Climate change: an enduring challenge for vector-borne disease prevention and control

Joacim Rocklöv; Robert Dubrow

doi:10.1038/s41590-020-0648-y

Climate change: an enduring challenge for vector-borne disease prevention and control

Nat Immunol. 2020 May;21(5):479-483. doi: 10.1038/s41590-020-0648-y.

Authors

Joacim Rocklöv^#¹, Robert Dubrow^#^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
² Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. robert.dubrow@yale.edu.
³ Yale Center on Climate Change and Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. robert.dubrow@yale.edu.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Climate change is already affecting vector-borne disease transmission and spread, and its impacts are likely to worsen. In the face of ongoing climate change, we must intensify efforts to prevent and control vector-borne diseases.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Climate Change*
Disease Vectors*
Greenhouse Gases / adverse effects
Humans
Primary Prevention
Vector Borne Diseases / epidemiology*
Vector Borne Diseases / transmission

Substances

Greenhouse Gases