"West Indies" 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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Islands lying between southeastern North America and northern South America, enclosing the Caribbean Sea. They comprise the Greater Antilles (CUBA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HAITI; JAMAICA; and PUERTO RICO), the Lesser Antilles (ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA and the other Leeward Islands, BARBADOS; MARTINIQUE and the other Windward Islands, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES, BRITISH VIRGINI ISLANDS, and the islands north of Venezuela which include TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO), and the BAHAMAS. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1330)
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D014900
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.107.084.900 Z01.639.880
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "West Indies" by people in Profiles.
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2020 family medicine postgraduate examinations at The University of the West Indies: successes and challenges in the time of COVID-19 pandemic. Postgrad Med J. 2021 Jul; 97(1149):423-426.
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SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19: Evolution in the Caribbean islands. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2020 Sep - Oct; 37:101854.
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Use of whole slide imaging (WSI) for distance teaching. J Clin Pathol. 2021 Jul; 74(7):425-428.
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French West Indies castaway children as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. Acta Paediatr. 2020 09; 109(9):1915.
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Influence of geographic origin on AIDS and serious non-AIDS morbidity/mortality during cART among heterosexual HIV-infected men and women in France. PLoS One. 2018; 13(10):e0205385.
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Geographical Distribution of COPD Prevalence in the Americas. COPD. 2018 Jun-Aug; 15(4):317-325.
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High detection rates of Torque teno sus virus in co-infection with important viral pathogens in porcine kidneys on St. Kitts Island, Lesser Antilles. Transbound Emerg Dis. 2018 Oct; 65(5):1175-1181.
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Improving early epidemiological assessment of emerging Aedes-transmitted epidemics using historical data. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 06; 12(6):e0006526.
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Near-Drowning: To Be or Not to Be … Is It the Question? Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 04 15; 15(4).
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Are Perceived Prevalences of Infection also Biased and How? Lessons from Large Epidemics of Mosquito-Borne Diseases in Tropical Regions. Med Decis Making. 2018 04; 38(3):377-389.