Sentences with phrase «asymptomatic population»

But with no evidence of a large asymptomatic population so far, Kellam and his colleagues favor a second scenario: MERS evolved and diversified in animals and then infected humans on multiple occasions.

The USPSTF found inadequate direct evidence on the benefit of screening for OSA in asymptomatic populations.

Not exact matches

Very few studies on screening for other gynecologic conditions with pelvic examination alone have been conducted, and the USPSTF found that these studies have limited generalizability to the current population of asymptomatic women seen in primary care settings in the United States.

Today, about 3 percent of the U.S. population has pancreatic cysts, although many are asymptomatic and go undiagnosed.

«We studied asymptomatic individuals with a low risk of cardiovascular events at baseline and used noninvasive imaging to predict the risk of an event downstream,» said David A. Bluemke, M.D, Ph.D., from the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md. «This is the first population - based prospective study to determine if vulnerable plaque features by MRI add to the risk of a cardiovascular event beyond the traditional risk factors.»

In fact, at least 5.6 d would be needed for an infectious agent with only a 2 - h incubation time and with the current city populations in the Greater Tokyo metropolitan area to cover the distance between any two cities using only secondary infections, even if there were up to 1 % asymptomatic individuals in the population (Fig. 4).

Her condition, affecting less than two thousandths of one per cent of the population, was asymptomatic; she might have died at any time in her life.

In this population of 65 asymptomatic hounds with PVCs on a screening EKG, 17 or 26.1 % did NOT have PVCs on subsequent EKGs.

This plus the surprising number of serious arrhythmias found on holter monitors in this population suggest PVCs are NOT ALWAYS a benign arrhythmia in an asymptomatic hound.

In the population of 65 asymptomatic IWs with PVCs on a screening EKG 26.1 % did not have them on subsequent EKGs.

It also has several potentially fatal complications and the capability to cause persistent infections in populations of asymptomatic carrier horses.