Emergence and control of infectious diseases in China
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Infectious diseases remain the major causes of morbidity and mortality in China despite substantial progress in their control. China is a major contributor to the worldwide infectious disease burden because of its population size. The association of China with the rest of the world through travel and trade means that events in the country can affect distant populations. The ecological interaction of people with animals in China favours the emergence of new microbial threats. The public-health system has to be prepared to deal with the challenges of newly emerging infectious diseases and at the same time try to control existing diseases. To address the microbial threats, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome, the government has committed substantial resources to the implementation of new strategies, including the development of a real-time monitoring system as part of the infectious-disease surveillance. This strategy can serve as a model for worldwide surveillance and response to threats from infectious diseases.
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The Chinese government established the Infectious Disease Reporting Information Management System (IDRIMS) as one component of a major series of reforms initiated in response to failures in addressing the SARS outbreak.
“As one component of a major series of reforms initiated in response to failures in addressing the SARS outbreak, the government established the Infectious Disease Reporting Information Management System (IDRIMS).”
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IDRIMS is the world's largest web-based, real-time surveillance system and is intended to enable all health facilities in China to provide information on 37 notifiable diseases within 24 hours of diagnosis.
“this is the world’s largest web-based, real-time surveillance system and is intended to provide a common platform that will enable all health facilities in the country to provide information on 37 notifiable diseases within 24 h of diagnosis [28, 29].”
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- Authors
- Wang, L., Wang, Y., Jin, S., Wu, Z., Chin, D. P., Koplan, J. P., & Wilson, M. E.
- Affiliations
- National Health and Family Planning Commission (CN)
- Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- Gates Foundation (US)
- Emory University (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wu, Zunyou
- Venue
- The Lancet
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-11
- Volume
- 372
- Issue
- 9649
- Pages
- 1598-1605
- ISSN
- 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
- 0140-6736
- PMC
- PMC7138027
- OpenAlex
- W2087964538
- Cited by
- 390
- References
- 45
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- FWCI
- 13.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Lancet (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- Fogarty International Center (U2R TW06918, U2RTW006918)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Keywords
- emerging infectious diseases, infectious disease control, China, SARS, infectious disease surveillance, real-time monitoring, zoonoses, public health preparedness, disease burden
- MeSH terms
- China, Communicable Diseases, Disease Outbreaks, Health Services Accessibility, Humans, Public Health, Incidence, Disease Notification, Communicable Diseases, Emerging
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