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| Title |
Prion Protein in Milk
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, December 2006
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0000071 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Nicola Franscini, Ahmed El Gedaily, Ulrich Matthey, Susanne Franitza, Man-Sun Sy, Alexander Bürkle, Martin Groschup, Ueli Braun, Ralph Zahn |
| Abstract |
Prions are known to cause transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) after accumulation in the central nervous system. There is increasing evidence that prions are also present in body fluids and that prion infection by blood transmission is possible. The low concentration of the proteinaceous agent in body fluids and its long incubation time complicate epidemiologic analysis and estimation of spreading and thus the risk of human infection. This situation is particularly unsatisfactory for food and pharmaceutical industries, given the lack of sensitive tools for monitoring the infectious agent. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 8 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 25% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 5 | 63% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 88% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 70 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Chile | 2 | 3% |
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 64 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 26% |
| Researcher | 13 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 13% |
| Professor | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 12 | 17% |
| Unknown | 10 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 29 | 41% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 13% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 5 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 7% |
| Neuroscience | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 8 | 11% |
| Unknown | 11 | 16% |
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 01 May 2024.
All research outputs
#5,415,816
of 25,822,778 outputs
Outputs from PLOS ONE
#89,727
of 225,131 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#22,717
of 170,050 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#68
of 131 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,822,778 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 79th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 225,131 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 15.9. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 60% of its peers.
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