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Title |
Combating Acanthamoeba spp. cysts: what are the options?
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Published in |
Parasites & Vectors, January 2018
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DOI | 10.1186/s13071-017-2572-z |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Ayaz Anwar, Naveed Ahmed Khan, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui |
Abstract |
Acanthamoeba spp. are protist pathogens and causative agents of serious infections including keratitis and granulomatous amoebic encephalitis. Its ability to convert into dormant and highly resistant cysts form limits effectiveness of available therapeutic agents and presents a pivotal challenge for drug development. During the cyst stage, Acanthamoeba is protected by the presence of hardy cyst walls, comprised primarily of carbohydrates and cyst-specific proteins, hence synthesis inhibition and/or degradation of cyst walls is of major interest. This review focuses on targeting of Acanthamoeba cysts by identifying viable therapeutic targets. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 3 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 3 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 67% |
Members of the public | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 113 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 113 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Bachelor | 27 | 24% |
Student > Master | 16 | 14% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 8% |
Researcher | 8 | 7% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 4% |
Other | 12 | 11% |
Unknown | 36 | 32% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 14 | 12% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 12% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 11 | 10% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 6% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 6 | 5% |
Other | 21 | 19% |
Unknown | 40 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. 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 03 July 2021.
All research outputs
#6,216,116
of 23,015,156 outputs
Outputs from Parasites & Vectors
#1,354
of 5,505 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#126,269
of 443,107 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Parasites & Vectors
#38
of 138 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 23,015,156 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 72nd percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 5,505 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 5.7. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 74% of its peers.
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