incidence of disease
collocation in Englishmeaningsofincidenceanddisease
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incidence
noun[C usually singular]
uk/ˈɪn.sɪ.dəns/us/ˈɪn.sɪ.dəns/
an event, or the rate at which ...
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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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These discrepancies inincidenceofdiseasebetween countries with similar vaccine coverage may be due to different histories of immunization programmes.
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Although it is reportable in some states where it is endemic, information on theincidenceofdiseaseis limited.
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Clearly,incidenceofdiseaseis an important determinant of potential cost-effectiveness, with relatively small changes having a major impact on results.
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Theincidenceofdiseasedecreased synchronously in the vaccinated cohorts both in the observed data and in the simulated situation.
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One obvious, possibly elementary, approach to the situation is in the matter of mapping and recordingincidenceofdisease.
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The end result could again be a higherincidenceofdiseasein older age groups than seen before the vaccination programme.
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Theincidenceofdiseaseis highest during wet periods coinciding with periods of biting fly abundance and wanes with the onset of the dry season.
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Theincidenceofdiseasein red squirrels was related to the time since grey squirrels arrived in the landscape.
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This charge rests on the false assumption that reproductive practices that are efficient from a cost-benefit standpoint will necessarily reduce theincidenceofdisease-causing genes.
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The number of isolates collected followed a seasonal pattern, with a reducedincidenceofdiseaseduring the summer months (data not shown).
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During outbreaks of measles, the positive predictive value will be high, and will fall dramatically as theincidenceofdiseasedecreases.
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Poverty may also impact not just on theincidenceofdisease, but also on its management.
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Such trials will require large patient numbers and long follow-up, since theincidenceofdiseaseis low.
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Gender difference in theincidenceofdiseasein children is not explained by gender-specific consultation bias.
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We also tested the effect of the coverage on theincidenceofdisease: coverages of 80 and 40 % were taken as representing industrialized and developing countries respectively.
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Children with complicated pertussis are usually hospitalized and thus this study provides a realistic estimation of theincidenceofdisease.
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When mumps and rubella are rare, laboratory confirmation is recommended to ensure surveillance data-sets are accurate, do not overestimate disease incidence, and reflect the true age-specificincidenceofdisease.
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This prevented us from determining if temporal trends in mortality were related to random fluctuations associated with a small sample size, decreasedincidenceofdisease, or decreased case-fatality ratio.
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In all cases, despite the relatively highincidenceofdiseasein this group, vaccination led to increased costs; and the best estimate of cost per case averted was $0.6 million.
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