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| Title |
Response to Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan in 2014-2015
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| Published in |
Uirusu, January 2015
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| DOI | 10.2222/jsv.65.105 |
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| Authors |
Tomoya SAITO, Kazuko FUKUSHIMA, Keishi ABE, Mugen UJIIE, Kazunori UMEKI, Kenkou OOTSUKA, Yasuharu MATSUMOTO, Koji NABAE, Yukiko NAKATANI, Kensuke NAKAJIMA |
| Abstract |
Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is categorized in the Category 1 Infectious Disease under the Act on Infectious Disease Control. Since the Act came into effect in 1999, no confirmed case of viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF) has been reported, though some clinical samples have been tested for VHF in the National Institute of Infectious Diseases of Japan. Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has monitored the situation of the EVD outbreak in West Africa since the first report from Guinea in March 2014 and reinforced quarantine and public health preparedness in August. The whole-of-government response was activated at the end of October, establishing the Ministerial meeting on the Response to the EVD presided by the Prime Minister. The responses have raised the level of preparedness for such a rare import disease like VHF; however elicited many lessons. Even if the current VHF outbreak is over, the risk of the global infectious diseases outbreak will be unchanged. The maintenance and improvement of preparedness and response for infectious diseases emergency such as the Category 1 Infectious Disease outbreak by the improvement of manuals and continuous exercises are crucial for a future domestic response. In addition, human resource development is essential for contributing to global response efforts. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1 | 25% |
| Spain | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 23 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 23 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 5 | 22% |
| Librarian | 3 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 9% |
| Other | 4 | 17% |
| Unknown | 3 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 26% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 22% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 13% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 4% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 3 | 13% |
| Unknown | 4 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. 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 02 March 2016.
All research outputs
#14,278,325
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from Uirusu
#137
of 216 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#173,498
of 359,538 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Uirusu
#7
of 10 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,374,917 research outputs across all sources so far. This one is in the 43rd percentile – i.e., 43% of other outputs scored the same or lower than it.
So far Altmetric has tracked 216 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 5.2. This one is in the 36th percentile – i.e., 36% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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