 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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Epidemics" by people in this website by year, and whether "Epidemics" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 6 | 6 | 12 | | 2019 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2020 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | 2021 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Epidemics" by people in Profiles.
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Pollett S, Johansson MA, Reich NG, Brett-Major D, Del Valle SY, Venkatramanan S, Lowe R, Porco T, Berry IM, Deshpande A, Kraemer MUG, Blazes DL, Pan-Ngum W, Vespigiani A, Mate SE, Silal SP, Kandula S, Sippy R, Quandelacy TM, Morgan JJ, Ball J, Morton LC, Althouse BM, Pavlin J, van Panhuis W, Riley S, Biggerstaff M, Viboud C, Brady O, Rivers C. Recommended reporting items for epidemic forecasting and prediction research: The EPIFORGE 2020 guidelines. PLoS Med. 2021 10; 18(10):e1003793.
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Pandita A, Gillani FS, Shi Y, Hardesty A, McCarthy M, Aridi J, Farmakiotis D, Chiang SS, Beckwith CG. Predictors of severity and mortality among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Rhode Island. PLoS One. 2021; 16(6):e0252411.
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Quandelacy TM, Healy JM, Greening B, Rodriguez DM, Chung KW, Kuehnert MJ, Biggerstaff BJ, Dirlikov E, Mier-Y-Teran-Romero L, Sharp TM, Waterman S, Johansson MA. Estimating incidence of infection from diverse data sources: Zika virus in Puerto Rico, 2016. PLoS Comput Biol. 2021 03; 17(3):e1008812.
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Sié A, Hanefeld J, Chaponda M, Chico RM, LeDoare K, Mayaud P, Drexler JF, Jaenisch T. Congenital malformations in sub-Saharan Africa-warnings of a silent epidemic? Lancet Infect Dis. 2021 05; 21(5):594-596.
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Draznin B, Sadhu A, Schutta M, Ramirez BF, Polsky S, Shubrook JH, Low Wang CC. The Diabetes Epidemic and Diabetes Fellowships for Primary Care Physicians. Endocr Pract. 2021 Jun; 27(6):636-637.
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Loresto FL, Nunez L, Tarasenko L, Pierre MS, Oja K, Mueller M, Switzer B, Marroquin K, Kleiner C. The nurse COVID and historical epidemics literature repository: Development, description, and summary. Nurs Outlook. 2021 May-Jun; 69(3):257-264.
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Larremore DB, Wilder B, Lester E, Shehata S, Burke JM, Hay JA, Tambe M, Mina MJ, Parker R. Test sensitivity is secondary to frequency and turnaround time for COVID-19 screening. Sci Adv. 2021 01; 7(1).
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Stewart Merrill TE, Hall SR, Cáceres CE. Parasite exposure and host susceptibility jointly drive the emergence of epidemics. Ecology. 2021 02; 102(2):e03245.
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Schultz J, Hyson P, Chastain DB, Gharamti AA, Franco-Paredes C, Henao-Martínez AF. COVID-19 epidemic in the US-A gateway to screen for tuberculosis, HIV, viral hepatitides, Chagas disease, and other neglected tropical diseases among Hispanics. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 12; 14(12):e0008953.
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Pulsipher KJ, Presley CL, Rundle CW, Rietcheck HR, Millitelo M, Dellavalle RP. Teledermatology application use in the COVID-19 era. Dermatol Online J. 2020 Dec 15; 26(12).
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