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| Title |
The “hidden” epidemic: a snapshot of Moroccan intravenous drug users
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Virology Journal, March 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1743-422x-11-43 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Roxana-Delia Trimbitas, Fatima Zahra Serghini, Fatiha Lazaar, Warda Baha, Abderrahim Foullous, Mohammed Essalhi, Abdelouahed El Malki, Abdelkrim Meziane Bellefquih, Abdelouaheb Bennani |
| Abstract |
Hepatitis C virus is a persistent epidemiological problem, with an estimated 170 million individuals infected worldwide, and the leading cause of asymptomatic chronic infection, liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Injection drug users (IDUs) have the highest seroprevalence as compared to chronic hemodialysis and transfusion patients, and this cohort remains the most under-studied high-risk group in North Africa to date. This study first sought to characterize the demographic, epidemiological, and genotypic profile of a total sample size of 211 chronically-infected IDUs living in the Tangier region of Northern Morocco, and secondly to contrast this to other chronically-infected patients, in order to uncover possible discrepancies. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 4 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 62 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 61 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 18% |
| Researcher | 7 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 10% |
| Unspecified | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 10 | 16% |
| Unknown | 18 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 17 | 27% |
| Unspecified | 4 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 7 | 11% |
| Unknown | 23 | 37% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. 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 16 October 2015.
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#3,110,307
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#298
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#32,580
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