The phrase "areas of low coverage" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe regions or zones where there is insufficient service, attention, or resources, often in contexts like telecommunications, healthcare, or research.
Example: "The study revealed several areas of low coverage in the rural health services, indicating a need for improved access."
Alternatives: "regions of inadequate coverage" or "zones of limited coverage".
In areas of low coverage, it is possible that the measured signal becomes indistinguishable from the background noise.
This is believed to be a rare event, but outbreaks of vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis (VAPP) have been reported, and tend to occur in areas of low coverage by OPV, presumably because the OPV is itself protective against the related outbreak strain.
Areas of low coverage had substantially more C homopolymers (≥2C) than high coverage areas (Table 1).
The remaining SNP calls were in areas of low coverage and/or poor alignment.
If SNPs were called in areas of low coverage, a higher amount of false positives would occur.
This procedure can help to highlight misassemblies, areas of low coverage and repeat regions that warrant further attention.
Survey data indicates somewhat lower national coverage figures, however, and also reveal substantial performance variations within regions, with pockets of low coverage in some areas.
The deleterious effects of low coverage and high systematic noncompliance increased in areas of high initial endemicity.
In Equatorial Guinea IRS offered protection to those in sprayed and unsprayed houses alike when neighbourhood spray coverage was high (≥80%) compared to those living in areas of low IRS coverage (<20%), regardless of whether the house they lived in was sprayed or not (adjusted OR = 0.54, 95% CI 0.33 0.89).
However, several questions remain unanswered, including these: (1) Why do the types of isolates prevalent before the introduction of vaccination still predominate in areas of low vaccination coverage?
The gray areas in (b) and (c) indicate areas of low data coverage.
