"Disease Outbreaks" 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.
Sudden increase in the incidence of a disease. The concept includes EPIDEMICS and PANDEMICS.
| Descriptor ID |
D004196
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.290
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| Concept/Terms |
Disease Outbreaks- Disease Outbreaks
- Disease Outbreak
- Outbreak, Disease
- Outbreaks, Disease
- Outbreaks
- Infectious Disease Outbreaks
- Disease Outbreak, Infectious
- Disease Outbreaks, Infectious
- Infectious Disease Outbreak
- Outbreak, Infectious Disease
- Outbreaks, Infectious Disease
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Disease Outbreaks" by people in this website by year, and whether "Disease Outbreaks" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Disease Outbreaks" by people in Profiles.
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Genomic insights into the 2022-2023Vibrio cholerae outbreak in Malawi. Nat Commun. 2024 Jul 26; 15(1):6291.
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Candida auris Clinical Isolates Associated with Outbreak in Neonatal Unit of Tertiary Academic Hospital, South Africa. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 10; 29(10):2044-2053.
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High Prevalence of Candida auris Colonization during Protracted Neonatal Unit Outbreak, South Africa. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 09; 29(9):1913-1916.
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Outbreak of NDM-1- and OXA-181-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Bloodstream Infections in a Neonatal Unit, South Africa. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 08; 29(8):1531-1539.
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Measles incidence in South Africa: a six-year review, 2015-2020. BMC Public Health. 2022 08 30; 22(1):1647.
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SARS-CoV-2 cases reported from long-term residential facilities (care homes) in South Africa: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Public Health. 2022 May 24; 22(1):1035.
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Decreased severity of disease during the first global omicron variant covid-19 outbreak in a large hospital in tshwane, south africa. Int J Infect Dis. 2022 Mar; 116:38-42.
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Characteristics and Outcomes of Neonates With Blood Stream Infection Due to Listeria monocytogenes. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021 10 01; 40(10):917-921.
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An outbreak of cutaneous abscesses caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus among gold mine workers, South Africa, November 2017 to March 2018. BMC Infect Dis. 2020 Aug 24; 20(1):621.
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A multisectoral investigation of a neonatal unit outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteraemia at a regional hospital in Gauteng Province, South Africa. S Afr Med J. 2020 Jul 29; 110(8):783-790.