sporadic case

collocation in English

meaningsofsporadicandcase

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sporadic
adjective
uk
/spəˈræd.ɪk/
us
/spəˈræd.ɪk/
happening sometimes; not regular ...
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case
noun
uk
/keɪs/
us
/keɪs/
a particular situation or example ...
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(Definition ofsporadicandcasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsporadic case

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Asporadiccasewas defined as a single case that could not be linked to another case.
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The hypothesis tested was that consumption of foods purchased from a single food premises, or outlets known to be supplied by it, was associated with becoming a primarysporadiccase.
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That is the recognised course of action in an isolated orsporadiccase—which this was thought, and may still prove, to have been.
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It usually appears as a singlesporadiccasebut small groups of cases are occasionally reported.
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But it was virtually eliminated, except for an occasionalsporadiccasein this country, towards the latter end of the 19th century.
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The working hypothesis was that primary sporadic cases resulted from exposure to foods originating from, or contaminated by foods produced at a single food premises.
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It is quite possible that these sporadic cases are in fact indicative of endemic infections, not yet acknowledged as such.
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The majority of familial cases are clinically and pathologically very similar to sporadic cases, leading to the hypothesis that they share common pathogenic mechanisms.
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Primary sporadic cases identified during the descriptive investigation were eligible for analysis.
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Sporadic cases of community acquired legionnaires' disease : an ecological study to identify new sources of contamination.
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Over the 10-year period about 10 000 close contacts of sporadic cases of meningococcal disease had received rifampicin prophylaxis.
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However, it is quite possible that sporadic cases are occurring at a low level.
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The informants stressed, moreover, that these occurrences were no incidents, sporadic cases totally disconnected from plantation life.
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Few studies have been conducted in northern areas of the country where malaria recently re-appeared, and in the central plateau where sporadic cases occur.
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The isolates from humans were either domestic or foreign, and the domestic isolates were either from outbreaks or sporadic cases.
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