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Yu S, Pan Y, Chen Q, Liu Q, Wang J, Rui J, Guo Y, Gavotte L, Zhao Q, Frutos R, Xu M, Pu D, Chen T. Analysis of the epidemiological characteristics and influencing factors of tuberculosis among students in a large province of China, 2008-2018. Sci Rep 2024; 14:20472. [PMID: 39227742 PMCID: PMC11372133 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-71720-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2024] [Accepted: 08/30/2024] [Indexed: 09/05/2024] Open
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This study examines tuberculosis (TB) incidence among students in Jilin Province, China, focusing on spatial, temporal, and demographic dynamics in areas of social inequality. Variation in incidence rate of TB was analyzed using the joinpoint regression method. Spatial analyses techniques included the global and local Moran indices and Getis-Ord Gi* analysis. Demographic changes in new cases were analyzed descriptively, and the Geodetector method measured the influence of risk factors on student TB incidence. The analysis revealed a declining trend in TB cases, particularly among male students. TB incidence showed geographical heterogeneity, with lower rates in underdeveloped rural areas compared to urban regions. Significant spatial correlations were observed, with high-high clusters forming in central Jilin Province. Hotspots of student TB transmission were primarily concentrated in the southwestern and central regions from 2008 to 2018. Socio-economic factors exhibited nonlinear enhancement effects on incidence rates, with a dominant bifactor effect. High-risk zones were predominantly located in urban centers, with university and high school students showing higher incidences than other educational stages. The study revealed economic determinants as being especially important in affecting TB incidence among students, with these factors having nonlinear interacting effects on student TB incidence.
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- Shanshan Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Disease, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, National Innovation Platform for Industry-Education Intergration in Vaccine Research, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen City, Fujian Province, People's Republic of China
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- Jilin Scientific Research Institute of Tuberculosis Control, Changchun City, Jilin Province, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Disease, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, National Innovation Platform for Industry-Education Intergration in Vaccine Research, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen City, Fujian Province, People's Republic of China
- CIRAD, URM 17, Intertryp, Montpellier, France
- Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- State Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Disease, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, National Innovation Platform for Industry-Education Intergration in Vaccine Research, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen City, Fujian Province, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Disease, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, National Innovation Platform for Industry-Education Intergration in Vaccine Research, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen City, Fujian Province, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Disease, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, National Innovation Platform for Industry-Education Intergration in Vaccine Research, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen City, Fujian Province, People's Republic of China
- CIRAD, URM 17, Intertryp, Montpellier, France
- Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- State Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Disease, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, National Innovation Platform for Industry-Education Intergration in Vaccine Research, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen City, Fujian Province, People's Republic of China
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- Jilin Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changchun City, Jilin, People's Republic of China
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- Shangrao Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Shangrao City, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Jilin Provincial Armed Police General Hospital, Changchun City, Jilin Province, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Disease, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, National Innovation Platform for Industry-Education Intergration in Vaccine Research, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen City, Fujian Province, People's Republic of China.
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Liu J, Wang H, Zhong S, Zhang X, Wu Q, Luo H, Luo L, Zhang Z. Spatiotemporal Changes and Influencing Factors of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in Guangzhou, China, From 2013 to 2022: Retrospective Analysis. JMIR Public Health Surveill 2024; 10:e58821. [PMID: 39104051 PMCID: PMC11310896 DOI: 10.2196/58821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2024] [Revised: 05/19/2024] [Accepted: 05/24/2024] [Indexed: 08/07/2024] Open
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Background In the past 10 years, the number of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) cases reported in Guangzhou, China, has averaged about 60,000 per year. It is necessary to conduct an in-depth analysis to understand the epidemiological pattern and related influencing factors of HFMD in this region. Objective This study aims to describe the epidemiological characteristics and spatiotemporal distribution of HFMD cases in Guangzhou from 2013 to 2022 and explore the relationship between sociodemographic factors and HFMD incidence. Methods The data of HFMD cases in Guangzhou come from the Infectious Disease Information Management System of the Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Spatial analysis and space-time scan statistics were used to visualize the spatiotemporal distribution of HFMD cases. Multifactor ordinary minimum regression model, geographically weighted regression, and geographically and temporally weighted regression were used to analyze the influencing factors, including population, economy, education, and medical care. Results From 2013 to 2022, a total of 599,353 HFMD cases were reported in Guangzhou, with an average annual incidence rate of 403.62/100,000. Children aged 5 years and younger accounted for 93.64% (561,218/599,353) of all cases. HFMD cases showed obvious bimodal distribution characteristics, with the peak period from May to July and the secondary peak period from August to October. HFMDs in Guangzhou exhibited a spatial aggregation trend, with the central urban area showing a pattern of low-low aggregation and the peripheral urban area demonstrating high-high aggregation. High-risk areas showed a dynamic trend of shifting from the west to the east of peripheral urban areas, with coverage first increasing and then decreasing. The geographically and temporally weighted regression model results indicated that population density (β=-0.016) and average annual income of employees (β=-0.007) were protective factors for HFMD incidence, while the average number of students in each primary school (β=1.416) and kindergarten (β=0.412) was a risk factor. Conclusions HFMD cases in Guangzhou were mainly infants and young children, and there were obvious differences in time and space. HFMD is highly prevalent in summer and autumn, and peripheral urban areas were identified as high-risk areas. Improving the economic level of peripheral urban areas and reducing the number of students in preschool education institutions are key strategies to controlling HFMD.
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- Jiaojiao Liu
- School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China
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Yang M, Gong S, Huang S, Huo X, Wang W. Geographical characteristics and influencing factors of the influenza epidemic in Hubei, China, from 2009 to 2019. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0280617. [PMID: 38011126 PMCID: PMC10681244 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023] Open
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Influenza is an acute respiratory infectious disease that commonly affects people and has an important impact on public health. Based on influenza incidence data from 103 counties in Hubei Province from 2009 to 2019, this study used time series analysis and geospatial analysis to analyze the spatial and temporal distribution characteristics of the influenza epidemic and its influencing factors. The results reveal significant spatial-temporal clustering of the influenza epidemic in Hubei Province. Influenza mainly occurs in winter and spring of each year (from December to March of the next year), with the highest incidence rate observed in 2019 and an overall upward trend in recent years. There were significant spatial and urban-rural differences in influenza prevalence in Hubei Province, with the eastern region being more seriously affected than the central and western regions, and the urban regions more seriously affected than the rural region. Hubei's influenza epidemic showed an obvious spatial agglomeration distribution from 2009 to 2019, with the strongest clustering in winter. The hot spot areas of interannual variation in influenza were mainly distributed in eastern and western Hubei, and the cold spot areas were distributed in north-central Hubei. In addition, the cold hot spot areas of influenza epidemics varied from season to season. The seasonal changes in influenza prevalence in Hubei Province are mainly governed by meteorological factors, such as temperature, sunshine, precipitation, humidity, and wind speed. Low temperature, less rain, less sunshine, low wind speed and humid weather will increase the risk of contracting influenza; the interannual changes and spatial differentiation of influenza are mainly influenced by socioeconomic factors, such as road density, number of health technicians per 1,000 population, urbanization rate and population density. The strength of influenza's influencing factors in Hubei Province exhibits significant spatial variation, but in general, the formation of spatial variation of influenza in Hubei Province is still the result of the joint action of socioeconomic factors and natural meteorological factors. Understanding the temporal and spatial distribution characteristics of influenza in Hubei Province and its influencing factors can provide a reasonable decision-making basis for influenza prevention and control and public health development in Hubei Province and can also effectively improve the scientific understanding of the public with respect to influenza and other respiratory infectious diseases to reduce the influenza incidence, which also has reference significance for the prevention and control of influenza and other respiratory infectious diseases in other countries or regions.
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- Mengmeng Yang
- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, China
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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Wang L, Xu C, Wang J, Qiao J, Wu N, Li L. Spatiotemporal associations between hand, foot and mouth disease and meteorological factors over multiple climate zones. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY 2023; 67:1493-1504. [PMID: 37458818 DOI: 10.1007/s00484-023-02519-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2022] [Revised: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 08/17/2023]
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Prior studies of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) have often observed inconsistent results regarding meteorological factors. We propose the hypothesis that these meteorological associations vary in regions because of the heterogeneity of their geographical characteristics. We have tested this hypothesis by applying a geographical detector and Bayesian space-time hierarchy model to measure stratified spatiotemporal heterogeneity and local associations between meteorological factors and HFMD risk in five climate zones in China from January 2016 to December 2017. We found a significant spatial stratified heterogeneity in HFMD risk and climate zone explained 15% of the spatial stratified heterogeneity. Meanwhile, there was a significant temporal stratified heterogeneity of 14% as determined by meteorological factors. Average temperatures and relative humidity had a significant positive effect on HFMD in all climate zones, they were the most obvious in the southern temperate zone. In northern temperate, southern temperate, northern subtropics, middle subtropics and southern subtropics climate zone, a 1 °C rise in temperature was related to an increase of 3.99%, 13.76%, 4.38%, 3.99%, and 7.74% in HFMD, and a 1% increment in relative humidity was associated with a 1.51%, 5.40%, 2.21%, 3.44%, and 4.78% increase, respectively. These findings provide strong support for our hypotheses that HFMD incidence has a significant spatiotemporal stratified heterogeneity and different climate zones have distinct influences on the disease. These findings provide strong support for our hypotheses: HFMD incidence had significant spatiotemporal stratified heterogeneity and different climate zones had distinct influences on it. The study suggested that HFMD prevention and policy should be made according to meteorological variation in each climate zone.
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- Li Wang
- College of Geography and Environmental Science, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
- State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Science and Natural Resource Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions (Henan University), Ministry of Education, Kaifeng, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Science and Natural Resource Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Science and Natural Resource Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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- College of Geography and Environmental Science, Henan University, Kaifeng, China.
- Key Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions (Henan University), Ministry of Education, Kaifeng, China.
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- College of Geography and Environmental Science, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
- Key Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions (Henan University), Ministry of Education, Kaifeng, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Wang W, Rosenberg MW, Chen H, Gong S, Yang M, Deng D. Epidemiological characteristics and spatiotemporal patterns of hand, foot, and mouth disease in Hubei, China from 2009 to 2019. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0287539. [PMID: 37352281 PMCID: PMC10289314 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/25/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a public health issue in Hubei and studies of- spatiotemporal clustering at a fine scale are limited. The purpose of this research was to analyze the epidemiological characteristics, temporal variation characteristics, and spatiotemporal clustering of HFMD cases at the town level from 2009 to 2019 to improve public health outcomes. METHODS Mathematical statistics, a seasonal index, wavelet analysis, and spatiotemporal scans were used to analyze epidemiological characteristics, time series trends, and spatiotemporal clusters of HFMD in Hubei. RESULTS EV-A71 (Enterovirus A71) and CVA16 (Coxsackievirus A16) constitute the two primary pathogens of the HFMD epidemic in Hubei, among which EV-A71 is the dominant pathogen, especially in 2016. In terms of age distribution, a major peak occurred at 0-5 years and a very small increase appeared at 25-35 years, with the former having a higher incidence among males than females and the latter having the opposite difference between males and females. The number/rate of HFMD cases exhibited a considerable increase followed by a moderate decline from 2009 to 2019, with the first large peak in April-July and a smaller peak in November-December. HFMD in Hubei exhibited the characteristics of a 270-day cycle with multiscale nesting, which was similar to the periodicity of HFMD cases caused by EV-A71 (9 months). Cities with a higher incidence of HFMD formed a part of an "A-shaped urban skeleton". Subdistricts had the highest incidence of HFMD, followed by towns and villages. The spatiotemporal scan results showed one most likely cluster and 22 secondary clusters, which was consistent with the geographic location of railways and rivers in Hubei. CONCLUSIONS These findings may be helpful in the prevention and control of HFMD transmission and in implementing effective measures in Hubei Province.
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- Wuwei Wang
- Institute of China Rural Studies, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Institute of Sustainable Development & Department of Geography, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Department of Geography and Planning, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Geography and Planning, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Hubei Province, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Institute of Sustainable Development & Department of Geography, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Institute of Sustainable Development & Department of Geography, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Institute of China Rural Studies, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Jiang X, Ma Y, Lv Q, Liu Y, Zhang T, Yin F, Shui T. Influence of social and meteorological factors on hand, foot, and mouth disease in Sichuan Province. BMC Public Health 2023; 23:849. [PMID: 37165358 PMCID: PMC10170695 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15699-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) caused by a variety of enteroviruses remains a major public health problem in China. Previous studies have found that social factors may contribute to the inconsistency of the relationship patterns between meteorological factors and HFMD, but the conclusions are inconsistent. The influence of social factors on the association between meteorology and HFMD is still less well understood. We aimed to analyze whether social factors affected the effect of meteorological factors on HFMD in Sichuan Province. METHOD We collected daily data on HFMD, meteorological factors and social factors in Sichuan Province from 2011 to 2017. First, we used a Bayesian spatiotemporal model combined with a distributed lag nonlinear model to evaluate the exposure-lag-response association between meteorological factors and HFMD. Second, by constructing the interaction of meteorological factors and social factors in the above model, the changes in the relative risk (RR) under different levels of social factors were evaluated. RESULTS The cumulative exposure curves for average temperature, relative humidity, and HFMD were shaped like an inverted "V" and a "U" shape. As the average temperature increased, the RR increased and peaked at 19 °C (RR 1.020 [95% confidence interval CI 1.004-1.050]). The urbanization rate, per capita gross domestic product (GDP), population density, birth rate, number of beds in health care centers and number of kindergartens interacted with relative humidity. With the increase in social factors, the correlation curve between relative humidity and HFMD changed from an "S" shape to a "U" shape. CONCLUSIONS Relative humidity and average temperature increased the risk of HFMD within a certain range, and social factors enhanced the impact of high relative humidity. These results could provide insights into the combined role of environmental factors in HFMD and useful information for regional interventions.
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- Xiaohong Jiang
- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
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- Yunnan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
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Cui Y, Yang YN, Zheng RR, Xie MZ, Zhang WX, Chen LY, Du J, Yang Y, Xi L, Li H, Li HJ, Lu QB. Epidemiological characteristics of hand, foot, and mouth disease clusters during 2016-2020 in Beijing, China. J Med Virol 2022; 94:4934-4943. [PMID: 35655366 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.27906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Revised: 04/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is an infectious disease that usually occurs in children under 5 years and is caused by a group of enteroviruses. This study aimed to investigate the epidemiological characteristics of HFMD clusters from 2016 to 2020 in Tongzhou, Beijing, and explored the genetic evolution of CV-A6. The HFMD case information came from the Information System of China Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as well as the clusters information verification and on-site investigation by Tongzhou CDC. ARIMA model was applied to forecast HFMD clusters in 2020. Totally 440 HFMD clusters were reported during 2016-2020. The large peak of the clusters occurred in April-July, followed by a smaller peak in October-November during 2016-2019. However, in 2020, the two peaks disappeared. The main site of HFMD clusters was childcare facilities (65.0%) and mostly occurred in urban areas (46.1%). The detection rate of CV-A6 was the highest (36.1%), and cases with CV-A6 infection had the highest proportion of fever. The phylogenetic analysis based on CV-A6 VP1 gene showed that the predominant strains mainly located in Group F during 2016-2017, while changed into Group A during 2018-2020. HFMD clusters presented seasonality, mainly located in childcare facilities and urban areas, and CV-A6 was the major causative agent. Targeted prevention and control measures should be taken to reduce HFMD clusters.
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- Yan Cui
- Institute for Infectious Diseases and Endemic Diseases Prevention and Control, Beijing Tongzhou Center for Diseases Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
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- Institute for Infectious Diseases and Endemic Diseases Prevention and Control, Beijing Tongzhou Center for Diseases Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
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- Institute for Infectious Diseases and Endemic Diseases Prevention and Control, Beijing Tongzhou Center for Diseases Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
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- Department of Laboratorial Science and Technology & Vaccine Research Center, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.,Global Center for Infectious Disease and Policy Research & Global Health and Infectious Diseases Group, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Laboratorial Science and Technology & Vaccine Research Center, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.,Global Center for Infectious Disease and Policy Research & Global Health and Infectious Diseases Group, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Laboratorial Science and Technology & Vaccine Research Center, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.,Global Center for Infectious Disease and Policy Research & Global Health and Infectious Diseases Group, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Laboratorial Science and Technology & Vaccine Research Center, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.,Global Center for Infectious Disease and Policy Research & Global Health and Infectious Diseases Group, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute for Infectious Diseases and Endemic Diseases Prevention and Control, Beijing Center for Diseases Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
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- Institute for Infectious Diseases and Endemic Diseases Prevention and Control, Beijing Tongzhou Center for Diseases Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
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- Institute for Infectious Diseases and Endemic Diseases Prevention and Control, Beijing Tongzhou Center for Diseases Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
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- Institute for Infectious Diseases and Endemic Diseases Prevention and Control, Beijing Tongzhou Center for Diseases Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
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- Department of Laboratorial Science and Technology & Vaccine Research Center, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.,Global Center for Infectious Disease and Policy Research & Global Health and Infectious Diseases Group, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Wang W, Xiao X, Qian J, Chen S, Liao F, Yin F, Zhang T, Li X, Ma Y. Reclaiming independence in spatial-clustering datasets: A series of data-driven spatial weights matrices. Stat Med 2022; 41:2939-2956. [PMID: 35347729 PMCID: PMC9313839 DOI: 10.1002/sim.9395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Revised: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Most spatial models include a spatial weights matrix (W) derived from the first law of geography to adjust the spatial dependence to fulfill the independence assumption. In various fields such as epidemiological and environmental studies, the spatial dependence often shows clustering (or geographic discontinuity) due to natural or social factors. In such cases, adjustment using the first‐law‐of‐geography‐based W might be inappropriate and leads to inaccuracy estimations and loss of statistical power. In this work, we propose a series of data‐driven Ws (DDWs) built following the spatial pattern identified by the scan statistic, which can be easily carried out using existing tools such as SaTScan software. The DDWs take both the clustering (or discontinuous) and the intuitive first‐law‐of‐geographic‐based spatial dependence into consideration. Aiming at two common purposes in epidemiology studies (ie, estimating the effect value of explanatory variable X and estimating the risk of each spatial unit in disease mapping), the common spatial autoregressive models and the Leroux‐prior‐based conditional autoregressive (CAR) models were selected to evaluate performance of DDWs, respectively. Both simulation and case studies show that our DDWs achieve considerably better performance than the classic W in datasets with clustering (or discontinuous) spatial dependence. Furthermore, the latest published density‐based spatial clustering models, aiming at dealing with such clustering (or discontinuity) spatial dependence in disease mapping, were also compared as references. The DDWs, incorporated into the CAR models, still show considerable advantage, especially in the datasets for common diseases.
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- Wei Wang
- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Women and Children's Health Management Department, Sichuan Provincial Hospital for Women and Children, Chengdu, China
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- Sichuan Provincial Center for Mental Health, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu, China.,Key Laboratory of Psychosomatic Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Using Geographically Weighted Regression to Study the Seasonal Influence of Potential Risk Factors on the Incidence of HFMD on the Chinese Mainland. ISPRS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEO-INFORMATION 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/ijgi10070448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is an epidemic infectious disease in China. Its incidence is affected by a variety of natural environmental and socioeconomic factors, and its transmission has strong seasonal and spatial heterogeneity. To quantify the spatial relationship between the incidence of HFMD (I-HFMD) and eight potential risk factors (temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind speed, air pressure, altitude, child population density, and per capita GDP) on the Chinese mainland, we established a geographically weighted regression (GWR) model to analyze their impacts in different seasons and provinces. The GWR model successfully describes the spatial changes of the influence of potential risks, and shows greatly improved estimation performance compared with the ordinary linear regression (OLR) method. Our findings help to understand the seasonally and spatially relevant effects of natural environmental and socioeconomic factors on the I-HFMD, and can provide information to be used to develop effective prevention strategies against HFMD at different locations and in different seasons.
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Thammasonthijarern N, Kosoltanapiwat N, Nuprasert W, Sittikul P, Sriburin P, Pan-Ngum W, Maneekan P, Hataiyusuk S, Hattasingh W, Thaipadungpanit J, Chatchen S. Molecular Epidemiological Study of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in a Kindergarten-Based Setting in Bangkok, Thailand. Pathogens 2021; 10:pathogens10050576. [PMID: 34068676 PMCID: PMC8150733 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10050576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Revised: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a contagious childhood illness and annually affects millions of children aged less than 5 years across the Asia–Pacific region. HFMD transmission mainly occurs through direct contact (person-to-person) and indirect contact with contaminated surfaces and objects. Therefore, public health measures to reduce the spread of HFMD in kindergartens and daycare centers are essential. Based on the guidelines by the Department of Disease Control, a school closure policy for HFMD outbreaks wherein every school in Thailand must close when several HFMD classrooms (more than two cases in each classroom) are encountered within a week, was implemented, although without strong supporting evidence. We therefore conducted a prospective cohort study of children attending five kindergartens during 2019 and 2020. We used molecular genetic techniques to investigate the characteristics of the spreading patterns of HFMD in a school-based setting in Bangkok, Thailand. These analyses identified 22 index cases of HFMD (symptomatic infections) and 25 cases of enterovirus-positive asymptomatic contacts (24 students and one teacher). Enterovirus (EV) A71 was the most common enterovirus detected, and most of the infected persons (8/12) developed symptoms. Other enteroviruses included coxsackieviruses (CVs) A4, CV-A6, CV-A9, and CV-A10 as well as echovirus. The pattern of the spread of HFMD showed that 45% of the subsequent enteroviruses detected in each outbreak possessed the same serotype as the first index case. Moreover, we found a phylogenetic relationship among enteroviruses detected among contact and index cases in the same kindergarten. These findings confirm the benefit of molecular genetic assays to acquire accurate data to support school closure policies designed to control HFMD infections.
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- Nipa Thammasonthijarern
- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Tropical Pediatrics, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Tropical Pediatrics, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Tropical Pediatrics, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Tropical Hygiene, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
- Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Tropical Hygiene, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand
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- Department of Tropical Pediatrics, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
- Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Tropical Pediatrics, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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Huang R, Wei J, Li Z, Gao Z, Mahe M, Cao W. Spatial-temporal mapping and risk factors for hand foot and mouth disease in northwestern inland China. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2021; 15:e0009210. [PMID: 33760827 PMCID: PMC8021183 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Revised: 04/05/2021] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Hand foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is becoming one of the common human infectious diseases in China. Previous studies have described HFMD in tropical or coastal areas of Asia-Pacific countries. However, limited studies have thoroughly studied the epidemiology and potential risk factors for HFMD in inland areas with complex environmental conditions. Methodology/Principal findings Using the data from 2009 to 2018 on reported cases of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, we characterized the epidemic features of HFMD. Panel negative binomial model was used to identify climate, geographical and demographic determinants for HFMD incidence. A total of 70856 HFMD cases (average annual incidence: 305 per million persons) were reported in Xinjiang during the 10-year study period, of which 10393 (14.7%) were laboratory-confirmed and 98 (0.1%) were severe. HFMD peaked in summer every year during the study period, and incidence in 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2018 had minor peaks in autumn. After adjusting the school or holiday month, multiple factors were found to affect HFMD epidemiology: urban area being major land cover type (incidence risk ratio, IRR 2.08; 95% CI 1.50, 2.89), higher gross domestic product per capita (IRR 1.14; 95% CI 1.11, 1.16), rise in monthly average temperature (IRR 1.65; 95% CI 1.61, 1.69) and monthly accumulative precipitation (IRR 1.20; 95% CI 1.16, 1.24) predicted increase in the incidence of HFMD; farmland being major land cover type (IRR 0.72; 95% CI 0.64, 0.81), an increase of percentage of the minority (IRR 0.91; 95% CI 0.89, 0.93) and population density (IRR 0.98; 95% CI 0.98, 0.99) were related to a decrease in the incidence of HFMD. Conclusions/Significance In conclusion, the epidemic status of HFMD in Xinjiang is characterized by low morbidity and fatality. Multiple factors have significant influences on the occurrence and transmission of HFMD in Xinjiang. Hand foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is one of the common human infectious disease threating Asia-Pacific countries. To explore the epidemiology and environmental risk factors for HFMD in inland China, we utilized 10-year HFMD surveillance data in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region and combined multiple spatial-temporal statistical analyses. We identified spatial-temporal clusters of HFMD incidence and found that multiple factors could affect HFMD incidence: urban area being major land cover type, higher gross domestic product per capita, rise in monthly average temperature and monthly accumulative precipitation predicted increase in the incidence of HFMD; farmland being major land cover type, an increase of percentage of the minority and population density were related to a decrease in the incidence of HFMD. Our findings facilitate the understanding of HFMD epidemiology and risk factors in different geographic regions, which are crucial for conducting prevention and control strategies of HFMD.
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- Ruifang Huang
- Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Urumqi, P. R. China
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- Institute of EcoHealth, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, P. R. China
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- Institute of EcoHealth, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, P. R. China
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- Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Urumqi, P. R. China
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- Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Urumqi, P. R. China
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- Institute of EcoHealth, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, P. R. China
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Wang L, Xu C, Wang J, Qiao J, Yan M, Zhu Q. Spatiotemporal heterogeneity and its determinants of COVID-19 transmission in typical labor export provinces of China. BMC Infect Dis 2021; 21:242. [PMID: 33673819 PMCID: PMC7935008 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-021-05926-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Background Previous studies have indicated that the risk of infectious disease spread is greatest in locations where a population has massive and convenient access to the epicenter of an outbreak. However, the spatiotemporal variations and risk determinants of COVID-19 in typical labor export regions of China remain unclear. Understanding the geographical distribution of the disease and the socio-economic factors affecting its transmission is critical for disease prevention and control. Methods A total of 2152 COVID-19 cases were reported from January 21 to February 24, 2020 across the 34 cities in Henan and Anhui. A Bayesian spatiotemporal hierarchy model was used to detect the spatiotemporal variations of the risk posed by COVID-19, and the GeoDetector q statistic was used to evaluate the determinant power of the potential influence factors. Results The risk posed by COVID-19 showed geographical spatiotemporal heterogeneity. Temporally, there was an outbreak period and control period. Spatially, there were high-risk regions and low-risk regions. The high-risk regions were mainly in the southwest areas adjacent to Hubei and cities that served as economic and traffic hubs, while the low-risk regions were mainly in western Henan and eastern Anhui, far away from the epicenter. The accessibility, local economic conditions, and medical infrastructure of Wuhan in Hubei province all played an important role in the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of COVID-19 transmission. The results indicated that the q statistics of the per capita GDP and the proportion of primary industry GDP were 0.47 and 0.47, respectively. The q statistic of the population flow from Wuhan was 0.33. In particular, the results showed that the q statistics for the interaction effects between population density and urbanization, population flow from Wuhan, per capita GDP, and the number of doctors were all greater than 0.8. Conclusions COVID-19 showed significant spatiotemporal heterogeneity in the labor export regions of China. The high-risk regions were mainly located in areas adjacent to the epicenter as well as in big cities that served as traffic hubs. Population access to the epicenter, as well as local economic and medical conditions, played an important role in the interactive effects of the disease transmission. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12879-021-05926-x.
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- Li Wang
- College of Environment and Planning, Henan University, KaiFeng, 475001, China.,Key Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions (Henan University), Ministry of Education, KaiFeng, 475001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Science and Natural Resource Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Science and Natural Resource Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
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- College of Environment and Planning, Henan University, KaiFeng, 475001, China. .,Key Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions (Henan University), Ministry of Education, KaiFeng, 475001, China.
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- College of Environment and Planning, Henan University, KaiFeng, 475001, China.,Key Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions (Henan University), Ministry of Education, KaiFeng, 475001, China
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- College of Environment and Planning, Henan University, KaiFeng, 475001, China.,Key Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions (Henan University), Ministry of Education, KaiFeng, 475001, China
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Laor P, Apidechkul T, Khunthason S, Keawdounglek V, Sudsandee S, Fakkaew K, Siriratruengsuk W. Association of environmental factors and high HFMD occurrence in northern Thailand. BMC Public Health 2020; 20:1829. [PMID: 33256665 PMCID: PMC7706220 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-09905-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Background The major population vulnerable to hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is children aged less than 5 years, particularly those who are cared for at day care centers (DCCs). This study aimed to assess the associations of environmental and sanitation factors with high HFMD occurrence rates in DCCs of northern Thailand. Methods A case-control study was used to gather information from caregivers and local government administrative officers. DCCs in areas with high and low HFMD occurrence rates were the settings for this study. A validated questionnaire was used to collect environmental and sanitation information from the DCCs. In-depth interviews were used to collect information from selected participants who were working at DCCs and from local government administrative officers on the HFMD capacity and prevention and control strategies in DCCs. Logistic regression analysis was used to determine the associations between many environmental factors and HFMD at the α = 0.05 significance level while the content analysis was used to extract information from the interviews. Results Two variables were found to be associated with a high rate of HFMD occurrence: the number of sinks available in restrooms and the DCC size. Children attending DCCs that did not meet the standard in terms of the number of sinks in restrooms had a greater chance of contracting HFMD than children who were attending DCCs that met the standard (AOR = 4.21; 95% CI = 1.13–15.04). Children who were attending a large-sized DCC had a greater chance of contracting HFMD than those attending a small-sized DCC (AOR = 3.28; 95% CI = 1.21–5.18). The yearly budget allocation and the strategies for HFMD control and prevention, including collaborations among stakeholders for HFMD control and prevention in DCCs, were associated with the effectiveness of HFMD control and prevention. Conclusions The number of sinks in restrooms and DCC size are major concerns for HFMD outbreaks. Sufficient budget allocation and good collaboration contribute to effective strategies for preventing and controlling HFMD in DCCs.
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- Pussadee Laor
- School of Health Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand.
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- School of Health Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand. .,Center of Excellence for the Hill tribe Health Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Muang Chiang Rai, Thailand.
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- School of Health Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand.,Center of Excellence for the Hill tribe Health Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Muang Chiang Rai, Thailand
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- School of Health Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand
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- School of Health Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand
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- School of Health Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand
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Guo T, Liu J, Chen J, Bai Y, Long Y, Chen B, Song S, Shao Z, Liu K. Seasonal Distribution and Meteorological Factors Associated with Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease among Children in Xi'an, Northwestern China. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2020; 102:1253-1262. [PMID: 32157992 PMCID: PMC7253124 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2019] [Accepted: 02/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common infectious disease in the Asia-Pacific region that primarily affects children younger than 5 years. Previous studies have confirmed that the seasonal transmission of this disease is strongly related to meteorological factors, but the results are not consistent. In addition, the associations between weather conditions and HFMD in northwestern China have not been investigated. Therefore, we aimed to examine this issue in Xi'an, the largest city of northwestern China that has been suffering from serious HFMD epidemics. In the current study, data for HFMD and six meteorological factors were collected from 2009 to 2018. Using cross-correlation analysis, the Granger causality test, and the distributed lag nonlinear model, we estimated the quantitative relationships and exposure-lag-response effects between weekly meteorological factors and HFMD incidence among children. We found that the seasonal distribution of HFMD in Xi'an has two peaks each year and is significantly impacted by the weekly temperature, precipitation, and evaporation over an 8-week period. Higher values of temperature and evaporation had positive associations with disease transmission, whereas the association between precipitation and HFMD showed an inverted-U shape. The maximum relative risks (RRs) of HFMD for the weekly mean temperature (approximately 31.1°C), weekly cumulative evaporation (57.9 mm), and weekly cumulative precipitation (30.0 mm) were 1.56 (95% CI: 1.35-1.81), 1.40 (95% CI: 1.05-1.88), and 1.16 (95% CI: 1.11-1.70), respectively. The identified risk determinants and lag effects could provide important information for early interventions to reduce the local disease burden.
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- Tianci Guo
- Department of Epidemiology, Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment, School of Public Health, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an, P. R. China
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- Department of Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Xi’an Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Xi’an, P. R. China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment, School of Public Health, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an, P. R. China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment, School of Public Health, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an, P. R. China
- Department of Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Xi’an Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Xi’an, P. R. China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment, School of Public Health, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an, P. R. China
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- Department of Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Xi’an Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Xi’an, P. R. China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment, School of Public Health, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an, P. R. China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment, School of Public Health, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an, P. R. China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment, School of Public Health, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an, P. R. China
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Epidemiological and aetiological characteristics of hand, foot, and mouth disease in Sichuan Province, China, 2011-2017. Sci Rep 2020; 10:6117. [PMID: 32273569 PMCID: PMC7145801 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-63274-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) remains a threat to the Asia-Pacific region. The epidemiological characteristics and pathogen spectrum of HFMD vary with space and time. These variations are crucial for HFMD interventions but poorly understood in Sichuan Province, China, particularly after the introduction of the EV-A71 vaccine. Using descriptive methods, regression analyses, spatial autocorrelation analysis, and space-time scan statistics, we analysed the epidemiological and aetiological characteristics of HFMD surveillance data in Sichuan Province between 2011 and 2017 to identify spatio-temporal variations. The dominant serotypes of HFMD have changed from enterovirus 71 and coxsackievirus A16 to other enteroviruses since 2013. The seasonal pattern of HFMD showed two peaks generally occurring from April to July and November to December; however, the seasonal pattern varied by prefecture and enterovirus serotype. From 2011 to 2017, spatio-temporal clusters were increasingly concentrated in Chengdu, with several small clusters in northeast Sichuan. The clusters observed in southern Sichuan from 2011 to 2015 disappeared in 2016–2017. These findings highlight the importance of pathogen surveillance and vaccination strategies for HFMD interventions; future prevention and control of HFMD should focus on Chengdu and its vicinity.
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Ma R, Liang L, Kong Y, Zhai S, Gu J, Zhang G, Wang T. Hotspot detection and socio-ecological factor analysis of asthma hospitalization rate in Guangxi, China. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2020; 183:109201. [PMID: 32050128 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Revised: 01/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Asthma is a major public health concern throughout the world. Numerous researches have shown that the spatial-temporal patterns of asthma are inconsistent, leading to the suggestion that these patterns are determined by multiple factors. This study aims to detect spatial-temporal clusters of asthma and analyze socio-ecological factors associated with the asthma hospitalization rate in Guangxi, China. METHODS Asthma hospitalization and socio-ecological data for 88 counties/municipal districts in Guangxi, China in 2015 was collected. Space-time scan statistics were applied to identify the high-risk periods and areas of asthma hospital admissions. We further used GeoDetector and Spearman correlation coefficient to investigate the socio-ecological factors associated with the asthma hospitalization rates. RESULTS There were a total of 7804 asthma admissions in 2015. The high-risk period was from April to June. The age groups of 0-4 and ≥65 years were both at the highest risk, with hospital admission rates of 45.0/105 and 46.5/105, respectively. High-risk areas were found in central and western Guangxi with relative risk (RR) values of asthma hospitalizations greater than 2.0. GDP per capita and altitude were positively associated with asthma hospitalizations, while air pressure and wind speed had a negative association. The explanatory powers of these factors (i.e., GDP per capita, altitude, air pressure, wind speed) were 22%, 20%, 14% and 10%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The GDP per capita appears to have the strongest correlation with asthma hospitalization rates. High-risk areas were identified in central and western Guangxi characterized by high GDP per capita. These findings may be helpful for authorities developing targeted asthma prevention policies for high-risk areas and vulnerable populations, especially during high-risk periods.
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- Rui Ma
- Key Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions, Ministry of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China.
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- The Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, 524001, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions, Ministry of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions, Ministry of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions, Ministry of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions, Ministry of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions, Ministry of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China.
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Spatio-Temporal Variations of Satellite-Based PM 2.5 Concentrations and Its Determinants in Xinjiang, Northwest of China. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17062157. [PMID: 32213893 PMCID: PMC7143496 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17062157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2020] [Revised: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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With the aggravation of air pollution in recent years, a great deal of research on haze episodes is mainly concentrated on the east-central China. However, fine particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution in northwest China has rarely been discussed. To fill this gap, based on the standard deviational ellipse analysis and spatial autocorrelation statistics method, we explored the spatio-temporal variation and aggregation characteristics of PM2.5 concentrations in Xinjiang from 2001 to 2016. The result showed that annual average PM2.5 concentration was high both in the north slope of Tianshan Mountain and the western Tarim Basin. Furthermore, PM2.5 concentrations on the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountain increased significantly, while showing an obviously decrease in the western Tarim Basin during the period of 2001–2016. Based on the result of the geographical detector method (GDM), population density was the most dominant factor of the spatial distribution of PM2.5 concentrations (q = 0.550), followed by road network density (q = 0.423) and GDP density (q = 0.413). During the study period (2001–2016), the driving force of population density on the distribution of PM2.5 concentrations showed a gradual downward trend. However, other determinants, like DEM (Digital elevation model), NSL (Nighttime stable light), LCT (Land cover type), and NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index), show significant increased trends. Therefore, further effort is required to reveal the role of landform and vegetation in the spatio-temporal variations of PM2.5 concentrations. Moreover, the local government should take effective measures to control urban sprawl while accelerating economic development.
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Hu Y, Xu L, Pan H, Shi X, Chen Y, Lynn H, Mao S, Zhang H, Cao H, Zhang J, Zhang J, Xiao S, Hu J, Li X, Yao S, Zhang Z, Zhao G. Transmission center and driving factors of hand, foot, and mouth disease in China: A combined analysis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2020; 14:e0008070. [PMID: 32150558 PMCID: PMC7062235 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2019] [Accepted: 01/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) has become a major public health issue in China. The disease incidence varies substantially over time and across space. To understand the heterogeneity of HFMD transmission, we compare the spatiotemporal dynamics of HFMD in Qinghai and Shanghai by conducting combined analysis of epidemiological, wavelet time series, and mathematical methods to county-level data from 2009 to 2016. We observe hierarchical epidemic waves in Qinghai, emanating from Huangzhong and in Shanghai from Fengxian. Besides population, we also find that the traveling waves are significantly associated with socio-economic and geographical factors. The population mobility also varies between the two regions: long-distance movement in Qinghai and between-neighbor commuting in Shanghai. Our findings provide important evidence for characterizing the heterogeneity of HFMD transmission and for the design and implementation of interventions, such as deploying optimal vaccine and changing local driving factors in the transmission center, to prevent or limit disease spread in these areas.
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- Yi Hu
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China
- Laboratory for Spatial Analysis and Modeling, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Qinghai Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Qinghai, China
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- Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Geography, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China
- Laboratory for Spatial Analysis and Modeling, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Qinghai Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Qinghai, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Qinghai Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Qinghai, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China
- Laboratory for Spatial Analysis and Modeling, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China
- Laboratory for Spatial Analysis and Modeling, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China
- Laboratory for Spatial Analysis and Modeling, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China
- Laboratory for Spatial Analysis and Modeling, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Geography, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science, Ministry of Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
- School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China
- Laboratory for Spatial Analysis and Modeling, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China
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He X, Dong S, Li L, Liu X, Wu Y, Zhang Z, Mei S. Using a Bayesian spatiotemporal model to identify the influencing factors and high-risk areas of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in Shenzhen. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2020; 14:e0008085. [PMID: 32196496 PMCID: PMC7112242 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2019] [Revised: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 01/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The epidemic of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) has become a severe public health problem in the world and has also brought a high economic and health burden. Furthermore, the prevalence of HFMD varies significantly among different locations. However, there have been few investigations of the effects of socioeconomic factors and air pollution factors on the incidence of HFMD. METHODS This study collected data on HFMD in Shenzhen, China, from 2012 to 2015. We selected eleven factors as potential risk factors for HFMD. A Bayesian spatiotemporal model was used to quantify the influence of the factors on HFMD and to identify the relative risks in different districts. RESULTS The risk factors of HFMD were the population, population density, concentration of SO2, and concentration of NO2. The relative risks (RRs) were 1.00473 (95% CI: 1.00059-1.00761), 1.00010 (95% CI: 1.00002-1.00016), 1.00215 (95% CI: 1.00170-1.00232) and 1.00058 (95% CI: 1.00028-1.00078), respectively. The protective factors against HFMD were the per capita GDP, the number of public kindergartens, the concentration of PM10, and the concentration of O3. The RRs were 0.98840 (95% CI: 0.98660-0.99026), 0.97686 (95% CI: 0.96946-0.98403), 0.99108 (95% CI: 0.98551-0.99840) and 0.99587 (95% CI: 0.99534-0.99610), respectively. The risk of incidence in Longgang district and Pingshan district decreased, while the risk of incidence in Baoan district increased. CONCLUSIONS Studies have confirmed that socioeconomic factors and air pollution factors have an impact on the incidence of HFMD in Shenzhen, China. The results will be of great practical significance to local authorities, which is conducive to accurate prevention and can be used to formulate HFMD early warning systems.
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- Xiaoyi He
- Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China
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- Orthopedic Department, Yantaishan Hospital, Yantai, Shandong, China
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- Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China
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- Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China
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A method for hand-foot-mouth disease prediction using GeoDetector and LSTM model in Guangxi, China. Sci Rep 2019; 9:17928. [PMID: 31784625 PMCID: PMC6884467 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-54495-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Accepted: 11/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) is a common infectious disease in children and is particularly severe in Guangxi, China. Meteorological conditions are known to play a pivotal role in the HFMD. Previous studies have reported numerous models to predict the incidence of HFMD. In this study, we proposed a new method for the HFMD prediction using GeoDetector and a Long Short-Term Memory neural network (LSTM). The daily meteorological factors and HFMD records in Guangxi during 2014–2015 were adopted. First, potential risk factors for the occurrence of HFMD were identified based on the GeoDetector. Then, region-specific prediction models were developed in 14 administrative regions of Guangxi, China using an optimized three-layer LSTM model. Prediction results (the R-square ranges from 0.39 to 0.71) showed that the model proposed in this study had a good performance in HFMD predictions. This model could provide support for the prevention and control of HFMD. Moreover, this model could also be extended to the time series prediction of other infectious diseases.
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Liu H, Song G, He N, Zhai S, Song H, Kong Y, Liang L, Liu X. Spatial-temporal variation and risk factor analysis of hand, foot, and mouth disease in children under 5 years old in Guangxi, China. BMC Public Health 2019; 19:1491. [PMID: 31703735 PMCID: PMC6842152 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-7619-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2019] [Accepted: 09/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) incidence is a critical challenge to disease control and prevention in parts of China, particularly Guangxi. However, the association between socioeconomic factors and meteorological factors on HFMD is still unclear. METHODS This study applied global and local Moran's I to examine the spatial pattern of HFMD and series analysis to explore the temporal pattern. The effects of meteorological factors and socioeconomic factors on HFMD incidence in Guangxi, China were analyzed using GeoDetector Model. RESULTS This study collected 45,522 cases from 87 counties in Guangxi during 2015, among which 43,711 cases were children aged 0-4 years. Temporally, there were two HFMD risk peaks in 2015. One peak was in September with 7890 cases. The other appeared in May with 4687 cases of HFMD. A high-risk cluster was located in the valley areas. The tertiary industry, precipitation and second industry had more influence than other risk factors on HFMD incidence with explanatory powers of 0.24, 0.23 and 0.21, respectively. The interactive effect of any two risk factors would enhance the risk of HFMD. CONCLUSIONS This study suggests that precipitation and tertiary industry factors might have stronger effects on the HFMD incidence in Guangxi, China, compared with other factors. High-risk of HFMD was identified in the valley areas characterized by high temperature and humidity. Local government should pay more attention and strengthen public health services level in this area.
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- Huan Liu
- Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions, Ministry of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004 Henan China
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- Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions, Ministry of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004 Henan China
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- Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions, Ministry of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004 Henan China
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- Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions, Ministry of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004 Henan China
- Institute of Urban Big Data, College of Environment and Planning, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004 Henan China
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- Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions, Ministry of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004 Henan China
- Institute of Urban Big Data, College of Environment and Planning, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004 Henan China
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- Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions, Ministry of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004 Henan China
- Institute of Urban Big Data, College of Environment and Planning, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004 Henan China
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- The Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, 524001 China
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- Department of Community Health Science, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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Xu X, Zhao Y, Xia S, Zhang X. Investigation of multi-scale spatio-temporal pattern of oldest-old clusters in China on the basis of spatial scan statistics. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0219695. [PMID: 31348778 PMCID: PMC6660084 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Accepted: 06/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Ageing is becoming a considerable public health burden in China, which produces great societal development challenges. Healthy and active longevity could ease the ageing burden on families and communities. To date, most studies of the oldest-old distribution are focused on a simple scale from spatial perspective, and the multi-scale spatio-temporal clusters trend in the oldest-old population has not yet been determined. Thus, the objective in present study is to use a new method to evaluate the spatio-temporal pattern and detect the risk clusters in the oldest-old population from three scales. Methods Individuals aged 65 years or older and individuals aged 80 years or older on three scales in China from 2000 to 2010 were used. The exploratory spatial data analysis was performed using Moran’s I statistic, and the pattern of the oldest-old clusters among humans was examined by using the spatial scan statistical method. Then, spatial stratified heterogeneity was used to explore the factors affecting the spatial heterogeneity of the oldest-old population. Results The oldest-old index in the southeast coastal areas is higher than that in the northwest inland areas in China. A three-ladder terrain distribution of the oldest-old index from west to east is obvious. The overall pattern of the oldest-old index evolves from a “concave” shape to an “east-west uplift, and northern collapse” shape. Space-time analysis revealed that high-risk areas were concentrated in five regions: the Yangtze River Delta, the Pearl River Delta, the Southeast Coast, Sichuan and Chongqing, and the Central Plains. The oldest-old cluster at different scales shows a similar pattern, but local differences exist. The risk at the prefecture scale and county scale is greater than at the interprovincial scale; the sublevel can identify clusters that have not been identified at the previous level, especially the bordering areas of prefectures and counties; and more risk units and greater relative risk are found in urban areas than in rural areas. Conclusions The results emphasized that spatial scan statistics can be used to estimate the spatial clusters of the oldest-old people. The detection of these clusters might be highly useful in the surveillance of the ageing phenomenon, thus helping local public health authorities measure the population burden at all locations, identifying geographical areas that require more attention, and evaluating the impacts of intervention programs.
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- Xin Xu
- School of Geographic Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
- Jiangsu Center for Collaborative Innovation in Geographical Information Resource Development and Application, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographic Environment (Nanjing Normal University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- School of Geographic Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
- Jiangsu Center for Collaborative Innovation in Geographical Information Resource Development and Application, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographic Environment (Nanjing Normal University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
- Ginling College, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
- International Center for Aging and Health Studies (Nanjing Normal University), Nanjing, China
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- School of Geographic Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
- Jiangsu Center for Collaborative Innovation in Geographical Information Resource Development and Application, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographic Environment (Nanjing Normal University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- School of Geographic Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
- Jiangsu Center for Collaborative Innovation in Geographical Information Resource Development and Application, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographic Environment (Nanjing Normal University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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Xu C, Zhang X, Xiao G. Spatiotemporal decomposition and risk determinants of hand, foot and mouth disease in Henan, China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 657:509-516. [PMID: 30550914 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2018] [Revised: 12/04/2018] [Accepted: 12/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) remains an increasing public health concern. The spatiotemporal variation of HFMD can be represented from multiple-perspectives, and it may be driven by different dominant factors. In this study, the HFMD cases in children under the age of five years in each county in Henan province, China, from 2009 to 2013 were assessed to explore the integrative spatiotemporal patterns of HFMD and investigate their driving factors. The empirical orthogonal function was applied to identify representative spatiotemporal patterns. Then, GeoDetector was used to quantify the determinant powers of driving factors to the disease. The results indicated that the most prominent spatiotemporal pattern explained 56.21% of the total variance, presented in big cities, e.g. capital city and municipal districts. The dominant factors of this pattern were per capita gross domestic product and relative humidity, with determinant powers of 62% and 42%, respectively. The secondary spatiotemporal pattern explained 10.52% of the total variance, presented in the counties around big cities. The dominant factors for this pattern were the ratio of urban to rural population and precipitation, with determinant powers of 26% and 41%, respectively. These findings unveiled the key spatiotemporal features and their determinants related to the disease; this will be helpful in establishing accurate spatiotemporal preventing of HFMD.
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- Chengdong Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; The School of Earth Science and Resources, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710054, China
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- China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Beijing 100022, China.
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Song C, Shi X, Bo Y, Wang J, Wang Y, Huang D. Exploring spatiotemporal nonstationary effects of climate factors on hand, foot, and mouth disease using Bayesian Spatiotemporally Varying Coefficients (STVC) model in Sichuan, China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 648:550-560. [PMID: 30121533 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Revised: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 08/08/2018] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pediatric hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) has generally been found to be associated with climate. However, knowledge about how this association varies spatiotemporally is very limited, especially when considering the influence of local socioeconomic conditions. This study aims to identify multi-sourced HFMD environmental factors and further quantify the spatiotemporal nonstationary effects of various climate factors on HFMD occurrence. METHODS We propose an innovative method, named spatiotemporally varying coefficients (STVC) model, under the Bayesian hierarchical modeling framework, for exploring both spatial and temporal nonstationary effects in climate covariates, after controlling for socioeconomic effects. We use data of monthly county-level HFMD occurrence and data of related climate and socioeconomic variables in Sichuan, China from 2009 to 2011 for our experiments. RESULTS Cross-validation experiments showed that the STVC model achieved the best average prediction accuracy (81.98%), compared with ordinary (68.27%), temporal (72.34%), spatial (75.99%) and spatiotemporal (77.60%) ecological models. The STVC model also outperformed these models in the Bayesian model evaluation. In this study, the STVC model was able to spatialize the risk indicator odds ratio (OR) into local ORs to represent spatial and temporal varying disease-climate relationships. We detected local temporal nonlinear seasonal trends and spatial hot spots for both disease occurrence and disease-climate associations over 36 months in Sichuan, China. Among the six representative climate variables, temperature (OR = 2.59), relative humidity (OR = 1.35), and wind speed (OR = 0.65) were not only overall related to the increase of HFMD occurrence, but also demonstrated spatiotemporal variations in their local associations with HFMD. CONCLUSION Our findings show that county-level HFMD interventions may need to consider varying local-scale spatial and temporal disease-climate relationships. Our proposed Bayesian STVC model can capture spatiotemporal nonstationary exposure-response relationships for detailed exposure assessments and advanced risk mapping, and offers new insights to broader environmental science and spatial statistics.
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- Chao Song
- School of Geoscience and Technology, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, China; Department of Geography, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA; State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System (LREIS), Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Department of Geography, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.
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- State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Institute of Remote Sensing Science and Engineering, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System (LREIS), Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System (LREIS), Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System (LREIS), Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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Zhang X, Xu C, Xiao G. Space-time heterogeneity of hand, foot and mouth disease in children and its potential driving factors in Henan, China. BMC Infect Dis 2018; 18:638. [PMID: 30526525 PMCID: PMC6286567 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-018-3546-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Accepted: 11/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) has become a substantial threat recently. However few studies have quantified spatiotemporal heterogeneity of HFMD and detected spatiotemporal interactive effect of potential driving factors on this disease. METHODS Using GeoDetector and Bayesian space-time hierarchy model, we characterized the epidemiology of HFMD in Henan, one of the largest population provinces in China, from 2012 to 2013, and quantified the impacts of potential driving factors. RESULTS Notably, 21.43 and 24.60% counties were identified as hot and cold spots, respectively. Spatially, the hotspots were mainly clustered in regions where the economic level was high. Temporally, the highest incidence period of HFMD was discovered to be in late spring and early summer. The impact of meteorological and socio-economic factors on the disease are significant, and this study found that a 1 °C rise in temperature was related to an increase of 4.09% in the HFMD incidence, a 1% increment in relative humidity was associated with a 1.77% increase of the disease, and a 1% increment in ratio of urban to rural population was associated with a 0.16% increase of the disease. CONCLUSION Meteorological and socio-economic factors presented significantly association with HFMD incidence, high-risk mainly appeared in large cities and their adjacent regions in hot and humid season. These findings will be helpful for HFMD risk control and disease-prevention policies implementation.
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- Xiangxue Zhang
- The School of Earth Science and Resources, Chang’an University, Xi’an, 710054 China
- State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 11A, Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 11A, Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101 China
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- China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Beijing, 100022 China
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Dengue fever (DF) has been a growing public-health concern in China since its emergence in Guangdong Province in 1978. Of all the regions that have experienced dengue outbreaks in mainland China, the city of Guangzhou is the most affected. This study aims to investigate the potential risk factors for dengue virus (DENV) transmission in Guangzhou, China, from 2006 to 2014. The impact of risk factors on DENV transmission was qualified by the q-values calculated using a novel spatial-temporal method, the GeoDetector model. Both climatic and socioeconomic factors were considered. The impacts on DF incidence of each single factor and the interaction of two factors were analysed. The results show that the number of days with rainfall of the month before last has the highest determinant power, with a q-value of 0.898 (P < 0.01); the q-values of the other factors related to temperature and precipitation were around 0.38–0.50. Integrating a Pearson correlation analysis, nonlinear associations were found between the DF incidence in Guangzhou and the climatic factors considered. The coupled impact of the different variables considered was enhanced compared with their individual effects. In addition, an increased number of tourists in the city were associated with a high incidence of DF. This study demonstrates that the number of rain days in a month has great influence on the DF incidence of the month after next; the temperature and precipitation have nonlinear impacts on the DF incidence in Guangzhou; both the domestic and overseas tourists coming to the city increase the risk of DENV transmission. These findings are useful in the risk assessment of DENV transmission, to predict DF outbreaks and to implement preventive DF reduction strategies.
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Risk Assessment and Mapping of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease at the County Level in Mainland China Using Spatiotemporal Zero-Inflated Bayesian Hierarchical Models. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2018; 15:ijerph15071476. [PMID: 30002344 PMCID: PMC6069258 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15071476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2018] [Revised: 07/07/2018] [Accepted: 07/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a worldwide infectious disease, prominent in China. China’s HFMD data are sparse with a large number of observed zeros across locations and over time. However, no previous studies have considered such a zero-inflated problem on HFMD’s spatiotemporal risk analysis and mapping, not to mention for the entire Mainland China at county level. Monthly county-level HFMD cases data combined with related climate and socioeconomic variables were collected. We developed four models, including spatiotemporal Poisson, negative binomial, zero-inflated Poisson (ZIP), and zero-inflated negative binomial (ZINB) models under the Bayesian hierarchical modeling framework to explore disease spatiotemporal patterns. The results showed that the spatiotemporal ZINB model performed best. Both climate and socioeconomic variables were identified as significant risk factors for increasing HFMD incidence. The relative risk (RR) of HFMD at the local scale showed nonlinear temporal trends and was considerably spatially clustered in Mainland China. The first complete county-level spatiotemporal relative risk maps of HFMD were generated by this study. The new findings provide great potential for national county-level HFMD prevention and control, and the improved spatiotemporal zero-inflated model offers new insights for epidemic data with the zero-inflated problem in environmental epidemiology and public health.
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Zhao Q, Li S, Cao W, Liu DL, Qian Q, Ren H, Ding F, Williams G, Huxley R, Zhang W, Guo Y. Modeling the Present and Future Incidence of Pediatric Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Associated with Ambient Temperature in Mainland China. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2018; 126:047010. [PMID: 29681142 PMCID: PMC6071822 DOI: 10.1289/ehp3062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2017] [Revised: 03/17/2018] [Accepted: 03/22/2018] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND There is limited evidence about the association between ambient temperature and the incidence of pediatric hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) nationwide in China. OBJECTIVES We examined the childhood temperature-HFMD associations across mainland China, and we projected the change in HFMD cases due to projected temperature change by the 2090s. METHODS Data on daily HFMD (children 0-14 y old) counts and weather were collected from 362 sites during 2009-2014. Daily temperature by the 2090s was downscaled under the Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 4.5 and 8.5 scenarios. Temperature-HFMD associations were quantified using a two-stage Poisson regression with a distributed lag nonlinear model. The impact of changes in temperature on the incidence of HFMD was estimated by combining the fitted temperature-HFMD associations with projected temperatures under each scenario, assuming a constant population structure. Sensitivity analyses were performed to assess the influence of primary model assumptions. RESULTS During 2009-2014, >11 million HFMD cases were reported. In most regions, the temperature-HFMD association had an inverted U shape with a peak at approximately 20°C, but the association leveled off or continued to increase in the Inner Mongolia and Northeast regions. When estimates were pooled across all regions and the population size was held constant, the projected incidence of HFMD increased by 3.2% [95% empirical confidence interval (eCI): −13.5%, 20.0%] and 5.3% (95% eCI: −33.3%, 44.0%) by the 2090s under the RCP 4.5 and 8.5 scenarios, respectively. However, regional projections suggest that HFMD may decrease with climate change in temperate areas of central and eastern China. CONCLUSION Our estimates suggest that the association between temperature and HFMD varies across China and that the future impact of climate change on HFMD incidence will vary as well. Other factors, including changes in the size of the population at risk (children 0-14 y old) will also influence future HFMD trends. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP3062.
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- Qi Zhao
- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
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- Center for Disease Surveillance and Research, Institute for Disease Control and Prevention of Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Public Health Emergency Center, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- College of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Center for Disease Surveillance and Research, Institute for Disease Control and Prevention of Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Beijing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Spatiotemporal risk mapping of hand, foot and mouth disease and its association with meteorological variables in children under 5 years. Epidemiol Infect 2017; 145:2912-2920. [DOI: 10.1017/s0950268817001984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
SUMMARYHand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) risk has become an increasing concern in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region, which is the biggest urban agglomeration in north-eastern Asia. In the study, spatiotemporal epidemiological features of HFMD were analysed, and a Bayesian space–time hierarchy model was used to detect local spatial relative risk (RR) and to assess the effect of meteorological factors. From 2009 to 2013, there was an obvious seasonal pattern of HFMD risk. The highest risk period was in the summer, with an average monthly incidence of 4·17/103, whereas the index in wintertime was 0·16/103. Meteorological variables influenced temporal changes in HFMD. A 1 °C rise in air temperature was associated with an 11·5% increase in HFMD (corresponding RR 1·122). A 1% rise in relative humidity was related to a 9·51% increase in the number of HFMD cases (corresponding RR 1·100). A 1 hPa increment in air pressure was related to a 0·11% decrease in HFMD (corresponding RR 0·999). A 1 h increase in sunshine was associated with a 0·28% rise in HFMD cases (corresponding RR 1·003). A 1 m/s rise in wind speed was related to a 6·2% increase in HFMD (corresponding RR 1·064). High-risk areas were mainly large cities, such as Beijing, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang and their neighbouring areas. These findings can contribute to risk control and implementation of disease-prevention policies.
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