"Incidence" 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.
The number of new cases of a given disease during a given period in a specified population. It also is used for the rate at which new events occur in a defined population. It is differentiated from PREVALENCE, which refers to all cases, new or old, in the population at a given time.
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D015994
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.985.525.375 N01.224.935.597.500 N06.850.505.400.975.525.375 N06.850.520.308.985.525.375
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2006 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2007 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2008 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2009 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2010 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2011 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2012 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 2013 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| 2014 | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| 2015 | 0 | 34 | 34 |
| 2016 | 0 | 28 | 28 |
| 2017 | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| 2018 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| 2019 | 0 | 32 | 32 |
| 2020 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 2021 | 1 | 29 | 30 |
| 2022 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2023 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 2024 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 2025 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Incidence" by people in Profiles.
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Incident type 2 diabetes and its risk factors in men and women aged 40-60 years from four sub-Saharan African countries: results from the AWI-Gen study. Lancet Glob Health. 2025 Mar; 13(3):e459-e466.
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A Potential Platform for Future Vaccine Trials Identifies a High Incidence of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Influenza Infection Among Children Aged 6 to 23 Months in South Africa. J Infect Dis. 2025 Feb 20; 231(2):e328-e336.
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Global impact of 10- and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on pneumococcal meningitis in all ages: The PSERENADE project. J Infect. 2025 Mar; 90(3):106426.
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Patterns of incident Burkitt lymphoma during the HIV epidemic among the Black African and White population in South Africa. Br J Cancer. 2025 Mar; 132(5):462-468.
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95-95-95 HIV indicators among children younger than 15 years in South Africa: results from the 2017 national HIV prevalence, incidence, behaviour, and communication survey. AIDS Res Ther. 2025 Jan 14; 22(1):6.
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Cohort profile: the potentially preventable burden of community-acquired pneumonia in South African adults in the era of widespread PCV13 immunisation and antiretroviral therapy roll-out, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic - the multicentre, multimethod PotPrev Study. BMJ Open. 2024 12 20; 14(12):e080553.
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Levofloxacin Preventive Treatment in Children Exposed to MDR Tuberculosis. N Engl J Med. 2024 Dec 19; 391(24):2315-2326.
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Global impact of ten-valent and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on invasive pneumococcal disease in all ages (the PSERENADE project): a global surveillance analysis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2025 Apr; 25(4):457-470.
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Bleed treatment with eptacog beta (rFVIIa) results in a low incidence of rebleeding in adult and adolescent patients with haemophilia A or B with inhibitors. Haemophilia. 2025 Jan; 31(1):78-86.
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Demographic and pathogen characteristics of incident bacterial meningitis in infants in South Africa: A cohort study. PLoS One. 2024; 19(9):e0310528.