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December 2020
    Citation: Qingmeng Zhang, Ahmed Niaz, George F. Gao, Fengmin Zhang. Inception of the Modern Public Health System in China and Perspectives for Effective Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases: In Commemoration of the 140th Anniversary of the Birth of the Plague Fighter Dr. Wu Lien-Teh .VIROLOGICA SINICA, 2020, 35(6) : 868-874.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12250-020-00269-4
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    Inception of the Modern Public Health System in China and Perspectives for Effective Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases: In Commemoration of the 140th Anniversary of the Birth of the Plague Fighter Dr. Wu Lien-Teh

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      Wu Lien-Teh Institute, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China

    • 2.

      Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China

    • 3.

      CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100864, China

    • 4.

      Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China

    • Corresponding author: Fengmin Zhang, fengminzhang@ems.hrbmu.edu.cn, ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5177-1927
    • Received Date: 30 January 2020
      Accepted Date: 28 June 2020
      Published Date: 03 August 2020
      Available online: 01 December 2020
    • In this article, we systematically review Dr. Wu Lien-Teh's academic achievements and outstanding contributions in the prevention and control of the plague epidemic in northeast China and introduce the development of the earliest public health epidemic prevention system in China in order to commemorate the 140th anniversary of Dr. Wu Lien-Teh's birth. We hope that this article will provide insights into the effective prevention and control of emerging infectious diseases as well as the current worldwide pandemic of COVID-19, facilitating the improvement and development of public health systems in China and around the globe.
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      Inception of the Modern Public Health System in China and Perspectives for Effective Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases: In Commemoration of the 140th Anniversary of the Birth of the Plague Fighter Dr. Wu Lien-Teh

        Corresponding author: Fengmin Zhang, fengminzhang@ems.hrbmu.edu.cn
      • 1. Wu Lien-Teh Institute, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
      • 2. Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
      • 3. CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100864, China
      • 4. Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
      • Received Date: 30 January 2020
      • Accepted Date: 28 June 2020
      • Published Date: 03 August 2020

      Abstract: In this article, we systematically review Dr. Wu Lien-Teh's academic achievements and outstanding contributions in the prevention and control of the plague epidemic in northeast China and introduce the development of the earliest public health epidemic prevention system in China in order to commemorate the 140th anniversary of Dr. Wu Lien-Teh's birth. We hope that this article will provide insights into the effective prevention and control of emerging infectious diseases as well as the current worldwide pandemic of COVID-19, facilitating the improvement and development of public health systems in China and around the globe.

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