Respiratory Tract Infections
"Respiratory Tract Infections" 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.
Invasion of the host RESPIRATORY SYSTEM by microorganisms, usually leading to pathological processes or diseases.
| Descriptor ID |
D012141
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.739 C08.730
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| Concept/Terms |
Respiratory Tract Infections- Respiratory Tract Infections
- Infection, Respiratory Tract
- Respiratory Tract Infection
- Respiratory Infections
- Infections, Respiratory
- Infections, Respiratory Tract
Upper Respiratory Tract Infections- Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
- Infections, Upper Respiratory Tract
- Upper Respiratory Infections
- Infections, Upper Respiratory
- Respiratory Infection, Upper
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Respiratory Tract Infections" by people in this website by year, and whether "Respiratory Tract Infections" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1999 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2000 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2005 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| 2006 | 15 | 3 | 18 |
| 2007 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 2008 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 2009 | 15 | 2 | 17 |
| 2010 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| 2011 | 20 | 2 | 22 |
| 2012 | 21 | 3 | 24 |
| 2013 | 40 | 5 | 45 |
| 2014 | 58 | 5 | 63 |
| 2015 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| 2016 | 28 | 5 | 33 |
| 2017 | 147 | 45 | 192 |
| 2018 | 186 | 47 | 233 |
| 2019 | 95 | 19 | 114 |
| 2020 | 92 | 24 | 116 |
| 2021 | 75 | 12 | 87 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Respiratory Tract Infections" by people in Profiles.
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The impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on the prevalence of respiratory tract pathogens in patients with community-acquired pneumonia in Germany. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2021 Dec; 10(1):1515-1518.
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Shifting Patterns of Respiratory Virus Activity Following Social Distancing Measures for Coronavirus Disease 2019 in South Korea. J Infect Dis. 2021 12 01; 224(11):1900-1906.
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Potential Effect of Previous Human Coronavirus NL63 Infection on the Rate of Infection and the Clinical Course of Coronavirus Disease 2019. J Infect Dis. 2021 10 28; 224(8):1444-1445.
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Probiotics/Prebiotics in Viral Respiratory Infections: Implication for Emerging Pathogens. Recent Pat Biotechnol. 2021 Oct 04; 15(2):112-136.
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Pediatric Household Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Coronavirus-2 Infection-Los Angeles County, December 2020 to February 2021. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021 10 01; 40(10):e379-e381.
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Association of Changes in Seasonal Respiratory Virus Activity and Ambulatory Antibiotic Prescriptions With the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Intern Med. 2021 10 01; 181(10):1399-1402.
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Low incidence of non-COVID-19 community respiratory viral infections amongst adults with haematological malignancies during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Intern Med. 2022 02; 291(2):244-246.
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Decreased Use of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Epidemic in South Korea. J Infect Dis. 2021 09 17; 224(6):949-955.
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Efficacy of face masks against respiratory infectious diseases: a systematic review and network analysis of randomized-controlled trials. J Breath Res. 2021 09 13; 15(4).
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Physiological respiratory parameters in pre-hospital patients with suspected COVID-19: A prospective cohort study. PLoS One. 2021; 16(9):e0257018.