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| Title |
Evidence for an enterovirus as the cause of encephalitis lethargica
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, June 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-12-136 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Robert R Dourmashkin, Glynis Dunn, Victor Castano, Sherman A McCall |
| Abstract |
The epidemic of encephalitis lethargica (EL), called classical EL, was rampant throughout the world during 1917-1926, affecting half a million persons. The acute phase was lethal for many victims. Post-encephalitic parkinsonism (PEP) affected patients for decades. Our purpose was to investigate the cause of classical EL by studying the few available brain specimens. Cases of PEP and modern EL were also studied. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and immunohistochemistry were employed to examine brain from four classical EL cases, two modern EL cases and one PEP case. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 59 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 | 9 | 15% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 10% |
| Australia | 4 | 7% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| Curaçao | 1 | 2% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 36 | 61% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 49 | 83% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 8% |
| Scientists | 3 | 5% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 65 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 64 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 11 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 9% |
| Other | 5 | 8% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 12 | 18% |
| Unknown | 17 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 23% |
| Neuroscience | 8 | 12% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 9% |
| Psychology | 4 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 9 | 14% |
| Unknown | 19 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 112. 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 21 April 2024.
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#101
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