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| Title |
Sustained reduction in prevalence of lymphatic filariasis infection in spite of missed rounds of mass drug administration in an area under mosquito nets for malaria control
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Parasites & Vectors, May 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1756-3305-4-90 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sammy M Njenga, Charles S Mwandawiro, C Njeri Wamae, Dunstan A Mukoko, Anisa A Omar, Masaaki Shimada, Moses J Bockarie, David H Molyneux |
| Abstract |
The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) was established by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2000 with the goal of eliminating lymphatic filariasis (LF) as a public health problem globally by 2020. Mass drug administration (MDA) of antifilarial drugs is the principal strategy recommended for global elimination. Kenya launched a National Programme for Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (NPELF) in Coast Region in 2002. During the same year a longitudinal research project to monitor trends of LF infection during MDA started in a highly endemic area in Malindi District. High coverage of insecticide treated nets (ITNs) in the coastal region has been associated with dramatic decline in hospital admissions due to malaria; high usage of ITNs is also expected to have an impact on LF infection, also transmitted by mosquitoes. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 128 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| Pakistan | 1 | <1% |
| Senegal | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 122 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 28 | 22% |
| Student > Master | 22 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 7% |
| Other | 22 | 17% |
| Unknown | 18 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 36 | 28% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 17 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 14 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 11 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 24 | 19% |
| Unknown | 21 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 January 2024.
All research outputs
#8,203,527
of 25,287,709 outputs
Outputs from Parasites & Vectors
#1,932
of 5,937 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#42,714
of 118,071 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Parasites & Vectors
#21
of 36 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,287,709 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 66th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 5,937 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 6.1. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 65% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 118,071 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 62% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 36 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one is in the 44th percentile – i.e., 44% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.