气象因素与手足口病的关系研究方法进展

Progress in research methods on relationship between meteorological factors and hand-foot-and-mouth disease

手足口病自2008年5月被纳入中国法定传染病监测系统以来,其发病数已经位列丙类传染病之首,成为中国严重的公共卫生问题。考虑到手足口病发病的季节性,目前国内外环境流行病学领域的专家、学者通过多种研究方法对气象因素与手足口病发病的关系开展了研究,以该领域常用的研究方法为探讨重点,对每种方法的特点以及目前的研究成果进行综述,以期为今后开展相应的研究和防控工作提供参考。

Since hand-foot-and-mouth disease(HFMD)was included in China’s statutory infectious disease surveillance system in May 2008,and its incidence has ranked first among Category-C infectious diseases,becoming a serious public health problem in China.Considering the seasonality of HFMD,experts and scholars in the field of environmental epidemiology at home and abroad have studied the relationship between meteorological factors and the incidence of HFMD through a variety of research methods.This paper focuses on the commonly used research methods in this field,and reviews the characteristics of each method and the current research results,in order to provide references for future research and prevention and control work.