OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Infectious Diseases of Poverty is 13. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
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,	169
Increased clonal dissemination of OXA-232-producing ST15 Klebsiella pneumoniae in Zhejiang, China from 2018 to 2021	141
A rapid multiplex platform for simultaneous detection of chikungunya virus, dengue virus, and dengue serotyping based on isothermal amplification and lateral flow dipsticks	133
Optimisation of the DNA dipstick as a rapid extraction method for Schistosoma japonicum in infected mice samples and spiked human clinical samples	117
Development and field evaluation of a multiplex qPCR assay for environmental DNA detection of Schistosoma mekongi and its intermediate snail host Neotricula aperta in the Mekong River Basin	97
Coverage of community-wide mass drug administration platforms for soil-transmitted helminths in Benin, India, and Malawi: findings from the DeWorm3 project	94
Molecular epidemiology and phylogenetic analysis of influenza viruses A (H3N2) and B/Victoria during the COVID-19 pandemic in Guangdong, China	91
Area-level socioeconomic variables associated with territorial disparities in tuberculosis notification rates in metropolitan France: a Bayesian ecological analysis	75
The social determinants of tuberculosis: a case-control study characterising pathways to equitable intervention in Peru	71
Prevalence and correlations of schistosomiasis mansoni and schistosomiasis haematobium among humans and intermediate snail hosts: a systematic review and meta-analysis	62
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)	60
Accelerating Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine introductions in Indonesia: key learnings from 2017 to 2022	54
Discrepancies between self-reported medication in adherence and indirect measurement adherence among patients undergoing antiretroviral therapy: a systematic review	54
Are there differences in efficacy and safety between local and imported direct-acting antiviral agents for hepatitis C in China?	50
Access to praziquantel in Italy: persistent gaps and ongoing responses amid a Europe-wide shortage	50
Mitigating host microRNA interference to enhance mRNA vaccine efficacy in public health interventions	48
The rapid and efficient strategy for SARS-CoV-2 Omicron transmission control: analysis of outbreaks at the city level	48
Immediate and long-term outcomes after treat-all among people living with HIV in China: an interrupted time series analysis	44
Slide positivity, trends, and risk factors of febrile Plasmodium vivax malaria along the Thailand-Myanmar border, 2018–2023	43
Uptake of hepatitis C direct-acting antiviral treatment in China: a retrospective study from 2017 to 2021	43
Tuberculous mastitis, the great imitator in breast disease: a case report with diagnostic and therapeutic challenges	42
Impact of 1,7-malaria reactive community-based testing and response (1,7-mRCTR) approach on malaria prevalence in Tanzania	42
Social protection as a right of people affected by tuberculosis: a scoping review and conceptual framework	42
Zoonotic human liver flukes, a type 1 biocarcinogen, in freshwater fishes: genetic analysis and confirmation of molluscan vectors and reservoir hosts in Bangladesh	41
Impact of climate warming on Oncomelania hupensis in China: multi-scale evidence	38

Prevalence of fever of unidentified aetiology in East African adolescents and adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis	38
Determining the spatial distribution of environmental and socio-economic suitability for human leptospirosis in the face of limited epidemiological data	37
The prevalence of soil transmitted helminths and its influential factors in Shandong Province, China: an analysis of surveillance data from 2016 to 2020	34
Treatment and prevention of epilepsy in onchocerciasis-endemic areas is urgently needed	33
Best practices for engaging with affected communities: chronic hepatitis B as a case study	30
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy of patients with advanced schistosomiasis in Hunan Province, China	30
Theodor Bilharz’ 200th birthday	29
Patient experiences of tuberculosis treatment deferral after a trace Xpert Ultra result: a prospective cohort study	29
Whole-genome sequencing of Lassa virus from dry blood spots: a comparative evaluation	28
MODELS: a six-step framework for developing an infectious disease model	28
Climate change and Aedes albopictus risks in China: current impact and future projection	28
Correction: Influenza vaccine hesitancy versus uptake in seven Chinese megacities: a cross-sectional survey	27
Impact factors of Blastocystis hominis infection in persons living with human immunodeficiency virus: a large-scale, multi-center observational study from China	26
Wildlife hunting and the increased risk of leprosy transmission in the tropical Americas: a pathogeographical study	26
Rickettsia massiliae and its public health significance across Palearctic and Oriental regions: a scoping review	26
Correction: Schistosomiasis control in Senegal: results from community data analysis for optimizing preventive chemotherapy intervention with praziquantel	25
Test accuracy of loop-mediated isothermal amplification for schistosomiasis in low endemicity areas: a systematic review and meta-analysis	25
Climate change and infectious diseases: breaking the poverty-disease-environment trap	25
A novel combined quadrivalent self-amplifying mRNA-LNP vaccine provokes protective immunity against acute and chronic toxoplasmosis in mice	25
Schistosome-derived microRNAs: promise, pitfalls and priorities for molecular diagnosis	25
Zoonotic diseases in China: epidemiological trends, incidence forecasting, and comparative analysis between real-world surveillance data and Global Burden of Disease 2021 estimates	25
Reduction in COVID-19 related resource loss and decline in prevalence of probable depression in Chinese adults: an application of the Conservation of Resource Theory	24
Decreased influenza vaccination coverage among Chinese healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic	24
Collateral benefits of ivermectin mass drug administration designed for malaria against headlice in Mopeia, Mozambique: a cluster randomised controlled trial	24
Performance of the procedure for ultra-rapid extraction and loop-mediated isothermal amplification (PURE-LAMP) method to detect malaria in Haiti	23
Spotlighting zoonotic strongyloidiasis: a semi-systematic review of threadworms within baboons highlights opportunities for human infections	23
Incidence and warning signs for complications of human brucellosis: a multi-center observational study from China	23
Cross-lineage 5-methylcytosine methylome profiling reveals methylated divergence among Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites of the three major clonal lineages	22
Climate change and infectious disease: a review of evidence and research trends	22
Progress towards dog-mediated rabies elimination in PR China: a scoping review	22
Impact of COVID-19 on the neglected tropical diseases: a scoping review	22
Epidemiological characteristics of tuberculosis incidence and its macro-influence factors in Chinese mainland during 2014–2021	22
Evidence-practice gap analysis in the role of tick in brucellosis transmission: a scoping review	22
Re-emerging threat of Trypanosoma cruzi vector transmission in El Salvador, update from 2018 to 2020	22
Post-COVID-19 resurgence of scabies’ cases in the Lazio Region, Italy: a new emerging public health threat?	22
Early and sustained community engagement to reach unreached populations for malaria elimination in Lao People’s Democratic Republic	21
Impact of sanitation system types on residential and environmental presence of human waste and parasites in Alabama	21
Dynamic variations in COVID-19 with the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in Kazakhstan and Pakistan	21
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Africa and China’s upgraded role as a contributor: a scoping review	20
Cost-effectiveness of seasonal influenza vaccination of children in China: a modeling analysis	20
Effectiveness of test-and-treat model with direct-acting antiviral for hepatitis C virus infection in migrants: a prospective interventional study in Italy	20
Establishing a standard method for analysing case detection delay in leprosy using a Bayesian modelling approach	20
Female genital schistosomiasis, human papilloma virus infection, and cervical cancer in rural Madagascar: a cross sectional study	20
Advancing the National Immunization Program in an era of achieving universal vaccine coverage in China and beyond	20
Snail control as a crucial approach to schistosomiasis elimination: evidence from the People’s Republic of China	19
Development and validation of a nomogram to predict failure of 14-day negative nucleic acid conversion in adults with non-severe COVID-19 during the Omicron surge: a retrospective multicenter study	19
Detecting Schistosoma infections in endemic countries: a diagnostic accuracy study in rural Madagascar	19
Coverage validation survey of preventive chemotherapy for schistosomiasis in interruption of transmission districts of Ethiopia, 2025	19
Patient journeys for neglected tropical diseases in rural sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review	19
Whipple’s disease with multiple serous effusions as the clinical manifestation: a case report and literature review	19

Assessing the impact of COVID-19 interventions on influenza-like illness in Beijing and Hong Kong: an observational and modeling study	19
Factors associated with clinical antimicrobial resistance in China: a nationwide analysis	19
Determinants of Schistosoma mansoni transmission in hotspots at the late stage of elimination in Egypt	18
Environmental, socioeconomic, and sociocultural drivers of monkeypox transmission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a One Health perspective	18
Diagnostic accuracy of plasma cell-free DNA qPCR for Schistosoma haematobium assessed by Bayesian latent class analysis in a cohort of pregnant women from Lambaréné, Gabon	18
Geospatial codistribution of tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus in Indonesia	18
Out-of-pocket payment and catastrophic health expenditure of tuberculosis patients in accessing care at public-private mix clinics in Myanmar, 2022	18
First whole-genome chikungunya virus sequence detected in mosquitoes during the 2025 Foshan outbreak: evidence of field vector infection and transmission potential in China	17
Three Gorges Dam: the changing trend of snail density in the Yangtze River basin between 1990 and 2019	17
Technologies for the point-of-care diagnosis of malaria: a scoping review	17
Climate-influenced vector-borne diseases in Africa: a call to empower the next generation of African researchers for sustainable solutions	17
Community-based psychosocial support interventions to reduce stigma and improve mental health of people with infectious diseases: a scoping review	17
Use of a “tablet pole” for the administration of ivermectin for strongyloidiasis in a field study in Ecuador	17
Global burden of dengue from 1990 to 2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease study 2021	17
Is convenience really king? Comparative evaluation of catastrophic costs due to tuberculosis in the public and private healthcare sectors of Viet Nam: a longitudinal patient cost study	17
An exploratory study to assess the influence of schistosomiasis on the occurrence of dengue virus in Madagascar	16
The influence of human population movement on mass drug administration for neglected tropical diseases: a scoping review	16
Insights into the elimination of vivax malaria in China	16
The role of tenofovir-based HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in preventing HBV infection among men who have sex with men: insights from China	16
One-year impact of behavioural interventions on schistosomiasis-related knowledge, attitude and practices of primary schoolchildren in Pemba, Tanzania	16
Temporal and age-structured analysis of Mpox spread in the 2022 Global outbreak: data-assimilation insights for epidemic control	16
Ecological environmental management program promotes Schistosomiasis control in Erhai Lake of China: an analysis based on SWOT-ANP-ADAM approach	16
Unsuccessful tuberculosis treatment outcomes across Brazil's geographical landscape before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: are we truly advancing toward the sustainable development/end TB goal?	15
Spatiotemporal prediction of scrub typhus incidence and environmental risk factors in Republic of Korea: a Bayesian hierarchical approach	15
Neurocognitive and mental health outcomes in children with tungiasis: a cross-sectional study in rural Kenya and Uganda	15
Increased interleukin-6 is associated with long COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Dengue transmission dynamics in China’s border regions adjacent to Myanmar	15
Assessment of Plasmodium vivax transmission and asymptomatic carriage risk among artisanal gold miners in western French Guiana, 2014–2020	15
A relatively high zoonotic trematode prevalence in Orientogalba ollula and the developmental characteristics of isolated trematodes by experimental infection in the animal model	15
Comparative study on epidemiological and etiological characteristics of patients with acute diarrhea with febrile or non-febrile symptoms in China	15
Prevalence and factors associated with pentavalent vaccination: a cross-sectional study in Southern China	15
Economic burden of dengue in Puerto Rico, 2010–2023	15
Influence of urbanization on schistosomiasis infection risk in Anhui Province based on sixteen year's longitudinal surveillance data: a spatio-temporal modelling study	15
The 1,7-malaria reactive community-based testing and response (1,7-mRCTR) approach in Tanzania: a cost-effectiveness analysis	14
The global COVID-19 vaccine surplus: tackling expiring stockpiles	14
Dynamic antimicrobial resistant patterns of Escherichia coli from healthy poultry and swine over 10 years in Chongming Island, Shanghai	14
Assessment of the application of the FA280—a fully automated fecal analyzer for diagnosing clonorchiasis: a mixed-method study	14
Diagnostic performance comparison of two ultrasound classification systems for hepatic alveolar echinococcosis: a single-center retrospective study	14
Climate change and infectious diseases: translating evidence into action	14
Prevalence and attributable health burdens of vector-borne parasitic infectious diseases of poverty, 1990–2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021	14
Invasive patterns of Biomphalaria straminea revealed by genetic mapping in the Greater Bay Area, China	14
The patterns and driving forces of dengue invasions in China	14
Genomic epidemiology reveals the origins and transmission dynamics of chikungunya virus in China	13
Readmission and survival of hospitalized pulmonary tuberculosis patients: a nationwide record-based cohort analysis in Thailand (2017–2022)	13
Determinants of malaria infections among children in refugee settlements in Uganda during 2018–2019	13
Establishment of an indicator framework for the transmission risk of the mountain-type zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis based on the Delphi-entropy weight method	13
Risk factor for gametocyte carriage and gametocytemia in Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum	13
Impact of climate change on the global circulation of chikungunya virus: current evidence, future projections, and adaptation strategies	13
Genetic structure of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) populations in China and relationship with the knockdown resistance mutations	13
Global patterns of syphilis, gonococcal infection, typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, and leprosy from 1990 to 2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 202	13
Field implementation of the sterile insect technique against Aedes aegypti in Recife, Brazil: operational challenges and impact of release frequency on vector dynamics	13