OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Infectious Diseases is 5. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Long-term risk of HCC in a DAA-treated national hepatitis C cohort, and a proposed risk score	55
Operational feasibility and multi-centric evaluation of ‘TB Detect sputum microscopy kit’ for the direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis	53
Low incidence of severe bacterial infections in hospitalised patients with COVID-19: A population-based registry study	47
The possible role of serum bactericidal titres in long-term suppressive antibiotic treatment for infective endocarditis: report of three cases	36
Chronic norovirus infection in a patient with Good’s syndrome resolved after fecal microbiota transplantion and improved nutrional status	28
Early adoption patterns of the recombinant zoster vaccine: real-world versus clinical trial populations	28
Association of HLA-Ib (HLA-G, HLA-E and HLA-F) with spontaneous HBV clearance	24
Paediatric vulnerability to primary amoebic meningoencephalitis: intersections of ablution, recreational water exposure and climate-driven risk	24
Clinical evaluation for spinal epidural abscess in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: a diagnostic accuracy study	23
Environmental contamination of Opisthorchis viverrini eggs and its impact on transmission control in rural northeast Thailand	23
Influenza-associated invasive aspergillosis in patients admitted to the intensive care unit in Sweden: a prospective multicentre cohort study	23
Molecular epidemiology and evolution of norovirus in Australia and New Zealand, 2018 to 2020	19
Nocardia in inborn errors in immunity	19
Acyclovir treatment of varicella-zoster virus meningeal infections and acute kidney injury: a multicentre case series study	18
Microbiological sampling in lower respiratory tract infections: comparing nasopharyngeal and sputum specimens	17
Tuberculosis in migrants: epidemiology, resistance and outcome in Milan, Italy	16
Increasing trend in enterococcal bacteraemia and vancomycin resistance in a tertiary care hospital in Croatia, 2017–2021	16
Candidemia in adult patients with alcoholism: a retrospective cohort study in Finland from 2007 to 2016	16
Proper duration of antibiotics after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for the treatment of thoracic empyema	15
Treatment effect modifiers in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 receiving remdesivir and dexamethasone	15
Evaluation of the 2023 Duke-ISCVID criteria for infective endocarditis in patients referred to the Lund infective endocarditis team	15
60-day mortality and the role of SARS-CoV-2 in hospital admissions of immunocompromised patients during later Omicron period: a population-based study in Sweden	15
High one-year mortality following intensive care among adults with influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, A(H3N2), or B in Southern Sweden: a retrospective observational study	15
Securitising science: the COVID-19 crisis and vaccine politics in Iran	15
Swedish guidelines for the management and treatment of patients with hepatitis D (delta) virus infection 2025	14

Sustaining progress in infectious disease prevention by strengthening responses to misinformation and supporting individual choice in science-based interventions	14
Letter regarding a herpes zoster outbreak in Korean children: insights from an additional 14 months of data	13
COVID-19 severity biomarkers identified by transcriptomics: a scoping review	13
Time to positivity of blood cultures in bloodstream infections with Streptococcus dysgalactiae and association with outcome	13
Updated Swedish guidelines for the management and treatment of RSV infection	13
Influence of viral load on severity and mortality in COVID-19	13
First epidemic of hantavirus on cruise ships: from passenger surveillance to ship ecology	13
Infective endocarditis in HIV-infected patients. Analysis of a national cohort	13
Beyond the Blueprint: why WHO’s new fungal disease framework must become a national health system priority	13
SARS-CoV-2 and Plasmodium falciparum coinfection: a case report	12
Pooling of samples to optimise SARS-CoV-2 detection in nasopharyngeal swabs and gargle lavage self-samples for covid-19 diagnostics and surveillance	12
Bacteriuria and antibiotic use during the third wave of COVID-19 intensive care in Sweden	12
Trichomonas vaginalis infection among married women of Andaman and Nicobar islands	11
Integrating molecular pathogenesis and predictive modelling in granulomatous amoebic encephalitis due to Acanthamoeba : a digital twin framework for pers	11
Long-term follow-up of antibody and T-cell responses after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination in infection-naïve and infected individuals with focus on breakthrough infections	11
External validation of the predictive ability of Charson, SOFA, Pitt, INCREMENT-ESBL and bloodstream infection mortality Risk for 30-day-mortality in bacteraemia using the PROBAC cohort data	11
Don’t let war and conflict impede rabies control in Iraq	11
Exosomes: from biology to immunotherapy in infectious diseases	11
Characteristics and outcomes of patients with infective native aortic aneurysm or vascular graft and endograft infection	11
Community-onset bloodstream infection among people with opioid use disorders: a twenty-year population-based cohort study in Queensland, Australia	11
Host response signature trends in bacteraemia	11
Murine typhus: an underappreciated influence on human disease transmission dynamics	11
Seminal human papillomavirus infection: a narrative review	10
Naegleria fowleri infections in Kerala, India: a call for global surveillance and response	10
Retrospective cohort study comparing two versus three blood culture sets in people who inject drugs	10
Complicated skin and skin structure infections in alcoholics, a retrospective cohort study	10
The impact of a varicella vaccine introduction on the incidence of herpes zoster in Korean children, an ecological study	10
Empirical piperacillin/tazobactam vs carbapenems to treat bloodstream infections due to ESBL enterobacterales: a propensity score-matched observational study conducted in an emergency department in No	9
Delays in fibrosis staging reduce the likelihood of achieving hepatitis C treatment and cure	9
Increased immune activation in people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy but not when compared with persons on HIV preexposure prophylaxis	9
Evaluating factors influencing tuberculosis treatment outcomes and the impact of COVID-19 on TB incidence in Bengaluru, India (2017–2023)	9
Antibiotic use among Danish children and adolescents 2010–2023: a nationwide drug utilisation study	9
Vibrio vulnificus epidemiology and risk factors for mortality in the United States, 2000–2022	9
Icatibant in viral infections	9
Universal hepatitis B birth-dose: an evidence-based standard	9
HIV mortality trends among the United States population, from 1999–2023: a CDC wonder database study	9
Clinical outcomes and immunological features of COVID-19 patients receiving B-cell depletion therapy during the Omicron era	9
A 30-year perspective of low-dose dexamethasone, a single dose of mannitol and antiseizures prophylaxis on the prognosis of pneumococcal meningitis	9
Global epidemiology of dengue in paediatric and adolescent populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Evaluation of anti diphtheria immunity among Nigerian children aged 6–59 months	8
Retrieval of patients with hepatitis C who were lost to follow-up in Southern Denmark	8
Obesity in adolescents does not influence early immune responses to influenza vaccination	8
Comparative analysis of eleven SARS-CoV-2 immunoassays and neutralisation data: time to enhance standardisation and correlation of protection	8
Predictors of mortality in patients with Gram-Negative Bacilli (GNB) blood stream infections (BSI): multicentre data from India	8
Clinical, laboratory profile and molecular characterization of Orientia tsutsugamushi among fatal scrub typhus patients from Karnataka, India	8
Canine olfactory detection and its relevance for the medical identification of patients with COVID-19	8
How long can Visceral Leishmaniasis hide? Rethinking follow-up after treatment to detect late relapse	8
Post-screening risk of tuberculosis progression: a three-year retrospective cohort study of asylum seekers in Sweden	8
Effectiveness of trichloroacetic acid versus electrocautery for the treatment of anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions in persons with HIV	8
Accuracy of extended point-of-care lung ultrasound (EPLUS) for aetiological differentiation of lower respiratory tract infections: a prospective cohort study from India	8

Comparison of HANDOC and Chamat-Hedemand’s risk stratification systems for predicting infective endocarditis among patients with non-beta-hemolytic streptococci blood stream infections	8
Impact of an electronic surveillance system on compliance with isolation precaution measures: an interrupted time series study	8
Effectiveness of remdesivir in patients with COVID-19 and severe renal insufficiency: a nationwide cohort study in Japan	8
Catch-up antibody responses and hybrid immunity in mRNA vaccinated patients at risk of severe COVID-19	8
Comparison of antibiotic consumption and resistance in intensive care units in France before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	7
Novel IgM-based lateral flow assay for diagnosis of congenital Chagas disease	7
Carbapenemase production and in-hospital mortality associated with multidrug-resistant bacteria: a retrospective study conducted in Granada, Spain	7
Surveillance of Lyme neuroborreliosis and Lyme borreliosis: estimates of disease burden in Southern Sweden 2009–2022	7
A global warning in warm waters: the impact of climate change on the distribution and virulence of non-cholerae Vibrio species	7
Hydatid disease (cystic echinococcosis) of the liver: the potential role of artificial intelligence in imaging-based disease classification	6
The AIxBio convergence: a call to action for infectious diseases clinicians	6
Molecular and serological investigations of pathogens associated with acute encephalitis syndrome among children in Northern India	6
The respiratory route of transmission of virulent polioviruses	6
Towards the identification of the correct place for convalescent plasma among COVID-19 therapies	6
Factors associated with mortality and recurrence among patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB): a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression	6
Invasive procedures and risk of brain abscess: a nationwide, population-based case-control study	6
Genome-based analyses of SARS-CoV-2 NB.1.8.1 variant reveals its low potential	6
Impact of antibiotic therapy in patients with respiratory viral infections: a retrospective cohort study	6
Saving the first 24 hours: why public and frontline awareness must accompany meningococcal vaccination	6
Features of post-obstructive pneumonia in advanced lung cancer patients, a large retrospective cohort	6
Outcomes of a paediatric antimicrobial stewardship program in the Emergency Department observation unit of a hospital in Spain	6
Clinical profile and risk factors for mortality in children admitted with diphtheria: an observational study	6
Clinical, epidemiological, and molecular investigation of Kyasanur forest disease from Karnataka state, India during 2018-2019	6
Genetic analyses and vaccinating risk groups against H5 avian influenza highlight the need for a duty-based code of professional ethics	6
Best management of patients with an acute sore throat is still best management for these patients	6
Ethnic disparities, clinical severity and their relation to COVID-19 outcomes	5
Knowledge to action: assessing the impact of schistosomiasis education on community knowledge, attitudes and practices in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa	5
Comparison of the in vivo efficacy and resistance development potential between cefiderocol and ceftolozane/tazobactam human simulated exposures against P	5
The effect of the transition to molecular diagnosis on the epidemiology and the clinical characteristics of bacterial gastroenteritis in Northern Israel	5
Disseminated Nocardia farcinica infection associated with bacteraemia and osteomyelitis pubis in an elderly patient	5
Re-emergence of Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, India: a global health concern	5
Diagnostic and prognostic potential of plasma and sputum thrombomodulin in bacterial community-acquired pneumonia	5
Overdiagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis: clinical–radiological suspicion versus intraoperative findings in 62 fasciotomy patients	5
Design of a national patient-centred clinical pathway for sepsis in Sweden	5
Implications of migratory and exotic birds and the mosquito community on West Nile virus transmission	5
Predicting persistent SARS-CoV-2 shedding in immunocompromised patients: a probability-based approach	5
Decrease in incidence of Streptococcus pyogenes-induced vulvovaginitis among prepubertal girls after COVID-19 outbreak	5
HLA-C*07 is associated with symptomatic HIV-1-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) and immune dysregulation	5
Plasma Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell-free DNA assay: a diagnostic tool for tuberculosis lymphadenitis	5
Microbiological spectrum, clinical outcomes, and risk factors for bloodstream infections during immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy: a nested case-control study	5
Comparative genomic analysis of strong biofilm-forming Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates uncovers novel IS Ecp 1-mediated chromosomal integra	5
Excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran	5
Incidence and duration of human papillomavirus infections in young women: insights from a bimonthly follow-up cohort	5
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and associated risk factors in adult outpatients from Western Romania, January to March 2023: a seroepidemiological assessment after three years of COVID-19 pandemic	5
Re-emergence of arboviruses in South China: a new frontier for chikungunya?	5
Linked mutations within the pathogenicity locus of Clostridioides difficile increase virulence	5
Syndromic testing for respiratory pathogens but not National Early Warning Score can be used to identify viral cause in hospitalised adults with lower respiratory tract infections	5
The continuum of care and cause-specific mortality rate among persons diagnosed with HIV in Norway until the end of 2023	5
Response to Article Commentary by Ranjana Sah and colleagues	5