Sentence examples for prevalence in the absence of from inspiring English sources
As described previously, the LCA is a more realistic model-based approach to estimating prevalence in the absence of a gold-standard test for LTBI.
Assuming the baseline ILI prevalence in the absence of nH1N1 was the measured ILI in the first survey in boroughs with minimal nH1N1 activity based on hospitalization and ED syndromic surveillance data, we likely overestimated the background ILI rate and, correspondingly, had low nH1N1 prevalence estimates.
This uses pharmacy databases to estimate disease prevalence in the absence of diagnostic information.
This is documented by significant reduction in dental caries prevalence in the absence of any systematic preventive initiatives on a population level.
Interpretation of these findings will be aided by a further survey, already begun, of appendix specimens surgically removed before the BSE epizootic, in the mid to late 1970s, to inform about prevalence in the absence of dietary exposure.
Surprised to find their emergence and prevalence in the absence of antibiotics, we have explored the evolutionary context of their appearance, along with the fitness effect of single mutants under different environmental conditions and genetic backgrounds.
Remarkably, this high prevalence occurs in the absence of wildlife artificial feeding, suggesting that a feeding ban alone would have a limited effect on wildlife M. bovis prevalence.
We estimate that the excess prevalence due to antiretroviral treatment in this age group is 1.7%, and that prevalence in 2008 in the absence of treatment would be 15.2%.
Furthermore, in ICU patients attribution of declining filtration to RCM exposure is unreliable because of the background prevalence of deterioration in the absence of exposure.
The model estimates that the STI prevalence of clients in the absence of intervention would have been 8.1% (Uncertainty range: 4.5%–12.2%), compared to 4.1% (Uncertainty range: 2.21%–4.35%) in the presence of intervention.
We are skeptical that the implementation of public commitment activities such as those described here would contribute to a lower prevalence of obesity in the absence of these core elements.
