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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
First report of yellow-banded tissue loss disease on coral reefs outside the Arabian/Persian Gulf	17
Morphological and molecular characterization of parasite Henneguya dugarovi sp. nov. (Myxozoa) from common carp Cyprinus carpio	16
Countrywide screening supports model-based predictions of the distribution of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Ukraine	14
Erysipelothrix in Cook Inlet, Alaska, USA: an emerging bacterial pathogen of the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale	14
Infectious disease threats to amphibians in Greece: new localities positive for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis	12
Epidemiological cut-off values for Yersina ruckeri disc diffusion data generated by a standardised method	12
Caudal peduncle mineralized lesion resembling calcinosis circumscripta in a wels catfish Silurus glanis	11
Characterization of Piscinoodinium sp. associated with epizootics and mortality in non-native and endemic freshwater fish of the Andaman Islands, India	11
Invasion of fish parasite Prosorhynchoides ozakii (Trematoda: Bucephalidae) into Lake Kasumigaura and surrounding rivers of eastern Japan	10
Haplosporidium nelsoni and Perkinsus marinus occurrence in waters of Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire	10
Prevalence and genotype of Toxoplasma gondii in stranded Hawaiian cetaceans	10
Occurrence of Stenurus globicephalae (Nematoda: Pseudaliidae) in the blowhole of Globicephala macrorhynchus (Cetacea: Delphinidae) in Tasmania, Australia	10
Intraerythrocytic Mycoplasma-like organism diagnosed ultrastructurally as an agent of anaemia in laboratory-reared cyprinid hybrids	9
Host-consumed resources increase pathogen load of endoparasites more than integument-infecting parasites	9
Temporal patterns in coral disease prevalences at Thudufushi Island, Maldives, 2010-2022	8
Bonamia exitiosa: the cause of bonamiasis in native oysters Ostrea angasi in Australia in 2015	8
B-cell small lymphocytic lymphoma in a free-ranging South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis)	8
Comparison of methods for determining Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis zoospore viability	8
Increased prevalence and severity of Kudoa thyrsites (Cnidaria: Myxosporea) in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar exposed to deeper seawater	8
Trends in sea lice infestations on chum and pink salmon in the Broughton Archipelago remain unchanged despite removal of finfish aquaculture	7
Infestation of Lithodes santolla by Eremitione tuberculata: spatial and temporal variations in parasite prevalence and effect on host growth	7
Epidemiological cut-off values for non-O1/ non-O139 Vibrio cholerae disc diffusion data generated by standardised methods	6
Pennella balaenoptera actively select injured cetacean skin as attachment sites, making them potentially useful forensic tags	6
Application of a quantitative PCR TaqMan™ assay for the detection of Ergasilus labracis in mixed plankton samples from a Newfoundland bay	6
Molecular and microscopic identification of Eomarteilia granula infection in Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum off the south coast of Korea	6

Virulence and genetic differences among white spot syndrome virus isolates inoculated in Penaeus vannamei	6
Evaluating short- to medium-term effects of implantable satellite tags on southern right whales Eubalaena australis	6
Embryo mortality in a captive-bred, Critically Endangered amphibian	6
Eimeria in the Xochimilco axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum	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
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae occurrence, epidemiology and vaccine-reactions in cetaceans: a thirty-year retrospective based on two global surveys	6
Lateral flow nucleic acid assay for Ecytonucleospora hepatopenaei based on recombinase polymerase amplification and strand displacement reaction	6
Voriconazole is an effective treatment for clinical chytridiomycosis in two Critically Endangered amphibians	5
Approved consensus-driven epidemiological cutoff values for standard broth microdilution antimicrobial susceptibility testing of aquatic Vibrio harveyi isolates	5
A new species of Myxobolus (Cnidaria: Myxosporea: Myxobolidae) from the gibel carp Carassius gibelio (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)	5
Poorly differentiated neuroendocrine tumor and vertebral anomalies in a stranded Franciscana dolphin Pontoporia blainvillei	5
Growth and sporulation differences of genetically distinct Saprolegnia parasitica strains in vitro	5
Nutritional steatitis (yellow fat disease) in cultured silver catfish Rhamdia quelen associated with rancid feed	5
Piscine orthoreovirus genotype 3b (PRV-3b) in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss farmed in Peru	5
Mycobacterium ulcerans ecovar infection in wild Kemp’s ridley Lepidochelys kempii and loggerhead Caretta caretta sea turtles	5
Pathology of coral growth anomalies in the Maldives: insights from Acropora, Montipora, and Pachyseris	4
Diet-induced nephrocalcinosis in aquarium-raised juvenile spotted wolffish Anarhichas minor	4
Thyroid hormones and serum iodine in clinically normal versus chronically malnourished Florida manatees Trichechus manatus latirostris	4
Population biology of crab Hapalogaster dentata parasitized by rhizocephalan Briarosaccus hoegi in the northwestern Sea of Japan	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
Susceptibility of shellfish aquaculture species in the Chesapeake Bay and Maryland coastal bays to ostreid herpesvirus 1 microvariants	4
Nutrient enrichment alters the microbiome and increases chytrid load in the American bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus	4
Emaciation and marine debris contribute to sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus strandings in southeastern USA: comparing 4 cases from 2020-2022	4
Development of a TaqMan quantitative reverse transcription PCR assay to detect tilapia lake virus	4
Two branchial pathological conditions, nuclear hypertrophy and abnormal epithelial proliferation, in Mya arenaria from northwest Russian coasts	4
Risk assessment of wild fish as environmental sources of red sea bream iridovirus (RSIV) outbreaks in aquaculture	4
Epidemiological cut-off values for Vibrio parahaemolyticus calculated from disc diffusion inhibition zone size data generated at 35 and 28°C	4
Marteilia cocosarum in the Wash Estuary, UK: links to mass mortalities of cockles Cerastoderma edule and relationship to closely related species	3
Development of an mRNA-specific real-time PCR for the detection of replicating cyprinid herpesvirus-3 (CyHV-3) in carp and non-target species	3
Simultaneous urogenital infection with novel upsilonpapillomaviruses and varicellovirus monodontidalpha1 in beluga whales Delphinapterus leucas from Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA	3
Current status of coral disease prevalence at Karimunjawa Island: correlation between land zonation and lesion occurrence	3
Relationship between skin and body condition in three species of baleen whales	3
Nephrolithiasis in a giant Pacific octopus Enteroctopus dofleini	3
Serotype distribution, virulence and antibiotic resistance of Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from cultured tilapia Oreochromis niloticus in Lake Volta, Ghana	3
Metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma in a grey seal Halichoerus grypus: clinicopathological and immunohistochemical characterization	3
Feasibility of setting epidemiological cut-off values for Aeromonas spp.	3
Regeneration of tunic cuticle is suppressed in edible ascidian Halocynthia roretzi contracting soft tunic syndrome	3
A new genotype of decapod hepanhamaparvovirus 1 (DHPV) from cultured Penaeus vannamei in South Korea	3
Nodular and neoplastic skin lesions in an aquarium-managed group of Sabana Surinam toads Pipa parva	3
Setting epidemiological cut-off values relevant to MIC and disc diffusion data for Aeromonas salmonicida generated by a standard method	3
Sessile Zoothamnium sp. ciliates colonise the invasive Oriental river prawn Macrobrachium nipponense in a brackish estuary in Ukraine	3
Intentional harm in marine mammals stranded dead in the Adriatic Sea, Croatia, 1990-2023	3
Harnessing the immunomodulatory potential of ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) against epizootic ulcerative syndrome: a sustainable approach for hill aquaculture	3
A novel neurotropic microsporidium from the swamp guppy Micropoecilia picta from Grenada, West Indies	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
Molecular characterization of cetacean poxviruses along the coast of mainland Portugal	3
Metabolomics captures the differential metabolites in the replication pathway of snakehead vesiculovirus regulated by glutamine	3
Isolation, identification, and genomic features of Proteus mirabilis from diseased Asian arowana Scleropages formosus	3
Oligochitosan modulates non-specific immunity against Edwardsiella ictaluri infection in hybrid groupers Epinephelus fuscoguttatus f × E. lanceolatus m	3

Twenty-year record of white pox disease in the Florida Keys: importance of environmental risk factors as drivers of coral health	3
Histopathological description of iridophoromas resembling skin nodule syndrome in Siamese fighting fish Betta splendens	3
Voriconazole successfully treats chytridiomycosis in frogs	3
Intestinal entamoebiasis in a captive colony of Anderson’s crocodile newts Echinotriton andersoni	3