| Title |
The Impact of Infection on Population Health: Results of the Ontario Burden of Infectious Diseases Study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, September 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0044103 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jeffrey C. Kwong, Sujitha Ratnasingham, Michael A. Campitelli, Nick Daneman, Shelley L. Deeks, Douglas G. Manuel, Vanessa G. Allen, Ahmed M. Bayoumi, Aamir Fazil, David N. Fisman, Andrea S. Gershon, Effie Gournis, E. Jenny Heathcote, Frances B. Jamieson, Prabhat Jha, Kamran M. Khan, Shannon E. Majowicz, Tony Mazzulli, Allison J. McGeer, Matthew P. Muller, Abhishek Raut, Elizabeth Rea, Robert S. Remis, Rita Shahin, Alissa J. Wright, Brandon Zagorski, Natasha S. Crowcroft |
| Abstract |
Evidence-based priority setting is increasingly important for rationally distributing scarce health resources and for guiding future health research. We sought to quantify the contribution of a wide range of infectious diseases to the overall infectious disease burden in a high-income setting. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 12 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 8 | 67% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 3 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 25% |
| Scientists | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 178 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 2% |
| Brazil | 2 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Denmark | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 170 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 27 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 21 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 19 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 10% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 15 | 8% |
| Other | 38 | 21% |
| Unknown | 41 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 51 | 29% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 19 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 10 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 4% |
| Other | 31 | 17% |
| Unknown | 50 | 28% |