"Africa, Central" 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 geographical area of Africa comprising CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHAD; CONGO; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; GABON; and DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.
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D000350
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.058.290.100
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| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Africa, Central" by people in Profiles.
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Building supply chain capacity for neglected tropical diseases: experience from the Ascend West and Central Africa programme. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2021 08 02; 115(8):841-846.
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Unrecognized introduction of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern to Central Africa: Import and local transmission of B.1.1.7 in Gabon in the very early stage of the variant spread to the African continent. J Med Virol. 2021 10; 93(10):6054-6058.
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COVID-19's final frontier: The central Africa region. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2020 Sep-Oct; 37:101694.
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Introduction and Dispersal of Sindbis Virus from Central Africa to Europe. J Virol. 2019 08 15; 93(16).
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Outbreaks in a Rapidly Changing Central Africa - Lessons from Ebola. N Engl J Med. 2018 Sep 27; 379(13):1198-1201.
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Mbandakamine-Type Naphthylisoquinoline Dimers and Related Alkaloids from the Central African Liana Ancistrocladus ealaensis with Antiparasitic and Antileukemic Activities. J Nat Prod. 2018 04 27; 81(4):918-933.
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Potential for False-Positive Results with Serological Assays for HIV in Central Africa: Implications for the HIV Serodiagnosis Algorithm According to the 2015 Consolidated WHO Recommendations for Resource-Constrained Countries. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2017 11; 33(11):1077-1079.
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Meteorological variability and infectious disease in Central Africa: a review of meteorological data quality. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2016 10; 1382(1):31-43.