"intermediate countries" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to countries located between two other countries or regions. Example: The trade agreement will benefit not only the neighboring countries, but also the intermediate countries such as Mexico and Brazil.
Although intermediate countries are paid for transit service, the country in which the mail is delivered receives no payment.
Screening of pregnant women, particularly immigrants from high and intermediate countries and contacts of IDUs, is necessary.
In the intermediate countries the contribution of EBD to the total burden of disease was 6.3% in Belgium, 4.4% in France, 5.4% in Germany, and 5.6% in the Netherlands.
The other countries show an intermediate state of affairs with mixed results.
According to Morrisson et al. [4], the percentage of children suffering from acute malnutrition (and whose families are classified below the absolute poverty threshold) ranged from approximately 15 to 20percentnt in intermediate revenue countries (Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Zimbabwe), to more than 50percentnt in very poor countries such as Madagascar and Niger.
Another 40% are in intermediate fertility countries, where people are replacing themselves.
Another 46% live in "intermediate fertility" countries – such as India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Mexico and the Philippines – where women have on average between 2.1 and five children.
Young-age modality is now well-established in intermediate incidence countries of the Maghreb region [19].
The approach had an incremental cost of CA$8255 and $30,6800 per prevented case when applied to entry screening of immigrants from high-incidence and intermediate incidence countries, respectively.
The high risk of progression to TB among immigrants originating from intermediate incidence countries might be explained by a high prevalence of risk factors associated with progression to TB.
The prevalence of latent TB infection among healthcare workers in low- to intermediate-prevalence countries including Japan ranged from 1% to 19% [ 15, 32- 35], which was much lower than that of the caregivers in our study.
