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Communicable Diseases, Emerging MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Communicable Diseases, Emerging
Tree Number(s)
C01.221.500
C23.550.291.531.750
Unique ID
D021821
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D021821
Scope Note
Infectious diseases that are novel in their outbreak ranges (geographic and host) or transmission mode.
Entry Term(s)
Communicable Diseases, Re-Emerging
Communicable Diseases, Reemerging
Infectious Diseases, Emerging
Infectious Diseases, Re-Emerging
Infectious Diseases, Reemerging
Previous Indexing
Communicable Diseases (1966-2000)
See Also
Communicable Diseases, Imported
Zoonoses
Public MeSH Note
2001
History Note
2001
Date Introduced
2001/01/01
Last Updated
2020/05/27
Communicable Diseases, Emerging Preferred
Communicable Diseases, Reemerging Related
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