 Africa
"Africa" 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 continent south of EUROPE, east of the ATLANTIC OCEAN and west of the INDIAN OCEAN.
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D000349
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.058
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Africa" by people in this website by year, and whether "Africa" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2011 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2012 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 2013 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2014 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2015 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 2016 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2017 | 0 | 9 | 9 | | 2018 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2019 | 0 | 6 | 6 | | 2020 | 0 | 11 | 11 | | 2021 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2023 | 0 | 6 | 6 | | 2024 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Africa" by people in Profiles.
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Mittal S, Ebada A, Darko K, Shukla IY, O'Leary S, Haider MA, Farid M, Khalil ME, Barrie U, Aoun SG, Still MEH, Braga BP, Banson M, Totimeh T. Primary pediatric brain tumors in Africa: a systematic review and comparative meta-analysis. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2025 Oct 01; 36(4):444-456.
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Darko K, Tenkorang PO, Asiedu O, Yevudza WE, Issah S, Dzantor E, Tahiru M, Wireko AA, O'Leary S, Barrie U, Weiss H, Totimeh T, Banson M. Epilepsy Surgery for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy in Africa: A Systematic Review. Neurosurgery. 2025 Apr 01; 96(4):704-712.
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McHugo GP, Ward JA, Ng'ang'a SI, Frantz LAF, Salter-Townshend M, Hill EW, O'Gorman GM, Meade KG, Hall TJ, MacHugh DE. Genome-wide local ancestry and the functional consequences of admixture in African and European cattle populations. Heredity (Edinb). 2025 Jan; 134(1):49-63.
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Kwatra G, Izu A, Cutland C, Akaba G, Ali MM, Ahmed Z, Beck MM, Barsosio HC, Berkley JA, Chaka TE, Cossa A, Chakraborty S, Dhar N, Dorji P, Islam M, Keita AM, Mwakio S, Mwarumba S, Medugu N, Mucavele H, Mabombo V, Obaro S, Siga?que B, Sow SO, Saha SK, Santhanam S, Sharma R, Simoes EAF, Sahni RD, Tapia MD, Veeraraghavan B, Madhi SA. Prevalence of group B Streptococcus colonisation in mother-newborn dyads in low-income and middle-income south Asian and African countries: a prospective, observational study. Lancet Microbe. 2024 Oct; 5(10):100897.
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Ishmael L, Apter A, Busse PJ, Calderon-Candelario R, Carroll JK, Casale T, Celed?n JC, Cohen R, Coyne-Beasley T, Cui J, Ericson B, Hernandez P, Kaelber DC, Maher N, Merriman C, Mosnaim G, Nazario S, Phipatanakul W, Pinto-Plata V, Riley I, Shenoy K, Wisnivesky J, Yawn B, Israel E, Cardet JC. Asthma morbidity measures across Black ethnic subgroups. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2024 02; 153(2):408-417.
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Demos TC, Webala PW, Goodman SM, Kerbis Peterhans JC, Lutz HL, Agwanda BR, Cort?s-Delgado N, Briones S, Ree RH, Patterson BD. Ultraconserved elements resolve phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic history of African-Malagasy bent-winged bats (Miniopterus). Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2023 11; 188:107890.
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Namazzi R, Opoka R, Conroy AL, Datta D, Tagoola A, Bond C, Goings MJ, Ryu MS, Cusick SE, Krebs NF, Jang JH, Tu W, Ware RE, John CC. Zinc for infection prevention in children with sickle cell anemia: a?randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Blood Adv. 2023 07 11; 7(13):3023-3031.
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Erly B, Fleck-Derderian S, Cooley KM, Meyer-Lee K, House J, VinHatton E, Nelson CA. A Perilous Combination: Streptococcus Coinfection with Human Plague-Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature, 1937-2022. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2023 07; 23(7):371-377.
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Pickering AE, Malherbe P, Nambuba J, Bills CB, Hynes EC, Rice B. Clinical emergency care quality indicators in Africa: a scoping review and data summary. BMJ Open. 2023 05 02; 13(5):e069494.
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Robertson WJ, Bunkley EN. Iatrogenic necropolitics: forced anal examinations and state-sanctioned homophobia. Cult Health Sex. 2024 03; 26(3):317-331.
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