 Nasopharynx
"Nasopharynx" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
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D009305
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A04.623.557 A14.724.557
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| Concept/Terms |
Nasopharynx- Nasopharynx
- Nasopharynxes
- Rhinopharynx
- Rhinopharynxes
- Nasopharynges
- Rhinopharynges
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Nasopharynx" by people in this website by year, and whether "Nasopharynx" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1991 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2020 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2021 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nasopharynx" by people in Profiles.
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Heald-Sargent T, Muller WJ, Kociolek LK. Viral Loads of SARS-CoV-2 in Young Children-Reply. JAMA Pediatr. 2021 05 01; 175(5):530-531.
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Barat B, Das S, De Giorgi V, Henderson DK, Kopka S, Lau AF, Miller T, Moriarty T, Palmore TN, Sawney S, Spalding C, Tanjutco P, Wortmann G, Zelazny AM, Frank KM. Pooled Saliva Specimens for SARS-CoV-2 Testing. J Clin Microbiol. 2021 02 18; 59(3).
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Hansen G, Marino J, Wang ZX, Beavis KG, Rodrigo J, Labog K, Westblade LF, Jin R, Love N, Ding K, Garg S, Huang A, Sickler J, Tran NK. Clinical Performance of the Point-of-Care cobas Liat for Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in 20 Minutes: a Multicenter Study. J Clin Microbiol. 2021 01 21; 59(2).
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Kociolek LK, Muller WJ, Yee R, Dien Bard J, Brown CA, Revell PA, Wardell H, Savage TJ, Jung S, Dominguez S, Parikh BA, Jerris RC, Kehl SC, Campigotto A, Bender JM, Zheng X, Muscat E, Linam M, Abuogi L, Smith C, Graff K, Hernandez-Leyva A, Williams D, Pollock NR. Comparison of Upper Respiratory Viral Load Distributions in Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Children Diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Pediatric Hospital Testing Programs. J Clin Microbiol. 2020 12 17; 59(1).
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Kline A, Putnam NE, Youn JH, East A, Das S, Frank KM, Zelazny AM. Dacron swab and PBS are acceptable alternatives to flocked swab and viral transport media for SARS-CoV-2. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2021 Jan; 99(1):115209.
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Heald-Sargent T, Muller WJ, Zheng X, Rippe J, Patel AB, Kociolek LK. Age-Related Differences in Nasopharyngeal Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Levels in Patients With Mild to Moderate Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). JAMA Pediatr. 2020 09 01; 174(9):902-903.
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Moran A, Beavis KG, Matushek SM, Ciaglia C, Francois N, Tesic V, Love N. Detection of SARS-CoV-2 by Use of the Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 and Roche cobas SARS-CoV-2 Assays. J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Jul 23; 58(8).
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Sun Y, Emolo C, Holtfreter S, Wiles S, Kreiswirth B, Missiakas D, Schneewind O. Staphylococcal Protein A Contributes to Persistent Colonization of Mice with Staphylococcus aureus. J Bacteriol. 2018 05 01; 200(9).
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Tang D, Roxbury C, D'Anza B, Kshettry V, Woodard T, Recinos P, Sindwani R. Technical notes on the endoscopic endonasal approach to the craniovertebral junction for odontoidectomy. Am J Rhinol Allergy. 2018 Mar; 32(2):85-86.
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Bhayani MK. Human papillomavirus in the nasopharynx: A true entity? Head Neck. 2018 04; 40(4):707-709.
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