Pigeon Circovirus over Three Decades of Research: Bibliometrics, Scoping Review, and Perspectives

Benji Brayan Ilagan Silva; Michael Louie R Urzo; Jaymee R Encabo; Alea Maurice Simbulan; Allen Jerard D Lunaria; Susan A Sedano; Keng-Chih Hsu; Chia-Chi Chen; Yu-Chang Tyan; Kuo-Pin Chuang

doi:10.3390/v14071498

Pigeon Circovirus over Three Decades of Research: Bibliometrics, Scoping Review, and Perspectives

Viruses. 2022 Jul 8;14(7):1498. doi: 10.3390/v14071498.

Authors

Benji Brayan Ilagan Silva¹, Michael Louie R Urzo^{2

3}, Jaymee R Encabo², Alea Maurice Simbulan², Allen Jerard D Lunaria², Susan A Sedano⁴, Keng-Chih Hsu⁵, Chia-Chi Chen^{5

6}, Yu-Chang Tyan^{7

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14}, Kuo-Pin Chuang^{1

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Affiliations

¹ International Degree Program in Animal Vaccine Technology, International College, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 912, Taiwan.
² Microbiology Division, Institute of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Los Baños 4031, Laguna, Philippines.
³ Graduate School, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Los Baños 4031, Laguna, Philippines.
⁴ Veterinary Vaccines Laboratory, National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Los Baños 4031, Laguna, Philippines.
⁵ Language Center, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 912, Taiwan.
⁶ You Guan Yi Biotechnology Company, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
⁷ Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
⁸ School of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
⁹ Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
¹⁰ Institute of Medical Science and Technology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan.
¹¹ Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
¹² Center for Cancer Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
¹³ Research Center for Environmental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
¹⁴ Graduate Institute of Animal Vaccine Technology, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 912, Taiwan.
¹⁵ School of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
¹⁶ Companion Animal Research Center, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 912, Taiwan.

Abstract

The pigeon circovirus (PiCV), first described in the literature in the early 1990s, is considered one of the most important infectious agents affecting pigeon health. Thirty years after its discovery, the current review has employed bibliometric strategies to map the entire accessible PiCV-related research corpus with the aim of understanding its present research landscape, particularly in consideration of its historical context. Subsequently, developments, current knowledge, and important updates were provided. Additionally, this review also provides a textual analysis examining the relationship between PiCV and the young pigeon disease syndrome (YPDS), as described and propagated in the literature. Our examination revealed that usages of the term 'YPDS' in the literature are characterizations that are diverse in range, and neither standard nor equivalent. Guided by our understanding of the PiCV research corpus, a conceptualization of PiCV diseases was also presented in this review. Proposed definitions and diagnostic criteria for PiCV subclinical infection (PiCV-SI) and PiCV systemic disease (PiCV-SD) were also provided. Lastly, knowledge gaps and open research questions relevant to future PiCV-related studies were identified and discussed.

Keywords: bibliometrics; circovirus; pigeon circovirus; young pigeon disease syndrome.

Publication types

Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Bibliometrics
Bird Diseases*
Capsid Proteins
Circoviridae Infections*
Circovirus*
Columbidae

Substances

Capsid Proteins

Grants and funding

This research was funded by the National Pingtung University of Science and Technology and the Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and National Pingtung University of Science and Technology Joint Research Program (Grant Number NPUST-KMU-111-P002), and the Higher Education Sprout Project by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST 107-3017-F-020-003).