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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Letter to the editor (response to Vajro and colleagues)	176
Streptococcus pyogenes emm 98.1 variants activate inflammatory caspases in human neutrophils	130
Comparison of Omicron and respiratory virus infections in pediatric liver transplantation: Impact of perioperative identification status	121
STA regulates succinylated AflM triggered by SCS to contribute to aflatoxin biosynthesis through the Ach1	109
Predicting the evolutionary and epidemiological dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa	100
Study of the relationships among known virulence genes, coccoid transformation and cytotoxicity of Helicobacter pylori in different clinical diseases	98
Glycogen synthase kinase 3 promotes the proliferation of porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus by phosphorylating the nucleocapsid protein	89
A. caviae infection triggers IL-1β secretion through activating NLRP3 inflammasome mediated by NF-κB signaling pathway partly in a TLR2 dependent manner	81
Pathogenicity and virulence of henipaviruses	80
Pathogenicity and virulence of O’nyong-nyong virus: A less studied Togaviridae with pandemic potential	72
Adult duck fecal microbiota transplantation alleviates short beak and dwarfism syndrome in ducklings by inhibiting Th17 cell differentiation	70
Correction	67
Genomic characterization of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serovars 5, 8, and 15 strains from diseased pigs in eastern Chinese provinces	66
Successful cell culture isolation and experimental pathogenicity evaluation of porcine bocavirus G3	64
Anti-HBc IgM associates with acute flare and HBeAg/HBsAg loss in chronic hepatitis B patients with acute exacerbation	61
Convergent and divergent roles of the glucose-responsive kinase SNF4 in Candida tropicalis	59
A new gene family (BAPs) of Cotesia bracovirus induces apoptosis of host hemocytes	58
EefR mutations drive sanguinarine resistance by activating cryptic multidrug efflux pumps in AcrB-Null Escherichia coli	54
Pathogenesis and virulence of Heartland virus	54
Usingin vivotranscriptomics and RNA enrichment to identify genes involved in virulence ofCandida glabrata	52
Characterization of the intrahepatic microbiome in patients with HBV-related end-stage liver disease	49
Oropouche virus: Understanding “sloth fever” disease dynamics and novel intervention strategies against this emerging neglected tropical disease	49
Pathogenicity and virulence of influenza	46
Recombination events drives the emergence of Colombian Helicobacter pylori subpopulations with self-identity ancestry	46
Host cell transcriptomic response to the multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clonal outbreak Beijing strain reveals its pathogenic features	45

Statistical analysis supports UTR (untranslated region) deletion theory in SARS-CoV-2	44
Comparative genomic and virulence analyses of a novel sequence type 420 Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus	40
Molecular epidemiology of Nakaseomyces glabrata associated with vulvovaginal candidiasis revealed high genetic variability and the presence of novel geno	40
Prevalence and clinical significance of HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B patients with and without anti-HBe antibody	39
Streptococcus suis serotype 5: Emerging zoonotic threat with distinct genomic heterogeneity	38
Plant pathogens provide clues to the potential origin of bat white-nose syndrome Pseudogymnoascus destructans	38
Virulence and transmission characteristics of clade 2.3.4.4b H5N6 subtype avian influenza viruses possessing different internal gene constellations	38
Protection acquired upon intraperitoneal group a Streptococcus immunization is independent of concurrent adaptive immune responses but relies on macropha	38
Acinetobacter baumannii : Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance, quorum sensing regulation, and current therapeutic strategies	38
Carbon source-driven downregulation of the sRNA AmiL enhances Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence during acute lung infection	35