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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Immunoassays and diagnostic antibodies for Perkinsus spp. pathogens of marine molluscs	24
First report of yellow-banded tissue loss disease on coral reefs outside the Arabian/Persian Gulf	13
Lepeophtheirus (Copepoda: Caligidae) associated with fish: global infection patterns, parasite-host interactions and geographic range	11
Prevalence and distribution of Renibacterium salmoninarum, causative agent of bacterial kidney disease, in wild trout fisheries in Colorado	11
Erysipelothrix in Cook Inlet, Alaska, USA: an emerging bacterial pathogen of the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale	10
Countrywide screening supports model-based predictions of the distribution of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Ukraine	10
Filtration, concentration and detection of salmonid alphavirus in seawater during a post-smolt salmon (Salmo salar) cohabitant challenge	10
Invasion of fish parasite Prosorhynchoides ozakii (Trematoda: Bucephalidae) into Lake Kasumigaura and surrounding rivers of eastern Japan	9
Occurrence of Stenurus globicephalae (Nematoda: Pseudaliidae) in the blowhole of Globicephala macrorhynchus (Cetacea: Delphinidae) in Tasmania, Australia	9
Haplosporidium nelsoni and Perkinsus marinus occurrence in waters of Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire	9
Caudal peduncle mineralized lesion resembling calcinosis circumscripta in a wels catfish Silurus glanis	9
Isolation, identification, and pathogenic characteristics of Nocardia seriolae in largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides	9
Prevalence and genotype of Toxoplasma gondii in stranded Hawaiian cetaceans	8
Comparison of methods for determining Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis zoospore viability	8
Diffuse large B cell lymphoma and a novel gammaherpesvirus in northern elephant seals Mirounga angustirostris	8
Characterization of Piscinoodinium sp. associated with epizootics and mortality in non-native and endemic freshwater fish of the Andaman Islands, India	8
Bonamia exitiosa: the cause of bonamiasis in native oysters Ostrea angasi in Australia in 2015	8
Host-consumed resources increases pathogen load of endoparasites more than integument-infecting parasites	8
Early detection of salmonid alphavirus in seawater from marine farm sites of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar	8
Epidemiological cut-off values for Yersina ruckeri disc diffusion data generated by a standardised method	8
First description of Vibrio harveyi as the causative agent of morbidity and mortality in farmed flathead grey mullet Mugil cephalus	8
Infectious disease threats to amphibians in Greece: new localities positive for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis	8
Increased prevalence and severity of Kudoa thyrsites (Cnidaria: Myxosporea) in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar exposed to deeper seawater	7
Association of the alga Cladogonium sp. with a multifactorial disease outbreak in dwarf shrimp (Neocaridina davidi)	7
Comparative virulence of spring viremia of carp virus (SVCV) genotypes in two koi varieties	7

Temporal patterns in coral disease prevalences at Thudufushi Island, Maldives, 2010-2022	7
Intraerythrocytic Mycoplasma-like organism diagnosed ultrastructurally as an agent of anaemia in laboratory-reared cyprinid hybrids	7
B-cell small lymphocytic lymphoma in a free-ranging South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis)	6
Epidemiological cut-off values for non-O1/ non-O139 Vibrio cholerae disc diffusion data generated by standardised methods	6
Evaluating short- to medium-term effects of implantable satellite tags on southern right whales Eubalaena australis	6
Lateral flow nucleic acid assay for Ecytonucleospora hepatopenaei based on recombinase polymerase amplification and strand displacement reaction	6
Infestation of Lithodes santolla by Eremitione tuberculata: spatial and temporal variations in parasite prevalence and effect on host growth	6
Embryo mortality in a captive-bred, Critically Endangered amphibian	6
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae occurrence, epidemiology and vaccine-reactions in cetaceans: a thirty-year retrospective based on two global surveys	6
First report of a disease caused by Bacillus cereus in cultured loach Paramisgurnus dabryanus	6
Pathology of short-term dorsal fin tag-attachments in tagged and re-stranded short-beaked common dolphins Delphinus delphis on Cape Cod, MA	6
Pennella balaenoptera actively select injured cetacean skin as attachment sites, making them potentially useful forensic tags	6
Virulence and genetic differences among white spot syndrome virus isolates inoculated in Penaeus vannamei	6
Quorum quenching Bacillus spp.: an alternative biocontrol agent for Vibrio harveyi infection in aquaculture	5
A new species of Myxobolus (Cnidaria: Myxosporea: Myxobolidae) from the gibel carp Carassius gibelio (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)	5
Trends in sea lice infestations on chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) and pink salmon (O. gorbuscha) in the Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia remain unchanged despite removal of finfish aquaculture	5
Risk assessment of wild fish as environmental sources of red sea bream iridovirus (RSIV) outbreaks in aquaculture	5
Poorly differentiated neuroendocrine tumor and vertebral anomalies in a stranded Franciscana dolphin Pontoporia blainvillei	5
Nutritional steatitis (yellow fat disease) in cultured silver catfish Rhamdia quelen associated with rancid feed	5
Molecular and microscopic identification of Eomarteilia granula infection in Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum off the south coast of Korea	5
Development of a TaqMan quantitative reverse transcription PCR assay to detect tilapia lake virus	4
Nutrient enrichment alters the microbiome and increases chytrid load in the American bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus	4
Population genetic structure of diphyllobothriid tapeworms (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea) parasitising fish in the Baikal Rift Zone	4
A phylogeny based on cytochrome-c oxidase gene sequences identifies sympatric Ichthyophonus genotypes in the NE Pacific Ocean	4
Application of UV-C irradiation prevented a severe outbreak of proliferative kidney disease in rainbow trout aquaculture	4
Isolation and characterization of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus from farmed bastard halibut	4
Current status of coral disease prevalence at Karimunjawa Island: correlation between land zonation and lesion occurrence	4
Presence of invasive American bullfrogs may reduce infectious disease in a native frog species	4
Epitheliocystis caused by a novel Chlamydia emerging in Spinibarbus denticulatus in China	4
Emerging infectious diseases of amphibians in Poland: distribution and environmental drivers	4
Nodular and neoplastic skin lesions in an aquarium-managed group of Sabana Surinam toads Pipa parva	4
Population biology of crab Hapalogaster dentata parasitized by rhizocephalan Briarosaccus hoegi in the northwestern Sea of Japan	4
Two branchial pathological conditions, nuclear hypertrophy and abnormal epithelial proliferation, in Mya arenaria from northwest Russian coasts	4
Survey for Leptospira and Brucella in Amazonian manatees, Amazon river dolphins, and a tucuxi in the Brazilian Amazon	4
Setting epidemiological cut-off values relevant to MIC and disc diffusion data for Aeromonas salmonicida generated by a standard method	3
Susceptibility of shellfish aquaculture species in the Chesapeake Bay and Maryland coastal bays to ostreid herpesvirus 1 microvariants	3
Rhizocephalan infection in the Patagonian stone crab Danielethus patagonicus	3
Performance characteristics of two real-time TaqMan polymerase chain reaction assays for the detection of WSSV in clinically diseased and apparently healthy prawns	3
Intentional harm in marine mammals stranded dead in the Adriatic Sea, Croatia, 1990-2023	3
Relationship between skin and body condition in three species of baleen whales	3
Inflammatory reactions in rainbow trout fins and gills exposed to biocides	3
Diet-induced nephrocalcinosis in aquarium-raised juvenile spotted wolffish Anarhichas minor	3
Concentration and detection of salmonid alphavirus in seawater during a post-smolt salmon (Salmo salar) cohabitant challenge	3
Characterization of novel papillomavirus from free-ranging Antillean manatee Trichechus manatus manatus with genital papillomatosis	3
A new genotype of decapod hepanhamaparvovirus 1 (DHPV) from cultured Penaeus vannamei in South Korea	3
Nephrolithiasis in a giant Pacific octopus Enteroctopus dofleini	3
Voriconazole successfully treats chytridiomycosis in frogs	3
Regeneration of tunic cuticle is suppressed in edible ascidian Halocynthia roretzi contracting soft tunic syndrome	3
Outbreak of Cryptocaryon irritans infection in silver pomfret Pampus argenteus cultured in China	3
Fibropapillomatosis dynamics in green sea turtles Chelonia mydas over 15 years of monitoring in Akumal Bay, Quintana Roo, Mexico	3

CORRIGENDUM: Amoebic crab disease (ACD) in edible crab Cancer pagurus from the English Channel, UK	3
Molecular characterization of cetacean poxviruses along the coast of mainland Portugal	3
Serotype distribution, virulence and antibiotic resistance of Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from cultured tilapia Oreochromis niloticus in Lake Volta, Ghana	3
Histopathological survey for parasite groups in Gammarus varsoviensis (Amphipoda)	3
Metabolomics captures the differential metabolites in the replication pathway of snakehead vesiculovirus regulated by glutamine	3