Sentence examples for an intermediate prevalence of from inspiring English sources
Georgia is among the countries with an intermediate prevalence of chronic HBV infection (2.7%), similar to that of other Eastern European and Central Asian countries [ 1- 3].
Approximately thirty years ago, Greece had an intermediate prevalence of chronic HBV infection, as seropositivity for HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) was in the range of 2% to 7% [ 2- 5].
By contrast in the San Luis Valley Study using only clinical evaluation by nurses (albeit trained for this purpose), an intermediate prevalence of DPN between that of non-IG and diabetes was found (6, 7).
Based on this argument, it has been suggested that ants with polygynous colonies may have an intermediate prevalence of Wolbacia infection, whereas ants with monogynous colonies suffer from incompatible mating and should either lack infection or be all infected [ 10, 11].
In the present paper, we have analyzed Chocó, in the Pacific region, and we have found a HBV intermediate prevalence of 3.7% of the studied population, very close to the previously reported.
Even in areas of intermediate prevalence of infection in the general population (20%50%%), a positive test for Plasmodium parasites in the blood does not establish the diagnosis of malaria.
For this reason, vaccination strategies for risk groups, including travellers to countries with high or intermediate prevalence of chronic Hepatitis B virus infection should be reinforced [ 26, 27].
The results of our study indicate intermediate level of endemicity of HBV infection such as overall intermediate prevalence of HBsAg; but high anti-HBc, indicating that the members of this urban community are highly exposed to a high prevalence of the hepatitis B virus, which may be acute, chronic or resolved, in an urban community in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Among a mainly unscreened population of women in Indonesia, we found an intermediate overall prevalence of HPV, highest types 52, 16, and 18, with a different age specific pattern in the three regions.
The Airin district of Osaka City is known as an urban area with a dense population of day-laborers and homeless people in Japan, an intermediate-prevalence country [ 2].
