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| Title |
An Outbreak of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in U.S. Marines Deployed to Liberia
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|---|---|
| Published in |
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, August 2010
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| DOI | 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0774 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Timothy J. Whitman, Philip E. Coyne, Alan J. Magill, David L. Blazes, Michael D. Green, Wilbur K. Milhous, Timothy H. Burgess, Daniel Freilich, Sybil A. Tasker, Ramzy G. Azar, Timothy P. Endy, Christopher D. Clagett, Gregory A. Deye, G. Dennis Shanks, Gregory J. Martin |
| Abstract |
In 2003, 44 U.S. Marines were evacuated from Liberia with either confirmed or presumed Plasmodium falciparum malaria. An outbreak investigation showed that only 19 (45%) used insect repellent, 5 (12%) used permethrin-treated clothing, and none used bed netting. Adherence with weekly mefloquine (MQ) was reported by 23 (55%). However, only 4 (10%) had serum MQ levels high enough to correlate with protection (> 794 ng/mL), and 9 (22%) had evidence of steady-state kinetics (MQ carboxy metabolite/MQ > 3.79). Tablets collected from Marines met USP identity and dissolution specifications for MQ. Testing failed to identify P. falciparum isolates with MQ resistance. This outbreak resulted from under use of personal protective measures and inadequate adherence with chemophrophylaxis. It is essential that all international travelers make malaria prevention measures a priority, especially when embarking to regions of the world with high transmission intensity such as west Africa.. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 50% |
| Unknown | 4 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 50% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 38% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 3% |
| Unknown | 72 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 18% |
| Researcher | 12 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 12% |
| Other | 7 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 16 | 22% |
| Unknown | 11 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 26% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 12 | 16% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 9% |
| Engineering | 7 | 9% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 11 | 15% |
| Unknown | 12 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. 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 21 July 2022.
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#5,235,337
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#1,636
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#21,534
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#25
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So far Altmetric has tracked 9,522 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 8.6. This one has done well, scoring higher than 82% of its peers.
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