Potential influence of climate change on vector-borne and zoonotic diseases: A review and proposed research plan

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1507-1514

  Mills, James N ^a   Gage, Kenneth L ^a   Khan, Ali S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Climate change; Infectious diseases; Reservoir; Vector; Vector borne disease; Wildlife; Zoonotic disease. environ health perspect 118:1507 1514 2010)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILDLIFE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE VECTORS; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN; ZOONOSES;

EID: 78149329135     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901389     Document Type: Article

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