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Current drivers and geographic patterns of HIV in Lesotho: implications for treatment and prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Medicine, October 2013
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Title
Current drivers and geographic patterns of HIV in Lesotho: implications for treatment and prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa
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BMC Medicine, October 2013
DOI 10.1186/1741-7015-11-224
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Authors

Brian J Coburn, Justin T Okano, Sally Blower

Abstract

The most severe HIV epidemics worldwide occur in Lesotho, Botswana and Swaziland. Here we focus on the Lesotho epidemic, which has received little attention. We determined the within-country heterogeneity in the severity of the epidemic, and identified the risk factors for HIV infection. We also determined whether circumcised men in Lesotho have had a decreased risk of HIV infection in comparison with uncircumcised men. We discuss the implications of our results for expanding treatment (current coverage is only 60%) and reducing transmission.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 3 3%
Ethiopia 1 1%
Italy 1 1%
South Africa 1 1%
Unknown 92 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 21 21%
Other 7 7%
Student > Postgraduate 7 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 7%
Researcher 6 6%
Other 19 19%
Unknown 31 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 21 21%
Nursing and Health Professions 10 10%
Social Sciences 10 10%
Mathematics 4 4%
Immunology and Microbiology 3 3%
Other 12 12%
Unknown 38 39%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. 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 11 November 2013.
All research outputs
#2,065,632
of 22,727,570 outputs
Outputs from BMC Medicine
#1,367
of 3,411 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#20,117
of 210,723 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medicine
#34
of 59 outputs
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