 Prevalence
"Prevalence" 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 total number of cases of a given disease in a specified population at a designated time. It is differentiated from INCIDENCE, which refers to the number of new cases in the population at a given time.
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D015995
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E05.318.308.985.525.750 L01.280.975.525.750 N01.224.935.597.750 N06.850.505.400.975.525.750 N06.850.520.308.985.525.750
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Prevalence".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Prevalence" by people in this website by year, and whether "Prevalence" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2006 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2007 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2008 | 0 | 6 | 6 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 7 | 7 | | 2011 | 0 | 9 | 9 | | 2012 | 0 | 7 | 7 | | 2013 | 0 | 10 | 10 | | 2014 | 0 | 6 | 6 | | 2015 | 0 | 14 | 14 | | 2016 | 0 | 11 | 11 | | 2017 | 0 | 8 | 8 | | 2018 | 0 | 10 | 10 | | 2019 | 0 | 11 | 11 | | 2020 | 0 | 9 | 9 | | 2021 | 0 | 7 | 7 | | 2022 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 2023 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 2024 | 0 | 7 | 7 | | 2025 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prevalence" by people in Profiles.
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Cortez AL, Matheson MB, Cowden JD, Warady BA, Weidemann DK. The association of adverse childhood experiences with the progression of chronic kidney disease in children: a CKiD pilot study. Pediatr Nephrol. 2026 Feb; 41(2):475-481.
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Aoyama BC, Collaco JM, Agarwal A, Akangire G, Austin ED, Bansal M, Bhandari A, Ioana Cristea A, Hayden LP, Levin JC, Manimtim WM, Miller AN, Moore PE, Popova AP, Rhein LM, Sheils CA, Abman SH, Baker CD, Dawson SK, Abul MH, Henningfeld JK, Lagatta JM, Siddaiah R, Stephenson N, Toprak D, McGrath-Morrow SA. Allergy and atopic phenotype are associated with earlier gestation and severity of respiratory symptoms in bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Pediatr Res. 2026 Jan; 99(1):209-214.
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Kinzler AJ, Wikswo ME, Balasubramani GK, D'Agostino HEA, Sax T, Dauer K, Weinberg GA, Szilyagi P, Sahni LC, Boom JA, Schuster JE, Selvarajan R, Harrison CJ, Staat MA, Payne DC, Halasa NB, Klein EJ, Englund JA, Martin JM, Hickey R, Michaels MG, Williams JV. Prevalence of human adenovirus in children with acute gastroenteritis in the New Vaccine Surveillance Network (NVSN) from 2016 to 2019. J Clin Virol. 2025 Aug; 179:105822.
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Khalifee D, Brown HJ, Arganbright J, Khalifee E. Prevalence of cholesteatoma in children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2025 Jun; 193:112332.
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Hertel AK, Jones JT, Lytch A, Cramer E, Schroeder A, Black WR. Prevalence of psychiatric and sleep disorders and their impact on quality of life in children with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: an observational study. Rheumatol Int. 2025 03 25; 45(4):81.
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Diez-Valcarce M, Cannon JL, Browne H, Nguyen K, Harrison CJ, Moffatt ME, Weltmer K, Lee BR, Hassan F, Dhar D, Wikswo ME, Payne DC, Curns AT, Selvarangan R, Vinj? J. Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Adenovirus 40/41, Astrovirus, and Sapovirus in Children With Acute Gastroenteritis in Kansas City, 2011-2016. J Infect Dis. 2025 Feb 04; 231(1):186-195.
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Dowlut-McElroy T, Long JR, Mayhew AC, Lawson A, Fei YF, Smith AK, Shankar RK, Gomez-Lobo V. Gonadal Tumors in Individuals with Turner Syndrome and Y-Chromosome Mosaicism: A Retrospective Multisite Study. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2025 Apr; 38(2):154-160.
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Chaturvedi S, Turan TN, Voeks JH, Lopes-Virella M, Goldstein J, Teal PA, Foster M, Howard V, Meschia JF, Lal B, Howard G, Brown RD, Brott TG. Elevated triglycerides and treatment eligibility in patients with severe, asymptomatic carotid stenosis: CREST 2 Trials. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2024 Dec; 33(12):108025.
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Randell KA, Masonbrink AR, Hunt JA, Mermelstein S, Kilaru R, Thevatheril S, Miller MK. Adolescent Relationship Abuse Among Hospitalized Adolescents. Acad Pediatr. 2025 Jan-Feb; 25(1):102577.
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Arganbright J, Crowley TB, Tracy M, Noel-MacDonnell J, Gaiser K, Yaktine L, Moore A, Hamm J, Morrow B, Song H, Giunta V, McGinn DE, Zackai EH, Emanuel B, Elden L, Narayanan S, Raje N, McDonald-McGinn DM. Hearing Loss in Children with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome. Laryngoscope. 2025 Feb; 135(2):929-934.
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