"Plague" 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.
An acute infectious disease caused by YERSINIA PESTIS that affects humans, wild rodents, and their ectoparasites. This condition persists due to its firm entrenchment in sylvatic rodent-flea ecosystems throughout the world. Bubonic plague is the most common form.
| Descriptor ID |
D010930
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.400.310.980.745
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| Concept/Terms |
Plague- Plague
- Yersinia pestis Infection
- Infection, Yersinia pestis
- Infections, Yersinia pestis
- Yersinia pestis Infections
Septicemic Plague- Septicemic Plague
- Plague, Septicemic
- Plagues, Septicemic
- Septicemic Plagues
- Black Death
- Black Deaths
- Death, Black
- Deaths, Black
- Black Plague
- Black Plagues
- Plague, Black
- Plagues, Black
Pneumonic Plague- Pneumonic Plague
- Plague, Pneumonic
- Plagues, Pneumonic
- Pneumonic Plagues
Pulmonic Plague- Pulmonic Plague
- Plague, Pulmonic
- Plagues, Pulmonic
- Pulmonic Plagues
Meningeal Plague- Meningeal Plague
- Meningeal Plagues
- Plague, Meningeal
- Plagues, Meningeal
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Plague" by people in Profiles.
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A mirror in fiction: drawing parallelisms between Camus's La Peste and COVID-19. Med Humanit. 2021 Sep; 47(3):e4.
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Plague vaccines: new developments in an ongoing search. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2021 Jun; 105(12):4931-4941.
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Regarding pandemics: Ibn Jatima from AlmerÃa anticipates the physiopathological concept of multi-organ failure in the 14th century. Med Intensiva (Engl Ed). 2021 Aug-Sep; 45(6):362-370.
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Epidemic amidst the coronavirus disease-19 pandemic. J Glob Health. 2021 Jun 05; 11:03056.
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Art in support of life: Caravaggio and the plague. J Anal Psychol. 2021 Jun; 66(3):583-604.
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Plague rampant: two sides of the coin. Br J Ophthalmol. 2021 07; 105(7):891-892.
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Lessons from the 1656 Neapolitan Plague: Something to learn for the current coronavirus Pandemic? Vaccine. 2021 06 16; 39(27):3641-3643.
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Epidemics before microbiology: stories from the plague in 1711 and cholera in 1853 in Copenhagen. APMIS. 2021 07; 129(7):372-380.
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Pandemics and education: A historical review. J Dent Educ. 2021 Jun; 85(6):741-746.
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National Status in a Global Pandemic: Is (Mis)handling COVID-19 a Turning Point or a Revelation? Am J Public Health. 2021 03; 111(3):407-408.