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SynthesisJournal of water and health2025

Climate change and waterborne diseases in temperate regions: a systematic review.

Eunice A Salubi, Zemichael Gizaw, Corinne J Schuster-Wallace, Alain Pietroniro

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Journal of water and health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Synthesis ofVeterinary sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Eunice A SalubiDepartment of Geography and Planning, University of Saskatchewan, 117 Science Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5C8, Canada; Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan, 11 Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 3H5, Canada E-mail: eunice.salubi@usask.ca.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3257-5311
Zemichael GizawDepartment of Geography and Planning, University of Saskatchewan, 117 Science Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5C8, Canada; Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan, 11 Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 3H5, Canada; Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6713-1975
Corinne J Schuster-WallaceDepartment of Geography and Planning, University of Saskatchewan, 117 Science Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5C8, Canada; Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan, 11 Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 3H5, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0187-0326
Alain PietroniroGlobal Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan, 11 Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 3H5, Canada; Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 622 Collegiate Pl NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4V8, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5792-9177

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Risk of waterborne diseases (WBDs) persists in temperate regions. The extent of influence of climate-related factors on the risk of specific WBDs in a changing climate and the projections of future climate scenarios on WBDs in temperate regions are unclear. A systematic review was conducted to identify specific waterborne pathogens and diseases prevalent in temperate region literature and transmission cycle associations with a changing climate. Projections of WBD risk based on future climate scenarios and models used to assess future disease risk were identified. Seventy-five peer-reviewed full-text articles for temperate regions published in the English language were included in this review after a search of Scopus and Web of Science databases from 2010 to 2023. Using thematic analysis, climate-related drivers impacting WBD risk were identified. Risk of WBDs was influenced mostly by weather (rainfall: 22% and heavy rainfall: 19%) across the majority of temperate regions and hydrological (streamflow: 50%) factors in Europe. Future climate scenarios suggest that WBD risk is likely to increase in temperate regions. Given the need to understand changes and potential feedback across fate, transport and exposure pathways, more studies should combine data-driven and process-based models to better assess future risks using model simulations

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Climate ChangeWaterborne DiseasesWater MicrobiologyEuropeHumansclimate changeclimate scenarioextreme eventstemperate regionwaterborne diseasewaterborne pathogen

Identifiers

PMID39882854

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