"Desiccation" 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.
Removal of moisture from a substance (chemical, food, tissue, etc.).
| Descriptor ID |
D003890
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.196.335 G02.176
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Desiccation" by people in Profiles.
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Early antiretroviral therapy initiation: access and equity of viral load testing for HIV treatment monitoring. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 01; 17(1):e26-e29.
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The use of dried blood spot specimens for HIV-1 drug resistance genotyping in young children initiating antiretroviral therapy. J Virol Methods. 2015 Oct; 223:30-2.
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Performance monitoring of mycobacterium tuberculosis dried culture spots for use with the GeneXpert system within a national program in South Africa. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Dec; 51(12):4018-21.
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Development and evaluation of an affordable real-time qualitative assay for determining HIV-1 virological failure in plasma and dried blood spots. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Jun; 51(6):1899-905.
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Storage and persistence of a candidate fungal biopesticide for use against adult malaria vectors. Malar J. 2012 Oct 25; 11:354.
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Evaluation of blood collection filter papers for HIV-1 DNA PCR. J Clin Virol. 2012 Oct; 55(2):101-6.
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Diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection in infants by use of dried blood spots and an ultrasensitive p24 antigen assay. J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Feb; 47(2):459-62.
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Performance of a novel human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 total nucleic acid-based real-time PCR assay using whole blood and dried blood spots for diagnosis of HIV in infants. J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Dec; 46(12):3941-5.
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Ultrasensitive human immunodeficiency virus type 1 p24 antigen assay modified for use on dried whole-blood spots as a reliable, affordable test for infant diagnosis. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2006 Jan; 13(1):152-5.