Landscape of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases in China: impact of ecology, climate, and behavior.

ABSTRACT: For the past several decades, the infectious disease profile in China has been shifting with rapid developments in social and economic aspects, environment, quality of food, water, housing, and public health infrastructure. Notably, 5 notifiable infectious diseases have been almost eradicated, and the incidence of 18 additional notifiable infectious diseases has been significantly reduced. Unexpectedly, the incidence of over 10 notifiable infectious diseases, including HIV, brucellosis, syphilis, and dengue fever, has been increasing. Nevertheless, frequent infectious disease outbreaks/events have been reported almost every year, and imported infectious diseases have increased since 2015. New pathogens and over 100 new genotypes or serotypes of known pathogens have been identified. Some in

SUBMITTER: Liu Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7089168 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature