Madagascar

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One of the Indian Ocean Islands off the southeast coast of Africa. Its capital is Antananarivo. It was formerly called the Malagasy Republic. Discovered by the Portuguese in 1500, its history has been tied predominantly to the French, becoming a French protectorate in 1882, a French colony in 1896, and a territory within the French union in 1946. The Malagasy Republic was established in the French Community in 1958 but it achieved independence in 1960. Its name was changed to Madagascar in 1975. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p714)

Descriptor ID	D008270
MeSH Number(s)	Z01.639.520.500
Concept/Terms	Madagascar Madagascar Malagasy Republic

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Geographicals [Z]
Geographic Locations [Z01]
Islands [Z01.639]
Indian Ocean Islands [Z01.639.520]
Madagascar [Z01.639.520.500]

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Year	Minor Topic	Total
2011	2	2
2012	1	1
2016	1	1
2017	1	1
2021	1	1
2023	1	1

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Hutton SM, Miarinjara A, Stone NE, Raharimalala FN, Raveloson AO, Rakotobe Harimanana R, Harimalala M, Rahelinirina S, McDonough RF, Ames AD, Hepp C, Rajerison M, Busch JD, Wagner DM, Girod R. Knockdown resistance mutations are common and widely distributed in Xenopsylla cheopis fleas that transmit plague in Madagascar. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023 08; 17(8):e0011401.

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Kikuchi F, Senoo K, Arai S, Tsuchiya K, Son NT, Motokawa M, Ranorosoa MC, Bawm S, Lin KS, Suzuki H, Unno A, Nakata K, Harada M, Tanaka-Taya K, Morikawa S, Suzuki M, Mizutani T, Yanagihara R. Rodent-Borne Orthohantaviruses in Vietnam, Madagascar and Japan. Viruses. 2021 07 12; 13(7).

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Vogler AJ, Andrianaivoarimanana V, Telfer S, Hall CM, Sahl JW, Hepp CM, Centner H, Andersen G, Birdsell DN, Rahalison L, Nottingham R, Keim P, Wagner DM, Rajerison M. Temporal phylogeography of Yersinia pestis in Madagascar: Insights into the long-term maintenance of plague. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Sep; 11(9):e0005887.

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Zimkus BM, Lawson LP, Barej MF, Barratt CD, Channing A, Dash KM, Dehling JM, Du Preez L, Gehring PS, Greenbaum E, Gvo?d?k V, Harvey J, Kielgast J, Kusamba C, Nagy ZT, Pabijan M, Penner J, R?del MO, Vences M, L?tters S. Leapfrogging into new territory: How Mascarene ridged frogs diversified across Africa and Madagascar to maintain their ecological niche. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2017 01; 106:254-269.

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Castelin M, Puillandre N, Kantor YI, Modica MV, Terryn Y, Cruaud C, Bouchet P, Holford M. Macroevolution of venom apparatus innovations in auger snails (Gastropoda; Conoidea; Terebridae). Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2012 Jul; 64(1):21-44.

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Perry GH, Reeves D, Melsted P, Ratan A, Miller W, Michelini K, Louis EE, Pritchard JK, Mason CE, Gilad Y. A genome sequence resource for the aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis), a nocturnal lemur from Madagascar. Genome Biol Evol. 2012; 4(2):126-35.

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Vogler AJ, Chan F, Wagner DM, Roumagnac P, Lee J, Nera R, Eppinger M, Ravel J, Rahalison L, Rasoamanana BW, Beckstrom-Sternberg SM, Achtman M, Chanteau S, Keim P. Phylogeography and molecular epidemiology of Yersinia pestis in Madagascar. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011 Sep; 5(9):e1319.

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