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Blastocystis sp.: waterborne zoonotic organism, a possibility?

Overview of attention for article published in Parasites & Vectors, June 2012
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Title
Blastocystis sp.: waterborne zoonotic organism, a possibility?
Published in
Parasites & Vectors, June 2012
DOI 10.1186/1756-3305-5-130
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Authors

Li Ii Lee, Tan Tian Chye, Biraj Man Karmacharya, Suresh Kumar Govind

Abstract

Blastocystis sp. is a common intestinal parasite found in faecal sample surveys. Several studies have implicated human-to-human, zoonotic and waterborne transmissions by Blastocystis sp. However, there has been no study providing evidence interlinking these three transmissions in a community. We have previously shown a high prevalence of Blastocystis sp. subtype 4 amongst village dwellers in Bahunipati, Nepal, and the present study extends the observation to assess if the same subtype of Blastocystis sp. occurs in animals they rear and rivers they frequent.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Ghana 1 <1%
Switzerland 1 <1%
Unknown 99 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 13 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 12%
Student > Bachelor 12 12%
Researcher 11 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 6%
Other 23 23%
Unknown 24 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 20 20%
Medicine and Dentistry 16 16%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 13 13%
Immunology and Microbiology 10 10%
Unspecified 4 4%
Other 12 12%
Unknown 26 26%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. 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 23 July 2012.
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#7,375,044
of 24,546,092 outputs
Outputs from Parasites & Vectors
#1,649
of 5,770 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#49,969
of 167,767 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Parasites & Vectors
#13
of 59 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 24,546,092 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 69th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 5,770 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 6.0. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 71% of its peers.
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