Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi
June 2011
Objective: To estimate disease burden and epidemiological characteristics of acute meningitis/encephalitis, and provide the basis for the disease control strategy development.
Methods: A syndrome surveillance system was established in Guigang city with a population of 5 020 000. For the suspected cases, serum and CSF were collected, and bacterial culture, latex agglutination test, real-time PCR and ELISA tests were carried out.
Zhonghua Shi Yan He Lin Chuang Bing Du Xue Za Zhi
December 2008
Objective: To identify hantavirus from lung specimens of rats captured in Guangxi.
Methods: Rats were collected from various areas in Guangxi in combination with plague surveillance and rat lung specimens were examined by ELISA for hantavirus antigen, and M segment of positive specimen was partially amplified with RT-PCR and sequenced. Phylogenetic analysis was conducted for genotyping.