"Indian Ocean Islands" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Numerous islands in the Indian Ocean situated east of Madagascar, north to the Arabian Sea and east to Sri Lanka. Included are COMOROS (republic), MADAGASCAR (republic), Maldives (republic), MAURITIUS (parliamentary democracy), Pemba (administered by Tanzania), REUNION (a department of France), and SEYCHELLES (republic).
| Descriptor ID |
D007195
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.639.520
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Indian Ocean Islands" by people in Profiles.
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Disability among Older People: Analysis of Data from Disability Surveys in Six Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 06 29; 18(13).
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Navigating the health system in responding to health workforce challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic: the case of Maldives (short case). Int J Health Plann Manage. 2021 May; 36(S1):182-189.
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COVID-19 and emergencies in patients with diabetes: two case reports. J Med Case Rep. 2021 Feb 02; 15(1):57.
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Association between the spread of COVID-19 and weather-climatic parameters. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2020 08; 24(15):8226-8231.
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COVID-19 Control in Islands. Afr J Reprod Health. 2020 Jun; 24(s1):17-23.
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Immunopathology of Chikungunya Virus Infection: Lessons Learned from Patients and Animal Models. Annu Rev Virol. 2017 09 29; 4(1):413-427.
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An interdisciplinary approach to controlling chikungunya outbreaks on French islands in the south-west Indian ocean. Med Trop (Mars). 2012 Mar; 72 Spec No:66-71.
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Chikungunya fever in travelers returning to Europe from the Indian Ocean region, 2006. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Mar; 14(3):416-22.