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Human-AI Decision Support for Vector-Borne Disease Control under Environmental and Population Change

Vector-borne diseases (VBDs), especially mosquito-borne infections, are shifting in range, seasonality, and intensity as climate variability, land-use change, urbanisation, mobility, population redistribution, and unequal control capacity reshape …

A Review of Epidemiological Modeling Studies on Monkeypox.

Between 2022 and 2025, nearly 130,000 confirmed monkeypox (mpox) cases, including over 280 deaths, were reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) from 130 countries and territories, prompting the WHO to declare it a public health emergency of …

Escalating transmissibility of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in a high-endemic region of China.

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging public health concern with increasing incidence and geographic spread. Quantitative assessment of its cross-species transmission among humans, ticks, and animal hosts remains limited. …

Dual-Model framework for CHIKV transmission modeling: ODE and Petri Net Analysis of the 2025 Foshan outbreak.

This study addresses the 2025 Chikungunya outbreak in Foshan City, Guangdong Province, China, by constructing a dual-model framework based on Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE) and Petri Nets (PN) for comparative analysis of Chikungunya …

Documented infectious disease outbreak records on ocean and expedition cruise ships, 1993-2026.

Epidemiology, transmission, vector and factors analysis of chikungunya outbreak in 2025, Quanzhou City of China.

BACKGROUND: Following a major chikungunya outbreak in Foshan City, China, locally transmitted cases have been reported across the country. Research remains limited to epidemiology, transmission dynamics, vector characteristics, and risk factors of …

Spatiotemporal Early Warning of Human Brucellosis in Hubei Province Using Coupled Ecological-Time Series Models.

INTRODUCTION: This study explored transmission patterns of brucellosis in Hubei Province, a Class II region in China, through analysis of spatiotemporal distribution and environmental factors to provide evidence for precise prevention. METHODS: We …

Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Surveillance in Anhui, After Introduction of the Enterovirus 71 Vaccine and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Ecological Interrupted Time Series Study.

BACKGROUND: Routine surveillance is important for understanding hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) after monovalent enterovirus 71 (EV71) vaccine introduction, but interpretation is difficult when etiologic typing is sparse and the COVID-19 …

Citywide metagenomics reveals microbial community and resistome dynamics in urban wastewater.

Urban wastewater systems connect hospitals, residential communities, transport hubs, and wastewater treatment plants, creating opportunities for the dissemination of microorganisms and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). Here, we conduct a …

Identifying High-Risk Spatiotemporal Clusters of Mushroom Poisoning in Subtropical China: A Retrospective Surveillance Study in Zhejiang Province (2012-2023).

To understand the epidemiological characteristics and patterns of mushroom poisoning in Zhejiang Province from 2012 to 2023, and to overcome the limitations of previous descriptive studies in precise early warning and spatial identification, this …