"Epidemics" 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.
Sudden outbreaks of a disease in a country or region not previously recognized in that area, or a rapid increase in the number of new cases of a previous existing endemic disease. Epidemics can also refer to outbreaks of disease in animal or plant populations.
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D058872
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.290.200
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Epidemics" by people in Profiles.
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Physiological mechanisms underlying children's circannual growth patterns and their contributions to the obesity epidemic in elementary school age children. Obes Rev. 2020 03; 21(3):e12973.
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Bowling alone, dying together: The role of social capital in mitigating the drug overdose epidemic in the United States. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2017 Apr 01; 173:1-9.
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The 1899 United States Kissing Bug Epidemic. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Dec; 9(12):e0004117.
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Epidemic Clostridium difficile strains demonstrate increased competitive fitness compared to nonepidemic isolates. Infect Immun. 2014 Jul; 82(7):2815-25.
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Full-genome dissection of an epidemic of severe invasive disease caused by a hypervirulent, recently emerged clone of group A Streptococcus. Am J Pathol. 2012 Apr; 180(4):1522-34.