A Systematic Analysis of Research on Arcobacter: Public Health Implications from a Food–Environment Interphase Perspective

Abstract

This review maps the global research landscape of the public health implications of Arcobacter from the food–environment interphase using content analytics and integrated science mapping. The search term “Arcobacter” was used to retrieve relevant articles published in Web of Science and Scopus between 1991 to 2019. The number of articles included in the review was 524, with 1304 authors, 172 journal sources, and a collaborative index of 2.55. The annual growth rate of the publications was 9.74%. The most contributing author in the field was Houf K., with 40 publications, 26 h-index, and 2020 total citations. The most productive country was the USA (13.33%). The majority of the articles were published in English (96%) and in the Journal of Food Protection (8.02%). The highest research outputs were in the field of Microbiology (264). The frequently occurred keywords were Arcobacter, poultry, shellfish, cattle, and chicken. This study revealed a fair increase in the growth rate of Arcobacter-related research—especially in the area of isolation and detection of the pathogen in foods and food environments, as well as the pathogenesis and genetic diversity of the pathogen. Research themes in the area of prevalence and epidemiology seem to be underexplored.

Microbiome Characterization after Aerobic Digestate Reactivation of Anaerobically Digested Sewage Sludge

“…This is an opportunistic pathogen that infects patients with previous disorders [36]. Furthermore, Arcobacter is an emerging food-borne zoonotic pathogen, which is very frequent in sewage [37] and can cause serious infections in humans and animals [38]. Finally, the species of Streptococcus found in this study's samples were S. salivarius, S. parasuis and an unassigned species closely related to S. sanguinis, S. Sinensis and S. porcorum porcorum in terms of sequence homology.…”

Effects of Moringa oleifera leaf extract on growth performance, blood hematology, immunity, carcass, and meat quality of Mae Hong Son chicken

“…Arcobacter research has increased significantly since the International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods designated Arcobacter as a critical threat to human health in 2002 (Iwu et al, 2021). Bacteria in the genus Arcobacter are discovered in various sources, including animals, humans, meat products, seafood, vegetables, and water (Soma Sekhar et al, 2018;Kim et al, 2019;Shrestha et al, 2019;Aydin et al, 2020;Brückner et al, 2020).…”

Comparison of the Diagnostic Accuracy of Three Real-Time PCR Assays for the Detection of Arcobacter butzleri in Human Stool Samples Targeting Different Genes in a Test Comparison without a Reference Standard

“…Livestock, including poultry and pigs, has been identified as a reservoir of A. butzleri , and raw meat products, as well as contaminated water, are of relevance for the pathogen’s transmission [ 15 , 24 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 ]. Accordingly, A. butzleri -associated disease is considered zoonotic [ 32 ].…”