"Diarrhea" 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 increased liquidity or decreased consistency of FECES, such as running stool. Fecal consistency is related to the ratio of water-holding capacity of insoluble solids to total water, rather than the amount of water present. Diarrhea is not hyperdefecation or increased fecal weight.
| Descriptor ID |
D003967
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.821.214
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Diarrhea" by people in Profiles.
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Vaccine value profile for norovirus. Vaccine. 2023 11 03; 41 Suppl 2:S134-S152.
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Sociodemographic and environmental factors associated with diarrhoeal illness in children under 5 years in Uganda, 2016: a cross-sectional study. BMC Infect Dis. 2023 Jul 18; 23(1):480.
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Diagnostic testing practices for diarrhoeal cases in South African public hospitals. BMC Infect Dis. 2022 Nov 09; 22(1):827.
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Diarrhoeal diseases in Soweto, South Africa, 2020: a cross-sectional community survey. BMC Public Health. 2021 07 20; 21(1):1431.
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A decade of rotavirus vaccination in Africa - Saving lives and changing the face of diarrhoeal diseases: Report of the 12th African Rotavirus Symposium. Vaccine. 2021 04 22; 39(17):2319-2324.
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Winning the Battle Against Rotavirus Diarrhea…One Step at a Time. J Infect Dis. 2020 10 13; 222(10):1587-1588.
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Assessment of environmental exposure factors on child diarrhea and systemic inflammation in the Eastern Cape. Water Res. 2020 Feb 01; 169:115244.
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Sanitation and diarrhoea in infancy and CRP level at 18 years: the birth-to-twenty plus cohort. Ann Hum Biol. 2019 Aug; 46(5):415-424.
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The Burden of Acute Diarrheal Disease in Young Hospitalized Urban South African Children Five Years After Rotavirus Vaccine Introduction: A Retrospective Descriptive Study. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2019 07; 38(7):752-756.
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Understanding the full clinical spectrum of childhood diarrhoea in low-income and middle-income countries. Lancet Glob Health. 2019 05; 7(5):e534-e535.