Small-scale spatiotemporal epidemiology of notifiable infectious diseases in China: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence of infectious diseases remains one of the major challenges faced by the Chinese health sector. Policymakers have a tremendous interest in investigating the spatiotemporal epidemiology of infectious diseases. We aimed to review the small-scale (city level, county level, or below) spatiotemporal epidemiology of notifiable infectious diseases in China through a systematic review, thus summarizing the evidence to facilitate more effective prevention and control of the diseases.

Methods

We searched four English language databases (PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science) and three Chinese databases (CNKI, WanFang, and SinoMed), for studies published between January 1, 2004 (the year in which China's Internet-based disease reporting system wa

SUBMITTER: Zheng J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9442567 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature