"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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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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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2009 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2010 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2017 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2023 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Communicable Diseases" by people in Profiles.
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Whose Line Is it Anyway? Defining Seropositivity Cutoffs for Infectious Disease Surveillance. J Infect Dis. 2026 Apr 29; 233(4):e862-e871.
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Future Goals and Long-term Vision of the Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Consortium/Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit Network. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Oct 10; 81(Supplement_2):S137-S146.
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Analyzing the Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases to Identify the Knowledge Tested on ABP Board Certification Exams. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2025 Oct 02; 14(10).
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Challenges and Approaches to Establishing Multi-Pathogen Serosurveillance: Findings from the 2023 Serosurveillance Summit. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Nov 06; 111(5):1145-1152.
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Overcoming Challenges for Non-US International Medical Graduates in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2024 Jul 20; 13(7):374-378.
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The impact of a blood-culture diagnostic stewardship intervention on utilization rates and antimicrobial stewardship. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 May; 45(5):670-673.
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Distribution of P2Y and P2X purinergic receptor expression within the intestine. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2024 02 01; 326(2):G107-G119.
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Controversies regarding management of Helicobacter pylori infections. Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2023 11 01; 39(6):482-489.
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Clinical Approach to Evaluation of Underlying Cardiac Device Infection in Patients Hospitalized with Bacteremia. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2023; 19(4):48-57.
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Travel-Related Diagnoses Among U.S. Nonmigrant Travelers or Migrants Presenting to U.S. GeoSentinel Sites - GeoSentinel Network, 2012-2021. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2023 06 30; 72(7):1-22.