Urbanization-Related Environmental Factors and Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome: A Review Based on Studies Taken in China

Shujuan Li, Lingli Zhu, Lidan Zhang, Guoyan Zhang, Hongyan Ren () and Liang Lu ()
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Shujuan Li: National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
Lingli Zhu: National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
Lidan Zhang: Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London W2 1PG, UK
Guoyan Zhang: Beijing Dong Cheng Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100010, China
Hongyan Ren: State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Liang Lu: State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 4, 1-20

Abstract: Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is a rodent-borne disease that has threatened Chinese residents for nearly a century. Although comprehensive prevent and control measures were taken, the HFRS epidemic in China presents a rebounding trend in some areas. Urbanization is considered as an important influencing factor for the HFRS epidemic in recent years; however, the relevant research has not been systematically summarized. This review aims to summarize urbanization-related environmental factors and the HFRS epidemic in China and provide an overview of research perspectives. The literature review was conducted following the PRISMA protocol. Journal articles on the HFRS epidemic in both English and Chinese published before 30 June 2022 were identified from PubMed, Web of Science, and Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI). Inclusion criteria were defined as studies providing information on urbanization-related environmental factors and the HFRS epidemic. A total of 38 studies were included in the review. Changes brought by urbanization on population, economic development, land use, and vaccination program were found to be significantly correlated with the HFRS epidemic. By changing the ecological niche of humans—affecting the rodent population, its virus-carrying rate, and the contact opportunity and susceptibility of populations—urbanization poses a biphasic effect on the HFRS epidemic. Future studies require systematic research framework, comprehensive data sources, and effective methods and models.

Keywords: HFRS epidemic; urbanization; environmental influencing factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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