ArticleFrontiers in public health2026
The impact of El Niño-Southern Oscillation on the incidence of infectious diarrhea in China: insights from a 15-year national surveillance analysis.
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- From El Niño forecasts to proportionate public health action: a forecast-to-action framework for climate-related health risks.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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Background: Infectious diarrhea remains a significant public health challenge, with climatic factors potentially playing a crucial role in its epidemiological spread. However, the precise mechanisms through which the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) influences diarrheal morbidity are still not fully understood. Methods: We collected monthly other infectious diarrhea (OID) incidence and climatic data across the 31 provincial administrative divisions of mainland China (2005-2019). Wavelet analysis was employed to examine the periodicity of OID and the phase relationships between ENSO, climate factors and OID. Generalized additive models (GAM) and Peter and Clark Momentary Conditional Independence (PCMCI) algorithm were used to quantify exposure-response relationship and establish causal pathways in China. Results: From 2005 to 2019, a total of 13,620,167 OID cases were reported in 31 provincial regions of China, with the highest incidence of OID concentrated in the southern and eastern regions of China. Wavelet analysis identified a significant periodicity between ENSO cycles and diarrhea incidence patterns, demonstrating that La Niña events (characterized by low ENSO index) were associated with subsequent increases in incidence with a 6-month lag. The exposure-response relationship showed an inverted J-shaped curve in North and East China, while a nearly linear relationship was observed in Northeast, Central, Southwest and Northwest China. PCMCI analysis elucidated that precipitation is an indirect link between ENSO and OID. Conclusion: Our study suggests that a low ENSO index (La Niña) may drive the incidence of OID in China. The findings provide a scientific basis for predicting and warning of OID based on ENSO.
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