| Title |
Sentinel Surveillance of Influenza-Like-Illness in Two Cities of the Tropical Country of Ecuador: 2006–2010
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, August 2011
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0022206 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Richard W. Douce, Washington Aleman, Wilson Chicaiza-Ayala, Cesar Madrid, Merly Sovero, Franklin Delgado, Mireya Rodas, Julia Ampuero, Gloria Chauca, Juan Perez, Josefina Garcia, Tadeusz Kochel, Eric S. Halsey, V. Alberto Laguna-Torres |
| Abstract |
Tropical countries are thought to play an important role in the global behavior of respiratory infections such as influenza. The tropical country of Ecuador has almost no documentation of the causes of acute respiratory infections. The objectives of this study were to identify the viral agents associated with influenza like illness (ILI) in Ecuador, describe what strains of influenza were circulating in the region along with their epidemiologic characteristics, and perform molecular characterization of those strains. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 73 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 3 | 4% |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1% |
| Argentina | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 68 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 16 | 22% |
| Researcher | 14 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 10% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 13 | 18% |
| Unknown | 8 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 43 | 59% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 7% |
| Mathematics | 3 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 4% |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 8 | 11% |
| Unknown | 8 | 11% |