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| Title |
Outbreaks of Ebola virus disease in Africa: the beginnings of a tragic saga
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, October 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1678-9199-20-44 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jean-Philippe Chippaux |
| Abstract |
The tremendous outbreak of Ebola virus disease occurring in West Africa since the end of 2013 surprises by its remoteness from previous epidemics and dramatic extent. This review aims to describe the 27 manifestations of Ebola virus that arose after its discovery in 1976. It provides an update on research on the ecology of Ebola viruses, modes of contamination and human transmission of the disease that are mainly linked to close contact with an infected animal or a patient suffering from the disease. The recommendations to contain the epidemic and challenges to achieve it are reminded. |
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 Kingdom | 2 | 22% |
| United States | 1 | 11% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 11% |
| France | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 4 | 44% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 56% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 22% |
| Scientists | 1 | 11% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 235 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 226 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 49 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 45 | 19% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 20 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 9% |
| Researcher | 19 | 8% |
| Other | 46 | 20% |
| Unknown | 36 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 67 | 29% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 42 | 18% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 21 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 13 | 6% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 12 | 5% |
| Other | 34 | 14% |
| Unknown | 46 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 106. 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 11 January 2023.
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Altmetric has tracked 25,371,288 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 98th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 539 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 5.6. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its peers.
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