Africa South of the Sahara

"Africa South of the Sahara" 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.

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All of Africa except Northern Africa (AFRICA, NORTHERN).

Descriptor ID	D017954
MeSH Number(s)	Z01.058.290
Concept/Terms	Africa South of the Sahara Africa South of the Sahara Sub-Saharan Africa Subsaharan Africa Africa, Sub-Saharan

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Geographicals [Z]
Geographic Locations [Z01]
Africa [Z01.058]
Africa South of the Sahara [Z01.058.290]

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Year	Minor Topic	Total
2000	1	1
2004	1	1
2005	1	1
2006	3	3
2009	1	1
2012	1	1
2013	1	1
2014	4	4
2015	1	1
2016	1	1
2018	1	1
2022	1	1

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Desai AN, Mohareb AM, Elkarsany MM, Desalegn H, Madoff LC, Lassmann B. Viral Hepatitis E Outbreaks in Refugees and Internally Displaced Populations, sub-Saharan Africa, 2010-2020. Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 May; 28(5):1074-1076.

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Ghansah A, Kamau E, Amambua-Ngwa A, Ishengoma DS, Maiga-Ascofare O, Amenga-Etego L, Deme A, Yavo W, Randrianarivelojosia M, Ochola-Oyier LI, Helegbe GK, Bailey J, Alifrangis M, Djimde A. Targeted Next Generation Sequencing for malaria research in Africa: current status and outlook. Malar J. 2019 Sep 23; 18(1):324.

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Newburger PE, Gross TG. "How I approach…"-A new series in Pediatric Blood & Cancer. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2018 06; 65(6):e26994.

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Black SJ, Mansfield JM. Prospects for vaccination against pathogenic African trypanosomes. Parasite Immunol. 2016 Dec; 38(12):735-743.

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Matar CG, Jacobs NT, Speck SH, Lamb TJ, Moormann AM. Does EBV alter the pathogenesis of malaria? Parasite Immunol. 2015 Sep; 37(9):433-45.

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Mackelprang RD, Carrington M, Thomas KK, Hughes JP, Baeten JM, Wald A, Farquhar C, Fife K, Campbell MS, Kapiga S, Gao X, Mullins JI, Lingappa JR. Host genetic and viral determinants of HIV-1 RNA set point among HIV-1 seroconverters from sub-saharan Africa. J Virol. 2015 Feb; 89(4):2104-11.

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Ghansah A, Amenga-Etego L, Amambua-Ngwa A, Andagalu B, Apinjoh T, Bouyou-Akotet M, Cornelius V, Golassa L, Andrianaranjaka VH, Ishengoma D, Johnson K, Kamau E, Maïga-Ascofaré O, Mumba D, Tindana P, Tshefu-Kitoto A, Randrianarivelojosia M, William Y, Kwiatkowski DP, Djimde AA. Monitoring parasite diversity for malaria elimination in sub-Saharan Africa. Science. 2014 Sep 12; 345(6202):1297-8.

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Taylor SM, Parobek CM, DeConti DK, Kayentao K, Coulibaly SO, Greenwood BM, Tagbor H, Williams J, Bojang K, Njie F, Desai M, Kariuki S, Gutman J, Mathanga DP, Mårtensson A, Ngasala B, Conrad MD, Rosenthal PJ, Tshefu AK, Moormann AM, Vulule JM, Doumbo OK, Ter Kuile FO, Meshnick SR, Bailey JA, Juliano JJ. Absence of putative artemisinin resistance mutations among Plasmodium falciparum in Sub-Saharan Africa: a molecular epidemiologic study. J Infect Dis. 2015 Mar 01; 211(5):680-8.

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Perlman S, Wamai RG, Bain PA, Welty T, Welty E, Ogembo JG. Knowledge and awareness of HPV vaccine and acceptability to vaccinate in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review. PLoS One. 2014; 9(3):e90912.

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Artenstein AW, Poland GA. Perspective: Elimination round. Nature. 2014 Mar 06; 507(7490):S16.

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