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How a new test is revolutionising what we know about viruses in our midst

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How a new test is revolutionising what we know about viruses in our midst
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The Conversation, August 2015
Abstract

We monitor mosquitoes to help predict and control virus outbreaks. And a new technique for collecting mosquito saliva from the field has made the process both more sensitive and inexpensive.

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Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 18. 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 29 November 2017.
All research outputs
#2,203,860
of 26,743,076 outputs
Outputs from The Conversation
#145,908
of 198,724 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#26,849
of 278,603 outputs
Outputs of similar age from The Conversation
#2,080
of 3,441 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 26,743,076 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 91st percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 198,724 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 92.5. This one is in the 26th percentile – i.e., 26% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 3,441 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one is in the 39th percentile – i.e., 39% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.