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Understanding human - bat interactions in NSW, Australia: improving risk communication for prevention of Australian bat lyssavirus

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Veterinary Research, July 2014
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Title
Understanding human - bat interactions in NSW, Australia: improving risk communication for prevention of Australian bat lyssavirus
Published in
BMC Veterinary Research, July 2014
DOI 10.1186/1746-6148-10-144
Pubmed ID
24984790
Authors

Quinn EK, Massey PD, Cox-Witton K, Paterson BJ, Eastwood K, Durrheim DN, Emma K Quinn, Peter D Massey, Keren Cox-Witton, Beverley J Paterson, Keith Eastwood, David N Durrheim

Abstract

Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) infects a number of flying fox and insectivorous bats species in Australia. Human infection with ABLV is inevitably fatal unless prior vaccination and/or post-exposure treatment (PET) is given. Despite ongoing public health messaging about the risks associated with bat contact, surveillance data have revealed a four-fold increase in the number of people receiving PET for bat exposure in NSW between 2007 and 2011. Our study aimed to better understand these human - bat interactions in order to identify additional risk communication messages that could lower the risk of potential ABLV exposure. All people aged 18 years or over whom received PET for non-occupation related potential ABLV exposure in the Hunter New England Local Health District of Australia between July 2011 and July 2013 were considered eligible for the study. Eligible participants were invited to a telephone interview to explore the circumstances of their bat contact. Interviews were then transcribed and thematically analysed by two independent investigators.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 49 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 9 18%
Researcher 8 16%
Student > Bachelor 8 16%
Other 5 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 6%
Other 8 16%
Unknown 8 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 11 22%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 6 12%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 10%
Environmental Science 4 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 6%
Other 11 22%
Unknown 9 18%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. 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 24 July 2014.
All research outputs
#1,922,701
of 4,507,509 outputs
Outputs from BMC Veterinary Research
#237
of 795 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#41,384
of 109,072 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Veterinary Research
#16
of 38 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 4,507,509 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 56th percentile.
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