"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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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Communicable Diseases".
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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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| 1992 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2009 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2010 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2016 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Communicable Diseases" by people in Profiles.
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Desdouits M, Polo D, Le Mennec C, Strubbia S, Zeng XL, Ettayebi K, Atmar RL, Estes MK, Le Guyader FS. Use of Human Intestinal Enteroids to Evaluate Persistence of Infectious Human Norovirus in Seawater. Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 07; 28(7):1475-1479.
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Musher DM, Arasaratnam RJ. Contributions of Animal Studies to the Understanding of Infectious Diseases. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 05 30; 74(10):1872-1878.
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Desai AN, Ruidera D, Steinbrink JM, Granwehr B, Lee DH. Misinformation and Disinformation: The Potential Disadvantages of Social Media in Infectious Disease and How to Combat Them. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 05 15; 74(Suppl_3):e34-e39.
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Green M, Adler-Shohet FC, Blyth CC, Chiotos K, Gerber JS, Jhaveri R, Kociolek L, Martin-Blais R, Palazzi D, Shane AL, Schuster JE, Shulman ST, Storch GA, Weinberg GA, Zaoutis T. 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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Blutt SE, Estes MK. Organoid Models for Infectious Disease. Annu Rev Med. 2022 01 27; 73:167-182.
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Kociolek LK, Crews JD, Schwenk HT. Recent advances in Clostridioides difficile infection epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment in children. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2021 10 01; 34(5):527-532.
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Johnson S, Lavergne V, Skinner AM, Gonzales-Luna AJ, Garey KW, Kelly CP, Wilcox MH. Clinical Practice Guideline by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA): 2021 Focused Update Guidelines on Management of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Adults. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 09 07; 73(5):e1029-e1044.
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Johnson S, Lavergne V, Skinner AM, Gonzales-Luna AJ, Garey KW, Kelly CP, Wilcox MH. Clinical Practice Guideline by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA): 2021 Focused Update Guidelines on Management of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Adults. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 09 07; 73(5):755-757.
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Ontiveros CO, Guerra-Resendez RS, Nishiguchi T, Ladki M, Hilton IB, Schlesinger LS, DiNardo AR. Reversing Post-Infectious Epigenetic-Mediated Immune Suppression. Front Immunol. 2021; 12:688132.
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Sockrider M, Krishnan JA. How Vaccines Work to Prevent Infections. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 03 15; 203(6):P16-P17.