China: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for China

COVID-19

China Power | Diplomacy | Society | East Asia As US-China relations continue to worsen, many Chinese are seizing on the narrative that the new coronavirus started in America [thediplomat.com]

While China isn’t fully in the clear, and while it’s uncertain how the outbreak will unfold in the U.S., money managers see lessons in China’s progress. Crisis stocks. [barrons.com]

By contrast, China in 2020 could not be more different than the Soviet Union in 1986. [thediplomat.com]

Chinese Restaurant Syndrome

In China, where I live, you don't hear many complaints about MSG allergy. They're too busy gorging themselves on the stuff. [theguardian.com]

“People in China eat MSG all the time and bad chefs there use lots of it,” she says. [theguardian.com]

Most restaurants and home kitchens in China have a big bag of MSG crystals, known in Chinese as weijing, or "flavour essence", and they toss it liberally into all kinds of [theguardian.com]

Esophageal Carcinoma

[…] epidemiology between China and western countries. [journals.plos.org]

Biobank, Biobank of Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, the Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210008, China. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Hospital, Binzhou, Shandong Province, China. 3 Intensive Care Unit, Binzhou People's Hospital, Binzhou, Shandong Province, China. 4 Department of Oncology, Binzhou Medical [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Sunburn

Sun Yang of China during day one of the FINA Champions Swim Series 2020 on January 18, 2020 in Beijing, China. [sportbusiness.com]

Sun is a popular sports star in China but has been in the news before for his exploits out of the pool. [bbc.com]

China's most famous swimmer, and one of its biggest stars in any sport, had asked CAS for a public trial. [espn.com]

Essential Hypertension

Beijing, China. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The purpose of the present study is to explore the association of renin gene polymorphisms with essential hypertension in the Han population of northern China. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

This study aimed to investigate the association of the polymorphism of connexin (Cx) genes Cx37, Cx40, and Cx43 with EH in Kazak and Han Chinese in Xinjiang, China. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Health officials told reporters about a patient in China who affected more than a dozen health officials who treated him. [web.archive.org]

It should also not miss this unique opportunity to help create a healthier China. * This paper is adapted from The Politics of China’s SARS Crisis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

China on Thursday said its death toll from SARS has risen by two to 55, and the total number of people infected stands at 1,290. [web.archive.org]

Paroxysmal Kinesigenic Dyskinesia

CONCLUSIONS: Genotype-phenotype correlations in sporadic patients with paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia remain unclear in China. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

METHODS: Four exons of PRRT2 in 33 patients with PKD from Southwest China were screened by direct sequencing in this study. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Our study aimed to investigate and analyze the characteristics of social behavior, quality of life and related factors in patients with PKD in China. [cjcnn.org]

Gallbladder Carcinoma

Logistics University of the Chinese People's Armed Police Forces, Tianjin 300162, China. 5 Xi'an Huaguang Bio-engineering Company, Xi'an 710025, China. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

China. 4 Department of General Surgery, The Affiliated Shanghai Fifth People's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200240, P.R. China. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Kimura Disease

China. [libguides.rutgers.edu]

The first case of this disease was described in China, as well as the majority of subsequent cases that were also described in the Far East countries made Kimura disease traditionally [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Healthcare Sector, Shanghai, China. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome

[…] and Prevention, Qingdao City, Shandong Province, 266400, China. 3 School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, 250012, China. 4 School of Medicine [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

BACKGROUND: Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) caused by hantaviruses is a serious public health problem in China. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

BACKGROUND: Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is an important public health problem in mainland China. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease

[…] for Disease Control and Prevention,Shanghai,China. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

China J. Clin. Virol. 44, 262–267 (2009). 11. Zhang, Y. et al. [doi.org]

Abstract In the near future, the inactivated enterovirus 71 (EV71) vaccine is expected to become available on the market in China. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Echinococcosis

People's Hospital, Xining, China. 5 Department of Science and Education, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Shanghai, China. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abstract : Human cystic echinococcosis (CE) and human alveolar echinococcosis(AE) are known to be endemic in the Northwestern of China and central Asia; At least 270 million [hal.archives-ouvertes.fr]

The 6-year practical outcome of 2,544 surgeries in Xinjiang, China, was retrospectively analyzed. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Nasopharyngeal Neoplasm

Anti-Cancer Association of China. Guideline for China common cancer diagnoses and treatment, 5th Fascicule, Nasopharyngeal carcinoma. [jmio.org]

China [link.springer.com]

Jump to search Nasopharyngeal Cancer Overview Epidemiology [ edit ] Markedly different geographical prevalence Rare in the US: 0.2-0.5 cases per 100,000 people Common in China [en.wikibooks.org]

Acute Respiratory Infection

126.com. 9 The First Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, China. csphq@163.com. 10 Jinan Center Hospital, Jinan, China. guonongjian1@126.com. 11 Jinan Center Hospital, Jinan, China [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

RESULTS: Annual net costs to India from not handwashing are estimated at US$ 23 billion (16-35) and to China at US$ 12 billion (7-23). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

METHODS: Surveillance was conducted at four hospitals in Jingzhou, China from 2010 to 2012. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Echinococcus Infection of Liver

WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases Shanghai China [link.springer.com]

Center Hospital, Tianjin, People's Republic of China. 6 Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, People's Republic of China. 7 Department [ajtmh.org]

MOH & UNAIDS. ( 2011 ) WHO 2011 estimates for the HIV/AIDS epidemic in China. [cambridge.org]

Scarlet Fever

Medical University, Beijing 100069, China. 13810147054@139.com. 4 Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Beijing 100069, China. 13810147054@139.com. 5 [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

KEYWORDS: Beijing; China; GAS; People’s Republic of China; antimicrobial drug susceptibility; bacteria; emm type; epidemic; group A Streptococcus; pharyngitis; scarlet fever [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Pharyngeal Carcinoma

[…] and Hospital of Stomatology; Wuhan University; Wuhan, PR China. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Organizers: Fei-Fei Liu (Princess Margaret Hospital, Canada) and Anne Lee (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China) 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Poster Session 6:00 pm Dinner [grc.org]

Within endemic areas of China, NPC remains a common and fatal disease. [cancerjournal.net]

Central European Encephalitis

The majority of TBE cases in China have occurred in people who were living or working in forests. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The distribution and features of the disease in three main endemic areas of mainland China were also summarized. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China. yjwang@qdio.ac.cn. 18 Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China. zhangbin@qdio.ac.cn. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Malignant Neoplasm of the Stomach

In view of its high prevalence in China and the existence of possible interacting environmental factors, China will focus on gastric cancer as a part of the International [icgc.org]

Anemia 0.68 84 CHINA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES Deaths % 1. Stroke 2,331,274 25.59 2. Coronary Heart Disease 1,505,339 16.52 3. [web.archive.org]

In particular, China will focus both on Intestinal-type and diffuse-type cancer. [icgc.org]

Schistosomiasis Japonica

Station for Schitosomiasis Prevention and Control, Jiangxi Province, China; Medical Science College, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China epistat@gmail.com. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abstract Currently, China is moving towards the elimination of schistosomiasis japonica. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

China is only endemic for S. japonicum. [parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com]

Pneumoconiosis

It is China’s number one occupational disease. [pulitzercenter.org]

The current situation of pneumoconiosis in China is serious. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

China. 2 School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110013, P.R. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Schistosomiasis

Schistosomiasis caused by parasitic flatworms of blood flukes, remains a major public health concern in China. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Hunan Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Yueyang, 2 and Institute for Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Shanghai 200025, 4 People's Republic of China [web.archive.org]

BACKGROUND: Human Schistosoma haematobium infection that causes urinary schistosomiasis occurs in Africa and the eastern Mediterranean, and China is only endemic for S. japonicum [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Selenium Deficiency

Republic of China. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Author information 1 State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing 100071, China. fang_lq@163.com. 2 Department [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Author information 1 Institute of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Beijing, People's Republic of China. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Endemic Cretinism

[…] traditional types of endemic cretins, myxedematous (n = 25), neurological (n = 15), and the mixed form (n = 29), from a previously unreported endemia in Qinghai Province, China [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Chu) Institute of Clinical Endocrinology, Tianjin Medical College, Tianjin, China DISTRIBUTION AND PROPHYLAXIS China is a vast country, having a territory of 9,600,000 km� [archive.unu.edu]

[…] deficiency through universal salt iodization: the makings of a global public health success story - the second decate (1995–2007) New cretins discovered in southern Xinjiang of China [pdfs.semanticscholar.org]

Angiostrongyliasis

From 1994 to 2003, 84 cases of angiostrongyliasis were documented in mainland China. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

South China J Prev Med 33: 17–20. View Article Google Scholar 35. [journals.plos.org]

Abstract Angiostrongyliasis has been frequently reported from the People's Republic of China during the last decade. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Bentonite Pneumoconiosis

What is china Clay and what is it used for? Does China/White Cosmetic Clay have any benefits on our skin? [lorebay.com]

China clay - Minerals Zone Read about china clay, china clay industry, china clay uses, china clay rods; boiler coverings; asbestos; dyes; accumulator cases; lubricants (extrusion [sinas.co.in]

Anji County is China's first bamboo township was well as the largest bentonite base in Eastern China with the proven reserves of 30 million tons and. [wishlife.in]

Shigella Flexneri

Atypical varieties were prevalent mainly in developed regions, and 1 variant has become the dominant Shigella spp. serotype in China. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

CDC, Beijing, China. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Overall, the results supported the need for more prudent selection and use of antibiotics in China. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Echinococcus Multilocularis Infection of Liver

This report highlights the necessity for an upgrade in the diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of AE in rural China. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

China. 2 Centre of Disease Prevention and Control,No. 21 Linkuo North RD, Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region. 3 WHO Collaborating Centre for Prevention and Treatment of Human [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Center Hospital, Tianjin, People's Republic of China. 6 Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, People's Republic of China. 7 Department [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Dyschromatosis Symmetrica Hereditaria

In fact, there are 17 DSH families including 136 cases reported in China since 1980, but most of them are described in Chinese. [bjdonline.com]

[…] performed genotyping and linkage analysis using polymorphic microsatellite markers at 1q11-22 in two Chinese DSH families, and reviewed all of the DSH cases reported in China [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Yi-qun, SUN Jian-fang, CHEN Liu-qing, WU Li-ming, XU Xiu-lian(Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing 210042, China [en.cnki.com.cn]

Chronic Hepatic Schistosomiasis

& Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] main types of schistosomiasis, caused by closely related organisms: (1) Japonica, or Eastern, schistosomiasis is caused by Schistosoma japonicum, found in Japan, southern China [britannica.com]

Schistosomiasis control has been successfully implemented over the past 40 years in several countries, including Brazil, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Mauritius, Islamic Republic [who.int]