Background Typhoid/paratyphoid fever (TPF) is endemic in *** conducted wavelet analysis and Spearman's rank correlation analysis to explore the impact of meteorological variations on TPF infection in Guizhou,in an ...
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Background Typhoid/paratyphoid fever (TPF) is endemic in *** conducted wavelet analysis and Spearman's rank correlation analysis to explore the impact of meteorological variations on TPF infection in Guizhou,in an attempt to assess the risk factors associated with TPF *** We examined the association between TPF incidence in Guizhou and temperature,precipitation and relative humidity using 24 years of data from 1984 to *** of TPF incidence and the impact of climate factors on the TPF were detected by Spearman's rank correlation and wavelet analysis,Results Temperature and precipitation with a 1-month lag were positively correlated with the monthly incidence of *** multiyear incidence pattern of TPF in Guizhou was explicitly ***,the association and driving effect of precipitation on TPF were observed,and the results showed that the incidence of TPF in Guizhou had a closer correlation with precipitation than with *** Safe water supply is the key issue for TPF control in ***,climate variation might impact the enteric infections,which may inform policy assessment for TPF control in Guizhou.
AIM:To determine the association of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes with probable cirrhosis and fatty liver in community-based ***: A multi-stage cluster probability sampling method was applied to recruit 10 167 sub...
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AIM:To determine the association of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes with probable cirrhosis and fatty liver in community-based ***: A multi-stage cluster probability sampling method was applied to recruit 10 167 subjects aged between 6 and 72 years from our epidemiological bases in Eastern China. After excluding the subjects co-infected with hepatitis C or hepatitis D viruses, the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive subjects were examined for HBV genotype, serum viral load, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) status, and ultrasonographic changes. Logistic regression models were used to determine the factors associated with probable cirrhosis and fatty ***: Of 634 HBsAg-positive subjects with HBV genotype determined, 82 had probable cirrhosis (ultrasonographic score ≥5), 42 had ultrasonographic fatty liver. Probable cirrhosis was only found in the HBeAg-negative subjects, and more frequently found in the subjects with genotype C than in those with genotype B (14.8% vs 8.0%, P=0.018). In HBeAg-negative subjects, high viral load was frequently asso-ciated with abnormal ALT level, while ALT abnormality was more frequent in those with probable cirrhosis than those without (19.5% vs 7.8%, P=0.001). Univariate analysis showed that age, sex, HBV genotypes, and viral load were not significantly associated with ultrasonographic fatty liver, whereas ALT abnormality was significantly related to ultrasonographic fatty liver (OR=4.54,95% CI:2.11-9.75, P<0.001). Multivariate analysis demonstrated that HBV genotype C, age (≥45 years), male sex, and ALT abnormality were independently associated with probable cirrhosis (AOR=2.30,95% CI:1.26-4.19; AOR =1.81,95% CI:1.10-2.99;AOR=1.74,95% CI:1.03-2.95; AOR=2.98,95% CI:1.48-5.99, respectively).CONCLUSION: A crude prevalence of probable cirrhosis is 12.9% in the community-based HBV-infected subjects. HBV genotype C is independently associated with probable cirrhosis in the HBe
Background Currently, migration has become one of the risk factors of high burden of tuberculosis in China. This study was to explore the influence of mass migration on the dynamics of Mycobacterium (M.) tuberculosi...
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Background Currently, migration has become one of the risk factors of high burden of tuberculosis in China. This study was to explore the influence of mass migration on the dynamics of Mycobacterium (M.) tuberculosis in Beijing, the capital and an urban area of China.
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