OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases is 37. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Detection and analysis of Serpin and RP26 specific antibodies for monitoring Schistosoma haematobium transmission	111
Hiding in plain sight: Genomic and phenotypic characterization of mosquito-borne Bussuquara virus	95
Estimating the infection burden of COVID-19 in Malaysia	91
Rapid, label-free surface plasmon resonance discrimination between Bothrops and Crotalus venoms using clinical antivenom as the capture reagent	86
Molecular type distribution and fluconazole susceptibility of clinical Cryptococcus gattii isolates from South African laboratory-based surveillance, 2005–2013	72
Intestinal Lactobacillus johnsonii protects against neuroangiostrongyliasis in BALB/c mice through modulation of immune response	71
Quantifying the relationship between arboviral infection prevalence and human mobility patterns among participants of the Communities Organized to Prevent Arboviruses cohort (COPA) in southern Puerto	69
The molecular epidemiology of a dengue virus outbreak in Taiwan: population wide versus infrapopulation mutation analysis	62
Hookworm genes encoding intestinal excreted-secreted proteins are transcriptionally upregulated in response to the host’s immune system	61
Prevalence of leptospirosis among soldiers: A systematic review	60
Assessment of the role of Haemophilus ducreyi coinfection on outcomes of Yaws treatment in the southwestern part of Ghana	60
Modeling the persistence of Opisthorchis viverrini worm burden after mass-drug administration and education campaigns with systematic adherence	60
CRISPR/Cas12a-RCA enables ultrasensitive detection of circulating free DNA for noninvasive diagnosis of echinococcosis	60
Interstitial pneumonia via the oropharyngeal route of infection with Encephalitozoon cuniculi	59
High levels of infectiousness of asymptomatic Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis infections in wild rodents highlights their importance in the epidemiology of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis in Braz	59
Hypogonadism and associated factors among male Leprosy patients	57
Retraction: HSP70 Domain II of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Modulates Immune Response and Protective Potential of F1 and LcrV Antigens of Yersinia pestis in a Mouse Model	55
Diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic potentials of gut microbiome profiling in human schistosomiasis: A comprehensive systematic review	51
Ultrasound-based population survey for abdominal cystic echinococcosis in Albania: Results from the NDTND project	50
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices on anthrax in selected game management areas in Zambia	50
Cost of implementing a doxycycline test-and-treat strategy for onchocerciasis elimination among settled and semi-nomadic groups in Cameroon	49
Automatic mapping of high-risk urban areas for Aedes aegypti infestation based on building facade image analysis	48
Effects of structurally distinct human HDAC6 and HDAC6/HDAC8 inhibitors against S. mansoni larval and adult worm stages	46
A modelling assessment of short- and medium-term risks of programme interruptions for gambiense human African trypanosomiasis in the DRC	45
FXR deficiency in hepatocytes disrupts the bile acid homeostasis and inhibits autophagy to promote liver injury in Schistosoma japonicum-infected mice	45

Combining species distribution models and big datasets may provide finer assessments of snakebite impacts	45
Regional variation in knowledge and practice regarding common zoonoses among livestock farmers of selective districts in Nepal	43
Inter-epidemic Rift Valley fever virus infection incidence and risks for zoonotic spillover in northern Tanzania	42
Genetic background and immune response in paracoccidioidomycosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of single nucleotide variants	42
On-target inhibition of Cryptosporidium parvum by nitazoxanide (NTZ) and paclitaxel (PTX) validated using a novel MDR1-transgenic host cell model and algorithms to quantify the effect on the parasite	41
Suppression of Aedes aegypti by the sterile insect technique on Captiva Island, Florida, USA from 2020 to 2022	41
Suitable ecological niches of invasive malaria vector under present and projected climatic conditions in South of Iran	40
Immunogenicity of a single dose of the 17DD yellow fever vaccine in a cohort of adults and children in a non-endemic area, and its association with dengue and Zika seropositivity	40
Limited efficacy of repeated praziquantel treatment in Schistosoma mansoni infections as revealed by highly accurate diagnostics, PCR and UCP-LF CAA (RePST trial)	38
A comprehensive murine clinical model for development of countermeasures and studying Mayaro virus infection	38
A haplotype-like, chromosome-level assembled and annotated genome of Biomphalaria glabrata, an important intermediate host of schistosomiasis and the best studied model of schistosomiasis vector snail	38
Host population dynamics influence Leptospira spp. transmission patterns among Rattus norvegicus in Boston, Massachusetts, US	37