At the end of September 1998, following the initial occurrence of neurologic cases of unknown origin in horses, we initiated a retrospective study to assess possible common exposures.
Thus, we assume that following the initial 100 500 confirmed index cases there will be no contact tracing any more, i.e. no more post exposure prophylaxis for non-household contacts.
In any case, following the initial overhead of approximately 2−3 days to fabricate the reusable template, the marginal cost in time required to produce each subsequent batch of nanowires was less than 5 min, if no cleaning of the template was required and adhesive office tape was used for removal of the wires.
This decrease in WNv cases following the initial epidemic year likely reflects multiple factors including increases in immunity both in bird and human populations, increased efforts at mosquito control by municipalities, and enhanced public awareness and preventative measures by individuals.
The IPCC commissioner, Jan Williams, said: "We found that, following the initial assault, the police did not give this case any urgency or priority.
More recently, pentamidine was successfully used in several cases of HIV-positive patients to prevent VL relapse following the initial treatment with an alternative drug.
Cases also occur after revaccination of individuals who were anergic following the initial administration of BCG vaccine.
Most cases of IP were considered radiation-induced and occurred more than 1 year following the initial breast cancer diagnosis.
The second stage of the Leveson inquiry into phone hacking – following the initial report into the culture, practice and ethics of the press – was put on hold to avoid clashing with the court cases into alleged phone hacking.
And following the initial reports, of which were in leading United States newspapers, the district judge then begin a public speaking tour addressing issues related to the merits of the case of Microsoft and so on.
