Climate change refers to long-term shifts in weather conditions and patterns of extreme
weather events. It may lead to changes in health threat to human beings, multiplying existing …

Background Leptospirosis is one of the most widespread zoonotic diseases, which is of
global medical and veterinary importance, and also a re-emerging infectious disease. The …

The idea for this book came from the time the authors spent at the Statistics and Applied
Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) in Research Triangle Park in North Carolina …

Background: Infectious disease epidemiology and planetary health literature often cite solid
waste and plastic pollution as risk factors for vector-borne diseases and urban zoonoses; …

Urban Norway and black rats (Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus) are the source of a
number of pathogens responsible for significant human morbidity and mortality in cities …

MATERIALS AND METHODS We developed a search algorithm to identify the published
literature concerning the health impacts of flood events. A search was made of the BIDS …

The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) represent some of the most common infections of
the poorest people living in the Latin American and Caribbean region (LAC). Because they …

OBJECTIVES: Leptospirosis continues to be a significant zoonosis of the developing world.
Globalization, in the context of international travel, particularly for recreational activities and …

Leptospirosis has been recognized as an emerging global public health problem because of
its increasing incidence in both developing and developed countries. A number of …

Background Leptospirosis has become an urban health problem as slum settlements have
expanded worldwide. Efforts to identify interventions for urban leptospirosis have been …