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| Title |
Epidemiological aspects of HCV infection in non-injecting drug users in the Brazilian state of Pará, eastern Amazon
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| Published in |
Virology Journal, February 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1743-422x-11-38 |
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| Authors |
Aldemir B Oliveira-Filho, Leila Sawada, Laine C Pinto, Daiane Locks, Santana L Bahia, JairoA A Castro, Renata B Hermes, Igor Brasil-Costa, CarlosE M Amaral, José Alexandre R Lemos |
| Abstract |
Currently, sharing of drug paraphernalia is the main form of HCV transmission worldwide. In South America, consistent findings indicate that shared sniffing equipment is an important factor in the spread of HCV among non-injecting drug users. Epidemiological data on the status of HCV infection in illicit drug users in the Amazon region are scarce, although reports of clinical cases of hepatitis or pathologies associated with HCV infection in other population groups are numerous. Thereby, this study investigated the prevalence, genotype frequency, and epidemiological factors associated with HCV infection in non-injecting drug users in the state of Pará, eastern Amazon. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 9 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 44% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 4 | 44% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 11% |
| Scientists | 1 | 11% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 54 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 3 | 6% |
| Unknown | 51 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 20% |
| Other | 8 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 11% |
| Researcher | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 5 | 9% |
| Unknown | 14 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 28% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 6% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 8 | 15% |
| Unknown | 18 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. 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 25 March 2014.
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#6,219,753
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Outputs from Virology Journal
#638
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#59,238
of 220,969 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Virology Journal
#16
of 67 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 3,036 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 25.6. This one has done well, scoring higher than 78% of its peers.
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