 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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| MeSH Number(s) |
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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| 1989 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1990 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1993 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1996 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2006 | 0 | 6 | 6 | | 2007 | 0 | 9 | 9 | | 2008 | 0 | 9 | 9 | | 2009 | 0 | 7 | 7 | | 2010 | 0 | 8 | 8 | | 2011 | 0 | 12 | 12 | | 2012 | 0 | 7 | 7 | | 2013 | 0 | 11 | 11 | | 2014 | 0 | 12 | 12 | | 2015 | 0 | 8 | 8 | | 2016 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prevalence" by people in Profiles.
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Reddy JP, Lei X, Huang SC, Nicklaus KM, Fingeret MC, Shaitelman SF, Hunt KK, Buchholz TA, Merchant F, Markey MK, Smith BD. Quantitative Assessment of Breast Cosmetic Outcome After Whole-Breast Irradiation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2017 Apr 01; 97(5):894-902.
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Kachru N, Sura S, Chatterjee S, Aparasu RR. Antimuscarinic Medication Use in Elderly Patients with Overactive Bladder. Drugs Aging. 2016 Oct; 33(10):755-763.
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Edmunds DR, Kauffman MJ, Schumaker BA, Lindzey FG, Cook WE, Kreeger TJ, Grogan RG, Cornish TE. Chronic Wasting Disease Drives Population Decline of White-Tailed Deer. PLoS One. 2016; 11(8):e0161127.
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Chou A, Nuila RE, Franco LM, Stager CE, Atmar RL, Zechiedrich L. Prevalence of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae-associated genes rmpA and magA in two tertiary hospitals in Houston, TX, USA. J Med Microbiol. 2016 Sep; 65(9):1047-8.
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Rane PP, Guha S, Chatterjee S, Aparasu RR. Prevalence and predictors of non-evidence based proton pump inhibitor use among elderly nursing home residents in the US. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2017 Mar - Apr; 13(2):358-363.
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Rababa'h AM, Deo SV, Altarabsheh SE, De Caro J, Tarboush NA, Alzoubi KH, Ababneh M, McConnell BK, Markowitz AH, Park SJ. N-Acetyl Cysteine Therapy Does Not Prevent Renal Failure in High-Risk Patients Undergoing Open-Heart Surgery. Heart Surg Forum. 2016 Feb 22; 19(1):E16-22.
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Alverson WA, Massman PJ, Doody RS. Prevalence and correlates of cognitive asymmetry in a large sample of Alzheimer's disease patients. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2016; 38(5):516-26.
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Kachru N, Carnahan RM, Johnson ML, Aparasu RR. Potentially inappropriate anticholinergic medication use in older adults with dementia. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2015 Nov-Dec; 55(6):603-12.
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Wirth KE, Agniel D, Barr CD, Austin MD, DeGruttola V. A composite likelihood approach for estimating HIV prevalence in the presence of spatial variation. Stat Med. 2015 Dec 10; 34(28):3750-9.
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Sheppard DP, Iudicello JE, Bondi MW, Doyle KL, Morgan EE, Massman PJ, Gilbert PE, Woods SP. Elevated rates of mild cognitive impairment in HIV disease. J Neurovirol. 2015 Oct; 21(5):576-84.
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