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Weizhong Yang
Researcher at Peking Union Medical College
Publications - 166
Citations - 13067
Weizhong Yang is an academic researcher from Peking Union Medical College. The author has contributed to research in topics: Influenza A virus & Outbreak. The author has an hindex of 48, co-authored 158 publications receiving 11744 citations. Previous affiliations of Weizhong Yang include Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Identifying the high-risk areas and associated meteorological factors of dengue transmission in Guangdong Province, China from 2005 to 2011
TL;DR: Investigation of the spatial distribution pattern and meteorological drivers of dengue fever in Guangdong Province, China found high-epidemic DF areas were restricted to the Pearl River Delta region and the Han RiverDelta region, Moran's I of DF distribution was significant from 2005 to 2006 and from 2009 to 2011.
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Etiology of diarrhea among children under the age five in China: Results from a five-year surveillance.
Jianxing Yu,Huaiqi Jing,Shengjie Lai,Wenbo Xu,Mengfeng Li,Jianguo Wu,Wei Liu,Zhenghong Yuan,Yu Chen,Shiwen Zhao,Xinhua Wang,Zhuo Zhao,Lu Ran,Shuyu Wu,John D. Klena,Luzhao Feng,Fu Li,Xianfei Ye,Yanzi Qiu,Xin Wang,Hongjie Yu,Zhongjie Li,Weizhong Yang +22 more
TL;DR: A wide range of enteropathogens were detected in this five-year surveillance study; rotavirus and norovirus were most common among children under the age five and should serve as robust evidence for public health entities when planning and developing national intervention programs in China.
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Progress toward measles elimination in the People's Republic of China, 2000-2009.
Chao Ma,Zhijie An,Lixin Hao,K. Lisa Cairns,Yan Zhang,Jing Ma,Lei Cao,Ning Wen,Wenbo Xu,Xiaofeng Liang,Weizhong Yang,Huiming Luo +11 more
TL;DR: Reaching and maintaining measles elimination in China will require strong political commitment and efforts for strengthening surveillance, increasing 2-dose vaccine coverage to >95%, stricter enforcement of the requirement to check immunization status at school entry, and careful attention to measles susceptibility in those aged ≥15 years.
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The etiology of community-acquired pneumonia among children under 5 years of age in mainland China, 2001–2015: A systematic review
TL;DR: This article provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of the factors contributing to CAP in children under 5 y of age and suggests vaccines should be introduced into Chinese immunization programs, and further economic evaluations should be conducted.
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Etiological and epidemiological features of acute respiratory infections in China.
Zhongjie Li,Hai-Yang Zhang,Lili Ren,Qing-Bin Lu,Xiang Ren,Cui-Hong Zhang,Yi-Fei Wang,Sheng-Hong Lin,Xiao-Ai Zhang,Jun Li,Shiwen Zhao,Zhi-Gang Yi,Xiao Chen,Zuo-Sen Yang,Lei Meng,Xinhua Wang,Yingle Liu,Xin Wang,Aili Cui,Shengjie Lai,Shengjie Lai,Shengjie Lai,Tao Jiang,Yang Yuan,Lu-Sha Shi,Mengyang Liu,Yu-Liang Zhu,An-Ran Zhang,Zhijie Zhang,Yang Yang,Michael P. Ward,Luzhao Feng,Huaiqi Jing,Liu-Yu Huang,Wenbo Xu,Yu Chen,Jianguo Wu,Zhenghong Yuan,Mengfeng Li,Yu Wang,Liping Wang,Li-Qun Fang,Wei Liu,Simon I. Hay,Simon I. Hay,George F. Gao,Weizhong Yang +46 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors report the etiological and epidemiological features of the 231,107 eligible patients enrolled in this analysis and describe patterns by age, pathogen type, presence of pneumonia, and season.