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
Outer membrane vesicles from genetically engineered Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium presenting Helicobacter pylori antigens UreB a	44
Pathogenicity and virulence of Borrelia burgdorferi	44
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
Platelet-derived major histocompatibility complex class I coating on Treponema pallidum attenuates natural killer cell lethality	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

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
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
Role of non-coding RNAs in the pathogenesis of viral myocarditis	39
Acute hepatitis of unknown origin in children: Should we move the discussion from a purely infectious origin also to other plausible causes?	38
Repurposing of auranofin and honokiol as antifungals against Scedosporium species and the related fungus Lomentospora prolificans	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
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
Screening optimal DC-targeting peptide to enhance the immune efficacy of recombinant Lactobacillus expressing RHDV VP60	35