1.Current situation and development of epidemic surveillance in PLA
Military Medical Sciences 2015;(10):790-793
Epidemic surveillance is critical to infectious disease prevention and control .This article describes the evolution and current situation of epidemic surveillance in PLA , systematically analyzes major problems with epidemic surveillance , including incomplete surveillance , simplistic surveillance methods , outdated surveillance technology , inefficient disease diagnosis , poor epidemic prediction , and administrative interference in epidemic reporting .Ways to enhance epidemic surveillance are described here , such as carrying out comprehensive surveillance , and expanding the contents of surveillance , strengthening active surveillance , optimizing surveillance methods , speeding up informatization construction , innovating surveillance technology ,improving disease diagnosis technology , enhancing the ability of epidemic recognition,carrying out the prediction research ,improving the ability of early warning ,perfecting the system construction , and strengthening the awareness of infectious disease reporting .
2.Clinical outcomes in renal allograft recipients switched to long-term immunosuppressive therapy with mycophenolate mofetil after renal transplantation
Lizhong CHEN ; Zhihong LIU ; Bingyi SHI ; Jianghua CHEN ; Jianyu LING ; Wei ZHANG ; Genfu ZHANG ; Jianhua AO ; Yiping LU ; Xiaodong ZHANG ; Yu FAN ; Ye TIAN ; Lulin MA ; Liming WANG ; Shunliang YANG ; Wujun XUE ; Changsheng MING ; Tongyu ZHU ; Da XU ; Xiangtie LI
Chinese Journal of Organ Transplantation 2012;(12):716-720
Objective To document the impact of conversion to mycophenolate mofetil (MMF)at different time points after transplantation on the renal function of renal function.Methods A longterm,multicenter,non-interventional and observational study was done.Two cohorts were included:One was Switch cohort (340 cases) including renal allograft recipients who switched to MMF at least 6 months after renal transplantation and followed up for 4 years after switch; The other was Stay cohort (123 cases),including renal allograft recipients who received MMF treatment after transplantation and followed up for 4 years after enrollment.Results GFR values of patients in Switch cohort was significantly increased after switch,and the change in GFR slope was 3.1 mL· min-1 · year-1 (P<0.01).GFR values of patients in Stay cohort kept steady before and after enrollment,and the change in GFR slope was 0.44 mL·min-1 ·year-1 (P>0.05).Statistically significant difference in the onset time of GFR decline (defined as 20% decline from the baseline) was observed among subgroups within Switch cohort (P<0.01),but there was no significant difference among subgroups within Stay cohort (P>0.05).Stay cohort was 12% higher than in Switch cohort every year.Conclusion Conversion to MMF >6 months or even many years after transplantation can obviously improve the renal function of recipients.The earlier conversion can benefit improvement of the renal function.