OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Diseases of Aquatic Organisms is 1. 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
Susceptibility of shellfish aquaculture species in the Chesapeake Bay and Maryland coastal bays to ostreid herpesvirus 1 microvariants	22
Glomerulocystic kidney in two red piranhas Pygocentrus nattereri	11
Elevated temperature inhibits Mycobacterium shottsii infection and Mycobacterium pseudoshottsii disease in striped bass Morone saxatilis	9
Dietary silver nanoparticle effects on Penaeus vannamei growth, histopathology, faecal microbiome, and acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease survival	9
Outbreak of Cryptocaryon irritans infection in silver pomfret Pampus argenteus cultured in China	9
Rhizocephalan infection in the Patagonian stone crab Danielethus patagonicus	9
Prevalence and distribution of Renibacterium salmoninarum, causative agent of bacterial kidney disease, in wild trout fisheries in Colorado	9
Variation in Paramarteilia canceri infections in velvet crab Necora puber	9
Emergence of a bufonid herpesvirus in a population of the common toad Bufo bufo in Germany	8
Amphibian chytrid infections along the highest elevational gradient of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	8
First confirmation of salmonid alphavirus infection in rainbow trout in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia	8
Nodular and neoplastic skin lesions in an aquarium-managed group of Sabana Surinam toads Pipa parva	7
Long-term shedding from fully convalesced individuals indicates that Pacific herring are a reservoir for viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus	7
Detection of megalocytivirus in Oreochromis niloticus and Pseudoplatystoma corruscans in Brazil	7
PirA- or PirB-binding nanobodies can protect whiteleg shrimp from the acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease toxin	7
Phylogeography of betanodavirus genotypes circulating in Tunisian aquaculture sites, 2012-2019	7
Current status of coral disease prevalence at Karimunjawa Island: correlation between land zonation and lesion occurrence	7
Hamartoma affecting ampullary electroreceptors and epitheliotropic lymphoma in a captive electric eel Electrophorus varii	7
Lepeophtheirus (Copepoda: Caligidae) associated with fish: global infection patterns, parasite-host interactions and geographic range	7
Novel lambdapapillomavirus in northern sea otters Enhydra lutris kenyoni, associated with oral hyperplastic nodules	7
Diet-induced nephrocalcinosis in aquarium-raised juvenile spotted wolffish Anarhichas minor	7
Effect of trematode infection on cardiac activity of marine gastropod Littorina littorea in situ and under laboratory conditions	7
Development of a TaqMan quantitative reverse transcription PCR assay to detect tilapia lake virus	6
Filtration, concentration and detection of salmonid alphavirus in seawater during a post-smolt salmon (Salmo salar) cohabitant challenge	6
Immunoassays and diagnostic antibodies for Perkinsus spp. pathogens of marine molluscs	6

Infection cycle of Marteilia pararefringens in blue mussels Mytilus edulis in a heliothermic marine oyster lagoon in Norway	6
Cook Inlet beluga whale Delphinapterus leucas with valvular endocarditis, encephalitis, rhabdomyolysis, heavy parasitism and fungal dermatitis	6
Intra vitam assays for detecting fish infected with cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3)	6
Quantitative PCR for detection and quantification of Veronaea botryosa in fish and environmental samples	6
Isolation and characterization of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus from farmed bastard halibut	6
Isolation and identification of Streptococcus agalactiae in cage-cultured green chromide Etroplus suratensis in Kerala, India	6
Congenital defects and herpesvirus infection in beluga whale Delphinapterus leucas calves from the Critically Endangered Cook Inlet population	6
Nectonema horsehair worms (Nematomorpha) parasitic in the Tanner crab Chionoecetes bairdi, with a note on the relationship between host and parasite phylogeny	6
First confirmed reports of the isolation of Brucella ceti from a Risso’s dolphin Grampus griseus and a killer whale Orcinus orca	5
CORRECTION: Acipenserid herpesvirus 2 genome and partial validation of a qPCR for its detection in white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus	5
Use of brome mosaic virus-like particles in feed, to deliver dsRNA targeting the white spot syndrome virus vp28 gene, reduces Penaeus vannamei mortality	5
Countrywide screening supports model-based predictions of the distribution of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Ukraine	5
Survey of selected pathogens in free-ranging pinnipeds in Uruguay	5
Amoebic crab disease (ACD) in edible crab Cancer pagurus from the English Channel, UK	5
Spirometry as a diagnostic tool to assess respiratory health in beached bottlenose dolphins Tursiops spp.	5
Spatial variations in ectoparasite Pseudione galacanthae prevalence in the squat lobster Grimothea gregaria in Argentine Patagonia	5
First description of freshwater mite Unionicola sauerensis sp. nov. infesting thick-shelled river mussel Unio crassus	5
CORRIGENDUM: Amoebic crab disease (ACD) in edible crab Cancer pagurus from the English Channel, UK	5
A new genotype of decapod hepanhamaparvovirus 1 (DHPV) from cultured Penaeus vannamei in South Korea	4
Testing for thermal acclimation in zoospores of an amphibian pathogen	4
Fibropapillomatosis dynamics in green sea turtles Chelonia mydas over 15 years of monitoring in Akumal Bay, Quintana Roo, Mexico	4
Ranavirus is widespread in Costa Rica and co-occurs with threatened amphibians	4
Pseudacris regilla metamorphs acquire resistance to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis after exposure to the killed fungus	4
Isolation, identification, and pathogenic characteristics of Nocardia seriolae in largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides	4
Prevalence and genotype of Toxoplasma gondii in stranded Hawaiian cetaceans	4
Red and melanized focal changes in the white skeletal muscle of farmed rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss	4
Infestation of wild bay scallops Argopecten irradians on Nantucket Island by the shell-boring polychaete Polydora neocaeca	4
First report of yellow-banded tissue loss disease on coral reefs outside the Arabian/Persian Gulf	4
Alphaherpesvirus infection in a free-ranging narwhal Monodon monoceros from Arctic Canada	3
Antimicrobial susceptibility of Peruvian Yersinia ruckeri isolates to oxytetracycline and florfenicol using MIC testing	3
Characterization of Piscinoodinium sp. associated with epizootics and mortality in non-native and endemic freshwater fish of the Andaman Islands, India	3
The gill monogenean Sciadicleithrum variabilum induces histomorphological alterations in the gill tissues of the discus Symphysodon aequifasciatus	3
Mass mortality of collector urchins Tripneustes gratilla in Hawai`i	3
Habitat shift of adult Caligus undulatus (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae) from host fish to plankton in response to host behavior	3
Caudal peduncle mineralized lesion resembling calcinosis circumscripta in a wels catfish Silurus glanis	3
Infectious disease threats to amphibians in Greece: new localities positive for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis	3
Occurrence of Stenurus globicephalae (Nematoda: Pseudaliidae) in the blowhole of Globicephala macrorhynchus (Cetacea: Delphinidae) in Tasmania, Australia	3
Disease assessment in ‘coral gardening’ nurseries in the Maldives and implications for coral restoration success	3
Invasion of fish parasite Prosorhynchoides ozakii (Trematoda: Bucephalidae) into Lake Kasumigaura and surrounding rivers of eastern Japan	3
Systemic Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in seven free-ranging delphinids stranded in England and Wales	3
Verminous bronchitis and pneumonia by nasal trematodes in Greater Caribbean manatees from Puerto Rico	3
Tissue tropism and molecular data of Myxobolus ellipsoides ex S. cephalus (Myxozoa: Myxobolidae) infecting European chub Squalius cephalus	3
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) exposure damages gill tissue and inhibits crayfish respiration	3
Myeloid and histiocytic sarcomas in subantarctic fur seals Arctocephalus tropicalis, Brazil	3
Epidemiological cut-off values for Vibrio anguillarum MIC and disc diffusion data generated by standardised methods	3
Spontaneous neoplasms in harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena	3
Comparison of five commercial kits for isolation of total RNA in samples of WSSV-infected shrimp	3
Exploring Yersinia ruckeri (O1 Biotype 2) infection in three early life-stages of rainbow trout	3
Electron microscopy reveals viral-like particles and mitochondrial degradation in scombrid puffy snout syndrome	3
Isopod parasite influences prawn responsiveness and activity	2

Haplosporidium nelsoni and Perkinsus marinus occurrence in waters of Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire	2
Morphomolecular and pathological study of Scaphanocephalus sp. in new host Siganus argenteus in the Arabian Gulf	2
Microplastic exposure and consumption increases susceptibility to gyrodactylosis and host mortality for a freshwater fish	2
Myxobolus lentisuturalis infection in a farmed population of goldfish Carassius auratus from the USA	2
Genetic characterization of Flavobacterium columnare isolates from the Pacific Northwest, USA	2
Wetland cohesion is associated with increased probability of infection by the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis	2
Effect of water temperature on frog virus 3 disease in hatchery-reared pallid sturgeon Scaphirhynchus albus	2
Spatial and cross-seasonal patterns of coral diseases in reefs of Taiwan: high prevalence and regional variation	2
Epidemiological cut-off values for Yersina ruckeri disc diffusion data generated by a standardised method	2
Temperature-associated virulence, species susceptibility and interspecies transmission of a Lactococcus petauri strain from rainbow trout	2
Concentration and detection of salmonid alphavirus in seawater during a post-smolt salmon (Salmo salar) cohabitant challenge	2
White perch health relative to urbanization and habitat degradation in Chesapeake Bay tributaries. II. Hepatic and splenic macrophage aggregates	2
Erysipelas with preferential brain and skin involvement in a Mediterranean bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus	2
Cold stress, heart failure, and esophageal occlusion cause the death of a West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus in Alabama, USA	2
Characterization of novel papillomavirus from free-ranging Antillean manatee Trichechus manatus manatus with genital papillomatosis	2
Limited accrual of myxospores of Kudoa inornata (Cnidaria: Myxosporea) in their wild fish hosts, Cynoscion nebulosus (Teleostei: Sciaenidae)	2
Meningoencephalitis in a common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata associated with Brucella pinnipedialis and gamma-herpesvirus infection	2
Differential susceptibility of Yukon River and Salish Sea stocks of Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha to ichthyophoniasis	2
Manatee Trichechus manatus latirostris calf mortality in Florida: a retrospective review of pathology data from 2009-2017	2
Chytrid fungus in amphibians from the lowland Brazilian Amazon	2
Early detection of salmonid alphavirus in seawater from marine farm sites of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar	2
Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei real-time and Shrimp MultiPathTM PCR assay validation for South-East Asian and Latin American strains of Penaeid shrimp	2
Parasites and their impact on thick-shelled river mussels Unio crassus from two populations in Luxembourg	2
Development of a TaqMan real-time quantitative PCR assay to detect Metschnikowia bicuspidata in Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis	2
Kudoa hypoepicardialis and associated cardiac lesions in invasive red lionfish Pterois volitans in Grenada, West Indies	2
Keeping up with advances in qPCR pathogen detection: an example for QPX disease in hard clams	2
Identification and antifungal sensitivity of Fusarium species isolated from piscine hosts	2
Synovial fluid analysis in healthy green turtles Chelonia mydas in Taiwan	1
Prevalence and phylogenetics of infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV) in market-sold Litopenaeus vannamei in Luzon, Philippines	1
Outbreak of vibriosis associated with Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the mud crab Scylla paramamosain cultured in China	1
Muscular microsporidian infection in Arctic char Salvelinus alpinus from two lakes in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada	1
Regeneration of tunic cuticle is suppressed in edible ascidian Halocynthia roretzi contracting soft tunic syndrome	1
Metabolomics captures the differential metabolites in the replication pathway of snakehead vesiculovirus regulated by glutamine	1
Virulence and genetic differences among white spot syndrome virus isolates inoculated in Penaeus vannamei	1
First description of Vibrio harveyi as the causative agent of morbidity and mortality in farmed flathead grey mullet Mugil cephalus	1
Performance characteristics of two real-time TaqMan polymerase chain reaction assays for the detection of WSSV in clinically diseased and apparently healthy prawns	1
Tension pneumothorax in small odontocetes	1
Rapid detection of amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis using in situ DNA extraction and a handheld mobile thermocycler	1
Histopathological survey for parasite groups in Gammarus varsoviensis (Amphipoda)	1
Indications of symbiotic state influencing melanin-synthesis immune response in the facultative coral Astrangia poculata	1
Infection with Vibrio aestuarianus limits the utility of increasing resistance of Pacific oyster Crassostrea (Magallana) gigas against OsHV-1 µVar	1
Embryo mortality in a captive-bred, Critically Endangered amphibian	1
Novel tissue thickening around the notochord sheath found in deformed Japanese eel Anguilla japonica leptocephali	1
Temporal patterns in coral disease prevalences at Thudufushi Island, Maldives, 2010-2022	1
Scuticociliatosis caused by Philasterides dicentrarchi	1
Black eye syndrome and a systemic rickettsia-like organism in Alaskan Chionoecetes spp. crabs, including normal eyestalk microanatomy	1
First report of microsporidians in the non-native shrimp Neocaridina davidi from a temperate European stream	1
Limited impact of a bioeroding sponge, Cliona sp., on Ostrea chilensis from Foveaux Strait, New Zealand	1
Serotype distribution, virulence and antibiotic resistance of Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from cultured tilapia Oreochromis niloticus in Lake Volta, Ghana	1
Setting epidemiological cut-off values relevant to MIC and disc diffusion data for Aeromonas salmonicida generated by a standard method	1
Relationship between skin and body condition in three species of baleen whales	1
Increased prevalence and severity of Kudoa thyrsites (Cnidaria: Myxosporea) in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar exposed to deeper seawater	1
Association of the alga Cladogonium sp. with a multifactorial disease outbreak in dwarf shrimp (Neocaridina davidi)	1
Shrimp MultiPath™ multiplexed PCR white spot syndrome virus detection in penaeid shrimp	1
Diffuse large B cell lymphoma and a novel gammaherpesvirus in northern elephant seals Mirounga angustirostris	1
Lateral flow nucleic acid assay for Ecytonucleospora hepatopenaei based on recombinase polymerase amplification and strand displacement reaction	1
Inflammatory reactions in rainbow trout fins and gills exposed to biocides	1
Nephrolithiasis in a giant Pacific octopus Enteroctopus dofleini	1
Role of native and invasive non-native marine invertebrate species as carriers for pathogens Vibrio spp. and ostreid herpesvirus-1 microVar	1
Voriconazole successfully treats chytridiomycosis in frogs	1
Development of a semi-quantitative scoring protocol for gill lesion assessment in greenlip abalone Haliotis laevigata held at elevated water temperature	1
Historical isolates of dolphin morbillivirus: origin and new data	1
Genetic detection and discrimination of closely related oyster pathogens for biosecurity and shellfish stock management	1
First report of a disease caused by Bacillus cereus in cultured loach Paramisgurnus dabryanus	1
Prolonged low-salt immersion effectively controls Flavobacterium columnare infection in Murray cod Maccullochella peelii peelii	1
Scuticociliate (Philasterides dicentrarchi) infection cluster in a multispecies marine aquarium system	1
Molecular characterization of cetacean poxviruses along the coast of mainland Portugal	1
Pathology of short-term dorsal fin tag-attachments in tagged and re-stranded short-beaked common dolphins Delphinus delphis on Cape Cod, MA	1
Effects of buccal cavity parasite Ceratothoa carinata (Isopoda, Cymothoidae) on the condition and reproduction of its host fish Japanese scad Decapterus maruadsi	1
Characterisation and distribution of the bacterial genus Endozoicomonas in a threatened surf clam	1
Myxobolus makombensis n. sp. infection in African carp Labeobarbus batesii from the Makombè River, Cameroon: morphological and molecular characterization	1
Metagenomic profile of caudal fin morphology of farmed red sea bream Pagrus major	1
Comparison of methods for determining Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis zoospore viability	1
Evaluating the effect of nuclear inclusion X (NIX) infections on Pacific razor clam populations	1
Establishment and characteristics of Perkinsus beihaiensis in vitro isolates from Mediterranean mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis	1
First record of isolation and characterization of Vibrio sinaloensis from diseased orange-spotted grouper Epinephelus coioides	1
Detection of the Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis global panzootic lineage in Ecuadorian anurans of the Amazonian lowlands	1
Spontaneous multiple cutaneous mixed tumors in Japanese giant salamander Andrias japonicus	1
Intraerythrocytic Mycoplasma-like organism diagnosed ultrastructurally as an agent of anaemia in laboratory-reared cyprinid hybrids	1