OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Diseases of Aquatic Organisms is 4. 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
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
Sea star wasting disease pathology in Pisaster ochraceus shows a basal-to-surface process affecting color phenotypes differently	11
Nanopore whole genome sequencing and partitioned phylogenetic analysis supports a new salmonid alphavirus genotype (SAV7)	11
Intracellular bacteria in New Zealand shellfish are identified as Endozoicomonas species	9
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
Keeping up with advances in qPCR pathogen detection: an example for QPX disease in hard clams	8
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
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
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
Biochemical and hematological biomarkers of reproductive failure in bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus	6
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
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
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
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
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