Incidence of Japanese encephalitis, visceral leishmaniasis and malaria before and after the Wenchuan earthquake, in China.

The objective of this study was to investigate the incidence of insect-borne diseases from 2005 to 2011, before and after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in Longnan City, Gansu Province, China. The data include Japanese encephalitis, Kala-azar and malaria cases from 2005 to 2011 that occurred in Longnan City. We calculated the incidence rates and analyzed the epidemiological characteristics of the diseases before and after the Wenchuan earthquake.