Epidemic Characteristics and Meteorological Risk Factors of Hemorrhagic Fever With Renal Syndrome in 151 Cities in China From 2015 to 2021: Retrospective Analysis

Yizhe Luo   ^{1, 2 *} , DrPH ;   Longyao Zhang   ^{3 *} , MPH ;   Yameng Xu   ^{1, 2} , MPH ;   Qiyuan Kuai   ² , PhD ;   Wenhao Li   ² , PhD ;   Yifan Wu   ² , BMed ;   Licheng Liu   ⁴ , PhD ;   Jiarong Ren   ⁵ , MD ;   Lingling Zhang   ⁶ , PhD ;   Qiufang Shi   ^{3 *} , MPH ;   Xiaobo Liu   ^{5, 7, 8 *} , PhD ;   Weilong Tan   ^{1, 2 *} , MD

¹ Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

² Nanjing Bioengineering (Gene) Technology Center for Medicines, Nanjing, China

³ Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

⁴ Jiangsu Macro and Micro Test Med-tech Co, Ltd, Nantong, China

⁵ National Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China, Beijing, China

⁶ College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China

⁷ Department of Vector Control, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, China

⁸ Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Vector-borne Infectious Diseases, Urumqi, China

*these authors contributed equally