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Attention for Chapter 11: Ebola Virus Disease in Humans: Pathophysiology and Immunity
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#21 of 702)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (94th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (92nd percentile)

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Chapter title
Ebola Virus Disease in Humans: Pathophysiology and Immunity
Chapter number 11
Book title
Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
Published in
Current topics in microbiology and immunology, June 2017
DOI 10.1007/82_2017_11
Pubmed ID
Book ISBNs
978-3-31-968946-3, 978-3-31-968948-7
Authors

Muñoz-Fontela, César, McElroy, Anita K., César Muñoz-Fontela, Anita K. McElroy

Abstract

Viruses of the Ebolavirus genus cause sporadic epidemics of severe and systemic febrile disease that are fueled by human-to-human transmission. Despite the notoriety of ebolaviruses, particularly Ebola virus (EBOV), as prominent viral hemorrhagic fever agents, and the international concern regarding Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreaks, very little is known about the pathophysiology of EVD in humans and, in particular, about the human immune correlates of survival and immune memory. This lack of basic knowledge about physiological characteristics of EVD is probably attributable to the dearth of clinical and laboratory data gathered from past outbreaks. The unprecedented magnitude of the EVD epidemic that occurred in West Africa from 2013 to 2016 has allowed, for the first time, evaluation of clinical, epidemiological, and immunological parameters in a significant number of patients using state-of-the-art laboratory equipment. This review will summarize the data from the literature regarding human pathophysiologic and immunologic responses to filoviral infection.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 120 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 22 18%
Student > Master 17 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 9%
Researcher 10 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 4%
Other 10 8%
Unknown 45 38%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 18 15%
Immunology and Microbiology 15 13%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 14 12%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 9%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 2 2%
Other 11 9%
Unknown 49 41%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 50. 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 19 January 2024.
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#791,572
of 24,462,749 outputs
Outputs from Current topics in microbiology and immunology
#21
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#16,999
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Outputs of similar age from Current topics in microbiology and immunology
#2
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