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| Title |
Cross sectional survey of human-bat interaction in Australia: public health implications
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Public Health, January 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-14-58 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Beverley J Paterson, Michelle T Butler, Keith Eastwood, Patrick M Cashman, Alison Jones, David N Durrheim |
| Abstract |
Flying foxes (megachiroptera) and insectivorous microbats (microchiroptera) are the known reservoirs for a range of recently emerged, highly pathogenic viruses. In Australia there is public health concern relating to bats' role as reservoirs of Australian Bat Lyssavirus (ABLV), which has clinical features identical to classical rabies. Three deaths from ABLV have occurred in Australia. A survey was conducted to determine the frequency of bat exposures amongst adults in Australia's most populous state, New South Wales; explore reasons for handling bats; examine reported practices upon encountering injured or trapped bats or experiencing bat bites or scratches; and investigate knowledge of bat handling warnings. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 33% |
| Australia | 1 | 17% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 2 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 67% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 17% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 70 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| China | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 69 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 12 | 17% |
| Researcher | 10 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 8 | 11% |
| Unknown | 20 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 12 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 16% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 6% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 13 | 19% |
| Unknown | 22 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 37. 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 10 February 2020.
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#988,718
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Outputs from BMC Public Health
#1,058
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#11,509
of 311,424 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#20
of 292 outputs
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