A meta-analysis comparing the efficacy and safety of different modes of administration of cream in the treatment of otomycosis.

Objective: To assess the efficacy and safety of two different modes of administration, external ear canal filling and smearing, in the treatment of otomycosis.

Methods: A computerised search of relevant published studies in the China National Knowledge Infrastructure, China Biology Medicine, Web of Science, PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Library databases that include randomised controlled trials or clinically controlled trials on the same drug in different modes of administration for the treatment of otomycosis.

Results: Seven studies with 934 patients were included.

Bacteriostatic effect of Ag@TiO-Poly(p-dioxanone)-coated gauzes in vitro and in vivo on otitis media pathogens.

The application of packing agents affects the final surgical outcomes in treating otitis media (OM) and introduces the risk of infection. To decrease the infectious risks of packing agents and even introduce positive bacteriostatic functions, a kind of PPDO-grafted Ag-incorporated TiO nanoparticles (Ag@TiO-PPDO NP)-coated gauzes were prepared by a solution immersion method. Morphologies and in vitro Ag releasing of Ag@TiO-PPDO NP coated gauzes were determined by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrum (ICP-Ms).

A Bayesian classification model for discriminating common infectious diseases in Zhejiang province, China.

To develop a classification model for accurately discriminating common infectious diseases in Zhejiang province, China.Symptoms and signs, abnormal lab test results, epidemiological features, as well as the incidence rates were treated as predictors, and were collected from the published literature and a national surveillance system of infectious disease. A classification model was established using naïve Bayesian classifier.

[Risk assessment for emergency events of infectious disease in outlying areas of large-scale activities].

Objective: To identify and assess the potential public health risks of emergency events of infectious disease in the surrounding areas of Hangzhou during the 11th G20 summit, and to assess their impacts on the G20 summit.

Methods: The surrounding cities of Hangzhou included Ningbo, Wenzhou, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Shaoxing, Jinhua, Quzhou, Zhoushan, Taizhou and Lishui. Background information on infectious diseases in Zhejiang province was collected, and the brainstorming and expert consultation methods were used to identify the risks.

[The negative psychology for the public in Zhejiang province during the epidemic of human H7N9 avian influenza].

Objective: To evaluate the cognition and emotional response of the public in Zhejiang province during the epidemic of human H7N9 avian influenza and provide scientific support for group psychological intervention under public health emergency.

Methods: 57 communities in 19 counties from Hangzhou, Jiaxing and Lishui district of Zhejiang province were selected as survey sites using stratified clustered sampling method from March, 2013 to April, 2014. 2 319 ordinary civilians were chosen using convenience sampling method and 390 individuals who had close contact history with H7N9 avian influenza patients, 109 family members of patients and 281 medical workers, were selected using census method.

Assessing cyber-user awareness of an emerging infectious disease: evidence from human infections with avian influenza A H7N9 in Zhejiang, China.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess cyber-user awareness of human infections with avian influenza A H7N9 in Zhejiang, China.

Methods: Daily Baidu index values were compared for different keywords, different periods (epidemic and non-epidemic), different levels of epidemic publicity (whether new cases were publicized), and different cities (divided into high, medium, low, and zero groups according to the number of cases). Furthermore, the correlation between the daily Baidu index values and the daily number of new cases was analyzed.

Food-borne disease outbreak of diarrhetic shellfish poisoning due to toxic mussel consumption: the first recorded outbreak in china.

Objectives: This investigation was undertaken in response to an outbreak of suspected shellfish poisoning in Zhejiang Province, China. The objectives of this project were to confirm the outbreak and to identify the aetiology, source and mode of transmission.

Methods: A probable case was defined as an individual with diarrhea (≥3 times/day) plus at least one of the following symptoms: fever (≥37.

[Study on a 10-year protective effects of vaccination against hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome].

Objective: To evaluate the epidemiological and serological efficacy after 10 years of vaccination against hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) vaccines in Zhejiang province.

Methods: One county was randomly chosen as the research unit with all the healthy people between 16 and 60 years old were equally divided into study and control groups. The study group was vaccinated.

[A three-year follow-up study on sera specific antibody in severe acute respiratory syndrome cases after the onset of illness].

Objective: To study the variation of specific antibody among convalescent of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) patients through a three-year program.

Methods: Sera samples were collected from SARS cases in the 5th, 20th and 35th month after onset of the illness. The SARS-CoV specific antibody was detected for all of them by ELISA and neutralized test simultaneously.