Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

Etiological, epidemiological, and clinical features of acute diarrhea in China

  • Li-Ping Wang,
  • Shi-Xia Zhou,
  • Xin Wang,
  • Qing-Bin Lu,
  • Lu-Sha Shi,
  • Xiang Ren,
  • Hai-Yang Zhang,
  • Yi-Fei Wang,
  • Sheng-Hong Lin,
  • Cui-Hong Zhang,
  • Meng-Jie Geng,
  • Xiao-Ai Zhang,
  • Jun Li,
  • Shi-Wen Zhao,
  • Zhi-Gang Yi,
  • Xiao Chen,
  • Zuo-Sen Yang,
  • Lei Meng,
  • Xin-Hua Wang,
  • Ying-Le Liu,
  • Ai-Li Cui,
  • Sheng-Jie Lai,
  • Meng-Yang Liu,
  • Yu-Liang Zhu,
  • Wen-Bo Xu,
  • Yu Chen,
  • Jian-Guo Wu,
  • Zheng-Hong Yuan,
  • Meng-Feng Li,
  • Liu-Yu Huang,
  • Zhong-Jie Li,
  • Wei Liu,
  • Li-Qun Fang,
  • Huai-Qi Jing,
  • Simon I. Hay,
  • George F. Gao,
  • Wei-Zhong Yang,
  • The Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Etiology of Diarrhea Surveillance Study Team

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22551-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Diarrhoea is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in China. Here, the authors present results from a large sentinel surveillance scheme from 217 hospitals in all 31 provinces in mainland China, including ~150,000 patients with acute diarrhoea and covering years 2009-2018.