10 results on '"Zhou, Shi-Xia"'
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2. The changing pattern of enteric pathogen infections in China during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nation-wide observational study
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Wang, Li-Ping, Han, Jia-Yi, Zhou, Shi-Xia, Yu, Lin-Jie, Lu, Qing-Bin, Zhang, Xiao-Ai, Zhang, Hai-Yang, Ren, Xiang, Zhang, Cui-Hong, Wang, Yi-Fei, Lin, Sheng-Hong, Xu, Qiang, Jiang, Bao-Gui, Lv, Chen-Long, Chen, Jin-Jin, Li, Chang-Jun, Li, Zhong-Jie, Yang, Yang, Liu, Wei, Fang, Li-Qun, Hay, Simon I., Gao, George F., and Yang, Wei-Zhong
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- 2021
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3. Epidemiological features of COVID-19 patients with prolonged incubation period and its implications for controlling the epidemics in China
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Zhang, Zhi-Jie, Che, Tian-Le, Wang, Tao, Zhao, Han, Hong, Jie, Su, Qing, Zhang, Hai-Yang, Zhou, Shi-Xia, Teng, Ai-Ying, Zhang, Yuan-Yuan, Yang, Yang, Fang, Li-Qun, and Liu, Wei
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- 2021
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4. Mapping ticks and tick-borne pathogens in China
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Zhao, Guo-Ping, Wang, Yi-Xing, Fan, Zheng-Wei, Ji, Yang, Liu, Ming-jin, Zhang, Wen-Hui, Li, Xin-Lou, Zhou, Shi-Xia, Li, Hao, Liang, Song, Liu, Wei, Yang, Yang, and Fang, Li-Qun
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- 2021
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5. Clinical characteristics and risk factors for severe scrub typhus in pediatric and elderly patients.
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Guan, Xiu-Gang, Wei, Yue-Hong, Jiang, Bao-Gui, Zhou, Shi-Xia, Zhang, An-Ran, Lu, Qing-Bin, Zhou, Zi-Wei, Chen, Jin-Jin, Zhang, Hai-Yang, Ji, Yang, Yang, Yang, Fang, Li-Qun, Li, Hao, Yang, Zhi-Cong, and Liu, Wei
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TSUTSUGAMUSHI disease ,CHILD patients ,OLDER patients ,MEDICAL personnel ,DISEASE risk factors ,AGE groups - Abstract
Background: Scrub typhus (ST) is a life-threatening infectious disease if appropriate treatment is unavailable. Large discrepancy of clinical severity of ST patients was reported among age groups, and the underlying risk factors for severe disease are unclear. Methods: Clinical and epidemiological data of ST patients were collected in 55 surveillance hospitals located in Guangzhou City, China, from 2012 to 2018. Severe prognosis and related factors were determined and compared between pediatric and elderly patients. Results: A total of 2,074 ST patients including 209 pediatric patients and 1,865 elderly patients were included, with a comparable disease severity rate of 11.0% (95% CI 7.1%–16.1%) and 10.3% (95% CI 9.0%–11.8%). Different frequencies of clinical characteristics including lymphadenopathy, skin rash, enlarged tonsils, etc. were observed between pediatric and elderly patients. Presence of peripheral edema and decreased hemoglobin were the most important predictors of severe illness in pediatric patients with adjusted ORs by 38.99 (9.96–152.67, p<0.001) and 13.22 (1.54–113.50, p = 0.019), respectively, while presence of dyspnea and increased total bilirubin were the potential determinants of severe disease in elderly patients with adjusted ORs by 11.69 (7.33–18.64, p<0.001) and 3.17 (1.97–5.11, p<0.001), respectively. Compared with pediatric patients, elderly patients were more likely to receive doxycycline (64.8% v.s 9.9%, p<0.001), while less likely to receive azithromycin therapy (5.0% v.s 41.1%, p<0.001). Conclusion: The disease severity rate is comparable between pediatric and elderly ST patients, while different clinical features and laboratory indicators were associated with development of severe complications for pediatric and elderly patients, which is helpful for diagnosis and progress assessment of disease for ST patients. Author summary: The study investigated different clinical features and risk factors for severe disease between pediatric and elderly patients with scrub typhus. We found that significantly higher frequencies of lymphadenopathy, skin rash, enlarged tonsils, etc. were observed in pediatric patients than elderly patients. Other non-specific signs, subjective complaints, and chest radiographic abnormality were overpresented in elderly patients. Risk factors for severe disease between pediatric and elderly patients with scrub typhus were different. Presence of peripheral edema and decreased hemoglobin were the most important factors for pediatric patients, while presence of dyspnea and increased total bilirubin for elderly patients. These findings reminded medical workers to acknowledge this important difference and to adopt an age specific method in the differential diagnosis and risk assessment for scrub typhus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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6. Characteristics of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli among patients with acute diarrhea in China, 2009‒2018.
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Zhou, Shi-Xia, Wang, Li-Ping, Liu, Meng-Yang, Zhang, Hai-Yang, Lu, Qing-Bin, Shi, Lu-Sha, Ren, Xiang, Wang, Yi-Fei, Lin, Sheng-Hong, Zhang, Cui-Hong, Geng, Meng-Jie, Zhang, Xiao-Ai, Zhu, Yu-Liang, Li, Zhong-Jie, Fang, Li-Qun, Liu, Wei, and Yang, Wei-Zhong
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Objectives To investigate the epidemiological features of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) in patients with acute diarrhea in China. Methods An active sentinel surveillance was performed in all-age patients with acute diarrhea in China, 2009‒2018. DEC was isolated and identified by serological assay and PCR from stool samples. Results DEC was determined in 6.68% (6,119/91,651) of the patients, with higher positive rates among females than among males (6.97% vs. 6.46%) and among 18‒59 years patients (7.88%) than among other age groups. Five pathotypes were identified, the most prevalent was enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC), followed by enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC), and enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC). Pediatric patients <5 years had higher positive rate of EAEC (2.07%), followed by EPEC (1.81%), and enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) (0.31%), while the 18‒59 years patients had higher infection of ETEC (2.36%). ETEC and EPEC were more frequently identified in urban than rural areas, with age and gender adjusted positive rate of 1.68% vs. 1.14% respectively, and 1.77% vs. 1.55%, while EIEC and EHEC were more frequently identified in rural areas. Conclusions These findings highlight the epidemiology features of DEC and underscores the need for conducting DEC surveillance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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7. Etiological, epidemiological, and clinical features of acute diarrhea in China.
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Wang, Li-Ping, Zhou, Shi-Xia, Wang, Xin, Lu, Qing-Bin, Shi, Lu-Sha, Ren, Xiang, Zhang, Hai-Yang, Wang, Yi-Fei, Lin, Sheng-Hong, Zhang, Cui-Hong, Geng, Meng-Jie, Zhang, Xiao-Ai, Li, Jun, Zhao, Shi-Wen, Yi, Zhi-Gang, Chen, Xiao, Yang, Zuo-Sen, Meng, Lei, Wang, Xin-Hua, and Liu, Ying-Le
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VIBRIO parahaemolyticus ,ROTAVIRUSES ,DIARRHEA ,ESCHERICHIA coli ,SHIGELLA ,SALMONELLA - Abstract
National-based prospective surveillance of all-age patients with acute diarrhea was conducted in China between 2009‒2018. Here we report the etiological, epidemiological, and clinical features of the 152,792 eligible patients enrolled in this analysis. Rotavirus A and norovirus are the two leading viral pathogens detected in the patients, followed by adenovirus and astrovirus. Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli and nontyphoidal Salmonella are the two leading bacterial pathogens, followed by Shigella and Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Patients aged <5 years had higher overall positive rate of viral pathogens, while bacterial pathogens were more common in patients aged 18‒45 years. A joinpoint analysis revealed the age-specific positivity rate and how this varied for individual pathogens. Our findings fill crucial gaps of how the distributions of enteropathogens change across China in patients with diarrhea. This allows enhanced identification of the predominant diarrheal pathogen candidates for diagnosis in clinical practice and more targeted application of prevention and control measures. Diarrhoea is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in China. Here, the authors present results from a large sentinel surveillance scheme from 217 hospitals in all 31 provinces in mainland China, including ~150,000 patients with acute diarrhoea and covering years 2009-2018. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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8. Epidemiology of imported infectious diseases, China, 2014-18.
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Wu, Yang, Liu, Meng-Yang, Wang, Jin-Long, Zhang, Hai-Yang, Sun, Yu, Yuan, Yang, Zhou, Shi-Xia, Wang, Yi-Xing, Wang, Zhi-Bo, Zhu, Ying-Xuan, Han, Yong, Liu, Meng-Meng, Li, Wei-Ming, Wang, Li-Ping, Guo, Xiu-Hua, Fang, Li-Qun, and Liu, Wei
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COMMUNICABLE diseases ,SEXUALLY transmitted diseases ,VECTOR-borne diseases ,COMMON cold ,EPIDEMIOLOGY - Abstract
Background: The frequent movement of population between countries brings an increasing number of travel-related infections. This study aims to define the spectrum and dynamics of imported infections observed from international travel in the Chinese mainland.Methods: Sick travellers were screened by inbound sentinel surveillance and post-travel clinic visits from 2014 to 18. The infections were classified as respiratory, gastrointestinal, vector-borne, blood/sexually transmitted and mucocutaneous. The analysed variables included the place of origin of the travellers (Chinese or foreign) and the time when travel-related infection was present (at the time of return, during travel and post-travel visits to the clinic).Results: In total, 58 677 cases were identified amongst 1 409 265 253 travellers, with an incidence of 41.64/million, comprising during-travel incidence of 27.44/million and a post-travel incidence of 14.20/million. Respiratory infections constituted the highest proportion of illnesses during travel (81.19%, 31 393 of 38 667), which mainly came from Asian countries and tourists; with influenza virus and rhinovirus infections being mainly diagnosed. Vector-borne diseases constituted the highest proportion of post-travel illnesses (98.14%, 19 638 of 20 010), which were mainly diagnosed from African countries and labourers; with malaria and dengue fever being mainly diagnosed. The differential infection spectrum varied in terms of the traveller's demography, travel destination and travel purpose. As such, a higher proportion of foreign travellers had blood/sexually transmitted diseases (89.85%, 2832 of 3152), while Chinese citizens had a higher prevalence of vector-borne diseases (85.98%, 19 247 of 22 387) and gastrointestinal diseases (79.36%, 1115 of 1405). The highest incidence rate was observed amongst travellers arriving from Africa, while the lowest was observed amongst travellers arriving from Europe.Conclusions: The findings might help in preparing recommendations for travellers and also aid in primary care or other clinics that prepare travellers before trips abroad. The findings will also help to identify locations and the associated types of infections that might require attention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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9. Clinical outcomes of doxycycline, azithromycin and chloramphenicol for the treatment of patients with severe scrub typhus.
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Guan, Xiu-Gang, Zhou, Shi-Xia, Zhang, An-Ran, Lu, Qing-Bin, Zhou, Zi-Wei, Chen, Jin-Jin, Zhang, Hai-Yang, Ji, Yang, Jiang, Bao-Gui, Yang, Yang, Yang, Zhi-Cong, Wei, Yue-Hong, Li, Hao, Fang, Li-Qun, and Liu, Wei
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TSUTSUGAMUSHI disease , *CHLORAMPHENICOL , *AZITHROMYCIN , *DOXYCYCLINE , *ADULT respiratory distress syndrome , *TREATMENT effectiveness - Abstract
• All individual complications including shock, ARDS, meningitis and acute kidney injury were found to be significantly associated with treatment failure and time to defervescence, after adjusting for the effects of age, sex, initial antibiotic type, and interval from symptom onset to start of antibiotic treatment. • Treatment failure risk was higher for azithromycin than doxycycline for patients with meningitis; and treatment failure risk was higher for chloramphenicol than doxycycline for patients with acute kidney injury, pneumonia or shock. • Antibiotic resistance occurred in 2.4% of doxycycline group, 6.3% of azithromycin group and 10.4% of chloramphenicol group. Deaths occurred in 29.4% (5/17), 0% (0/5) and 10.0% (1/10) of patients, respectively, with no significant differences between groups (P =0.232). Previous studies have evaluated treatment efficacy of various antibiotics for patients with mild-to-moderate scrub typhus (ST). However, the efficacy of different antibiotics for treating severe ST remains uncertain. A retrospective study of patients with severe ST was undertaken in China. The treatment efficacy rates of doxycycline, azithromycin and chloramphenicol were compared, using treatment failure and time to defervescence as primary outcomes. In total, 876 patients with severe ST who initially received doxycycline, azithromycin or chloramphenicol were recruited. The treatment failure rate did not differ significantly between patients receiving doxycycline and patients receiving azithromycin (6.0% vs 11.4%; P =0.109). However, a higher treatment failure rate was observed for chloramphenicol compared with doxycycline (14.6% vs 6.0%; P =0.004). No significant difference in time to defervescence was observed between patients receiving doxycycline, azithromycin or chloramphenicol. Further subgroup analysis revealed a higher risk of treatment failure for chloramphenicol compared with doxycycline in patients with acute kidney injury, pneumonia and shock; and a higher risk of treatment failure for azithromycin compared with doxycycline in patients with meningitis. Significant correlation was found between azithromycin resistance and meningitis (P =0.009), and between chloramphenicol resistance and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) (P <0.001) using Cramer's V correlation coefficient. Multi-variate Cox regression analysis revealed significant associations between time to defervescence and presence of ARDS, shock, myocarditis, meningitis and acute kidney injury. Azithromycin and doxycycline were found to have significant therapeutic effects in patients with severe ST. In contast, chloramphenicol was less efficacious for the treatment of these patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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10. Epidemiological parameters of COVID-19 and its implication for infectivity among patients in China, 1 January to 11 February 2020.
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Lu QB, Zhang Y, Liu MJ, Zhang HY, Jalali N, Zhang AR, Li JC, Zhao H, Song QQ, Zhao TS, Zhao J, Liu HY, Du J, Teng AY, Zhou ZW, Zhou SX, Che TL, Wang T, Yang T, Guan XG, Peng XF, Wang YN, Zhang YY, Lv SM, Liu BC, Shi WQ, Zhang XA, Duan XG, Liu W, Yang Y, and Fang LQ
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- Adolescent, Adult, Age Distribution, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, Child, Child, Preschool, China epidemiology, Coronavirus Infections epidemiology, Coronavirus Infections prevention & control, Epidemiologic Studies, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pandemics, Pneumonia, Viral epidemiology, Pneumonia, Viral prevention & control, SARS-CoV-2, Young Adult, Coronavirus pathogenicity, Coronavirus Infections transmission, Infectious Disease Incubation Period, Pneumonia, Viral transmission
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BackgroundThe natural history of disease in patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) remained obscure during the early pandemic.AimOur objective was to estimate epidemiological parameters of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and assess the relative infectivity of the incubation period.MethodsWe estimated the distributions of four epidemiological parameters of SARS-CoV-2 transmission using a large database of COVID-19 cases and potential transmission pairs of cases, and assessed their heterogeneity by demographics, epidemic phase and geographical region. We further calculated the time of peak infectivity and quantified the proportion of secondary infections during the incubation period.ResultsThe median incubation period was 7.2 (95% confidence interval (CI): 6.9‒7.5) days. The median serial and generation intervals were similar, 4.7 (95% CI: 4.2‒5.3) and 4.6 (95% CI: 4.2‒5.1) days, respectively. Paediatric cases < 18 years had a longer incubation period than adult age groups (p = 0.007). The median incubation period increased from 4.4 days before 25 January to 11.5 days after 31 January (p < 0.001), whereas the median serial (generation) interval contracted from 5.9 (4.8) days before 25 January to 3.4 (3.7) days after. The median time from symptom onset to discharge was also shortened from 18.3 before 22 January to 14.1 days after. Peak infectivity occurred 1 day before symptom onset on average, and the incubation period accounted for 70% of transmission.ConclusionThe high infectivity during the incubation period led to short generation and serial intervals, necessitating aggressive control measures such as early case finding and quarantine of close contacts.
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