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Title	Bad air, amulets and mosquitoes: 2,000 years of changing perspectives on malaria
Published in	Malaria Journal, July 2013
DOI	10.1186/1475-2875-12-232
Pubmed ID	23835014
Authors	Ernst Hempelmann, Kristine Krafts
Abstract	For many centuries, scientists have debated the cause and best treatment of the disease now known as malaria. Two theories regarding malaria transmission -- that of "bad air" and that of insect vectors -- have been widely accepted at different times throughout history. Treatments and cures have varied accordingly over time. This paper traces the evolution of scientific consensus on malaria aetiology, transmission, and treatment from ancient times to the present day.

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Country	Count	As %
United States	29	13%
United Kingdom	21	9%
Canada	15	7%
Spain	12	5%
Australia	5	2%
Netherlands	3	1%
Ireland	3	1%
Norway	2	<1%
France	2	<1%
Other	17	7%
Unknown	119	52%

Demographic breakdown

Type	Count	As %
Members of the public	195	86%
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals)	16	7%
Scientists	14	6%
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors)	4	2%

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Country	Count	As %
United States	3	1%
United Kingdom	2	<1%
India	1	<1%
Brazil	1	<1%
Unknown	227	97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status	Count	As %
Student > Ph. D. Student	44	19%
Student > Master	44	19%
Student > Bachelor	34	15%
Researcher	26	11%
Student > Postgraduate	14	6%
Other	26	11%
Unknown	46	20%

Readers by discipline	Count	As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences	45	19%
Medicine and Dentistry	34	15%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology	25	11%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science	13	6%
Immunology and Microbiology	12	5%
Other	51	22%
Unknown	54	23%

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 215. 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 31 December 2022.

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#18

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Bad air, amulets and mosquitoes: 2,000 years of changing perspectives on malaria

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