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| Title |
Medicinal plants used for the treatment of various skin disorders by a rural community in northern Maputaland, South Africa
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, July 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1746-4269-9-51 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Helene De Wet, Sibongile Nciki, Sandy F van Vuuren |
| Abstract |
Skin diseases have been of major concern recently due to their association with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunity Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS). The study area (northern Maputaland) has the highest HIV infection rate in South Africa, which made them more prone to a wide range of skin conditions. Fungal infections due to the hot climate and overcrowding households are common in this area, as well as burn accidents due to the use of wood as the major fuel for cooking. It is known that the lay people in this area depend on medicinal plants for their primary health care. However no survey has been done in northern Maputaland to document the medicinal plants used to treat various skin disorder. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Canada | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 251 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 248 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 35 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 32 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 30 | 12% |
| Researcher | 23 | 9% |
| Lecturer | 14 | 6% |
| Other | 52 | 21% |
| Unknown | 65 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 44 | 18% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 19 | 8% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 18 | 7% |
| Chemistry | 18 | 7% |
| Other | 48 | 19% |
| Unknown | 79 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. 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 27 February 2021.
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#3,643,949
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Outputs from Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
#125
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#31,687
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#7
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Altmetric has tracked 22,715,151 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 83rd percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 731 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 5.7. This one has done well, scoring higher than 82% of its peers.
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