"South 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.
A republic in southern Africa, the southernmost part of Africa. It has three capitals: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), and Bloemfontein (judicial). Officially the Republic of South Africa since 1960, it was called the Union of South Africa 1910-1960.
| Descriptor ID |
D013019
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.058.290.175.735
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| Concept/Terms |
South Africa- South Africa
- Union of South Africa
- Republic of South Africa
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2011 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2012 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2013 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2014 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2015 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2016 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2017 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2019 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2020 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2021 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2022 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "South Africa" by people in Profiles.
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Visualizing variation within Global Pneumococcal Sequence Clusters (GPSCs) and country population snapshots to contextualize pneumococcal isolates. Microb Genom. 2020 05; 6(5).
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Molecular Diagnosis of Inherited Retinal Diseases in Indigenous African Populations by Whole-Exome Sequencing. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2016 11 01; 57(14):6374-6381.
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Predictors of plasma DDT and DDE concentrations among women exposed to indoor residual spraying for malaria control in the South African Study of Women and Babies (SOWB). Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Jun; 122(6):545-52.
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Chemotherapy for isolated locoregional recurrence of breast cancer (CALOR): a randomised trial. Lancet Oncol. 2014 Feb; 15(2):156-63.
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Pasting together the preventive therapy puzzle. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2013 Feb; 17(2):175-7.
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Well-quantified tuberculosis exposure is a reliable surrogate measure of tuberculosis infection. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2012 Aug; 16(8):1033-9.
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Tuberculosis contact investigation in a high-burden setting: house or household? Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2012 Feb; 16(2):157-62.
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Environmental tobacco smoke exposure increases Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection risk in children. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2011 Nov; 15(11):1490-6, i.
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Neurosurgery certification in member societies of the WFNS: Africa and the Middle East. World Neurosurg. 2011 Jul-Aug; 76(1-2):18-27; discussion 54-6.
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Mycobacterial genotype is associated with disease phenotype in children. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2010 Oct; 14(10):1252-8.