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Epidemiological Characteristics of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Outbreaks in Qingdao, 2009–2018

BACKGROUND: In China, hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) outbreaks have become an important issue recent years. We analyzed the epidemiological characteristics of HFMD outbreaks in Qingdao during 2009–2018, and provided evidences for prevention and control of the disease. METHODS: Data were analyz...

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Autores principales: Jia, Jing, Kong, Fei, Xin, Xueling, Liang, Jiwei, Xin, Hualei, Dong, Liyan, Jiang, Fachun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8223573/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34183958
http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijph.v50i5.6117
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author Jia, Jing
Kong, Fei
Xin, Xueling
Liang, Jiwei
Xin, Hualei
Dong, Liyan
Jiang, Fachun
author_facet Jia, Jing
Kong, Fei
Xin, Xueling
Liang, Jiwei
Xin, Hualei
Dong, Liyan
Jiang, Fachun
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description BACKGROUND: In China, hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) outbreaks have become an important issue recent years. We analyzed the epidemiological characteristics of HFMD outbreaks in Qingdao during 2009–2018, and provided evidences for prevention and control of the disease. METHODS: Data were analyzed by descriptive analysis and correlation analysis, and throat swabs were detected for enterovirus RNA using RT-PCR. RESULTS: Overall, 116 HFMD outbreaks were reported in Qingdao during 2009–2018, with the epidemic of the outbreaks exhibiting a decreasing tendency. The characteristics of outbreaks presented two patterns, including two-peak pattern and rural area to urban-rural fringe area to urban areas pattern. Male patients were predominant in these outbreaks. The location of the outbreaks changed from nursery to community. Non-EV71/CA16 enteroviruses were gradually becoming predominant enteroviruses serotypes. The durations of outbreaks were positively correlated with response times and the number of cases. CONCLUSION: The epidemiological characteristics analysis of HFMD outbreaks could provide a scientific basis for the prevention and control the disease. Reporting and handling promptly are the keys to control epidemic outbreaks of HFMD.
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spelling pubmed-82235732021-06-27 Epidemiological Characteristics of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Outbreaks in Qingdao, 2009–2018 Jia, Jing Kong, Fei Xin, Xueling Liang, Jiwei Xin, Hualei Dong, Liyan Jiang, Fachun Iran J Public Health Original Article BACKGROUND: In China, hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) outbreaks have become an important issue recent years. We analyzed the epidemiological characteristics of HFMD outbreaks in Qingdao during 2009–2018, and provided evidences for prevention and control of the disease. METHODS: Data were analyzed by descriptive analysis and correlation analysis, and throat swabs were detected for enterovirus RNA using RT-PCR. RESULTS: Overall, 116 HFMD outbreaks were reported in Qingdao during 2009–2018, with the epidemic of the outbreaks exhibiting a decreasing tendency. The characteristics of outbreaks presented two patterns, including two-peak pattern and rural area to urban-rural fringe area to urban areas pattern. Male patients were predominant in these outbreaks. The location of the outbreaks changed from nursery to community. Non-EV71/CA16 enteroviruses were gradually becoming predominant enteroviruses serotypes. The durations of outbreaks were positively correlated with response times and the number of cases. CONCLUSION: The epidemiological characteristics analysis of HFMD outbreaks could provide a scientific basis for the prevention and control the disease. Reporting and handling promptly are the keys to control epidemic outbreaks of HFMD. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2021-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8223573/ /pubmed/34183958 http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijph.v50i5.6117 Text en Copyright © 2021 Jia et al. Published by Tehran University of Medical Sciences https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Jia, Jing
Kong, Fei
Xin, Xueling
Liang, Jiwei
Xin, Hualei
Dong, Liyan
Jiang, Fachun
Epidemiological Characteristics of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Outbreaks in Qingdao, 2009–2018
title Epidemiological Characteristics of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Outbreaks in Qingdao, 2009–2018
title_full Epidemiological Characteristics of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Outbreaks in Qingdao, 2009–2018
title_fullStr Epidemiological Characteristics of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Outbreaks in Qingdao, 2009–2018
title_full_unstemmed Epidemiological Characteristics of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Outbreaks in Qingdao, 2009–2018
title_short Epidemiological Characteristics of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Outbreaks in Qingdao, 2009–2018
title_sort epidemiological characteristics of hand, foot, and mouth disease outbreaks in qingdao, 2009–2018
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8223573/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34183958
http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijph.v50i5.6117
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