occurrence of disease

collocation in English

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occurrence
noun
uk
/əˈkʌr.əns/us
/əˈkɝː.əns/
something ...
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disease
noun
uk
/dɪˈziːz/us
/dɪˈziːz/
(an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by ...
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(Definition ofoccurrenceanddiseasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is an imprecise way to assessoccurrenceofdiseasethrough contaminated water exposure because there is substantial bias due to differing perception of symptoms.
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Theoccurrenceofdiseaseto the south and west being minimal.
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Furthermore, the authors omit discriminating between the presence of a parasite and theoccurrenceofdiseasewith its attendant symptoms.
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A key feature of the biology of helminth infections is that theoccurrenceofdiseaseis related to the intensity of infection.
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Similarly, theoccurrenceofdiseaserisk factors differs according to population group.
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Hib and cross-reactive immunity conditions, cross-sectional 1-year disease occurrence data (recorded ages) were interpreted as age-relatedoccurrenceofdiseaseamong a 1-year birth cohort followed in time.
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Health care has important implications for morbidity (occurrenceofdiseaseand its effects) and quality of life, but essentially no data are available that allow comparison between and among countries.
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Epidemiological surveys are being undertaken which will provide information on risk factors associated with theoccurrenceofdiseaseoutbreaks.
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We cannot react as quickly as is desirable to theoccurrenceofdiseasein exporting counties.
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It is more important to prevent theoccurrenceofdiseasethan to seek a cure.
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In general, closeness of contact is related to the dose of infection, which in turn is related to theoccurrenceofdisease.
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With no sewage system, waste water runs openly through the camp, leading to a higheroccurrenceofdiseaseand infections among children who play between the tents.
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The new occurrences of disease thus generated are referred to as metastases (sometimes abbreviated mets).
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