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Albinism in Africa as a public health issue

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Public Health, August 2006
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Title
Albinism in Africa as a public health issue
Published in
BMC Public Health, August 2006
DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-6-212
Pubmed ID
Authors

Esther S Hong, Hajo Zeeb, Michael H Repacholi

Abstract

Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) is a genetically inherited autosomal recessive condition and OCA2, tyrosine-positive albinism, is the most prevalent type found throughout Africa. Due to the lack of melanin, people with albinism are more susceptible to the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation exposure. This population must deal with issues such as photophobia, decreased visual acuity, extreme sun sensitivity and skin cancer. People with albinism also face social discrimination as a result of their difference in appearance. The World Health Organization is currently investigating the issues concerning this vulnerable population.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Australia 1 <1%
South Africa 1 <1%
Unknown 200 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 32 16%
Student > Bachelor 30 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 20 10%
Student > Postgraduate 13 6%
Researcher 11 5%
Other 40 20%
Unknown 56 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 58 29%
Social Sciences 23 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 14 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 11 5%
Other 28 14%
Unknown 56 28%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 99. 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 July 2022.
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#415,940
of 24,975,223 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#365
of 16,631 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#550
of 81,481 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#2
of 23 outputs
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