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Attention Score in Context
| Title |
Field test of a novel detection device for Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen in cough
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, June 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-10-161 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ruth McNerney, Beyene A Wondafrash, Kebede Amena, Ato Tesfaye, Elaine M McCash, Nicol J Murray |
| Abstract |
Tuberculosis is a highly infectious disease that is spread from person to person by infected aerosols emitted by patients with respiratory forms of the disease. We describe a novel device that utilizes immunosensor and bio-optical technology to detect M. tuberculosis antigen (Ag85B) in cough and demonstrate its use under field conditions during a pilot study in an area of high TB incidence. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 145 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Egypt | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 141 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 35 | 24% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 28 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 10% |
| Other | 11 | 8% |
| Professor | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 25 | 17% |
| Unknown | 25 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 35 | 24% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 16 | 11% |
| Engineering | 16 | 11% |
| Chemistry | 8 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 33 | 23% |
| Unknown | 30 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. 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 25 September 2018.
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#1,898,369
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Outputs from BMC Infectious Diseases
#503
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#6,824
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#4
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