"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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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Communicable Diseases" by people in Profiles.
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Introduction to A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections In Acute-Care Hospitals: 2022 Updates. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 10; 44(10):1533-1539.
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Impact of Mandatory Infectious Disease Specialist Approval on Hospital-Onset Clostridioides difficile Infection Rates and Testing Appropriateness. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 08 14; 77(3):346-350.
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Clinical and Infection Prevention Applications of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Genotyping: An Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Society for Microbiology Consensus Review Document. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 04 28; 74(8):1496-1502.
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Innate Immune Memory and the Host Response to Infection. J Immunol. 2022 02 15; 208(4):785-792.
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Clinical and Infection Prevention Applications of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Genotyping: an Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Society for Microbiology Consensus Review Document. J Clin Microbiol. 2022 01 19; 60(1):e0165921.
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The perplexing problem of persistently PCR-positive personnel. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 02; 42(2):203-204.
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Policy Recommendations for Optimizing the Infectious Diseases Physician-Scientist Workforce. J Infect Dis. 2018 08 14; 218(suppl_1):S49-S54.
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Antimicrobial Stewardship: How the Microbiology Laboratory Can Right the Ship. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2017 01; 30(1):381-407.
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A guide to interpreting economic studies in infectious diseases. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2010 Dec; 16(12):1713-20.
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The spectrum of neurological disorders in a Zambian tertiary care hospital. J Neurol Sci. 2010 Mar 15; 290(1-2):1-5.