ArticleInfluenza and other respiratory viruses2023
The association between ambient pollutants and influenza transmissibility: A nationwide study involving 30 provinces in China.
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- Association between short-term exposure to ambient ozone concentration and influenza incidence in Kawasaki City, Japan: a time-stratified case-crossover analysis.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Time series analysis of the impact of air pollutants on influenza-like illness in Changchun, China.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Acute effects of air pollutants on influenza-like illness in Hangzhou, China.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Effects of temperature and environmental covariates on the dynamic transmission of hand, foot, and mouth disease in Zhejiang, China.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- The association between ambient pollutants and influenza transmissibility: A nationwide study involving 30 provinces in China.Influenza and other respiratory viruses · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background: The impact of exposure to ambient pollutants on influenza transmissibility is poorly understood. We aim to examine the associations of six ambient pollutants with influenza transmissibility in China and assess the effect of the depletion of susceptibles. Methods: Provincial-level surveillance data on weekly influenza-like illness (ILI) incidence and viral activity were utilized to estimate the instantaneous reproduction number (R Results: There is a significantly positive correlation between influenza transmissibility and five distinct ambient pollutants: PM Conclusions: Most ambient pollutants may potentially contribute to the facilitation of human-to-human influenza virus transmission in China. This observed association was maintained even after adjusting for variation in the susceptible population.
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