"Sierra Leone" 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.
A republic in western Africa, south of GUINEA and west of LIBERIA. Its capital is Freetown.
| Descriptor ID |
D012807
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.058.290.190.725
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2015 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sierra Leone" by people in Profiles.
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Neurological Symptoms and Cause of Death Among Young Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 09 03; 7(9):e2431512.
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Using Participatory Workshops to Assess Alignment or Tension in the Community for Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling Prior to Start of Child Mortality Surveillance: Lessons From 5 Sites Across the CHAMPS Network. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 10 09; 69(Suppl 4):S280-S290.
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Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems Within the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Network. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 10 09; 69(Suppl 4):S274-S279.
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Changes in catastrophic health expenditure in post-conflict Sierra Leone: an Oaxaca-blinder decomposition analysis. Int J Equity Health. 2017 09 04; 16(1):166.
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South African Ebola diagnostic response in Sierra Leone: A modular high biosafety field laboratory. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Jun; 11(6):e0005665.
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Comparative Evaluation of the Diagnostic Performance of the Prototype Cepheid GeneXpert Ebola Assay. J Clin Microbiol. 2016 Feb; 54(2):359-67.
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Ebola: Personal view from the field--Sierra Leone. S Afr Med J. 2015 Nov 22; 105(12):1008-9.
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Clinical features of patients isolated for suspected Ebola virus disease at Connaught Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2015 Sep; 15(9):1024-1033.
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Evaluation of a point-of-care blood test for identification of Ebola virus disease at Ebola holding units, Western Area, Sierra Leone, January to February 2015. Euro Surveill. 2015 Mar 26; 20(12).