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| Title |
Chronic bacterial infections: living with unwanted guests
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Nature Immunology, November 2002
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| DOI | 10.1038/ni1102-1026 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Douglas Young, Tracy Hussell, Gordon Dougan |
| Abstract |
Some bacterial pathogens can establish life-long chronic infections in their hosts. Persistence is normally established after an acute infection period involving activation of both the innate and acquired immune systems. Bacteria have evolved specific pathogenic mechanisms and harbor sets of genes that contribute to the establishment of a persistent lifestyle that leads to chronic infection. Persistent bacterial infection may involve occupation of a particular tissue type or organ or modification of the intracellular environment within eukaryotic cells. Bacteria appear to adapt their immediate environment to favor survival and may hijack essential immunoregulatory mechanisms designed to minimize immune pathology or the inappropriate activation of immune effectors. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 4 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 185 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 2% |
| Spain | 2 | 1% |
| Mexico | 2 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Slovenia | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Denmark | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 3 | 2% |
| Unknown | 162 | 88% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 42 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 37 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 18 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 16 | 9% |
| Professor | 14 | 8% |
| Other | 39 | 21% |
| Unknown | 19 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 67 | 36% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 29 | 16% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 23 | 12% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 20 | 11% |
| Engineering | 7 | 4% |
| Other | 16 | 9% |
| Unknown | 23 | 12% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. 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 06 February 2017.
All research outputs
#6,553,171
of 24,254,113 outputs
Outputs from Nature Immunology
#2,410
of 4,004 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#15,438
of 51,072 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Nature Immunology
#26
of 42 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 24,254,113 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 72nd percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 4,004 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 33.1. This one is in the 39th percentile – i.e., 39% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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