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Table 2 The 30 top Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) words in leishmaniasis articles published during the 1945-2010 period

From: Bibliometric analysis of leishmaniasis research in Medline (1945-2010)

MeSH

N. of documents

%

Animals

8.564

41.2

Animals & Humans

6.036

29.0

Leishmaniasis. Visceral

6.216

29.9

Male

5.514

26.5

Female

5.431

26.1

Leishmania

5.034

24.2

Leishmaniasis

4.991

24.0

Humans

4.531

21.8

Mice

3.852

18.5

Leishmaniasis. Cutaneous

3.848

18.5

Adult

3.295

15.9

Leishmania donovani

2.896

13.9

Antiprotozoal Agents

2.604

12.5

Mice. Inbred BALB C

2.125

10.2

Child

2.039

9.8

Leishmania major

1.937

9.3

Adolescent

1.825

8.8

Middle Aged

1.807

8.7

Macrophages

1.575

7.6

Dogs

1.513

7.3

Molecular Sequence Data

1.447

7.0

Antigens. Protozoan

1.447

7.0

Child. Preschool

1.428

6.9

Leishmania infantum

1.402

6.7

Insect Vectors

1.343

6.5

Protozoan Proteins

1.233

5.9

Antibodies. Protozoan

1.182

5.7

Leishmania mexicana

1.182

5.7

Psychodidae

1.126

5.4

Dog Diseases

1.125

5.4

Cricetinae

1.038

5.0