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| Title |
Spatial distribution of G6PD deficiency variants across malaria-endemic regions
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Malaria Journal, November 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-12-418 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rosalind E Howes, Mewahyu Dewi, Frédéric B Piel, Wuelton M Monteiro, Katherine E Battle, Jane P Messina, Anavaj Sakuntabhai, Ari W Satyagraha, Thomas N Williams, J Kevin Baird, Simon I Hay |
| Abstract |
Primaquine is essential for malaria control and elimination since it is the only available drug preventing multiple clinical attacks by relapses of Plasmodium vivax. It is also the only therapy against the sexual stages of Plasmodium falciparum infectious to mosquitoes, and is thus useful in preventing malaria transmission. However, the difficulties of diagnosing glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PDd) greatly hinder primaquine's widespread use, as this common genetic disorder makes patients susceptible to potentially severe and fatal primaquine-induced haemolysis. The risk of such an outcome varies widely among G6PD gene variants. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 234 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 1% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 227 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 36 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 32 | 14% |
| Researcher | 31 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 28 | 12% |
| Other | 14 | 6% |
| Other | 43 | 18% |
| Unknown | 50 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 53 | 23% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 42 | 18% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 30 | 13% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 9 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 3% |
| Other | 32 | 14% |
| Unknown | 61 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. 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 August 2016.
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#6,770,149
of 22,731,677 outputs
Outputs from Malaria Journal
#2,005
of 5,549 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#61,818
of 211,390 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Malaria Journal
#26
of 74 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 5,549 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 6.8. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 63% of its peers.
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