Table 2.
Query key words and comparison by the number of published pathogen studies between China and the United States (viral pathogens only).
| Order | Pathogens | Abbreviation | Group* | Disease | Query | Article | Country-wise distribution | United States |
China |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sort | Quantity | Sort | Quantity | ||||||||
| 1 | Variola virus | Variola | A | Smallpox | TI = “Smallpox virus” OR TI = “Variola virus” | 72 | 16 | 1 | 35 | ||
| 2 | Ebola virus | Ebola | A | Ebola virus disease | TI = “Ebola virus” OR TI = ebolavirus | 1,641 | 97 | 1 | 996 | 6 | 123 |
| 3 | Marburg virus | Marburg | A | Marburg virus disease | TI = “Marburg virus” OR TI = marburgvirus | 211 | 30 | 1 | 129 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | Lassa virus | Lassa | A | Lassa fever | TI = “Lassa virus” | 156 | 26 | 1 | 82 | 16 | 3 |
| 5 | Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus | VEE | A | Venezuelan equine encephalitis | TI = “Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus” | 237 | 25 | 1 | 191 | 23 | 1 |
| 6 | Eastern equine encephalitis virus | EEE | A | Eastern equine encephalitis | TI = “Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus” | 85 | 10 | 1 | 77 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Western equine encephalitis virus | WEE | A | Western equine encephalitis | TI = “Western equine encephalitis virus” | 41 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 1 |
| 8 | Nipah virus | Nipah | A | Nipah virus infection | TI = “Nipah virus” | 307 | 27 | 1 | 170 | 13 | 6 |
| 9 | Hendra virus | Hendra | A | Hendra virus disease | TI = “Hendra virus” | 141 | 15 | 2 | 70 | 9 | 4 |
| 10 | Hantavirus | Hantavirus | A | Hemorrhagic feverpulmonary syndrome | TI = “Hantavirus” | 1,181 | 82 | 1 | 426 | 8 | 64 |
| 11 | Hantaan virus | Hantaan | A | Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) | TI = “Hantaan virus” | 168 | 19 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 77 |
| 12 | Sin Nombre virus | SNV | A | Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) | TI = “Sin nombre virus” | 84 | 7 | 1 | 82 | ||
| 13 | Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus | CCHFV | A | Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever | TI = “Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus” | 245 | 56 | 1 | 66 | 6 | 22 |
| 14 | Rift Valley fever virus | RVFV | A | Rift Valley fever | TI = “Rift Valley fever virus” | 390 | 58 | 1 | 198 | 15 | 8 |
| 15 | Junin virus | Junin | A | Argentine hemorrhagic fever | TI = “Junin virus” | 102 | 14 | 2 | 38 | 6 | 2 |
| 16 | Yellow fever virus | YFV | A | Yellow fever | TI = “Yellow fever virus” | 259 | 43 | 1 | 130 | 10 | 8 |
| 17 | Dengue virus | Dengue | B | Dengue fever | TI = “Dengue virus” | 3,131 | 111 | 1 | 1,045 | 6 | 236 |
| 18 | Japanese encephalitis virus | JEV | A | Japanese encephalitis | TI = “Japanese encephalitis virus” | 932 | 44 | 5 | 132 | 1 | 202 |
| 19 | Tick-borne encephalitis virus | TBEV | A | Tick-borne encephalitis | TI = “Tick-borne encephalitis virus” OR TI = TBEV | 459 | 49 | 8 | 31 | 20 | 6 |
| 20 | West Nile virus | WNV | A | West Nile fever | TI = “West Nile virus” | 2,802 | 104 | 1 | 1,778 | 8 | 70 |
| 21 | Zika virus | Zika | B | Zika fever | TI = “Zika Virus” | 1,486 | 102 | 1 | 788 | 3 | 144 |
| 22 | Chikungunya virus | Chikungunya | B | Chikungunya fever | TI = “Chikungunya virus” OR TI=CHIKV | 849 | 90 | 1 | 260 | 17 | 16 |
| 23 | Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus | SFTSV | B | Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome | TI = “Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus” OR TI = “SFTS virus” | 113 | 14 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 67 |
| 24 | Influenza virus | Influenza | A | Influenza | TI = “Influenza virus” | 6,869 | 116 | 1 | 2,642 | 2 | 1,199 |
| 25 | H5N1 influenza virus | H5N1 | A | Influenza | TI=H5N1 AND TI = “Influenza virus” | 742 | 69 | 1 | 241 | 2 | 223 |
| 26 | H1N1 influenza virus | H1N1 | A | Influenza | TI=H1N1 AND TI = “Influenza virus” | 635 | 60 | 1 | 198 | 2 | 138 |
| 27 | H7N9 influenza virus | H7N9 | A | Influenza | TI=H7N9 AND TI = “Influenza virus” | 89 | 16 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 57 |
| 28 | Measles virus | Measles | B | Measles | TI = “Measles virus” | 1,317 | 84 | 1 | 480 | 6 | 61 |
| 29 | Rubella virus | Rubella | B | Rubella | TI = “Rubella virus” | 317 | 51 | 1 | 107 | 5 | 25 |
| 30 | Mumps virus | Mumps | B | Mumps | TI = “Mumps virus” | 259 | 37 | 1 | 63 | 5 | 17 |
| 31 | Adenovirus | Adenovirus | B | upper respiratory tract infection | TI = Adenovirus | 9,706 | 104 | 1 | 4,390 | 2 | 1,416 |
| 32 | Respiratory syncytial virus | RSV | B | Upper respiratory tract infection | TI = “Human respiratory syncytial virus” OR TI=HRSV | 428 | 63 | 1 | 131 | 4 | 35 |
| 33 | Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus | SARS | A | Severe acute respiratory syndrome | TI = “SARS Coronavirus” OR TI = “Severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus” OR TI=SARS-CoV | 1,394 | 50 | 2 | 481 | 1 | 551 |
| 34 | Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus | MERS | A | Middle-East respiratory syndrome | TI = “Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus” OR TI = “MERS coronavirus” OR TI = MERS-CoV | 610 | 51 | 1 | 251 | 3 | 138 |
| 35 | Human immunodeficiency virus | HIV | B | Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) | TI = “Human immunodeficiency virus” | 17,846 | 147 | 1 | 10,019 | 11 | 450 |
| 36 | Human T-lymphotropic virus | HTLV | B | T-cell leukemia | TI = “Human T-lymphotropic virus” OR TI=HTLV | 2,680 | 99 | 2 | 814 | 11 | 52 |
| 37 | Hepatitis A virus | HAV | B | Hepatitis A | TI = “Hepatitis A virus” | 1,088 | 81 | 1 | 221 | 2 | 94 |
| 38 | Hepatitis B virus | HBV | B | Hepatitis B | TI = “Hepatitis B virus” | 10,712 | 147 | 2 | 2,017 | 1 | 3,099 |
| 39 | Hepatitis C virus | HCV | B | Hepatitis C | TI = “Hepatitis C virus” | 16,791 | 151 | 1 | 5,335 | 6 | 1,077 |
| 40 | Coxsackievirus | Coxsackievirus | B | Viral myocarditis | TI=Coxsackievirus OR TI = “Coxsackie virus” | 1,489 | 61 | 1 | 409 | 2 | 376 |
| 41 | Rotavirus | Rotavirus | B | Severe diarrhea | TI = Rotavirus | 4,723 | 149 | 1 | 1,677 | 6 | 257 |
| 42 | Enterovirus 71 | EV71 | B | Hand-foot-and-mouth disease | TI = “Enterovirus 71” OR TI = EV71 | 1,111 | 43 | 3 | 115 | 1 | 569 |
| 43 | Norwalk virus | Norwalk | B | Gastroenteritis | TI=Norovirus OR TI = “Norwalk virus” | 2,444 | 95 | 1 | 892 | 3 | 201 |
| 44 | Poliovirus | Poliovirus | B | Polio | TI=Poliovirus | 1,577 | 114 | 1 | 843 | 7 | 62 |
| 45 | Herpes simplex virus | HSV | B | Gingival stomatitis and neonatal infection, etc. | TI = “Herpes simplex virus” | 7,544 | 114 | 1 | 3,959 | 6 | 336 |
| 46 | Varicella-zoster virus | VZV | B | Varicella and herpes zoster | TI = “Varicella zoster virus” | 1,611 | 78 | 1 | 667 | 14 | 36 |
| 47 | Human cytomegalovirus | HCMV | B | Congenital malformation | TI=Cytomegalovirus | 10,832 | 113 | 1 | 4,170 | 7 | 492 |
| 48 | Epstein-Barr virus | EBV | B | Infectious mononucleosis | TI = “Epstein barr virus” | 7,497 | 107 | 1 | 2,295 | 3 | 746 |
| 49 | Monkeypox virus | Monkeypox | A | Monkey pox | TI = “Monkeypox virus” | 82 | 16 | 1 | 70 | 14 | 1 |
| 50 | Rabies virus | Rabies | B | Rabies | TI = “Rabies virus” | 1,129 | 92 | 1 | 321 | 2 | 179 |
| 51 | Human papillomavirus | HPV | B | Squamous epithelial proliferation of human skin and mucosa | TI = “Human papillomavirus” | 10,975 | 147 | 1 | 4,383 | 2 | 899 |
| 52 | Human parvovirus B19 | B19 | B | Fetal severe anemia, abortion or death | TI = “Human Parvovirus B19” OR TI = “Erythrovirus B19” | 423 | 64 | 2 | 73 | 5 | 23 |
| 53 | Foot-and-mouth disease virus | FMDV | A | Foot-and-mouth disease | TI = “Foot-and-mouth disease virus” | 1,487 | 86 | 3 | 273 | 2 | 290 |
| 54 | African swine fever virus | ASFV | A | African swine fever | TI = “African swine fever virus” | 416 | 53 | 3 | 73 | 13 | 9 |
| 55 | Newcastle disease virus | NDV | A | Newcastle disease | TI = “Newcastle disease virus” | 1,317 | 96 | 1 | 371 | 2 | 324 |
| 56 | Vesicular stomatitis virus | VSV | B | Bubbles and erosion of the epithelium of the tongue, lip, oral mucosa | TI = “Vesicular Stomatitis” AND TI = Virus | 932 | 46 | 1 | 640 | 3 | 58 |
* A = BDAPs; B = HTPs.