"Chancroid" 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, localized autoinoculable infectious disease usually acquired through sexual contact. Caused by HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI, it occurs endemically almost worldwide, especially in tropical and subtropical countries and more commonly in seaports and urban areas than in rural areas.
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D002602
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.400.700.433.257 C01.252.810.201 C01.539.778.281.201 C12.294.668.281.201 C13.351.500.711.281.201
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chancroid" by people in Profiles.
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Prevalence and treatment of sexually transmitted infections in men followed by urologists in Germany - a cross sectional study with 347,090 men. Ger Med Sci. 2018; 16:Doc03.
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Putative vaccine candidates and drug targets identified by reverse vaccinology and subtractive genomics approaches to control Haemophilus ducreyi, the causative agent of chancroid. J R Soc Interface. 2018 05; 15(142).
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Sexually Transmitted Infections in Melbourne, Australia from 1918 to 2016: nearly a century of data. Commun Dis Intell Q Rep. 2017 Sep 01; 41(3):E212-E222.
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Haemophilus ducreyi DNA is detectable on the skin of asymptomatic children, flies and fomites in villages of Papua New Guinea. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 May; 11(5):e0004958.
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Genital ulcer disease treatment for reducing sexual acquisition of HIV. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Aug 15; (8):CD007933.