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A novel coronavirus capable of lethal human infections: an emerging picture

Overview of attention for article published in Virology Journal, February 2013
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2 blogs
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2 Facebook pages
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3 Wikipedia pages
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1 Redditor

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Title
A novel coronavirus capable of lethal human infections: an emerging picture
Published in
Virology Journal, February 2013
DOI 10.1186/1743-422x-10-66
Pubmed ID
Authors

Gulfaraz Khan

Abstract

In September 2012, a novel coronavirus was isolated from a patient in Saudi Arabia who had died of an acute respiratory illness and renal failure. The clinical presentation was reminiscent of the outbreak caused by the SARS-coronavirus (SARS-CoV) exactly ten years ago that resulted in over 8000 cases. Sequence analysis of the new virus revealed that it was indeed a member of the same genus as SARS-CoV. By mid-February 2013, 12 laboratory-confirmed cases had been reported with 6 fatalities. The first 9 cases were in individuals resident in the Middle East, while the most recent 3 cases were in family members resident in the UK. The index case in the UK family cluster had travel history to Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Although the current evidence suggests that this virus is not highly transmissible among humans, there is a real danger that it may spread to other parts of the world. Here, a brief review of the events is provided to summarize the rapidly emerging picture of this new virus.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Germany 1 <1%
Indonesia 1 <1%
Peru 1 <1%
Japan 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 100 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 22 21%
Student > Master 17 16%
Student > Bachelor 14 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 5%
Other 17 16%
Unknown 19 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 27 26%
Medicine and Dentistry 22 21%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 9%
Immunology and Microbiology 7 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 6%
Other 11 10%
Unknown 23 22%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 67. 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 20 June 2022.
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#638,270
of 25,513,063 outputs
Outputs from Virology Journal
#52
of 3,403 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#4,141
of 205,501 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Virology Journal
#2
of 66 outputs
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