"Cats" 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 domestic cat, Felis catus, of the carnivore family FELIDAE, comprising over 30 different breeds. The domestic cat is descended primarily from the wild cat of Africa and extreme southwestern Asia. Though probably present in towns in Palestine as long ago as 7000 years, actual domestication occurred in Egypt about 4000 years ago. (From Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th ed, p801)
| Descriptor ID |
D002415
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.313.750.377.750.250.125
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| Concept/Terms |
Cats- Cats
- Cat
- Felis sylvestris catus
- Felis domesticus
- Domestic Cats
- Cat, Domestic
- Cats, Domestic
- Domestic Cat
- Felis catus
- Felis domestica
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cats" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cats" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2013 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2015 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2016 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cats" by people in Profiles.
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Household clusters of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants contemporaneously sequenced from dogs and their owners. mSphere. 2025 Jul 29; 10(7):e0007425.
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Identification of a translatable animal model for dry eye disease using comparative analysis of tear proteins across species. Ocul Surf. 2025 Jul; 37:260-272.
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Impacts of Antiretroviral Therapy on the Oral Microbiome and Periodontal Health of Feline Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Cats. Viruses. 2025 02 13; 17(2).
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Exogenous oxytocin increases gaze to humans in male cats. Sci Rep. 2024 04 18; 14(1):8953.
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Review of Toxocariasis at a Children's Hospital Prompting Need for Public Health Interventions. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2023 10 01; 42(10):862-866.
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Hepatobiliary organoids derived from leporids support the replication of hepatotropic lagoviruses. J Gen Virol. 2023 08; 104(8).
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Combination Antiretroviral Therapy and Immunophenotype of Feline Immunodeficiency Virus. Viruses. 2023 03 24; 15(4).
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Clinical and epidemiologic features of SARS-CoV-2 in dogs and cats compiled through national surveillance in the United States. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2023 01 02; 261(4):480-489.
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Association between Pet Ownership and Threatened Abortion in Pregnant Women: The China Birth Cohort Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Dec 06; 19(23).
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An Optimized Bioassay for Screening Combined Anticoronaviral Compounds for Efficacy against Feline Infectious Peritonitis Virus with Pharmacokinetic Analyses of GS-441524, Remdesivir, and Molnupiravir in Cats. Viruses. 2022 11 01; 14(11).