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We aimed to investigate the relationship between exposure to fine particulate matter (PM<jats:sub>2.5<\/jats:sub>) and ozone (O<jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>) and the risk of national notifiable infectious diseases in Shanghai, a megacity in China.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A double-pollutant model was used for each air pollutant, utilizing time-series analysis to separately apply single and distributed lag models (DLMs) to assess the exposure-lag-response relationship for 43 national notifiable infectious diseases (NNIDs) from 2013 to 2019. The model was adjusted for seasonality, long-term trends, mean temperature, relative humidity, and other air pollutants. Analysis was further conducted for seven NNID categories (vaccine-preventable; bacterial; gastrointestinal and enterovirus; sexually transmitted and bloodborne; vector-borne; zoonotic; and quarantinable diseases) as well as specific diseases.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study included 661,267 NNID cases and found that PM<jats:sub>2.5<\/jats:sub> and O<jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub> exposures were associated with increased NNID risks, although not within the same categories. A 10 \u03bcg\/m<jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup> increase in O<jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub> was associated with a higher risk of total NNIDs (relative risk [RR] at lag 1\u202fmonth: 1.29, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.02\u20131.65), vaccine-preventable diseases (RR at lag 1\u202fmonth: 1.75, 95% CI: 1.02\u20133.01), and sexually transmitted and bloodborne diseases (RR at lag 2\u202fmonth: 1.12, 95% CI: 1.00\u20131.26). However, the association with PM<jats:sub>2.5<\/jats:sub> remained inconclusive.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>These findings suggest a potential link between ambient air pollution exposure and the risk of infectious diseases, highlighting the urgent need for a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between air pollution and notifiable infectious diseases, as well as an in-depth evaluation of disparities across the disease spectrum.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpubh.2025.1454809","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,31]],"date-time":"2025-01-31T06:41:48Z","timestamp":1738305708000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Short-term effects of air pollution on the infectious disease spectrum in Shanghai, China: a time-series analysis from 2013 to 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