Correlations between individual factors, meteorological factors, and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in the Tai’an area of China, 2005–2019

Abstract

AbstractHemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), is a serious threat to human health. The relative risks factors for different occupations, ages, and sexes are unknown.The results showed that compared with the whole population, the risk ratio was 5.05 (p <0.05) among the rural medical staff. GAM showed that air temperature was positively correlated with disease risk from January to June and that relative humidity was negatively correlated with risk from July to December. From January to June, the cumulative risk of disease increased at low temperatures.Rural medical staff showed a high risk of developing the disease. The possibility of human-to-human transmission of HFRS among rural medical staff is worthy of interest and deserves to be explored by further studies. Moreover, air temperature and relative humidity are important factors that affect the occurrence of the disease. These associations show lagged effects and differing effects according to the season.