Application and prospect of risk assessment in the prevention and control of imported infectious diseases at border ports in Chinese Mainland

With the process of globalization, international exchanges of personnel and trade have become increasingly frequent, and the risk of cross-border transmission of infectious diseases has increased significantly. Border ports are the first line of defense to prevent and control the import of infectious diseases. At present, assessing the risk of infectious diseases importation has become an important task and key link in the health quarantine, which could provide a basis for the prevention and control of emerging infectious diseases abroad and public health risk at border ports during large-scale international activities, and has achieved significant results. At the same time, methods such as statistical and probabilistic models, big data technology, artificial intelligence, and geographic information system have been gradually applied to infectious disease risk assessment. In the face of severe the complex epidemic situation of infectious diseases, the combination of new technologies and multi-source data with risk assessment work could play an important role in the prevention and control of infectious diseases at border ports.