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| Title |
Rapid screening of MDR-TB using molecular Line Probe Assay is feasible in Uganda
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, February 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-10-41 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Heidi Albert, Freddie Bwanga, Sheena Mukkada, Barnabas Nyesiga, Julius Patrick Ademun, George Lukyamuzi, Melles Haile, Sven Hoffner, Moses Joloba, Richard O'Brien |
| Abstract |
About 500 new smear-positive Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases are estimated to occur per year in Uganda. In 2008 in Kampala, MDR-TB prevalence was reported as 1.0% and 12.3% in new and previously treated TB cases respectively. Line probe assays (LPAs) have been recently approved for use in low income settings and can be used to screen smear-positive sputum specimens for resistance to rifampicin and isoniazid in 1-2 days. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 180 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 3% |
| South Africa | 2 | 1% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Sudan | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | 1% |
| Unknown | 164 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 41 | 23% |
| Researcher | 34 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 17 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 9% |
| Other | 26 | 14% |
| Unknown | 25 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 67 | 37% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 34 | 19% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 17 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 4% |
| Other | 13 | 7% |
| Unknown | 32 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. 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 01 July 2021.
All research outputs
#6,248,214
of 22,678,224 outputs
Outputs from BMC Infectious Diseases
#1,914
of 7,642 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#29,892
of 93,500 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Infectious Diseases
#17
of 37 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,678,224 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 72nd percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 7,642 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 9.6. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 74% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 37 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 54% of its contemporaries.