increased susceptibility
collocation in Englishmeaningsofincreaseandsusceptibility
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increase
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɪn.kriːs/us/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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susceptibility
noun
uk/səˌsep.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/səˌsep.təˈbɪl.ə.i/
the fact that someone or something can easily be influenced, harmed, ...
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A role for these enzymes in the hostparasite interaction, or in theincreasedsusceptibilityto secondary infections has yet to be demonstrated.
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Theincreasedsusceptibilityof larval parasites and their invertebrate hosts compared to vertebrates may make them more sensitive bioindicators of pollution.
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The increased incidence rate of blastomycosis with age may representincreasedsusceptibilityto infection as immunity wanes with age.
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However, other causes of mortality, such as anincreasedsusceptibilityto other diseases, cannot be ruled out.
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Evidence forincreasedsusceptibilityof a crop as a result of domestication usually comes from screening studies aimed at identifying sources of resistance.
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In a strict definition, a breast cancer gene is a gene in which germline mutations or polymorphisms conferincreasedsusceptibilityto breast cancer.
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Smoking appears to be an important factor associated withincreasedsusceptibilityto mycobacterial infection.
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Increasedsusceptibilityto stress at a psychological assessment of stress tolerance is associated with impaired fetal growth.
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The effects of infection on and theincreasedsusceptibilityof the child with lowered immune status are presented lucidly together with suggested general measures for preventing protein-calorie malnutrition.
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Rather, they provide limited evidence for slightlyincreasedsusceptibilityof rice plants later in the tillering phase.
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Early excess mortality is due to failure to induce remission, later due toincreasedsusceptibilityto infection.
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The lower measles seroprevalence levels found in women <30 years old may reflectincreasedsusceptibility in cohorts born after the introduction of vaccination in the 1970s with insufficient vaccination coverage.
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This suggestsincreasedsusceptibilityof the latter group of fetuses to develop tachyarrhythmias.
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The quality of these first lines of defence may therefore decrease during aging, which can lead to anincreasedsusceptibilityfor infections.
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Older patients may haveincreasedsusceptibilityto memory loss and other thought deficits due to their age, comorbidities, and polypharmacy.
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Although only a few samples were obtained from elderly patients, the high prevalence in this group may reflect a reduced immune response leading to anincreasedsusceptibilityto the organism.
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Both the general monitoring data and the results from the present study showed anincreasedsusceptibility to all four classes of insecticides used in this study.
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As we found smoking to be associated with a higher level of tuberculin reactivity, this effect would be best explained by anincreasedsusceptibilityto infection associated with smoking.
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