Transmission center and driving factors of hand, foot, and mouth disease in China: A combined analysis.

• Main Authors: Yi Hu (Author), Lili Xu (Author), Hao Pan (Author), Xun Shi (Author), Yue Chen (Author), Henry Lynn (Author), Shenghua Mao (Author), Huayi Zhang (Author), Hailan Cao (Author), Jun Zhang (Author), Jing Zhang (Author), Shuang Xiao (Author), Jian Hu (Author), Xiande Li (Author), Shenjun Yao (Author), Zhijie Zhang (Author), Genming Zhao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) has become a major public health issue in China. The disease incidence varies substantially over time and across space. To understand the heterogeneity of HFMD transmission, we compare the spatiotemporal dynamics of HFMD in Qinghai and Shanghai by conducting comb...