, Zika, et al	15
Will the Colombian intensive care units collapse due to the COVID-19 pandemic?	15
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) coinfection: A unique case series	15
What are the factors influencing the COVID-19 outbreak in Latin America?	15
COVID-19 reinfection? A suspected case in a Peruvian patient	15
Prevalence and risk factors for carriage of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a population of Dutch travellers: A cross-sectional study	15
Immunogenicity and safety of the tick-borne encephalitis vaccination (2009–2019): A systematic review	14
Characteristics of patients coinfected with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 and dengue virus, Lambayeque, Peru, May–August 2020: A retrospective analysis	14
Coinfection by SARS-CoV-2 and dengue virus in a dual viral circulation setting	14
Evidence of autochthonous transmission of urinary schistosomiasis in Almeria (southeast Spain): An outbreak analysis	14
Clinical aspects of heat-labile and heat-stable toxin-producing enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli: A prospective study among Finnish travellers	14
International mass gatherings and travel-associated illness: A GeoSentinel cross-sectional, observational study	14
Syphilis and monkeypox co-infection: Coincidence, synergy or asymptomatic carriage?	14
Maps, masks and media – Traveller and practitioner resources for 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) acute respiratory virus	14
Preliminary epidemiological analysis of suspected cases of corona virus infection in Libya	14
Knowledge and vaccination intention of monkeypox in China's general population: A cross-sectional online survey	14
Sexually or intimately transmitted infections: A look at the current outbreak of monkeypox in 2022	14
Monkeypox virus (MPXV) genomics: A mutational and phylogenomic analyses of B.1 lineages	14
Assessment and management of asymptomatic COVID-19 infection: A systematic review	14
Incidence of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection among people under home quarantine in Shenzhen, China	14
Cabin crew health and fitness-to-fly: Opportunities for re-evaluation amid COVID-19	13
Have measures against COVID-19 helped to reduce dengue cases in Brazil?	13
COVID-19 air travel restrictions and vaccine passports: An ongoing debate	13
Designing, characterization, and immune stimulation of a novel multi-epitopic peptide-based potential vaccine candidate against monkeypox virus through screening its whole genome encoded proteins: An	13
Increase in cases of dengue in China, 2004–2016: A retrospective observational study	13
The story behind Chile's rapid rollout of COVID-19 vaccination	13
Is Romania ready to face the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak? The role of incoming travelers and that of Romanian diaspora	13
Bacterial, viral and parasitic pathogens analysed by qPCR: Findings from a prospective study of travellers’ diarrhoea	13
Travel rush during Chinese Spring Festival and the 2019-nCoV	13
The effect of uncontrolled travelers and social distancing on the spread of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Colombia	13
Efficacy of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine in treating COVID-19 infection: A meta-review of systematic reviews and an updated meta-analysis	13
A severe case with co-infection of SARS-CoV-2 and common respiratory pathogens	12
Global prevalence of hepatitis C in general population: A systematic review and meta-analysis	12
A COVID-19 case in Libya acquired in Saudi Arabia	12
Modelling the epidemic spread of COVID-19 virus infection in Northern African countries	12
Melioidosis in travelers: An analysis of Dutch melioidosis registry data 1985–2018	12
Polymerase chain reaction positivity and cycle threshold values in biological samples from patients with monkeypox: A meta-analysis	12
COVID-19 data sources in Latin America and the Caribbean	12
COVID-19 home monitoring program: Healthcare innovation in developing, maintaining, and impacting the outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infected patients	12
Monkeypox coinfection with Neurosyphilis in a transgender with HIV in Atlanta, USA	12
More data are required for incubation period, infectivity, and quarantine duration for COVID-19	12
FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar: Mitigating the risk of imported infections amid the COVID-19 pandemic, monkeypox outbreak and other emerging diseases	11
Pericarditis in a young internal medicine resident with COVID-19 in Colombia	11
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: What are our options? Where should we focus our attention on to find new drugs and strategies?	11
Quantifying the risk of Zika virus spread in Asia during the 2015-16 epidemic in Latin America and the Caribbean: A modeling study	11
SARS-CoV-2 variant from India to Marseille: The still active role of ports in the introduction of epidemics	11
Maximum incubation period for COVID-19 infection: Do we need to rethink the 14-day quarantine policy?	11
Chikungunya resurgence in the Maldives and risk for importation via tourists to Europe in 2019–2020: A GeoSentinel case series	11
Comparison of equivalent fractional vaccine doses delivered by intradermal and intramuscular or subcutaneous routes: A systematic review	11
Use of methotrexate for leprosy reactions. Experience of a referral center and systematic review of the literature	11
Severe toxoplasmosis imported from tropical Africa in immunocompetent patients: A case series	11
Intestinal colonization with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Enterobacterales (ESBL-PE) during long distance travel: A cohort study in a German travel clinic (2016–2017)	11
Healthcare workers' and students' knowledge regarding the transmission, epidemiology and symptoms of COVID-19 in 41 cities of Bolivia and Colombia	11
Acquisition of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-PE) carriage after exposure to systemic antimicrobials during travel: Systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Olfactory and gustative disorders for the diagnosis of COVID-19	10
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and healthcare-associated infections: Emerging and future challenges for public health in Brazil	10
Epidemiology, clinical pattern and impact of species-specific molecular diagnosis on management of leishmaniasis in Belgium, 2010–2018: A retrospective study	10
The secondary outcome of public health measures amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in the spread of other respiratory infectious diseases in Thailand	10
Incidence of the COVID-19 in Iraq – Implications for travellers	10
Two measles clusters in connection with short inner-European air travels indicating impediments to effective measles control: A cluster analysis	10
COVID-19 disease severity and mortality determinants: A large population-based analysis in Oman	10
COVID-19 and Influenza coinfection: The rise of Ômicron and H3N2 in Brazil – 2022	10
Outbreak of novel Corona virus (2019-nCoV); implications for travelers to Pakistan	10
Geographical trends of chikungunya and Zika in the Colombian Amazonian gateway department, Caqueta, 2015–2018 – Implications for public health and travel medicine	10
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and COVID-19 infection during pregnancy	10
Traveler's diarrhea in children: New insights and existing gaps	10
A fatal case of triple coinfection: COVID-19, HIV and Tuberculosis	10
Yellow fever reemergence in Venezuela – Implications for international travelers and Latin American countries during the COVID-19 pandemic	10
Evidence of early community transmission of Omicron (B1.1.529) in Delhi- A city with very high seropositivity and past-exposure	10
Infectious disease symptoms and microbial carriage among French medical students travelling abroad: A prospective study	10
Safety of air travel during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic	10
Vector-borne and zoonotic infections and their relationships with regional and socioeconomic statuses: An ID-IRI survey in 24 countries of Europe, Africa and Asia	10
COVID-19's final frontier: The central Africa region	10
Unusual epidemiological presentation of the first reports of monkeypox in a low-income region of Brazil	9
Global commercial passenger airlines and travel health information regarding infection control and the prevention of infectious disease: What's in a website?	9
Imported scrub typhus in Europe: Report of three cases and a literature review	9
Viral loads of SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 in respiratory specimens: What have we learned?	9
Should the Holy Week 2020 be cancelled in Latin America due to the COVID-19 pandemic?	9
Successful containment of a flight-imported COVID-19 outbreak through extensive contact tracing, systematic testing and mandatory quarantine: Lessons from Vietnam	9
Arbaeen public health concerns: A pilot cross-sectional survey	9
Specificity of the POC-CCA urine test for diagnosing S. mansoni schistosomiasis	9
Early diagnosis and follow-up of acute schistosomiasis in a cluster of infected Belgian travellers by detection of antibodies and circulating anodic antigen (CAA): A diagnostic evaluation study	9
Instances of altered gut microbiomes among Irish cricketers over periods of travel in the lead up to the 2016 World Cup: A sequencing analysis	9
Bolivian hemorrhagic fever: A narrative review	9
Acute myelopathies associated to SARS-CoV-2 infection: Viral or immune-mediated damage?	9
Monkeypox and transgender women: The need for a global initiative	9
The surveillance of four mosquito-borne diseases in international travelers arriving at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, China, 2016–2017	9
COVID-19 and the impact on travel health advice	9
Efficacy of ormutivimab, a novel recombinant human anti-rabies monoclonal antibody, in post-exposure prophylaxis animal models	9
The safety and applicability of synthetic pyrethroid insecticides for aircraft disinsection: A systematic review	9
Monkeypox virus infection and creatine phosphokinase increase: A case from Italy	8
Efficacy and safety of tafenoquine for malaria chemoprophylaxis (1998–2020): A systematic review and meta-analysis	8
mRNA vaccines as an armor to combat the infectious diseases	8
Travel vaccines throughout history	8
Travel preparation and health risks in Dutch and Belgian medical students during an elective in low- or middle-income countries: A prospective self-reporting cohort study	8
Blood-borne chronic viral infections in a large cohort of immigrants in southern Italy: A seven-centre, prospective, screening study	8
Influenza vaccine improves cardiovascular outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Acquisition of multidrug-resistant bacteria and colistin resistance genes in French medical students on internships abroad	8
Environmental investigation of respiratory pathogens during the Hajj 2016 and 2018	8
Mass religious gatherings events and COVID-19 –easing of COVID-19 restrictions and a staged approach to scaling up the Umrah Pilgrimage	8
Therapeutic strategies for human poxvirus infections: Monkeypox (mpox), smallpox, molluscipox, and orf	8
In-flight transmission of foodborne disease: How can airlines improve?	8
Assessment of Anaplasma phagocytophilum presence in early Lyme borreliosis manifested by erythema migrans skin lesions	8
Mobility and COVID-19 mortality across Scandinavia: A modeling study	8
Chagas disease in the United Kingdom: A review of cases at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases London 1995–2018. The current state of detection of Chagas disease in the UK	8
Safe use of hydroxychloroquine and its combination with azithromycin in the context of Sars-CoV-2 outbreak: Clinical experience in a Belgian tertiary center	8
Presenting characteristics and outcomes of migrants in a cohort of hospitalized patients with COVID-19: Does the origin matter?	8
The colonisation of Czech travellers and expatriates living in the Czech Republic by colistin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and whole genome characterisation of E. coli isolates harbouring the mcr-1 ge	8
COVID-19 in a tertiary hospital from Romania: Epidemiology, preparedness and clinical challenges	8
No evidence of SARS-CoV-2 circulation in the framework of influenza surveillance between October 2019 and February 2020 in Lombardy, Italy	8
COVID-19 treatment in sub-Saharan Africa: If the best is not available, the available becomes the best	8
Delivering multi-disease screening to migrants for latent TB and blood-borne viruses in an emergency department setting: A feasibility study	8
Atypical oral presentation of monkeypox virus: A report of two cases from Florence, Italy	8
The role of mobile phones as a possible pathway for pathogen movement, a cross-sectional microbial analysis	8
Single-dose of BBV-152 and AZD1222 increases antibodies against spike glycoprotein among healthcare workers recovered from SARS-CoV-2 infection	7
Fatal human coronavirus 229E (HCoV-229E) and RSV–Related pneumonia in an AIDS patient from Colombia	7
Zika, dengue, chikungunya and yellow fever infections in Europe? – Winter is over, warm days are coming - So hedge your bets	7
Geo-mapping of hazards, risks, and travel health services in Bali: Results from the first stage of the integrated travel health surveillance and information system at destination (TravHeSID) project	7
Serologic testing of coronaviruses from MERS-CoV to SARS-CoV-2: Learning from the past and anticipating the future	7
Surge of mucormycosis during the COVID-19 pandemic	7
Latent and active tuberculosis infections in migrants and travellers: A retrospective analysis from the Spanish +REDIVI collaborative network	7
Acquisition of antimicrobial resistance determinants in Enterobacterales by international travelers from a large urban setting in Brazil	7
Risk factors for and management of metronidazole-refractory giardiasis in international travellers: A retrospective analysis	7
Zika virus infection in pregnant travellers and impact on childhood neurodevelopment in the first two years of life: A prospective observational study	7

Self-sampling kit delivered to travelers for COVID-19 testing 4 days after arrival in French Polynesia, July 2020–February 2021	7
Rabies risk behaviour in a cohort of Dutch travel clinic visitors: A retrospective analysis	7
Modeling return of the epidemic: Impact of population structure, asymptomatic infection, case importation and personal contacts	7
Trichinella britovi outbreak in Piedmont, North-West Italy, 2019–2020: Clinical and epidemiological insights in the one health perspective	7
Is border closure effective in containing COVID-19?	7
Imported malaria and artemisinin-based combination therapy failure in travellers returning to Belgium: A retrospective study	7
A family cluster of COVID-19 involving an asymptomatic case with persistently positive SARS-CoV-2 in anal swabs	7
SARS-CoV-2 co-infection with dengue virus in Brazil: A potential case of viral transmission by a health care provider to household members	7
Vaccine hesitancy in Japan: Is the country well prepared for Tokyo 2020?	7
The resurgence of monkeypox cases: Reasons, threat assessment, and possible preventive measures	7
Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in Greece, February 26 – May 3, 2020: The first wave	7
Travel medicine research in the new millennium: A bibliometric analysis of articles published in Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2003–2019	7
Reflection on SARS-CoV-2 infection of container ship seafarers	7
The first Italian case of XDR Salmonella Typhi in a traveler returning from Pakistan, 2019: An alert for increased surveillance also in European countries?	7
Concerns about influenza H5N8 outbreaks in humans and birds: Facing the next airborne pandemic?	7
Emerging issues in COVID-19 vaccination in tropical areas: Impact of the immune response against helminths in endemic areas	7
No time to die: An in-depth analysis of James Bond's exposure to infectious agents	7
Incidence of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and countries affected by malarial infections	7
Transplacental transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infection via NRP1	7
Re-emergence of scrub typhus in Zhejiang Province, southern China: A 45-year population-based surveillance study	7
Atovaquone-proguanil exposure in pregnancy and risk for adverse fetal and infant outcomes: A retrospective analysis	7
Monkeypox, severe hepatitis A, and syphilis in an HIV returning traveler from Spain to Romania	7
Logistic advantage of two-step screening strategy for SARS-CoV-2 at airport quarantine	7
COVID-19 and dengue: Pushing the peruvian health care system over the edge	7
Identifying mitigation strategies for COVID-19 superspreading on flights using models that account for passenger movement	6
Aetiology of traveller's diarrhea: A nested case-control study	6
Epidemiological and clinical presentations of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Libya: An initial report from Africa	6
The 2020 Grand Magal of Touba, Senegal in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Imported cysticercosis in Spain: A retrospective case series from the +REDIVI Collaborative Network	6
The first imported case of monkeypox in Singapore during the 2022 outbreak – Reflections and lessons	6
Potential infectious risk from the pets carrying SARS-CoV-2	6
Presumptive asymptomatic COVID-19 carriers’ estimation and expected person-to-person spreading among repatriated passengers returning from China	6
Pattern of infections in French and migrant homeless hospitalised at Marseille infectious disease units, France: A retrospective study, 2017–2018	6
Historical review: Towards the 50th anniversary of the last major smallpox outbreak (Yugoslavia, 1972)	6
Are travel restrictions helpful to control the global COVID-19 outbreak?	6
Proximity to international airports and early transmission of COVID-19 in the United States—An epidemiological assessment of the geographic distribution of 490,000 cases	6
Hepatitis E virus in blood donors from Argentina: A possible source of viral infection?	6
Sexually transmitted infections and clinical features in monkeypox (mpox) patients in Madrid, Spain	6
What do we know about travel for children with special health care needs? A review of the literature	6
The first pregnant woman with COVID-19 in Venezuela: Pre-symptomatic transmission	6
Increasing incidence and changing epidemiology of brucellosis in China (2004–2016)	6
First case of Streptococcus suis infection in Switzerland: An emerging public health problem?	6
High heterogeneity on the accepted vaccines for COVID-19 certificates in European countries	6
U.S. bound journey of migrant peoples InTransit across Dante's Inferno and Purgatory in the Americas	6
Strategies for management of strongyloidiasis in migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa recently arrived in Italy: A cost-effectiveness analysis	6
TOURIST2 – Tracking of urgent risks in swiss travellers to the 6 main travel destinations – Feasibility and ethical considerations of a smartphone application-based study	6
Prevalence and factors associated with not receiving the booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in adults in Latin America and the Caribbean	6
Hepatitis A and E in the Mediterranean: A systematic review	6
Multiple introductions of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b into South America	6
COVID-19: Travel health and the implications for sub -Saharan Africa	6
Decreased seasonal influenza during the COVID-19 pandemic in temperate countries	6
Assessing scrub typhus and rickettsioses transmission risks in the Chiang Rai province of northern Thailand	6
Coronavirus 2019-nCoV: Is the genie already out of the bottle?	6
Low adherence with national travel medicine recommendations in Belgian expatriate children: A retrospective analysis	6
Mobile apps for travel medicine and ethical considerations: A systematic review	6
Mild toxicosis after the bite of Ornithodoros rietcorreai: Images of a brief time-line description	6
Epidemiology of cystic echinococcosis in China (2004–2016)	6
Vaccination coverage and preventable diseases in Peru: Reflections on the first diphtheria case in two decades during the midst of COVID-19 pandemic	6
First reports of monkeypox and varicella-zoster virus coinfection in the global human monkeypox outbreak in 2022	5
COVID-19 infection presented as Guillain-Barre Syndrome: Report of two new cases and review of 116 reported cases and case series	5
Community acceptability of dengue fever surveillance using unmanned aerial vehicles: A cross-sectional study in Malaysia, Mexico, and Turkey	5
Lassa fever clinical course and setting a standard of care for future randomized trials: A protocol for a cohort study of Lassa-infected patients in Nigeria (LASCOPE)	5
Effect of social isolation in dengue cases in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil: An analysis during the COVID-19 pandemic	5
Scrub typhus: A new cause of acute undifferentiated febrile illness in Latin America?	5
Screening for parasites in migrant children	5
The first report of atovaquone/proguanil-induced vanishing bile duct syndrome: Case report and mini-review	5
Chagas' heart disease: Descriptive analysis of 141 patients in a hospital of Madrid, Spain	5
Determination of Legionella spp. prevalence in Spanish hotels in five years. Are tourists really at risk?	5
The risk of malaria infection for travelers visiting the Brazilian Amazonian region: A mathematical modeling approach	5
Outbreak of cutaneous larva migrans among Danish students at a high school on Zanzibar	5
Travel behaviours and health outcomes during travel: Profiling destination-specific risks in a prospective mHealth cohort of Swiss travellers	5
High influenza A prevalence but no SARS-CoV-2 among 2021 Grand Magal pilgrims in Touba, Senegal	5
Incidence, geographic distribution, clinical characteristics, and socioeconomic and demographic determinants of monkeypox in Brazil: A nationwide population-based ecological study	5
Experience from five Asia-Pacific countries during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: Mitigation strategies and epidemiology outcomes	5
Ticks infected with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV): A decision approach systematic review and meta-analysis regarding their role as vectors	5
First imported case of tick-borne encephalitis in Spain – was it alimentary?	5
Japanese encephalitis in a young traveler returning from a short-term holiday in Khao Lak, Thailand	5
Learning from SARS and MERS: COVID-19 reinfection where do we stand?	5
Microbial contamination of the surface of mobile phones and implications for the containment of the Covid-19 pandemic	5
Inside China and COVID-19: Questions and answers	5
Conflicting evidence on the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as the early treatment of COVID-19. Comment on “Early treatment of COVID-19 patients with hydroxychloroquine and azithromyci	5
Monkeypox and its research trends in Arab countries: A brief bibliometric analysis	5
Risk factors for different intestinal pathogens among patients with traveler's diarrhea: A retrospective analysis at a German travel clinic (2009–2017)	5
Long-term safety of the tafenoquine antimalarial chemoprophylaxis regimen: A 12-month, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial	5
Effect of a nationwide booster vaccine rollout in Israel on SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe illness in young adults	5
What has been researched on monkeypox in Latin America? A brief bibliometric analysis	5
Hotel employees' knowledge of monkeypox's source, symptoms, transmission, prevention, and treatment in Egypt	5
Measles immunity gaps in an era of high vaccination coverage: A serology study from Taiwan	5
The clinical manifestations and severity of the 2022 monkeypox outbreak among 4080 patients	5
The dilemmas and care challenges of Venezuelan pregnant migrants presenting in Colombia	5
SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19: Evolution in the Caribbean islands	5
Does spitting in public play a role in transmitting SARS-CoV-2?	5
Vertical transmission of COVID-19 in a 1-day-old neonate	5
Airborne infection risk of nearby passengers in a cabin environment and implications for infection control	5
Ayahuasca and the traveller: A scoping review of risks and possible benefits	5
University students’ travel risk perceptions and risk-taking willingness during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study	5
Prevalence of and risk factors for long-term disabilities following chikungunya virus disease: A meta-analysis	5
Adherence to recommendations at a Canadian tertiary care Family Travel Clinic - A single centre analysis	5
Early estimates of the incidence trend and the reproductive number of the monkeypox epidemic in Brazil	5
How are countries prepared to combat the COVID-19 pandemic during the armed conflict? the case of Libya	4
Changes to human faecal microbiota after international travel	4
Detection of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in international travelers returning to Venezuela	4
Variations in temperatures and the incidence of Buruli ulcer in Africa	4
Assessment of the burden of malaria and bacteraemia by retrospective molecular diagnosis in febrile illnesses and first-line anti-infectives in Côte d'Ivoire	4
Mayaro virus, a regional or global threat?	4
A 6 months old infant with fever, dyspnea and poor feeding, diagnosed with COVID-19	4
Primary cutaneous melioidosis acquired in Nepal – Case report and literature review	4
Apparent inefficacy of hydroxychloroquine combined with azithromycin on SARS-CoV-2 clearance in an incident cohort of geriatric patients with COVID-19	4
Sonographic findings in visceral leishmaniasis – A narrative review	4
How can physicians advise faith communities during the COVID-19 pandemic?	4
Hydroxychloroquine-azithromycin for COVID-19 – Warranted or dangerous?	4
The cost-effectiveness of social distancing measures for mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic in a highly-populated country: A case study in Indonesia	4
The transmission dynamics of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus	4
Cocktail of FIFA 2022 Vis-A-Vis camel beauty pageant championship; potential health threat of MERS among players and fans - A possible global spread	4
A prospective observational study describing severity of acquired diarrhea among U.S. military and Western travelers participating in the Global Travelers’ Diarrhea Study	4
Neutralizing antibody persistence in pediatric travelers from non-JE-endemic countries following vaccination with IXIARO® Japanese encephalitis vaccine: An uncontrolled, open-label phase 3 follow-up s	4
SARS-CoV-2 and Dengue virus co-infection: A case from North Caribbean Colombia	4
Concern over monkeypox outbreak: What can we learn from the top 100 highly cited articles in monkeypox research?	4
Japanese encephalitis in a U.S. traveler returning from Vietnam, 2022	4
Hydroxychloroquine / azithromycin in COVID-19: The association between time to treatment and case fatality rate	4
Lack of SARS-CoV-2 among Grand Magal de Touba pilgrims consulting for respiratory symptoms in October 2020	4
Effect of Omicron on the prevalence of COVID-19 in international travelers at the Mexico city international airport. December 16th, 2021 to January 31st, 2022	4
Tokyo olympics, Hajj pilgrimage, Grand Magal of Touba and COVID-19	4
The emergence of cholera in multiple countries amidst current COVID-19 pandemic: Situation and implications for public health and travel medicine	4
Passenger travel health advice regarding infection control and the prevention of infectious diseases: What's in airline inflight magazines?	4
Screening migrants from tuberculosis high-endemic countries for latent tuberculosis in Oman: A cross sectional cohort analysis	4
Factors associated with the opposition to COVID-19 vaccination certificates: A multi-country observational study from Asia	4
SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR positivity of individuals subsequent to completing quarantine upon entry into a country during a transmission-free period	4
Delayed large local reaction to the adenovirus-vectored (ChAdOx1) vaccine	4
Malaria prophylaxis approach during COVID-19 pandemic	4
Dangers of the use of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin combination in COVID-19 patients	4
Estimation of early phase local-to-local transmissibility and importation hazard of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic under assorted containment measures in Hong Kong	4
COVID-19 and mucormycosis in Latin America – An emerging concern	4
Imported schistosomiasis in Paris region of France: A multicenter study of prevalence and diagnostic methods	4
Monkeypox among refugees: A call for a global protection	4
FIFA World Cup 2022: Bouncing off the infectious balls	4
Sweet syndrome in post-COVID-19 infection: A case report	4
Single dose tafenoquine for preventing relapse in people with plasmodium vivax malaria-an updated meta-analysis	4
COVID-19 and refugee camps	4
COVID-19 influences both physical and mental health: Lessons from bibliometric analysis	4
Reinfection with SARS-CoV-2: A case report from Libya	4
West Nile virus in Central Europe – Pandora's box is wide open!	4
Crushing lopinavir-ritonavir tablets may decrease the efficacy of therapy in COVID-19 patients	4
Health problems in travellers to Nepal visiting CIWEC clinic in Kathmandu — A GeoSentinel analysis	4
Rickettsia amblyommatis-infected Amblyomma coelebs parasitizing a human traveler in Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil, after returning from the Amazon	4
Diagnosis and management of pediatric scabies: Results from a survey on 317 Italian dermatologists	4
On-board toilets of long-haul flights: is sewage epidemiology effective for COVID-19 global surveillance?	4
Malaria in long-term travelers: Infection risks and adherence to preventive measures – A prospective cohort study	4
Leadership to prevent COVID-19: is it the most important mitigation factor?	4
Types and outcomes of pharmacist-managed travel health services: A systematic review	4
Availability of monkeypox vaccinations for low and middle-income countries: Challenges and recommendations	4
Hepatic aneurysm in patients with amoebic liver abscess. A review of cases in literature	4
Monkeypox proctitis treated with doxycycline in an HIV MSM returning to Italy from France	4
Leishmaniasis in Pakistan: A call for action	4
Severe skin and soft tissue pythiosis acquired in a hot spring in the southwestern United States, a case report and review of North American cases	3
One-week, two-visit, double-dose, intra-dermal (22ID) rabies vaccination schedule for travelers: Time/dose sparing, effective but “off label”	3
Imported human norovirus in travelers, Shanghai port, China 2018: An epidemiological and whole genome sequencing study	3
COVID 19 and febrile neutropenia: Case report and systematic review	3
The treacherous journey of hundreds of migrants from Cameroon to reach the United States	3
Understanding Sabiá virus infections (Brazilian mammarenavirus)	3
Risk estimation for air travel-induced malaria transmission in central Europe – A mathematical modelling study	3
Microsporum nanum cutaneous infection in a traveller returning from Thailand: A diagnostic challenge	3
Pre-travel risk assessment for international business travellers during the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Travel-related infection in Guangzhou, China,2009–2019	3
Through the looking-glass of “Go To Travel Campaign” in Japan, and what Alice found there	3
COVID-19 vaccination intention among Venezuelan migrant populations in Colombia, 2021	3
Human toxicosis caused by the tick Ornithodoros spheniscus in a Chilean national park	3
On-board emergency medical equipment of European airlines	3
A case of orf virus infection in the human: Other zoonotic poxvirus infection events should not be ignored during the mpox epidemic	3
Vector-borne diseases and tourism in Iran: Current issues and recommendations	3
Adherence to hepatitis A travel health guidelines: A cross-sectional seroprevalence study in Dutch travelling families - The Dutch travel Vaccination Study (DiVeST)	3
Family cluster of Chagas disease among Bolivian immigrants in Italy: High rate of maternal-fetal transmission	3
Familial clusters of the 2019 novel coronavirus diseases in Taiwan	3
Patterns of diseases in health students abroad: A systematic review	3
Increasing proportions of relapsing parasite species among imported malaria in China's Guangxi Province from Western and Central Africa	3
Travel health-related activities and services provided by community pharmacies in Selangor, Malaysia: A cross-sectional analysis	3
Lack of Vibrio cholerae among French pilgrims during the 2017 and 2018 Hajj	3
Rapid control method of bed bugs infestation by freezing	3
Travel medicine and the child traveler: Challenges for pediatric health providers in a globalized world	3
Pathogens associated with respiratory, gastrointestinal and febrile illness in patients consulting at Mbacke healthcare centre during the 2018 Grand Magal of Touba: A preliminary study	3
Aortic aneurysm lesions in Echinococcus infection. A review of cases in literature	3
Vaccination certificates, immunity passports, and test-based travel licences: Ethical, legal, and public health issues	3
Imported tires; a potential source for the entry of Aedes invasive mosquitoes to Iran	3
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus – The need for global proactive surveillance, sequencing and modeling	3
The silent, rapidly unfolding threat of mpox spread via international travel to Southeast Asia: Are we ready?	3
Fever of unknown origin caused by infectious diseases in the era of migrant and refugee crisis	3
Battle against the pandemic: Emergence of SARS-CoV2 variants and global challenge	3
Plasmodium vivax and SARS-CoV-2 co-infection in Venezuela: A case series from the malaria hotspot in Latin America	3
Characteristics of Zika virus infection among international travelers: A prospective study from a Spanish referral unit	3
Adherence to antimalarial chemoprophylaxis among Israeli travelers visiting malaria-endemic areas	3
Screening of imported malaria infection in asymptomatic migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa: A retrospective analysis of a 2010–2019 cohort	3
Cutaneous larva migrans or the wandering invader. Description of 16 cases in the Northern Metropolitan area of Barcelona	3
Imported arboviral infections in New Zealand, 2001 to 2017: A risk factor for local transmission	3
Multi-origins and complex transmission paths of monkeypox viruses	3
Complex choices: Which malaria chemoprophylaxis can be recommended for the pregnant traveller?	3
SARS-COV-2 infection: Across the border into the family	3
Antibiotics for travelers' diarrhea in children?: To SBET or not to SBET?	3
A resistant parasitic flare-up amid children in Italy: Comment on “Diagnosis and management of pediatric scabies: Results from a survey on 317 Italian dermatologists”	3
Not every skin rash in a returning adult male traveler is monkeypox	3
Infection tracking in travellers using a mobile app (ITIT): The pilot study	3