Genetic variations and epidemiological characteristics of influenza B virus in Xinxiang from 2012 to 2019 / 中华疾病控制杂志

Objective To investigate the genetic variation and epidemiological characteristics of influenza B virus in Xinxiang to provide policy basis for local influenza vaccination. Methods The influenza surveillance data in Xinxiang from January 2012 to February 2019 was analyzed. 23 isolated influenza B virus were randomly selected for hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) gene sequencing. Sequence alignment was conducted by using DNAman software and phylogenetic tree analysis was conducted using Neighbor-Joining method. Results Yamagata (BY) and Victoria (BV) strains of influenza B virus circulated alternately every other year in Xinxiang, mainly among people aged 0-15 years (91.4%). The dominant influenza B lineages from 2015 to 2016 and from 2017 to 2018 did not match the corresponding trivalent vaccine strain of the year. The HA phylogenetic tree revealed that 87.5% (7/8) of BV strains coexisted with the vaccine strain in one branch, while 88.98% (8/9) of BY strains from 2013 to 2015 were not in the same branch as the corresponding vaccine strain, with 5 epitope site mutions N116K, S150L, N165Y, D196N and N202S. No drug-resistant site mutation was identified in the NA gene. A total of 6 intra-lineage reassortants were identified. Conclusions The influenza B lineage in the trivalent vaccine recommended by WHO did not match the dominant circulating B lineage of Xinxiang in some epidemic year. Therefore, quadrivalent vaccines are recommended to use in susceptible population, especially under the age of 15. In addition, there are large variations in HA gene of the epidemic BY strain compared with the corresponding vaccine. Then, a vaccine more sutable for the epidemic strains in China is expected to be developed.

Serum adiponectin levels in children with Kawasaki disease / 中国当代儿科杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the change in serum adiponectin levels and its significance in children with Kawasaki disease (KD).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Forty-five KD patients were enrolled in this study, including 18 with coronary artery lesions (CAL group) and 27 without coronary artery lesions (NCAL group). Twenty healthy children were recruited to the control group. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to measure serum adiponectin levels, and an automatic biochemical analyzer was used to measure the levels of triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The serum adiponectin levels in the CAL and NCAL groups were significantly lower than in the control group during the acute phase, subacute phase, and recovery phase (P<0.01), with lower levels observed during the acute phase and subacute phase (P<0.01). Compared with the NCAL group, the CAL group had significantly higher serum levels of adiponectin during the acute phase and recovery phase (P<0.05). The levels of TC, HDL, and LDL in the NCAL and CAL groups were significantly lower than in the control group (P<0.05). The levels of serum adiponectin in KD patients were positively correlated with the levels of TC, TG, and C-reactive protein and the occurrence of CAL (r=0.31, 0.30, 0.34, and 0.35, respectively; P<0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Children with KD have metabolic disorders of blood lipids and reduced serum adiponectin levels. Reduced serum adiponectin levels may be the result of systemic inflammation, while increased adiponectin levels may be closely associated with the occurrence of CAL.</p>

Application of capture-mark-recapture method on evaluating the abilities of birth defects surveillance systems / 中华流行病学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the abilities of population-based birth defects surveillance system (PBBDSS) and hospital-based birth defects surveillance system(HBBDSS).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>We used capture-mark-recapture method(CMR) to analyze the data of the two kinds of birth defects surveillance systems from 1 Oct. 2006 to 31 Dec. 2006 in a county of Hunan province. Data from PBBDSS were defined as the first source and data from HBBDSS were defined as the second source.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>49 and 28 birth defect cases were found from PBBDSS and from HBBDSS respectively. Among these cases, 20 were marked. With the method of CMR, the estimated birth defects cases were 68 (95% CI: 56-70). The coincident rates of PBBDSS and HBBDSS were 72.1% and 41.2%, while the total coincident rates was 83.8% and the coincident rates from different sources was 57.1%. The unreported rates of PBBDSS and HBBDSS were 27.9% and 58.8%.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Not only the HBBDSS but also the PBBDSS appeared to have had high unreported rates, suggesting that we could use CMR to adjust the rate of birth defects from the birth defects surveillance data.</p>