risk of disease
collocation in Englishmeaningsofriskanddisease
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risk
noun
uk/rɪsk/us/rɪsk/
the possibility of something ...
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disease
noun
uk/dɪˈziːz/us/dɪˈziːz/
(an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by ...
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(Definition ofriskanddiseasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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An increasedriskofdiseasein siblings indicates a host genetic component to susceptibility.
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Frequently visiting or living in subareas 4 and 5 was associated with increasedriskofdisease.
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Theriskofdiseasemay differ between countries and should be based on country-specific data.
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Meningococcal carriage and disease effectively theriskofdiseasegiven infection.
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This immunity can be accounted for implicitly in theriskofdiseasegiven infection in the current model structures.
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The predicted cumulativeriskofdiseaseduring childhood (until 16 years) was 312/100 000 (vs. observed 330/100 000).
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Of course there isriskofdiseasewhen importing cattle.
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Theriskofdiseasewas defined as high if the number of infected seeds in a sample of 70 g was 1.5 or higher.
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The matched case-control study showed that visiting sub-area 4 or 5 in the west of the city was associated withriskofdisease.
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It also produced some unexpected results, with a lowerriskofdiseaseassociated with some foods which were investigated as potential risk factors.
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On multivariable analysis, being black and having a history of pneumonia remained the only factors that were independently associated with increasedriskofdisease.
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Further studies are also necessary in order to study the excretion of the organism and theriskofdiseasefor contacts of cases.
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In that case, regular hygiene inspections of these farms and enforcement of strict hygienic measures should reduce contamination and thus keep theriskofdiseaseto a minimum.
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Although cortisol did not mediate the increasedriskofdiseaseprogression due to psychosocial variables, it is of interest that cortisol independently predicted disease progression and mortality.
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The converse is also true: if there is a loweredriskofdisease, either through vaccination or because of lowered prevalence, individuals may increase their risk-taking behavior.
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Furthermore, pathogen-infected ticks are still abundant at many sites where these wasps are present, so wasp parasitism does not, by itself, control theriskofdisease.
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Firstly, this should encourage efforts to reduce theriskofdisease.
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Theriskofdiseaseas well as accident was too great.
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The shelters increase theriskofdisease, despite the grant made for cleaning.
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