Public Health Surveillance
"Public Health Surveillance" 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 ongoing, systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health-related data with the purpose of preventing or controlling disease or injury, or of identifying unusual events of public health importance, followed by the dissemination and use of information for public health action. (From Am J Prev Med 2011;41(6):636)
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D062486
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.980.438.700.324 N05.715.360.300.800.438.625.324 N06.850.520.308.980.438.700.324 N06.850.780.675.487
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Public Health Surveillance" by people in Profiles.
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Population Immunity and Covid-19 Severity with Omicron Variant in South Africa. N Engl J Med. 2022 04 07; 386(14):1314-1326.
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The prevalence of unintended pregnancy and its association with HIV status among pregnant women in South Africa, a national antenatal survey, 2019. Sci Rep. 2021 12 09; 11(1):23740.
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Cytokine response in cerebrospinal fluid of meningitis patients and outcome associated with pneumococcal serotype. Sci Rep. 2021 10 07; 11(1):19920.
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The Role of Molecular Testing in Pediatric Meningitis Surveillance in Southern and East African Countries, 2008-2017. J Infect Dis. 2021 09 01; 224(12 Suppl 2):S194-S203.
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Epidemiology of haematological malignancies in people living with HIV. Lancet HIV. 2020 09; 7(9):e641-e651.
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Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Invasive Group B Streptococcus Disease among Infants, China. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 11; 25(11):2021-2030.
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Effect of a Mentor Mother Programme on retention of mother-baby pairs in HIV care: A secondary analysis of programme data in Uganda. PLoS One. 2019; 14(10):e0223332.
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Quantifying How Different Clinical Presentations, Levels of Severity, and Healthcare Attendance Shape the Burden of Influenza-associated Illness: A Modeling Study From South Africa. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 08 30; 69(6):1036-1048.
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices of young people in Zimbabwe on cervical cancer and HPV, current screening methods and vaccination. BMC Cancer. 2019 Aug 28; 19(1):845.
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Can pneumococcal meningitis surveillance be used to assess the impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on total invasive pneumococcal disease? A case-study from South Africa, 2005-2016. Vaccine. 2019 09 10; 37(38):5724-5730.