Estimation of Incubation Period and Serial Interval for SARS-CoV-2 in Jiangxi, China, and an Updated Meta-Analysis.

Introduction: This paper aims to estimate the incubation period and serial intervals for SARS-CoV-2 based on confirmed cases in Jiangxi Province of China and meta-analysis method.

Methodology: Distributions of incubation period and serial interval of Jiangxi epidemic data were fitted by "fitdistrplus" package of R software, and the meta-analysis was conducted by "meta" package of R software.

Results: Based on the epidemic data of Jiangxi, we found the median days of incubation period and serial interval were 5.

An Outbreak of Dengue Virus Type 1 - Jiangxi Province, China, 2019.

Dengue fever is an acute febrile illness caused by four types of dengue virus (DENV 1-4), and is a mosquito-borne infectious disease. The incidence of dengue has increased dramatically around the world in recent decades. An estimated of 3.

Utilization pattern of Haemophilus influenza type b vaccine in eight provinces of China.

Objective: In China, Hib vaccine is a private-sector vaccine that is an option for parents to select to give to their children; it must be paid for out-of-pocket because it is not included in the government's Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI). We evaluated utilization patterns of Hib vaccine to provide evidence in support of development of a national Hib vaccination strategy.

Methods: We obtained lists of children from immunization information systems (IIS) of counties or districts in 8 provinces of China.

An outbreak of acute gastroenteritis associated with contaminated bottled water in a university - Jiangxi, China, 2012.

Background: On 23 May 2012, a university in Jiangxi, China reported a gastroenteritis outbreak. We investigated the outbreak to identify the agent, source and mode of transmission and to recommend control measures.

Methods: A case was defined as any person from the university with onset of diarrhoea (≥ 3 times/24h) from 1 to 31 May 2012.

[A hepatitis A outbreak caused by contaminated well water in a primary school of Jiangxi province, China, 2009].

Objective: A hepatitis A outbreak in a primary school was reported by Gan County Center for Disease Control and Province (CDC) and an investigation was conducted to identify the possible source of infection and risk factors for transmission.

Methods: A probable case was defined as having onset of jaundice (yellow urine, sclera or skin) or a 2-fold increase in Alanine aminotransferase with 2 or more, of the followings symptoms: anorexia, disgust of oil, abdominal pain, nausea, fatigue, vomiting, in students and staff of the primary school between 1 November 2008 and 14 February 2009. A confirmed case was IgM positive for hepatitis A, added on a probable case.

[Study on the application of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis regarding infection sources identification during an outbreak of Vibrio cholerae in Jiangxi Province].

Objective: To study the correlation between Vibrio cholerae strains isolated from natural enviroment and fishery products and the source of infection during V. cholerae outbreaks.

Methods: Cholera toxin gene was detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification.