Sentence examples for prior epidemic from inspiring English sources

Our model was, on one hand based on the simplest prior epidemic models (percolation), on the other hand it took into account some of the specifics of the present experiment in a new way.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDCC) researchers using the National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System found that the prior epidemic season's data were a relatively imprecise predictor of the epidemic season onset in a given community and that timing of the RSV epidemic season may vary substantially in the same year among communities in close proximity [ 7].

Furthermore, the infected children were surprisingly young, 8 to 11, not the teenagers who were mainly affected in prior epidemics.

"In other words," he said, "there are worthwhile reasons to study prior epidemics, even if we never know the cause for sure".

Amino acid changes were found in the main epitopes located at the P2 domain, which was consistent with the observations from prior epidemics [ 36].

Our modeling approach provides a basis for using information from prior epidemics to develop containment strategies and evaluate what-if scenarios for evaluating their potential efficacy at different conditions.

In our study, the percentage of HAV-positive sewage samples, ranging from 21% prior to the epidemic to 27% during the epidemic, is probably consistent with the classification of Italy as a country with low/intermediate HAV endemicity.

Clinicians can encounter intermittent endemic cases prior to an epidemic with a 3-5 yr cycle, and our results may help to prepare for coming MP epidemics and to understand the clinical characteristics of MP.

The epidemic prior to 2008 in Guinea-Bissau was in 2005.

For simplicity, we assume that we have an unbiased estimate of the proportion of population with pre-existing immunity based on the observed seropositive proportion prior to the epidemic wave in Table 1.

Prior to the epidemic of HIV/AIDS, KS was a very rare cancer in the UK.