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UFPs may be causal agents for the observed health effects due to their high pulmonary deposition efficiency, and their orders of magnitude higher number concentration and surface area that allows them to carry larger concentrations of adsorbed or condensed toxic air pollutants (e.g., oxidant gases, PAHs, and transition metals) to the fetus and the placenta (Oberdörster et al. 2005).

Two other related bacterial pathogens, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Yersinia enterocolitica are causal agents for gastroenteritis [1].

Although in one study the association was interpreted as lead released after bone destruction due to periodontal disease (Dye et al. 2002), lead could be a causal agent for periodontal disease.

Surrogates of traffic exposures such as road proximity and traffic density, although capturing some of the variation in local traffic environments, do not capture the actual temporal and spatial variations or migration and degradation profiles of the actual pollutant mix that originates from roadways that may be the underlying causal agents for adverse health effects.

Also with a helical or spiral structure, the Gram-negative Spirilla Helicobacter pylori is a causal agent for gastric ulceration and has also been highlighted as a potential risk factor for AD development.

In China and India, countries with the largest populations in the world, S. Paratyphi A is the causal agent for a substantial proportion of enteric fever episodes that cannot be distinguished clinically from typhoid fever episodes.

Xf is a major source of concern for both economic and food security reasons, being the causal agent for Pierce's disease of grape (PD) and citrus variegated chlorosis (CVC) of citrus species.

Background and objectives: Human papillomaviruses (HPV) are the causal agent for the development of carcinomas in the cervix uteri and further pathological changes of the skin including mucosa, particularly warts, condylomas and dysplasias.

Persistent infection with high-risk types of human papillomavirus (HPV) is the causal agent for cervical neoplasia [2].

Epidemiological studies have shown that persistent infection by specific types of human papilloma viruses (HPVs), such as type 16 and 18, is a causal agent for human cervical cancer (Bosch and de, 2007).

In this study, there was insufficient information on causal agents, for example, on whether enterovirus 71 (EV71) or coxsackievirus A16 (CVA16) was responsible for the epidemics in Japan during the study period.