Wang, Zhengye
Ge, Yongmei
Li, Chenxi
Xv, Lianghui
Zhao, Yongnian
Chen, Mengxin
Zhang, Tingting
Lei, Song
Wang, Tongmin
Peng, Xiaoming
Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Science Foundation of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (2025D01C175)
Xinjiang Talent Development Fund (XJRC-2025-KJ-PY-KJLJ-118)
Project on Infectious Disease Monitoring, Early Warning and Emergency Command of the Corps (BTJK-KTYJ-02)
Zhejiang Science and Technology Plan for DiseasePrevention and Control (2026JKZ058)
Article History
Received: 23 March 2026
Accepted: 6 August 2026
First Online: 19 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was a retrospective population-based observational study using anonymized routine surveillance data of influenza cases and ambient air pollution monitoring data. No individual identifiable private information was involved. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.Ethical approval and informed consent were waived by the Ethics Committee of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Center for Disease Control and Prevention (approval reference number: [XJBTCDC2026002]), because the study used anonymized secondary data and did not involve interventions on human subjects or access to personal identifiers.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.