"Tanzania" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A republic in eastern Africa, south of UGANDA and north of MOZAMBIQUE. Its capital is Dar es Salaam. It was formed in 1964 by a merger of the countries of TANGANYIKA and ZANZIBAR.
| Descriptor ID |
D013636
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.058.290.120.840
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| Concept/Terms |
Tanzania- Tanzania
- United Republic of Tanzania
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tanzania" by people in Profiles.
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Data release: targeted systematic literature search for tick and tick-borne pathogen distributions in six countries in sub-Saharan Africa from 1901 to 2020. Parasit Vectors. 2024 Feb 22; 17(1):84.
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Does a school-based intervention to engage parents change opportunity for handwashing with soap at home? Practical experience from the Mikono Safi trial in Northwestern Tanzania. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 06; 16(6):e0010438.
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Hand hygiene intervention to optimise soil-transmitted helminth infection control among primary school children: the Mikono Safi cluster randomised controlled trial in northwestern Tanzania. BMC Med. 2021 05 21; 19(1):125.
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Hand hygiene intervention to optimize helminth infection control: Design and baseline results of Mikono Safi-An ongoing school-based cluster-randomised controlled trial in NW Tanzania. PLoS One. 2020; 15(12):e0242240.
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Cancer incidence and treatment utilization patterns at a regional cancer center in Tanzania from 2008-2016: Initial report of 2,772 cases. Cancer Epidemiol. 2020 08; 67:101772.
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Factors perceived to facilitate or hinder handwashing among primary students: a qualitative assessment of the Mikono Safi intervention schools in NW Tanzania. BMJ Open. 2019 11 28; 9(11):e030947.
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Impact of Initiating Screening Programs on Referral and Management of Cervical Cancer in Tanzania. J Glob Oncol. 2019 07; 5:JGO1800052.
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Sexual motivation, sexual transactions and sexual risk behaviors in men who have sex with men in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. AIDS Behav. 2014 Dec; 18(12):2432-41.
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Cryptosporidium, enterocytozoon, and cyclospora infections in pediatric and adult patients with diarrhea in Tanzania. Clin Infect Dis. 1999 Feb; 28(2):314-21.
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Enteric viruses associated with HIV infection in Tanzanian children with chronic diarrhea. Pediatr AIDS HIV Infect. 1994 Oct; 5(5):296-9.