It is possible that other cases diagnosed as Oroya fever result from this species.

The 42 cases diagnosed aged 60 years or over represent 19% of all those diagnosed in adult life.

These numbers mean that there are only about 2,360 cases of this disease diagnosed in the United States per year.

And 8.6 million cases of tuberculosis diagnosed and treated.

With so many new cases diagnosed, he said, the incidence is now dropping.

The famous center accepted only cases diagnosed as terminal, and only patients who could afford the astronomical costs.

Dr. Siegel refers to a study that found seven such cases among all the patients with colorectal cancer diagnosed between 1900 and 1966.

Back then, while still involved in practical medicine, Jen used to complain she was always being sent the cases no one else could diagnose.

The 90 cases diagnosed among children from 1979 to 1995 were 34 percent higher than expected in the township of 84,000 people, based on national statistics.

That equals about one case of cancer diagnosed each year for every 860 people with Barrett's.