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| Title |
Understanding the pneumococcus: transmission and evolution
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.3389/fcimb.2013.00007 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Eric S. Donkor |
| Abstract |
Streptococcus pneumoniae is part of the normal bacterial flora of the narsopharynx, but is also associated with several invasive and non-invasive diseases. Recently, there has been a plethora of research information on the pneumococcus, however, there are few comprehensive review papers discussing the research information. This paper provides a review of the pneumococcus in two vital areas related to its biology including transmission and evolution. Transmission of the pneumococcus is a highly efficient process that usually occurs through respiratory droplets from asymptomatic carriers. Following acquisition, the pneumococcus may only establish in the nasopharynx of the new host, or further progress to sites such as the lungs and cause disease. Pneumococcus transmission risk factors, as well as factors involved in its translocation from the nasophyarnx to diseases sites are still not fully understood. Pneumococcal evolution is dominated by recombination. The recombinational events usually involve genetic exchange with streptococci of the mitis group and some pneumococci are thought to exhibit hyper-recombination. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 174 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 173 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 35 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 17 | 10% |
| Researcher | 16 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 6% |
| Other | 25 | 14% |
| Unknown | 46 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 40 | 23% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 25 | 14% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 21 | 12% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 19 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 14 | 8% |
| Unknown | 50 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. 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 14 December 2023.
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#3,480,407
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Outputs from Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
#715
of 7,800 outputs
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#35,018
of 293,012 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
#19
of 92 outputs
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