BioMed Research International

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A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Epidemiology and Clinical Manifestations of Human Brucellosis in China

Table 1

Main characteristics of all studies included in the meta-analysis.
First author & ref. numberYearAge categoryLocationCasesAvailable contact history dataAvailable laboratory dataAvailable blood culture dataAvailable misdiagnosis data
Wu et al. [14]2012All agesBeijing44YesNANAYes
Dai et al. [15]2013All agesBeijing23YesYesYesNA
Ge et al. [16]2011All agesBeijing66YesYesYesYes
Tong et al. [17]2013All agesBeijing35YesNANANA
Guo and Xu [18]2013All agesBeijing21YesYesYesYes
Wang et al. [19]2015All agesGansu61YesYesNANA
Gao et al. [20]2002All agesGansu182YesNANANA
Zhang et al. [21]2012All agesHenan21YesYesYesNA
Li et al. [22]2016All agesHenan905YesNANANA
Zhou [23]2009All agesHenan241NANANAYes
Li et al. [24]2008All agesHeilongjiang165YesYesYesNA
Liu and Zhang [25]2016All agesInner Mongolia44NANANANA
Liu et al. [26]2015All agesHeilongjiang314NAYesYesNA
Meng et al. [27]2015All agesHeilongjiang3318NANAYesNA
Gong et al. [28]2010All agesHeilongjiang1470NANANANA
Liu et al. [29]2012All agesHeilongjiang229YesYesYesYes
Sun et al. [30]2010All agesJilin270YesNANANA
Wang et al. [31]2014All agesLiaoning88YesNANANA
Xie et al. [32]2016All agesInner Mongolia166NANANANA
Sheng and Ma [33]2009All agesInner Mongolia829NANANANA
Sun et al. [34]2014All agesInner Mongolia126YesYesYesNA
W. Yang and F. Yang [35]2015All agesInner Mongolia228YesYesNAYes
Duan [36]2015All agesNingxia57YesNANANA
Zhang and Wang [37]2013All agesNingxia128YesNANAYes
Wang [38]2005All agesShandong62YesNANANA
Wang and Xiong [39]2011All agesShandong235NAYesNAYes
Lian et al. [40]2015All agesShandong232YesNANAYes
Gao [41]2016All agesShandong94YesNANANA
Wang et al. [42]2014All agesShandong96YesNAYesYes
Wang [43]2010All agesShanxi86YesNANANA
Feng and Deng [44]2016All agesShanxi105YesYesYesYes
An et al. [45]2001All agesShaanxi622YesNANANA
Zhang et al. [46]2016All agesYunnan43YesYesYesNA
Guo et al. [47]2016All agesXinjiang124YesNANANA
Pan et al. [48]2013All agesXinjiang153YesYesNANA
Zhang and Liu [49]2013All agesXinjiang57YesYesYesYes
Yang et al. [50]2015All agesXinjiang125NANANAYes
Zhang [51]2016All agesXinjiang191YesYesNANA
Ju et al. [52]2011All agesXinjiang156YesYesYesNA
Gao et al. [53]2012All agesXinjiang426NANANANA
Wang et al. [54]2015All agesXinjiang117YesYesYesNA
Wang et al. [55]2014ChildrenHebei80YesNANANA
Zeng et al. [56]2014ChildrenJilin23YesYesYesYes
Wang et al. [57]2016ChildrenXinjiang16YesYesNANA
Fan et al. [58]2016ChildrenXinjiang24YesYesNANA
Zhang et al. [59]2006ChildrenJilin25NAYesNANA
Yu et al. [60]2012ChildrenHeilongjiang38NAYesNANA
Lu and Liu [61]2015ChildrenInner Mongolia17YesYesNANA
Liu et al. [62]2016ChildrenHeilongjiang94YesYesYesYes
Bai and Duan [63]2015ChildrenNingxia48YesYesYesYes
He [64]2015ChildrenXinjiang19YesYesYesYes
Zheng et al. [65]2016AdultsGuangdong12YesYesYesNA
Tong et al. [66]2008AdultsHebei25YesYesYesYes
Chen and Dong [67]2016AdultsHeilongjiang60YesNANANA
Huang [68]2016AdultsHunan17YesYesYesYes
Ji et al. [69]2006AdultsHeilongjiang30NAYesYesNA
M. Wang and L. Wang [70]2007AdultsJilin26YesYesNAYes
Zhang et al. [71]2016AdultsJiangsu39YesYesYesYes
Guo et al. [72]2016AdultsJiangxi12YesYesYesYes
Zhang [73]2011AdultsInner Mongolia27YesYesNANA
Yan et al. [74]2016AdultsNingxia31NAYesYesNA
Li et al. [75]2015AdultsShandong21YesYesYesYes
Wu et al. [76]2007AdultsShanxi28YesYesNANA
Zhang and Li [77]2015AdultsShaanxi35YesYesYesNA
Wang [78]2014AdultsTianjin17YesYesYesYes
Zhou and Yang [79]2014AdultsTianjin18YesYesYesNA
Xu et al. [80]2007AdultsZhejiang31YesNANANA
Chen et al. [81]2016AdultsXinjiang74YesYesNANA