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Taxonomy Archive: infectious disease
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change & infectious diseases in India: implications for health care providers
Climate change has the potential to influence the earth’s biological systems, however, its effects on human health are not well defined. Developing nations with limited resources are expected to face a host of health effects due to climate change, including vector-borne and water-borne diseases such as malaria, cholera, and ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change influences on marine infectious diseases: implications for management and society
Infectious diseases are common in marine environments, but the effects of a changing climate on marine pathogens are not well understood. Here we review current knowledge about how the climate drives host-pathogen interactions and infectious disease outbreaks. Climate-related impacts on marine diseases are being documented in corals, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Dengue transmission in the Asia-Pacific region: impact of climate change and socio-environmental factors
OBJECTIVE: To review the scientific evidence about the impact of climate change and socio-environmental factors on dengue transmission, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. METHODS: Search of the published literature on PubMed, ISI web of Knowledge and Google Scholar. Articles were included if an association between climate or ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Direct and indirect effects of climate change on the risk of infection by water-transmitted pathogens
Climate change is likely to affect the infectious disease burden from exposure to pathogens in water used for drinking and recreation. Effective intervention measures require quantification of impacts of climate change on the distribution of pathogens in the environment and their potential effects on human health. Objectives of this ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Drivers, dynamics, and control of emerging vector-borne zoonotic diseases
Emerging vector-borne diseases are an important issue in global health. Many vector-borne pathogens have appeared in new regions in the past two decades, while many endemic diseases have increased in incidence. Although introductions and emergence of endemic pathogens are often considered to be distinct processes, many endemic ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Extreme water-related weather events and waterborne disease
Global climate change is expected to affect the frequency, intensity and duration of extreme water-related weather events such as excessive precipitation, floods, and drought. We conducted a systematic review to examine waterborne outbreaks following such events and explored their distribution between the different types of extreme ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Global climate change and infectious diseases
Climate change is occurring as a result of warming of the earth’s atmosphere due to human activity generating excess amounts of greenhouse gases. Because of its potential impact on the hydrologic cycle and severe weather events, climate change is expected to have an enormous effect on human health, including on the burden and ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Is expert opinion enough? A critical assessment of the evidence for potential impacts of climate change on tick-borne diseases
Before attributing cause and consequence to climate change, the precise patterns of change must be known. Ground records across much of Europe show a 1-2 °C rise in temperatures in 1989 with no significant rise since then. The timing and spatial uniformity of this pattern, relative to changes in the distribution and incidence of ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Potential changes in disease patterns and pharmaceutical use in response to climate change
As climate change alters environmental conditions, the incidence and global patterns of human diseases are changing. These modifications to disease profiles and the effects upon human pharmaceutical usage are discussed. Climate-related environmental changes are associated with a rise in the incidence of chronic diseases already ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Potential influence of climate change on vector-borne and zoonotic diseases: a review and proposed research plan
BACKGROUND: Because of complex interactions of climate variables at the levels of the pathogen, vector, and host, the potential influence of climate change on vector-borne and zoonotic diseases (VBZDs) is poorly understood and difficult to predict. Climate effects on the nonvector-borne zoonotic diseases are especially obscure and ...