"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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.221
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| Concept/Terms |
Communicable Diseases- Communicable Diseases
- Communicable Disease
- Disease, Communicable
- Diseases, Communicable
- Infectious Diseases
- Disease, Infectious
- Diseases, Infectious
- Infectious Disease
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Communicable Diseases" by people in Profiles.
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Lessons from ancient pathogens. Science. 2024 Aug 02; 385(6708):490-492.
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RIG-I agonist SLR10 promotes macrophage M1 polarization during influenza virus infection. Front Immunol. 2023; 14:1177624.
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Cytokine-Mediated Degradation of the Transcription Factor ERG Impacts the Pulmonary Vascular Response to Systemic Inflammatory Challenge. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2023 08; 43(8):1412-1428.
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Reframing Optimal Control Problems for Infectious Disease Management in Low-Income Countries. Bull Math Biol. 2023 03 12; 85(4):31.
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Ancient pathogens provide a window into health and well-being. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 01 24; 120(4):e2209476119.
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Single-Cell Mass Spectrometry Enables Insight into Heterogeneity in Infectious Disease. Anal Chem. 2022 08 02; 94(30):10567-10572.
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Early IFN-ß administration protects cigarette smoke exposed mice against lethal influenza virus infection without increasing lung inflammation. Sci Rep. 2022 03 08; 12(1):4080.
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Molecular networking in infectious disease models. Methods Enzymol. 2022; 663:341-375.
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Development of a systematic mapping review protocol for the most recent evidence on ruminant infectious disease frequency and disease-associated mortality: Ethiopia as a case study. Anim Health Res Rev. 2020 06; 21(1):96-102.
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Tiny Things with Enormous Impact: Nanotechnology in the Fight Against Infectious Disease. ACS Infect Dis. 2018 10 12; 4(10):1432-1435.