wrapping a series of comma separated words

I'm constantly needing to wrap a series of comma separated titles with html <i> tags, so this:

John has published work in foo, fubar, boo review, and many more.

Becomes this

John has published work in <i>foo</i>, <i>fubar</i>, <i>boo review</i>, and many more.

Right now I'm visually highlighting each title and using emmet to wrap with the tags, but it seems like there must be a shorter way!

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