Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China.
National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Beijing 102206, China.
Biomed Environ Sci. 2020 Jun 20;33(6):421-430. doi: 10.3967/bes2020.057.
We aimed to assess the features of notifiable infectious diseases found commonly in foreign nationals in China between 2004 and 2017 to improve public health policy and responses for infectious diseases.
We performed a descriptive study of notifiable infectious diseases among foreigners reported from 2004 to 2017 in China using data from the Chinese National Notifiable Infectious Disease Reporting System (NNIDRIS). Demographic, temporal-spatial distribution were described and analyzed.
A total of 67,939 cases of 33 different infectious diseases were reported among foreigners. These diseases were seen in 31 provinces of China and originated from 146 countries of the world. The infectious diseases with the highest incidence number were human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) of 18,713 cases, hepatitis B (6,461 cases), hand, foot, and mouth disease (6,327 cases). Yunnan province had the highest number of notifiable infectious diseases in foreigners. There were different trends of the major infectious diseases among foreign cases seen in China and varied among provinces.
This is the first description of the epidemiological characteristic of notifiable infectious diseases among foreigners in China from 2004 to 2017. These data can be used to better inform policymakers about national health priorities for future research and control strategies.
评估 2004 年至 2017 年间在中国发现的常见外国公民法定传染病的特征，以改善传染病的公共卫生政策和应对措施。
我们使用中国国家法定传染病报告系统（NNIDRIS）的数据，对 2004 年至 2017 年期间报告的外国人法定传染病进行了描述性研究。描述和分析了人口统计学、时空分布情况。
共报告了 67939 例 33 种不同传染病的外国人病例。这些疾病发生在中国 31 个省，来自世界 146 个国家。发病率最高的传染病是人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）18713 例，乙型肝炎（6461 例），手足口病（6327 例）。云南省报告的外国人法定传染病数量最多。中国的主要传染病在外国病例中的流行趋势不同，各省之间也存在差异。
这是首次描述 2004 年至 2017 年间中国外国人法定传染病的流行病学特征。这些数据可用于为决策者提供有关国家卫生重点的信息，以便为未来的研究和控制策略提供信息。
