Cheng Y, Li J, Peng Z B, Zhang M L, Qin Y, Yang X K, Li Z L, Zhao H T, Sun C X, Ma J X, Gao X, An Z J, Yin D P, Li Z J
Division of Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, 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, Beijing 102206, China.
Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2021 Jan 10;42(1):28-32. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20200812-01063.
As the progress of population aging in China, the proportion of elderly population is increasing. Both chronic diseases and infectious diseases can threaten the health of the elderly. There are many kinds of infectious diseases, including vaccine preventable infectious diseases affecting the health of adults, such as influenza, pneumococcal diseases and herpes zoster. In addition, the newly emerged COVID-19 has caused a pandemic in the world, resulting the highest proportion of deaths occurred in the elderly and posing a serious threat to the health of the elderly. This paper mainly summarizes the prevention and control of vaccine preventable diseases and COVID-19 to which the elderly are susceptible, analyzes the infectious disease problems affecting the health of elderly population, and recommends countermeasures for the prevention and control of these diseases in elderly population.
随着中国人口老龄化进程的推进,老年人口比例不断增加。慢性病和传染病都可能威胁老年人的健康。传染病种类繁多,包括影响成年人健康的疫苗可预防传染病,如流感、肺炎球菌疾病和带状疱疹。此外,新出现的新冠病毒在全球引发了大流行,导致老年人死亡比例最高,对老年人的健康构成了严重威胁。本文主要总结了老年人易患的疫苗可预防疾病和新冠病毒的防控情况,分析了影响老年人群健康的传染病问题,并提出了针对老年人群这些疾病的防控对策。