"Indian Ocean Islands" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Numerous islands in the Indian Ocean situated east of Madagascar, north to the Arabian Sea and east to Sri Lanka. Included are COMOROS (republic), MADAGASCAR (republic), Maldives (republic), MAURITIUS (parliamentary democracy), Pemba (administered by Tanzania), REUNION (a department of France), and SEYCHELLES (republic).
| Descriptor ID |
D007195
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.639.520
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Indian Ocean Islands" by people in Profiles.
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Major histocompatibility complex class II compatibility, but not class I, predicts mate choice in a bird with highly developed olfaction. Proc Biol Sci. 2012 Nov 07; 279(1746):4457-63.
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Chemical kin label in seabirds. Biol Lett. 2011 Dec 23; 7(6):807-10.
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Reemergence of an unusual disease: the chikungunya epidemic. Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2006 Apr; 17(2):99-104.
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Orientation in the wandering albatross: interfering with magnetic perception does not affect orientation performance. Proc Biol Sci. 2005 Mar 07; 272(1562):489-95.
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Genetic variation among dengue 2 viruses of different geographic origin. Virology. 1983 Jul 30; 128(2):271-84.