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The sad and tragic life of Typhoid Mary.

Overview of attention for article published in Canadian Medical Association Journal, March 1996
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (99th percentile)

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2 news outlets
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3 blogs
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11 X users
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9 Wikipedia pages
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2 YouTube creators

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Title
The sad and tragic life of Typhoid Mary.
Published in
Canadian Medical Association Journal, March 1996
Pubmed ID
Authors

J Brooks

Abstract

As society grapples with contemporary moral questions raised by the barring of HIV-infected people from jobs and even crossing some national borders, it is probably useful to re-examine the case of Typhoid Mary. The case of Mary Mallon shows how an earlier age resolved the conflict that arises when society's right to protect itself from unnecessary exposure to disease impinges on the liberty of individual citizens.

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Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 82 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 15 18%
Student > Bachelor 13 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 15%
Researcher 11 13%
Student > Postgraduate 5 6%
Other 11 13%
Unknown 15 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 18 22%
Nursing and Health Professions 8 10%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 9%
Immunology and Microbiology 5 6%
Social Sciences 5 6%
Other 20 24%
Unknown 19 23%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 51. 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 27 March 2024.
All research outputs
#839,940
of 25,579,912 outputs
Outputs from Canadian Medical Association Journal
#1,270
of 9,505 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#199
of 26,086 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Canadian Medical Association Journal
#1
of 12 outputs
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