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Taxonomy Archive: vector-borne disease
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change and animal diseases: making the case for adaptation
The exponential expansion of the human population has led to overexploitation of resources and overproduction of items that have caused a series of potentially devastating effects, including ocean acidification, ozone depletion, biodiversity loss, the spread of invasive flora and fauna and climatic changes – along with the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change and dengue: a critical and systematic review of quantitative modelling approaches
BACKGROUND: Many studies have found associations between climatic conditions and dengue transmission. However, there is a debate about the future impacts of climate change on dengue transmission. This paper reviewed epidemiological evidence on the relationship between climate and dengue with a focus on quantitative methods for ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change and human health: a One Health approach
Climate change adds complexity and uncertainty to human health issues such as emerging infectious diseases, food security, and national sustainability planning that intensify the importance of interdisciplinary and collaborative research. Collaboration between veterinary, medical, and public health professionals to understand the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change and infectious diseases in Australia: future prospects, adaptation options, and research priorities
Climate change will have significant and diverse impacts on human health. These impacts will include changes in infectious disease incidence. In this article, the authors review the current situation and potential future climate change impacts for respiratory, diarrheal, and vector-borne diseases in Australia. Based on this review, ...
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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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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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 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 ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The ecology of tick-borne diseases
Zoonotic diseases are major causes of infection related morbidity and mortality worldwide. Of the various arthropods capable of transmitting pathogens that cause such diseases to humans, ticks, which are vectors of more kinds of pathogens than any other group of invertebrate, have become an increasing focus of attention. This is ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The role of climate variability and change in the transmission dynamics and geographic distribution of dengue
The mounting evidence for anthropogenic changes in global climate raises many pressing questions about the potential effects on biological systems, and in particular the transmission of infectious diseases. Vector-borne diseases, such as dengue, may be particularly sensitive to both periodic fluctuations and sustained changes in ...