"New Caledonia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of islands in Melanesia constituting a French overseas territory. The group includes New Caledonia (the main island), Ile des Pins, Loyalty Island, and several other islet groups. The capital is Noumea. It was discovered by Captain Cook in 1774 and visited by various navigators, explorers, and traders from 1792 to 1840. Occupied by the French in 1853, it was set up as a penal colony 1864-94. In 1946 it was made a French overseas territory. It was named by Captain Cook with the 5th and 6th century A.D. Latin name for Scotland, Caledonia. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p830 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p375)
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "New Caledonia" by people in Profiles.
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A locally relevant framework for assessing the risk of sea level rise under changing temperature conditions: Application in New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean. Sci Total Environ. 2022 Aug 15; 834:155326.
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Epidemiological and molecular features of dengue virus type-1 in New Caledonia, South Pacific, 2001-2013. Virol J. 2014 Mar 31; 11:61.
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Major clades of Australasian Rutoideae (Rutaceae) based on rbcL and atpB sequences. PLoS One. 2013; 8(8):e72493.
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Structure-activity relationship study of biflavonoids on the Dengue virus polymerase DENV-NS5 RdRp. Planta Med. 2013 Sep; 79(14):1313-8.
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Biflavonoids of Dacrydium balansae with potent inhibitory activity on dengue 2 NS5 polymerase. Planta Med. 2012 May; 78(7):672-7.
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Virulence of an emerging pathogenic lineage of Vibrio nigripulchritudo is dependent on two plasmids. Environ Microbiol. 2011 Feb; 13(2):296-306.