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| Title |
Evidence for selection at HIV host susceptibility genes in a West Central African human population
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, December 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-12-237 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kai Zhao, Yasuko Ishida, Taras K Oleksyk, Cheryl A Winkler, Alfred L Roca |
| Abstract |
HIV-1 derives from multiple independent transfers of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) strains from chimpanzees to human populations. We hypothesized that human populations in west central Africa may have been exposed to SIV prior to the pandemic, and that previous outbreaks may have selected for genetic resistance to immunodeficiency viruses. To test this hypothesis, we examined the genomes of Biaka Western Pygmies, who historically resided in communities within the geographic range of the central African chimpanzee subspecies (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) that carries strains of SIV ancestral to HIV-1. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 7 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 29% |
| South Africa | 1 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 2 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 57% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 14% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 14% |
| Scientists | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 71 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Hungary | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 68 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 21% |
| Researcher | 12 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 15 | 21% |
| Unknown | 12 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 25 | 35% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 14 | 20% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 10% |
| Chemistry | 3 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 7 | 10% |
| Unknown | 13 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 29. 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 14 November 2020.
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#1,335,446
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Outputs from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#317
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#10,797
of 286,900 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#4
of 54 outputs
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