epidemic curve
collocation in Englishmeaningsofepidemicandcurve
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epidemic
adjective
uk/ˌep.ɪˈdem.ɪk/us/ˌep.əˈdem.ɪk/
happening a lot and affecting ...
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curve
noun[C]
uk/kɜːv/us/kɝːv/
a line that bends continuously and has no ...
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(Definition ofepidemicandcurvefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The likely dates of infection were identified from theepidemiccurve.
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The dates of the onset of symptoms were plotted to fit theepidemiccurve.
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Theepidemiccurveof the outbreak had two peaks.
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Theepidemiccurvesuggests a specific microbiological factor widespread as a result of specific environmental conditions.
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According to theepidemiccurve, contamination during the construction work is temporally compatible with the epidemiologically determined exposure period in the outbreak.
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Figure 3(b) gives theepidemiccurvesuperimposed on the data for this racetrack, showing a good overall fit to the data.
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Theepidemiccurvein school outbreaks may span several months, again indicating that the infection is not highly transmissible.
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Theepidemiccurvein this outbreak strongly suggests a point-source outbreak and that exposure to contaminated water lasted only 1-3 days.
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Theepidemiccurveand the geographical distribution of cases suggested a common source outbreak.
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Due to the absence of data, experts in the area of the colonization of chickens agreed this factor with campylobacter by inspection of the resultingepidemiccurve.
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These methodological problems pose some limitations to the interpretation of data, especially data concerning the epidemic curves of the outbreaks.
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Several peaks were seen in the epidemic curves and are believed to be associated with ' super-spreading ' events.
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Instead, we estimate by comparing observed and expected epidemic curves.
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The outbreaks seem to follow two different models, presenting characteristic epidemic curves related to specific environmental conditions.
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Epidemic curves, distribution of cases by age and gender, hospitalization rates, environmental conditions and laboratory results were compared.
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Does not that, apart altogether from the ordinary epidemic curves, prove that there was a great likelihood of excessive sickness in the mining areas?
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