"South Africa" 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.
A republic in southern Africa, the southernmost part of Africa. It has three capitals: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), and Bloemfontein (judicial). Officially the Republic of South Africa since 1960, it was called the Union of South Africa 1910-1960.
| Descriptor ID |
D013019
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.058.290.175.735
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| Concept/Terms |
South Africa- South Africa
- Union of South Africa
- Republic of South Africa
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "South Africa" by people in Profiles.
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Gut microbiota alterations in response to sleep length among African-origin adults. PLoS One. 2021; 16(9):e0255323.
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Associations between self-reported sleep duration and cardiometabolic risk factors in young African-origin adults from the five-country modeling the epidemiologic transition study (METS). Sleep Health. 2020 08; 6(4):469-477.
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HIV, Tuberculosis, and Otogenic Intracranial Sepsis: A Devastating Disease With a Subtle Presentation. Otol Neurotol. 2019 08; 40(7):e704-e712.
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Diet and adult age-at-death among mobile foragers: A synthesis of bioarcheological methods. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2019 09; 170(1):131-147.
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Effects of diet on the childhood gut microbiome and its implications for atopic dermatitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 04; 143(4):1636-1637.e5.
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Sex-specific patterns in cortical and trabecular bone microstructure in the Kirsten Skeletal Collection, South Africa. Am J Hum Biol. 2018 05; 30(3):e23108.
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Atopic dermatitis and food sensitization in South African toddlers: Role of fiber and gut microbiota. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2017 06; 118(6):742-743.e3.
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Cortical bone histomorphology of known-age skeletons from the Kirsten collection, Stellenbosch university, South Africa. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2016 May; 160(1):137-47.
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Wild chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) remember single foraging episodes. Anim Cogn. 2015 Jul; 18(4):921-9.
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CD4 criteria improves the sensitivity of a clinical algorithm developed to identify viral failure in HIV-positive patients on antiretroviral therapy. J Int AIDS Soc. 2014; 17:19139.