Communicable Diseases

"Communicable Diseases" 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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An illness caused by an infectious agent or its toxins that occurs through the direct or indirect transmission of the infectious agent or its products from an infected individual or via an animal, vector or the inanimate environment to a susceptible animal or human host.

Descriptor ID	D003141
MeSH Number(s)	C01.539.221
Concept/Terms	Communicable Diseases Communicable Diseases Communicable Disease Disease, Communicable Diseases, Communicable Infectious Diseases Disease, Infectious Diseases, Infectious Infectious Disease

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Diseases [C]
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses [C01]
Infection [C01.539]
Communicable Diseases [C01.539.221]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Communicable Diseases" by people in this website by year, and whether "Communicable Diseases" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 36 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2021

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2001	0	1	1
2002	2	1	3
2005	1	1	2
2006	0	1	1
2007	1	0	1
2009	2	0	2
2010	1	2	3
2013	1	0	1
2014	0	1	1
2015	1	1	2
2016	1	0	1
2017	2	0	2
2018	1	2	3
2019	2	0	2
2020	1	0	1
2021	4	1	5
2022	2	0	2
2023	3	0	3

Below are the most recent publications written about "Communicable Diseases" by people in Profiles.

Sun J. A mathematic equation derived from host-pathogen interactions elucidates the significance of integrating modern medicine with traditional Chinese medicine to treat infectious diseases. J Integr Med. 2023 07; 21(4):324-331.

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Lee NR, King A, Vigil D, Mullaney D, Sanderson PR, Ametepee T, Hammitt LL. Infectious diseases in Indigenous populations in North America: learning from the past to create a more equitable future. Lancet Infect Dis. 2023 10; 23(10):e431-e444.

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Moreland G, Diaz W, Barkley LC. Infectious Disease in Sports. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2023 02 01; 22(2):47-48.

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Tavakoli H, Hirth E, Luo M, Sharma Timilsina S, Dou M, Dominguez DC, Li X. A microfluidic fully paper-based analytical device integrated with loop-mediated isothermal amplification and nano-biosensors for rapid, sensitive, and specific quantitative detection of infectious diseases. Lab Chip. 2022 11 22; 22(23):4693-4704.

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Akulian J, Bedawi EO, Abbas H, Argento C, Arnold DT, Balwan A, Batra H, Uribe Becerra JP, Belanger A, Berger K, Burks AC, Chang J, Chrissian AA, DiBardino DM, Fuentes XF, Gesthalter YB, Gilbert CR, Glisinski K, Godfrey M, Gorden JA, Grosu H, Gupta M, Kheir F, Ma KC, Majid A, Maldonado F, Maskell NA, Mehta H, Mercer J, Mullon J, Nelson D, Nguyen E, Pickering EM, Puchalski J, Reddy C, Revelo AE, Roller L, Sachdeva A, Sanchez T, Sathyanarayan P, Semaan R, Senitko M, Shojaee S, Story R, Thiboutot J, Wahidi M, Wilshire CL, Yu D, Zouk A, Rahman NM, Yarmus L. Bleeding Risk With Combination Intrapleural Fibrinolytic and Enzyme Therapy in Pleural Infection: An International, Multicenter, Retrospective Cohort Study. Chest. 2022 Dec; 162(6):1384-1392.

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Li X, Yang C. Analytical chemistry for infectious disease detection and prevention. Anal Bioanal Chem. 2021 07; 413(18):4561-4562.

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Nixon DF, Ndhlovu LC. Vaccine Breakthrough Infections with SARS-CoV-2 Variants. N Engl J Med. 2021 07 08; 385(2):e7.

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Ma L, Abugalyon Y, Li X. Multicolorimetric ELISA biosensors on a paper/polymer hybrid analytical device for visual point-of-care detection of infection diseases. Anal Bioanal Chem. 2021 Jul; 413(18):4655-4663.

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Rayford KJ, Cooley A, Rumph JT, Arun A, Rachakonda G, Villalta F, Lima MF, Pratap S, Misra S, Nde PN. piRNAs as Modulators of Disease Pathogenesis. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Feb 27; 22(5).

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Carbone M, Lednicky J, Xiao SY, Venditti M, Bucci E. Coronavirus 2019 Infectious Disease Epidemic: Where We Are, What Can Be Done and Hope For. J Thorac Oncol. 2021 04; 16(4):546-571.

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