Sentence examples for deceased cases from inspiring English sources

As described previously [5], study limitations may include potential survival bias as the supplemental cases identified in Guanacaste were retrospectively ascertained and DNA was not obtained for deceased cases.

After 15 August, only hospitalised or deceased cases of novel influenza A(H1N1) remained notifiable, and contact tracing and routine antiviral treatment of cases and household members were halted.

Deceased cases were eligible.

In our study, we also included deceased cases to eliminate the potential for survival bias.

Next-of-kin proxy respondents were used for deceased cases and controls.

In all deceased cases, the causes of death had been recorded as cardiovascular.

A team of two Bangladeshi anthropologists conducted in-depth interviews with living confirmed and probable case-patients and with family members who cared for cases, including the deceased case-patients.

Proxies for deceased case-patients may not have known all of the case-patient's exposures.

OR Deceased case with an epidemiological link to a confirmed case.

In San Francisco, family history and epidemiology data for deceased case probands were collected from proxy respondents.

The sex distribution for live and deceased case-patients (as defined as the outcome at time of testing) was similar (p = 0.52), and deceased case-patients were significantly older than live case-patients (p = 0.004) (Technical Appendix Table 1).