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Epidemiology of dengue in a high-income country: a case study in Queensland, Australia

Overview of attention for article published in Parasites & Vectors, August 2014
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (89th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (85th percentile)

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1 blog
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1 Facebook page

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Title
Epidemiology of dengue in a high-income country: a case study in Queensland, Australia
Published in
Parasites & Vectors, August 2014
DOI 10.1186/1756-3305-7-379
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Authors

Elvina Viennet, Scott A Ritchie, Helen M Faddy, Craig R Williams, David Harley

Abstract

Australia is one of the few high-income countries where dengue transmission regularly occurs. Dengue is a major health threat in North Queensland (NQ), where the vector Aedes aegypti is present. Whether NQ should be considered as a dengue endemic or epidemic region is an ongoing debate. To help address this issue, we analysed the characteristics of locally-acquired (LA) and imported dengue cases in NQ through time and space. We describe the epidemiology of dengue in NQ from 1995 to 2011, to identify areas to target interventions. We also investigated the timeliness of notification and identified high-risk areas.

Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 143 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 1%
Vietnam 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 139 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 34 24%
Student > Master 27 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 20 14%
Student > Bachelor 12 8%
Other 8 6%
Other 16 11%
Unknown 26 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 36 25%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 27 19%
Nursing and Health Professions 13 9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 4%
Computer Science 4 3%
Other 28 20%
Unknown 29 20%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. 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 19 August 2015.
All research outputs
#2,608,241
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from Parasites & Vectors
#496
of 5,988 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#26,218
of 247,171 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Parasites & Vectors
#13
of 87 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 5,988 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 6.2. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 91% of its peers.
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