United States Virgin Islands
"United States Virgin Islands" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of islands in the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies, the three main islands being St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John. The capital is Charlotte Amalie. Before 1917 the U.S. Virgin Islands were held by the Danish and called the Danish West Indies but the name was changed when the United States acquired them by purchase.
| Descriptor ID |
D014767
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.107.084.900.970 Z01.639.880.970
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| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "United States Virgin Islands" by people in Profiles.
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Community Perspectives on Contraception in the Context of the Zika Virus in the U.S. Virgin Islands: Implications for Communication and Messaging. Womens Health Issues. 2019 May - Jun; 29(3):245-251.
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Seroprevalence and Symptomatic Attack Rate of Chikungunya Virus Infection, United States Virgin Islands, 2014-2015. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 11; 99(5):1321-1326.
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Vital Signs: Zika-Associated Birth Defects and Neurodevelopmental Abnormalities Possibly Associated with Congenital Zika Virus Infection - U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States, 2018. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2018 Aug 10; 67(31):858-867.
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An Assessment of Household and Individual-Level Mosquito Prevention Methods during the Chikungunya Virus Outbreak in the United States Virgin Islands, 2014-2015. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 03; 98(3):845-848.
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Notes from the Field: Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis Outbreak Associated with Human Adenovirus Type 8 - U.S. Virgin Islands, June-November 2016. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2017 08 04; 66(30):811-812.