ArticleInternational journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases2022
A hot topic at the environment-health nexus: investigating the impact of climate change on infectious diseases.
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- Challenges in healthcare facilities' response to past outbreaks: a systematic review of reviews.BMC health services research · 2026Pooled it
- The impact of climate change on airborne and droplet-borne diseases and hospital response measures.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review investigating emerging trends between Extreme Weather Events (EWEs) and infectious disease outbreaks in South Africa.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Tularemia Takes a Tropical Turn: A Rare Case of Typhoidal Tularemia in Florida.The American journal of case reports · 2026Article
- Development and Psychometric Testing of an Infectious Disease Knowledge Questionnaire in a Convenience Sample.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Geography Matters: Integrating Spatial Determinants to Tackle Public Health Disparities.Environmental health insights · 2026Article
- The silent microbial shift: climate change amplifies pathogen evolution, microbiome dysbiosis, and antimicrobial resistance.Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines · 2025Review
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- New York State Climate Impacts Assessment Chapter 07: Human Health and Safety.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2024Review
- Climate change, its impact on emerging infectious diseases and new technologies to combat the challenge.Emerging microbes & infections · 2024Review
- Prepared for the polycrisis? The need for complexity science and systems thinking to address global and national evidence gaps.BMJ global health · 2024Review
- Advances and challenges in synthetic biology for mosquito control.Trends in parasitology · 2024Review
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- Spatio-temporal pattern and associate factors of intestinal infectious diseases in Zhejiang Province, China, 2008-2021: a Bayesian modeling study.BMC public health · 2023Article
- A Review of the Impact That Healthcare Risk Waste Treatment Technologies Have on the Environment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- The position of geochemical variables as causal co-factors of diseases of unknown aetiology.SN applied sciences · 2022Review
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Abstract
CLIMATE CHANGE - THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE OF OUR TIME: COVID-19 pandemic aside, climate change is the ultimate challenge of our time. However, to date, there has been insufficient political thrust to make that much-needed climate action a reality. CLIMATE CHANGE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES: Infectious diseases represent only one facet of the threats arising from climate change. Direct impacts from climate change include the more frequent occurrence and increased magnitude of extreme weather events, as well as changing temperatures and precipitation patterns. For climate-sensitive infectious diseases, these changes implicate a shift in geographical and temporal distribution, seasonality, and transmission intensity. SIZING UP THE PROBLEM: Susceptibility to the deleterious effects of climate change is a net result of the interplay of not only environmental factors, but also human, societal, and economic factors, with social inequalities being a major determinant of vulnerability. The global South is already disproportionately affected by the climate crisis. The financial capacity to pursue adaptation options is also limited and unevenly distributed.
conclusionsClimate change-induced mortality and morbidity from both infectious and non-infectious diseases, among other adverse scenarios, are expected to rise globally in the future. The coming decade will be crucial for using all remaining opportunities to develop and implement adequate mitigation and adaptation strategies.
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