"Dysentery" 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.
Acute inflammation of the intestine associated with infectious DIARRHEA of various etiologies, generally acquired by eating contaminated food containing TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL derived from BACTERIA or other microorganisms. Dysentery is characterized initially by watery FECES then by bloody mucoid stools. It is often associated with ABDOMINAL PAIN; FEVER; and DEHYDRATION.
| Descriptor ID |
D004403
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.405.205.331 C06.405.469.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Dysentery- Dysentery
- Infectious Diarrheal Disease
- Diarrheal Disease, Infectious
- Infectious Diarrheal Diseases
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Dysentery" by people in this website by year, and whether "Dysentery" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1991 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1993 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1994 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1995 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1997 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1998 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 1999 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2004 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2006 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2007 | 17 | 5 | 22 |
| 2008 | 14 | 5 | 19 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2010 | 14 | 3 | 17 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2012 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 2013 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| 2014 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2016 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2017 | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dysentery" by people in Profiles.
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Dysentery as the only presentation of COVID-19 in a child: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2021 Feb 08; 15(1):65.
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Probiotics: Versatile Bioactive Components in Promoting Human Health. Medicina (Kaunas). 2020 Aug 27; 56(9).
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Dysentery as a rare GI symptom found in COVID-19 patients. Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Jan; 44(1):31-34.
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Clinical features of covid-19. BMJ. 2020 Apr 17; 369:m1470.
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Modelling the dynamics of direct and pathogens-induced dysentery diarrhoea epidemic with controls. J Biol Dyn. 2019 12; 13(1):192-217.
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A descriptive analysis of the Spatio-temporal distribution of intestinal infectious diseases in China. BMC Infect Dis. 2019 Sep 02; 19(1):766.
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Bovine coronavirus in Uruguay: genetic diversity, risk factors and transboundary introductions from neighboring countries. Arch Virol. 2019 Nov; 164(11):2715-2724.
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[Epidemiologic characteristics of Norovirus among adult patients with infectious diarrhea, in Shanghai, 2013-2018]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2019 Aug 10; 40(8):883-888.
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[Seasonality and etiological characteristics of infectious diarrhea in outpatients of 18 or above-year-old in Shanghai, 2014-2017]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2019 Aug 10; 40(8):889-894.
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Transcriptomic analysis of small intestinal mucosa from porcine epidemic diarrhea virus infected piglets. Microb Pathog. 2019 Jul; 132:73-79.