High Prevalence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Wild Ducks in the Middle Area of South Korea

Rhim, Haerin; Cho, Yong-Il; Jang, Hye-Jin; Na, Ki-Jeong; Han, Jae-Ik

doi:10.17555/jvc.2018.02.35.1.7

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“…Also, the possibility of zoonotic transmission of MAP from wild herds to domestic/zoological reserves’ herds and from either herd forms to humans could not be overemphasised [ 47 ] most especially, in countries (e.g., South Africa) where domestic herds and wild games are farmed together on the same piece of land. Some recent studies related to MAP infections in wild games include deer in Bulgaria and Chile [ 48 , 49 ], 34.4% incidence of MAP in Anas species (wild duck) populations in Korea [ 50 ], and wild-born Procavia capensis (rock hyraxes) imported from South Africa to Germany [ 47 ].…”

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Systematic Assessment of Mycobacterium avium Subspecies Paratuberculosis Infections from 1911–2019: A Growth Analysis of Association with Human Autoimmune Diseases

Ekundayo

Okoh

2020

Microorganisms

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Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is an understudied pathogen worldwide with continuous implications in human autoimmune diseases (ADs). The awareness of MAP appears to be low in many places and its research is at infant stage in many countries. The lack of worldwide coverage of the MAP research landscape calls for urgent research attention and prioritization. This present study aimed to assess MAP global research productivity with an emphasis on its implications in ADs via bibliometric and growth analytic frameworks from authors, countries, institutions, international, disciplines and collaboration network perspectives. MAP primary articles were retrieved from the Scopus database and the Web of Science from 1911 to 2019 via title-specific algorithm. Analytic results of dataset yielded a total of 3889 articles from 581 journals and 20.65 average citations per documents. The annual growth rate of MAP research for the period was 6.31%. Based on a country’s productivity (articles (%), freq. of publication (%)), the USA (887 (22.81%), 26.72%), and Australia (236 (6.07%), 6.07%) ranked the top 2 countries but Egypt and Germany had the highest average growth rate (AGR, 170%) in the last 3 years. MAP studies are generally limited to Europe, Australia, Asia, South America and few nations in Africa. It had positive growth rate (30%–100%) in relation to type 1 diabetes mellitus and rheumatoid arthritis ADs; food science and technology, immunology, agriculture, pathology, and research and experimental medicine, wildlife, environments, virulence, disease resistance, meat and meat products, osteopontin, waste milk and slurry/sludge digestion subjects; but negative growth (−130% to −30%) in ulcerative colitis and Parkinson’s disease and no growth in multiple sclerosis, sarcoidosis, thyroid disorders, psoriasis, and lupus. The mapping revealed a gross lack of collaboration networking in terms of authorship, (intra- and inter-) nationally and institutionally with a generalized collaboration index of 1.82. In conclusion, inadequate resources-, knowledge- and scientific-networking hampered growth and awareness of MAP research globally. The study recommends further research to strengthen evidence of MAP’s epidemiologic prevalence in ADs and proffer practical solution(s) for drug development and point-of-care diagnostics amongst other extended themes.

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