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Discover LudwigThe phrase "attack rate" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in epidemiology to describe the proportion of individuals who become ill after exposure to a specific risk factor or pathogen.
Example: "The attack rate of the virus in the affected population was alarmingly high, prompting immediate public health interventions."
Alternatives: "infection rate" or "incidence rate".
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"Naproxen lowers the heart attack rate, or Vioxx raises it".
A relative attack rate must be calculated for each exposure.
Figure 1 The bigger predator's attack rate.
The cumulative attack rate is also greater.
The global attack rate was 54.2%.
The cumulative attack rate also decreases Fig. 4(b).
†Overall attack rate: 7.2.
The overall attack rate = 10%.
The attack rate was low (6.2%).
*30% attack rate, pandemic period 9 weeks.
*SAR, secondary attack rate; CI, confidence interval.
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