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Global Research Activity on Health System Preparedness Against Viral Infectious Disease Outbreaks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 August 2021

Waleed M. Sweileh Open the ORCID record for Waleed M. Sweileh [Opens in a new window]
Waleed M. Sweileh*
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Division of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine
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Corresponding author: Waleed M. Sweileh, Email: waleedsweileh@yahoo.com.
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Abstract

Objective:

The present study aimed to give an overview of research publications on health system preparedness against viral infectious disease outbreaks.

Methods:

A bibliometric method was implemented from 2001 to 2020. The studied pathogens were dengue, Ebola, influenza, Zika, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Results:

The search query returned 501 documents. The growth of publications showed a sharp peak in 2020 for COVID-19 and 3 small peaks in 2006, 2009, and 2015 for SARS, influenza, and Ebola, respectively. Of the retrieved documents, 208 (41.5%) were on influenza, 164 (32.7%) were on COVID-19, and 83 (16.6%) were on Ebola. Countries in the region of the Americas (n = 221; 44.1%) returned the majority of the documents, while countries in Latin America and the African region returned the least. The United States (n = 197; 39.3%) had a leading role in this field. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (n = 51; 10.2%) ranked first, followed by the Johns Hopkins University (n = 16; 3.2%). The Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness journal (n = 21; 4.2%) ranked first. International research collaboration was relatively inadequate.

Conclusions:

Research on preparedness against infectious diseases was episodic. Research collaboration needs to be prioritized for countries with a history of fatal outbreaks.

Keywords

Preparednessinfectious diseasesoutbreaksbibliometric analysis
Type
Original Research
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 16 , Issue 5 , October 2022 , pp. 1959 - 1965
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© Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2021

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