"Africa" 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 continent south of EUROPE, east of the ATLANTIC OCEAN and west of the INDIAN OCEAN.
| Descriptor ID |
D000349
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.058
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| Concept/Terms |
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Africa" by people in this website by year, and whether "Africa" 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 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2015 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2016 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2017 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2021 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Africa" by people in Profiles.
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Health Data Sciences and Cardiovascular Disease in Africa: Needs and the Way Forward. Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2024 Nov; 26(11):659-671.
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Malaria and other infections induce polyreactive antibodies that impact SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity estimations in endemic settings. J Med Virol. 2024 Jun; 96(6):e29713.
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HPV vaccination in Africa in the COVID-19 era: a cross-sectional survey of healthcare providers' knowledge, training, and recommendation practices. Front Public Health. 2024; 12:1343064.
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Mapping of Radiation Oncology and Gynecologic Oncology Services Available to Treat the Growing Burden of Cervical Cancer in Africa. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2024 Mar 01; 118(3):595-604.
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Enhancing cervical and breast cancer training in Africa with e-learning. Lancet Glob Health. 2023 01; 11(1):e28-e29.
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Repeated out-of-Africa expansions of Helicobacter pylori driven by replacement of deleterious mutations. Nat Commun. 2022 11 11; 13(1):6842.
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Transcriptomic signatures induced by the Ebola virus vaccine rVSV?G-ZEBOV-GP in adult cohorts in Europe, Africa, and North America: a molecular biomarker study. Lancet Microbe. 2022 02; 3(2):e113-e123.
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High dose of vesicular stomatitis virus-vectored Ebola virus vaccine causes vesicular disease in swine without horizontal transmission. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2021 Dec; 10(1):651-663.
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Assessment of the diagnostic accuracy and relevance of a novel ELISA system developed for seroepidemiologic surveys of Helicobacter pylori infection in African settings. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 09; 15(9):e0009763.
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Novel Criteria for Diagnosing Acute and Early Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in a Multinational Study of Early Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 08 02; 73(3):e643-e651.