"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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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 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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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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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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The Ebola virus epidemic: Preparation, not panic. JAAPA. 2015 Feb; 28(2):48-50.
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Genome analysis of a highly virulent serotype 1 strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae from West Africa. PLoS One. 2012; 7(10):e26742.
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The landscape of recombination in African Americans. Nature. 2011 Jul 20; 476(7359):170-5.
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Control of onchocerciasis--the next generation. Lancet. 2007 Jun 16; 369(9578):1979-1980.