Caribbean Region

"Caribbean Region" 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.

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The area that lies between continental North and South America and comprises the Caribbean Sea, the West Indies, and the adjacent mainland regions of southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and Venezuela.

Descriptor ID	D017691
MeSH Number(s)	Z01.107.084
Concept/Terms	Caribbean Region Caribbean Region Caribbean Caribbean Sea Region West Indies Region

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Geographicals [Z]
Geographic Locations [Z01]
Americas [Z01.107]
Caribbean Region [Z01.107.084]

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Bar chart showing 68 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2015

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Year	Minor Topic	Total
2006	4	4
2007	2	2
2008	1	1
2010	4	4
2011	1	1
2012	8	8
2013	1	1
2014	2	2
2015	9	9
2016	7	7
2017	3	3
2018	2	2
2019	6	6
2020	3	3
2021	3	3
2022	1	1
2023	1	1
2024	4	4
2025	6	6

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Hassan S, Sobers NP, Paul-Charles J, Herbert J, Dharamraj K, Galusha D, Cruz E, Garcia-Rivera E, Fredericks L, Arniella G, Cattamanchi A, Adams OP, Maharaj RG, Nazario CM, Nunez M, Nunez-Smith M. Diabetes prevention in the Caribbean using lifestyle intervention and Metformin escalation (LIME): results from a quasi-experimental study. BMC Public Health. 2025 Nov 22; 25(1):4409.

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Badal S, Hwang BJ, Nelson A, Frank K, Maitre T, Nwokocha M, Thompson R, Morison B, Haraksingh R, Odero-Marah V, Ragin C. Novel Afro-Caribbean Prostate Cancer Model Reveals Ancestry-Specific Drug Vulnerabilities with Therapeutic Implications for Black Patients. Cancer Res Commun. 2025 10 01; 5(10):1758-1770.

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Bruxel EM, Rovaris DL, Belangero SI, Chavarr?a-Soley G, Cuellar-Barboza AB, Mart?nez-Maga?a JJ, Nagamatsu ST, Nievergelt CM, N??ez-R?os DL, Ota VK, Peterson RE, Sloofman LG, Adams AM, Albino E, Alvarado AT, Andrade-Brito D, Arguello-Pascualli PY, Bandeira CE, Bau CHD, Bulik CM, Buxbaum JD, Cappi C, Corral-Frias NS, Corrales A, Corsi-Zuelli F, Crowley JJ, Cupertino RB, da Silva BS, De Almeida SS, De la Hoz JF, Forero DA, Fries GR, Gelernter J, Gonz?lez-Giraldo Y, Grevet EH, Grice DE, Hern?ndez-Garayua A, Hettema JM, Ib??ez A, Ionita-Laza I, Lattig MC, Lima YC, Lin YS, L?pez-Le?n S, Loureiro CM, Mart?nez-Cerde?o V, Mart?nez-Levy GA, Melin K, Moreno-De-Luca D, Muniz Carvalho C, Olivares AM, Oliveira VF, Ormond R, Palmer AA, Panzenhagen AC, Passos-Bueno MR, Peng Q, P?rez-Palma E, Prieto ML, Roussos P, Sanchez-Roige S, Santamar?a-Garc?a H, Shansis FM, Sharp RR, Storch EA, Tavares MEA, Tietz GE, Torres-Hern?ndez BA, Tovo-Rodrigues L, Trelles P, Trujillo-ChiVacuan EM, Vel?squez MM, Vera-Urbina F, Voloudakis G, Wegman-Ostrosky T, Zhen-Duan J, Zhou H, Santoro ML, Nicolini H, Atkinson EG, Giusti-Rodr?guez P, Montalvo-Ortiz JL. Psychiatric genetics in the diverse landscape of Latin American populations. Nat Genet. 2025 May; 57(5):1074-1088.

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Rodr?guez-Sierra CJ, Mansilla-Rivera I, Bauz?-Ortega JF. Passive sampling of contaminants of emerging concern in a Caribbean urban estuary of Puerto Rico. Mar Pollut Bull. 2025 Apr; 213:117674.

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Schwartz JI, Howitt C, Raman S, Nair S, Hassan S, Oladele C, Hambleton IR, Sarpong DF, Adams OP, Maharaj RG, Nazario CM, Nunez M, Nunez-Smith M. Assessing cardiovascular disease risk and social determinants of health: A comparative analysis of five risk estimation instruments using data from the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network. PLoS One. 2025; 20(1):e0316577.

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Godoy-Vitorino F. Solutions to expand microbiome sciences in the Caribbean Region: an insider's perspective. Trends Microbiol. 2025 May; 33(5):475-478.

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Nu?ez-Medina HJ, Monero M, Torres LM, Leal E, Gonzalez-Sepulveda L, Mayor ?M, Renta JY, Gonz?lez-Garc?a ER, Gonz?lez A, Melin K, Scott SA, Rua?o G, Hernandez-Suarez DF, Duconge J. Implementing a pharmacogenomic-driven algorithm to guide antiplatelet therapy among Caribbean Hispanics: a non-randomised clinical trial. BMJ Open. 2024 09 05; 14(9):e084119.

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Guariguata L, Burlar A, Greaves N, Harewood H, Khan R, Rosario-Rosado RV, Jones W, Roy B, Hassan S. A systems thinking framework for understanding rising childhood obesity in the Caribbean. Health Res Policy Syst. 2024 Aug 21; 22(1):115.

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L?pez Y, Thomas R, Mu?oz-Leal S, L?pez-Mejia Y, Galeano K, Garcia A, Romero L, la Hoz DE, Martinez C, Calder?n A, Gastelbondo B, Contreras H, Olivieri G, Rubiano L, Paternina L, Hoyos-L?pez R, Ortiz A, Garay E, Alem?n-Santos M, Rivero R, Miranda J, Florez L, Ballesteros J, Contreras V, Tique V, Fragoso P, Guzman C, Arrieta G, Mattar S. Hard ticks (Ixodida: Ixodidae) in the Colombian Caribbean harbor the Jingmen tick virus: an emerging arbovirus of public health concern. Parasit Vectors. 2024 Jun 25; 17(1):268.

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Rivera-Segarra E, Mascayano F, Florence A, Caballero J, Cabassa LJ. Mental health implementation research in Latin America and the Caribbean. Lancet Psychiatry. 2024 05; 11(5):319-321.

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