Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Article	Citations
REVIEW Assessing North Atlantic right whale health: threats, and development of tools critical for conservation of the species	49
Efficacy of nano zinc oxide dietary supplements on growth performance, immunomodulation and disease resistance of African catfish Clarias gariepinus	47
Nocardia seriolae: a serious threat to the largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides industry in Southwest China	34
Causes of cetacean stranding and death on the Catalonian coast (western Mediterranean Sea), 2012-2019	31
Isolation, identification, and pathogenic characteristics of Nocardia seriolae in largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides	18
Streptococcus iniae associated mass marine fish kill off Western Australia	13
Marine leech parasitism of sea turtles varies across host species, seasons, and the tumor disease fibropapillomatosis	12
Nanopore whole genome sequencing and partitioned phylogenetic analysis supports a new salmonid alphavirus genotype (SAV7)	11
Sea star wasting disease pathology in Pisaster ochraceus shows a basal-to-surface process affecting color phenotypes differently	11
Occurrence of Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) infection on Penaeus vannamei in one rearing cycle	9
Characterization of an alloherpesvirus from wild lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens in Wisconsin (USA)	9
Systemic Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in seven free-ranging delphinids stranded in England and Wales	9
Intracellular bacteria in New Zealand shellfish are identified as Endozoicomonas species	9
Seasonal prevalence of the amphibian chytrid in a tropical pond-dwelling tadpole species	8
Scavenging versus predation: shark-bite injuries in stranded sea turtles in the southeastern USA	8
Keeping up with advances in qPCR pathogen detection: an example for QPX disease in hard clams	8
Differential liver histopathological responses to amphibian chytrid infection	7
Detection of RGNNV genotype betanodavirus in the Black Sea and monitoring studies	7
Microplastic exposure and consumption increases susceptibility to gyrodactylosis and host mortality for a freshwater fish	7
Infection cycle of Marteilia pararefringens in blue mussels Mytilus edulis in a heliothermic marine oyster lagoon in Norway	7
Epizootiology of a Cryptococcus gattii outbreak in porpoises and dolphins from the Salish Sea	7
Inflammatory reactions in rainbow trout fins and gills exposed to biocides	7
Concentration and detection of salmonid alphavirus in seawater during a post-smolt salmon (Salmo salar) cohabitant challenge	7
Biological and anthropogenic influences on macrophage aggregates in white perch Morone americana from Chesapeake Bay, USA	7
Quorum quenching Bacillus spp.: an alternative biocontrol agent for Vibrio harveyi infection in aquaculture	7

Comparative study of the hemolymph microbiome between live and recently dead American lobsters Homarus americanus	7
Long-term shedding from fully convalesced individuals indicates that Pacific herring are a reservoir for viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus	7
Spatial and cross-seasonal patterns of coral diseases in reefs of Taiwan: high prevalence and regional variation	6
Effect of water temperature on frog virus 3 disease in hatchery-reared pallid sturgeon Scaphirhynchus albus	6
Fibropapillomatosis dynamics in green sea turtles Chelonia mydas over 15 years of monitoring in Akumal Bay, Quintana Roo, Mexico	6
Development of a multiplex qPCR for the quantification of three protozoan parasites of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica	6
Emamectin benzoate is a safe and effective anthelmintic against coelomic nematode Philometra rubra in striped bass Morone saxatilis	6
Defining the aetiology of amoebic diseases of aquatic animals: trends, hurdles and best practices	6
High prevalence of biliary neoplasia in white perch Morone americana: potential roles of bile duct parasites and environmental contaminants	6
Quantitative PCR for detection and quantification of Veronaea botryosa in fish and environmental samples	6
High prevalence of Paramarteilia canceri infecting velvet swimming crabs Necora puber in Ireland	6
Outbreak of vibriosis associated with Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the mud crab Scylla paramamosain cultured in China	6
Prevalence and genotype of Toxoplasma gondii in stranded Hawaiian cetaceans	6
Ellipsomyxa ariusi sp. nov. (Myxosporea: Ceratomyxidae), a new myxosporean infecting the gallbladder of threadfin sea catfish Arius arius in India	6
Biochemical and hematological biomarkers of reproductive failure in bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus	6
Invasive Amirthalingamia macracantha (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea) larvae infecting tilapia hybrids in Israel: a potential threat for aquaculture	5
Interspecies transmission of Edwardsiella ictaluri in Brazilian catfish (Pseudoplatystoma corruscans) from exotic invasive fish species	5
Genetic characterization of Flavobacterium columnare isolates from the Pacific Northwest, USA	5
Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei real-time and Shrimp MultiPathTM PCR assay validation for South-East Asian and Latin American strains of Penaeid shrimp	5
Morphomolecular and pathological study of Scaphanocephalus sp. in new host Siganus argenteus in the Arabian Gulf	5
First description of freshwater mite Unionicola sauerensis sp. nov. infesting thick-shelled river mussel Unio crassus	5
Emerging infectious diseases of amphibians in Poland: distribution and environmental drivers	5
Indications of symbiotic state influencing melanin-synthesis immune response in the facultative coral Astrangia poculata	5
Vannella mustalahtiana sp. nov. (Amoebozoa, Vannellida) and rainbow trout nodular gill disease (NGD) in Russia	5
Ingestion of foreign materials by odontocetes along the Catalan coast: causes and consequences	5
Meningoencephalitis in a common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata associated with Brucella pinnipedialis and gamma-herpesvirus infection	5
Association between ALFPm3 single nucleotide polymorphism and white spot syndrome virus resistance in black tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon	5
Outbreak of Cryptocaryon irritans infection in silver pomfret Pampus argenteus cultured in China	5
Brucella ceti sequence type 23, 26, and 27 infections in North American cetaceans	5
Locality, time and heterozygosity affect chytrid infection in yellow-bellied toads	5
Analytical validation of two RT-qPCR tests and detection of spring viremia of carp virus (SVCV) in persistently infected koi Cyprinus carpio	5
Histopathological survey for parasite groups in Gammarus varsoviensis (Amphipoda)	5
Early detection of salmonid alphavirus in seawater from marine farm sites of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar	5
Gas embolism and massive blunt force trauma to sea turtles entrained in hopper dredges in North and South Carolina, USA	5
Elevated temperature inhibits Mycobacterium shottsii infection and Mycobacterium pseudoshottsii disease in striped bass Morone saxatilis	5
Temperature-associated virulence, species susceptibility and interspecies transmission of a Lactococcus petauri strain from rainbow trout	4
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) exposure damages gill tissue and inhibits crayfish respiration	4
First confirmed reports of the isolation of Brucella ceti from a Risso’s dolphin Grampus griseus and a killer whale Orcinus orca	4
Life cycle of the ectoparasite Tachaea chinensis (Isopoda: Corallanidae) on the freshwater shrimp Palaemonetes sinensis (Decapoda: Palaemonidae)	4
Sea lice Lepeophtheirus spinifer, Tuxophorus sp. and Caligus sp. infections on wild-caught queenfish Scomberoides commersonnianus from northern Australia	4
Performance characteristics of two real-time TaqMan polymerase chain reaction assays for the detection of WSSV in clinically diseased and apparently healthy prawns	4
Rapid detection of amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis using in situ DNA extraction and a handheld mobile thermocycler	4
Evaluation of histopathology, PCR, and qPCR to detect Mikrocytos mackini in oysters Crassostrea gigas using Bayesian latent class analysis	4
Infestation of wild bay scallops Argopecten irradians on Nantucket Island by the shell-boring polychaete Polydora neocaeca	4
Co-infection of Lactococcus garvieae and Tilapia lake virus (TiLV) in Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus cultured in India	4
First report of microsporidians in the non-native shrimp Neocaridina davidi from a temperate European stream	4
Association of the alga Cladogonium sp. with a multifactorial disease outbreak in dwarf shrimp (Neocaridina davidi)	4
Epidemiological cut-off values for Vibrio anguillarum MIC and disc diffusion data generated by standardised methods	4
Cytology reveals diverse cell morphotypes and cellin-cell interactions in normal collector sea urchins Tripneustes gratilla	4
Development of a TaqMan quantitative reverse transcription PCR assay to detect tilapia lake virus	4

Swim bladder as a primary site of mycobacterial infection in Nothobranchius “belly sliders”	4
Isolation, characterization and biocontrol efficacy of a T4-like phage virulent to multidrug-resistant Enterobacter hormaechei	4
Francisellosis of Yesso scallops Mizuhopecten yessoensis in Japan is caused by a novel type of Francisella halioticida	4
Morphological, histological, and molecular aspects of Myxobolus zaikae n. sp., a parasite of the roach Rutilus rutilus, in Lake Baikal	4
Environmental determinants of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and the likelihood of further dispersion in the face of climate change in Texas, USA	3
Causes of death and pathogen prevalence in bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus stranded in Alabama, USA, between 2015 and 2020, following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill	3
Manatee Trichechus manatus latirostris calf mortality in Florida: a retrospective review of pathology data from 2009-2017	3
Seasonal variation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolites in bile of white perch Morone americana from two Chesapeake Bay tributaries	3
Mass mortality of collector urchins Tripneustes gratilla in Hawai`i	3
Detection of megalocytivirus in Oreochromis niloticus and Pseudoplatystoma corruscans in Brazil	3
Setting epidemiological cut-off values for Vibrio harveyi relevant to MIC data generated by a standardised microdilution method	3
Shrimp MultiPath™ multiplexed PCR white spot syndrome virus detection in penaeid shrimp	3
Exposure of the Gulf of St. Lawrence grey seal Halichoerus grypus population to potentially zoonotic infectious agents	3
A phylogeny based on cytochrome-c oxidase gene sequences identifies sympatric Ichthyophonus genotypes in the NE Pacific Ocean	3
Pathology of grey seals Halichoerus grypus in southwest England including pups in early rehabilitation	3
Serological screening for Brucella spp. and Leptospira spp. antibodies in southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina from Elephant Island, Antarctica, in 2003 and 2004	3
Outbreaks of epizootic ulcerative syndrome in Kerala, India following episodes of flooding	3
Twenty-year record of white pox disease in the Florida Keys: importance of environmental risk factors as drivers of coral health	3
Bad neighbours: amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection dynamics in three co-occurring frog species of southern Sydney, Australia	3
Intra vitam assays for detecting fish infected with cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3)	3
qPCR-based environmental monitoring of the whirling disease-causing parasite Myxobolus cerebralis and phylogenetic analysis of the tubificid hosts in Alberta, Canada	3
Visceral mycobacteriosis in amphibians from Brazilian Caatinga Region	3
Histopathological description of iridophoromas resembling skin nodule syndrome in Siamese fighting fish Betta splendens	3
Massive infection of Cystidicoloides ephemeridarum in brown trout Salmo trutta with skeletal deformities	3
Family I84 protease inhibitors likely constitute a Mollusca-specific protein family functioning in host defense	3
Scuticociliate (Philasterides dicentrarchi) infection cluster in a multispecies marine aquarium system	3
Studies on infectious myonecrosis virus (IMNV) and infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV) in cultured penaeid shrimp in Egypt	3
First case of non-O1/O139 Vibrio cholerae infection in the pink-tailed chalceus Chalceus macrolepidotus in China	3
Congenital defects and herpesvirus infection in beluga whale Delphinapterus leucas calves from the Critically Endangered Cook Inlet population	3
Toxic effects in Aphanomyces brasiliensis and zebrafish embryos caused by oomyceticides	3
CORRIGENDUM: Helicobacter delphinicola sp. nov., isolated from common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus with gastric diseases	3
iTRAQ-based quantitative proteomic analysis of differentially expressed proteins in the hepatopancreas of Litopenaeus vannamei after WSSV infection	3
Diffuse large B cell lymphoma and a novel gammaherpesvirus in northern elephant seals Mirounga angustirostris	3
Immunoassays and diagnostic antibodies for Perkinsus spp. pathogens of marine molluscs	2
Sudden outbreak of metastatic intestinal adenocarcinoma in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss	2
Tuberculosis in wild South American sea lions Otaria flavescens stranded in Chubut, Argentina	2
Rhizocephalan infection in the Patagonian stone crab Danielethus patagonicus	2
Population genetic structure of diphyllobothriid tapeworms (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea) parasitising fish in the Baikal Rift Zone	2
Acipenserid herpesvirus 2 genome and partial validation of a qPCR for its detection in white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus	2
First report of Achlya bisexualis infection in captive-reared Endangered golden mahseer Tor putitora	2
Henneguya species infecting the gastrointestinal tract of Clarias gariepinus from the Nile River	2
Virulence and genetic differences among white spot syndrome virus isolates inoculated in Penaeus vannamei	2
Detection of Myxobolus cerebralis (Bivalvulida: Myxobolidae) in two non-Tubifex tubifex oligochaetes in the southeastern USA	2
White perch health relative to urbanization and habitat degradation in Chesapeake Bay tributaries. II. Hepatic and splenic macrophage aggregates	2
Parasites and their impact on thick-shelled river mussels Unio crassus from two populations in Luxembourg	2
Variation in Paramarteilia canceri infections in velvet crab Necora puber	2
Extraction-free detection of amphibian pathogens from water baths	2
Phylogeography of betanodavirus genotypes circulating in Tunisian aquaculture sites, 2012-2019	2
Cook Inlet beluga whale Delphinapterus leucas with valvular endocarditis, encephalitis, rhabdomyolysis, heavy parasitism and fungal dermatitis	2
Experimental challenge of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar using clones of Paramoeba perurans, P. pemaquidensis and Tetramitus sp.	2
Distribution of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and B. salamandrivorans in wild and captive amphibian populations in Estonia and Latvia	2
Subcutaneous, abdominal, and thoracic encapsulated fat necrosis in bowhead whales Balaena mysticetus from Alaska, USA	2
Forest cover influences chytrid infections in populations of Boana curupi, a threatened treefrog of south Brazil	2
Molecular identification of burn spot disease syndrome agent Fusarium avenaceum in Turkish crayfish Pontastacus leptodactylus populations	2
Comparative virulence of spring viremia of carp virus (SVCV) genotypes in two koi varieties	2
Establishment and characteristics of Perkinsus beihaiensis in vitro isolates from Mediterranean mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis	2
Development of a TaqMan real-time quantitative PCR assay to detect Metschnikowia bicuspidata in Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis	2
Ichthyophonosis in Peruvian rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss: identification of endemic areas using molecular and histopathological tools	2
Survey of selected pathogens in free-ranging pinnipeds in Uruguay	2
Fatal Diplostomum phoxini infection in captive Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica chicks following ingestion of infected European minnows Phoxinus phoxinus	2
Prevalence and distribution of Renibacterium salmoninarum, causative agent of bacterial kidney disease, in wild trout fisheries in Colorado	2
Translocation does not influence amphibian chytrid fungus prevalence among translocated wild eastern hellbenders Cryptobranchus alleganiensis	2
Risk assessment of wild fish as environmental sources of red sea bream iridovirus (RSIV) outbreaks in aquaculture	2
Responsible biosecurity and risk mitigation for laboratory research on emerging pathogens of amphibians	2
Competency of common northern sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) prey items to harbor Streptococcus lutetiensis and S. phocae	2
Larval salmon lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis exhibit behavioral responses to conspecific pre-adult and adult cues	2
Muscular microsporidian infection in Arctic char Salvelinus alpinus from two lakes in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada	2
Surveying for Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans presence in Spanish captive collections of amphibians	2
Myxobolus lentisuturalis infection in a farmed population of goldfish Carassius auratus from the USA	2
Campylobacter pinnipediorum subsp. caledonicus and C. pinnipediorum subsp. pinnipediorum recovered from abscesses in pinnipeds	2
Ranavirus is widespread in Costa Rica and co-occurs with threatened amphibians	2
Susceptibility of shellfish aquaculture species in the Chesapeake Bay and Maryland coastal bays to ostreid herpesvirus 1 microvariants	1
Decline of Marteilia cochillia in Ría de Arousa may be due to increased resistance in host Cerastoderma edule	1
First case of Coxiella burnetii infection in Palaemonetes sinensis cultured in Liaoning, China	1
Embryo mortality in a captive-bred, Critically Endangered amphibian	1
Infection with swim bladder nematode Anguillicola crassus in relation to European eel growth, age, and habitat along the German Baltic coast	1
Evaluating short- to medium-term effects of implantable satellite tags on southern right whales Eubalaena australis	1
Characterisation and distribution of the bacterial genus Endozoicomonas in a threatened surf clam	1
Evaluation of in vitro treatments against the causative agent of Diadema antillarum scuticociliatosis (DaSc)	1
Hemocytic sarcoma of the body wall in a California king crab Paralithodes californiensis	1

Presence of invasive American bullfrogs may reduce infectious disease in a native frog species	1
Kudoa hypoepicardialis and associated cardiac lesions in invasive red lionfish Pterois volitans in Grenada, West Indies	1
Betanodavirus infection in Kuhlia rupestris and Ambassis marianus and isolation of betanodavirus from infected pond water	1
Gastrointestinal entamoebiasis in captive anurans in North America	1
Effect of light on the trematode Himasthla elongata: from cercarial behaviour to infection success	1
Epidemiological cut-off values for Yersina ruckeri disc diffusion data generated by a standardised method	1
Infectious disease threats to amphibians in Greece: new localities positive for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis	1
Isolation and identification of Streptococcus agalactiae in cage-cultured green chromide Etroplus suratensis in Kerala, India	1
Amphibian chytrid infections along the highest elevational gradient of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	1
Outbreak of hirudiniasis in aquarium-reared albino red-bellied pacu Piaractus brachypomus	1
Metabolic changes in antennal glands of Caribbean spiny lobsters Panulirus argus infected by Panulirus argus virus 1 (PaV1)	1
Japanese amberjack Seriola quinqueradiata and red sea bream Pagrus major susceptibility to infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) isolate	1
Black eye syndrome and a systemic rickettsia-like organism in Alaskan Chionoecetes spp. crabs, including normal eyestalk microanatomy	1
Survey for Leptospira and Brucella in Amazonian manatees, Amazon river dolphins, and a tucuxi in the Brazilian Amazon	1
Fusarium oxysporum causes black gill disease in narrow-clawed crayfish Pontastacus leptodactylus	1
Myxobolus makombensis n. sp. infection in African carp Labeobarbus batesii from the Makombè River, Cameroon: morphological and molecular characterization	1
Helicobacter delphinicola infection and the risk of gastric disease in common bottlenose dolphin	1
Development of a semi-quantitative scoring protocol for gill lesion assessment in greenlip abalone Haliotis laevigata held at elevated water temperature	1
Leucism: the prevalent congenital malformation in the olive ridley sea turtle of northwestern Mexico	1
Isopod parasite influences prawn responsiveness and activity	1
Porcellanid crab Pachycheles stevensii parasitized by rhizocephalans Lernaeodiscus spp.: population biology in the northwestern Sea of Japan	1
Differential susceptibility of Yukon River and Salish Sea stocks of Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha to ichthyophoniasis	1
Characterising injuries and pathologies of common dolphin Delphinus delphis mortalities in the South Australian Sardine Fishery	1
Exploring Yersinia ruckeri (O1 Biotype 2) infection in three early life-stages of rainbow trout	1
Development and evaluation of a convenient immunochromatographic strip test for rapid detection of cyprinid herpesvirus 2 (CyHV-2)	1
First report of yellow-banded tissue loss disease on coral reefs outside the Arabian/Persian Gulf	1
Filtration, concentration and detection of salmonid alphavirus in seawater during a post-smolt salmon (Salmo salar) cohabitant challenge	1
First evidence of ranavirus in native and invasive amphibians in Colombia	1
Distribution and prevalence of the myxozoan parasite Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae in northernmost Europe: analysis of three salmonid species	1
Detrimental conditions affecting Xestospongia muta across shallow and mesophotic coral reefs off the southwest coast of Puerto Rico	1
Prevalence and phylogenetics of infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV) in market-sold Litopenaeus vannamei in Luzon, Philippines	1
Epitheliocystis caused by a novel Chlamydia emerging in Spinibarbus denticulatus in China	1
Seasonal variation of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in a threatened anuran species from Uruguay	1
Limited accrual of myxospores of Kudoa inornata (Cnidaria: Myxosporea) in their wild fish hosts, Cynoscion nebulosus (Teleostei: Sciaenidae)	1
Glove decontamination procedures to prevent pathogen and DNA cross-contamination among frogs	1
Limited impact of a bioeroding sponge, Cliona sp., on Ostrea chilensis from Foveaux Strait, New Zealand	1
Gill epithelial cell nuclear virus disease is prevalent and widespread in Mya arenaria clams of Chesapeake Bay, USA	1
First description of Vibrio harveyi as the causative agent of morbidity and mortality in farmed flathead grey mullet Mugil cephalus	1
A novel neurotropic microsporidium from the swamp guppy Micropoecilia picta from Grenada, West Indies	1
Red and melanized focal changes in the white skeletal muscle of farmed rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss	1
Seasonal variation in the prevalence of a fungal pathogen and unexpected clearance from infection in a susceptible frog species	1
Electron microscopy reveals viral-like particles and mitochondrial degradation in scombrid puffy snout syndrome	1
Use of brome mosaic virus-like particles in feed, to deliver dsRNA targeting the white spot syndrome virus vp28 gene, reduces Penaeus vannamei mortality	1
Amoebic crab disease (ACD) in edible crab Cancer pagurus from the English Channel, UK	1
Cytology in cnidaria using Exaiptasia as a model	1