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| Title |
Pregnant women are a reservoir of malaria transmission in Blantyre, Malawi
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Malaria Journal, December 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-13-506 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sarah Boudová, Lauren M Cohee, Linda Kalilani-Phiri, Phillip C Thesing, Steve Kamiza, Atis Muehlenbachs, Terrie E Taylor, Miriam K Laufer |
| Abstract |
During pregnancy, women living in malaria-endemic regions are at increased risk of malaria infection and can harbour chronic placental infections. Intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP-IPTp) is administered to reduce malaria morbidity. It was hypothesized that the presence of placental malaria infection and SP-IPTp use would increase the risk of peripheral blood gametocytes, the parasite stage that is transmissible to mosquitoes. This would suggest that pregnant women may be important reservoirs of malaria transmission. |
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 States | 2 | 22% |
| Kenya | 1 | 11% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 4 | 44% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 11% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 11% |
| Scientists | 1 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 140 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1 | <1% |
| Malawi | 1 | <1% |
| Cameroon | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 134 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 28 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 22 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 11% |
| Researcher | 12 | 9% |
| Lecturer | 9 | 6% |
| Other | 24 | 17% |
| Unknown | 30 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 40 | 29% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 19 | 14% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 5% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 25 | 18% |
| Unknown | 34 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. 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 09 January 2015.
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So far Altmetric has tracked 5,755 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 6.9. This one has done well, scoring higher than 76% of its peers.
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