OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Virulence 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Increasing evidence of human infections by the neurotropic Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1)	233
A. caviae infection triggers IL-1β secretion through activating NLRP3 inflammasome mediated by NF-κB signaling pathway partly in a TLR2 dependent manner	199
Dry eye disease caused by viral infection: Past, present and future	138
Immunogenicity and vaccine efficacy of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae -derived extracellular vesicles as a novel vaccine candidate	109
Decarboxylase mediated oxalic acid metabolism is important to antioxidation and detoxification rather than pathogenicity in Magnaporthe oryzae	86
The sulfur-related metabolic status of Aspergillus fumigatus during infection reveals cytosolic serine hydroxymethyltransferase as a promising antifungal target	83
Restriction of mitochondrial oxidation of glutamine or fatty acids enhances intracellular growth of Mycobacterium abscessus in macrophages	82
Porphyromonas gulae and canine periodontal disease: Current understanding and future directions	76
Physiological role of bicarbonate in microbes: A double-edged sword?	75
Bacterial metabolism in the host and its association with virulence	72
The role of HDAC6 in enhancing macrophage autophagy via the autophagolysosomal pathway to alleviate legionella pneumophila-induced pneumonia	67
High Child-Pugh and CRUB65 scores predict mortality of decompensated cirrhosis patients with COVID-19: A 23-center, retrospective study	65
Measles virus: Continued outbreaks while striving for eradication	60
Genome-wide characterization of structure variations in the Xiang pig for genetic resistance to African swine fever	55
SARS-CoV-2 in companion animals: Do levels of SARS-CoV-2 seroconversion in pets correlate with those of pet’s owners and with protection against subsequent SARS-CoV-2 infection?	53
Simulating the clinical manifestations and disease progression of human sepsis: A monobacterial injection approach for animal modeling	51
Identification of Streptococcus suis putative zoonotic virulence factors: A systematic review and genomic meta-analysis	47
Pathogenicity and virulence of Borrelia burgdorferi	44
Outer membrane vesicles from genetically engineered Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium presenting Helicobacter pylori antigens UreB a	44
Platelet-derived major histocompatibility complex class I coating on Treponema pallidum attenuates natural killer cell lethality	43
Hepatic and extrahepatic metabolic modulation in hbv-related decompensated cirrhosis and acute-on-chronic liver failure	43
Usingin vivotranscriptomics and RNA enrichment to identify genes involved in virulence ofCandida glabrata	43
Complement evasion factor (CEF), a novel immune evasion factor of Streptococcus pyogenes	43
sRNA23, a novel small RNA, regulates to the pathogenesis ofStreptococcus suisserotype 2	41
Convergent and divergent roles of the glucose-responsive kinase SNF4 in Candida tropicalis	41

Adaptor complex-mediated trafficking of Newcastle disease virus fusion protein is regulated by the YLMY motif of its cytoplasmic tail	40
Calcineurin-mediated intracellular organelle calcium homeostasis is required for the survival of fungal pathogens upon extracellular calcium stimuli	40
Microbiome analysis reveals the inducing effect of Pseudomonas on prostatic hyperplasia via activating NF-κB signalling	40
MERS-CoV nsp1 impairs the cellular metabolic processes by selectively downregulating mRNAs in a novel granules	40
Role of non-coding RNAs in the pathogenesis of viral myocarditis	39
Repurposing of auranofin and honokiol as antifungals against Scedosporium species and the related fungus Lomentospora prolificans	38
Acute hepatitis of unknown origin in children: Should we move the discussion from a purely infectious origin also to other plausible causes?	38
Antibiotics daptomycin interacts with S protein of SARS-CoV-2 to promote cell invasion of Omicron (B1.1.529) pseudovirus	37
Oropouche virus: Understanding “sloth fever” disease dynamics and novel intervention strategies against this emerging neglected tropical disease	36
Screening optimal DC-targeting peptide to enhance the immune efficacy of recombinant Lactobacillus expressing RHDV VP60	35
Pathogenicity and virulence of O’nyong-nyong virus: A less studied Togaviridae with pandemic potential	35
Reduction of endotoxicity in Bordetella bronchiseptica by lipid A engineering: Characterization of lpxL1 and pagP mutants	35