"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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| 2011 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2014 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2016 | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| 2017 | 99 | 60 | 159 |
| 2018 | 109 | 62 | 171 |
| 2019 | 39 | 26 | 65 |
| 2020 | 80 | 62 | 142 |
| 2021 | 81 | 33 | 114 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Epidemics" by people in Profiles.
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Improvement to the subjective well-being of pet ownership may have positive psychological influence during COVID-19 epidemic. Anim Sci J. 2021 Dec; 92(1):e13624.
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Data-driven identification of SARS-CoV-2 subpopulations using PhenoGraph and binary-coded genomic data. Brief Bioinform. 2021 11 05; 22(6).
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Projecting the COVID-19 epidemic risk in France for the summer 2021. J Travel Med. 2021 10 11; 28(7).
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First back-calculation and infection fatality multiplier estimate of the hidden prevalence of COVID-19 in Ireland. Eur J Public Health. 2021 10 11; 31(4):908-912.
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Policy and planning for large epidemics and pandemics - challenges and lessons learned from COVID-19. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2021 10 01; 34(5):393-400.
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And so they wait: The other epidemic among United States youth during COVID-19. Acad Emerg Med. 2021 11; 28(11):1347-1348.
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The Clinical Information Systems Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Yearb Med Inform. 2021 Aug; 30(1):105-125.
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Predictors of COVID-19 epidemics in countries of the World Health Organization African Region. Nat Med. 2021 11; 27(11):2041-2047.
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Identifying Nontraditional Epidemic Disease Risk Factors Associated with Major Health Events from World Health Organization and World Bank Open Data. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 08 30; 105(4):896-902.
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Functional data analysis characterizes the shapes of the first COVID-19 epidemic wave in Italy. Sci Rep. 2021 08 30; 11(1):17054.