"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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| 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 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Communicable Diseases" by people in Profiles.
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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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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.
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Spherical nucleic acids as an infectious disease vaccine platform. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 04 05; 119(14):e2119093119.
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COVID-19-Related Submission Priorities From the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2022 Jan 27; 11(1):1-2.
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Phototherapy and optical waveguides for the treatment of infection. Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2021 12; 179:114036.
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Recent advances in Clostridioides difficile infection epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment in children. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2021 10 01; 34(5):527-532.