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| Title |
Analysis of the Rickettsia africae genome reveals that virulence acquisition in Rickettsia species may be explained by genome reduction
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| Published in |
BMC Genomics, April 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2164-10-166 |
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| Authors |
Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Khalid El Karkouri, Quentin Leroy, Catherine Robert, Bernadette Giumelli, Patricia Renesto, Cristina Socolovschi, Philippe Parola, Stéphane Audic, Didier Raoult |
| Abstract |
The Rickettsia genus includes 25 validated species, 17 of which are proven human pathogens. Among these, the pathogenicity varies greatly, from the highly virulent R. prowazekii, which causes epidemic typhus and kills its arthropod host, to the mild pathogen R. africae, the agent of African tick-bite fever, which does not affect the fitness of its tick vector. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 124 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2 | 2% |
| Mexico | 2 | 2% |
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 115 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 29 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 24 | 19% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 13 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 8% |
| Other | 22 | 18% |
| Unknown | 15 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 57 | 46% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 14 | 11% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 6 | 5% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 4 | 3% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 14 | 11% |
| Unknown | 25 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. 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 23 May 2010.
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#7,454,427
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#3,597
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#32,575
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Genomics
#11
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