OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Pathogens is 56. 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
HPV16 E6 and E7 Genetic Variability in Oral and Anal Samples from HIV-Positive MSM	312
HEV Infection in Beta-Thalassemia Patients	158
Review of Major and Minor Pathogens of Adult Pacific Salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) in Freshwater in the Pacific Northwest of North America	148
Transovarial Transmission of Anaplasma marginale in Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus Ticks Results in a Bottleneck for Strain Diversity	146
Use of a Novel Feeding System to Assess the Survival of a Very Stable Mammalian Virus, Porcine Parvovirus, Within Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Larvae: A Comparison with Mealworm (Tenebrio mol	120
Detection of Brucella abortus Vaccine Strain RB51 in Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) Milk	116
Phenotypic and Genotypic Drug Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains Isolated from HIV-Infected Patients from a Third-Level Public Hospital in Mexico	114
Ex Vivo Drug Susceptibility of Plasmodium malariae Isolates to Antimalarial Drugs in Gabon	114
The Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases Meets AI: A Match Made in Heaven	112
Frequency of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Patients with Imminent Preterm Delivery on the Island of Curaçao	110
Diagnostic Laboratory Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients Infected by Fomites: COVID-19 Outbreak in a South Korean Public Administrative Facility	106
Characteristics of COVID-19 Infection in a Hospitalized Autoimmune Hepatitis Patient	103
Molecular Epidemiology of Group B Streptococci in Lithuania Identifies Multi-Drug Resistant Clones and Sporadic ST1 Serotypes Ia and Ib	100
rCsHscB Derived from Clonorchis sinensis: A Carcinogenic Liver Fluke Ameliorates LPS-Induced Acute Hepatic Injury by Repression of Inflammation	99
Clinical Evaluation of Three Commercial RT-PCR Kits for Routine COVID-19 Diagnosis	96
HepCare Plus: Enhancing Primary Care Identification and Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus in High-Risk Individuals	89
Application of Machine Learning Algorithms in Urinary Tract Infections Diagnosis Based on Non-Microbiological Parameters	87
Challenges and Opportunities in One Health: Google Trends Search Data	85
Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation on Neuropeptide Transcript Levels in the Synganglion of Ixodes ricinus	83
From One Heath to One Sustainability: The Role of Contagious Mastitis Pathogens in Decreasing the Dairy Herd Sustainability	81
Ornithodoros sonrai Soft Ticks and Associated Bacteria in Senegal	81
Modular Polymerase Synthesis and Internal Protein Domain Swapping via Dual Opposed Frameshifts in the Ebola Virus L Gene	81
Assessing the Operational Feasibility of Integrating Point-of-Care G6PD Testing into Plasmodium vivax Malaria Management in Vietnam	79
Evaluation of the Performance of the Novodiag® Stool Parasites Assay for the Detection of Intestinal Protozoa and Microsporidia	77
3-Bromopyruvate Impairs Mitochondrial Function in Trypanosoma cruzi	75

The Role of the Fusarium oxysporum FTF2 Transcription Factor in Host Colonization and Virulence in Common Bean Plants (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)	75
Gram-Negative Microbiota Derived from Trout Fished in Slovakian Water Sources and Their Relationship to Postbiotics	74
Multigene Typing of Croatian ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma Mali’ Strains	73
Morphometric and Molecular Insights into Hepatozoon spp. in Wild and Synanthropic Rodents from Southern and Southeastern Brazil	73
Modulation of Porcine Gut Microbiota and Microbiome: Hologenomic, Dietary, and Endogenous Factors	73
First Detection and Molecular Identification of Rhabditis (Rhabditella) axei from the Chinese Red Panda (Ailurus styani)	73
The Trimeric Autotransporter Adhesin EmaA and Infective Endocarditis	71
Complement Suppresses the Initial Type 1 Interferon Response to Ocular Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Infection in Mice	68
Syndrome of Transient Headache and Neurologic Deficits with Cerebrospinal Fluid Lymphocytosis (HaNDL): HHV-7 Finding in Cerebrospinal Fluid Challenges Diagnostic Criteria	67
The Symbiotic Bacteria—Xenorhabdus nematophila All and Photorhabdus luminescens H06 Strongly Affected the Phenoloxidase Activation of Nipa Palm Hispid, Octodonta nipae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Larv	66
Atypical Staphylococcal Septic Arthritis in a Native Hip: A Case Report and Review	66
Differential Gene Expression Pattern of Importin β3 and NS5 in C6/36 Cells Acutely and Persistently Infected with Dengue Virus 2	65
Editorial on the Research Topic of the Special Issue “Current Status of Acinetobacter Infections”	65
COVID-19 among People Living with HTLV-1 Infection in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	65
Ticks Infesting Dogs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: Detailed Epidemiological and Molecular Report	64
Value of Verbal Autopsy in a Fragile Setting: Reported versus Estimated Community Deaths Associated with COVID-19, Banadir, Somalia	63
Baculovirus-Assisted Production of Bartonella bacilliformis Proteins: A Potential Strategy for Improving Serological Diagnosis of Carrion’s Disease	62
First Genomic Evidence of California Hare Coltivirus from Natural Populations of Ixodes persulcatus Ticks in Northeast China	62
Molecular Survey of Parasitic Contamination of Frozen Berries	62
Adding Hyponatremia to the “Rule-of-6” Prediction Tool Improves Performance in Identifying Hospitalised Patients with COVID-19 at Risk of Adverse Clinical Outcomes	61
Evaluation of RNA Secondary Stem-Loop Structures in the UTRs of Mouse Hepatitis Virus as New Therapeutic Targets	61
Predictor Variables in the Spread of Chagas Disease in Rural Areas	61
Iodobacter fluviatilis, a New Potential Opportunistic Pathogen Associated with Skin Lesions, First Report in Hypophthalmichthys nobilis in China	60
Host Cells of Leucocytozoon (Haemosporida, Leucocytozoidae) Gametocytes, with Remarks on the Phylogenetic Importance of This Character	60
Serum Proteomics Reveals Systemic Responses in Didelphis aurita Naturally Infected with Hepatozoon sp.	60
Plasmodium Infection–Cure Cycles Increase the Capacity of Phagocytosis in Conventional Dendritic Cells	60
Impact of Empirical and Definitive Antibiotics on Pediatric Febrile Urinary Tract Infection Caused by ESBL-Producing Enterobacterales	59
Discovery of Novel Diagnostic Biomarkers for Common Pathogenic Nocardia Through Pan-Genome and Comparative Genome Analysis, with Preliminary Validation	58
“Monkeypox: What Do You Know about That?” Italian Adults’ Awareness of a New Epidemic	58
Amphiphysin AoRvs167-Mediated Membrane Curvature Facilitates Trap Formation, Endocytosis, and Stress Resistance in Arthrobotrys oligospora	58
Clonal Dissemination of NDM-Producing Proteus mirabilis in a Teaching Hospital in Sousse, Tunisia	57
Intestinal Fatty Acid Binding Protein (I-FABP) as a Prognostic Marker in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients	56
Stability of the Virucidal Activity of Commercial Disinfectants against Avian Influenza Viruses under Different Environmental Conditions	56