OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Emerging Microbes & Infections 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant shows less efficient replication and fusion activity when compared with Delta variant in TMPRSS2-expressed cells	313
The significant immune escape of pseudotyped SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron	306
Omicron variant showed lower neutralizing sensitivity than other SARS-CoV-2 variants to immune sera elicited by vaccines after boost	297
Lessons learned 1 year after SARS-CoV-2 emergence leading to COVID-19 pandemic	227
Effectiveness of inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccines against the Delta variant infection in Guangzhou: a test-negative case–control real-world study	206
SARS-CoV-2 proteases PLpro and 3CLpro cleave IRF3 and critical modulators of inflammatory pathways (NLRP12 and TAB1): implications for disease presentation across species	187
Emergence and spread of novel H5N8, H5N5 and H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4 highly pathogenic avian influenza in 2020	145
Genotype I African swine fever viruses emerged in domestic pigs in China and caused chronic infection	145
Thein vitroantiviral activity of lactoferrin against common human coronaviruses and SARS-CoV-2 is mediated by targeting the heparan sulfate co-receptor	144
Antibody titres decline 3-month post-vaccination with BNT162b2	143
Heterologous prime-boost: breaking the protective immune response bottleneck of COVID-19 vaccine candidates	124
Monkeypox virus emerges from the shadow of its more infamous cousin: family biology matters	122
Alarming situation of emerging H5 and H7 avian influenza and effective control strategies	113
Susceptibility of rabbits to SARS-CoV-2	104
Lessons learned from the fifth wave of COVID-19 in Hong Kong in early 2022	104
Homologous or heterologous booster of inactivated vaccine reduces SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant escape from neutralizing antibodies	103
African swine fever control and prevention: an update on vaccine development	103
Pre-optimized phage therapy on secondary Acinetobacter baumannii infection in four critical COVID-19 patients	93
Carbapenemase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa –an emerging challenge	86
Global dissemination of H5N1 influenza viruses bearing the clade 2.3.4.4b HA gene and biologic analysis of the ones detected in China	83
Metformin attenuated sepsis-related liver injury by modulating gut microbiota	82
Boosting with heterologous vaccines effectively improves protective immune responses of the inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine	77
Confirmation of fifth Candida auris clade by whole genome sequencing	77
Cross-reactive antibody against human coronavirus OC43 spike protein correlates with disease severity in COVID-19 patients: a retrospective study	76
Fast inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 by UV-C and ozone exposure on different materials	74

Molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae in China	74
Antibiotic resistance in hospital-acquired ESKAPE-E infections in low- and lower-middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis	69
Infection and transmission of ancestral SARS-CoV-2 and its alpha variant in pregnant white-tailed deer	68
Novel dual multiplex real-time RT-PCR assays for the rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2, influenza A/B, and respiratory syncytial virus using the BD MAX open system	68
Novel H5N6 reassortants bearing the clade 2.3.4.4b HA gene of H5N8 virus have been detected in poultry and caused multiple human infections in China	67
A household case evidences shorter shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in naturally infected cats compared to their human owners	65
Long-term humoral immunogenicity, safety and protective efficacy of inactivated vaccine against COVID-19 (CoviVac) in preclinical studies	63
High estradiol and low testosterone levels are associated with critical illness in male but not in female COVID-19 patients: a retrospective cohort study	63
A tandem-repeat dimeric RBD protein-based covid-19 vaccine zf2001 protects mice and nonhuman primates	62
Colistin-phage combinations decrease antibiotic resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii via changes in envelope architecture	62
Resistance evolution of hypervirulent carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST11 during treatment with tigecycline and polymyxin	62
Omicron variant susceptibility to neutralizing antibodies induced in children by natural SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19 vaccine	61
Spike mutations contributing to the altered entry preference of SARS-CoV-2 omicron BA.1 and BA.2	56
Critical role of neutralizing antibody for SARS-CoV-2 reinfection and transmission	55
Plasma miRNA profile at COVID-19 onset predicts severity status and mortality	54
Comparing real-life effectiveness of various COVID-19 vaccine regimens during the delta variant-dominant pandemic: a test-negative case-control study	53
Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in real-world: a literature review and meta-analysis	52
COVID-19-associated cytokine storm syndrome and diagnostic principles: an old and new Issue	52
Prevalence of hypervirulent and carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae under divergent evolutionary patterns	51
Geriatric risk and protective factors for serious COVID-19 outcomes among older adults in Shanghai Omicron wave	51
SARS-CoV-2 reinfection and COVID-19 severity	50
Aetiology of severe community acquired pneumonia in adults identified by combined detection methods: a multi-centre prospective study in China	49
Identification of a novel lineage bat SARS-related coronaviruses that use bat ACE2 receptor	49
The interplay between emerging human coronavirus infections and autophagy	49