Common viruses or bacteria may also increase the chances that some people will develop the disease.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

Malaria causes a million deaths per year, and schistosomiasis, which is a parasitic disease, is unfortunately a common cause of death in the world.

疟疾每年造成一百万死亡,而血吸虫病,这是一种寄生虫病,不幸的是,它是世界上很常见的死因

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Smallpox affected world history hundreds of years ago, and it was a disease that was common in Europe, but not common in the Americas until the Americas were colonized.

天花影响了几个世纪前的历史,这种病在欧洲很常见,但在美国不多见,直到美国成为殖民地

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For example,celiac disease is difficult to identify because the signs of the disease are so common.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

And it turned out that another, not quite as deadly, but still very serious disease called syphilis was also common in this part of the world at that time.

现在已知另外一种疾病,它并不完全致命但也很严重,它叫梅毒,在那时的一些地方也很常见

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The most common problems were high blood pressure or other conditions linked to heart disease.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

Experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say hospital treatment for likely H1N1 is most common among children up to four years old.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

The goal is to search for common genes that may cause the disease.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

It says the disease is most common in Caucasian women over age fifty.

VOA: special.2010.08.31

Scientists say the common name for the new disease,swine flu,is misleading.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

These are the two most common forms of the disease.

VOA: special.2009.06.23

Yet some early signs of the disease are common.

VOA: special.2009.09.15

"The common thought until very recently was that this is a disease only of wealthy women and wealthy countries."

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

The same thing a doctor would take." They learn how to diagnose and manage common illnesses like colds,or chronic problems such as diabetes and heart disease.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14