Sentences with phrase «groups at high risk of infection»

These estimates are orders of magnitude higher than those for the so - called general population in Britain, but comparable with figures for certain other groups at high risk of infection, such as gay men attending clinics for sexually transmitted disease.

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Young infants are at a higher risk of dying from this infection than any other age group.

The results were consistent throughout Africa, and among three distinctly different groups of women at high risk of HIV infection: pregnant women, sex workers and women who were initially HIV negative but had HIV - positive male partners.

And, Shah says, a comprehensive package of interventions that coupled targeted screening of high - risk groups, improved linkage to care, and enhanced retention and re-engagement in care was projected to have the greatest benefit, averting a projected 752,000 new HIV infections and 276,000 AIDS deaths at a cost of $ 96 billion over 20 years, or $ 45,300 per QALY gained.

Of the 17 patients in this group who died from the infection, 14 carried at least one copy of the newly identified high - risk varianOf the 17 patients in this group who died from the infection, 14 carried at least one copy of the newly identified high - risk varianof the newly identified high - risk variant.

Influenza remains a major health problem in the United States, resulting each year in an estimated 36,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations.4 Those who have been shown to be at high risk for the complications of influenza infection are children 6 to 23 months of age; healthy persons 65 years of age or older; adults and children with chronic diseases, including asthma, heart and lung disease, and diabetes; residents of nursing homes and other long - term care facilities; and pregnant women.4 It is for this reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these groups, together with health care workers and others with direct patient - care responsibilities, should be given priority for influenza vaccination this season in the face of the current shortage.1 Other high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implications.

Because of this, animal shelters, feral cat colonies, and any other large group of cats are at the highest risk of housing viral or bacterial infection epidemics.

On a weekly basis, The Humane Society of Boulder Valley accepts large transfers of puppies from high risk shelters, and each group is considered at risk of breaking with parvovirus infection.