Sentence examples for most commonly afflicted from inspiring English sources

For cervical cancer, the most commonly afflicted age group is women in their late 30s to early 40s; the affliction of young women is usually emphasized [ 2– 4].

Not unlike Anna Stoessinger ("I Won't Have the Stomach for This," Sunday Review, Aug. 14), I, too, received a diagnosis of stomach cancer with the ironic reality of being neither male nor Asian, Asian men being the group that is most commonly afflicted.

Most commonly afflicted are middle-aged men, but Achilles tendinopathy occurs in both men and women at various ages [ 2, 4, 7- 9].

The findings, Müschen says, hint at why several studies have found a link between a drop in ALL cases and the vaccine for Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib), a bacterial infection that most commonly afflicts young children.

The likely reason that cancer is a relative newcomer in the historical record is that it most commonly afflicts those 65 and older, and for a long time, few people lived long enough for cancer to become a concern.

The approach by genetic engineering closely relies on the use of plasmids and is commonly afflicted by the potential problem of plasmid instability and safety concern.

Humans are more commonly afflicted with spinal disease than are non-human primates and one suggested explanation for this is the stress placed on the spine by bipedalism.

Most tendinopathies are precipitated by overuse and commonly afflict overzealous athletes, amateur and professional alike.

Perhaps this and other diseases that commonly afflict much older adults are a price we pay for our long life spans.

This effect may be at least partly responsible for the spallation of top coats which commonly afflicts TBCs after periods under service conditions.

Each year, hundreds of millions of people are afflicted with viral respiratory tract infections most commonly caused by human adenovirus (ADNO), human coronavirus (CoV), human metapneumovirus (HMPV), human rhinovirus (HRV), influenza virus (influenza), parainfluenza virus (PIV), and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).