11.   He recently served as special adviser for Africa to the executive director of Unaids, the U.N. agency for programs to combat the disease.

12.   He worked with state and local health departments on efforts to combat parasitic diseases in this country.

13.   Meanwhile, scientists are pursuing similar interventions to combat other diseases.

14.   Old-timer gardeners used copper, sulfur, lime or some combination of these substances to combat fungal diseases.

15.   Practicing sadomasochism helped Flanagan combat his disease and deal with his mortality.

16.   Scher today said he understood European concern about the risks of BSE, but that science must form the basis of all measures to combat the disease.

17.   That forced the government to back down from its statement Monday that no extra measures were needed to combat the disease.

18.   The cells are then placed in patients to combat disease.

19.   The researchers hope the new findings, coupled with the ongoing sequencing of the malaria genome, will lead to more selective drug design to combat the disease.

20.   The trend indicates that personalities known to consumers are becoming more comfortable helping to combat a disease that still carries a stigma among many Americans.