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Med."],"abstract":"<jats:p><jats:bold>Background:<\/jats:bold> As an emerging infectious disease, the prevention and control of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) poses a significant challenge to the development of public health in China. In this study, we aimed to explore the mechanism of the seasonal transmission characteristics of HFMD and to reveal the correlation and potential path between key meteorological factors and the transmissibility of HFMD.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> Combined with daily meteorological data such as average temperature, average relative humidity, average wind velocity, amount of precipitation, average air pressure, evaporation capacity, and sunshine duration, a database of HFMD incidence and meteorological factors was established. Spearman rank correlation was used to calculate the correlation between the various meteorological factors and the incidence of HFMD. The effective reproduction number (<jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic><jats:sub><jats:italic>eff<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sub>) of HFMD was used as an intermediate variable to further quantify the dynamic relationship between the average temperature and <jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic><jats:sub><jats:italic>eff<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sub>.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> A total of 43,659 cases of HFMD were reported in Xiamen from 2014 to 2018. There was a significantly positive correlation between the average temperature and the incidence of HFMD (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.596, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001), and a significantly negative correlation between the average air pressure and the incidence of HFMD (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = \u22120.511, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001). There was no correlation between the average wind velocity (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.045, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;gt; 0.05) or amount of precipitation (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.043, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;gt; 0.05) and incidence. There was a temperature threshold for HFMD's transmissibility. Owing to the seasonal transmission characteristics of HFMD in Xiamen, the temperature threshold of HFMD's transmissibility was 13.4\u201318.4\u00b0C and 14.5\u201329.3\u00b0C in spring and summer and in autumn and winter, respectively.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusions:<\/jats:bold> HFMD's transmissibility may be affected by the average temperature; the temperature threshold range of transmissibility in autumn and winter is slightly wider than that in spring and summer. 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