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| Title |
Human-animal chimeras for vaccine development: an endangered species or opportunity for the developing world?
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, May 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-698x-10-8 |
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| Authors |
Anant Bhan, Peter A Singer, Abdallah S Daar |
| Abstract |
In recent years, the field of vaccines for diseases such as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) which take a heavy toll in developing countries has faced major failures. This has led to a call for more basic science research, and development as well as evaluation of new vaccine candidates. Human-animal chimeras, developed with a 'humanized' immune system could be useful to study infectious diseases, including many neglected diseases. These would also serve as an important tool for the efficient testing of new vaccine candidates to streamline promising candidates for further trials in humans. However, developing human-animal chimeras has proved to be controversial. |
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 | 3 | 25% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 8% |
| Germany | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 7 | 58% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 9 | 75% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 8% |
| Scientists | 1 | 8% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 100 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| Brazil | 2 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 94 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 19 | 19% |
| Researcher | 16 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 18 | 18% |
| Unknown | 21 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 20% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 19 | 19% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 23 | 23% |
| Unknown | 20 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. 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 15 January 2024.
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#2,794,863
of 25,373,627 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#3,439
of 17,509 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#10,297
of 104,045 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#20
of 80 outputs
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