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| Title |
Henipavirus RNA in African Bats
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, July 2009
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0006367 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jan Felix Drexler, Victor Max Corman, Florian Gloza-Rausch, Antje Seebens, Augustina Annan, Anne Ipsen, Thomas Kruppa, Marcel A. Müller, Elisabeth K. V. Kalko, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Samuel Oppong, Christian Drosten |
| Abstract |
Henipaviruses (Hendra and Nipah virus) are highly pathogenic members of the family Paramyxoviridae. Fruit-eating bats of the Pteropus genus have been suggested as their natural reservoir. Human Henipavirus infections have been reported in a region extending from Australia via Malaysia into Bangladesh, compatible with the geographic range of Pteropus. These bats do not occur in continental Africa, but a whole range of other fruit bats is encountered. One of the most abundant is Eidolon helvum, the African Straw-coloured fruit bat. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 224 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| South Africa | 2 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| China | 1 | <1% |
| Cameroon | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 214 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 53 | 24% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 36 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 28 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 27 | 12% |
| Professor | 11 | 5% |
| Other | 32 | 14% |
| Unknown | 37 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 101 | 45% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 17 | 8% |
| Environmental Science | 13 | 6% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 12 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 5% |
| Other | 24 | 11% |
| Unknown | 46 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 21. 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 05 April 2022.
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#1,585,398
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#20,271
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#5,046
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Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#64
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