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Sloth biology: an update on their physiological ecology, behavior and role as vectors of arthropods and arboviruses

Overview of attention for article published in Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, January 2001
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#4 of 1,193)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
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2 news outlets
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3 blogs
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231 tweeters
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14 Facebook pages
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20 Wikipedia pages

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Title
Sloth biology: an update on their physiological ecology, behavior and role as vectors of arthropods and arboviruses
Published in
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, January 2001
DOI 10.1590/s0100-879x2001000100002
Pubmed ID
Authors

D.P. Gilmore, C.P. Da Costa, D.P.F. Duarte

Abstract

This is a review of the research undertaken since 1971 on the behavior and physiological ecology of sloths. The animals exhibit numerous fascinating features. Sloth hair is extremely specialized for a wet tropical environment and contains symbiotic algae. Activity shows circadian and seasonal variation. Nutrients derived from the food, particularly in Bradypus, only barely match the requirements for energy expenditure. Sloths are hosts to a fascinating array of commensal and parasitic arthropods and are carriers of various arthropod-borne viruses. Sloths are known reservoirs of the flagellate protozoan which causes leishmaniasis in humans, and may also carry trypanosomes and the protozoan Pneumocystis carinii.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 6 3%
Brazil 5 2%
Colombia 3 1%
Czechia 1 <1%
Portugal 1 <1%
Slovenia 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Unknown 193 91%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 46 22%
Student > Master 35 17%
Researcher 31 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 17 8%
Other 11 5%
Other 42 20%
Unknown 29 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 118 56%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 12 6%
Environmental Science 12 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 4%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 4 2%
Other 22 10%
Unknown 34 16%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 238. 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 14 April 2023.
All research outputs
#143,456
of 23,959,899 outputs
Outputs from Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
#4
of 1,193 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#109
of 117,395 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
#2
of 10 outputs
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