Epidemiological characteristics of varicella in Xuzhou from 2015 to 2024: surveillance study
Ge Jin, Xiaozhe Song, Heqing Lou, Yonghong Sun, Yue Gu, Shu Han, Mengya Min, Ying Zhao, Dongsheng Liu · 2026
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Jin and co-authors tracked varicella, the illness better known as chickenpox, across Xuzhou in China from 2015 to 2024 using national disease reporting systems. Their 2026 surveillance study counted cases by year, season, age, and place, and it also reviewed outbreak events reported by schools and other group settings. The team compared city and countryside rates to see where the illness hit hardest over the decade.
Yearly incidence climbed to a peak of about 65 cases per 100,000 people in 2019, fell in 2020, then eased downward through 2024 in the data. Children under 15 made up about 83 percent of all cases, with the highest rate in children aged five to nine years old. Cases clustered in winter, and every reported outbreak event happened at a school site, with primary schools and kindergartens accounting for roughly nine in ten events.
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| CREATOR | Ge Jin, Xiaozhe Song, Heqing Lou, Yonghong Sun, Yue Gu, Shu Han, Mengya Min, Ying Zhao, Dongsheng Liu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |