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We thank Cesar Eguiluz for his contribution to this study. This work is funded by the Surveillance Program of the Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, the Center for Collaborative Research (RETIC-RICET), and the grants from Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad of Spain (grant numbers AGL2010-21774 and AGL2014-56193-R awarded to E.M. and L.M.G. and grant number BIO2013-44565-R awarded to J.M.B.) and the NIH of the USA (grant numbers HL105694 and HL129215 awarded to C.A.L.).

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First Report of Babesia microti-Caused Babesiosis in Spain

Publicated to:Vector-Borne And Zoonotic Diseases. 16 (10): 677-679 - 2016-10-01 16(10), DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2016.1946

Authors: Arsuaga, Marta; Gonzalez, Luis M; Lobo, Cheryl A; de la Calle, Fernando; Bautista, Jose M; Azcarate, Isabel G; Puente, Sabino; Montero, Estrella

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Hosp Carlos III, Secc Infecciosas, Med Interna, Madrid, Spain - Author
Hosp Carlos III, Unidad Med Trop & Viajero, Madrid, Spain - Author
Hosp Univ La Paz, Secc Infecciosas, Med Interna, Madrid, Spain - Author
Hosp Univ La Paz, Unidad Med Trop & Viajero, Madrid, Spain - Author
Inst Salud Carlos III, Ctr Nacl Microbiol, Serv Parasitol, Crta Majadahonda Pozuelo,Km 2-2, Madrid 28229, Spain - Author
New York Blood Ctr, Lindsley Kimball Res Inst, Blood Borne Parasites Dept, New York, NY 10021 USA - Author
Univ Complutense, Fac Vet, Dept Bioquim & Biol Mol 4, Madrid, Spain - Author
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Abstract

Babesiosis is an emerging zoonosis now found in several areas of the world. Using PCR and indirect immunofluorescence assay, we have diagnosed the first case of human babesiosis caused by Babesia microti in Spain. Diagnosis was delayed because of the nonspecific clinical symptoms that occurred in an immunocompetent patient.

Keywords
AdultAnimalsAnti-bacterial agentsBabesiaBabesia microtiBabesiosisDiagnosisHumansIxodidaeMalePolandSpainTicksZoonosesZoonosis

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Vector-Borne And Zoonotic Diseases due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2016, it was in position 76/176, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Infectious Diseases.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 1.28. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 7.59 (source consulted: Dimensions May 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-05-24, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 34
  • Scopus: 38
  • Europe PMC: 26
  • OpenCitations: 35
Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-05-24:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 46.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 46 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 12.6.
  • The number of mentions on the social network Facebook: 3 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 11 (Altmetric).
Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: United States of America.