OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Pathogens is 49. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Thermal Tolerance Data and Molecular Identification Are Useful for the Diagnosis, Control and Modeling of Diseases Caused by Thielaviopsis paradoxa	606
Concomitant Syndromic Diagnosis of Mpox and Other Vesicular Viruses in Patients with Skin and Genital Lesions	450
Etiology of Ulcerative Dermal Necrosis (UDN) in Brown Trout (Salmo trutta Morpha trutta)—Preliminary Results	379
Revealing the Prevalence of Toxoplasma in Sierra Morena’s Wild Boar: An ELISA-Based Study Using Meat Juice	284
Recent Advances in the Epidemiology of Pathogenic Agents	246
Factors Associated with Toxoplasma gondii Seroprevalence in Pregnant Women: A Cross-Sectional Study in Belgrade, Serbia	172
Intracellular Behaviour of Legionella Non-pneumophila Strains within Three Amoeba Strains, Including Willaertia magna C2c Maky	154
Comparative Performance of Eight PCR Methods to Detect Cryptosporidium Species	128
Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Protist Infections in Hospital Inpatients in Southwestern China	118
Staphylococci, Reptiles, Amphibians, and Humans: What Are Their Relations?	117
Copro-Molecular Identification of Tapeworms in Introduced Invasive Carnivores in Poland	109
Staphylococcus ratti sp. nov. Isolated from a Lab Rat	108
Evaluation of Serological Methods and a New Real-Time Nested PCR for Small Ruminant Lentiviruses	107
Epidemiological Survey of the Main Tick-Borne Pathogens Infecting Dogs from the Republic of Moldova	103
From Upper Respiratory Symptoms to Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: Case Report of a Human Adenovirus Infection in Haploidentical Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipient	91
Helicobacter trogontum Bacteremia and Lower Limb Skin Lesion in a Patient with X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia—A Case Report and Review of the Literature	87
Diagnostic Laboratory Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients Infected by Fomites: COVID-19 Outbreak in a South Korean Public Administrative Facility	87
Rotaviruses and Rotavirus Vaccines	81
Trypanosoma brucei Acyl-Protein Thioesterase-like (TbAPT-L) Is a Lipase with Esterase Activity for Short and Medium-Chain Fatty Acids but Has No Depalmitoylation Activity	81
Chagas Disease and Transfusion Risk in Italy: The Results of a National Survey	76
Next Generation Sequencing and Comparative Genomic Analysis Reveal Extreme Plasticity of Two Burkholderia glumae Strains HN1 and HN2	76
Molecular and Serological Identification of Anaplasma marginale and Borrelia burgdorferi in Cattle and Ticks from Nuevo Leon, Northern Mexico	75
Rodents as Sentinels for Toxoplasma gondii in Rural Ecosystems in Slovakia—Seroprevalence Study	70
Barriers with Valve Mechanisms Are Predicted to Protect Crops from Slug Carriers of Rat Lungworm Disease	69
Evaluation of the Performance of the Novodiag® Stool Parasites Assay for the Detection of Intestinal Protozoa and Microsporidia	69

Molecular Characterization of Leptospira Species Detected in the Kidneys of Slaughtered Livestock in Abattoirs in Gauteng Province, South Africa	68
Effectiveness of Intermittent Preventive Treatment with Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine in Pregnancy: Low Coverage and High Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum dhfr-dhps Quintuple Mutants as Major Challenge	68
The Phytopathogen Fusarium verticillioides Modifies the Intestinal Morphology of the Sugarcane Borer	67
UVC-Based Air Disinfection Systems for Rapid Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 Present in the Air	66
Higher Risk of HEV Transmission and Exposure among Blood Donors in Europe and Asia in Comparison to North America: A Meta-Analysis	65
SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Effectiveness Is Influenced by Non-Epitope Mutation/Binding-Induced Denaturation of the Epitope 3D Architecture	64
Isolation and Production of Human Monoclonal Antibody Proteins against a Toxocara canis Excretory–Secretory Recombinant Antigen	60
Distribution and Current State of Molecular Genetic Characterization in Pathogenic Free-Living Amoebae	59
Surveillance of Viral Respiratory Infections in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit—Evolution in the Last 5 Years	58
Individual Epitope-Specific CD8+ T Cell Immune Responses Are Shaped Differently during Chronic Viral Infection	57
Interactions of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and/or Mycoplasma hyorhinis with Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 Using In Vitro Co-Infection Models with Swine Cells	56
Peptidases Are Potential Targets of Copper(II)-1,10-Phenanthroline-5,6-dione Complex, a Promising and Potent New Drug against Trichomonas vaginalis	56
Enhanced Vulnerability of Diabetic Mice to Hypervirulent Streptococcus agalactiae ST-17 Infection	55
Ranpirnase (OKG-0301), a Novel Ribonuclease, Demonstrates Antiviral Activity against Adenovirus in the Ad5/NZW Rabbit Ocular Replication Model	54
Application of Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) in Oral Microbial Detection	54
Ultraviolet-C Irradiation, Heat, and Storage as Potential Methods of Inactivating SARS-CoV-2 and Bacterial Pathogens on Filtering Facepiece Respirators	52
One-Year Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 Virus in Natural and Drinking Water	51
Characteristics of COVID-19 Infection in a Hospitalized Autoimmune Hepatitis Patient	51
Parallel Propagation of Toxoplasma gondii In Vivo, In Vitro and in Alternate Model: Towards Less Dependence on the Mice Model	51
Inhibition of Melanization by Kojic Acid Promotes Cell Wall Disruption of the Human Pathogenic Fungus Fonsecaea sp.	51
Tuberculosis Treatment Response Monitoring by the Phenotypic Characterization of MTB-Specific CD4+ T-Cells in Relation to HIV Infection Status	50
Development of a Multiplex Droplet Digital PCR Assay for the Detection of Babesia, Bartonella, and Borrelia Species	49
First Record of Alternaria pogostemonis: A Novel Species Causing Leaf Spots in Pogostemon cablin	49
Spectrum of Atazanavir-Selected Protease Inhibitor-Resistance Mutations	49