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Shaping the oral microbiota through intimate kissing

Overview of attention for article published in Microbiome, November 2014
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
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Title
Shaping the oral microbiota through intimate kissing
Published in
Microbiome, November 2014
DOI 10.1186/2049-2618-2-41
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Authors

Remco Kort, Martien Caspers, Astrid van de Graaf, Wim van Egmond, Bart Keijser, Guus Roeselers

Abstract

The variation of microbial communities associated with the human body can be the cause of many factors, including the human genetic makeup, diet, age, surroundings, and sexual behavior. In this study, we investigated the effects of intimate kissing on the oral microbiota of 21 couples by self-administered questionnaires about their past kissing behavior and by the evaluation of tongue and salivary microbiota samples in a controlled kissing experiment. In addition, we quantified the number of bacteria exchanged during intimate kissing by the use of marker bacteria introduced through the intake of a probiotic yoghurt drink by one of the partners prior to a second intimate kiss.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 7 2%
Japan 3 <1%
Canada 3 <1%
Germany 2 <1%
United Kingdom 2 <1%
South Africa 1 <1%
France 1 <1%
Estonia 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Other 2 <1%
Unknown 353 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 64 17%
Student > Bachelor 55 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 54 14%
Student > Master 50 13%
Professor 19 5%
Other 81 22%
Unknown 53 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 126 34%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 44 12%
Medicine and Dentistry 41 11%
Immunology and Microbiology 20 5%
Psychology 15 4%
Other 68 18%
Unknown 62 16%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2714. 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 26 February 2024.
All research outputs
#2,680
of 25,595,500 outputs
Outputs from Microbiome
#1
of 1,782 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#11
of 369,178 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Microbiome
#1
of 11 outputs
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