Effects of Global Climate on Infectious Disease: the Cholera Model
University of Maryland, Baltimore · Biotechnology Institute · +2 more institutions
Abstract
Recently, the role of the environment and climate in disease dynamics has become a subject of increasing interest to microbiologists, clinicians, epidemiologists, and ecologists. Much of the interest has been stimulated by the growing problems of antibiotic resistance among pathogens, emergence and/or reemergence of infectious diseases worldwide, the potential of bioterrorism, and the debate concerning climate change. Cholera, caused by Vibrio cholerae, lends itself to analyses of the role of climate in infectious disease, coupled to population dynamics of pathogenic microorganisms, for several reasons. First, the disease has a historical context linking it to specific seasons and biogeographical zones. In…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 9.87
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- 100%
- References
- 157
Authors
3- EKErin K. LippCorresponding
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Biotechnology Institute, University of Georgia, University of Maryland, College Park
- AHAnwar Huq
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Biotechnology Institute, University of Georgia, University of Maryland, College Park
- RRRita R. Colwell
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Biotechnology Institute, University of Georgia, University of Maryland, College Park
Topics & keywords
- Cholera
- Vibrio cholerae
- Outbreak
- Infectious disease (medical specialty)
- Context (archaeology)
- Population
- Climate change
- Disease
- Climate action