Scientists' warning to humanity: microorganisms and climate change

R Cavicchioli, WJ Ripple, KN Timmis, F Azam… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
In the Anthropocene, in which we now live, climate change is impacting most life on Earth.
Microorganisms support the existence of all higher trophic life forms. To understand how …

Vaccines and therapeutics against hantaviruses

R Liu, H Ma, J Shu, Q Zhang, M Han, Z Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Hantaviruses (HVs) are rodent-transmitted viruses that can cause hantavirus
cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) in the Americas and hemorrhagic fever with renal …

Neglected tropical diseases risk correlates with poverty and early ecosystem destruction

AR Magalhães, CT Codeço, JC Svenning… - Infectious Diseases of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Neglected tropical diseases affect the most vulnerable populations and cause
chronic and debilitating disorders. Socioeconomic vulnerability is a well-known and …

Population fluctuations and synanthropy explain transmission risk in rodent-borne zoonoses

F Ecke, BA Han, B Hörnfeldt, H Khalil… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Population fluctuations are widespread across the animal kingdom, especially in the order
Rodentia, which includes many globally important reservoir species for zoonotic pathogens …

Ecosystem perspectives are needed to manage zoonotic risks in a changing climate

R Gibb, LHV Franklinos, DW Redding, KE Jones - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Ecosystem perspectives are needed to manage zoonotic risks in a changing climate Page 1
CLIMATE CHANGE AND COMMUNICABLE DISEASES Ecosystem perspectives are needed …

Anthropogenic land consolidation intensifies zoonotic host diversity loss and disease transmission in human habitats

S Pei, P Yu, J Raghwani, Y Wang, Z Liu, Y Li… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
Anthropogenic land-use change is an important driver of global biodiversity loss and
threatens public health through biological interactions. Understanding these landscape …

Urbanization prolongs hantavirus epidemics in cities

H Tian, S Hu, B Cazelles, G Chowell, L Gao… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - pnas.org
Urbanization and rural–urban migration are two factors driving global patterns of disease
and mortality. There is significant concern about their potential impact on disease burden …

Tracing the future of epidemics: Coincident niche distribution of host animals and disease incidence revealed climate‐correlated risk shifts of main zoonotic diseases …

B Cao, C Bai, K Wu, T La, Y Su, L Che… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate has critical roles in the origin, pathogenesis and transmission of infectious zoonotic
diseases. However, large‐scale epidemiologic trend and specific response pattern of …

The ecological dynamics of hantavirus diseases: From environmental variability to disease prevention largely based on data from China

H Tian, NC Stenseth - PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Hantaviruses can cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in the Americas and
hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Eurasia. In recent decades, repeated …

Meteorological change and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome epidemic in China, 2004–2018

Y Luo, H Lv, H Yan, C Zhu, L Ai, W Li, J Yi, L Zhang… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), caused by hantavirus, is a serious public
health problem in China. Despite intensive countermeasures including Patriotic Health …