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incidence

[in-si-duhns] / ˈɪn sɪ dəns /


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Among the excluded markets are Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru, where the company held clinical trials that contributed to the drug’s development, in part because HIV incidence was high in those countries.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Pfizer and Valneva’s experimental Lyme disease vaccine was over 70% effective in a trial, but findings were inconclusive due to low disease incidence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Individuals who experienced only mild infections did not show this elevated risk and actually had a slight decrease in lung cancer incidence.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

Caregiving incidence goes up to 31% among those with a parent who is 75 or older.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

In many ways, the Green Revolution was a tremendous boon; harvests in many poor countries soared so fast that despite burgeoning populations the incidence of hunger fell dramatically.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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