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Mao Y, He R, Zhu B, Liu J, Zhang N. Notifiable Respiratory Infectious Diseases in China: A Spatial-Temporal Epidemiology Analysis. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:E2301. [PMID: 32235375 PMCID: PMC7177391 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17072301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2019] [Revised: 03/25/2020] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Nowadays, tuberculosis, scarlet fever, measles, influenza, and mumps are five major notifiable respiratory infectious diseases (RIDs) in China. The objective of this study was to describe, visualize, and compare the spatial-temporal distributions of these five RIDs from 2006 to 2016. In addition to descriptive epidemiology analysis, seasonality and spatial autocorrelation analysis were also applied to explore the epidemiologic trends and spatial changing patterns of the five RIDs, respectively. The results indicated that the incidence of tuberculosis, measles, and mumps presented a downtrend trend, while those of scarlet fever and influenza was in a strong uptrend across the research period. The incidences of the five diseases all peaked in spring. There were significant spatial disparities in the distribution of tuberculosis, scarlet fever, and measles cases, with the hotspots mainly located in the western plateau region, northern plain region, and southern mountainous region. To conclude, notable epidemiological differences were observed across regions, indicating that some provincial units should pay more attention to prevent and control respiratory infectious diseases.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ying Mao
- School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 28 Xianning West Road, Xi’an 710049, China; (R.H.); (B.Z.); (J.L.); (N.Z.)
- Research Center for the Belt and Road Health Policy and Health Technology Assessment, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 28 Xianning West Road, Xi’an 710049, China
| | - Rongxin He
- School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 28 Xianning West Road, Xi’an 710049, China; (R.H.); (B.Z.); (J.L.); (N.Z.)
- Research Center for the Belt and Road Health Policy and Health Technology Assessment, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 28 Xianning West Road, Xi’an 710049, China
| | - Bin Zhu
- School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 28 Xianning West Road, Xi’an 710049, China; (R.H.); (B.Z.); (J.L.); (N.Z.)
- Research Center for the Belt and Road Health Policy and Health Technology Assessment, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 28 Xianning West Road, Xi’an 710049, China
- Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China
| | - Jinlin Liu
- School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 28 Xianning West Road, Xi’an 710049, China; (R.H.); (B.Z.); (J.L.); (N.Z.)
- Research Center for the Belt and Road Health Policy and Health Technology Assessment, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 28 Xianning West Road, Xi’an 710049, China
- Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
| | - Ning Zhang
- School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 28 Xianning West Road, Xi’an 710049, China; (R.H.); (B.Z.); (J.L.); (N.Z.)
- Research Center for the Belt and Road Health Policy and Health Technology Assessment, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 28 Xianning West Road, Xi’an 710049, China
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