A Global Perspective of Vibrio Species and Associated Diseases: Three-Decade Meta-Synthesis of Research Advancement

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. 2022 May 18:16:11786302221099406.

doi: 10.1177/11786302221099406. eCollection 2022.

A Global Perspective of Vibrio Species and Associated Diseases: Three-Decade Meta-Synthesis of Research Advancement

Hope Onohuean^{1

2}, Ezera Agwu^{2

3}, U U Nwodo^{4

5}

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¹ Biopharmaceutics Unit, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Kampala International University, Western Campus, Uganda.
² Biomolecules, Metagenomics, Endocrine, and Tropical Diseases Research Group (BMETDREG), Kampala International University, Western Campus, Ishaka-Bushenyi, Uganda.
³ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Kampala International University, Western Campus, Ishaka, Bushenyi, Kampala, Uganda.
⁴ SA-MRC Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Centre, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa.
⁵ Applied and Environmental Microbiology Research Group (AEMREG), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Fort Hare, Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

PMID: 35601189
PMCID: PMC9121474
DOI: 10.1177/11786302221099406

Review

A Global Perspective of Vibrio Species and Associated Diseases: Three-Decade Meta-Synthesis of Research Advancement

Hope Onohuean et al. Environ Health Insights. 2022.

. 2022 May 18:16:11786302221099406.

doi: 10.1177/11786302221099406. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Hope Onohuean^{1

2}, Ezera Agwu^{2

3}, U U Nwodo^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Biopharmaceutics Unit, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Kampala International University, Western Campus, Uganda.
² Biomolecules, Metagenomics, Endocrine, and Tropical Diseases Research Group (BMETDREG), Kampala International University, Western Campus, Ishaka-Bushenyi, Uganda.
³ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Kampala International University, Western Campus, Ishaka, Bushenyi, Kampala, Uganda.
⁴ SA-MRC Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Centre, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa.
⁵ Applied and Environmental Microbiology Research Group (AEMREG), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Fort Hare, Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

PMID: 35601189
PMCID: PMC9121474
DOI: 10.1177/11786302221099406

Abstract

Outbreaks of Vibrio infections have a long history of global public health concern and threat to the aquaculture industry. This 3-decade (1990-2019) meta-synthesis of global research progress in Vibrio species and associated disease outbreaks was undertaken to generate the knowledge needed to design effective interventions with policy implications. Using PRISMA protocol, we obtained data on the online version of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), Web of Science (WOS), and Scopus from January 1990 to September 2021 by title search of the keywords "Vibrio species OR Vibrio spp. OR vibriosis." On the 3-decade survey, the result has shown that a total of 776 publications document types were published on the subject, with an average of 24.25 ± 13.6 published documents per year with an annual growth rate of 4.71%. The year 2020 recorded the highest output of 52 published documents accounting for 6.70% of the total. The most prolific author, Blanch A., published 12 articles on the subject and has received citations of 1003 with an h-index of 10. While the most global cited paper author is the journal of J. Bacteriol (Bassler et al), receiving total citation (TC) (550) and per Year (22). The top active corresponding authors country is the United States of America with (92) articles, freq. 12.40%; TC of 3103. The observations in this study, such as the collaborations network map, and index, which have outlined a big difference between countries based on economic status, have underscored the need for a sustained research mentorship program that can define future policies.

Keywords: Global perspective; Vibrio species; meta-synthesis.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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**Figure 1.**
PRISMA process of searching, reviewing, and selecting research articles.

**Figure 2.**
Three-decade scientific research output on *Vibrio* spp. and associated infections. Abbreviations: Doc, documents; TC, total citation.

**Figure 3.**
Research topics and conceptual landscapes on *Vibrio* spp.

**Figure 4.**
The top authors’ (A), institutions (B), and countries (C) collaboration and coupling networks on *Vibrio* spp., research.

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[1] Senderovich Y, Izhaki I, Halpern M. Fish as reservoirs and vectors of Vibrio cholerae. PLoS One. 2010;5:e8607. - PMC - PubMed

[2] Senderovich Y, Izhaki I, Halpern M. Fish as reservoirs and vectors of Vibrio cholerae. PLoS One. 2010;5:e8607. - PMC - PubMed

[3] Osunla CA, Okoh AI. Vibrio pathogens: a public health concern in rural water resources in sub-Saharan Africa. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017;14:1188. doi:10.3390/ijerph14101188 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[4] Osunla CA, Okoh AI. Vibrio pathogens: a public health concern in rural water resources in sub-Saharan Africa. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017;14:1188. doi:10.3390/ijerph14101188 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[5] Onohuean H, Okoh AI, Nwodo UU. Epidemiologic potentials and correlational analysis of Vibrio species and virulence toxins from water sources in greater Bushenyi districts, Uganda. Sci Rep. 2021;11:22429. - PMC - PubMed

[6] Onohuean H, Okoh AI, Nwodo UU. Epidemiologic potentials and correlational analysis of Vibrio species and virulence toxins from water sources in greater Bushenyi districts, Uganda. Sci Rep. 2021;11:22429. - PMC - PubMed

[7] Jones JL. Vibrio. In: Dodd CER, Aldsworth T, Stein RA, Cliver DO, Riemann HP, eds. Foodborne Diseases. 3rd ed. Academic Press; 2017:243-252.

[8] Jones JL. Vibrio. In: Dodd CER, Aldsworth T, Stein RA, Cliver DO, Riemann HP, eds. Foodborne Diseases. 3rd ed. Academic Press; 2017:243-252.

[9] Weekes C, Kotra LP. Vibrio infections. In: Enna SJ, Bylund DB, eds. xPharm: The Comprehensive Pharmacology Reference. Elsevier; 2007:1-6.

[10] Weekes C, Kotra LP. Vibrio infections. In: Enna SJ, Bylund DB, eds. xPharm: The Comprehensive Pharmacology Reference. Elsevier; 2007:1-6.

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