What at least some of these factors might share in common, Brown suggests, are heightened exposures to infectious agents, which may be more common in inner cities or during colder months when the population is more likely to be sick.
Compared with young or middle-aged adults, older adults exhibit heightened incidences of infectious disease, particularly influenza, pneumonia, and urinary tract infections (Bender 2003; Falsey and Walsh 2005; High et al 2005; Nichol 2005).
My training in epidemiology and infectious diseases heightened my suspicion that something significant was going on.
resulting in increased risk of hereditable diseases, loss of vitality or vigour, and heightened uniform susceptibility to infectious diseases.
The excitement of an audience truly enjoying itself can be infectious, heightening the pleasure we take in a movie or play.
Concerns over industrial influence with the United States' infectious disease policy was heightened with the controversy surrounding Dr. Charles Denham.
In children, a high incidence of RTI is caused either by: 1) heightened exposure of young children to RTI infectious agents from siblings, friends, and child care; 2) environmental factors; and 3) inherited disorders of the immune system [ 1].
SARS not only provided an impetus to further coordinate national efforts in cross-border infectious disease control, it also heightened the understanding of a common vulnerability in the face of global health threats (20).
This increase in international travel has heightened the risk for the global spread of infectious diseases (1 ).
Immunosenescence involves cellular and molecular alterations that impact both innate and adaptive immunity, leading to increased incidences of infectious disease morbidity and mortality as well as heightened rates of other immune disorders such as autoimmunity, cancer, and inflammatory conditions.
