Understanding the impact of rainfall on diarrhea: testing the concentration-dilution hypothesis using a systematic review and meta-analysis

ANM Kraay, O Man, MC Levy, K Levy… - Environmental …, 2020 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Projected increases in extreme weather may change relationships between
rain-related climate exposures and diarrheal disease. Whether rainfall increases or …

Association between short-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 infection: Evidence from China

Y Zhu, J Xie, F Huang, L Cao - Science of the total environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The novel coronavirus pneumonia, namely COVID-19, has become a global public health
problem. Previous studies have found that air pollution is a risk factor for respiratory infection …

Association between ambient temperature and COVID-19 infection in 122 cities from China

J Xie, Y Zhu - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a severe public
health problem globally. Both epidemiological and laboratory studies have shown that …

Temperature significantly changes COVID-19 transmission in (sub) tropical cities of Brazil

DN Prata, W Rodrigues, PH Bermejo - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has become a severe public
health issue. The novelty of the virus prompts a search for understanding of how ecological …

The epidemiology of norovirus gastroenteritis in China: disease burden and distribution of genotypes

H Zhou, S Wang, L von Seidlein, X Wang - Frontiers of medicine, 2020 - Springer
With the improvements of sanitation and nationwide safe water supply the occurrence of
bacterial diarrhea declined remarkably, while viruses became the leading causes of acute …

[HTML][HTML] Etiological, epidemiological, and clinical features of acute diarrhea in China

LP Wang, SX Zhou, X Wang, QB Lu, LS Shi… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
National-based prospective surveillance of all-age patients with acute diarrhea was
conducted in China between 2009‒2018. Here we report the etiological, epidemiological …

Spread of SARS-CoV-2 through Latin America and the Caribbean region: a look from its economic conditions, climate and air pollution indicators

TR Bolano-Ortiz, Y Camargo-Caicedo, SE Puliafito… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
We have evaluated the spread of SARS-CoV-2 through Latin America and the Caribbean
(LAC) region by means of a correlation between climate and air pollution indicators, namely …

Associations between long-term drought and diarrhea among children under five in low-and middle-income countries

P Wang, E Asare, VE Pitzer, R Dubrow… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Climate change is projected to intensify drought conditions, which may increase the risk of
diarrheal diseases in children. We constructed log-binomial generalized linear mixed …

Floods and diarrhea risk in young children in low-and middle-income countries

P Wang, EO Asare, VE Pitzer, R Dubrow… - JAMA pediatrics, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Climate change is associated with more frequent and intense floods. Current
research on the association between flood exposure and diarrhea risk is limited mainly to …

Associations between eight earth observation‐derived climate variables and enteropathogen infection: an independent participant data meta‐analysis of surveillance …

JM Colston, BF Zaitchik, HS Badr, E Burnett, SA Ali… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Diarrheal disease, still a major cause of childhood illness, is caused by numerous, diverse
infectious microorganisms, which are differentially sensitive to environmental conditions …