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| Title |
Skin reactions to thimerosal and Leishmania in dogs from a leishmaniasis endemic area: it is better to keep them apart
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| Published in |
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, July 2001
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| DOI | 10.1590/s0074-02762001000500017 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Moacir Paranhos-Silva, Lain C Pontes-de-Carvalho, Geraldo G de Sá Oliveira, Eliane Góes Nascimento, Washington LC dos-Santos |
| Abstract |
Positive Montenegro's skin test is a delayed type hypersensitivity reaction widely used as indicative of previous infection with Leishmania in both humans and dogs. Montenegro's antigen consists of a crude Leishmania antigen solution, usually containing thimerosal as preserving agent. In this work it is shown that a large proportion of dogs (11 out of 56) examined in an endemic area of leishmaniasis presented induration at the site of injection of a diluent containing thimerosal alone. This clearly demonstrates that thimerosal leads to a high number of false positive skin reactions in dogs and that its use in Montenegro's skin test antigenic preparations should be avoided. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 30 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 30 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 5 | 17% |
| Researcher | 4 | 13% |
| Other | 3 | 10% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 3 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 8 | 27% |
| Unknown | 5 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 30% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 17% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 3 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 10% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 2 | 7% |
| Unknown | 6 | 20% |
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 25 August 2014.
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#4,836,164
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Outputs from Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
#133
of 1,502 outputs
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#6,108
of 40,257 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
#3
of 12 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 1,502 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 4.6. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 90% of its peers.
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