Epidemiological characteristics and spatial-temporal clusters of scrub typhus in Taizhou City from 2011 to 2021

ZHANG Zhiyi; HU Yafei; ZHENG Xiang; ZHAO Yishuang; LIANG Hongbiao; CHEN Cairong; HE Na; LIN Haijiang

doi:10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2023.09.022

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ZHANG Zhiyi, HU Yafei, ZHENG Xiang, ZHAO Yishuang, LIANG Hongbiao, CHEN Cairong, HE Na, LIN Haijiang. Epidemiological characteristics and spatial-temporal clusters of scrub typhus in Taizhou City from 2011 to 2021[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2023, 27(9): 1112-1116. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2023.09.022

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ZHANG Zhiyi, HU Yafei, ZHENG Xiang, ZHAO Yishuang, LIANG Hongbiao, CHEN Cairong, HE Na, LIN Haijiang. Epidemiological characteristics and spatial-temporal clusters of scrub typhus in Taizhou City from 2011 to 2021[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2023, 27(9): 1112-1116. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2023.09.022

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ZHANG Zhiyi, HU Yafei, ZHENG Xiang, ZHAO Yishuang, LIANG Hongbiao, CHEN Cairong, HE Na, LIN Haijiang. Epidemiological characteristics and spatial-temporal clusters of scrub typhus in Taizhou City from 2011 to 2021[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2023, 27(9): 1112-1116. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2023.09.022

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Epidemiological characteristics and spatial-temporal clusters of scrub typhus in Taizhou City from 2011 to 2021

doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2023.09.022

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Department of Epidemiology, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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Department of Key Diesase Prevention and Control, Taizhou City Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taizhou 318000, China

ZHANG Zhiyi and HU Yafei contributed equally to this article

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Shanghai Key Discipline Construcyion of Public Health System GWV-10.1-XK16

Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province LY19H260001

Taizhou City Special Support Program for Talents 2022-2

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Corresponding author: LIN Haijiang, E-mail: fudanlhj@qq.com
Received Date: 2022-08-19
Rev Recd Date: 2023-01-27

Available Online: 2023-10-12

Publish Date: 2023-09-10

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Objective To analyze the epidemiological characteristics and spatial-temporal clusters of scrub typhus in Taizhou during 2011-2021, and provide scientific evidence on prevention and control for scrub typhus. Methods Information on scrub typhus cases in Taizhou from 2011 to 2021 was obtained from Taizhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Spatial-temporal clusters analysis and result visualization were performed using SaTScan 9.6 software. Results A total of 225 cases of scrub typhus were reported from 2011 to 2021 in Taizhou, with an average annual incidence of 0.32/100 000. The primary affected demographic was individuals aged 50-69 years, which constituted 65.78% (148/225) of the cases. Farmer was the primary occupation and accounted for 87.11% (196/225). Xianju County is located in the northwest of Taizhou City, mainly with low mountainous landforms, which emerged as a high-incidence area with 53.33% (120/225) reported cases. This area is also the first cluster area. And the second cluster area was the junction area of Tiantai County, Sanmen County and Linhai City. Conclusions The incidence of scrub typhus in Taizhou from 2011 to 2021 was showing an upward trend. The susceptible people are mainly middle-aged and elderly farmers in mountainous areas. It is necessary to strengthen the publicity and education for these people, and personal protection should be done when working in the field to control the occurrence and prevalence of scrub typhus.
- Scrub typhus,
- Epidemiological characteristics,
- Spatial-temporal cluster,
- Incidemce rate

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