"Africa, Western" 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 geographical area of Africa comprising BENIN; BURKINA FASO; CAPO VERDE, COTE D'IVOIRE; GAMBIA; GHANA; GUINEA; GUINEA-BISSAU; LIBERIA; MALI; MAURITANIA; NIGER; NIGERIA; SENEGAL; SIERRA LEONE; and TOGO.
| Descriptor ID |
D000354
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.058.290.190
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Africa, Western" by people in Profiles.
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Burden of Lassa fever disease in pregnant women and children and options for prevention. Vaccine. 2025 01 01; 43(Pt 1):126479.
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Differentiation of Bulinus senegalensis and Bulinus forskalii Snails in West Africa Using Morphometric Analysis. Acta Parasitol. 2024 Mar; 69(1):1016-1026.
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Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Sub-Saharan Africa. JCO Glob Oncol. 2021 05; 7:756-766.
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The impact of parental trauma, parenting difficulty, and planned family separation on the behavioral health of West African immigrant children in New York City. Psychol Trauma. 2021 May; 13(4):457-466.
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Biofortification of field-grown cassava by engineering expression of an iron transporter and ferritin. Nat Biotechnol. 2019 02; 37(2):144-151.
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A multi-source adaptive platform design for testing sequential combinatorial therapeutic strategies. Biometrics. 2018 09; 74(3):1082-1094.
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Fleas and trypanosomes of peridomestic small mammals in sub-Saharan Mali. Parasit Vectors. 2016 10 11; 9(1):541.
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Endoscopic capacity in West Africa. Afr Health Sci. 2016 Mar; 16(1):329-38.
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Potential effects of warmer worms and vectors on onchocerciasis transmission in West Africa. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2015 Apr 05; 370(1665).
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The Ebola virus epidemic: Preparation, not panic. JAAPA. 2015 Feb; 28(2):48-50.