Exposure to air pollution and scarlet fever resurgence in China: a six-year surveillance study

The reason for a re-emergence of scarlet fever in China remains unclear. Here the authors show that the number of scarlet fever cases surged in 2011 peaking in 2018, this correlates with an increase in NO2 and O3 but does not necessarily imply causation.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yonghong Liu, Hui Ding, Shu-ting Chang, Ran Lu, Hui Zhong, Na Zhao, Tzu-Hsuan Lin, Yiming Bao, Liwei Yap, Weijia Xu, Minyi Wang, Yuan Li, Shuwen Qin, Yu Zhao, Xingyi Geng, Supen Wang, Enfu Chen, Zhi Yu, Ta-Chien Chan, Shelan Liu
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
Subjects:
Q
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f158b35b32cb4f1094aeb4d2eda6e7e3
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!