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Analysis of the effect of PCR testing and antigen testing on controlling the transmission for Omicron based on different scenarios.

After the policy adjustment, China no longer carries out COVID-19 PCR testing for all people, and antigen testing has become the main way to detect and manage infectious sources. We developed a dynamic model to evaluate and compare the effects …

Editorial: Advances in the diagnosis and genomic research of surveillance-response activities in emerging, re-emerging, and unidentified infectious diseases.

Promoting the well-being of rural elderly people for longevity among different birth generations: A healthy lifestyle perspective.

BACKGROUND: Wellbeing may have a protective role in health maintenance. However, no specific study clarified the particular protective effect of the subjective wellbeing of rural elderly people on survival probability. Few studies have examined the …

Factors influencing adolescent experimental and current smoking behaviors based on social cognitive theory: A cross-sectional study in Xiamen.

INTRODUCTION: China has the largest youth population in the world. To better implement the Smoke-free School Initiative, this study aims to examine the protective and risk factors for different smoking behaviors (never smoked, experimental smoking, …

Analysis of Factors Influencing the Clinical Severity of Omicron and Delta Variants.

The Omicron variant is the dominant strain circulating globally, and studies have shown that Omicron cases have milder symptoms than Delta cases. This study aimed to analyze the factors that affect the clinical severity of Omicron and Delta variants, …

Inactivated vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic COVID-19 in Fujian, China during the Omicron BA.2 outbreak.

OBJECTIVE: More than 90% of the Chinese population have completed 2 doses of inactivated COVID-19 vaccines in Mainland China. However, after China government abandoned strict control measures, many breakthrough infections appeared, and vaccine …

Model-based risk assessment of dengue fever transmission in Xiamen City, China.

BACKGROUND: Quantitative assessment of the risk of local transmission from imported dengue cases makes a great challenge to the development of public health in China. The purpose of this study is to observe the risk of mosquito-borne transmission in …

Effect of online and offline social network group clusters on life satisfaction across age groups.

BACKGROUND: Positive social relationships are critical for better subjective well-being across ages. Future research will benefit from examining how to improve life satisfaction by utilizing social groups in new, ever-changing social and …

Response Strategies for Emerging Infectious Diseases: More Efforts Are Needed.

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

Dynamic and classifier-based model SARS-CoV-2 Omicron spillover risk assessment in China.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to have a huge impact on health care and economic systems around the world. The first question to ponder is to understand the flow of COVID-19 in the spatial and temporal dimensions. We collected 7 …