OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases is 38. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
A critical appraisal of the ENLIST severity scale for erythema nodosum leprosum	1315
Environmental characteristics around the household and their association with hookworm infection in rural communities from Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia	161
Prevalence of leptospirosis among soldiers: A systematic review	155
Changes in the microbiological diagnosis and epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in real-time PCR era: A six-year experience in a referral center in Barcelona	119
Histoplasmosis in the Republic of Congo dominated by African histoplasmosis, Histoplasma capsulatum var. duboisii	112
Role of interferon-induced GTPases in leishmaniasis	105
Diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic potentials of gut microbiome profiling in human schistosomiasis: A comprehensive systematic review	105
Blastocystis colonization and associations with population parameters in Thai adults	99
Hematological and Biochemical changes in Schistosoma mansoni infected patients at Haik Primary Hospital, North-East Ethiopia: A comparative cross-sectional study	94
Correction: Predictive markers for the early prognosis of dengue severity: A systematic review and meta-analysis	66
Susceptibility and barriers to infection of Colorado mosquitoes with Rift Valley fever virus	66
Human Seroprevalence for Dengue, Ross River, and Barmah Forest viruses in Australia and the Pacific: A systematic review spanning seven decades	66
Frequency, geographical distribution, clinical characteristics, antivenom utilisation and outcomes of King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) bites in Malaysia	63
Livestock herding and Fulani ethnicity are a combined risk factor for development of early adverse reactions to antivenom treatment: Findings from a cross-sectional study in Nigeria	53
Diagnostic performance of capillary and venous blood samples in the detection of Loa loa and Mansonella perstans microfilaraemia using light microscopy	51
Disentangling snakebite dynamics in Colombia: How does rainfall and temperature drive snakebite temporal patterns?	50
Inter-epidemic Rift Valley fever virus infection incidence and risks for zoonotic spillover in northern Tanzania	50
A modelling assessment of short- and medium-term risks of programme interruptions for gambiense human African trypanosomiasis in the DRC	49
Species identification and phylogenetic analysis of Leishmania isolated from patients, vectors and hares in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, The People’s Republic of China	49
A comprehensive analysis of non-pharmaceutical interventions and vaccination on Ebolavirus disease outbreak: Stochastic modeling approach	48
An unusually long Rift valley fever inter-epizootic period in Zambia: Evidence for enzootic virus circulation and risk for disease outbreak	48
Effects of structurally distinct human HDAC6 and HDAC6/HDAC8 inhibitors against S. mansoni larval and adult worm stages	46
Mapping the risk of Rift Valley fever in Uganda using national seroprevalence data from cattle, sheep and goats	46
The immune protection induced by a serine protease from the Trichinella spiralis adult against Trichinella spiralis infection in pigs	46
Modeling the persistence of Opisthorchis viverrini worm burden after mass-drug administration and education campaigns with systematic adherence	45

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	44
Longitudinal assessment of the exposure to Ascaris lumbricoides through copromicroscopy and serology in school children from Jimma Town, Ethiopia	43
Analysis of Cholera Risk in India: Insights from 2017–18 Serosurvey Data Integrated with Epidemiologic data and Societal Determinants from 2015–2019	42
Entomological surveys and insecticide susceptibility profile of Aedes aegypti during the dengue outbreak in Sao Tome and Principe in 2022	41
Modeling the efficacy of CRISPR gene drive for snail immunity on schistosomiasis control	41
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	40
Bothrops venom-induced hemostasis disorders in the rat: Between Scylla and Charybdis	39
FXR deficiency in hepatocytes disrupts the bile acid homeostasis and inhibits autophagy to promote liver injury in Schistosoma japonicum-infected mice	39
Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) -308G >a promoter polymorphism (rs1800629) promotes Asians in susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum severe malaria: A meta-analysis	39
The molecular epidemiology of a dengue virus outbreak in Taiwan: population wide versus infrapopulation mutation analysis	38
Temperature and time of host-seeking activity impact the efficacy of chemical control interventions targeting the West Nile virus vector, Culex tarsalis	38
Combining species distribution models and big datasets may provide finer assessments of snakebite impacts	38
Towards the invasion of wild and rural forested areas in Gabon (Central Africa) by the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus: Potential risks from the one health perspective	38
Automatic mapping of high-risk urban areas for Aedes aegypti infestation based on building facade image analysis	38