Epidemics
"Epidemics" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
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D058872
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.290.200
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| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Epidemics" by people in Profiles.
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Shen Q, Wang M, Che R, Li Q, Zhou J, Wang F, Shen Y, Ding J, Huang S, Yap HK, Warady BA, Xu H, Zhang A. Consensus recommendations for the care of children receiving chronic dialysis in association with the COVID-19 epidemic. Pediatr Nephrol. 2020 07; 35(7):1351-1357.