Impact of meteorological factors on the incidence of hand, foot, and mouth disease caused by major enterovirus pathogens: a distributed lag nonlinear analysis in Fujian Province, China
Qiuping Fan, Yunfan Zhang, Yuanzhen Zhang, Yi Chen, Guimei Cai, Yuxian Tang, Yongqiang Yu, Zuquan Weng, Wei Yuan, Naipeng Kan, Xiaojing Nie · 2025
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Qiuping Fan and co-authors studied how weather shapes a childhood illness in Fujian, China, in this 2025 paper. Hand, foot, and mouth disease is spread by gut viruses and peaks in warm months. Records from 2017 to 2020 held more than 261,000 confirmed cases.
Cases clustered in the southwest of the province and fell as latitude rose. Heat, rain, and humidity each linked to more cases, while air pressure linked to fewer. A lag model showed risk rising and falling with mean temperature in a curved or straight pattern by city. The authors say weather-aware warnings could help time prevention steps in each city.
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| CREATOR | Qiuping Fan, Yunfan Zhang, Yuanzhen Zhang, Yi Chen, Guimei Cai, Yuxian Tang, Yongqiang Yu, Zuquan Weng, Wei Yuan, Naipeng Kan, Xiaojing Nie |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |