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Transmission and evolution of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in Saudi Arabia: a descriptive genomic study

Overview of attention for article published in The Lancet, September 2013
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Title
Transmission and evolution of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in Saudi Arabia: a descriptive genomic study
Published in
The Lancet, September 2013
DOI 10.1016/s0140-6736(13)61887-5
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Authors

Matthew Cotten, Simon J Watson, Paul Kellam, Abdullah A Al-Rabeeah, Hatem Q Makhdoom, Abdullah Assiri, Jaffar A Al-Tawfiq, Rafat F Alhakeem, Hossam Madani, Fahad A AlRabiah, Sami Al Hajjar, Wafa N Al-nassir, Ali Albarrak, Hesham Flemban, Hanan H Balkhy, Sarah Alsubaie, Anne L Palser, Astrid Gall, Rachael Bashford-Rogers, Andrew Rambaut, Alimuddin I Zumla, Ziad A Memish

Abstract

Since June, 2012, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has, worldwide, caused 104 infections in people including 49 deaths, with 82 cases and 41 deaths reported from Saudi Arabia. In addition to confirming diagnosis, we generated the MERS-CoV genomic sequences obtained directly from patient samples to provide important information on MERS-CoV transmission, evolution, and origin.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 5 1%
United Kingdom 3 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
India 1 <1%
New Zealand 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Korea, Republic of 1 <1%
Saudi Arabia 1 <1%
Greece 1 <1%
Other 1 <1%
Unknown 333 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 69 20%
Student > Master 57 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 54 15%
Student > Bachelor 42 12%
Other 19 5%
Other 54 15%
Unknown 54 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 92 26%
Medicine and Dentistry 64 18%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 34 10%
Immunology and Microbiology 24 7%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 16 5%
Other 55 16%
Unknown 64 18%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 327. 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 04 January 2023.
All research outputs
#101,995
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from The Lancet
#1,453
of 42,665 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#659
of 213,508 outputs
Outputs of similar age from The Lancet
#13
of 491 outputs
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