Feces

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Excrement from the INTESTINES, containing unabsorbed solids, waste products, secretions, and BACTERIA of the DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.

Descriptor ID	D005243
MeSH Number(s)	A12.459
Concept/Terms	Feces Feces

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Anatomy [A]
Fluids and Secretions [A12]
Feces [A12.459]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1999	0	1	1
2000	1	0	1
2002	0	2	2
2003	0	4	4
2004	0	2	2
2005	1	1	2
2006	1	1	2
2007	0	3	3
2008	2	3	5
2009	1	4	5
2010	1	1	2
2012	2	5	7
2013	1	3	4
2014	2	4	6
2015	0	3	3
2016	4	7	11
2017	2	4	6
2018	1	7	8
2019	3	6	9
2020	0	3	3
2021	1	4	5
2022	0	3	3
2023	1	6	7
2024	3	4	7
2025	0	4	4
2026	0	3	3

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Figueroa-Gispert MDM, Mel?ndez-V?zquez NM, Espino AM, Godoy-Vitorino F. Intermittent Administration of Helminth-Derived Fh15 Modulates Gut Microbiota and Partially Mitigates Dysbiosis in Early Stages of Severe Experimental Colitis. Int J Mol Sci. 2026 May 02; 27(9).

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Omore R, Ogwel B, Ochieng JB, Juma J, Omballa V, Ouma A, Aol G, Audi A, Agogo GO, Odongo G, Onyango C, Wamola N, Komo T, Chepkemoi D, Hunsperger E, Feikin DR, Montgomery JM, Widdowson MA, Prentice-Mott G, Mintz ED, Breiman RF, Munywoki PK, Bigogo GM, Verani JR. Population-based incidence and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of shigellosis among children and adults from rural and urban Kenya, 2010-2019. PLoS One. 2026; 21(3):e0330888.

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Gonz?lez-Mercado VJ, Jean Lim S, Kumar Singh P, Sales-Martinez S, Fernandez-Cajavilca M, Marrero LM, Pedro E, D'Eramo Melkus G. Dietary Quality and Microbiome Profiles among Rectal Cancer Patients: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study. P R Health Sci J. 2026 Mar; 45(1):3-10.

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Kutbi A, Gong J, Dluzen D, Pop M, Li Y. The Gut Microbiota of Peruvian Children Under the Age of Two During the Complementary Feeding Period. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025 Aug 30; 22(9).

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Terrazas F, Kelley ST, DeMasi T, Giltvedt K, Tsang M, Nannini K, Kern M, Hooshmand S. Influence of menstrual cycle and oral contraception on taxonomic composition and gas production in the gut microbiome. J Med Microbiol. 2025 Mar; 74(3).

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Darling A, Davis B, Byrne T, Deck M, Rivera GM, Price S, Amaral-Torres A, Markham C, Gonzalez R, Vikesland P, Krometis LA, Pruden A, Cohen A. Subsewershed analyses of the impacts of inflow and infiltration on viral pathogens and antibiotic resistance markers across a rural sewer system. Water Res. 2025 May 15; 276:123230.

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Martin I, Silverberg M, Abdelgawad A, Tanaka K, Halloran BA, Nicola T, Myers ED, Desai JP, White CT, Karabayir I, Akbilgic O, Tipton L, Gentle SJ, Ambalavanan N, Peters BM, Vu LD, Jain VG, Lal CV, Cormier SA, Pierre JF, Jilling T, Talati AJ, Willis KA. The fungal microbiota modulate neonatal oxygen-induced lung injury. Microbiome. 2025 Jan 27; 13(1):24.

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Rodr?guez-Barreras R, Tosado-Rodr?guez EL, Dominicci-Maura A, Godoy-Vitorino F. Effects of temperature and size class on the gut digesta microbiota of the sea urchin Tripneustes ventricosus. PeerJ. 2024; 12:e18298.

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Alja'fari J, Sharvelle S, Branch A, Pecson B, Jahne M, Olivieri A, Arabi M, Garland JL, Gonzalez R. Assessing human-source microbial contamination of stormwater in the U.S. Water Res. 2025 Jan 01; 268(Pt B):122640.

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Meilander J, Jewell M, Caporaso JG. Microbiome multi-omics can accelerate human excrement composting research. Microbiome. 2024 Sep 16; 12(1):174.

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