OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Diseases of Aquatic Organisms is 3. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Susceptibility of shellfish aquaculture species in the Chesapeake Bay and Maryland coastal bays to ostreid herpesvirus 1 microvariants	49
Glomerulocystic kidney in two red piranhas Pygocentrus nattereri	21
Rhizocephalan infection in the Patagonian stone crab Danielethus patagonicus	11
Outbreak of Cryptocaryon irritans infection in silver pomfret Pampus argenteus cultured in China	9
Variation in Paramarteilia canceri infections in velvet crab Necora puber	9
Prevalence and distribution of Renibacterium salmoninarum, causative agent of bacterial kidney disease, in wild trout fisheries in Colorado	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
Novel lambdapapillomavirus in northern sea otters Enhydra lutris kenyoni, associated with oral hyperplastic nodules	7
Current status of coral disease prevalence at Karimunjawa Island: correlation between land zonation and lesion occurrence	7
Phylogeography of betanodavirus genotypes circulating in Tunisian aquaculture sites, 2012-2019	7
Long-term shedding from fully convalesced individuals indicates that Pacific herring are a reservoir for viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus	7
Effect of trematode infection on cardiac activity of marine gastropod Littorina littorea in situ and under laboratory conditions	7
First report of yellow-banded tissue loss disease on coral reefs outside the Arabian/Persian Gulf	7
First confirmation of salmonid alphavirus infection in rainbow trout in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia	7
Hamartoma affecting ampullary electroreceptors and epitheliotropic lymphoma in a captive electric eel Electrophorus varii	7
Detection of megalocytivirus in Oreochromis niloticus and Pseudoplatystoma corruscans in Brazil	7
Diet-induced nephrocalcinosis in aquarium-raised juvenile spotted wolffish Anarhichas minor	7
Cook Inlet beluga whale Delphinapterus leucas with valvular endocarditis, encephalitis, rhabdomyolysis, heavy parasitism and fungal dermatitis	6
Development of a TaqMan quantitative reverse transcription PCR assay to detect tilapia lake virus	6
Nodular and neoplastic skin lesions in an aquarium-managed group of Sabana Surinam toads Pipa parva	6
Filtration, concentration and detection of salmonid alphavirus in seawater during a post-smolt salmon (Salmo salar) cohabitant challenge	6
Congenital defects and herpesvirus infection in beluga whale Delphinapterus leucas calves from the Critically Endangered Cook Inlet population	6
PirA- or PirB-binding nanobodies can protect whiteleg shrimp from the acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease toxin	6
Isolation and identification of Streptococcus agalactiae in cage-cultured green chromide Etroplus suratensis in Kerala, India	6

Infestation of wild bay scallops Argopecten irradians on Nantucket Island by the shell-boring polychaete Polydora neocaeca	6
Lepeophtheirus (Copepoda: Caligidae) associated with fish: global infection patterns, parasite-host interactions and geographic range	6
Bad neighbours: amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection dynamics in three co-occurring frog species of southern Sydney, Australia	5
Fibropapillomatosis dynamics in green sea turtles Chelonia mydas over 15 years of monitoring in Akumal Bay, Quintana Roo, Mexico	5
Elevated temperature inhibits Mycobacterium shottsii infection and Mycobacterium pseudoshottsii disease in striped bass Morone saxatilis	5
Quantitative PCR for detection and quantification of Veronaea botryosa in fish and environmental samples	5
CORRECTION: Acipenserid herpesvirus 2 genome and partial validation of a qPCR for its detection in white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus	5
Intra vitam assays for detecting fish infected with cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3)	5
Immunoassays and diagnostic antibodies for Perkinsus spp. pathogens of marine molluscs	5
First confirmed reports of the isolation of Brucella ceti from a Risso’s dolphin Grampus griseus and a killer whale Orcinus orca	5
Survey of selected pathogens in free-ranging pinnipeds in Uruguay	5
Nectonema horsehair worms (Nematomorpha) parasitic in the Tanner crab Chionoecetes bairdi, with a note on the relationship between host and parasite phylogeny	5
CORRIGENDUM: Amoebic crab disease (ACD) in edible crab Cancer pagurus from the English Channel, UK	5
Infection cycle of Marteilia pararefringens in blue mussels Mytilus edulis in a heliothermic marine oyster lagoon in Norway	5
Countrywide screening supports model-based predictions of the distribution of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Ukraine	5
Spatial variations in ectoparasite Pseudione galacanthae prevalence in the squat lobster Grimothea gregaria in Argentine Patagonia	5
Isolation, identification, and pathogenic characteristics of Nocardia seriolae in largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides	5
First description of freshwater mite Unionicola sauerensis sp. nov. infesting thick-shelled river mussel Unio crassus	5
Testing for thermal acclimation in zoospores of an amphibian pathogen	4
Prevalence and genotype of Toxoplasma gondii in stranded Hawaiian cetaceans	4
Alphaherpesvirus infection in a free-ranging narwhal Monodon monoceros from Arctic Canada	4
Antimicrobial susceptibility of Peruvian Yersinia ruckeri isolates to oxytetracycline and florfenicol using MIC testing	4
Use of brome mosaic virus-like particles in feed, to deliver dsRNA targeting the white spot syndrome virus vp28 gene, reduces Penaeus vannamei mortality	4
Isolation and characterization of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus from farmed bastard halibut	4
Ranavirus is widespread in Costa Rica and co-occurs with threatened amphibians	4
Infectious disease threats to amphibians in Greece: new localities positive for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis	4
Occurrence of Stenurus globicephalae (Nematoda: Pseudaliidae) in the blowhole of Globicephala macrorhynchus (Cetacea: Delphinidae) in Tasmania, Australia	4
Amoebic crab disease (ACD) in edible crab Cancer pagurus from the English Channel, UK	4
Spirometry as a diagnostic tool to assess respiratory health in beached bottlenose dolphins Tursiops spp.	4
Development and evaluation of a convenient immunochromatographic strip test for rapid detection of cyprinid herpesvirus 2 (CyHV-2)	4
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) exposure damages gill tissue and inhibits crayfish respiration	4
A new genotype of decapod hepanhamaparvovirus 1 (DHPV) from cultured Penaeus vannamei in South Korea	4
Pseudacris regilla metamorphs acquire resistance to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis after exposure to the killed fungus	4
Mass mortality of collector urchins Tripneustes gratilla in Hawai`i	3
Invasion of fish parasite Prosorhynchoides ozakii (Trematoda: Bucephalidae) into Lake Kasumigaura and surrounding rivers of eastern Japan	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
First case of non-O1/O139 Vibrio cholerae infection in the pink-tailed chalceus Chalceus macrolepidotus in China	3
Erysipelas with preferential brain and skin involvement in a Mediterranean bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus	3
Epidemiological cut-off values for Yersina ruckeri disc diffusion data generated by a standardised method	3
Outbreaks of epizootic ulcerative syndrome in Kerala, India following episodes of flooding	3
Spontaneous neoplasms in harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena	3
Disease assessment in ‘coral gardening’ nurseries in the Maldives and implications for coral restoration success	3
Ichthyophonosis in Peruvian rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss: identification of endemic areas using molecular and histopathological tools	3
Habitat shift of adult Caligus undulatus (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae) from host fish to plankton in response to host behavior	3
Verminous bronchitis and pneumonia by nasal trematodes in Greater Caribbean manatees from Puerto Rico	3
Development of a TaqMan real-time quantitative PCR assay to detect Metschnikowia bicuspidata in Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis	3
Caudal peduncle mineralized lesion resembling calcinosis circumscripta in a wels catfish Silurus glanis	3
Morphomolecular and pathological study of Scaphanocephalus sp. in new host Siganus argenteus in the Arabian Gulf	3
Systemic Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in seven free-ranging delphinids stranded in England and Wales	3

Electron microscopy reveals viral-like particles and mitochondrial degradation in scombrid puffy snout syndrome	3
Epidemiological cut-off values for Vibrio anguillarum MIC and disc diffusion data generated by standardised methods	3
Myeloid and histiocytic sarcomas in subantarctic fur seals Arctocephalus tropicalis, Brazil	3
Parasites and their impact on thick-shelled river mussels Unio crassus from two populations in Luxembourg	3
Manatee Trichechus manatus latirostris calf mortality in Florida: a retrospective review of pathology data from 2009-2017	3
Early detection of salmonid alphavirus in seawater from marine farm sites of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar	3
Exploring Yersinia ruckeri (O1 Biotype 2) infection in three early life-stages of rainbow trout	3