"Incidence" 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.
The number of new cases of a given disease during a given period in a specified population. It also is used for the rate at which new events occur in a defined population. It is differentiated from PREVALENCE, which refers to all cases, new or old, in the population at a given time.
| Descriptor ID |
D015994
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.985.525.375 N01.224.935.597.500 N06.850.505.400.975.525.375 N06.850.520.308.985.525.375
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Incidence" by people in this website by year, and whether "Incidence" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 1997 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| 1998 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 1999 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 2000 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 2001 | 0 | 28 | 28 |
| 2002 | 0 | 44 | 44 |
| 2003 | 0 | 53 | 53 |
| 2004 | 0 | 41 | 41 |
| 2005 | 0 | 52 | 52 |
| 2006 | 0 | 42 | 42 |
| 2007 | 0 | 55 | 55 |
| 2008 | 0 | 55 | 55 |
| 2009 | 0 | 60 | 60 |
| 2010 | 0 | 67 | 67 |
| 2011 | 0 | 78 | 78 |
| 2012 | 0 | 86 | 86 |
| 2013 | 0 | 115 | 115 |
| 2014 | 0 | 113 | 113 |
| 2015 | 0 | 131 | 131 |
| 2016 | 0 | 116 | 116 |
| 2017 | 0 | 148 | 148 |
| 2018 | 0 | 155 | 155 |
| 2019 | 0 | 142 | 142 |
| 2020 | 0 | 134 | 134 |
| 2021 | 0 | 105 | 105 |
| 2022 | 0 | 72 | 72 |
| 2023 | 0 | 47 | 47 |
| 2024 | 0 | 91 | 91 |
| 2025 | 0 | 97 | 97 |
| 2026 | 0 | 48 | 48 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Incidence" by people in Profiles.
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Central Nervous System Infections in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients. Pediatr Transplant. 2026 Aug; 30(8):e70432.
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Overweight and obesity in youth with type 1 diabetes. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2026 Sep 25; 39(9):866-874.
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Incidence of respiratory syncytial virus in adults =50 years during and following the COVID-19 pandemic in upper midwest USA: a community-based prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2026 Jul 21; 16(7):e111773.
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Preventing pediatric backover trauma: The impact of a federally mandated car safety feature. J Pediatr Surg. 2026 Oct; 61(10):163303.
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Incidence and predictors of hemorrhage in pediatric low-grade glioma. J Neurooncol. 2026 Jul 07; 178(3).
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The changing epidemiology of primary liver cancer in the 21st century. J Hepatol. 2026 Oct; 85(4):656-668.
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Late Outcomes Following Acute Kidney Injury in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JAMA Pediatr. 2026 Jul 01; 180(7):739-749.
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Validation of Risk Models for Predicting Post-SVR HCC in Real-World Surveillance Across Global Geographic Regions. Liver Int. 2026 07; 46(7):e70734.
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Late cerebrospinal fluid shunt infections: a Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network study. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2026 Jun 19; 38(3):315-325.
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Risk of malignancy after diagnosis of radial sclerosing lesion without atypia. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2026 Jun 08; 217(2).