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| Title |
Urban lymphatic filariasis in the metropolis of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Parasites & Vectors, September 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1756-3305-6-286 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Mbutolwe E Mwakitalu, Mwelecele N Malecela, Erling M Pedersen, Franklin W Mosha, Paul E Simonsen |
| Abstract |
The last decades have seen a considerable increase in urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa, and it is estimated that over 50% of the population will live in urban areas by 2040. Rapid growth of cities combined with limited economic resources often result in informal settlements and slums with favorable conditions for proliferation of vectors of lymphatic filariasis (LF). In Dar es Salaam, which has grown more than 30 times in population during the past 55 years (4.4 million inhabitants in 2012), previous surveys have indicated high prevalences of LF. This study investigated epidemiological aspects of LF in Dar es Salaam, as a background for planning and implementation of control. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 135 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% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 132 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 26 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 20 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 18 | 13% |
| Researcher | 17 | 13% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 16 | 12% |
| Unknown | 31 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 28 | 21% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 14 | 10% |
| Environmental Science | 13 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 12 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 11 | 8% |
| Other | 20 | 15% |
| Unknown | 37 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. 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 October 2013.
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#14,761,535
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Outputs from Parasites & Vectors
#3,062
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#122,160
of 205,843 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Parasites & Vectors
#33
of 73 outputs
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