 Africa, Western
"Africa, Western" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The geographical area of Africa comprising BENIN; BURKINA FASO; CAPO VERDE, COTE D'IVOIRE; GAMBIA; GHANA; GUINEA; GUINEA-BISSAU; LIBERIA; MALI; MAURITANIA; NIGER; NIGERIA; SENEGAL; SIERRA LEONE; and TOGO.
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D000354
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.058.290.190
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2018 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2020 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Africa, Western" by people in Profiles.
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Rohr JR, Sack A, Bakhoum S, Barrett CB, Lopez-Carr D, Chamberlin AJ, Civitello DJ, Diatta C, Doruska MJ, De Leo GA, Haggerty CJE, Jones IJ, Jouanard N, Lund AJ, Ly AT, Ndione RA, Remais JV, Riveau G, Schacht AM, Seck M, Senghor S, Sokolow SH, Wolfe C. A planetary health innovation for disease, food and water challenges in Africa. Nature. 2023 Jul; 619(7971):782-787.
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Fall A, Ndiaye N, Messacar K, Kebe O, Jallow MM, Harouna H, Kiori DE, Sy S, Goudiaby D, Dia M, Niang MN, Ndiaye K, Dia N. Enterovirus D68 Subclade B3 in Children with Acute Flaccid Paralysis in West Africa, 2016. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 09; 26(9):2227-2230.
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Buchwald AG, Hayden MH, Dadzie SK, Paull SH, Carlton EJ. Aedes-borne disease outbreaks in West Africa: A call for enhanced surveillance. Acta Trop. 2020 Sep; 209:105468.
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Van Tassell JC, Shimbo D, Hess R, Kittles R, Wilson JG, Jorde LB, Li M, Lange LA, Lange EM, Muntner P, Bress AP. Association of West African ancestry and blood pressure control among African Americans taking antihypertensive medication in the Jackson Heart Study. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2020 02; 22(2):157-166.
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Cieslak TJ, Evans L, Kortepeter MG, Grindle A, Aigbivbalu L, Boulter K, Carroll RW, Cumplido S, Danforth AG, Fry C, Gaensbauer J, Hume JR, Husain A, Kelleher A, Kratochvil CJ, Kunrath C, Morgan JS, Schwedhelm MM, Shane AL, Tennill P, Yager PH, Davies HD. Perspectives on the Management of Children in a Biocontainment Unit: Report of the NETEC Pediatric Workgroup. Health Secur. 2019 Jan/Feb; 17(1):11-17.
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Burkholder TW, Dziadkowiec O, Bookman K, King RA. Adherence to Universal Travel Screening in the Emergency Department During Epidemic Ebola Virus Disease. J Emerg Med. 2019 Jan; 56(1):7-14.
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Schultz JS, Atherly AJ, Henao-Mart?nez AF. A Deadly Wait for U.S. Health Insurance Coverage-Sitting on the Couch with Malaria. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 07; 99(1):24-26.
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Honap TP, Pfister LA, Housman G, Mills S, Tarara RP, Suzuki K, Cuozzo FP, Sauther ML, Rosenberg MS, Stone AC. Mycobacterium leprae genomes from naturally infected nonhuman primates. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 01; 12(1):e0006190.
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Kaizer AM, Hobbs BP, Koopmeiners JS. A multi-source adaptive platform design for testing sequential combinatorial therapeutic strategies. Biometrics. 2018 09; 74(3):1082-1094.
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Sanyang E, Butler-Dawson J, Mikulski MA, Cook T, Kuye RA, Venzke K, Fuortes LJ. Environmental and occupational health needs assessment in West Africa: opportunities for research and training. Int J Public Health. 2017 Mar; 62(2):317-325.
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