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Volume 23, Number 2—February 2017
Synopsis

Changing Epidemiology of Human Brucellosis, China, 1955–2014

Shengjie Lai1, Hang Zhou1, Weiyi Xiong1, Hongjie Yu, Zhuojie Huang, Jianxing Yu, Wenwu Yin, Liping Wang, Qiulan Chen, Yu Li, Di Mu, Lingjia Zeng, Xiang Ren, Mengjie Geng, Zike Zhang, Buyun Cui, Tiefeng Li, Dali Wang, Qiao Sun, Nicola A. Wardrop, Andrew J. Tatem, and Sheng WeiComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Division of Infectious Disease, Key Laboratory of Surveillance and Early-Warning on Infectious Disease, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China (S. Lai, H. Zhou, W. Xiong, Z. Huang, J. Yu, W. Yin, L. Wang, Q. Chen, Y. Li, D. Mu, L. Zeng, X. Ren, M. Geng, Z. Zhang, Z. Li, H. Yu); WorldPop, Geography and Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK (S. Lai, N.A. Wardrop, A.J. Tatem); Flowminder Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden (S. Lai, A.J. Tatem); School of Public Health, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China (S. Lai, H. Yu); Universite´ Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium (M. Gilbert); Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, Brussels (M. Gilbert); Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing (J. Yu); Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (Z. Zhang); National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing (B. Cui); Base of Plague and Brucellosis Prevention and Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing (T. Li, D. Wang)

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Figure 2

Age distribution and proportion of 346,682 human brucellosis patients, mainland China, 2004–2014. A) Age distribution by sex. B) Annual proportion of patients by sex. C) Age distribution of persons with probable and confirmed cases. D) Annual proportion of probable and confirmed cases. E) Age distribution of patients in northern and southern China. F) Proportion of cases in northern and southern China each year.

Figure 2. Age distribution and proportion of 346,682 human brucellosis patients, mainland China, 2004–2014. A) Age distribution by sex. B) Annual proportion of patients by sex. C) Age distribution of persons with probable and confirmed cases. D) Annual proportion of probable and confirmed cases. E) Age distribution of patients in northern and southern China. F) Proportion of cases in northern and southern China each year.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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