"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.
| Descriptor ID |
D000354
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.058.290.190
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Africa, Western".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Africa, Western".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Africa, Western" by people in this website by year, and whether "Africa, Western" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Africa, Western" by people in Profiles.
-
Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 variants in West Africa: Insights into genomic surveillance in resource-constrained settings. Infect Genet Evol. 2024 Nov; 125:105681.
-
Association between white matter hyperintensities and stroke in a West African patient population: Evidence from the Stroke Investigative Research and Educational Network study. Neuroimage. 2020 07 15; 215:116789.
-
Wolbachia in the Drosophila yakuba Complex: Pervasive Frequency Variation and Weak Cytoplasmic Incompatibility, but No Apparent Effect on Reproductive Isolation. Genetics. 2017 01; 205(1):333-351.
-
New evidence for hybrid zones of forest and savanna elephants in Central and West Africa. Mol Ecol. 2015 12; 24(24):6134-47.
-
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus: update for clinicians. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Jun 01; 60(11):1686-9.
-
Drug and vaccine access in the Ebola epidemic: advising caution in compassionate use. Ann Intern Med. 2015 Jan 20; 162(2):141-2.
-
The impact of agricultural emergence on the genetic history of African rainforest hunter-gatherers and agriculturalists. Nat Commun. 2014; 5:3163.
-
Tinea capitis due to Trichophyton soudanense in Chicago, Illinois: report of a case. Pediatr Dermatol. 2009 Mar-Apr; 26(2):226-8.
-
Linkage disequilibrium and age estimates of a deletion polymorphism (1597DeltaC) in HLA-G suggest non-neutral evolution. Hum Immunol. 2002 May; 63(5):405-12.