Thermal biology of mosquito‐borne disease

EA Mordecai, JM Caldwell, MK Grossman… - Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Mosquito‐borne diseases cause a major burden of disease worldwide. The vital rates of
these ectothermic vectors and parasites respond strongly and nonlinearly to temperature …

[HTML][HTML] Global expansion and redistribution of Aedes-borne virus transmission risk with climate change

SJ Ryan, CJ Carlson, EA Mordecai… - PLoS neglected tropical …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Forecasting the impacts of climate change on Aedes-borne viruses—especially dengue,
chikungunya, and Zika—is a key component of public health preparedness. We apply an …

Malaria predictions based on seasonal climate forecasts in South Africa: A time series distributed lag nonlinear model

Y Kim, JV Ratnam, T Doi, Y Morioka, S Behera… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Although there have been enormous demands and efforts to develop an early warning
system for malaria, no sustainable system has remained. Well-organized malaria …

Socio-Ecological Factors Associated with Dengue Risk and Aedes aegypti Presence in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

SJ Ryan, CA Lippi, R Nightingale… - International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Dengue fever is an emerging infectious disease in the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador, with
the first cases reported in 2002 and subsequent periodic outbreaks. We report results of a …

Distinct climate influences on the risk of typhoid compared to invasive non-typhoid Salmonella disease in Blantyre, Malawi

D Thindwa, MG Chipeta, MYR Henrion, MA Gordon - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Invasive Salmonella diseases, both typhoid and invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella (iNTS),
are seasonal bloodstream infections causing important morbidity and mortality globally in …

Assessing the potential impact of vector-borne disease transmission following heavy rainfall events: a mathematical framework

G Chowell, K Mizumoto, JM Banda… - … of the Royal …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Predicting the impact of natural disasters such as hurricanes on the transmission dynamics
of infectious diseases poses significant challenges. In this paper, we put forward a simple …

Co-developing climate services for public health: Stakeholder needs and perceptions for the prevention and control of Aedes-transmitted diseases in the Caribbean

AM Stewart-Ibarra, M Romero, AQJ Hinds… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Small island developing states (SIDS) in the Caribbean region are challenged
with managing the health outcomes of a changing climate. Health and climate sectors have …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change and infectious diseases: evidence from highly vulnerable countries

A Anwar, S Anwar, A Muhammad, F Nawaz… - Iranian journal of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Climate change is an alarming challenge for humanity at large due to its
mediating role in emergence and spread of infectious diseases like cholera and malaria …

Applicability of the universal thermal climate index for predicting the outbreaks of respiratory tract infections: a mathematical modeling approach

J Romaszko, R Skutecki, M Bocheński, I Cymes… - International journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Respiratory tract infections (RTI) are one of the most frequent reasons for medical
consultations. As air temperature decreases, but also in connection with other …

[HTML][HTML] Sensitivity of large dengue epidemics in Ecuador to long-lead predictions of El Niño

D Petrova, R Lowe, A Stewart-Ibarra, J Ballester… - Climate Services, 2019 - Elsevier
Long-lead forecasts of El Niño events are lacking despite their enormous societal and
economic impacts. These climatic events lead to floods and droughts in many tropical …