Climate change and infectious diseases - Impact of global warming and climate change on infectious diseases: Myth or reality?

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 302, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-3

  Hasnain, Seyed E ^a,b   Friedrich, Bärbel ^b,c   Mettenleiter, Thomas ^b,e   Dobrindt, Ulrich ^d   Hacker, Jörg ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^b German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARBOVIRUS; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORAL; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEISHMANIASIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OCULINA PATAGONICA; RAIN FOREST; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO; VIBRIO SHILOI; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; GLOBAL WARMING; HUMANS;

EID: 81255136868     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2011.09.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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