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Climate change and infectious diseases in Australia: future prospects, adaptation options, and research priorities

Abstract

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, the authors suggest adaptive strategies within the health sector and also recommend future research priorities.

Resource Type
Peer-reviewed article
Authors
David Harley Peng Bi Gillian Hall Ashwin Swaminathan Shilu Tong Craig Williams
Resource URL
http://aph.sagepub.com/content/23/2_suppl/54S
Publication
Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health / Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health
Journal Abbr.
Asia Pac J Public Health
Volume
23
Issue
2 Suppl
Pages
54S-66
Date
Mar 2011
DOI
10.1177/1010539510391660
ISSN
1941-2479
Short Title
Climate change and infectious diseases in Australia
Organization Type
Academic
Health and Human Impacts
Infectious disease Respiratory disease Vector-borne disease
Solution
Climate adaptation/resilience
Region
International

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