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Title |
Into Darkness and Silence: What Caused Helen Keller’s Deafblindness?
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Published in |
Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 2018
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DOI | 10.1093/cid/ciy385 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Janet R Gilsdorf |
Abstract |
In 1882, at 19 months of age, Helen Keller developed a febrile illness that left her both deaf and blind. Historical biographies attribute the illness to rubella, scarlet fever, encephalitis, or meningitis. This analysis of her illness suggests she likely had bacterial meningitis, caused by N. meningitidis or possibly H. influenzae. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 70 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 27 | 39% |
Saudi Arabia | 4 | 6% |
Japan | 3 | 4% |
Mexico | 2 | 3% |
Canada | 2 | 3% |
Georgia | 1 | 1% |
Comoros | 1 | 1% |
Italy | 1 | 1% |
Armenia | 1 | 1% |
Other | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 27 | 39% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 52 | 74% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 10 | 14% |
Scientists | 5 | 7% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 11 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 11 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Unspecified | 1 | 9% |
Student > Bachelor | 1 | 9% |
Researcher | 1 | 9% |
Lecturer | 1 | 9% |
Student > Master | 1 | 9% |
Other | 0 | 0% |
Unknown | 6 | 55% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Arts and Humanities | 2 | 18% |
Unspecified | 1 | 9% |
Sports and Recreations | 1 | 9% |
Social Sciences | 1 | 9% |
Unknown | 6 | 55% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 58. 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 15 July 2023.
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#689,630
of 24,489,051 outputs
Outputs from Clinical Infectious Diseases
#1,299
of 16,373 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#15,980
of 331,915 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Clinical Infectious Diseases
#22
of 229 outputs
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