Assessing the Impact of Frailty on Infection Risk in Older Adults: Prospective Observational Cohort Study

Ya Yang   ^{1, 2 *} , MPH ;   Kechun Che   ^{1, 2 *} , MPH ;   Jiayan Deng   ^{1, 2} , MPH ;   Xinming Tang   ^{1, 2} , MPH ;   Wenyuan Jing   ^{1, 2} , MPH ;   Xiuping He   ^{1, 2} , MPH ;   Jiacheng Yang   ^{1, 2} , MPH ;   Wenya Zhang   ^{1, 2} , MPH ;   Mingjuan Yin   ^{1, 2} , MPH ;   Congcong Pan   ^{1, 2} , MMSc ;   Xiaoling Huang   ³ , MPH ;   Zewu Zhang   ⁴ , MPH ;   Jindong Ni   ^{1, 2} , PhD

¹ School of Public Health, Shunde Women and Children’s Hospital, Foshan, China

² Precision Key Laboratory of Public Health, Guangdong Medical University, DongGuan, China

³ Office of Public Health, Songshan Lake Community Health Service Centre, DongGuan, China

⁴ Institute for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, DongGuan Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, DongGuan, China

*these authors contributed equally