OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Virulence is 32. 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 2020-09-01 to 2024-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Pathogenicity and virulence of Staphylococcus aureus	596
Pathogenesis and virulence of Candida albicans	160
COVID-19 evolution during the pandemic – Implications of new SARS-CoV-2 variants on disease control and public health policies	137
Pathogenesis and virulence of herpes simplex virus	133
Pathogenicity and virulence of Clostridium perfringens	111
Pathogenicity and virulence of Listeria monocytogenes: A trip from environmental to medical microbiology	79
Immune dysregulation and system pathology in COVID-19	76
Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae is emerging as an increasingly prevalent K. pneumoniae pathotype responsible for nosocomial and healthcare-associated infections in Beijing, China	73
Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) exposure in pet cats and dogs in Minnesota, USA	68
Pathogenicity and virulence of Japanese encephalitis virus: Neuroinflammation and neuronal cell damage	67
Pathogenicity and Virulence ofLegionella: Intracellular replication and host response	63
Pathogenicity and virulence of Marburg virus	55
Pathogenicity and virulence of the liver flukesFasciola hepaticaandFasciolaGiganticathat cause the zoonosis Fasciolosis	55
Pathogenicity and virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis	46
The pathogenicity and virulence of Toxoplasma gondii	45
Pathogenesis and virulence of flavivirus infections	44
Transcriptomic analyses reveal comprehensive responses of insect hemocytes to mycopathogen Beauveria bassiana, and fungal virulence-related cell wall protein assists pathogen to evade host cellular de	43
Pathogenicity and virulence of Clostridioides difficile	42
An Organ System-Based Synopsis ofPseudomonas aeruginosaVirulence	42
Glycosylation of viral proteins: Implication in virus–host interaction and virulence	41
Therapeutic implications of C. albicans-S. aureus mixed biofilm in a murine subcutaneous catheter model of polymicrobial infection	41
Understanding the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) exposure in companion, captive, wild, and farmed animals	39
Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) for biofilm treatments. Possible synergy between aPDT and pulsed electric fields	37
Galleria mellonella as a screening tool to study virulence factors of Aspergillus fumigatus	36
Genetic diversity and evolution of the virulence plasmids encoding aerobactin and salmochelin in Klebsiella pneumoniae	36

Pathogenicity & virulence ofMycoplasma hyopneumoniae	36
Functional analysis of seven regulators of G protein signaling (RGSs) in the nematode-trapping fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora	35
The hypermucoviscosity of hypervirulent K. pneumoniae confers the ability to evade neutrophil-mediated phagocytosis	33
AP-1 signaling pathway promotes pro-IL-1β transcription to facilitate NLRP3 inflammasome activation upon influenza A virus infection	33
Infection strategies of mycoplasmas: Unraveling the panoply of virulence factors	33
Paeoniflorin reduce luxS/AI-2 system-controlled biofilm formation and virulence in Streptococcus suis	33
Pathogenicity and virulence of Hepatitis B virus	33
Virulence ofCandida aurisfrom different clinical origins inCaenorhabditis elegansandGalleria mellonellahost models	32
Pathogenicity and virulence regulation of Vibrio cholerae at the interface of host-gut microbiome interactions	32
From environmental adaptation to host survival: Attributes that mediate pathogenicity of Candida auris	32
Pathogenicity and virulence ofStreptococcus pneumoniae: Cutting to the chase on proteases	32