Climate change and vector-borne diseases: A regional analysis

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1136-1147

  Githeko, Andrew K ^a   Lindsay, Steve W ^b   Confalonieri, Ulisses E ^c   Patz, Jonathan A ^d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Communicable diseases, transmission; Disease transmission; Disease vectors; Greenhouse effect; Health surveys; Leishmaniasis, transmission; Lyme disease, transmission; Malaria, transmission

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENGUE FEVER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; MALARIA; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AFRICA; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEISHMANIASIS; LYME DISEASE; MALARIA; NORTH AMERICA; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AMERICA; THERMAL POLLUTION;

AFRICA; CLIMATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTORS; EUROPE; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033813162     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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