"Virus Shedding" 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 expelling of virus particles from the body. Important routes include the respiratory tract, genital tract, and intestinal tract. Virus shedding is an important means of vertical transmission (INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL).
| Descriptor ID |
D017201
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G07.925
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| Concept/Terms |
Virus Shedding- Virus Shedding
- Shedding, Virus
- Sheddings, Virus
- Virus Sheddings
- Viral Shedding
- Shedding, Viral
- Sheddings, Viral
- Viral Sheddings
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Virus Shedding" by people in this website by year, and whether "Virus Shedding" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Virus Shedding" by people in Profiles.
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Effect of Norovirus Inoculum Dose on Virus Kinetics, Shedding, and Symptoms. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 07; 29(7):1349-1356.
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Daily longitudinal sampling of SARS-CoV-2 infection reveals substantial heterogeneity in infectiousness. Nat Microbiol. 2022 05; 7(5):640-652.
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High prevalence of asymptomatic CMV shedding in healthy children attending the minnesota state fair. J Clin Virol. 2022 03; 148:105102.
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Inflammatory but not respiratory symptoms are associated with ongoing upper airway viral shedding in outpatients with uncomplicated COVID-19. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2022 Mar; 102(3):115612.
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SARS-CoV-2 shedding dynamics across the respiratory tract, sex, and disease severity for adult and pediatric COVID-19. Elife. 2021 08 20; 10.
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Viral dynamics of acute SARS-CoV-2 infection and applications to diagnostic and public health strategies. PLoS Biol. 2021 07; 19(7):e3001333.
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SARS-CoV-2 re-infection versus prolonged shedding: A case series. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2021 11; 15(6):691-696.
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Viral Load of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Adults During the First and Second Wave of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic in Houston, Texas: The Potential of the Superspreader. J Infect Dis. 2021 05 20; 223(9):1528-1537.
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Persistence of Zika virus RNA in the epididymis of the murine male reproductive tract. Virology. 2021 08; 560:43-53.
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Heterogeneity in transmissibility and shedding SARS-CoV-2 via droplets and aerosols. Elife. 2021 04 16; 10.