Epidemics
"Epidemics" 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.
Sudden outbreaks of a disease in a country or region not previously recognized in that area, or a rapid increase in the number of new cases of a previous existing endemic disease. Epidemics can also refer to outbreaks of disease in animal or plant populations.
| Descriptor ID |
D058872
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.290.200
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Epidemics" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Epidemics" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Epidemics" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Venkata AN, Palagiri RDR, Vaithilingam S. Vaping epidemic in US teens: problem and solutions. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2021 03 01; 27(2):88-94.
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Han B, Compton WM, Blanco C, Crane E, Lee J, Jones CM. Prescription Opioid Use, Misuse, and Use Disorders in U.S. Adults: 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Ann Intern Med. 2017 Sep 05; 167(5):293-301.
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Hogan WR, Wagner MM, Brochhausen M, Levander J, Brown ST, Millett N, DePasse J, Hanna J. The Apollo Structured Vocabulary: an OWL2 ontology of phenomena in infectious disease epidemiology and population biology for use in epidemic simulation. J Biomed Semantics. 2016 Aug 18; 7:50.
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Yamada S, Riklon S, Maskarinec GG. Ethical Responsibility for the Social Production of Tuberculosis. J Bioeth Inq. 2016 Mar; 13(1):57-64.