Hostname: page-component-cb9f654ff-kl2l2 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-08-11T13:19:09.983Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Human parasitology worldwide research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2017

Jose Antonio Garrido-Cardenas ,
Concepción Mesa-Valle  and
Francisco Manzano-Agugliaro
Jose Antonio Garrido-Cardenas*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology and Geology, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain
Concepción Mesa-Valle
Affiliation:
Department of Biology and Geology, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain
Francisco Manzano-Agugliaro
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain
*
Author for correspondence: Jose Antonio Garrido-Cardenas, E-mail: jcardena@ual.es
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

In this article, the trends in human parasitology have been studied through the analysis of the number of publications in this area. The parameters studied were: number of articles, language, countries and institutions with the highest number of publications, and keywords with greater presence in the articles of human parasitology. The results of the analysis confirm the growing interest in this area, observing an exponential growth in the number of publications in the last decades. We also verified that the main country in terms of scientific production is the USA, although among the most important institutions, we find non-US centres such as the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. For observing the relative importance of the journals that publish articles in this specific topic, an index has been created based on the h-index of the journal with publications related to human parasitology and divided by every 100 items. This rank is led fist by ‘Journal of Medical Entomology’ closely followed by ‘Parasitology’. The analysis of the keywords allows to draw conclusions about the great importance of malaria in the current world research. A change in analytical methodology is also observed, and molecular techniques are now being imposed. These techniques, in the near future, have to influence in an improvement in the treatments and prevention of the diseases caused by parasites. Finally, it can be seen that diseases traditionally studied as helminthiasis and amebiasis are currently as well studied as others such as toxoplasmosis or leishmaniasis.

Keywords

Parasitologyhumanworldwidemalariascientometrics

Information

Type
Review Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 145 , Issue 6 , May 2018 , pp. 699 - 712
Check for updates
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Article purchase

Temporarily unavailable

References

Baldursson, S, et al. (2011) Waterborne transmission of protozoan parasites: review of worldwide outbreaks – an update 2004–2010. Water Research 45, 6603–6614.Google Scholar
Baxter, R, Christen, P and Churches, T (2003) A comparison of fast blocking methods for record linkage. Proceedings of the Ninth ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, Workshop, pp. 25–27.Google Scholar
Blaga, R, Durand, B, Antoniu, S, Gherman, C, Cretu, CM, Cozma, V and Boireau, P (2007) A dramatic increase in the incidence of human trichinellosis in Romania over the past 25 years: impact of political changes and regional food habits. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 76, 983–986.Google Scholar
Brambrink, AM, Ehrler, D and Dick, WF (2000) Publications on paediatric anaesthesia: a quantitative analysis of publication activity and international recognition. British Journal of Anaesthesia 85, 556–562.Google Scholar
Brooker, S (2010) Estimating the global distribution and disease burden of intestinal nematode infections: adding up the numbers – A review. International Journal for Parasitology 40, 1137–1144.Google Scholar
Brooker, SJ and Bundy, DAP (2013) Soil-transmitted helminths (geohelminths). In Farrar J (ed.). Manson's Tropical Diseases, 23rd edn., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: SAUNDERS (an imprint of Elsevier), pp. 766–794. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-7020-5101-2.00056-X.Google Scholar
Carmena, D (2010) Waterborne Transmission of Cryptosporidium and Giardia: Detection, Surveillance and Implications for Public Health. Current research, technology and education topics in applied microbiology and microbial biotechnology, pp. 3–14.Google Scholar
Cavnar, WB, Trenkle, JM and Mi, AA (1994) N-gram-based text categorization. In Proceedings of SDAIR-94, 3rd Annual Symposium on Document Analysis and Information Retrieval, pp. 161–175. doi: 10.1.1.53.9367.Google Scholar
Chacín-Bonilla, L (2013) [An update on amebiasis]. Revista Médica de Chile 141, 609–615.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Clausen, JH, Madsen, H, Van, PT, Dalsgaard, A and Murrell, KD (2015) Integrated parasite management: path to sustainable control of fishborne trematodes in aquaculture. Trends in Parasitology 31, 8–15.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Cobo, MJ, Martínez, MA, Gutiérrez-Salcedo, M, Fujita, H and Herrera-Viedma, E (2015) 25 years at knowledge-based systems: a bibliometric analysis. Knowledge-Based Systems 80, 3–13.Google Scholar
Contini, C (2008) Clinical and diagnostic management of toxoplasmosis in the immunocompromised patient. Parassitologia 50, 45–50.Google ScholarPubMed
Cordero del Campillo, M, Rojo Vázquez, FA, Martínez Fernández, A, Manga González, MY and Quiroz Romero, H (2001) Parasitologia Veterinaria. Madrid: MCGrawHIll.Google Scholar
Cox, FEG (2002) History of human parasitology. Clinical Microbiology Reviews 15, 595–612.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Cressler, CE, McLeod, DV, Rozins, C, van Den, Hoogen J and Day, T (2015) The adaptive evolution of virulence: a review of theoretical predictions and empirical tests. Parasitology 1–16. doi: 10.1017/S003118201500092X.Google ScholarPubMed
Curry, A and Smith, HV (1998) Emerging pathogens: Isospora, Cyclospora and Microsporidia. Parasitology 117(Suppl.), S143–S159.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Darwin Murrell, K and Pozio, E (2011) Worldwide occurrence and impact of human trichinellosis, 1986–2009. Emerging Infectious Diseases 17, 2194–2202.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Del Grande, C, Galli, L, Schiavi, E, Dell'Osso, L and Bruschi, F (2017) Is Toxoplasma gondii a trigger of bipolar disorder? Pathogens 6, 3.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Drake, LJ, Jukes, MCH, Sternberg, RJ and Bundy, DAP (2000) Geohelminth infections (ascariasis, trichuriasis, and hookworm): cognitive and developmental impacts. Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases 11, 245–251.Google Scholar
Efstratiou, A, Ongerth, JE and Karanis, P (2017) Waterborne transmission of protozoan parasites: review of worldwide outbreaks – An update 2011–2016. Water Research 114, 14–22.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Ellegaard, O and Wallin, JA (2015) The bibliometric analysis of scholarly production: how great is the impact? Scientometrics 105, 1809–1831.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Ersfeld, K (2003) Genomes and genome projects of protozoan parasites. Current Issues in Molecular Biology 5, 61–74.Google ScholarPubMed
FAO/WHO, FAO of the UNHO (2014) Multicriteria-Based Ranking for Risk Management of Food-Borne Parasites. Microbiological Risk Assessment Series (MRA) 23. FAO/WHO.Google Scholar
Garrido-Cardenas, JA and Manzano-Agugliaro, F (2017) The metagenomics worldwide research. Current Genetics 63, 819–829. doi: 10.1007/s00294-017-0693-8.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Garrido-Cardenas, JA, Garcia-Maroto, F, Alvarez-Bermejo, JA and Manzano-Agugliaro, F (2017) DNA sequencing sensors: an overview. Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) 17, 1–15.Google Scholar
Graczyk, TK and Fried, B (2007) Human waterborne trematode and protozoan infections. Advances in Parasitology 64, 111–160.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Haddad, MC, Abd El Bagi, ME and Tamraz, JC (2008) Imaging of Parasitic Diseases. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-49354-9.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hirsch, JE (2005) An index to quantify an individual's scientific research output. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 102, 16569–16572.Google Scholar
Hisaeda, H, Yasutomo, K and Himeno, K (2005) Malaria: immune evasion by parasites. International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology 37, 700–706.Google Scholar
Holzbauer, SM, Agger, WA, Hall, RL, Johnson, GM, Schmitt, D, Garvey, A, Bishop, HS, Rivera, H, De Almeida, ME, Hill, D, Stromberg, BE, Lynfield, R and Smith, KE (2014) Outbreak of Trichinella spiralis infections associated with a wild boar hunted at a game farm in Iowa. Clinical Infectious Diseases 59, 1750–1756.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hotez, PJ and Gurwith, M (2011) Europe's neglected infections of poverty. International Journal of Infectious Diseases 15, e611–e619. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.05.006.Google Scholar
Ivics, Z (2009) Genomic parasites and genome evolution. Genome Biology 10, 306.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Jackson, AP (2015) Genome evolution in trypanosomatid parasites. Parasitology 142, S40–S56. doi: 10.1017/S0031182014000894.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Jin, L, Li, C and Mehrotra, S (2003) Efficient record linkage in large data sets. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, pp. 137–146. doi: 10.1109/DASFAA.2003.1192377.Google Scholar
Juliani, F and de Oliveira, OJ (2016) State of research on public service management: identifying scientific gaps from a bibliometric study. International Journal of Information Management 36, 1033–1041.Google Scholar
Lim, JH (2011) Liver flukes: the malady neglected. Korean Journal of Radiology 12, 269–279.Google Scholar
Manzano-Agugliaro, F, Alcayde, A, Montoya, FG, Zapata-Sierra, A and Gil, C (2013) Scientific production of renewable energies worldwide: an overview. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 18, 134–143.Google Scholar
Martinez, M, Jesus Cobo, M, Herrera, M and Herrera-Viedma, E (2015) Analyzing the scientific evolution of social work using science mapping. Research on Social Work Practice 25, 257–277.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Mehlhorn, H (2001) Protozoan Pathogens of Humans. eLS. doi: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0001943.pub2.Google Scholar
Montoya, FG, Montoya, MG, Gómez, J, Manzano-Agugliaro, F and Alameda-Hernández, E (2014) The research on energy in Spain: a scientometric approach. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 29, 173–183.Google Scholar
Montoya, FG, García-Cruz, A, Montoya, MG and Manzano-Agugliaro, F (2016 a) Power quality techniques research worldwide: a review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 54, 846–856.Google Scholar
Montoya, FG, Baños, R, Meroño, JE and Manzano-Agugliaro, F (2016 b) The research of water use in Spain. Journal of Cleaner Production 112, 4719–4732.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Montoya, J and Liesenfeld, O (2004) Toxoplasmosis. The Lancet 363, 1965–1976.Google Scholar
Moorthy, RS, Smith, RE and Rao, NA (1993) Progressive ocular toxoplasmosis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. American Journal of Ophthalmology 115, 742–747.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Moro, P and Schantz, PM (2009) Echinococcosis: a review. International Journal of Infectious Diseases 13, 125–133.Google Scholar
Ndimubanzi, PC, Carabin, H, Budke, CM, Nguyen, H, Qian, YJ, Rainwater, E, Dickey, M, Reynolds, S and Stoner, JA (2010) A systematic review of the frequency of neurocyticercosis with a focus on people with epilepsy. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 4, e870. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000870.Google Scholar
Plutzer, J and Karanis, P (2016) Neglected waterborne parasitic protozoa and their detection in water. Water Research 101, 318–332.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Poulin, R (1996) The evolution of life history strategies in parasitic animals. Advances in Parasitology 37, 107–134.Google Scholar
Rodríguez de las Parras, E, Rodríguez-Ferrer, M, Nieto-Martínez, J, Ubeira, FM and Gárate-Ormaechea, T (2004) Revisión de los brotes de triquinelosis detectados en España durante 1990–2001*. Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica 22, 70–76.Google Scholar
Rojas-Sola, JI and Aguilera-Garcia, AI (2014 a) Global bibliometric analysis of the materials, ceramics subject category from the Web of science (1997–2012). Boletin de la Sociedad Espanola de Ceramica y Vidrio 53, 2–12.Google Scholar
Rojas-Sola, JI and Aguilera-García, ÁI (2014 b) Global bibliometric analysis of the ‘remote sensing’ subject category from the web of science (1997–2012). Boletim de Ciencias Geodesicas 20, 855–878.Google Scholar
Rojas-Sola, JI and Aguilera-Garcia, AI (2015) Global bibliometric analysis of the mining & mineral processing’ subject category from the Web of science (1997–2012). Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review 36, 349–369.Google Scholar
Rojas-Sola, JI and Jorda-Albinana, B (2011) Bibliometric analysis of Mexican scientific production in hydraulic engineering based on journals in the science citation index-expanded database (1997–2008). Tecnologia y Ciencias del agua 2, 195–213.Google Scholar
Schmid-Hempel, P (2009) Immune defence, parasite evasion strategies and their relevance for ‘macroscopic phenomena’ such as virulence. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 364, 85–98.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Sripa, B, Kaewkes, S, Intapan, PM, Maleewong, W and Brindley, PJ (2010) Food-Borne trematodiases in Southeast Asia. Epidemiology, pathology, clinical manifestation and control. Advances in Parasitology 72, 305–350.Google Scholar
Stauffer, W and Ravdin, JI (2003) Entamoeba histolytica: an update. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases 16, 479–485.Google Scholar
Stephenson, LS, Latham, MC and Ottesen, EA (2000) Malnutrition and parasitic helminth infections. Parasitology 121, S23–S38.Google Scholar
Tardy, C (2004) The role of English in scientific communication: Lingua franca or Tyrannosaurus rex? Journal of English for Academic Purposes 3, 247–269. doi: 10.1016/j.jeap.2003.10.001.Google Scholar
Torgerson, PR and Mastroiacovo, P (2013) The global burden of congenital toxoplasmosis: a systematic review. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 91, 501–508.Google Scholar
Tzipori, S and Widmer, G (2008) A hundred-year retrospective on cryptosporidiosis. Trends in Parasitology 24, 184–189.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
van Hooland, S, Verborgh, R and De Wilde, M (2013) Cleaning data with open refine. In Crymble, A, Burns, P and McGregor, N (eds). The Programming Historian.Google Scholar
Verborgh, R and De Wilde, M (2013) Using OpenRefine: the essential OpenRefine guide that takes you from data analysis and error fixing to linking your dataset to the Web. Birmingham: Packt Publishing Limited.Google Scholar
vom Brocke, J, Simons, A, Niehaves, B, Riemer, K, Plattfaut, R, Cleven, A, vom Brocke, J, and Reimer, K (2009) Reconstructing the Giant: On the Importance of Rigour in Documenting the Literature Search Process. 17th European Conference on Information Systems, Vol. 9, 2206–2217. doi: 10.1108/09600031211269721.Google Scholar
WHO (2015) WHO estimates of the global burden of foodborne diseases: foodborne disease burden epidemiology reference group 2007–2015. World Health Organization. doi: 10.1016/j.fm.2014.07.009.Google Scholar
Xia, J, Jiang, SC and Peng, HJ (2015) Association between liver fluke infection and hepatobiliary pathological changes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE 10, 1–19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132673.Google Scholar
Yolken, RH, Bachmann, S, Ruslanova, I, Lillehoj, E, Ford, G, Torrey, EF and Schroeder, J (2001) Antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in individuals with first-episode schizophrenia. Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 32, 842–844.Google Scholar