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| Title |
Overcoming barriers in evaluating outbreaks of diarrheal disease in resource poor settings: assessment of recurrent outbreaks in Chobe District, Botswana
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, August 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-13-775 |
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| Authors |
KA Alexander, JK Blackburn |
| Abstract |
Diarrheal illness remains a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality, with the majority of deaths occurring in children <5 years of age. Lack of resources often prohibits the evaluation of outbreak characteristics and limits progress in managing this important disease syndrome, particularly in Africa. Relying only on existing medical staff and hospital resources, we assess the use of a questionnaire survey tool to identify baseline outbreak characteristics during recurrent diarrheal outbreaks in Chobe, Botswana. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| Botswana | 1 | 25% |
| Guinea | 1 | 25% |
| Czechia | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 206 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Bangladesh | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 201 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 39 | 19% |
| Researcher | 35 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 26 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 11% |
| Other | 10 | 5% |
| Other | 29 | 14% |
| Unknown | 44 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 40 | 19% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 30 | 15% |
| Social Sciences | 19 | 9% |
| Environmental Science | 16 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 14 | 7% |
| Other | 38 | 18% |
| Unknown | 49 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 57. 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 02 December 2019.
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#628,403
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#624
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#5,620
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#14
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