Infectious Diseases in a Changing Climate

Matthew C Phillips; Regina C LaRocque; George R Thompson 3rd

doi:10.1001/jama.2023.27724

Infectious Diseases in a Changing Climate

JAMA. 2024 Apr 16;331(15):1318-1319. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.27724.

Authors

Matthew C Phillips^{1

2}, Regina C LaRocque^{1

2}, George R Thompson 3rd^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
² Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California-Davis Medical Center, Sacramento.
⁴ Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California-Davis.

PMID: 38506835
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.27724

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This JAMA Insights in the Climate Change and Health series discusses the importance of clinicians having awareness of changes in the geographic range, seasonality, and intensity of transmission of infectious diseases to help them diagnose, treat, and prevent these diseases.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Climate Change*
Climatic Processes
Communicable Diseases* / diagnosis
Communicable Diseases* / epidemiology
Disease Vectors
Education, Medical
Extreme Weather
Fossil Fuels / adverse effects
Greenhouse Gases / adverse effects
Humans
Mycoses / epidemiology
Public Policy
Waterborne Diseases / epidemiology
Wildfires
Zoonoses / epidemiology

Substances

Greenhouse Gases
Fossil Fuels

Plain language summary

Publication types

MeSH terms

Substances

Grants and funding