Sentence examples for model of prophylaxis from inspiring English sources

Niska et al. [ 38] used a murine model of prophylaxis against implant infection to investigate the efficacy of varying doses of antibiotic.

However, these data are based on animal models of treatment of established infections [ 31, 53], rather than models of prophylaxis such as ours in which prevention of infection is the goal.

We modelled the effect of prophylaxis on a susceptible individual as a reduction in susceptibility by 85% [ 38].

A model of hormone-mediated prophylaxis must also account for the roles of endocrine factors in promoting breast cancer.

The model of p53-mediated prophylaxis induced by hormonal stimulation is attractive given the role of p53 as a potent inhibitor of cellular proliferation and an inducer of apoptosis.

The traditional model of giving antibiotic prophylaxis only to patients with recurrent cellulitis, or to those who already have chronic lymphoedema may in fact be too late to prevent the permanent impairment to lymph drainage in the leg that ensues following repeated episodes of cellulitis.

The case fatality risk was applied equally to both model arms, assuming no effect of prophylaxis on the risk of death for RSV-H children.

The costs incorporated in the model related to the costs of prophylaxis and treatment of an IFI.

One mathematical model showed that premature cessation of prophylaxis before the pandemic's peak resulted in higher peak infection rates compared to no prophylaxis use [ 7].

Our model confirmed the beneficial effects of prophylaxis with oseltamivir in reducing the number of infections and preventing large outbreaks as has been suggested by some observational and experimental studies (7 – 9 ).

Spectrum assumed close to 100% of HIV-positive women received some sort of prophylaxis while the ASSA2008 model and UCT model assumed 75 and 95% of HIV-positive women received prophylaxis, respectively.