mixed infection
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmixedandinfection
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mixed
adjective
uk/mɪkst/us/mɪkst/
showing a mixture of different feelings ...
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infection
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪnˈfek.ʃən/us/ɪnˈfek.ʃən/
a condition in which bacteria or viruses that cause disease have entered ...
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(Definition ofmixedandinfectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The results suggested that sequence analysis could identify amixedinfectionwhen the rare type was 1\\3 of the frequent type.
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However, we cannot entirely exclude a possibility thatmixedinfectioncaused the heterogeneity.
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Although the occurrence ofmixedinfectionis rare, this strategy ensured that all polymorphisms detected came from a single clone.
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In seven of these, at least one of the species in themixedinfectionwas also present in the preceding sample.
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He developed amixedinfectionand died from cardiac failure during the episode of infection.
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Using these methods, 40.9 % of the 330 sera were positive, meaning that these patients were actually suffering amixedinfection.
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In eight instances, a blood sample from an individual was tested in the month preceding amixedinfection.
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In the remaining four patients they were unrelated, and suggested amixedinfectionor contamination.
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In only five of these were at least one of the species in themixedinfectionalso present in the subsequent sample.
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These uncertainties notwithstanding, however, our results demonstrate that a continuous turnover of specific bacteraemias occurs in most animals, with both chronic andmixedinfectionbeing uncommon.
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This was the only one of our six horses which had haemoglobinuria, and it is possible that themixedinfectionwhich existed was responsible for this symptom.
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Second, slower growing clones would be expected to lose out in competitive interactions in mixed infections.
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In all 11 mixed infections, a blood sample was tested in the immediately following month.
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If that proportion is greater than 9 0 % in both treatment groups, the primary endpoint will be the occurrence of mixed infections.
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If differential susceptibility on the part of the parasites were important, one would expect mixed infections of living and dead parasites to be relatively common.
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Secondly,mixedinfectionor unknown numbers of infecting viruses make it very difficult to associate a particular phenotypic change with the investigated virus.
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Mixed infections were pathogenic to the mice, whose livers and spleens were substantially enlarged.
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Mixed infections (34.6%) in cattle were higher than single infections in all three provinces.
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Mixed infections or polyparasitism have made it particularly difficult to investigate the influence of a single parasite upon the nutritional status of the host.
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However, because of the complex banding patterns that would be generated, it is far less suitable for the analysis of mixed infections, or uncloned isolates.
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