"Middle East" 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 region of southwest Asia and northeastern Africa usually considered as extending from Libya on the west to Afghanistan on the east. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988)
| Descriptor ID |
D008877
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.252.245.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 37 | 37 |
| 2014 | 0 | 31 | 31 |
| 2015 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2016 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2017 | 0 | 44 | 44 |
| 2018 | 0 | 36 | 36 |
| 2019 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 2020 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| 2021 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Middle East" by people in Profiles.
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COVID-19 in Pediatric Cancer Patients: How Concerned We Should Be? Lessons Learned From a Single Center in Middle East. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2021 Oct 01; 43(7):279-280.
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Multiyear prospective cohort study to evaluate the risk potential of MERS-CoV infection among Malaysian Hajj pilgrims (MERCURIAL): a study protocol. BMJ Open. 2021 08 26; 11(8):e050901.
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Phylogenetic reconstruction of the initial stages of the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the Eurasian and American continents by analyzing genomic data. Virus Res. 2021 11; 305:198551.
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How COVID-19 highlighted the need for infection prevention and control measures to become central to the global conversation: experience from the conflict settings of the Middle East. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Oct; 111:55-57.
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Healthcare workers preparedness for COVID-19 pandemic in the occupied Palestinian territory: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Aug 03; 21(1):766.
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Disparities in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Mortality by Country of Birth in Stockholm, Sweden: A Total-Population-Based Cohort Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2021 08 01; 190(8):1510-1518.
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Natural processes dominate the pollution levels during COVID-19 lockdown over India. Sci Rep. 2021 07 23; 11(1):15110.
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The impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on surface urban heat island changes and air-quality improvements across 21 major cities in the Middle East. Environ Pollut. 2021 Nov 01; 288:117802.
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Epidemiological characteristics and initial spatiotemporal visualisation of COVID-19 in a major city in the Middle East. BMC Public Health. 2021 07 12; 21(1):1373.
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Taste alteration in COVID-19: Significant geographical differences exist in the prevalence of the symptom. J Infect Public Health. 2021 Aug; 14(8):1099-1105.