Collocations withinfection
These are words often used in combination withinfection.
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active infection
He suggested that shedding of the bacteria in nasal secretions take place only at the time of active infection.
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acute infection
Some died from the acute infection.
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bacterial infection
Antibiotics were often given simultaneously with the suspicion that the disease was caused by a bacterial infection.
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bladder infection
It deals with pneumonia treatment, bladder infection; or whatever.
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bone infection
Bone infection normally r e s u l t s in the rapid breakdown of the matrix o f the affected areas of the skeleton.
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chronic infection
Chronic infection, over a period of months, was relatively infrequently encountered.
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congenital infection
The ocular manifestations of congenital infection: a study of the early effect and long-term outcome of maternally transmitted rubella and toxoplasmosis.
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evidence of infection
There was no evidence of infection.
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experimental infection
Resistance to experimental infection in rhesus monkeys induced by the transfer of adult worms.
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fatal infection
A total of 18/33 patients had fatal infection.
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foodborne infection
Concerning measures for protection against specified zoonoses and specified zoonotic agents in animals and products of animal origin in order to prevent outbreaks of foodborne infection and intoxication.
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frequent infections
Surgery is occasionally required to remove exceptionally large kidneys or those prone to frequent infections.
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fungal infection
The remaining cotyledons failed to germinate and deteriorated, apparently due to fungal infection.
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helminth infection
The immune response to helminth infection in trypanosome-infected animals.
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hospital-acquired infection
Not all hospital-acquired infection is preventable but undoubtedly a proportion is.
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human infection
The application of control measures that curb human infection in endemic areas depends critically on the detection of infected people.
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infection control
We predict therefore that successful infection control in domestic dogs will result in reduced infection rates in sympatric wildlife populations.
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initial infection
The frequency with which the carrier state develops is markedly influenced by the age of the patient at the time of initial infection.
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intestinal infection
After treatment of an intestinal infection three successive negative faecal specimens are required before the patient is regarded as cured.
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invasive infection
Therefore, secondary type responses and cell-mediated immunity are not seen and protection against invasive infection is mediated solely via antibodies.
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latent infection
They share with other herpesviruses the ability to establish lifelong latent infection of the host.
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life-threatening infection
It is a life-threatening infection, especially among elderly and vulnerable people.
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maternal infection
Influence of maternal infection on offspring resistance towards parasites.
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microbial infection
It is generally accepted that ageing of tissue is accompanied by an increase in microbial infection.
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mixed infection
The results suggested that sequence analysis could identify a mixed infection when the rare type was 1\\3 of the frequent type.
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nosocomial infection
Overall mortality was 13.2 %, the highest mortality seen in patients with nosocomial infection (28 %).
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parasitic infection
The aetiology is unknown but suggested causes are bacterial, viral or parasitic infection, vitamin deficiency or food toxins.
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persistent infection
The rare nature of the carrier state made it difficult to study the factors which permit the establishment and maintenance of persistent infection.
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pneumococcal infection
Aspects of pneumococcal infection including bacterial virulence, host response and vaccination.
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prevalence of infection
From this the expected prevalence of infection in children and adults in a household of given size and structure can be calculated.
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probability of infection
An advantage of the herd-level analysis is that it focuses on the probability of infection in a herd, which is economically important information.
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pulmonary infection
It includes 12 patients with rhinocerebral, three with cutaneous, and one with pulmonary infection.
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recurrent infection
Obviously it is a challenge to distinguish between a recurrent infection and a re-infection.
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respiratory infection
All hosts had carried their lung burdens for the normal period of respiratory infection before migration to the bladder.
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risk of infection
The aim of the initial operation is to protect the bowel, minimise -uid loss from the bowel, and reduce the risk of infection.
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rotavirus infection
The children who acquired rotavirus infection during their hospital stay comprised less than 7 % of the sample.
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secondary infection
As a result, the prevalence of secondary infection is extremely low.
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sign of infection
Frequently, however, the minor disease is the only sign of infection.
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sinus infection
When diagnosing a sinus infection, one can identify which sinus cavity the infection is located in by the term given to the cavity.
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source of infection
The objectives were to describe the outbreak, to identify the vehicles and source of infection and to effect rapid control.
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streptococcal infection
It is not yet clear whether these putative markers are genetic or induced by streptococcal infection as part of the pathogenesis of acute rheumatic fever.
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subclinical infection
Meanwhile, non-orthodox individuals become better protected from both clinical and subclinical infection, and their titres decrease.
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systemic infection
These studies also highlight the shortcomings of mutations which demonstrate attenuation in systemic infection but are not tested for their ability to induce gastroenteritis.
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tuberculous infection
There are, however, no data indicating that certain ethnic groups have increased genetic susceptibility to activation of latent tuberculous infection.
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viral infection
Reactivation in both tissue culture and explant systems leads to the rapid spread of viral infection throughout the culture or explanted ganglion.
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