2020

The Impact of Intervention to Routine Surveillance of Natural Focal Diseases During the Outbreak of COVID-19 in Jiangsu Province, China

Background: With the strength intervention of China, the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) had a great control effect. The measures may influence the development and progression of others infectious …

The transmissibility of hepatitis C virus: a modelling study in Xiamen City, China.

This study aimed at estimating the transmissibility of hepatitis C. The data for hepatitis C cases were collected in six districts in Xiamen City, China from 2004 to 2018. A population-mixed susceptible-infectious-chronic-recovered (SICR) model was …

Epidemiology of tsutsugamushi disease and its relationship with meteorological factors in Xiamen city, China

Tsutsugamushi disease (TD) is an acute infectious disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi. This study aimed to analyze the epidemiological features of TD, investigate chigger mites and their hosts, and investigate the meteorological factors …

Effectiveness of Pharmacological Interventions to Control COVID-19: An Age-Specific Modelling Study

Background: Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes an immense disease burden. Only drugs or vaccines can eliminate the virus. Methods: We adopted our age-specific transmission model by susceptible-exposed-infectious -critically …

Protective equipment and health education program could benefit students from dust pollution.

In recent years, children living in the downstream of the Choshui River in Taiwan have been exposed to violent dust episodes. For the sake of the health of these children, we aimed to investigate the effectiveness of protective equipment (sand-proof …

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Public Transportation Vehicles: A Case Study in Hunan Province, China.

Here we report a case study of a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak event during bus trips of an index patient in Hunan Province, China. This retrospective investigation suggests potential airborne transmission of …

Feasibility of containing shigellosis in Hubei Province, China: a modelling study

**Background**: The transmission features and the feasibility of containing shigellosis remain unclear among apopulation-based study in China. **Methods**: A population-based usceptible - Exposed - Infectious / Asymptomatic - Recovered (SElAR) model …

Feasibility of containing shigellosis in Hubei Province, China: a modelling study.

: The transmission features and the feasibility of containing shigellosis remain unclear among a population-based study in China. : A population-based Susceptible - Exposed - Infectious / Asymptomatic - Recovered (SEIAR) model was built including …

A five-compartment model of age-specific transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2

**Background** The novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, also called 2019-nCoV) causes different morbidity risks to individuals in different age groups. This study attempts to quantify the age-specific …

A five-compartment model of age-specific transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2.

: The novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, also called 2019-nCoV) causes different morbidity risks to individuals in different age groups. This study attempts to quantify the age-specific transmissibility …