"Madagascar" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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One of the Indian Ocean Islands off the southeast coast of Africa. Its capital is Antananarivo. It was formerly called the Malagasy Republic. Discovered by the Portuguese in 1500, its history has been tied predominantly to the French, becoming a French protectorate in 1882, a French colony in 1896, and a territory within the French union in 1946. The Malagasy Republic was established in the French Community in 1958 but it achieved independence in 1960. Its name was changed to Madagascar in 1975. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p714)
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D008270
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.639.520.500
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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| 2016 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Madagascar" by people in Profiles.
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Genome-scale molecular systematics of Madagascar's occipital-lobed chameleons reveals polyphyly and mito-nuclear discordances. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2026 Nov; 224:108689.
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Identifying viral infections through metagenomic Next Generation Sequencing of undiagnosed respiratory fevers in Madagascar (2014-2019). BMC Infect Dis. 2026 Jun 06; 26(1).
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Co-speciation and host-switching drives diversity of picornaviruses and sapoviruses in Malagasy fruit bats. Sci Rep. 2026 Jan 23; 16(1):6583.
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Brygophis coulangesi (Domergue, 1988) (Serpentes: Pseudoxyrhophiidae) and its taxonomic relationship with respect to Compsophis (Günther, 1882). Zootaxa. 2025 Dec 16; 5729(3):469-476.
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Habitat use, selection, and population density of chameleon communities (Calumma spp.) in the fragmented central highlands forests of Madagascar. BMC Ecol Evol. 2025 12 10; 25(1):137.
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Genomic characterization of novel bat kobuviruses in Madagascar: Implications for viral evolution and zoonotic risk. PLoS One. 2025; 20(9):e0331736.
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VoronaGasyCodes: A Public Database of Mitochondrial Barcodes for Malagasy Birds. Mol Ecol Resour. 2025 Nov; 25(8):e70027.
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Diversity and seasonality of ectoparasite burden on two species of Madagascar fruit bat, Eidolon dupreanum and Rousettus madagascariensis. Parasit Vectors. 2025 Jul 28; 18(1):302.
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Ecological and anthropogenic effects on the genomic diversity of lemurs in Madagascar. Nat Ecol Evol. 2025 01; 9(1):42-56.
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Detection, characterization, and phylogenetic analysis of novel astroviruses from endemic Malagasy fruit bats. Virol J. 2024 08 23; 21(1):195.