Interconnecting global threats: climate change, biodiversity loss, and infectious diseases

A Pfenning-Butterworth, LB Buckley… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2024 - thelancet.com
The concurrent pressures of rising global temperatures, rates and incidence of species
decline, and emergence of infectious diseases represent an unprecedented planetary crisis …

Development of vaccines against emerging mosquito-vectored arbovirus infections

N Principi, S Esposito - Vaccines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Among emergent climate-sensitive infectious diseases, some mosquito-vectored arbovirus
infections have epidemiological, social, and economic effects. Dengue virus (DENV), West …

[HTML][HTML] A climatic suitability indicator to support Leishmania infantum surveillance in Europe: a modelling study

BM Carvalho, C Maia, O Courtenay… - The Lancet Regional …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Leishmaniases are neglected diseases transmitted by sand flies. They
disproportionately affect vulnerable groups globally. Understanding the relationship …

Green cities and vector-borne diseases: emerging concerns and opportunities

F Fournet, F Simard, D Fontenille - Eurosurveillance, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals, nature-based solutions such as urban
greening eg public gardens, urban forests, parks and street trees, which aim to protect …

Tackling climate change and deforestation to protect against vector-borne diseases

EA Mordecai - Nature Microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
The spread of vector-borne infectious diseases is driven by a complex array of
environmental and social drivers, including climate and land-use changes. Global and …

Assessing and correcting neighborhood socioeconomic spatial sampling biases in citizen science mosquito data collection

Á Padilla-Pozo, F Bartumeus, T Montalvo… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Climatic, ecological, and socioeconomic factors are facilitating the spread of mosquito-borne
diseases, heightening the importance of vector surveillance and control. Citizen science is …

Pulmonary vascular disease, environmental pollution, and climate change

M Lichtblau, L Reimann, L Piccari - Pulmonary circulation, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Pollution and climate change constitute a combined, grave and pervasive threat to humans
and to the life‐support systems on which they depend. Evidence shows a strong association …

Exploring pollutant joint effects in disease through interpretable machine learning

S Wang, T Zhang, Z Li, J Hong - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Identifying the impact of pollutants on diseases is crucial. However, assessing the health
risks posed by the interplay of multiple pollutants is challenging. This study introduces the …

Sugarcane sustainability in a changing climate: a systematic review on pests, diseases, and adaptive strategies

BH Msomba, PM Ndaki, CO Joseph - Frontiers in Agronomy, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The cultivation of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) in the face of climate change
requires robust strategies for managing pests, diseases, and weeds. This systematic review …

Climate change and contagion: the circuitous impacts from infectious diseases

JC Semenza - The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The 8 most recent years have been the warmest on record [1]. In 2022, the global 10-year
average temperature soared to 1.15 C above preindustrial levels. The climate change …