OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Parasites & Vectors is 30. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
The life-cycle of Toxoplasma gondii reviewed using animations	104
The need for new vector control approaches targeting outdoor biting anopheline malaria vector communities	79
Outbreaks of clinical toxoplasmosis in humans: five decades of personal experience, perspectives and lessons learned	71
Leishmania infantum and Dirofilaria immitis infections in Italy, 2009–2019: changing distribution patterns	70
Detection of human intestinal protozoan parasites in vegetables and fruits: a review	57
A review on the diagnosis of animal trypanosomoses	49
Dengue fever and insecticide resistance in Aedes mosquitoes in Southeast Asia: a review	45
The great potential of entomopathogenic bacteria Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus for mosquito control: a review	41
Emergence of the invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in Khartoum State, Central Sudan	41
The largest meta-analysis on the global prevalence of microsporidia in mammals, avian and water provides insights into the epidemic features of these ubiquitous pathogens	38
Invasive cattle ticks in East Africa: morphological and molecular confirmation of the presence of Rhipicephalus microplus in south-eastern Uganda	38
Updated distribution maps of predominant Culex mosquitoes across the Americas	38
Development of a multiplex qPCR-based approach for the diagnosis of Dirofilaria immitis, D. repens and Acanthocheilonema reconditum	37
Migratory birds as disseminators of ticks and the tick-borne pathogens Borrelia bacteria and tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus: a seasonal study at Ottenby Bird Observatory in South-eastern Sweden	37
A U.S. isolate of Theileria orientalis, Ikeda genotype, is transmitted to cattle by the invasive Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis	37
Transovarial transmission of Borrelia spp., Rickettsia spp. and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Ixodes ricinus under field conditions extrapolated from DNA detection in questing larvae	36
Description of Cryptosporidium ornithophilus n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae) in farmed ostriches	35
The threat of reduced efficacy of anthelmintics against gastrointestinal nematodes in sheep from an area considered anthelmintic resistance-free	35
Determinants of Plasmodium falciparum multiplicity of infection and genetic diversity in Burkina Faso	34
Latest trends in Leishmania infantum infection in dogs in Spain, Part I: mapped seroprevalence and sand fly distributions	34
Impact of intestinal parasites on microbiota and cobalamin gene sequences: a pilot study	33
Efficacy of Fludora® Fusion (a mixture of deltamethrin and clothianidin) for indoor residual spraying against pyrethroid-resistant malaria vectors: laboratory and experimental hut evaluation	33
Transcriptomic response of Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto mosquito larvae to Curry tree (Murraya koenigii) phytochemicals	33
Detection of gastrointestinal parasitism at recreational canine sites in the USA: the DOGPARCS study	33
Meta-analysis of cyathostomin species-specific prevalence and relative abundance in domestic horses from 1975–2020: emphasis on geographical region and specimen collection method	32

Parasites and vector-borne diseases disseminated by rehomed dogs	32
Assessing the suitability of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA genetic markers for molecular systematics and species identification of helminths	31
Association between lone star tick bites and increased alpha-gal sensitization: evidence from a prospective cohort of outdoor workers	31
New codon 198 β-tubulin polymorphisms in highly benzimidazole resistant Haemonchus contortus from goats in three different states in Sudan	31
Molecular detection of pathogens in ticks and fleas collected from companion dogs and cats in East and Southeast Asia	30
Identification of tick-borne pathogens by metagenomic next-generation sequencing in Dermacentor nuttalli and Ixodes persulcatus in Inner Mongolia, China	30
Twenty-five-year research progress in hookworm excretory/secretory products	30