Open AccessWorkshop focuses on study of climate's effects on health
Author(s) -
Diaz Henry F.,
Epstein Paul R.,
Aron Joan L.,
Confalonieri Ulisses E. C.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/97eo00311
Subject(s) - vector (molecular biology) , typhoid fever , malaria , dengue fever , climate change , flooding (psychology) , geography , waterborne diseases , biology , ecology , environmental health , virology , outbreak , immunology , medicine , psychology , biochemistry , gene , psychotherapist , recombinant dna
Changes in temperature, precipitation, humidity, and storm patterns influence upsurges of waterborne diseases such as hepatitis, shigella dysentery, typhoid, and cholera as well as vector‐borne pathogens such as malaria, dengue, yellow fever, encephalitis, schistosomiasis, plague, and hantavirus. Cycles of flooding and drought directly affect factors such as the multiplication rates of disease vectors, the biting rate of vectors, and the amount of host‐vector interaction. Indirectly, climate influences parameters important to vector spread or survival such as agricultural practices, the disruption of ecosystems, or changes in social systems and practices, which in turn change the relationship between the parasite, the vector, its predators, and the host.