 Epidemics
"Epidemics" 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.
Sudden outbreaks of a disease in a country or region not previously recognized in that area, or a rapid increase in the number of new cases of a previous existing endemic disease. Epidemics can also refer to outbreaks of disease in animal or plant populations.
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D058872
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N06.850.290.200
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| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2014 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Epidemics" by people in Profiles.
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Ramzan AA, Fischer S, Buss MK, Urban RR, Patsner B, Duska LR, Fisher CM, Lefkowits C. Opioid use in gynecologic oncology in the age of the opioid epidemic: Part II - Balancing safety & accessibility. Gynecol Oncol. 2018 05; 149(2):401-409.
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Kazanis W, Pugh MJ, Tami C, Maddry JK, Bebarta VS, Finley EP, McGeary DD, Carnahan DH, Potter JS. Opioid Use Patterns Among Active Duty Service Members and Civilians: 2006-2014. Mil Med. 2018 03 01; 183(3-4):e157-e164.
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Lefkowits C, Buss MK, Ramzan AA, Fischer S, Urban RR, Fisher CM, Duska LR. Opioid use in gynecologic oncology in the age of the opioid epidemic: Part I - Effective opioid use across clinical settings, a society of gynecologic oncology evidence-based review. Gynecol Oncol. 2018 05; 149(2):394-400.
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Yaster M, Benzon HT, Anderson TA. "Houston, We Have a Problem!": The Role of the Anesthesiologist in the Current Opioid Epidemic. Anesth Analg. 2017 11; 125(5):1429-1431.
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Paull SH, Horton DE, Ashfaq M, Rastogi D, Kramer LD, Diffenbaugh NS, Kilpatrick AM. Drought and immunity determine the intensity of West Nile virus epidemics and climate change impacts. Proc Biol Sci. 2017 02 08; 284(1848).
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Glaser J, Lemery J, Rajagopalan B, Diaz HF, García-Trabanino R, Taduri G, Madero M, Amarasinghe M, Abraham G, Anutrakulchai S, Jha V, Stenvinkel P, Roncal-Jimenez C, Lanaspa MA, Correa-Rotter R, Sheikh-Hamad D, Burdmann EA, Andres-Hernando A, Milagres T, Weiss I, Kanbay M, Wesseling C, Sánchez-Lozada LG, Johnson RJ. Climate Change and the Emergent Epidemic of CKD from Heat Stress in Rural Communities: The Case for Heat Stress Nephropathy. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016 08 08; 11(8):1472-83.
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Nakagawa F, van Sighem A, Thiebaut R, Smith C, Ratmann O, Cambiano V, Albert J, Amato-Gauci A, Bezemer D, Campbell C, Commenges D, Donoghoe M, Ford D, Kouyos R, Lodwick R, Lundgren J, Pantazis N, Pharris A, Quinten C, Thorne C, Touloumi G, Delpech V, Phillips A. A Method to Estimate the Size and Characteristics of HIV-positive Populations Using an Individual-based Stochastic Simulation Model. Epidemiology. 2016 Mar; 27(2):247-56.
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Booth RE, Davis JM, Brewster JT, Lisovska O, Dvoryak S. Krokodile Injectors in Ukraine: Fueling the HIV Epidemic? AIDS Behav. 2016 Feb; 20(2):369-76.
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Morin CW, Monaghan AJ, Hayden MH, Barrera R, Ernst K. Meteorologically Driven Simulations of Dengue Epidemics in San Juan, PR. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Aug; 9(8):e0004002.
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Legleye S, Piontek D, Pampel F, Goffette C, Khlat M, Kraus L. Is there a cannabis epidemic model? Evidence from France, Germany and USA. Int J Drug Policy. 2014 Nov; 25(6):1103-12.
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