 Nasopharynx
"Nasopharynx" 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 top portion of the pharynx situated posterior to the nose and superior to the SOFT PALATE. The nasopharynx is the posterior extension of the nasal cavities and has a respiratory function.
| Descriptor ID |
D009305
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A04.623.557 A14.724.557
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| Concept/Terms |
Nasopharynx- Nasopharynx
- Rhinopharynxes
- Rhinopharynges
- Rhinopharynx
- Nasopharynges
- Nasopharynxes
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2001 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2025 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nasopharynx" by people in Profiles.
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Su Y, Callender M, Woolsey D, Zhu J, Sedney C, Vu MT, Masters J, Caulfield A, Dewan K, Gaskill E, Stevens R, Joshua A, Evans CM, Glushka J, Vinogradov E, Preston A, Krunkosky T, Bar-Peled M, Harvill ET. Bordetellae colonization oligosaccharide (b-Cool), a glycan crucial for nasal colonization. Sci Adv. 2025 Sep 05; 11(36):eadw7764.
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Lihou K, Challen R, Chatzilena A, Qian G, Oben G, King J, McGuinness S, Morales-Aza B, Duale K, Pereira AR, Healy W, Oliver J, Maskell N, Finn A, Danon L, Hyams C. Improving the accuracy of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) incidence estimates among hospitalised adults in Bristol, UK. BMC Infect Dis. 2025 Aug 21; 25(1):1050.
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Paiz-Reyes C, Arias K, Del Cid-Villatoro J, V?squez D, Gomez M, Rojop N, Mejia W, Lamb MM, Chu M, Calvimontes Barrientos DM, Asturias EJ, Olson D. Comparison between Saliva and Nasopharyngeal Swabs for the Rapid Detection of Respiratory Viruses Using the Roche Cobas? Liat? Polymerase Chain Reaction System in Rural Guatemala. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2025 Aug 06; 113(2):334-337.
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Nicholson LK, Kofonow JM, Robertson CE, Wright T, Li Q, Gardner EM, Frank DN, Janoff EN. Clinical and Microbial Determinants of Upper Respiratory Colonization With Streptococcus pneumoniae and Native Microbiota in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and Control Adults. J Infect Dis. 2024 Dec 16; 230(6):1456-1465.
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Anderson EJ, Tippett A, Begier E, Gibson T, Ess G, Patel V, Taylor M, Reese O, Salazar L, Jadhao S, Sun HY, Hsiao HM, Gupta S, Li W, Stephens K, Keane A, Ciric C, Hellmeister K, Cheng A, Al-Husein Z, Bristow L, Hubler R, Liu Q, Gessner BD, Jodar L, Swerdlow D, Kalina W, Uppal S, Kamidani S, Rouphael N, Anderson LJ, Rostad CA. Relative Contribution of Diagnostic Testing to the Diagnosis of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Hospitalized Adults in the United States. J Infect Dis. 2024 Dec 16; 230(6):1342-1351.
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Osborne CM, Langelier C, Kamm J, Williamson K, Ambroggio L, Reeder RW, Locandro C, Kirk Harris J, Wagner BD, Maddux AB, Caldera S, Lyden A, Soesanto V, Sim?es EAF, Leroue MK, Carpenter TC, Hall MW, Zuppa AF, Carcillo JA, Meert KL, Pollack MM, McQuillen PS, Notterman DA, DeRisi J, Mourani PM. Viral Detection by Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction in Upper Respiratory Tract and Metagenomic RNA Sequencing in Lower Respiratory Tract in Critically Ill Children With Suspected Lower Respiratory Tract Infection. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2024 Jan 01; 25(1):e1-e11.
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Frost HM, Jenkins TC, Sebastian T, Parker SK, Keith A, Kurtz M, Fletcher DR, Wilson ML, Dominguez SR. Reliability of nasopharyngeal PCR for the detection of otopathogens in children with uncomplicated acute otitis media compared to culture. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2023 Oct; 107(2):116040.
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Mick E, Tsitsiklis A, Spottiswoode N, Caldera S, Serpa PH, Detweiler AM, Neff N, Pisco AO, Li LM, Retallack H, Ratnasiri K, Williamson KM, Soesanto V, Sim?es EAF, Smith C, Abuogi L, Kistler A, Wagner BD, DeRisi JL, Ambroggio L, Mourani PM, Langelier CR. Upper airway gene expression shows a more robust adaptive immune response to SARS-CoV-2 in children. Nat Commun. 2022 07 08; 13(1):3937.
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Thornton CS, Huntley K, Berenger BM, Bristow M, Evans DH, Fonseca K, Franko A, Gillrie MR, Lin YC, Povitz M, Shafey M, Conly JM, Tremblay A. Prolonged SARS-CoV-2 infection following rituximab treatment: clinical course and response to therapeutic interventions correlated with quantitative viral cultures and cycle threshold values. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2022 02 05; 11(1):28.
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Elling CL, Scholes MA, Streubel SO, Larson ED, Wine TM, Bootpetch TC, Yoon PJ, Kofonow JM, Gubbels SP, Cass SP, Robertson CE, Jenkins HA, Prager JD, Frank DN, Chan KH, Friedman NR, Ryan AF, Santos-Cortez RLP. The FUT2 Variant c.461G>A (p.Trp154*) Is Associated With Differentially Expressed Genes and Nasopharyngeal Microbiota Shifts in Patients With Otitis Media. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2021; 11:798246.
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