"Disease Eradication" 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.
Termination of all transmission of infection by global extermination of the infectious agent through surveillance and containment (From Porta, A Dictionary of Epidemiology, 5th ed).
| Descriptor ID |
D060740
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.275
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| Concept/Terms |
Disease Eradication- Disease Eradication
- Disease Eradications
- Eradication, Disease
- Eradications, Disease
Disease Elimination- Disease Elimination
- Disease Eliminations
- Elimination, Disease
- Eliminations, Disease
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Disease Eradication" by people in Profiles.
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Novel funding pledges for advancing polio eradication efforts. Lancet. 2024 Jun 29; 403(10446):2781-2782.
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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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Implementing malaria control in South Africa, Eswatini and southern Mozambique during the COVID-19 pandemic. S Afr Med J. 2020 10 08; 110(11):1072-1076.
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High levels of imported asymptomatic malaria but limited local transmission in KwaZulu-Natal, a South African malaria-endemic province nearing malaria elimination. Malar J. 2020 Apr 15; 19(1):152.
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A global scientific strategy to cure hepatitis B. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 07; 4(7):545-558.
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Moving toward Tuberculosis Elimination. Critical Issues for Research in Diagnostics and Therapeutics for Tuberculosis Infection. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 03 01; 199(5):564-571.
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The hepatitis B epidemic and the urgent need for cure preparedness. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 09; 15(9):517-518.
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Progress of UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets in a district in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with high HIV burden, in the HIPSS study: a household-based complex multilevel community survey. Lancet HIV. 2017 11; 4(11):e505-e513.
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Reviewing South Africa's malaria elimination strategy (2012-2018): progress, challenges and priorities. Malar J. 2016 08 27; 15(1):438.
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Failure to eradicate Isospora belli diarrhoea despite immune reconstitution in adults with HIV--a case series. PLoS One. 2012; 7(8):e42844.