Sentence examples for rate of contracting from inspiring English sources

Before the vaccine was developed, infants had a much higher rate of contracting a chronic form of the virus, which often showed no symptoms until it developed into cirrhosis or liver cancer decades later.

The report said it needed to go much further, emphasizing male circumcision, which has been shown to decrease by more than 50 percent the rate of contracting H.I.V., and the promotion of condom use.

Note that while this is a sizeable increase in the rate of ROS production, it may be less than one might expect given that the metabolic rate of contracting muscle fibers increases approximately 100-fold or more from resting levels [8].

Conservative estimates put the rates of contracting tuberculosis within Russian prisons at 40 to 50 times higher than in the civilian population, which are already among some of the highest of the world.

The rate of contract subscribers canceling service every month was 1.85 percent in the quarter.

E.D.S., which has had a slower rate of contract signings than its rivals, was understandably jubilant with the result.

Hovnanian Enterprises, a major, family controlled builder, just reported a bulge in the sequential rate of contract cancellations.

– Medical Superintendent The renewal rate of contracts was noted to be high, at over 80-85%.

Within a few weeks, the customer can log on to the Navigenics Web site and read a secure report that rates the likelihood of contracting any of 18 conditions for which there is a medically accepted strategy for prevention, said Amy DuRoss, the company's head of policy and business affairs.

There is still a very small amount of risk: the chance of receiving blood infected with H.I.V. from a transfusion is currently less than one in two million; according to the Red Cross, the estimated rate of people contracting H.I.V. from donated blood is a little over one person per year.

A new analysis by the Canadian Medical Association Journal found that in two hospitals in Montreal and one in Sherbrooke, Quebec, the rate of patients contracting the bacteria, known as clostridium difficile or C. difficile, had increased from 2.1 cases per 1,000 admissions in 2002 to 10 per 1,000 in 2003 and that the upward trend had continued this year.