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| Title |
Epidemiology and ecology of West Nile virus in sub-Saharan Africa
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Parasites & Vectors, July 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13071-018-2998-y |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Waidi F. Sule, Daniel O. Oluwayelu, Luis M. Hernández-Triana, Anthony R. Fooks, Marietjie Venter, Nicholas Johnson |
| Abstract |
West Nile virus (WNV) is the aetiological agent of the mosquito-borne zoonotic disease West Nile fever. The virus, first isolated in Uganda in 1937, evolved into two distinct lineages in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) that subsequently spread to most continents where the virus has evolved further as evident through phylogenetic analysis of extant genomes. Numerous published reports from the past 70 years from countries in SSA indicate that the virus is endemic across the region. However, due in part to the limited availability of diagnostic methods across large areas of the continent, the human burden of WNV is poorly understood. So too are the drivers for translocation of the virus from countries south of the Sahara Desert to North Africa and Europe. Migratory birds are implicated in this translocation although the transient viraemia, measured in days, and the time taken to migrate, measured in weeks, suggest a more complex mechanism is in play. This review considers the evidence for the presence of WNV across SSA and the role of migratory birds in the emergence of the virus in other continents. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 12 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 | 17% |
| Spain | 2 | 17% |
| Chile | 1 | 8% |
| Mexico | 1 | 8% |
| Ecuador | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 5 | 42% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 67% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 17% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 8% |
| Scientists | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 196 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 196 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 35 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 29 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 13 | 7% |
| Other | 30 | 15% |
| Unknown | 60 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 27 | 14% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 21 | 11% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 20 | 10% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 16 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 15 | 8% |
| Other | 22 | 11% |
| Unknown | 75 | 38% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. 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 20 July 2018.
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#4,912,799
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#1,078
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#86,741
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Outputs of similar age from Parasites & Vectors
#28
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Altmetric has tracked 25,845,749 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 81st percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 6,071 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 6.2. This one has done well, scoring higher than 82% of its peers.
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