Microbes and Infection

Volume 3, Issue 9, July 2001, Pages 747–754

Review

Climate change and emerging infectious diseases

  • Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School, 260 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Available online 7 August 2001

Abstract

The ranges of infectious diseases and vectors are changing in altitude, along with shifts in plant communities and the retreat of alpine glaciers. Additionally, extreme weather events create conditions conducive to ˈclustersˈ of insect-, rodent- and water-borne diseases. Accelerating climate change carries profound threats for public health and society.

Keywords

  • climate change;
  • emerging infectious diseases
Correspondence and reprints

Copyright © 2001 Éditions scientifiques et médicales Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.