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Meningitis epidemics shift in sub-Saharan belt

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases, March 2018
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Title
Meningitis epidemics shift in sub-Saharan belt
Published in
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, March 2018
DOI 10.1016/j.ijid.2018.01.020
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Authors

Shi Zhao, Qianying Lin, Daihai He, Lewi Stone

Abstract

Meningococcal meningitis (MCM) poses a serious threat to public health in Africa. Epidemics appear irregularly every 5-12 years, especially in regions across the sub-Saharan "meningitis belt". Here we investigate the long-term spatiotemporal dynamics of MCM, and report that "dominant epidemic outbreaks" appear to diffuse from west to east in this belt over the 2006-14 study period.

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Geographical breakdown

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Unknown 33 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 24%
Student > Master 7 21%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 9%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 2 6%
Student > Postgraduate 2 6%
Other 3 9%
Unknown 8 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 10 30%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 6%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 6%
Business, Management and Accounting 2 6%
Other 6 18%
Unknown 9 27%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. 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 08 April 2018.
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#14,920,631
of 25,382,440 outputs
Outputs from International Journal of Infectious Diseases
#2,725
of 4,997 outputs
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#178,482
of 344,853 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Infectious Diseases
#17
of 62 outputs
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