"Communicable Diseases" 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.
An illness caused by an infectious agent or its toxins that occurs through the direct or indirect transmission of the infectious agent or its products from an infected individual or via an animal, vector or the inanimate environment to a susceptible animal or human host.
| Descriptor ID |
D003141
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.221
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| Concept/Terms |
Communicable Diseases- Communicable Diseases
- Communicable Disease
- Disease, Communicable
- Diseases, Communicable
- Infectious Diseases
- Disease, Infectious
- Diseases, Infectious
- Infectious Disease
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Communicable Diseases" by people in this website by year, and whether "Communicable Diseases" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Communicable Diseases" by people in Profiles.
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Implementation Evaluation of a Multicomponent Intervention to Address the Infectious Disease and Overdose Syndemic Among People Who Use Drugs in Rural Settings. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2026 Sep-Oct 01; 32(5):797-810.
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U-Type-Shaped Curves Across Economics, Biology, and Infection. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2025 May; 26(4):267-271.
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Introduction to A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections In Acute-Care Hospitals: 2022 Updates. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 10; 44(10):1533-1539.
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Investigation of the Impact of Childhood Immune Imprinting on Birth Year-Specific Risk of Clinical Infection During Influenza A Virus Epidemics in Hong Kong. J Infect Dis. 2023 07 14; 228(2):169-172.
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Seasonality and the Coexistence of Pathogen Strains. Am Nat. 2023 05; 201(5):639-658.
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The Legacy of Infectious Disease Exposure on the Genomic Diversity of Indigenous Southern Mexicans. Genome Biol Evol. 2023 03 03; 15(3).
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High titers of infectious SARS-CoV-2 in corpses of patients with COVID-19. Int J Infect Dis. 2023 Apr; 129:103-109.
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Atypical ulcers: a stepwise approach for clinicians. Wounds. 2022 10; 34(10):236-244.
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Genome-wide association analyses of common infections in a large practice-based biobank. BMC Genomics. 2022 Sep 27; 23(1):672.
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Randomization for the susceptibility effect of an infectious disease intervention. J Math Biol. 2022 09 20; 85(4):37.