Publications

Vector-borne diseases (VBDs), especially mosquito-borne infections, are shifting in range, seasonality, and intensity as climate …

Between 2022 and 2025, nearly 130,000 confirmed monkeypox (mpox) cases, including over 280 deaths, were reported to the World Health …

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging public health concern with increasing incidence and geographic …

This study addresses the 2025 Chikungunya outbreak in Foshan City, Guangdong Province, China, by constructing a dual-model framework …

INTRODUCTION: This study explored transmission patterns of brucellosis in Hubei Province, a Class II region in China, through analysis …

Urban wastewater systems connect hospitals, residential communities, transport hubs, and wastewater treatment plants, creating …

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to quantitatively analyze social contact patterns among residents of Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province, and …

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to elucidate the global epidemic trends and evolutionary characteristics of nine major non-polio …

As natural hosts of avian influenza viruses, wild birds pose an increasing threat to public health. Here, using surveillance data from …

Background: China’s influenza vaccination coverage remains at a low rate, with significant regional socioeconomic disparities, …

BACKGROUND: Dengue fever is a major mosquito-borne disease that is spreading rapidly from endemic regions to previously low-incidence …

Co-circulation of multiple influenza subtypes poses a major challenge to global public health. However, its specific impact on …

Background The measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) trivalent vaccine constitutes a cornerstone in controlling mumps incidence. However, …

Klebsiella pneumoniae represents one of the most concerning ESKAPE pathogens, with multidrug-resistant strains driving urgent clinical …

Background Following the onset of an index chikungunya case on July 8, 2025, a significant outbreak occurred in Foshan, Guangdong …

Objective China faces significant challenges in ending tuberculosis (TB). Active case finding (ACF) and TB preventive therapy (TPT) …

Background Despite the high coverage of childhood vaccination, pertussis remains a significant global health challenge, with increasing …

Background Global warming, urbanization and the resumption of global population movements post-COVID-19 have made the prevention and …

Objectives Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) is a key cause of community-acquired pneumonia, and coinfections lead to varied patient outcomes. …

Recently, the epidemiological profile of avian influenza has changed dramatically worldwide. Avian influenza sampling and surveillance …

Recently, the epidemiological profile of avian influenza has changed dramatically worldwide. Avian influenza sampling and surveillance …

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, along with the implementation of public health and social measures (PHSMs), have …

IgA nephropathy (IgAN), the most common primary glomerular disease worldwide, poses challenges in predicting progression at …

BACKGROUND: The global outbreak of mpox that began in 2022 caused sustained human-to-human transmission and demonstrates distinct …

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate the impact of meteorological factors on the incidence and multi-route transmission dynamics …

Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic infectious disease that harms human health for a long time. TB epidemiological distribution …

Background The elevated incidence of tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks in schools poses a significant challenge to prevention and control …

The mathematical method to which theoretical epidemiology belongs is one of the three major methodologies in epidemiology. It is of …

Objective This study aims to assess the feasibility of evaluating the COVID-19 epidemic trend through monitoring the positive …

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, along with the implementation of public health and social measures (PHSMs), have …

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, a plethora of modeling studies related to COVID-19 have been released. While some models stand out …

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Wild birds are a natural reservoir for zoonotic viruses. To clarify the role of migratory birds in viruses spread in Poyang Lake, we …

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of vaccination, COVID-19 pandemic and migration of migratory birds on the avian …

<re.Match object; span=(1, 19), match=‘Label=“BACKGROUND”'>: Seasonal influenza resurged in China in February …

NADC34-like porcine reproductive and respiratory virus (PRRSV) has had a significant impact on the pig industry, particularly in China. …

The reproduction number serves as a fundamental metric in the examination of infectious disease outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics. …

Objective This study aims to estimate the transmissibility of norovirus outbreaks in schools by different transmission routes, and to …

Background Multiple human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated diseases have put a significant disease burden on the world. Therefore, we …

Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a form of atypical pneumonia which took hundreds of lives when it swept the …

OBJECTIVE: To improve the understanding of the virome and bacterial microbiome in the wildlife rescue station of Poyang Lake, China. …

Background The incidence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) has decreased year by year in China after the expansion of vaccination, but there …

China adjusted the zero-COVID strategy in late 2022, triggering an unprecedented Omicron wave. We estimated the time-varying …

Objectives To evaluate the impact of early implementation of public health and social measures (PHSMs) on contact rates over time and …

Although studies have compared the relative severity of Omicron and Delta variants by assessing the relative risks, there are still …

After the policy adjustment, China no longer carries out COVID-19 PCR testing for all people, and antigen testing has become the main …

BACKGROUND: Wellbeing may have a protective role in health maintenance. However, no specific study clarified the particular protective …

The Omicron variant is the dominant strain circulating globally, and studies have shown that Omicron cases have milder symptoms than …

Since the epidemic of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2), many governments have used reverse …

Background: The current outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019 has caused a serious disease burden worldwide. Vaccines are an …

BACKGROUND: Positive social relationships are critical for better subjective well-being across ages. Future research will benefit from …

In recent years, emerging infectious disease outbreaks have placed significant health and socioeconomic burdens upon the population …

The world has undergone five waves of COVID-19 pandemics, with a sixth wave likely to be led by China as policies in China begin to …

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to have a huge impact on health care and economic systems around the world. The first …

Objective: This study uses four COVID-19 outbreaks as examples to calculate and compare merits and demerits, as well as applicational …

Background: Previous research shows that the anti-contagion measures on novel coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) have effectively …

Escherichia albertii is an emerging zoonotic foodborne enteropathogen leading to human gastroenteritis outbreaks. Although E. albertii …

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a single-stranded RNA virus that can weaken the body’s cellular and humoral immunity and is …

In order to reduce individual variations and estimate the positive duration (Ct value < 30), B-spline basis functions (using the …

Background: Recently, despite the steady decline in the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic globally, school TB outbreaks have been frequently …

Backqround: There is a raising concern of a higher infectious Omicron BA.2 variant and the latest BA.4, BA.5 variantmade it more …

The results showed the mean value of median Rt value for MPX of 1.36 (SD: 0.21) and the median R0 value of 1.63 (IQR: 1.34–1.72) where …

We reported a novel African swine fever virus (ASFV) strain that had a three-large-fragment deletion and unique variations in genome. …

Wastewater surveillance serves as a promising approach to elucidate the silent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in communities. To understand …

Mathematical models have played an important role in the management of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The aim of …

Objectives This study aims to explore the interaction of different pathogens in Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) by using a …

This study elaborated the natural history parameters of Delta variant, explored the differences in detection cycle thresholds (Ct) …

Our findings imply that Omicron’s transmissibility is 1.5–1.8 times higher than that of Delta in terms of viral transmission. …

The annual incidence of SFTS increased year on year in Liaoning Province. Incidence of SFTS was affected by several meteorological …

Introduction The aim of this study was to construct an assessment method for cross-regional transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 …

随着成年人大规模接种新型冠状病毒(新冠病毒)疫苗,儿童和青少年群体由于较低疫苗覆盖率和较高接触度,逐渐成为新冠病毒感染的脆弱人群,有必要总结儿童和青少年群体新冠病毒感染特征、新冠病毒疫苗对于变异株的免疫效果。本文检索现有文献,对儿童和青少年新冠病毒感染的研究进展进行综 …

Hepatitis C imposes a heavy burden on many countries, including China, where the number of reported cases and the incidence of …

Two novel Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, facultatively anaerobic, non-motile, and short rods to coccoid strains were isolated from …

Objectives: Computing the basic reproduction number (R 0) in deterministic dynamical models is a hot topic and is frequently demanded …

Objective In China, the burden of shigellosis is unevenly distributed, notably across various ages and geographical areas. Shigellosis …

This study aimed to explore whether the transmission routes of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) will be affected by …

Objective Mumps is a seasonal infectious disease, always occurring in winter and spring. In this study, we aim to analyze its …

Background: Hand-Foot-and-Mouth-Disease (HFMD) has been widely spread in Asia, and has result in a high disease burden for children in …

Adolescence is a time of dramatic physical and mental change when adolescents are extremely vulnerable to various mental health …

Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a serious disease burden in the Asia-Pacific region, including China. This study calculated the …

BACKGROUND: The migrant elderly following family (MEFF), who migrates to new community to reunite with families, may face challenges of …

OBJECTIVES: Despite the adoption of a new childhood immunization program in China, the incidence of mumps remains high. This study …

Current persistent outbreak of COVID-19 is triggering a series of collective responses to avoid infection. To further clarify the …

Background: There are many types of human papillomavirus (HPV), and the related diseases have caused a serious disease burden in the …

Background Reaching optimal vaccination rates is an essential public health strategy to control the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

Background: In this study, we aimed to quantify the contribution of different transmission routes of the MiddleEast respiratory …

The article aims to estimate and forecast the transmissibility of shigellosis and explore the association of meteorological factors …

Background: The disease burden of hepatitis E remains high. We used a new method (richness, diversity, evenness, and similarity …

Background Globally, there have been 212,544,565 confirmed cases of Corona Virus disease 2019 (COVID-19), including 4,441,428 deaths by …

Introduction The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic recently affected Taiwan, China. This study aimed to calculate the …

Two rod-shaped and Gram-stain-positive bacteria (strains C64T and C62) were isolated in 2020 from faeces of greater white-fronted geese …

Background: Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) has been a serious disease burden in the Asia Pacific region represented by China, and …

Shigellosis is a heavy disease burden in China especially in children aged under 5 years. However, the age-related factors involved in …

We investigated fluctuations in the detection rates of avian influenza virus (AIV) subtypes H5, H7, and H9 in live poultry in Nanchang …

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging infectious disease that is regionally distributed in Asia, with high …

Objectives:To understand the transmission mechanisms of the avian influenza A(H5N6) virus. Methods:This study explored the live poultry …

Abstract Doxorubicin (DOX) is a well-known chemotherapeutic drug for most malgnencies including breast cancer and leukemia whilst the …

Background Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a globalinfectious disease; particularly, it has ahigh disease burden in China. This …

Background: Secondary waves of COVID-19 loom in many countries as strict physical distancing measures have been lifted. Since …

Background: To date, there is a lack of sufficient evidence on the type of clusters in which severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Public health decision-making may have great uncertainty especially in dealing with emerging infectious diseases, so it is necessary to …

The whole human society was caught unprepared by the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and the related COVID-19 pandemic. This should have not …

BACKGROUND: Based on differences in populations and prevention and control measures, the spread of new coronary pneumonia in different …

Due to an increase in mosquito habitats and the lack facilities to carry out basic mosquito control, construction sites in China are …

This study aimed to investigate the spatial distribution and patterns of multimorbidity among the elderly in China. Data on the …

Background: With the strength intervention of China, the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) had a …

This study aimed at estimating the transmissibility of hepatitis C. The data for hepatitis C cases were collected in six districts in …

Tsutsugamushi disease (TD) is an acute infectious disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi. This study aimed to analyze the …

Background: Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes an immense disease burden. Only drugs or vaccines can eliminate the virus. …

In recent years, children living in the downstream of the Choshui River in Taiwan have been exposed to violent dust episodes. For the …

Background: The transmission features and the feasibility of containing shigellosis remain unclear among apopulation-based study in …

Background The novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, also called 2019-nCoV) causes different …

What is already known about this topic? COVID-19 has a high transmissibility calculated by mathematical model. The dynamics of the …

The emergence of COVID-19 has triggered many works aiming at identifying the animal intermediate potentially involved in the …

Background Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a global pandemic. This study aims to explore the relationship between …

Objective: Based on differences in populations and prevention and control measures, the spread of new coronary pneumonia in different …

Abstract In this paper, an epidemiological model of hepatitis C with acute and chronic infections is proposed, and then the global …

Background: A novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has spread widely and led to high disease burden around the world. This study aimed to …

Background Developing countries exhibit a high disease burden from shigellosis. Owing to the different incidences in males and females, …

Background: Three sub-types of coronavirus have led to pandemics: Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), severe acute respiratory …

What is already known about this topic? Given the challenges presented by drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis (TB) and the rising …

Background: A novel coronavirus named as “SARS-CoV-2” has spread widely in many countries since December 2019, especially …

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BACKGROUND: As reported by the World Health Organization, a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was identified as the causative virus of …

This study aimed at estimating the transmissibility of hepatitis C. The data for hepatitis C cases were collected in six districts in …

As reported by the World Health Organization, a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was identified as the causative virus of Wuhan pneumonia …

In recent years, children living in the downstream of the Choshui River in Taiwan have been exposed to violent dust episodes. For the …

Acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC) outbreaks are reported frequently in China. However, the transmissibility of AHC remains …

Acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC) outbreaks are reported frequently in China. However, the transmissibility of AHC remains …

BACKGROUND: Shigellosis is one of the main diarrhea diseases in developing countries. However, the transmissibility of shigellosis …

The emergence of COVID-19 has triggered many works aiming at identifying the animal intermediate potentially involved in the …

Background The significance of prevention and control of HFMD is particularly important in China. More than 2.4 million infections are …

Abstract Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) has spread widely and led to high disease burden in many countries. In this study, we …

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Objectives: By adopting a new method, this study aimed to analyse the epidemiological characteristics of hand, foot, and mouth disease …

Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) has spread widely and leads to high disease burden in many countries. However, relative …

In this study, we report three cases of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in China, two confirmed cases and one probable case. The aim …

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Objective Shigellosis has been a heavy burden in China. However, its relative transmissibility in male and female individuals remains …

OBJECTIVES: To describe the epidemiological features of a school varicella outbreak in Dongguan City, China, to identify the reasons …

In this study, we report three cases of sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in China, two confirmed cases and one probable case. The aim …

OBJECTIVE: Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a serious public health issue in many countries; however, its transmissibility in …

Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) has spread widely and leads to high disease burden in many countries. However, relative …

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Three cases of the avian influenza A (H9N2) virus have been documented in Changsha, which is a large city that has nine districts and a …

As of Aug 25, 2017, 17 incidences of human infection and 6 deaths due to the novel H5N6 virus have been reported in China. Genetic …

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OBJECTIVE: To use a mathematical model to simulate an influenza outbreak in a school in order to assess the effectiveness of isolation …

Three cases of the avian influenza A (H9N2) virus have been documented in Changsha, which is a large city that has nine districts and a …

As of Aug 25, 2017, 17 incidences of human infection and 6 deaths due to the novel H5N6 virus have been reported in China. Genetic …

School-based influenza-like-illness (ILI) syndromic surveillance can be an important part of influenza community surveillance by …

We report rabies virus transmission among solid organ transplantation recipients in Changsha, China, in 2016. Two recipients were …

We report rabies virus transmission among solid organ transplantation recipients in Changsha, China, in 2016. Two recipients were …

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BACKGROUND: The re-establishment of malaria has become an important public health issue in and out of China, and receptivity to this …

BACKGROUND: Influenza A (H1N1) outbreaks have become common at schools in China since 2009. However, the effects of common …

School-based influenza-like-illness (ILI) syndromic surveillance can be an important part of influenza community surveillance by …

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BACKGROUND: Vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms affect the risk of prostate cancer. However, studies investigating the …

The aim of this study is to forecast the incidence of bacillary dysentery with a prediction model. We collected the annual and monthly …

BACKGROUND: In resource-limited settings where laboratory capacity is limited and response strategy is non-specific, delayed or …

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During the early stage of a pandemic, isolation is the most effective means of controlling transmission. However, the effectiveness of …

During the early stage of a pandemic, isolation is the most effective means of controlling transmission. However, the effectiveness of …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of NU7026 and Wortmannin, inhibitors of DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK), in HL60 cells …

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<re.Match object; span=(1, 18), match=‘Label=“OBJECTIVE”'>: To predict the burden caused by fatal road traffic …

Shigellosis is a major public health concern in China, where waterborne disease outbreaks are common. Shigellosis-containing …

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BACKGROUND: More than 600,000 annual arrivals from Africa, 1.4 billion population and developing health care systems render China at …

Shigellosis is a major public health concern in China, where waterborne disease outbreaks are common. Shigellosis-containing …

To assess the efficacy of quarantine for acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC) outbreaks control in schools, by using the Compartment …

In order to investigate the transmission risk of H5N1 avian influenza viruses (AIV) from sewage in Changsha poultry markets, the …

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<re.Match object; span=(1, 18), match=‘Label=“OBJECTIVE”'>: To assess the health-related quality of life (QOL) …

Influenza A (H1N1) was spread widely between cities and towns by road traffic and had a major impact on public health in China in 2009. …

To simulate intervention measures in controlling an outbreak of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis on one school campus by using the …

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OBJECTIVE: To assess the health-related quality of life (QOL) of doctors and nurses using the recent free-access data. METHODS: The …

Influenza A (H1N1) was spread widely between cities and towns by road traffic and had a major impact on public health in China in 2009. …

Chickenpox is an old but easily neglected infectious disease. Although chickenpox is preventable by vaccines, vaccine breakthroughs …

Abstract Background: Dengue fever’s rising prevalence in China underscores the need for improved surveillance tools. The Breteau …

Since 2018, the outbreaks of genotype II African swine fever virus (ASFV) in China and several eastern Asian countries have caused a …

African swine fever virus (ASFV) is a highly infectious and lethal swine pathogen that causes serious socio-economic consequences in …