In a test of its power as a prophylactic it reduced the incidence of the disease by only 31%.

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Since studies show that caffeine consumption is linked to a lower incidence of the disease, he doubled his coffee drinking to two mugs a day.

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History has shown, however, that spikes in the incidence of meningococcal disease can occur over a short time period and without warning.

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Shortly after the show opened, I received a letter from Dr. Howard Rusk, founder of the Rusk Institute, complaining that I had maligned Puerto Rico in the verse, that in fact the island had a very low incidence of tropical disease.

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The results showed that culling badgers - a natural reservoir for bovine TB - did reduce the incidence of disease in cattle within the trial area, but that infection rates increased in the surrounding countryside as badgers were displaced.

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Cuba's health ministry has confirmed a cholera outbreak in Havana with 51 people infected - the biggest incidence of the disease there in decades.

BBC: Cuba confirms 51 cholera cases in Havana

Bears that have been previously rescued from bile farms have demonstrated a very high incidence of gallbladder and liver disease related to the practice of "milking" bile.

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