Objective:To understand the epidemiological characteristics of human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) among acute respiratory infection (ARI) cases in 16 provinces of China from 2009 to 2023.Methods:The data of this study were collected from the ARI surveillance data from 16 provinces in China from 2009 to 2023, with a total of 28 278 ARI cases included in the study. The clinical specimens from ARI cases were screened for HRSV nucleic acid from 2009 to 2023, and differences in virus detection rates among cases of different age groups, regions, and months were analyzed.Results:A total of 28 278 ARI cases were enrolled from January 2009 to September 2023. The age of the cases ranged from<1 month to 112 years, and the age M ( Q1, Q3) was 3 years (1 year, 9 years). Among them, 3 062 cases were positive for HRSV nucleic acid, with a total detection rate of 10.83%. From 2009 to 2019, the detection rate of HRSV was 9.33%, and the virus was mainly prevalent in winter and spring. During the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the detection rate of HRSV fluctuated between 6.32% and 18.67%. There was no traditional winter epidemic peak of HRSV from the end of 2022 to the beginning of 2023, and an anti-seasonal epidemic of HRSV occurred from April to May 2023. About 87.95% (2 693/3 062) of positive cases were children under 5 years old, and the difference in the detection rate of HRSV among different age groups was statistically significant ( P<0.001), showing a decreasing trend of HRSV detection rate with the increase of age ( P<0.001). Among them, the HRSV detection rate (25.69%) was highest in children under 6 months. Compared with 2009-2019, the ranking of HRSV detection rates in different age groups changed from high to low between 2020 and 2023, with the age M (Q1, Q3) of HRSV positive cases increasing from 1 year (6 months, 3 years) to 2 years (11 months, 3 years). Conclusion:Through 15 years of continuous HRSV surveillance analysis, children under 5 years old, especially infants under 6 months old, are the main high-risk population for HRSV infection. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the prevalence and patterns of HRSV in China have changed.

Objective:To understand the epidemiological characteristics of human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) among acute respiratory infection (ARI) cases in 16 provinces of China from 2009 to 2023.Methods:The data of this study were collected from the ARI surveillance data from 16 provinces in China from 2009 to 2023, with a total of 28 278 ARI cases included in the study. The clinical specimens from ARI cases were screened for HRSV nucleic acid from 2009 to 2023, and differences in virus detection rates among cases of different age groups, regions, and months were analyzed.Results:A total of 28 278 ARI cases were enrolled from January 2009 to September 2023. The age of the cases ranged from<1 month to 112 years, and the age M ( Q1, Q3) was 3 years (1 year, 9 years). Among them, 3 062 cases were positive for HRSV nucleic acid, with a total detection rate of 10.83%. From 2009 to 2019, the detection rate of HRSV was 9.33%, and the virus was mainly prevalent in winter and spring. During the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the detection rate of HRSV fluctuated between 6.32% and 18.67%. There was no traditional winter epidemic peak of HRSV from the end of 2022 to the beginning of 2023, and an anti-seasonal epidemic of HRSV occurred from April to May 2023. About 87.95% (2 693/3 062) of positive cases were children under 5 years old, and the difference in the detection rate of HRSV among different age groups was statistically significant ( P<0.001), showing a decreasing trend of HRSV detection rate with the increase of age ( P<0.001). Among them, the HRSV detection rate (25.69%) was highest in children under 6 months. Compared with 2009-2019, the ranking of HRSV detection rates in different age groups changed from high to low between 2020 and 2023, with the age M (Q1, Q3) of HRSV positive cases increasing from 1 year (6 months, 3 years) to 2 years (11 months, 3 years). Conclusion:Through 15 years of continuous HRSV surveillance analysis, children under 5 years old, especially infants under 6 months old, are the main high-risk population for HRSV infection. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the prevalence and patterns of HRSV in China have changed.

OBJECTIVE：To study the effects of limonin on immune function and apo ptosis-related factors expression in MFC gastric cancer bearing model mice. METHODS ：MFC gastric cancer bearing model was established by inoculating MFC gastric cancer cells into the right armpit of mice. After modeling ，model mice were divided into model group ，cyclophosphamide group （positive control ，25 mg/kg）and limonin high-dose ，medium-dose and low-dose groups （100，50 and 25 mg/kg），with 10 mice in each group. Other groups were given relevant medicine intragastrically ，once a day ，for consecutive 14 days，except that model group was given 0.5％ sodium carboxymethyl cellulose intragastrically. Before administration and after last administration ，the body weight of mice was measured ；spleen，thymus and tumor tissue were taken after the last administration to calculate the spleen index，thymus index and tumor inhibition rate. The percentage of CD 4+ and CD 8+ T lymphocytes ，CD4+/CD8+ ratio were detected by flow cytometry. The expression of immune function related indexes （IL-2，IL-10，IFN-γ）in serum were detected by ELISA. RT-PCR and Western blot assay were adopted to detect relative mRNA and protein expression of apoptosis-related factors [cytochrome C （Cyt-C），Bcl-2，Bax] in tumor tissue of mice. RESULTS ：There was no significant difference in body weight among the other groups except that of cyclophosphamide group was decreased significantly ，compared with model group （P＜0.05）. Inhibitory rate of tumor were （58.16 ± 7.07）％ ，（37.09 ± 4.26）％ ，（27.30 ± 3.64）％ ，（15.13 ± 2.95）％ in cyclophosphamide group ，limonin high-dose ，medium-dose and low-dose groups. Compared with model group ，spleen index ， thymus index ，the percentages of CD 4+ and CD 8+T lymphocyte cells ，CD4+/CD8+ ratio，serum levels of IL- 2 and IL- 10，relative mRNA and protein expression of Bcl- 2 in tumor of mice in cyclophosphamide group as well as the expression of IL- 10，relative mRNA and protein expression of Bcl- 2 in limonin groups were decreased significantly （P＜0.05）. The expression of IFN-γ，relative mRNA and protein expression of Cyt-C and Bax of cyclophosphamide group as well as spleen index （except for low-dose group ）， thymus index ， the percentage of CD 4 + and CD 8 + T lymphocytes，CD4+/CD8+ ratio，the expression of IL- 2 and IFN-γ，and relative mRNA and protein expression of Cyt-C and Bax in limonin groups were increased significantly （P＜0.05）. CONCLUSIONS ：Limonin can inhibit tumor growth in MFC gastric cancer bearing model mice ，and the side effects are relatively weak. Its mechanism is related to the improvement of immune function and the induction of apoptosis.

Objective:To clarify the infection and epidemic characteristics of the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in Chinese patients with febrile respiratory syndrome (FRS), and to provide important baseline data for clinical diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of HMPV-induced respiratory tract diseases in China.Methods:FRS cases from January 2009 to June 2021 in 9 provinces in China, including Beijing, Hebei, Jilin, Shandong, Shaanxi, Xinjiang, Anhui, Guangdong, Hunan were retrospectively analyzed for their respiratory samples, clinical and epidemic data.The respiratory samples were detected for HMPV by quantitative real-time PCR.Results:A total of 11 660 cases were tested for HMPV, involving 296 (2.54%) HMPV-positive cases.Among 296 HMPV-positive cases, 218 were single HMPV infection, and 78/296 (26.35%) were co-infected with one or more respiratory viruses.HMPV mainly affected children under 5 years of age (3.10%), and in this population, the proportion of pneumonia in HMPV co-infection cases was significantly higher than that of single HMPV infection.HMPV could be detected all year round, which was more popular in winter and spring, with the peak of HMPV epidemic in March.Conclusions:HMPV is one of the important pathogens causing acute respiratory infection in children, showing a clear seasonal epidemic.HMPV can be infected alone or in combination with other respiratory viruses, which may increase the risk of pneumonia in children.

Objective:To understand the epidemiological characteristics of influenza in Hebei Province from 2018 to 2019, and to analyze the characteristics and variation of hemagglutinin(HA) gene of influenza B-Victoria(BV) strains.Methods:Throat swab specimens of influenza-like cases within 3 days of fever were collected from 28 sentinel hospitals in Hebei province, meanwhile, The surveillance data was collected by the Chinese National Influenza Surveillance Network from April 2018 to March 2019, Throat swab specimens were collected from patients with influenza-like symptoms in sentinel hospitals, and tested by RT-PCR and virus isolation. 14 influenza B-Victoria strains from different regions were selected to sequence HA gene, Phylogenetic tree and the molecular characteristics were analyzed by DNASTAR 7.0 and Mega-X software.Results:From 2018 to 2019, A total of 99 266 cases of influenza-like illness (ILI) were detected from 4 689 103 cases by 28 influenza sentinel hospitals in Hebei Province, the visit percentage of ILI was 2.12%. During the period, 18 730 samples were detected, and 2 752(14.69%) samples were positive tested by RT-PCR, the peak was in the third week of 2019(44.92%), In the early stage of epidemic season, Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus was the main type, while BV virus was the main type in the late stage. HA gene sequence analysis showed that the 14 BV viruses belonged to 162-164 amino acid deletion strains, the amino acid homology between HA sequences was 97.16%-100.00%, and 97.16%-98.95% compared with the vaccine strain B/Colorado/06/2017 recommended by WHO. Compared with the vaccine strains, 14 strains involved 11 amino acid site mutations.Conclusion:Influenza was prevalent in winter and spring in Hebei province from 2018 to 2019, Multiple mutations in antigenic sites of BV viruses might be related to the outbreaks.

Objective:To understand the epidemic characteristics of influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 and hemagglutinin (HA) gene mutations in Hebei province from 2017 to 2020, in order to provide scientific basis for the prevention and control of influenza.Methods:The analysis was conducted on the data of Hebei province, which was down loaded from the Chinese National Influenza Surveillance Network from April 2017 to March 2020, and 37 influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 strains were selected for sequencing and evolutionary analysis of HA gene.Results:A total of 57 670 throat swabs from influenza like illness (ILI) patients in Hebei province were detected, and 8 569 samples were positive for the viral nucleic acid, with the positive rate of 14.86%, influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 accounted for 40.52% (3 472/8 569). The cases were detected throughout the whole 11 regions of Hebei province. All age groups were infected by influenza A (H1N1) virus, and the highest detection rate was in the 25- year age group, the peak detection rate was in winter and spring seasons. The HA genes of 37 strains of influenza A (H1N1) virus belong to 6B.1 branch, and the amino acid homology is from 97.31% to 100.00%. S74R, S164T, S183P and I295V were the major amino acid variation sites in 2017-2018 influenza season. S183P, H126Y, N129D, T185I, L233I and N260D were the major amino acid variation sites of epidemic strains in 2018-2019 influenza season. The variation sites of D187A and Q189E of epidemic strains were found in 2019-2020 influenza season.Conclusions:The prevalence of influenza A(H1N1) pdm09 in Hebei province has an obvious seasonality. The HA gene and its encoded amino acid have been mutating gradually. The strains which were isolated recently were clustered with the 2020-2021 season northern hemisphere vaccine strain A/Guangdong-Maonan/SWL1536/2019.

Objective:To understand the epidemiological characteristics of influenza in Hebei Province from 2018 to 2019, and to analyze the characteristics and variation of hemagglutinin(HA) gene of influenza B-Victoria(BV) strains.Methods:Throat swab specimens of influenza-like cases within 3 days of fever were collected from 28 sentinel hospitals in Hebei province, meanwhile, The surveillance data was collected by the Chinese National Influenza Surveillance Network from April 2018 to March 2019, Throat swab specimens were collected from patients with influenza-like symptoms in sentinel hospitals, and tested by RT-PCR and virus isolation. 14 influenza B-Victoria strains from different regions were selected to sequence HA gene, Phylogenetic tree and the molecular characteristics were analyzed by DNASTAR 7.0 and Mega-X software.Results:From 2018 to 2019, A total of 99 266 cases of influenza-like illness (ILI) were detected from 4 689 103 cases by 28 influenza sentinel hospitals in Hebei Province, the visit percentage of ILI was 2.12%. During the period, 18 730 samples were detected, and 2 752(14.69%) samples were positive tested by RT-PCR, the peak was in the third week of 2019(44.92%), In the early stage of epidemic season, Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus was the main type, while BV virus was the main type in the late stage. HA gene sequence analysis showed that the 14 BV viruses belonged to 162-164 amino acid deletion strains, the amino acid homology between HA sequences was 97.16%-100.00%, and 97.16%-98.95% compared with the vaccine strain B/Colorado/06/2017 recommended by WHO. Compared with the vaccine strains, 14 strains involved 11 amino acid site mutations.Conclusion:Influenza was prevalent in winter and spring in Hebei province from 2018 to 2019, Multiple mutations in antigenic sites of BV viruses might be related to the outbreaks.

Objective To investigate the viral etiology and the epidemilogy of acute upper respiratory tract infection in Hebei Province from 2013 to 2015,providing scientific basis for diagnosis,prevention and control of the respiratory tract infection.Methods l 551 throat swab samples of the acute upper respiratory infection patients from four hospitals in Hebei Province were collected,Multiplex real-time PCR was used to detect 15 kinds of respiratory tract viruses for all specimens after nucleic acids extraction.Results Totally 714 positive samples were obtained from 1 551 samples,with a positive rate of 46.03％.Human rhinovirus(186,11.99％)was detected as the most common viral species,followed by human parainfluenza 3(167,10.77％),respiratory syncytial virus (122,7.87％),adenovirus (108,6.96％),influenza B virus (56,3.61％),human metapneumovirus(40,2.58％),influenza A virus(39,2.51％),human boca virus (38,2.45％),human parainfluenza 1 (35,2.26％),human coronavirus-229E/NL63 (33,2.13％),human enterovirus (32,2.06％),human parainfluenza 4(31,2.00％),human coronavirus-OC43 (30,1.93％),and human parainfluenza 2(11,0.71％).176 cases (11.35％) were detected as co-infection.The infection rate(56.07％) of under 5 years old group was higher than that of other groups.Conclusions The predominant respiratory viruses,who are responsible for acute upper respiratory tract infections in Hebei Province,are HRV,PIV3,RSV,ADV and IFV.Each virus possess the specific epidemiological feature.

The amount of the funds supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) played as an important role in judging the capabilities and tendency of scientific research.It is believed that the supporting rate of NSFC is promoted via scientific management policies.To explore the tendency and potential of scientific management plan in the first affiliated hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University,we analyze the projects supported by NSFC of our hospital from 2002 to 2011.Accordingly,our outcomes show the supporting rates of variable programs from NSFC were similar to the average for whole nation.The inspiring policies encourage our staff to put their passion on the scientific research and funding application.The quality of bidding documents for NSFC is partially improved by the suggestions and lecture of invited experts who took the charge of evaluation of funds from NSFC for actively guide,so as to increase goal average.Of note,a cohort of the researchers at the age below 45 did the main contribution to scientific research developing and programs application from NS-FC.Furthermore,we will pay more attention to reach 3 point following:1.the policy of matching fund to strengthen the competition of the researchers all over the nation.2.the policy of Integrated research resources for the major programs.3.further improvement of projects supervision.

N)compared with B/HongKong/330/2001.Conclusions H1,H3 and B virus were circulated in Hebei from 2005 to 2006.Recent viruses were changing in genetic characteristics,while influenza B viruses varied more obviously.