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The history of African trypanosomiasis

Overview of attention for article published in Parasites & Vectors, February 2008
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#26 of 5,986)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)

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Title
The history of African trypanosomiasis
Published in
Parasites & Vectors, February 2008
DOI 10.1186/1756-3305-1-3
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Dietmar Steverding

Abstract

The prehistory of African trypanosomiasis indicates that the disease may have been an important selective factor in the evolution of hominids. Ancient history and medieval history reveal that African trypanosomiasis affected the lives of people living in sub-Saharan African at all times. Modern history of African trypanosomiasis revolves around the identification of the causative agents and the mode of transmission of the infection, and the development of drugs for treatment and methods for control of the disease. From the recent history of sleeping sickness we can learn that the disease can be controlled but probably not be eradicated. Current history of human African trypanosomiasis has shown that the production of anti-sleeping sickness drugs is not always guaranteed, and therefore, new, better and cheaper drugs are urgently required.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 9 1%
United States 6 <1%
Germany 3 <1%
France 3 <1%
Nigeria 3 <1%
Uganda 2 <1%
Portugal 2 <1%
Brazil 2 <1%
Sudan 1 <1%
Other 2 <1%
Unknown 713 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 148 20%
Student > Master 138 18%
Student > Bachelor 125 17%
Researcher 72 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 32 4%
Other 111 15%
Unknown 120 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 239 32%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 120 16%
Medicine and Dentistry 55 7%
Chemistry 41 5%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 40 5%
Other 117 16%
Unknown 134 18%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 147. 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 January 2024.
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#280,569
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#26
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#649
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#1
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