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| Title |
Fishing with bed nets on Lake Tanganyika: a randomized survey
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Malaria Journal, October 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-13-395 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kate A McLean, Aisha Byanaku, Augustine Kubikonse, Vincent Tshowe, Said Katensi, Amy G Lehman |
| Abstract |
Malaria is among the most common causes of death along Lake Tanganyika, a problem which many aid organizations have attempted to combat through the distribution of free mosquito bed nets to high-risk communities. The Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic (LTFHC), a health-based non-governmental organization (NGO), has observed residents of the Lake Tanganyika basin using bed nets to fish small fry near the shoreline, despite a series of laws that prohibit bed net use and other fine-gauge nets for fishing, implemented to protect the near-shore fish ecology. The LTFHC sought to quantify the sources of bed nets and whether they were being used for fishing. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 17 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 | 5 | 29% |
| Australia | 1 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 6% |
| Italy | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 9 | 53% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 15 | 88% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 6% |
| Scientists | 1 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 129 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 2 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 125 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 27 | 21% |
| Researcher | 18 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 8% |
| Other | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 23 | 18% |
| Unknown | 26 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 22 | 17% |
| Environmental Science | 16 | 12% |
| Social Sciences | 15 | 12% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 22 | 17% |
| Unknown | 35 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 28. 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 08 May 2015.
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#1,399,812
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Outputs from Malaria Journal
#220
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#15,489
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Outputs of similar age from Malaria Journal
#4
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