Observational studyGlobalization and health2022
The imported infections among foreign travelers in China: an observational study.
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- The ecological factors contributing to the chikungunya outbreak in Ruili, a border city in Yunnan Province, China.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- A metagenomic approach for microbial risk assessment and source attribution in high-risk ports of entry environments.Biosafety and health · 2025Article
- Inter-city movement pattern of notifiable infectious diseases in China: a social network analysis.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2025Article
- Epidemiological Characteristics of Overseas-Imported Infectious Diseases Identified through Airport Health-Screening Measures: A Case Study on Fuzhou, China.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Article
- Temporal shifts in 24 notifiable infectious diseases in China before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Epidemiological and Genomic analysis of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated from imported travelers at the port of Shanghai, China (2017-2019).BMC microbiology · 2024Article
- Oral Complications related to tropical infectious Diseases: an introduction and analysis of survey data.BMC oral health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn the past few decades, globalization has rendered more frequent and intensive population movement between countries, which has changed the original disease spectrum and brought a huge health impact on the global population including China. This study aims to describe the spectrum and epidemiological characteristics of imported infections among foreign travelers travelling to China.
methodsThe data on imported infections among foreign travelers were obtained from Custom Inbound Screening System (CISS) and the National Notifiable Infectious Disease Reporting System (NNIDRS). All the infections were classified into respiratory, gastrointestinal, vector-borne, blood/sex-transmitted and mucocutaneous diseases, of which case numbers and incidences were calculated and the proportions were compared among subgroups.
resultsIn total, 17,189 travelers diagnosed with 58 imported infectious diseases were reported from 2014 to 2018, with an overall incidence of 122.59 per million. Respiratory infection (7,351 cases, mainly influenza) and blood/sex-transmitted diseases (6,114 cases mainly Hepatitis B and HIV infection) were the most frequently diagnosed diseases, followed by vector-borne infections (3,128 cases, mainly dengue fever and malaria). The highest case number was from Asia and Europe, while the highest incidence rate was from Africa (296.00 per million). When specific diagnosis was compared, both the highest absolute case number and incidence were observed for influenza. An obvious seasonal pattern was observed for vector-borne diseases, with the annual epidemic spanning from July to November. The origin-destination matrices disclosed the movement of imported infection followed specific routes.
conclusionsOur study provided a profile of infectious diseases among foreign travelers travelling to China and pinpointed the target regions, seasons and populations for prevention and control, to attain an informed control of imported infections in China.
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