Epidemics

"Epidemics" 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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Sudden outbreaks of a disease in a country or region not previously recognized in that area, or a rapid increase in the number of new cases of a previous existing endemic disease. Epidemics can also refer to outbreaks of disease in animal or plant populations.

Descriptor ID	D058872
MeSH Number(s)	N06.850.290.200
Concept/Terms	Epidemics Epidemics Epidemic

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Epidemics".

Health Care [N]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Disease Outbreaks [N06.850.290]
Epidemics [N06.850.290.200]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Epidemics".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Epidemics".

Epidemics
Pandemics

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Bar chart showing 17 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2011	1	0	1
2013	1	1	2
2014	1	0	1
2017	1	0	1
2018	1	0	1
2019	5	1	6
2020	1	1	2
2021	0	2	2
2022	1	0	1

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Mitchell KM, Maheu-Giroux M, Dimitrov D, Moore M, Hughes JP, Donnell D, Beyrer C, El-Sadr WM, Cohen MS, Boily MC. How Can Progress Toward Ending the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Epidemic in the United States Be Monitored? Clin Infect Dis. 2022 08 24; 75(1):163-169.

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Stimmel MA, Smelson D, Finlay AK. Moving Beyond the Medication or Psychosocial Treatment Dichotomy to Address the Opioid Epidemic. Psychiatr Serv. 2022 12 01; 73(12):1320-1321.

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Dasgupta S, Moore MR, Dimitrov DT, Hughes JP. Bayesian validation framework for dynamic epidemic models. Epidemics. 2021 12; 37:100514.

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Sun H, Binder RA, Dickens B, de Sessions PF, Rabaa MA, Ho EXP, Cook AR, Carrillo FB, Monterrey JC, Kuan G, Balmaseda A, Ooi EE, Harris E, Sessions OM. Viral genome-based Zika virus transmission dynamics in a paediatric cohort during the 2016 Nicaragua epidemic. EBioMedicine. 2021 Oct; 72:103596.

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Shan D, Johnson JM, Fernandes SC, Suib H, Hwang S, Wuelfing D, Mendes M, Holdridge M, Burke EM, Beauregard K, Zhang Y, Cleary M, Xu S, Yao X, Patel PP, Plavina T, Wilson DH, Chang L, Kaiser KM, Nattermann J, Schmidt SV, Latz E, Hrusovsky K, Mattoon D, Ball AJ. N-protein presents early in blood, dried blood and saliva during asymptomatic and symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection. Nat Commun. 2021 03 26; 12(1):1931.

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Kanagasabai U, Enriquez K, Gelting R, Malpiedi P, Zayzay C, Kendor J, Fahnbulleh S, Cooper C, Gibson W, Brown R, Nador N, Williams DE, Chiriboga D, Niescierenko M. The Impact of Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Improvements on Hand Hygiene at Two Liberian Hospitals during the Recovery Phase of an Ebola Epidemic. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 03 25; 18(7).

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Silhol R, Boily MC, Dimitrov D, German D, Flynn C, Farley JE, Gelman M, Hughes JP, Donnell D, Adeyeye A, Remien RH, Beyrer C, Paz-Bailey G, Wejnert C, Mitchell KM. Understanding the HIV Epidemic Among MSM in Baltimore: A Modeling Study Estimating the Impact of Past HIV Interventions and Who Acquired and Contributed to Infections. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2020 07 01; 84(3):253-262.

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Ghanem KG, Ram S, Rice PA. The Modern Epidemic of Syphilis. Reply. N Engl J Med. 2020 06 11; 382(24):2380.

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Giovenco D, Kahn K, Hughes JP, MacPhail C, Wagner R, Pettifor A. Self-Esteem as an Indicator of Transactional Sex Among Young Women in Rural South Africa (HPTN 068). AIDS Behav. 2020 Mar; 24(3):823-826.

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Ghanem KG, Ram S, Rice PA. The Modern Epidemic of Syphilis. N Engl J Med. 2020 02 27; 382(9):845-854.

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