Unusual climatic conditions and infectious diseases: Observations made by Hippocrates

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 716-718

  Falagas, Matthew E ^a,b,c   Bliziotis, Ioannis A ^a   Kosmidis, John ^d   Daikos, George K ^e  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d Travel Medicine and Infectious Diseases Clinic   (Greece)

^e Amphiarion Foundation of Chemotherapeutic Studies   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; Global warming; Greenhouse effect; Meningitis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MUMPS; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GREECE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; MUMPS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONS; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 78649646796     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2009.11.013     Document Type: Review

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