"Benin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A republic in western Africa, south of NIGER and between TOGO and NIGERIA. Its capital is Porto-Novo. It was formerly called Dahomey. In the 17th century it was a kingdom in the southern area of Africa. Coastal footholds were established by the French who deposed the ruler by 1892. It was made a French colony in 1894 and gained independence in 1960. Benin comes from the name of the indigenous inhabitants, the Bini, now more closely linked with southern Nigeria (Benin City, a town there). Bini may be related to the Arabic bani, sons. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p136, 310 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p60)
Concept/Terms
Benin- Benin
- Republic of Benin
- Dahomey
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Benin" by people in Profiles.
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Anaemia among women of reproductive age in selected sub-Saharan African countries: multivariate decomposition analyses of the demographic and health surveys data 2008-2018. Front Public Health. 2023; 11:1128214.
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Efficacy of Artemether-Lumefantrine for the Treatment of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Bohicon and Kandi, Republic of Benin, 2018-2019. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 07 12; 105(3):670-676.
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Assessing the Potential Impact of Disruptions Due to COVID-19 on HIV Among Key and Lower-Risk Populations in the Largest Cities of Cameroon and Benin. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2021 07 01; 87(3):899-911.
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Physicochemical assessment of urban wastewater of Cotonou (Benin). Water Sci Technol. 2021 Mar; 83(6):1499-1510.
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"Dual-gene" malaria-resistance: Therapeutically-rational exchange (T-REX) of group-O sickle trait and group-O C-traittrait red blood cells can be evaluated in Benin and Nigeria. Transfus Apher Sci. 2020 Jun; 59(3):102733.
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Clinical Outcome, Social Impact and Patient Expectation: a Purposive Sampling Pilot Evaluation of Patients in Benin Seven Years After Surgery. World J Surg. 2018 05; 42(5):1254-1261.
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The cost determinants of routine infant immunization services: a meta-regression analysis of six country studies. BMC Med. 2017 10 06; 15(1):178.
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[Abdominal obesity and other cardiometabolic risk biomarkers: influence of socioeconomic status and lifestyle on two African-origin population groups, Cotonou (Benin) and Port-au-Prince (Haiti)]. Pan Afr Med J. 2016; 24:306.
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Lack of artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum in northwest Benin after 10 years of use of artemisinin-based combination therapy. Parasite. 2016; 23:28.
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[Use of dried blood spots in early diagnosis of HIV-1 infection in children born to HIV-infected mothers as part of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission in Benin]. Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2016 Aug; 109(3):155-9.