OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Infectious Diseases of Poverty is 35. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Area-level socioeconomic variables associated with territorial disparities in tuberculosis notification rates in metropolitan France: a Bayesian ecological analysis	156
Enhancing regional disease burden estimates: insights from the comparison of Global Burden of Disease and China’s notifiable infectious diseases data with policy implications (2010–2020)	134
Discrepancies between self-reported medication in adherence and indirect measurement adherence among patients undergoing antiretroviral therapy: a systematic review	120
Accelerating Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine introductions in Indonesia: key learnings from 2017 to 2022	109
Molecular epidemiology and phylogenetic analysis of influenza viruses A (H3N2) and B/Victoria during the COVID-19 pandemic in Guangdong, China	96
Prevalence and correlations of schistosomiasis mansoni and schistosomiasis haematobium among humans and intermediate snail hosts: a systematic review and meta-analysis	86
Optimisation of the DNA dipstick as a rapid extraction method for Schistosoma japonicum in infected mice samples and spiked human clinical samples	85
Development of a new wealth index for South Sudan: association between household wealth and malaria prevention practices in the context of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Northern Bahr el Ghazal,	84
The social determinants of tuberculosis: a case-control study characterising pathways to equitable intervention in Peru	81
Key immunity characteristics of diverse stages of brucellosis in rural population from Inner Mongolia, China	60
Coverage of community-wide mass drug administration platforms for soil-transmitted helminths in Benin, India, and Malawi: findings from the DeWorm3 project	59
Increased clonal dissemination of OXA-232-producing ST15 Klebsiella pneumoniae in Zhejiang, China from 2018 to 2021	58
Are there differences in efficacy and safety between local and imported direct-acting antiviral agents for hepatitis C in China?	57
COVID-19 vaccines in patients with decompensated cirrhosis: a retrospective cohort on safety data and risk factors associated with unvaccinated status	54
Impact of 1,7-malaria reactive community-based testing and response (1,7-mRCTR) approach on malaria prevalence in Tanzania	53
Patterns of human social contact and mask wearing in high-risk groups in China	50
Uptake of hepatitis C direct-acting antiviral treatment in China: a retrospective study from 2017 to 2021	49
Mitigating host microRNA interference to enhance mRNA vaccine efficacy in public health interventions	49
Access to praziquantel in Italy: persistent gaps and ongoing responses amid a Europe-wide shortage	48
The rapid and efficient strategy for SARS-CoV-2 Omicron transmission control: analysis of outbreaks at the city level	46
Tuberculous mastitis, the great imitator in breast disease: a case report with diagnostic and therapeutic challenges	45
Social protection as a right of people affected by tuberculosis: a scoping review and conceptual framework	43
Slide positivity, trends, and risk factors of febrile Plasmodium vivax malaria along the Thailand-Myanmar border, 2018–2023	43
Immediate and long-term outcomes after treat-all among people living with HIV in China: an interrupted time series analysis	42
Wildlife hunting and the increased risk of leprosy transmission in the tropical Americas: a pathogeographical study	40

Whole-genome sequencing of Lassa virus from dry blood spots: a comparative evaluation	39
Theodor Bilharz’ 200th birthday	39
Patient experiences of tuberculosis treatment deferral after a trace Xpert Ultra result: a prospective cohort study	39
Zoonotic human liver flukes, a type 1 biocarcinogen, in freshwater fishes: genetic analysis and confirmation of molluscan vectors and reservoir hosts in Bangladesh	39
Test accuracy of loop-mediated isothermal amplification for schistosomiasis in low endemicity areas: a systematic review and meta-analysis	38
Treatment and prevention of epilepsy in onchocerciasis-endemic areas is urgently needed	38
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy of patients with advanced schistosomiasis in Hunan Province, China	37
Determining the spatial distribution of environmental and socio-economic suitability for human leptospirosis in the face of limited epidemiological data	37
Prevalence of fever of unidentified aetiology in East African adolescents and adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis	36
Best practices for engaging with affected communities: chronic hepatitis B as a case study	35