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Open AccessMediating role of resilience in the relationship between COVID-19 related stigma and mental health among COVID-19 survivors: a cross-sectional study
The global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused many negative effects on physical and mental health of patients who have survived COVID-19. Apart from some long-lasting physical sequelae, those COVID...
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Open AccessAge–period–cohort analysis of pulmonary tuberculosis reported incidence, China, 2006–2020
Tuberculosis (TB) poses a severe public health challenge in China and worldwide. This study evaluated the effects of age, period, and birth cohort on reported incidence trends of TB based on population and ref...
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Lifestyle risk factors and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: assessing the influence of reverse causation in a prospective cohort of 457,021 US adults
Lifestyle risk factors have been associated with increased all-cause and cause-specific mortality, but the influence of reverse causation has been underappreciated as a limitation in epidemiological studies.
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Open AccessDistribution of avian influenza viruses according to environmental surveillance during 2014–2018, China
Recurrent infections of animal hosts with avian influenza viruses (AIVs) have posted a persistent threat. It is very important to understand the avian influenza virus distribution and characteristics in enviro...
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Open AccessNontuberculous mycobacteria in China: incidence and antimicrobial resistance spectrum from a nationwide survey
Information on the prevalence and resistance spectrum of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in China is mainly based on regional or local data. To estimate the proportion of NTM cases in China, a national surve...
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Open AccessFluorescence polarization assay improves the rapid detection of human brucellosis in China
Brucellosis is an infectious-allergic zoonotic disease caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella. Early diagnosis is the key to preventing, treating, and controlling brucellosis. Fluorescence polarization immunoas...
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Open AccessMolecular characteristics of Brucella melitensis isolates from humans in Qinghai Province, China
The prevalence of human brucellosis in Qinghai Province of China has been increasing rapidly, with confirmed cases distributed across 31 counties. However, the epidemiology of brucellosis transmission has not ...
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Open AccessEffective mitigation strategy in early stage of COVID-19 pandemic in China
In the past five months, success in control the national epidemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been witnessed in China. The implementation of public health measures accounts for the success which...
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Open AccessSurveillance-based evidence: elimination of schistosomiasis as a public health problem in the Peoples’ Republic of China
A steady progress on schistosomiasis control in the Peoples’ Republic of China (P.R. China) was achieved and broadened into the twelve-year medium and long term national plan (MLNP) which marled the implementa...
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Open AccessMannose-binding lectin 2 gene polymorphisms and their association with tuberculosis in a Chinese population
Immune- and inflammation-related genes (IIRGs) play an important role in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis (TB). However, the relationship between IIRG polymorphisms and TB risk remains unknown. In this study, ...
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Open AccessA case of brucellosis concomitant with HIV infection in China
Human brucellosis is a neglected public health issue in China and reports of HIV-infected individuals complicated with brucellosis are rare. This report describes the case of an HIV-infected patient complicate...
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Open AccessImpact of an innovative financing and payment model on tuberculosis patients’ financial burden: is tuberculosis care more affordable for the poor?
In response to the high financial burden of health services facing tuberculosis (TB) patients in China, the China-Gates TB project, Phase II, has implemented a new financing and payment model as an important c...
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Open AccessRole of ecological approaches to eliminating schistosomiasis in Eryuan County evaluated by system modelling
Schistosomiasis was severely prevalent in Yunnan Province, and it is difficult to achieve its elimination by convention approaches due to complexity of the nature. We explored the comprehensive model to elimin...
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Open AccessUse of low-dose computed tomography to assess pulmonary tuberculosis among healthcare workers in a tuberculosis hospital
According to the World Health Organization, China is one of 22 countries with serious tuberculosis (TB) infections and one of the 27 countries with serious multidrug-resistant TB strains. Despite the decline o...
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Open AccessClinical presentations and outcomes of patients with Ebola virus disease in Freetown, Sierra Leone
Clinical and laboratory data were collected and analysed from patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Jui Government Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where patients with EVD were received and/or treated ...
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Open AccessLessons on malaria control in the ethnic minority regions in Northern Myanmar along the China border, 2007–2014
For many countries where malaria is endemic, the burden of malaria is high in border regions. In ethnic minority areas along the Myanmar-China border, residents have poor access to medical care for diagnosis a...
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Open AccessMalaria control along China-Myanmar Border during 2007–2013: an integrated impact evaluation
Implementing effective interventions remain a lot of difficulties along all border regions. The emergence of artemisinin resistance of Plasmodium falciparum strains in the Greater Mekong Subregion is a matter of ...
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Open AccessGood laboratory practices guarantee biosafety in the Sierra Leone-China friendship biosafety laboratory
The outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa between 2014 and 2015 was the largest EDV epidemic since the identification of Ebola virus (EBOV) in 1976, and the countries most strongly affected were...
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Open AccessDetection of reassortant avian influenza A (H11N9) virus in environmental samples from live poultry markets in China
Avian influenza viruses have caused human infection and posed the pandemic potential. Live poultry markets are considered as a source of human infection with avian influenza viruses. Avian influenza routine su...
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Open AccessMLVA and MLST ty** of Brucella from Qinghai, China
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) of China is an extensive pastoral and semi-pastoral area, and because of poverty and bad hygiene conditions, Brucella is highly prevalent in this region. In order to adequately pre...
