Changing Epidemiology of Human Brucellosis, China, 1955–2014
Shengjie Lai
1, Hang Zhou
1, Weiyi Xiong
1, Hongjie Yu, Zhuojie Huang, Jianxing Yu, Wenwu Yin, Liping Wang, Qiulan Chen, Yu Li, Di Mu, Lingjia Zeng, Xiang Ren, Mengjie Geng, Zike Zhang, Buyun Cui, Tiefeng Li, Dali Wang, Qiao Sun, Nicola A. Wardrop, Andrew J. Tatem, and Sheng Wei
Author affiliations: Division of Infectious Disease, Key Laboratory of Surveillance and Early-Warning on Infectious Disease, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China (S. Lai, H. Zhou, W. Xiong, Z. Huang, J. Yu, W. Yin, L. Wang, Q. Chen, Y. Li, D. Mu, L. Zeng, X. Ren, M. Geng, Z. Zhang, Z. Li, H. Yu); WorldPop, Geography and Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK (S. Lai, N.A. Wardrop, A.J. Tatem); Flowminder Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden (S. Lai, A.J. Tatem); School of Public Health, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China (S. Lai, H. Yu); Universite´ Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium (M. Gilbert); Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, Brussels (M. Gilbert); Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing (J. Yu); Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (Z. Zhang); National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing (B. Cui); Base of Plague and Brucellosis Prevention and Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing (T. Li, D. Wang)
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Figure 5. Number of counties with human brucellosis cases, mainland China, 2004–2014. A) Total number of affected counties each year and number of newly affected counties since 2004. B) Total number of affected counties each year in northern and southern China.
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