ArticleBMC public health2025
Short-term air pollution exposure and risk of respiratory pathogen infections: an 11-year case-crossover study in Guangzhou, China.
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- Association of short-term exposure to ambient air pollutants with liver function and mediation by fasting insulin: evidence from a rural cohort in China.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- Short-term traffic-related gaseous pollutant exposure is associated with childhood bronchopneumonia hospitalization: a 10-year time-series study from Guangzhou, China.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Rural revitalization, carbon emissions, and infectious disease transmission in China: nonlinear dynamics, spatial spillovers, and moderating effect.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Development of the Respiratory System During Adolescence.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Review
- Air pollution and climate change drive health inequities across China's provinces (2000-2023).iScience · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundLimited epidemiological evidence exists on the relationship between short-term exposure to air pollutants and respiratory pathogen infections. This study investigates the association between short-term air pollution exposure and respiratory pathogen infections in Guangzhou, southern China.
methodsA time-stratified case-crossover study design was applied. Data from 96,927 patients with suspected respiratory pathogen infections between 2013 and 2023 were collected. The daily air pollutant concentration is obtained from the local environmental monitoring station. Logistic regression was used to assess the effect of air pollutant exposure included in the equation on the risk of respiratory pathogen infection. Generalized additive models were used to analyze the relationship between pollutant exposure and hospital visits, adjusting for potential confounders such as temperature and precipitation. Sub-group analysis was performed to estimate the reliability of the correlations among the subgroups.
resultsThe logistic regression model shows that PM
conclusionThis large-scale epidemiological study demonstrates significant associations between short-term air pollutant exposure and respiratory infections, particularly highlighting the risks of NO
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