Climate change and cascading risks from infectious disease

JC Semenza, J Rocklöv, KL Ebi - Infectious diseases and therapy, 2022 - Springer
Climate change is adversely affecting the burden of infectious disease throughout the world,
which is a health security threat. Climate-sensitive infectious disease includes vector-borne …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond diversity loss and climate change: Impacts of Amazon deforestation on infectious diseases and public health

JH Ellwanger, B Kulmann-Leal, VL Kaminski… - Anais da Academia …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
Amazonian biodiversity is increasingly threatened due to the weakening of policies for
combating deforestation, especially in Brazil. Loss of animal and plant species, many not yet …

Amazon deforestation drives malaria transmission, and malaria burden reduces forest clearing

AJ MacDonald, EA Mordecai - Proceedings of the National …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Deforestation and land use change are among the most pressing anthropogenic
environmental impacts. In Brazil, a resurgence of malaria in recent decades paralleled rapid …

The dominant Anopheles vectors of human malaria in Africa, Europe and the Middle East: occurrence data, distribution maps and bionomic précis

ME Sinka, MJ Bangs, S Manguin, M Coetzee… - Parasites & vectors, 2010 - Springer
Background This is the second in a series of three articles documenting the geographical
distribution of 41 dominant vector species (DVS) of human malaria. The first paper …

Anthropogenic land use change and infectious diseases: a review of the evidence

NL Gottdenker, DG Streicker, CL Faust, CR Carroll - EcoHealth, 2014 - Springer
Humans have altered ecosystems worldwide, and it is important to understand how this land
use change impacts infectious disease transmission in humans and animals. We conducted …

The neglected tropical diseases of Latin America and the Caribbean: a review of disease burden and distribution and a roadmap for control and elimination

PJ Hotez, ME Bottazzi, C Franco-Paredes… - PLoS neglected …, 2008 - journals.plos.org
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 …

The use of drones for mosquito surveillance and control

G Carrasco-Escobar, M Moreno, K Fornace… - Parasites & vectors, 2022 - Springer
In recent years, global health security has been threatened by the geographical expansion
of vector-borne infectious diseases such as malaria, dengue, yellow fever, Zika and …

Amazonia revealed: forest degradation and loss of ecosystem goods and services in the Amazon Basin

JA Foley, GP Asner, MH Costa, MT Coe… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The Amazon Basin is one of the world's most important bioregions, harboring a rich array of
plant and animal species and offering a wealth of goods and services to society. For years …

Global evidence that deforestation amplifies flood risk and severity in the developing world

CJA Bradshaw, NS Sodhi, KSH PEH… - Global change …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
With the wide acceptance of forest‐protection policies in the developing world comes a
requirement for clear demonstrations of how deforestation may erode human well‐being …

The impact of deforestation, urbanization, and changing land use patterns on the ecology of mosquito and tick-borne diseases in Central America

DI Ortiz, M Piche-Ovares, LM Romero-Vega, J Wagman… - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Central America is a region that possesses distinct ecological and
socioeconomic characteristics, making it increasingly vulnerable to vector-borne diseases …